Shloka 49
Tīrtha-Māhātmya: Mahālaya, Kedāra, Rivers and Fords, and Devadāru Forest
Akṣaya-Karma Doctrine
देवदारुवनं पुण्यं सिद्धगन्धर्वसेवितम् / महादेवेन देवेन तत्र दत्तं महद् वरं
devadāruvanaṃ puṇyaṃ siddhagandharvasevitam / mahādevena devena tatra dattaṃ mahad varaṃ
देवदारूवन पवित्र आहे; तेथे सिद्ध व गंधर्व सेवा करतात. तेथेच देव महादेवांनी महान वर प्रदान केला.
Narrator (Purāṇic discourse, traditionally Sūta/Vyāsa lineage)
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: shanta
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Indirectly, it frames sacred space as charged with divine presence: Mahādeva’s boon-making power in a tīrtha-like forest implies that the Supreme is accessible through consecrated loci where purity (puṇya) and higher beings (Siddhas) converge.
The verse itself does not prescribe a technique, but the mention of Siddhas signals accomplished yogins; in Kurma Purana’s broader Shaiva context, such holy forests are portrayed as conducive to tapas, japa, and dhyāna leading toward siddhi and grace (vara).
By presenting Mahādeva as the bestower of grace within a Purāṇic narrative that also upholds Vishnu/Kūrma elsewhere, it supports the Kurma Purana’s harmonizing stance: Śiva’s boon and Viṣṇu’s cosmic role function as complementary expressions of one sacred order.