Shloka 43
Tīrtha-māhātmya and Rudra’s Samanvaya Teaching
Maṅkaṇaka Episode
तत्राभिगम्य देवेशं पुरुहूतमनिन्दितम् / सुरूपो जायते मर्त्यः सर्वान् कामानवाप्नुयात्
tatrābhigamya deveśaṃ puruhūtamaninditam / surūpo jāyate martyaḥ sarvān kāmānavāpnuyāt
Придя туда и приблизившись к Владыке богов — Пурухуте, Безупречному, — смертный становится сияющим и прекрасным обликом и может обрести все желанные цели.
Sūta (narrating the Kurma Purana’s tirtha-mahātmya to the sages at Naimiṣāraṇya)
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: shringara
FAQs
It presents the Supreme as “anindita” (faultless) and “deveśa” (Lord over the gods), implying a transcendent, unstained reality; approaching that Supreme brings inner and outer refinement, a common Purāṇic way of indicating uplift toward the Atman through divine proximity.
The verse emphasizes abhigamana—reverent approaching/darśana of the Lord at a sacred locus—functioning as a bhakti-based discipline that purifies intention (saṅkalpa) and aligns desire with dharma, a supportive foundation for later yogic practices (restraint, purity, and contemplation) stressed in the Kurma tradition.
By praising the one “deveśa” as universally invoked and blameless, it reflects the Kurma Purana’s integrative theology: the Supreme Lord addressed through different divine names is one reality, harmonizing Shaiva and Vaishnava devotion rather than opposing them.