Kurma Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 35

Sapta-dvīpa Cosmography and the Vision of Śvetadvīpa–Vaikuṇṭha

Devanagari script

आसां पिबन्तः सलिलं जीवन्ते तत्र मानवाः / अनामया ह्यशोकाश्च रागद्वेषविवर्जिताः

Transliteration

āsāṃ pibantaḥ salilaṃ jīvante tatra mānavāḥ / anāmayā hyaśokāśca rāgadveṣavivarjitāḥ

Translation

饮此诸圣流之水，居于彼处之人得以安住：无病无忧，远离贪著与憎恶。

Word by Word

• आसाम्: of these (rivers)
• आसाम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• पिबन्तः: drinking
• पिबन्तः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पा (धातु)
• Form: वर्तमान-कृदन्त (शतृ/Present active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; परस्मैपदी

• सलिलम्: water
• सलिलम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सलिल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• जीवन्ते: they live
• जीवन्ते: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जीव् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; आत्मनेपदी

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• मानवाः: people, humans
• मानवाः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मानव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• अनामयाः: free from disease, healthy
• अनामयाः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनामय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifying मानवाः)

• हि: indeed, for
• हि: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: हेतौ/निश्चयार्थक-निपात (particle: indeed/for)

• अशोकाः: sorrowless
• अशोकाः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अशोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषण (मानवाः)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/coordination)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction)

• रागद्वेषविवर्जिताः: devoid of attachment and aversion
• रागद्वेषविवर्जिताः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: राग + द्वेष + विवर्जित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त/PPP) 'विवर्जित' from वि+वर्ज्; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषण (मानवाः)

Speaker

Suta (narrating the Kurma Purana to the sages)

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

Characters & Entities

• Sacred waters
• Tirtha (implied)

More Details (4 sections)

FAQs

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

By highlighting freedom from raga and dvesha, the verse points to the purified, sāttvic condition in which the Atman’s intrinsic serenity is reflected—health and sorrowlessness are presented as signs of inner clarity rather than mere physical fortune.

What Yoga or Meditative practices are highlighted here?

The verse emphasizes vairāgya (dispassion) as a core yogic discipline: abandoning attachment and aversion is a practical foundation for dhyāna and śiva–nārāyaṇa-oriented devotion taught across the Kurma Purana’s Yoga-shastra themes.

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

Though not explicit here, the Purana’s synthesis frames purification (tīrtha-sevana and inner vairāgya) as compatible with both Shaiva and Vaishnava soteriology—freedom from raga-dvesha is a shared doorway to the one Supreme revered as Shiva and as Narayana.