Kurma Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 20
Prayāga-māhātmya — The Greatness of Prayāga and the Discipline of Pilgrimage
एतत् प्रजापतिक्षेत्रं त्रिषु लोकेषु विश्रुतम् / अत्र स्नात्वा दिवं यान्ति ये मृतास्ते ऽपुनर्भवाः
etat prajāpatikṣetraṃ triṣu lokeṣu viśrutam / atra snātvā divaṃ yānti ye mṛtāste 'punarbhavāḥ
हे प्रजापतीचे पवित्र क्षेत्र त्रिलोकीत विख्यात आहे. येथे स्नान करून जे देहत्याग करतात, ते स्वर्गास जातात आणि पुन्हा जन्म घेत नाहीत.
Narrator (Purana narrator describing the tirtha-mahatmya within the Kurma Purana’s sacred-geography discourse)
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: shanta
FAQs
Indirectly: it frames liberation as apunarbhava (no return to rebirth), a classic marker of realizing the highest state beyond cyclical embodiment—here expressed through the tirtha’s sanctifying power rather than explicit Atman metaphysics.
The practice emphasized is tīrtha-snāna (ritual bathing) as a purificatory discipline; in Purāṇic soteriology it functions alongside yoga and devotion as an outer means that supports inner purification (śuddhi) leading toward higher attainments.
It does not name Śiva or Viṣṇu directly; instead it reflects the Kurma Purana’s integrative worldview where sacred places and purifying rites are upheld as universally efficacious within a shared dharmic framework that can accommodate both Śaiva and Vaiṣṇava paths.