Shloka 1

Naimiṣa-kṣetra-prādurbhāva and Jāpyeśvara-māhātmya — Nandī’s Birth, Japa, and Consecration

Devanagari script

इति श्रीकूर्मपुराणे षट्साहस्त्र्यां संहितायामुपरिविभागे चत्वारिंशो ऽध्यायः सूत उवाच इदं त्रैलोक्यविख्यातं तीर्थं नैमिशमुत्तमम् / महादेवप्रियकरं महापातकनाशनम्

Transliteration

iti śrīkūrmapurāṇe ṣaṭsāhastryāṃ saṃhitāyāmuparivibhāge catvāriṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ sūta uvāca idaṃ trailokyavikhyātaṃ tīrthaṃ naimiśamuttamam / mahādevapriyakaraṃ mahāpātakanāśanam

Translation

ดังนี้ ในศรีกูรมปุราณะ ภาคสังหิตา ษัฏสาหัสรี ตอนปลาย เริ่มบทที่สี่สิบเอ็ด สุ ตะกล่าวว่า “นัยมิษะตีรถะอันประเสริฐนี้เลื่องลือทั่วไตรโลก เป็นที่รักของมหาเทวะ และทำลายมหาบาปได้”

Word by Word

• iti: thus
• iti: Vākyārtha-dyotaka (वाक्यार्थद्योतक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: Quotative/closing particle (इति-निपात)

• śrī-kūrma-purāṇe: in the Śrī Kūrma Purāṇa
• śrī-kūrma-purāṇe: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śrī (प्रातिपदिक) + kūrma (प्रातिपदिक) + purāṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napुंसकलिङ्ग, Saptamī (Locative), Ekavacana; title-compound (समास) ‘śrīmat kūrmapurāṇam’

• ṣaṭ-sāhastryām: in the six-thousand (collection)
• ṣaṭ-sāhastryām: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ṣaṭ (संख्या) + sāhastrī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga, Saptamī, Ekavacana; dvigu-samāsa (द्विगु) ‘ṣaṇṇāṃ sahasrāṇāṃ saṅkhyā’ (six-thousand [verses]) qualifying saṃhitāyām

• saṃhitāyām: in the saṃhitā (compilation)
• saṃhitāyām: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃhitā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga, Saptamī, Ekavacana

• upari-vibhāge: in the upper division/section
• upari-vibhāge: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: upari (अव्यय) + vibhāga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Saptamī, Ekavacana; avyayībhāva ‘upari’ + ‘vibhāga’ = ‘upper section’

• catvāriṃśaḥ: fortieth
• catvāriṃśaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: catvāriṃśat (प्रातिपदिक/संख्या)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana; ordinal sense ‘fortieth’ qualifying adhyāyaḥ

• adhyāyaḥ: chapter
• adhyāyaḥ: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: adhyāya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana

• sūtaḥ: Sūta
• sūtaḥ: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sūta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vac (वच् धातु)
• Form: Liṭ (Perfect), Prathama-puruṣa, Ekavacana; parasmaipada

• idam: this
• idam: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Sarvanāma, Napuṃsakalिङ्ग, Prathamā/Dvitīyā, Ekavacana; demonstrative

• trailokya-vikhyātam: famed in the three worlds
• trailokya-vikhyātam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tri-loka (प्रातिपदिक) + vikhyāta (कृदन्त; vi-√khyā धातु, क्त)
• Form: Napuṃsakalिङ्ग, Prathamā/Dvitīyā, Ekavacana; ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa ‘trailokye vikhyātam’/‘trailokyasya vikhyātam’ qualifying tīrtham

• tīrtham: holy place, pilgrimage site
• tīrtham: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napuṃsakalिङ्ग, Dvitīyā, Ekavacana

• naimiśam: Naimiṣa (related to Naimiṣa)
• naimiśam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: naimiśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napuṃsakalिङ्ग, Dvitīyā, Ekavacana; viśeṣaṇa of tīrtham

• uttamam: excellent, supreme
• uttamam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: uttama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napuṃsakalिङ्ग, Dvitīyā, Ekavacana; viśeṣaṇa of tīrtham

• mahādeva-priya-karam: that which pleases Mahādeva
• mahādeva-priya-karam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahādeva (प्रातिपदिक) + priya (प्रातिपदिक) + kara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napuṃsakalिङ्ग, Dvitīyā, Ekavacana; tatpuruṣa ‘mahādevasya priyam karoti’ qualifying tīrtham

• mahā-pātaka-nāśanam: destroyer of great sins
• mahā-pātaka-nāśanam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + pātaka (प्रातिपदिक) + nāśana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napuṃsakalिङ्ग, Dvitīyā, Ekavacana; tatpuruṣa ‘mahāpātakānāṃ nāśanam’ qualifying tīrtham

Speaker

Sūta

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: adbhuta

Secondary Rasa: shanta

Characters & Entities

• Sūta
• Naimiṣa (Naimiṣāraṇya)
• Mahādeva (Śiva)
• Trailokya (three worlds)

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FAQs

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

Indirectly: it frames sacred geography as spiritually efficacious—purification from “great sins” prepares the seeker for higher knowledge of the Self taught elsewhere in the Upari-bhāga (including the Ishvara Gītā).

What Yoga or Meditative practices are highlighted here?

No specific technique is taught in this line; it emphasizes tīrtha-sevā (pilgrimage, sacred presence, and ritual purity) as supportive discipline that complements the Purāṇa’s Yoga teachings (e.g., Pāśupata-oriented devotion and inner purification).

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

By praising a tīrtha as “dear to Mahādeva” within the Kūrma Purāṇa’s Vaiṣṇava frame, it reflects the text’s integrative stance: Śiva-centered sanctity and Vaiṣṇava revelation function together rather than in opposition.