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Kurma Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 1

Kapardeśvara at Piśācamocana — Liberation of a Piśāca and the Brahmapāra Hymn

Devanagari script

इति श्रीकूर्मपुराणे षट्साहस्त्र्यां संहितायां पूर्वविभागेत्रिंशो ऽध्यायः सूत उवाच समाभाष्य मुनीन् धीमान् देवदेवस्य शूलिनः / जगाम लिङ्गं तद् द्रष्टुं कपर्देश्वरमव्ययम्

Transliteration

iti śrīkūrmapurāṇe ṣaṭsāhastryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pūrvavibhāgetriṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ sūta uvāca samābhāṣya munīn dhīmān devadevasya śūlinaḥ / jagāma liṅgaṃ tad draṣṭuṃ kapardeśvaramavyayam

Translation

如是，在《吉祥龟摩往世书》（Śrī Kūrma Purāṇa）六千颂本集中，于前分第三十章至此终结。苏多（Sūta）曰：恭敬与诸牟尼言毕，智者遂启程，欲瞻礼持三叉者（Śūlin）、诸天之天的灵伽——不坏的迦波尔德施瓦罗（Kapardeśvara）。

Word by Word
itithus
iti:
Discourse marker (वाक्य-सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootiti (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; इत्यादि-समाप्त्यर्थक (quotative/closure particle)
śrī-kūrma-purāṇein the Śrī Kūrma Purāṇa
śrī-kūrma-purāṇe:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootśrī (प्रातिपदिक) + kūrma (प्रातिपदिक) + purāṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/अधिकरण), एकवचन; नामधेय-समास (title compound)
ṣaṭ-sāhastryāmin the six-thousand (section)
ṣaṭ-sāhastryām:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootṣaṭ (संख्या) + sāhastrī (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग; सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; द्विगु-समासः—षट् सहस्राणि यस्यां (in the six-thousand [collection])
saṃhitāyāmin the Saṃhitā
saṃhitāyām:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootsaṃhitā (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग; सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन
pūrva-vibhāgein the former section
pūrva-vibhāge:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootpūrva (प्रातिपदिक) + vibhāga (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुषभावः—पूर्वः विभागः (former division)
triṃśaḥthirtieth
triṃśaḥ:
Visheshana (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Roottriṃśa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन; संख्याविशेषण (ordinal sense) अध्यायः प्रति
adhyāyaḥchapter
adhyāyaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootadhyāya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन
sūtaḥSūta
sūtaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootsūta (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन
uvācasaid
uvāca:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√vac (धातु)
Formलिट्-लकार (Perfect); परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन
samābhāṣyahaving spoken to
samābhāṣya:
Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकाल-क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootsam-ā√bhāṣ (धातु)
Formक्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund); पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (having addressed)
munīnsages
munīn:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootmuni (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (Plural)
dhīmānwise
dhīmān:
Visheshana (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootdhīmat (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण—(सूतः) प्रति
deva-devasyaof the God of gods
deva-devasya:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootdeva (प्रातिपदिक) + deva (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः—देवानां देवः (god of gods)
śūlinaḥof the trident-bearer
śūlinaḥ:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootśūlin (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण-नाम (epithet) देवदेवस्य प्रति
jagāmawent
jagāma:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√gam (धातु)
Formलिट्-लकार (Perfect); परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन
liṅgamliṅga (emblem)
liṅgam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootliṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन
tatthat
tat:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम (pronoun)
draṣṭumto see
draṣṭum:
Prayojana (प्रयोजन)
TypeVerb
Root√dṛś (धातु)
Formतुमुन्-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (infinitive); प्रयोजनार्थ (purpose)
kaparda-īśvaramKapardeśvara
kaparda-īśvaram:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootkaparda (प्रातिपदिक) + īśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः—कपर्दस्य ईश्वरः (Lord with matted hair)
avyayamimperishable
avyayam:
Visheshana (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootavyaya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण—कपर्देश्वरम्/लिङ्गम् प्रति
Speaker

Sūta

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

Characters & Entities
S
Sūta
M
Munis (sages)
Ś
Śiva (Śūlin, Devadeva)
K
Kapardeśvara Liṅga

FAQs

By calling Kapardeśvara “avyaya” (imperishable), the verse points to the unchanging reality that sacred symbols like the Liṅga signify—an enduring divine principle beyond decay, aligned with the Purāṇic view of the timeless Self and Lord.

The verse emphasizes darśana (seeking direct vision) through pilgrimage and reverent approach to a sacred emblem; in Purāṇic praxis this supports inner discipline—faith (śraddhā), focused intention, and contemplative seeing—often treated as preparatory to deeper yogic absorption.

Within the Kūrma Purāṇa’s broad synthesis, the narrative voice anchored in a Vaiṣṇava Purāṇa still exalts Śiva as Devadeva; this mutual veneration supports the text’s non-sectarian framing where devotion to Śiva and Viṣṇu is presented as harmonizable rather than opposed.

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