Kurma Purana — Uttara Bhaga, Shloka 1
Tīrtha-Māhātmya and the Discipline of Pilgrimage (Tīrtha-sevā) within Prāyaścitta
इति श्रीकूर्मपुराणे षट्साहस्त्र्यां संहितायामुपरिविभागे एकचत्वारिंशो ऽध्यायः सूत उवाच अन्यच्च तीर्थप्रवरं जप्येश्वरसमीपतः / नाम्ना पञ्चनदं पुण्यं सर्वपापप्रणाशनम्
iti śrīkūrmapurāṇe ṣaṭsāhastryāṃ saṃhitāyāmuparivibhāge ekacatvāriṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ sūta uvāca anyacca tīrthapravaraṃ japyeśvarasamīpataḥ / nāmnā pañcanadaṃ puṇyaṃ sarvapāpapraṇāśanam
ဤသို့ဖြင့် သီရိကူර්မပုရာဏ၌၊ ဆတ်စာဟသရီ သံဟိတာ၏ နောက်ပိုင်းတွင်—အခန်း ၄၁ ပြီးဆုံး၏။ စူတက ပြောသည်– «ထို့ပြင် ဂျပ္ယေရှ္ဝရ အနီး၌ တီရ္ထမြတ်တစ်ခု ရှိ၏။ ‘ပဉ္စနဒ’ ဟု ခေါ်ကြပြီး သန့်ရှင်းကာ အပြစ်အားလုံးကို ဖျက်ဆီးတတ်၏»။
Sūta
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
This verse does not directly define Ātman; it emphasizes purification through a sacred tīrtha (Pañcanada), implying the Purāṇic view that inner clarity for spiritual realization is supported by dhārmic acts like pilgrimage.
No specific yogic technique is taught in this line; the practice implied is tīrtha-sevā (pilgrimage and ritual bathing), a preparatory discipline aligned with Purāṇic sādhanā for cleansing pāpa and supporting higher yoga.
By locating a meritorious tīrtha near Japyeśvara (a Śaiva locus) within the Kūrma Purāṇa (a Vaiṣṇava-Śaiva synthesizing text), it reflects the Purāṇa’s integrative sacred landscape where devotion and merit transcend sectarian boundaries.