Brahmā’s Lotus-Birth, the Sealing of the Cosmic Womb, and the Epiphany of Parameśvara
Hari–Hara Samanvaya
इतीदमुक्त्वा भगवाननादिः स्वमायया मोहितभूतभेदः / जगाम जन्मर्धिविनाशहीनं धामैकमव्यक्तमनन्तशक्तिः
itīdamuktvā bhagavānanādiḥ svamāyayā mohitabhūtabhedaḥ / jagāma janmardhivināśahīnaṃ dhāmaikamavyaktamanantaśaktiḥ
かく語り終えて、無始にして無限の力を具えた福徳の主は、自らのマーヤーによって有身の衆生に分別と差異を見せる御方として、生・成長・滅を超えた唯一の不顕の住処へと去り給うた。
Sūta (narrator) describing the Lord’s departure after instruction
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
It points to a single, unmanifest reality beyond change—free from birth, increase, and decay—implying the Supreme as immutable and non-dual, while perceived plurality arises through Māyā.
The verse emphasizes the yogic discernment that pierces Māyā-created bheda (difference). In Kurma Purana’s Yoga-oriented teaching, liberation involves steady contemplation of the avyakta (unmanifest) and detachment from the changing states of embodied existence.
By stressing one unmanifest dhāma beyond all dualities, it supports the Purana’s integrative stance: sectarian distinctions are secondary to realization of the single Supreme, expressed through both Shaiva and Vaishnava idioms.