Kurma Purana — Uttara Bhaga, Shloka 149

Devadāru (Dāruvana) Forest: The Delusion of Ritual Pride, the Liṅga Crisis, and the Teaching of Jñāna–Pāśupata Yoga

Devanagari script

मयि भक्तिश्च विपुला भवतामस्तु सत्तमाः / ध्यातमात्रो हि सान्निध्यं दास्यामि मुनिसत्तमाः

Transliteration

mayi bhaktiśca vipulā bhavatāmastu sattamāḥ / dhyātamātro hi sānnidhyaṃ dāsyāmi munisattamāḥ

Translation

善き者の中の最勝者たちよ、我への広大なる信愛が汝らに起これ。想念し、禅定するだけでよい。聖仙の最勝者たちよ、我は汝らに我が直近の臨在を授けよう。

Word by Word

• मयि: in me
• मयि: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Locative singular)

• भक्तिः: devotion
• भक्तिः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Nominative singular)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• विपुला: abundant
• विपुला: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विपुल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘भक्तिः’ इति विशेषण (Feminine, Nominative singular)

• भवताम्: of you (all)
• भवताम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भवत् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (Genitive plural: of you)

• अस्तु: let there be
• अस्तु: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद (Imperative/benedictive sense: let it be)

• सत्तमाः: O best of the good
• सत्तमाः: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (Vocative plural)

• ध्यातमात्रः: merely by being meditated upon
• ध्यातमात्रः: Pradhana (प्रधान/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ध्यात (ध्या धातु + क्त, कृदन्त) + मात्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (ध्यात एव मात्रः), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषण (Masculine, Nominative singular)

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: हेतु/निश्चय-अव्यय (indeed/for)

• सान्निध्यम्: presence
• सान्निध्यम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सान्निध्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Accusative singular)

• दास्यामि: I will give
• दास्यामि: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (भविष्यत्), परस्मैपद, उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन (Simple future, 1st sg)

• मुनिसत्तमाः: O best of sages
• मुनिसत्तमाः: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि + सत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास (मुनयः सत्तमाः), पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (Vocative plural)

Speaker

Lord Kurma (Vishnu as the Kurma incarnation), teaching sages within the Kurma Purana’s Shaiva-Vaishnava synthesis

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

Characters & Entities

• Lord Kurma
• Vishnu
• Sages (Munis)

More Details (3 sections)

FAQs

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

It presents the Supreme as a responsive, grace-bestowing Ishvara: the Lord is not distant, but becomes experientially present through devotion and meditative remembrance, implying the Atman’s fulfillment in nearness to the Supreme.

What Yoga or Meditative practices are highlighted here?

The verse emphasizes dhyāna (steady contemplation) and smṛti-like remembrance: even “mere meditation” (dhyātamātra) is taught as sufficient to invoke sānnidhya (divine proximity), aligning with Purāṇic yoga where bhakti intensifies concentration and invites anugraha (grace).

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

Though Vishnu (as Kurma) speaks, the teaching matches the Kurma Purana’s non-sectarian synthesis: the Lord’s sānnidhya through bhakti and dhyāna mirrors the shared Shaiva-Vaishnava yogic ideal that one Supreme grants grace to sincere seekers.