Kurma Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 40
Avimukta-Māhātmya — Vyāsa in Vārāṇasī and Śiva’s Secret Teaching of Liberation
जन्ममृत्युजरामुक्तं परं याति शिवालयम् / अपुनर्मरणानां हि सा गतिर्मोक्षकाङ्क्षिणाम् / यां प्राप्य कृतकृत्यः स्यादिति मन्यन्ति पण्डताः
janmamṛtyujarāmuktaṃ paraṃ yāti śivālayam / apunarmaraṇānāṃ hi sā gatirmokṣakāṅkṣiṇām / yāṃ prāpya kṛtakṛtyaḥ syāditi manyanti paṇḍatāḥ
Livre de nascimento, morte e velhice, alcança-se a suprema morada de Śiva, o Śivālaya. Essa é a meta dos que anseiam por mokṣa—um estado sem retorno à morte. Ao atingi-lo, a pessoa torna-se aquela que cumpriu tudo o que havia a cumprir; assim declaram os eruditos.
Lord Kurma (Vishnu) instructing the sages (contextual narrator framework of the Kurma Purana)
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
It frames the supreme attainment as a state beyond birth, death, and aging—i.e., liberation (mokṣa) where all existential compulsion ends, described as reaching Śiva’s supreme abode.
This verse emphasizes the fruit of yogic and devotional discipline—apunar-maraṇa (no return to death). In the Kurma Purana’s Shaiva-yogic register, such freedom is classically linked with Śiva-bhakti and Pāśupata-oriented inner renunciation culminating in mokṣa.
With Vishnu (as Kūrma) presenting Śiva’s abode as the supreme destination, the text reflects a synthetic theology: devotion and liberation are affirmed through Śiva while taught within a Vaiṣṇava narrative frame.