Kurma Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 7
Adhyāya 25 — Liṅga-māhātmya (The Chapter on the Liṅga): Hari’s Śiva-Worship and the Fiery Pillar Theophany
गन्धर्वाप्सरसां मुख्या नागकन्याश्च कृत्स्नशः / सिद्धा यक्षाश्च गन्धर्वास्तत्र तत्र जगन्मयम्
gandharvāpsarasāṃ mukhyā nāgakanyāśca kṛtsnaśaḥ / siddhā yakṣāśca gandharvāstatra tatra jaganmayam
เหล่าหัวหน้าคนธรรพ์และอัปสรา พร้อมทั้งนาคกัญญาทั้งปวง; อีกทั้งสิทธะ ยักษ์ และคนธรรพ์—ไม่ว่าที่ใด ๆ ล้วนแผ่ซ่านเป็น “ชคันมยะ” คือสภาวะแห่งจักรวาล
Sūta (narrating the Kurma Purana’s cosmological account to the sages at Naimiṣāraṇya)
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: shanta
FAQs
By describing all classes of celestial beings as “jaganmayam” (of the nature of the cosmos), the verse supports the Purāṇic-vedāntic idea of pervasion: the manifold world is not outside the ultimate reality but is suffused by it, pointing toward an immanent Supreme that underlies all forms.
No specific technique is taught directly in this verse; however, the mention of “Siddhas” implies yogic accomplishment. In the Kurma Purana’s broader Shaiva-Vaishnava framework, such siddhi is associated with disciplined sādhanā—purity, restraint, and contemplative absorption—aligned with devotion to the Supreme (Hari-Hara unity) rather than mere display of powers.
While Shiva and Vishnu are not named here, the teaching that all beings are pervaded by a single cosmic reality fits the Kurma Purana’s non-sectarian synthesis: the one Supreme is praised through both Shaiva and Vaishnava idioms, and the universe is presented as filled with that one divinity.