Shloka 92
Kapālamocana: The Cutting of Brahmā’s Fifth Head, Śiva’s Kāpālika Vow, and Purification in Vārāṇasī
अथाब्रवीत् कालरुद्रं हरिर्नारायणः प्रभुः / संस्तूय वैदिकैर्मन्त्रैर्बहुमानपुरः सरम्
athābravīt kālarudraṃ harirnārāyaṇaḥ prabhuḥ / saṃstūya vaidikairmantrairbahumānapuraḥ saram
ಅನಂತರ ಪ್ರಭು ನಾರಾಯಣನಾದ ಭಗವಾನ್ ಹರಿಯು ವೈದಿಕ ಮಂತ್ರಗಳಿಂದ ಸ್ತುತಿಸಿ, ಮಹಾ ಗೌರವದಿಂದ ಕಾಲರುದ್ರನಿಗೆ ಮಾತಾಡಿದನು।
Nārāyaṇa (Hari/Vishnu)
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
By showing Nārāyaṇa honoring Rudra through Vedic praise, the verse implies a single supreme divinity expressed through multiple divine forms—pointing toward a unitive (non-sectarian) understanding of the highest reality.
The verse foregrounds mantra-centered devotion—Vedic stuti (praise) as a disciplined spiritual practice—often treated in Purāṇic yoga as a preparatory limb that purifies attention and aligns the practitioner with īśvara-bhāva (God-oriented contemplation).
It depicts mutual reverence: Vishnu (Nārāyaṇa) praises Rudra with Vedic mantras, reinforcing the Kurma Purana’s Shaiva–Vaishnava synthesis where the two are honored as harmonious manifestations of the same supreme principle.