Shloka 99
Cosmic Manifestation, Mahāmāyā’s Mandate, Varṇāśrama-Dharma, and the Unity of the Trimūrti
तल्लिङ्गधारी सततं तद्भक्तजनवत्सलः / ध्यायेदथार्चयेदेतान् ब्रह्मविद्यापरायणः
talliṅgadhārī satataṃ tadbhaktajanavatsalaḥ / dhyāyedathārcayedetān brahmavidyāparāyaṇaḥ
যি সদায় সেই পবিত্ৰ লিঙ্গ-চিহ্ন ধাৰণ কৰে, ভক্তজনৰ প্ৰতি वात্সল্যশীল, আৰু ব্ৰহ্মবিদ্যাত পৰায়ণ—সেয়ে প্ৰথমে এই (দিব্য ৰূপসমূহ) ধ্যান কৰি, পাছত অৰ্চনা কৰক।
Lord Kūrma (Viṣṇu) instructing the sages/seekers (as preserved in the Kaurma teaching stream)
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: bhakti
FAQs
By praising the practitioner who is “brahma-vidyā-parāyaṇa,” the verse frames worship as grounded in realization-oriented knowledge of Brahman—suggesting that true devotion culminates in insight into the Supreme Self.
It explicitly gives the sequence dhyāna (meditative contemplation) followed by arcana (ritual worship), aligning with Purāṇic/Pāśupata discipline where inner absorption is supported by outer devotion and sacred observance (liṅga-dhāraṇa).
Though voiced within a Vaiṣṇava Purāṇa setting, it endorses Śaiva liṅga-symbolism and devotion to Śiva’s devotees while grounding the goal in Brahman-knowledge—typical of the Kūrma Purāṇa’s non-sectarian, unity-oriented synthesis.