Kurma Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 64
Viṣṇu at Upamanyu’s Āśrama: Pāśupata Tapas, Darśana of Śiva, and Boons from Devī
त्वात्पादे कुसुममथापि पत्रमेकं दत्त्वासौ भवति विमुक्तविश्वबन्धः / सर्वाघं प्रणुदति सिद्धयोगिजुष्टं स्मृत्वा ते पदयुगलं भवत्प्रसादात्
tvātpāde kusumamathāpi patramekaṃ dattvāsau bhavati vimuktaviśvabandhaḥ / sarvāghaṃ praṇudati siddhayogijuṣṭaṃ smṛtvā te padayugalaṃ bhavatprasādāt
Dengan mempersembahkan di kaki-Mu setangkai bunga—bahkan sehelai daun saja—seseorang terbebas dari belenggu dunia. Dengan rahmat-Mu, sekadar mengingat sepasang kaki-Mu yang dihormati para yogin sempurna, menyingkirkan segala dosa.
Lord Kurma (Vishnu) instructing on bhakti as a liberating discipline
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: karuna
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It emphasizes the Supreme as accessible through grace and contemplative remembrance: liberation is not presented as mere ritual complexity, but as inner turning toward the Lord’s feet, which purifies and releases worldly bondage.
Smarana (steady remembrance) is highlighted as a yogic discipline: recollecting the Lord’s feet—praised by siddha-yogins—functions as purification (pāpa-kṣaya) and as a support for liberation-oriented meditation.
By praising a yogin-honored path of remembrance and grace, it aligns bhakti with yogic realization—typical of the Kurma Purana’s Shaiva-Vaishnava synthesis where devotion, yoga, and liberation are presented as mutually reinforcing rather than sectarian.