Kurma Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 63

Sapta-dvīpa Cosmography and the Vision of Śvetadvīpa–Vaikuṇṭha

Devanagari script

विचिन्त्यमानो योगीन्द्रैः सनन्दनपुरोगमैः / स्वात्मानन्दामृतं पीत्वा परं तत् तमसः परम्

Transliteration

vicintyamāno yogīndraiḥ sanandanapurogamaiḥ / svātmānandāmṛtaṃ pītvā paraṃ tat tamasaḥ param

Translation

سنندن کی قیادت میں یوگیندروں کے دھیان کا وہ پرم تتّو، اپنے ہی آتما آنند کے امرت کو پی کر، تمس سے بھی پرے، پراتپر طور پر قائم ہے۔

Word by Word

• विचिन्त्यमानः: being meditated upon
• विचिन्त्यमानः: विशेषण (Qualifier of subject/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि + चिन्त् (धातु) → विचिन्त्यमान (कृदन्त)
• Form: वर्तमानकृदन्त (present passive participle); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘being contemplated’

• योगीन्द्रैः: by the lords of yogins (great yogis)
• योगीन्द्रैः: कर्ता (Agent in passive/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: योगीन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया (3rd/करण), बहुवचन

• सनन्दन-पुरोगमैः: led by Sanandana (and others)
• सनन्दन-पुरोगमैः: कर्ता (Agent in passive/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सनन्दन (प्रातिपदिक) + पुरोगम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया (3rd/करण), बहुवचन; विशेषण (led by Sanandana)

• स्व-आत्म-आनन्द-अमृतम्: the nectar of bliss of one’s own Self
• स्व-आत्म-आनन्द-अमृतम्: कर्म (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्व (प्रातिपदिक) + आत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक) + आनन्द (प्रातिपदिक) + अमृत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• पीत्वा: having drunk
• पीत्वा: पूर्वकाल-क्रिया (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पा (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund); ‘having drunk’

• परम्: supreme
• परम्: विशेषण (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण

• तत्: that (reality)
• तत्: कर्म/विषय (Object/Topic)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; सर्वनाम (that)

• तमसः: of darkness/ignorance
• तमसः: सम्बन्ध (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• परम्: beyond
• परम्: विशेषण (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (beyond)

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic voice describing the Supreme as realized by Yogins)

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

Characters & Entities

• Sanandana
• Yogindras
• Ātman

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FAQs

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

It presents the Supreme as directly realizable as the nectar-like bliss of one’s own Self (svātmānanda), and as a reality that transcends tamas—ignorance, obscuration, and spiritual darkness.

What Yoga or Meditative practices are highlighted here?

The verse emphasizes vicāra/dhyāna—steady contemplation by accomplished yogins—culminating in inner assimilation (‘drinking’) of Self-bliss, a classic Yogic marker of samādhi-like realization beyond the guṇas, especially beyond tamas.

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

Rather than naming either deity, it speaks in a shared Purāṇic idiom of the one Supreme Reality realized in Yoga—supporting the Kurma Purana’s Shaiva–Vaishnava synthesis where the highest truth is beyond sectarian limitation and beyond tamas.