Shloka 23
Madhu–Kaiṭabha, Nārāyaṇa’s Yoga-Nidrā, Rudra’s Manifestation, and the Aṣṭamūrti–Trimūrti Teaching
रुरोद सुस्वरं घोरं देवदेवः स्वयं शिवः / रोदमानं ततो ब्रह्मा मा रोदीरित्यभाषत / रोदनाद् रुद्र इत्येवं लोके ख्यातिं गमिष्यसि
ruroda susvaraṃ ghoraṃ devadevaḥ svayaṃ śivaḥ / rodamānaṃ tato brahmā mā rodīrityabhāṣata / rodanād rudra ityevaṃ loke khyātiṃ gamiṣyasi
Śiva selbst — der Gott der Götter — weinte mit einer schaurigen und doch klar tönenden Stimme. Da sprach Brahmā zu ihm, als er weinte: „Weine nicht.“ Und so wirst du durch dieses Weinen in der Welt unter dem Namen „Rudra“ berühmt werden.
Narrator (Purāṇic narrator) quoting Brahmā’s address to Śiva
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: shanta
FAQs
Indirectly: it frames a cosmic archetype where divine activity (Śiva’s lament and Brahmā’s naming) manifests as name-and-form in the world—suggesting that even the highest realities are known in creation through recognizable attributes and appellations.
No specific practice is prescribed in this verse; it functions as a mythic-etymological teaching. In Kurma Purana’s broader Shaiva context, such passages support devotion (bhakti) and mantra-oriented remembrance of Śiva’s names, which later align with disciplined practice in Pāśupata-oriented spirituality.
Though Viṣṇu is not named here, the Kurma Purana’s overarching synthesis treats major deities as complementary expressions of the one supreme reality; this verse contributes by grounding Śiva’s universal recognition (“Rudra”) within cosmic order rather than sectarian rivalry.