Kurma Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 10
Kṛṣṇa’s Departure, Kali-yuga Dharma, and the Prohibition of Śiva-Nindā
Hari–Hara Samanvaya
ये मां जनाः संस्मरन्ति कलौ सकृदपि प्रभुम् / तेषां नश्यतु तत् पापं भक्तानां पुरुषोत्तमे
ye māṃ janāḥ saṃsmaranti kalau sakṛdapi prabhum / teṣāṃ naśyatu tat pāpaṃ bhaktānāṃ puruṣottame
En l’âge de Kali, même ceux qui se souviennent de Moi — le Seigneur — ne fût-ce qu’une seule fois : que ce péché même des dévots soit détruit, car Je suis le Puruṣottama, le Suprême parmi les êtres.
Lord Kurma (Vishnu) speaking as the Supreme Lord, teaching the power of bhakti and smaraṇa in Kali-yuga
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
By calling the Lord “Prabhu” and “Purushottama,” the verse presents the Supreme as the highest Ishvara whose grace purifies; remembrance aligns the individual with that supreme reality and dissolves accumulated pāpa.
The practice emphasized is smaraṇa (mindful recollection of the Lord), a bhakti-based discipline that functions as an accessible Kali-yuga sādhana, supporting inner purification that complements yogic restraint and devotion-centered practice.
Though voiced as Purushottama (a Vaishnava epithet), the teaching matches the Kurma Purana’s broader Ishvara-centered synthesis: remembrance of the one Supreme Lord (Ishvara) is salvific, harmonizing Shaiva and Vaishnava devotional frameworks.