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# Kurmapurana 2.8.18

Kūrmapurāṇa 2.8.18

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.8.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.2.8.18)

evaṃ hi yo veda guhāśayaṃ paraṃ  
prabhuṃ purāṇaṃ puruṣaṃ viśvarūpam /  
hiraṇmayaṃ buddhimatāṃ parāṃ gatiṃ  
sa buddhimān buddhimatītya tiṣṭhati //

### [2.8.18.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.2.8.18.p1)

iti śrīkūrmapārāṇe ṣaṭsāhastryāṃ saṃhitāyāmuparivibhāge (īśvaragītāsu) aṣṭamo 'dhyāyaḥ

## Linked texts (2)

- [Southern recension](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*southern.12.375.9_2174) — Sanskrit
- [Kūrmapurāṇa (Ananta Gokhale)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurmapurana.39.p4) — Ananta Gokhale, Sanskrit

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Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.2.8.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.2.8.18) · Pramāṇa