Kurma Purana — Uttara Bhaga, Shloka 41
Daily Duties of Brāhmaṇas: Snāna, Sandhyā, Sūrya-hṛdaya, Japa, Tarpaṇa, and the Pañca-mahāyajñas
नमो हंसाय ते नित्यमादित्याय नमो ऽस्तु ते / नमस्ते वज्रहस्ताय त्र्यम्बकाय नमो ऽस्तु ते
namo haṃsāya te nityamādityāya namo 'stu te / namaste vajrahastāya tryambakāya namo 'stu te
Everlasting salutations to You as Haṃsa; salutations to You as Āditya, the Sun. Salutations to You whose hand bears the vajra; salutations to You as Tryambaka, the Three‑eyed Lord.
A devotee/sage reciting a stotra within the Kurma Purana’s Upari-bhaga (Ishvara-oriented praise context)
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: shanta
FAQs
By naming the Lord as “Haṃsa,” the verse points to the supreme discerning consciousness (paramātman) that illumines and separates the real from the unreal, while still being worshipped as the personal Ishvara.
The verse functions as mantra-like japa of divine epithets—Haṃsa and Āditya for inner illumination and prāṇa-consciousness, and Tryambaka for Śiva-centered contemplation—supporting one-pointed devotion (ekāgratā) central to Kurma Purana’s Ishvara-oriented yoga.
It praises one Supreme through multiple forms—solar (Āditya), sovereign power (vajrahasta), and explicitly Śaiva (Tryambaka)—reflecting the Kurma Purana’s non-sectarian stance where Śiva and Viṣṇu are honored as expressions of the same Ishvara.