Shloka 22
Rudrakoṭi, Madhuvana, Puṣpanagarī, and Kālañjara — Śveta’s Bhakti and the Subjugation of Kāla
तन्मध्ये ऽसौ पुरुषं रुक्मवर्णं देव्या देवं चन्द्रलेखोज्ज्वलाङ्गम् / तेजोरूपं पश्यति स्मातिहृष्टो मेने चास्मन्नाथ आगच्छतीति
tanmadhye 'sau puruṣaṃ rukmavarṇaṃ devyā devaṃ candralekhojjvalāṅgam / tejorūpaṃ paśyati smātihṛṣṭo mene cāsmannātha āgacchatīti
ആ തേജസ്സിന്റെ മദ്ധ്യേ അവൻ സ്വർണ്ണവർണ്ണനായ പുരുഷനെ കണ്ടു—ദേവിയോടുകൂടിയ ദേവനെ—ചന്ദ്രരേഖപോലെ ദീപ്തമായ അവയവങ്ങളോടെ. ആ തേജോമയ രൂപം കണ്ടു അത്യന്തം ഹർഷിച്ചു, “നമ്മുടെ നാഥൻ വരുന്നു” എന്നു വിചാരിച്ചു।
Narrator (Purāṇic narration, describing the seer’s vision)
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: shringara
FAQs
It presents the Supreme as tejo-rūpa—known through luminous presence—implying a transcendent reality apprehended in inner vision rather than by ordinary sense-contact.
The verse points to antar-darśana (inner seeing): a contemplative state where the mind becomes clear enough to perceive the Lord’s radiant form, a bhakti-infused yogic experience aligned with Purāṇic sādhanā.
By emphasizing one Supreme Deva perceived with Devī in a unified, luminous form, it supports the Kurma Purana’s integrative theology where sectarian boundaries soften in the direct experience of the one Lord.