Shloka 15
Cosmic Night, Nārāyaṇa as Brahmā, and the Varāha Raising of the Earth
नमो वेदरहस्याय नमस्ते वेदयोनये / नमो बुद्धाय शुद्धाय नमस्ते ज्ञानरूपिणे
namo vedarahasyāya namaste vedayonaye / namo buddhāya śuddhāya namaste jñānarūpiṇe
नमो वेदरहस्याय नमस्ते वेदयोनये। नमो बुद्धाय शुद्धाय नमस्ते ज्ञानरूपिणे॥
A devotee/sage offering a stuti (hymn of praise) to the Supreme Lord (identified in the Kurma Purana’s synthesis as Hari who is also Hara in essence).
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
It presents the Supreme as jñāna-rūpin—pure consciousness/knowledge itself—implying the highest reality is not merely known by knowledge but is Knowledge as one’s own essential nature.
The verse supports jñāna-yoga and contemplative upāsanā: meditating on Īśvara as the pure, awakened source of revelation (veda-yoni) and as the inner light of discernment (buddha), which aligns with the Kurma Purana’s emphasis on purification (śuddhi) and steady knowledge.
By praising the one Lord as the source of the Veda and as pure consciousness, it reflects the Purana’s non-sectarian stance: the supreme Īśvara praised as Hari is not different in essence from Hara—one reality approached through complementary names and forms.