Shloka 28
Avimukta-Māhātmya — Vyāsa in Vārāṇasī and Śiva’s Secret Teaching of Liberation
देवीदं सर्वगुह्यानां स्थानं प्रियतमं मम / मद्भक्तास्तत्र गच्छन्ति मामेव प्रविशन्ति ते
devīdaṃ sarvaguhyānāṃ sthānaṃ priyatamaṃ mama / madbhaktāstatra gacchanti māmeva praviśanti te
देवि, इदं सर्वगुह्यानां गुह्यतमं स्थानं प्रियतमं मम। मद्भक्तास्तत्र गच्छन्ति, तद् प्रविश्य मामेव प्रविशन्ति ते॥
Lord Kurma (Vishnu) speaking (Purāṇic narration in dialogue form)
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
It presents liberation as entering the Lord Himself—suggesting the Supreme Reality as the final refuge where devotion culminates in direct participation in (or union with) the Paramātman.
The verse emphasizes bhakti as the effective sādhana: single-pointed devotion that leads the practitioner to the Lord’s guhyasthāna (inner/supreme abode), aligning with Purāṇic yoga where devotion matures into liberating absorption.
By framing the supreme goal as entry into the one Lord beyond secrets and divisions, it supports the Kurma Purana’s non-sectarian synthesis: the highest refuge is a single Supreme reality revered across Shaiva-Vaishnava idioms.