Shloka 6
Kāraṇānvēṣaṇam: The 32 Marks of Hari, Defects (Doṣas), Death-Omens, and Hari’s Omnipresence in Social & Household Life
य एतत्सर्वं मिलितं चैकमेव हरेर्विष्णोर्लक्षणं चाहुरार्याः / मुखं स्त्रिग्धं वर्तुलं पुष्टिरूपं द्वितीयं तल्लक्षणं चाहुरार्याः
ya etatsarvaṃ militaṃ caikameva harerviṣṇorlakṣaṇaṃ cāhurāryāḥ / mukhaṃ strigdhaṃ vartulaṃ puṣṭirūpaṃ dvitīyaṃ tallakṣaṇaṃ cāhurāryāḥ
আৰ্যসকলে কয় যে এই সকলো লক্ষণ একেলগে মিলি যেতিয়া একেটা সমগ্ৰ ৰূপ হয়, তেতিয়া সেয়া হৰি–বিষ্ণুৰ লক্ষণ। তেওঁলোকে আৰু কয়—মুখ স্নিগ্ধ আৰু দীপ্ত, বৃত্তাকাৰ আৰু পুষ্ট-ৰূপ হ’ব লাগে; ই দ্বিতীয় লক্ষণ।
Lord Vishnu (teaching Garuda/Vinata-putra)
Concept: Auspicious bodily marks (lakṣaṇa) as identifiers of Hari-Viṣṇu; integrated wholeness of signs indicates divinity and supports dhyāna.
Vedantic Theme: Saguna-brahman upāsanā: form-based contemplation as a support for steadiness of mind leading toward liberation.
Application: Use the described facial qualities (smooth, lustrous, round, full) as a dhyāna-image for Viṣṇu; cultivate inner ‘snigdhata’ (gentleness/clarity) as a moral-aesthetic analogue.
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
Related Themes: Garuda Purana sections enumerating Viṣṇu’s rūpa, āyudha, and lakṣaṇa for meditation; Phala-śruti style claims connecting hearing/knowing marks with spiritual benefit
FAQs
This verse frames Viṣṇu’s “lakṣaṇa” as a coherent set of auspicious traits recognized by learned tradition, helping devotees and ritual contexts identify and contemplate the divine form correctly.
Indirectly: by emphasizing contemplation and recognition of Hari–Viṣṇu’s auspicious form, it supports devotional focus (smaraṇa/bhakti), which the Garuda Purana often presents as spiritually protective and elevating for the jīva.
Use it as a guideline for respectful temple icon recognition and for meditation: contemplate Viṣṇu’s serene, lustrous, well-formed visage to cultivate steadiness, devotion, and sattvic conduct.