Shloka 31
Genealogies from Purūravas to the Haihayas; Jayadhvaja’s Vaiṣṇava Resolve, Sage-Adjudication, and the Slaying of Videha
या सा घोरतरा मूर्तिरस्य तेजामयी परा / संहरेद् विद्यया सर्वं संसारं शूलभृत् तया
yā sā ghoratarā mūrtirasya tejāmayī parā / saṃhared vidyayā sarvaṃ saṃsāraṃ śūlabhṛt tayā
उसकी जो परम तेजोमयी, अत्यन्त घोर रूप वाली मूर्ति है—उसी दिव्य विद्या-शक्ति से शूलधारी समस्त संसार-चक्र का संहार कर देते हैं।
Lord Kūrma (Viṣṇu) instructing in a Śaiva-Vaiṣṇava synthesis, describing Śiva as the śūlabhṛt whose supreme vidyā dissolves saṃsāra
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: raudra
FAQs
It points to a transcendent, tejas-filled “supreme form” whose vidyā ends saṃsāra—implying that liberation comes by realizing the highest spiritual reality beyond changing embodiment.
The verse foregrounds vidyā (liberating knowledge) as the decisive means—aligned with Purāṇic Yoga where contemplation on the Lord’s supreme reality and inner discernment culminate in saṃsāra-nivṛtti (cessation of worldly becoming).
With Viṣṇu (as Kūrma) teaching and explicitly praising Śiva (the Trident-bearer) as the agent of cosmic withdrawal through supreme knowledge, it reflects the Kūrma Purāṇa’s non-sectarian synthesis: one supreme reality expressed through complementary divine functions.