Shloka 16
Cosmic Night, Nārāyaṇa as Brahmā, and the Varāha Raising of the Earth
नमो ऽस्त्वानन्दरूपाय साक्षिणे जगतां नमः / अनन्तायाप्रमेयाय कार्याय करणाय च
namo 'stvānandarūpāya sākṣiṇe jagatāṃ namaḥ / anantāyāprameyāya kāryāya karaṇāya ca
Ehrerbietung Dir, dessen Wesen Ananda, selige Wonne, ist; Ehrerbietung Dir, dem Zeugen aller Welten. Ehrerbietung dem Unendlichen, dem Unermesslichen—Du bist zugleich Wirkung und Ursache.
A devotee/narrator offering a stuti (hymn) to the Supreme Lord (understood in the Kurma Purana’s Shiva–Vishnu synthesis as Īśvara/Nārāyaṇa-Rudra).
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
It describes the Supreme as ānandarūpa (bliss by nature) and sākṣin (the inner Witness), indicating a transcendent Self that illumines all experience while remaining infinite and immeasurable.
The key practice implied is sākṣī-bhāva—meditating as the Witness of thoughts and the world—aligning with Kurma Purana’s yogic emphasis (including Pāśupata-oriented discipline) on disidentifying from changing phenomena and abiding in the witnessing Īśvara/Ātman.
By praising one Supreme as both cause and effect, infinite and witness, it supports the Purana’s synthetic stance: Shiva and Vishnu are expressions/titles of the same Īśvara praised in devotion and realized in yoga.