Kurma Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 1
Adhyāya 25 — Liṅga-māhātmya (The Chapter on the Liṅga): Hari’s Śiva-Worship and the Fiery Pillar Theophany
इति श्रीकूर्मपूराणे षट्साहस्त्र्यां संहितायां पूर्वविभागे चतुर्विशो ऽध्यायः सूत उवाच प्रविश्य मेरुशिखरं कैलासं कनकप्रभम् / रराम भगवान् सोमः केशवेन महेश्वरः
iti śrīkūrmapūrāṇe ṣaṭsāhastryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pūrvavibhāge caturviśo 'dhyāyaḥ sūta uvāca praviśya meruśikharaṃ kailāsaṃ kanakaprabham / rarāma bhagavān somaḥ keśavena maheśvaraḥ
یوں شری کورم پران کی چھٹ ساہسری سنہتا کے پورو بھاگ میں پچیسواں ادھیائے۔ سوت نے کہا—میرو شکھر کے سنہری درخشاں کیلاش میں داخل ہو کر بھگوان سوم روپ مہیشور کیشو کے ساتھ مسرور ہوئے۔
Sūta
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: shanta
FAQs
Indirectly, it frames divinity as harmonized rather than opposed: Śiva (Soma/Maheśvara) rejoicing with Viṣṇu (Keśava) signals a non-sectarian vision where the Supreme is approached through complementary forms.
No explicit yogic technique is taught in this verse; it functions as a narrative setting at Kailāsa, a sacred locus often associated with tapas and contemplative discipline, preparing the ground for later doctrinal exposition.
It depicts concord and shared divine presence: Maheśvara (Śiva) delights together with Keśava (Viṣṇu), reflecting the Kurma Purana’s Shaiva–Vaishnava synthesis rather than rivalry.