Shloka 2
Rudra’s Cosmic Dance and the Recognition of Rudra–Nārāyaṇa Unity (Īśvara-gītā Continuation)
तं ते ददृशुरीशानं तेजसां परमं निधिम् / नृत्यमानं महादेवं विष्णुना गगने ऽमले
taṃ te dadṛśurīśānaṃ tejasāṃ paramaṃ nidhim / nṛtyamānaṃ mahādevaṃ viṣṇunā gagane 'male
Dort erblickten sie Īśāna—Mahādeva, den höchsten Schatz aller Strahlenpracht—tanzend im makellosen Himmel, während Viṣṇu an seiner Seite gegenwärtig war.
Narrator (Purāṇic narrator describing what the assembled seers/devotees witnessed)
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: shanta
FAQs
By calling Īśāna “the supreme repository of all splendors,” the verse points to the Supreme as the inexhaustible source in which all powers and lights abide—suggesting a single transcendent ground behind manifest energies.
The verse emphasizes darśana—contemplative vision of the Lord. In Kurma Purana’s Shaiva framework, such purified seeing supports dhyāna (meditation) on Īśvara, where the mind is steadied by focusing on the deity’s luminous form and cosmic activity (nṛtya).
Śiva is seen dancing “with Viṣṇu” in the pure sky, presenting them in harmonious association rather than rivalry—an emblem of the Kurma Purana’s non-sectarian synthesis where the same supreme reality is honored through both Śaiva and Vaiṣṇava idioms.