Kurma Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 44
Jambūdvīpa Varṣas, Bhārata as Karmabhūmi, and the Sacred Hydro-Topography of Dharma
यानि किंपुरुषाद्यानि वर्षाण्यष्टौ महर्षयः / न तेषु शोको नायासो नोद्वेगः क्षुद्भयं न च
yāni kiṃpuruṣādyāni varṣāṇyaṣṭau maharṣayaḥ / na teṣu śoko nāyāso nodvegaḥ kṣudbhayaṃ na ca
हे महर्षींनो, किंपुरुषादी जी आठ वर्षे आहेत, तेथे न शोक, न कष्ट, न उद्वेग; ना भुकेचे भय, ना भीती असते।
Narrator (Vyasa/Suta tradition) describing Puranic geography to the assembled sages
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: shanta
FAQs
Indirectly: by portraying realms free from sorrow, fear, and hunger, it points to a condition akin to sattvic harmony and freedom from mental afflictions—qualities associated with realization of the Self beyond duḥkha.
No specific practice is taught in this verse; it instead describes the फल (result)—a state free from udvega (agitation) and śoka (grief). In the Kurma Purana’s broader yoga-dharma frame, such calmness aligns with disciplined mind-control (śama) and inner steadiness cultivated by yoga.
This verse is primarily cosmographic and does not explicitly discuss Shiva–Vishnu unity; however, the Kurma Purana’s wider synthesis reads such ideal, fear-free realms as upheld by the one Supreme Lord revered through both Shaiva and Vaishnava idioms.