Kurma Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 75

Avimukta-Māhātmya — Vyāsa in Vārāṇasī and Śiva’s Secret Teaching of Liberation

Devanagari script

आगच्छतामिदं स्थानं सेवितुं मोक्षकाङ्क्षिणाम् / मृतानां च पुनर्जनम् न भूयो भवसागरे

Transliteration

āgacchatāmidaṃ sthānaṃ sevituṃ mokṣakāṅkṣiṇām / mṛtānāṃ ca punarjanam na bhūyo bhavasāgare

Translation

ผู้ปรารถนาโมกษะจงมาสักการะบูชาสถานศักดิ์สิทธิ์นี้; ผู้ที่สิ้นชีวิต ณ ที่นี้ ย่อมไม่กลับไปเกิดอีกในมหาสมุทรแห่งสังสารวัฏ।

Word by Word

• āgacchatām: of those who come
• āgacchatām: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-√gam (गम् धातु)
• Form: वर्तमानकृदन्त (शतृ) ‘आगच्छत्’ इत्यस्य षष्ठी (6th) बहुवचन; ‘आगच्छताम्’ = ‘of those who come’

• idam: this
• idam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; निर्देशक

• sthānam: place, abode
• sthānam: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sthāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• sevitum: to worship/serve
• sevitum: Prayojana (प्रयोजन/Purpose)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √sev (सेव् धातु)
• Form: तुमुन्-प्रत्ययान्त (infinitive)

• mokṣa-kāṅkṣiṇām: of those desiring liberation
• mokṣa-kāṅkṣiṇām: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mokṣa (प्रातिपदिक) + kāṅkṣin (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक; √kāṅkṣ धातु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (मोक्षं काङ्क्षन्ति ये)

• mṛtānām: of the dead
• mṛtānām: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mṛta (कृदन्त; √mṛ मृ धातु)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन; भूतकृदन्त (क्त) ‘dead (persons)’

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• punar-janma: rebirth
• punar-janma: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: punar (अव्यय) + janman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; समासः—अव्ययीभावः (पुनः जन्म)

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Negation marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय

• bhūyaḥ: again
• bhūyaḥ: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: bhūyaḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: पुनरावृत्तिवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: again/further)

• bhava-sāgare: in the ocean of worldly existence
• bhava-sāgare: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/Locative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhava (प्रातिपदिक) + sāgara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (भवस्य सागरः)

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic voice, traditionally Sūta/Vyāsa) describing the fruit of resorting to the sacred kṣetra

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

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FAQs

How does this verse explain the nature of the Supreme Self (Atman)?

By promising freedom from punarjanma, the verse points to mokṣa as release from bhava (conditioned becoming), implying realization of the deathless Self beyond saṃsāra.

What Yoga or Meditative practices are highlighted here?

The practice emphasized is sevā/upāsanā—devotional resorting to a kṣetra with mokṣa-intent (mokṣakāṅkṣā). In the Kurma Purana’s synthesis, such tīrtha-sevā supports inner purification that culminates in Yoga-knowledge and liberation.

How does this verse depict the relationship between Shiva and Vishnu?

Though not naming deities, it reflects the Purana’s unified approach: liberation is attained through dhārmic worship and sacred-space discipline that can be framed in both Vaiṣṇava and Śaiva modes, consistent with Kurma Purana’s synthesis.