Shloka 44
Tīrtha-Māhātmya: Mahālaya, Kedāra, Rivers and Fords, and Devadāru Forest
Akṣaya-Karma Doctrine
तत्र पुष्करिणी रम्या सुषुम्ना नाम नामतः / तत्र गत्वा द्विजो विद्वान् ब्रह्महत्यां विमुञ्चति
tatra puṣkariṇī ramyā suṣumnā nāma nāmataḥ / tatra gatvā dvijo vidvān brahmahatyāṃ vimuñcati
ที่นั่นมีสระศักดิ์สิทธิ์อันรื่นรมย์ชื่อว่า สุษุมณา (Suṣumnā) ผู้เป็นทวิชะผู้รู้เมื่อไปถึงที่นั้น ย่อมพ้นจากบาปพรหมหัตยา คือการฆ่าพราหมณ์
Sūta (narrator) recounting the tīrtha-māhātmya to the sages (Naimiṣāraṇya frame)
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
Indirectly: it emphasizes purification through dharma and tīrtha-sevā; in the Kurma Purana’s broader teaching, inner purity supports knowledge (jñāna) of the Self, though this verse itself focuses on karmic expiation.
No specific yogic technique is stated; the practice is tīrtha-yātrā as a dharmic discipline (niyama-like purification), which the Purana often pairs with mantra, snāna (ritual bathing), and restrained conduct to prepare one for higher yoga and jñāna.
It does not explicitly mention Śiva or Viṣṇu; however, the tīrtha-mahātmya genre in the Kurma Purana commonly reflects a Shaiva–Vaishnava synthesis where sacred places and purification are upheld as universally efficacious under the one supreme reality.