Kurma Purana — Uttara Bhaga, Shloka 12
Prākṛta-pralaya, Pratisarga Doctrine, and the Ishvara-Samanvaya of Yoga and Devotion
पीत्वा नृत्तामृतं देवी भर्तुः परममङ्गला / योगमास्थाय देवस्य देहमायाति शूलिनः
pītvā nṛttāmṛtaṃ devī bhartuḥ paramamaṅgalā / yogamāsthāya devasya dehamāyāti śūlinaḥ
女神饮下主之舞的甘露——至为吉祥，忠于其夫——遂入瑜伽三昧，证得三叉戟持者之身，即湿婆之身。
Narrator (Purāṇic narration within the Kurma Purana’s Śaiva-focused section; speaker traditionally attributable to Vyāsa’s narration to the sages)
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
It presents liberation as identity with the divine reality: through yogic absorption, the Devī “attains the body” of Śiva, implying union/oneness with the supreme consciousness rather than mere proximity.
The key practice is entering yoga (yogam āsthāya)—i.e., disciplined absorption culminating in samādhi—by which the seeker becomes fit to realize and partake in the deity’s own state (tādātmya/identity).
Though Śiva is explicitly named (Śūlin), the Kurma Purana’s broader synthesis frames such yogic union with Śiva as fully consonant with Purāṇic dharma and devotion—supporting a non-competitive, unified vision of the divine across Śaiva and Vaiṣṇava strands.