Shloka 52
Tīrtha-māhātmya and Rudra’s Samanvaya Teaching
Maṅkaṇaka Episode
इत्याभाष्य मुनिश्रेष्ठं स रुद्रः किल विश्वदृक् / आस्थाय परमं भावं ननर्त जगतो हरः
ityābhāṣya muniśreṣṭhaṃ sa rudraḥ kila viśvadṛk / āsthāya paramaṃ bhāvaṃ nanarta jagato haraḥ
Setelah demikian bertitah kepada resi yang paling utama, Rudra—Yang Maha Melihat—lalu memasuki keadaan tertinggi yang suci, dan menari sebagai Hara, Tuhan alam semesta.
Narrator (Purāṇic narrator describing Rudra’s action after speaking to a great sage)
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: raudra
FAQs
By portraying Rudra as viśvadṛk (all-seeing) who enters parama-bhāva (the supreme state), the verse points to a consciousness that transcends ordinary mind and becomes the universal witness—an Upaniṣadic marker of the Supreme Self.
The key yogic idea is āsthāya paramaṃ bhāvam—entering a highest inner state. In a Pāśupata-leaning reading, this indicates absorption (samāveśa/samādhi-like exaltation) where divine awareness overflows into sacred action, here symbolized by Rudra’s dance.
While the verse centers on Rudra/Hara, Kurma Purana’s broader synthesis treats such divine supremacy as compatible with Viṣṇu’s cosmic lordship; the “supreme state” language supports a non-competitive, unitary view of īśvaratva (divine sovereignty) across Śiva and Viṣṇu.