Shloka 74
Brahmā’s Lotus-Birth, the Sealing of the Cosmic Womb, and the Epiphany of Parameśvara
Hari–Hara Samanvaya
स तस्य वचनं श्रुत्वा जगन्नाथो वृषध्वजः / व्याजहार तदा पुत्रं समालोक्य जनार्दनम्
sa tasya vacanaṃ śrutvā jagannātho vṛṣadhvajaḥ / vyājahāra tadā putraṃ samālokya janārdanam
स तस्य वचनं श्रुत्वा जगन्नाथो वृषध्वजः । व्याजहार तदा पुत्रं समालोक्य जनार्दनम् ॥
Narrator (Purāṇic narration introducing a speech by the Lord)
Primary Rasa: vira
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
It signals a unified Supreme Lord through overlapping epithets—Jagannātha and Janārdana—hinting that the same ultimate Reality is addressed through different divine names, a hallmark of the Kurma Purana’s integrative theology.
No specific practice is taught in this line; it functions as a narrative transition into instruction, the kind of setup often used before dharma-upadeśa and yoga-śāstra teachings (including Pāśupata-oriented discipline) in the Kurma Purana.
By using the Śaiva-leaning epithet vṛṣadhvaja together with the Vaiṣṇava name Janārdana, it reflects the Purana’s non-sectarian synthesis—one Supreme spoken of through Śiva- and Viṣṇu-associated identifiers.