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Shloka 7

Cosmic Realms Above Dhruva, the Pātālas Below, and the Foundation of Pralaya

Ananta–Kāla

Devanagari script

द्वारं तद्योगिनामेकं गच्छतां परमं पदम् / तत्र गत्वा न शोचन्ति स विष्णुः स च शङ्करः

Transliteration

dvāraṃ tadyogināmekaṃ gacchatāṃ paramaṃ padam / tatra gatvā na śocanti sa viṣṇuḥ sa ca śaṅkaraḥ

Translation

สำหรับโยคีผู้มุ่งสู่ปรมบท มีประตูเพียงหนึ่งเดียว เมื่อไปถึงแล้วเขาย่อมไม่โศกอีก—พระองค์คือวิษณุ และพระองค์คือศังกร

Word by Word
द्वारम्door; gateway
द्वारम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootद्वार (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन (Neuter, Nom/Acc, Singular)
तत्that
तत्:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (Neuter, Nom/Acc, Singular; demonstrative)
योगिनाम्of yogins
योगिनाम्:
Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootयोगिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी विभक्ति, बहुवचन (Masculine, Genitive, Plural)
एकम्one; single
एकम्:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootएक (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (Neuter, Nom/Acc, Singular)
गच्छताम्of those who go
गच्छताम्:
Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
TypeAdjective
Rootगम् (धातु) → गच्छत् (शतृ-कृदन्त)
Formवर्तमानकाले शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी विभक्ति, बहुवचन (Present active participle; Genitive Plural)
परमम्supreme
परमम्:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootपरम (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (Neuter, Nom/Acc, Singular)
पदम्state; abode; goal
पदम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootपद (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (Neuter, Nom/Acc, Singular)
तत्रthere
तत्र:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतत्र (अव्यय)
Formदेशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb: 'there')
गत्वाhaving gone
गत्वा:
Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (क्रिया-विशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootगम् (धातु) → गत्वा (क्त्वान्त अव्यय)
Formक्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (absolutive/gerund: having gone)
नnot
न:
Pratiṣedha (प्रतिषेध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (अव्यय)
Formनिषेध-अव्यय (negation particle)
शोचन्तिthey grieve
शोचन्ति:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootशुच् (धातु)
Formलट्-लकार, परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन (Present Indicative, 3rd person plural)
सःhe
सः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Singular)
विष्णुःViṣṇu
विष्णुः:
Samānādhikaraṇa (समानाधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootविष्णु (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Singular)
सःhe
सः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Singular)
चand
च:
Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)
शङ्करःŚaṅkara (Śiva)
शङ्करः:
Samānādhikaraṇa (समानाधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootशङ्कर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Singular)
Speaker

Lord Kurma (Vishnu) teaching the sages/seekers (Kurma Purana discourse context)

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

Characters & Entities
V
Vishnu
S
Shankara (Shiva)
Y
Yogins
P
Parama Pada (Supreme State)

FAQs

It implies that the supreme goal is a single Reality beyond sorrow, approached through yoga; that Reality is named as both Viṣṇu and Śaṅkara, pointing to one highest Lord rather than competing deities.

The verse emphasizes yoga as the “one gateway” to the supreme state—i.e., disciplined inner practice leading to freedom from śoka (grief). In Kurma Purana’s idiom, this aligns with īśvara-oriented yoga where realization culminates in fearlessness and non-lamentation.

It presents an explicit identity: the same supreme destination and Lord is called both Viṣṇu and Śaṅkara, reflecting the Kurma Purana’s integrative, non-sectarian theology.

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