Kurma Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 26

Avimukta-Māhātmya — Vyāsa in Vārāṇasī and Śiva’s Secret Teaching of Liberation

Devanagari script

भूर्लोके नैव संलग्नमन्तरिक्षे ममालयम् / अयुक्तास्तन्न पश्यन्ति युक्ताः पश्यन्ति चेतसा

Transliteration

bhūrloke naiva saṃlagnamantarikṣe mamālayam / ayuktāstanna paśyanti yuktāḥ paśyanti cetasā

Translation

我が住処は地上界に付着せず、中間の広がり（アンタリクシャ）にある。未だ調御されぬ者はそれを見ず、ヨーガに結ばれた者は清らかな心によってそれを観る。

Word by Word

• भूः-लोके: in the earth-world
• भूः-लोके: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूः (प्रातिपदिक) + लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7 विभक्ति), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष: ‘भूर्लोक’ (earth-world)

• न: not
• न: Avyaya (अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-निपात (negation particle)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Avyaya (अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), emphasis

• संलग्नम्: attached
• संलग्नम्: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-लग् (धातु) से क्त; संलग्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘attached/connected’

• अन्तरिक्षे: in the sky/atmosphere
• अन्तरिक्षे: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्तरिक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• मम: my
• मम: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी, एकवचन

• आलयम्: abode
• आलयम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आलय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• अयुक्ताः: the unyoked/undisciplined (people)
• अयुक्ताः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अ-युक्त (प्रातिपदिक; युज् धातु से क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; ‘unconnected/undisciplined’

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; object pronoun

• न: not
• न: Avyaya (अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-निपात (negation particle)

• पश्यन्ति: they see
• पश्यन्ति: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पश् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन

• युक्ताः: the disciplined (people)
• युक्ताः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युक्त (प्रातिपदिक; युज् धातु से क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; ‘disciplined/yoked’

• पश्यन्ति: they see
• पश्यन्ति: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पश् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन

• चेतसा: with the mind
• चेतसा: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चेतस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3 विभक्ति), एकवचन; instrumental ‘by/with mind’

Speaker

Lord Kurma (Vishnu as the Supreme Teacher)

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: adbhuta

Secondary Rasa: shanta

Characters & Entities

• Lord Kurma
• Vishnu
• Yoga
• Antariksha

More Details (4 sections)

FAQs

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

It implies the Supreme is not a gross, earth-bound object; the Lord’s reality is subtle and is known through purified consciousness—seen inwardly by yogic insight rather than ordinary sense-perception.

What Yoga or Meditative practices are highlighted here?

The verse stresses being "yukta"—disciplined and integrated in Yoga—so that the mind (cetas) becomes a valid instrument of knowledge, enabling dhyāna-based perception of the Lord’s transcendent abode.

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

By emphasizing yogic realization of the one supreme abode beyond gross realms, it aligns with the Kurma Purana’s synthesis where sectarian difference yields to direct spiritual perception of the single highest reality (Ishvara) revered in both Shaiva and Vaishnava frames.