Kurma Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 50

Ikṣvāku-vaṃśa (Genealogy) culminating in Rāma; Setu-liṅga Māhātmya; Continuation through Kuśa and Lava

Devanagari script

अन्यानि चैव पापानि स्नातस्यात्र महोदधौ / दर्शनादेव लिङ्गसल्य नाशं यान्ति न संशयः

Transliteration

anyāni caiva pāpāni snātasyātra mahodadhau / darśanādeva liṅgasalya nāśaṃ yānti na saṃśayaḥ

Translation

यहाँ महोदधि में स्नान करने वाले के अन्य पाप भी क्षीण हो जाते हैं; और केवल दर्शन से ही लिङ्ग-संबद्ध शल्य-सा क्लेश नष्ट हो जाता है—इसमें संशय नहीं।

Word by Word

• anyāni: other
• anyāni: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन); qualifies ‘pāpāni’

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Indeclinable conjunction (अव्यय/समुच्चय)

• eva: indeed/just
• eva: Avadharana (अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: Indeclinable particle (अव्यय/निपात), emphasis

• pāpāni: sins
• pāpāni: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन)

• snātasya: of (one) who has bathed
• snātasya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √snā (धातु) + -ta (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: Past active participle (भूतकृदन्त/क्त), Masculine/Neuter Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular (एकवचन); ‘of one who has bathed’

• atra: here
• atra: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atra (अव्यय)
• Form: Indeclinable adverb (अव्यय/देशवाचक)

• mahā-udadhau: in the great ocean
• mahā-udadhau: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + udadhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन); ‘great ocean’

• darśanāt: from seeing/by the sight
• darśanāt: Hetu (हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: darśana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Ablative (5th/पञ्चमी), Singular (एकवचन)

• eva: indeed/just
• eva: Avadharana (अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: Indeclinable particle (अव्यय/निपात), emphasis

• liṅga-salya: of the Liṅga (at/ named) Śalya
• liṅga-salya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: liṅga (प्रातिपदिक) + salya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular (एकवचन) understood with ‘darśanāt’ (elliptic): ‘liṅgasalyasya (darśanāt)’; compound: ‘liṅgasya salyam’ (the liṅga at Salya / liṅga named Salya)

• nāśam: destruction
• nāśam: Gati-Karma (गतिकर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nāśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)

• yānti: go/attain
• yānti: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √yā (धातु)
• Form: Present (लट्), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Plural (बहुवचन)

• na: not
• na: Nishedha (निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: Indeclinable negation particle (अव्यय/निषेध)

• saṃśayaḥ: doubt
• saṃśayaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃśaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic discourse voice, traditionally Sūta reporting the tīrtha-māhātmya as taught by sages)

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

Characters & Entities

• Mahodadhi (Great Ocean)
• Liṅga (Śiva emblem)

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FAQs

How does this verse explain the nature of the Supreme Self (Atman)?

Indirectly: it emphasizes inner purification through tīrtha-darśana and snāna, implying that obstacles (śalya) to clear spiritual insight are removable, preparing the seeker for knowledge of the Self.

What Yoga or Meditative practices are highlighted here?

The verse highlights preparatory sādhana—tīrtha-snānā (ritual bathing) and darśana (reverential seeing)—as purificatory supports that remove impediments before deeper disciplines like japa, dhyāna, and Pāśupata-oriented worship.

How does this verse depict the relationship between Shiva and Vishnu?

By presenting the liṅga-related affliction as removable through a major Vaiṣṇava-Purāṇic tīrtha context, it reflects the Kurma Purana’s integrative stance where Śaiva symbols (liṅga) and broader Purāṇic pilgrimage theology function harmoniously.