Kurma Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 10
Sapta-dvīpa Cosmography and the Vision of Śvetadvīpa–Vaikuṇṭha
इज्यते भगवान् सोमो वर्णैस्तत्र निवासिभिः / तेषां च सोमसायुज्यं सारूप्यं मुनिपुङ्गवाः
ijyate bhagavān somo varṇaistatra nivāsibhiḥ / teṣāṃ ca somasāyujyaṃ sārūpyaṃ munipuṅgavāḥ
在那里，诸住民不分四姓皆礼敬神圣的主宰苏摩；其果报是得与苏摩合一（sāyujya），并得与其同相（sārūpya），噢，诸牟尼之最胜者。
Sūta (narrating to the sages at Naimiṣāraṇya)
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: shanta
FAQs
It frames liberation here as sāyujya and sārūpya with a deity (Soma), implying a graded, devotional model of spiritual attainment; the Purana often places such deity-union as a step within a broader path culminating in realization of the supreme Lord beyond particular forms.
The verse highlights upāsanā (devotional worship) and karma-yoga through ijyā (ritual worship) accessible to all varṇas; in Kurma Purana’s wider teaching, such disciplined worship supports inner purification that later matures into dhyāna and higher yoga.
While Soma is the explicit deity here, the Kurma Purana’s larger Shaiva–Vaishnava synthesis treats such deva-upāsanā as harmonized within devotion to the one supreme Ishvara, allowing multiple divine forms to function as legitimate gateways to liberation.