Kurma Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 45
Adhyāya 25 — Liṅga-māhātmya (The Chapter on the Liṅga): Hari’s Śiva-Worship and the Fiery Pillar Theophany
संपूज्य तानृषिगणान् प्रणामेन महाभुजः / विसर्जयामास हरिर्दत्त्वा तदभिवाञ्छितान्
saṃpūjya tānṛṣigaṇān praṇāmena mahābhujaḥ / visarjayāmāsa harirdattvā tadabhivāñchitān
Après avoir honoré comme il se doit cette assemblée de ṛṣis par des salutations révérencieuses, Hari, aux bras puissants, les congédia en leur accordant les grâces qu’ils désiraient.
Narrator (Purāṇic narration describing Hari/Vishnu’s act)
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
It portrays Hari as the gracious, sovereign Lord who responds to tapas and right intention by granting desired boons—implying the Supreme as both immanent benefactor and transcendent ruler who upholds dharma.
The verse emphasizes reverence (praṇāma) and honoring realized sages, a foundational discipline supporting yoga—cultivating humility, saṅga with the wise, and receptivity to spiritual instruction that later culminates in formal yogic teaching in the Kurma Purana.
Though Vishnu (Hari) is central here, the Purana’s broader synthesis frames such divine grace and sage-honoring as shared marks of īśvara-tattva, harmonizing Shaiva and Vaishnava devotional ethics rather than opposing them.