Shloka 60
Genealogies from Purūravas to the Haihayas; Jayadhvaja’s Vaiṣṇava Resolve, Sage-Adjudication, and the Slaying of Videha
विष्णुं ग्रसिष्णुं लोकादिमप्रमेयमनामयम् / त्रातारं पुरुषं पूर्वं श्रीपतिं पीतवाससम्
viṣṇuṃ grasiṣṇuṃ lokādimaprameyamanāmayam / trātāraṃ puruṣaṃ pūrvaṃ śrīpatiṃ pītavāsasam
विष्णुं ग्रसिष्णुं लोकादिं अप्रमेयमनामयम्। त्रातारं पुरुषं पूर्वं श्रीपतिं पीतवाससम् शरणं प्रपद्ये॥
A devotee/narrator offering a stuti within the Purva-bhaga’s devotional narration (addressing Lord Vishnu as the supreme refuge).
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
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It presents the Supreme as the primordial Puruṣa—immeasurable and untouched by suffering—implying an ultimate reality beyond limitation and affliction, the ground from which worlds arise and into which they dissolve.
The verse functions as a dhyāna-stuti: meditation on the Lord’s cosmic attributes (source, dissolution-power, freedom from affliction) and iconographic mark (pītavāsas), supporting one-pointed contemplation and surrender (śaraṇāgati) aligned with Purāṇic yoga-bhakti.
By emphasizing a single immeasurable, faultless Supreme who is the cosmic source and protector, it supports the Kurma Purana’s integrative stance where sectarian forms are harmonized under one highest reality, consistent with Shaiva–Vaishnava synthesis.