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Kurma Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 26

Mādhayameśvara-māhātmya — Vyāsa at Mandākinī and the Pāśupata Vision

Devanagari script

नमस्योर्ऽचयितव्यश्च ध्यातव्यो मत्परैर्जनैः / भविष्यसि न संदेहो मत्प्रसादाद् द्विजातिभिः

Transliteration

namasyor'cayitavyaśca dhyātavyo matparairjanaiḥ / bhaviṣyasi na saṃdeho matprasādād dvijātibhiḥ

Translation

「我に帰依する人々によって、汝は礼拝され、供養され、また瞑想の対象とされるべきである。我が恩寵により疑いはない――汝は二度生まれの者（ドヴィジャ）の中で栄え、成就を得る。」

Word by Word
नमस्यःto be saluted
नमस्यः:
विधेय-विशेषण (predicate adjective)
TypeVerb
Root√नम् (धातु)
Formतव्यत्/यत्-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (Gerundive/Obligatory), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; 'one who should be saluted'
अर्चयितव्यःto be worshipped
अर्चयितव्यः:
विधेय-विशेषण
TypeVerb
Root√अर्च् (धातु)
Formतव्यत्-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (Gerundive), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
चand
च:
समुच्चय
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)
ध्यातव्यःto be meditated upon
ध्यातव्यः:
विधेय-विशेषण
TypeVerb
Root√ध्यै (धातु)
Formतव्यत्-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (Gerundive), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
मत्-परैःby those devoted to me
मत्-परैः:
करण (Karaṇa/करण)
TypeAdjective
Rootमत् (अस्मद्-षष्ठी/प्रातिपदिक-रूप) + पर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः: 'मयि पराः' (devoted to me)
जनैःby people
जनैः:
करण (Karaṇa/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootजन (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन
भविष्यसिyou will be/become
भविष्यसि:
क्रिया (मुख्य)
TypeVerb
Root√भू (धातु)
Formलृट्-लकार (Simple Future), मध्यम-पुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपदी
नnot/no
न:
निषेध
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (अव्यय)
Formनिषेध-अव्यय (negation particle)
सन्देहःdoubt
सन्देहः:
भाव (Bhāva/भाव)
TypeNoun
Rootसन्देह (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; वाक्ये 'न सन्देहः' इति निश्चयार्थकः
मत्-प्रसादात्from/through my grace
मत्-प्रसादात्:
हेतु/अपादान (Cause/Ablative)
TypeNoun
Rootमत् (अस्मद्-षष्ठी/प्रातिपदिक-रूप) + प्रसाद (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (Ablative), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः: 'मम प्रसादः'
द्विजातिभिःby the twice-born (Brahmins etc.)
द्विजातिभिः:
करण (Karaṇa/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootद्विजाति (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन
Speaker

Lord Kurma (Vishnu) instructing a devotee/recipient within the narrative frame

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: vira

Characters & Entities
L
Lord Kurma
V
Vishnu
D
Dvija (twice-born)

FAQs

It emphasizes the Supreme Lord as the highest object of reverence and meditation; realization and auspicious attainment are presented as arising through sustained devotion and divine grace rather than mere ritual alone.

The verse points to dhyāna (focused meditation) integrated with namaskāra (reverential surrender) and arcana (formal worship), reflecting a bhakti-supported yogic discipline where inner contemplation and outer worship reinforce each other.

While Shiva is not named here, the teaching aligns with the Kurma Purana’s synthesis: the same Supreme is approached through worship and meditation, a framework compatible with both Vaiṣṇava devotion and Śaiva-Pāśupata styles of sādhanā.

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