Kurma Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 64
Viṣṇu at Upamanyu’s Āśrama: Pāśupata Tapas, Darśana of Śiva, and Boons from Devī
त्वात्पादे कुसुममथापि पत्रमेकं दत्त्वासौ भवति विमुक्तविश्वबन्धः / सर्वाघं प्रणुदति सिद्धयोगिजुष्टं स्मृत्वा ते पदयुगलं भवत्प्रसादात्
tvātpāde kusumamathāpi patramekaṃ dattvāsau bhavati vimuktaviśvabandhaḥ / sarvāghaṃ praṇudati siddhayogijuṣṭaṃ smṛtvā te padayugalaṃ bhavatprasādāt
Chỉ cần dâng dưới chân Ngài một đóa hoa—hay chỉ một chiếc lá—cũng khiến người ấy được giải thoát khỏi mọi ràng buộc thế gian. Nhờ ân sủng của Ngài, chỉ cần tưởng niệm đôi chân Ngài—được các bậc yogi thành tựu tôn kính—là mọi tội lỗi đều tiêu trừ.
Lord Kurma (Vishnu) instructing on bhakti as a liberating discipline
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: karuna
FAQs
It emphasizes the Supreme as accessible through grace and contemplative remembrance: liberation is not presented as mere ritual complexity, but as inner turning toward the Lord’s feet, which purifies and releases worldly bondage.
Smarana (steady remembrance) is highlighted as a yogic discipline: recollecting the Lord’s feet—praised by siddha-yogins—functions as purification (pāpa-kṣaya) and as a support for liberation-oriented meditation.
By praising a yogin-honored path of remembrance and grace, it aligns bhakti with yogic realization—typical of the Kurma Purana’s Shaiva-Vaishnava synthesis where devotion, yoga, and liberation are presented as mutually reinforcing rather than sectarian.