Shloka 75
Genealogies from Purūravas to the Haihayas; Jayadhvaja’s Vaiṣṇava Resolve, Sage-Adjudication, and the Slaying of Videha
तान् वसिष्ठस्तु भगवान् याजयामास सर्ववित् / गौतमो ऽत्रिरगस्त्यश्च सर्वे रुद्रपरायणाः
tān vasiṣṭhastu bhagavān yājayāmāsa sarvavit / gautamo 'triragastyaśca sarve rudraparāyaṇāḥ
तेव्हा सर्वज्ञ भगवान वसिष्ठांनी त्यांच्यासाठी यज्ञ करवून घेतले; तसेच गौतम, अत्रि आणि अगस्त्य—हे सर्व रुद्रपरायण होते।
Sūta (narrator) recounting the tradition to the assembled sages (Naimiṣāraṇya frame)
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: vira
FAQs
By portraying great ṛṣis as “Rudra-parāyaṇa,” it implies a single highest refuge—Rudra as the inner Lord—toward whom ritual action (yajña) is ultimately oriented, aligning outer rites with inner surrender.
The verse foregrounds yajña guided by realized sages and a one-pointed orientation (parāyaṇatā) to Rudra—an attitude that supports Pāśupata-style discipline where devotion and focused contemplation sanctify action.
Though explicitly Rudra-centered, it fits the Kurma Purana’s synthesis: Vedic rites and devotion converge on the same supreme reality, allowing Rudra-bhakti to harmonize with broader Vaiṣṇava-Purāṇic theology rather than oppose it.