Kurma Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 73
Avimukta-Māhātmya — Vyāsa in Vārāṇasī and Śiva’s Secret Teaching of Liberation
ये स्मरन्ति सदा कालं विन्दन्ति च पुरीमिमाम् / तेषां विनश्यति क्षिप्रमिहामुत्र च पातकम्
ye smaranti sadā kālaṃ vindanti ca purīmimām / teṣāṃ vinaśyati kṣipramihāmutra ca pātakam
この聖地／この神を常に憶念する者は、まことに聖都プリーに至る。その者の罪は、この世でも彼岸でも速やかに滅する。
Narratorial voice of the Purana (as part of the Kshetra-Mahatmya teaching, traditionally framed within the sage-to-sage transmission)
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
By stressing constant remembrance that destroys sin in both worlds, the verse implies that inner recollection (smṛti) aligns the mind with the purifying, transcendental reality behind the kṣetra—pointing toward Atman-realization through sustained God-consciousness rather than mere external ritual.
The practice emphasized is continual smaraṇa (unbroken remembrance), akin to dhyāna/dhāraṇā in Yoga-shastra: keeping the sacred presence (deity/kshetra-tattva) in awareness so that karmic impurity (pātaka) is rapidly attenuated.
Though not naming Shiva or Vishnu explicitly, it reflects the Kurma Purana’s synthetic theology: the kṣetra’s power to purify through remembrance is treated as a single supreme grace, compatible with both Shaiva and Vaishnava devotion and with Pashupata-style purification aims.