Shloka 17
Sapta-dvīpa Cosmography and the Vision of Śvetadvīpa–Vaikuṇṭha
यजन्ति सततं तत्र वर्णा वायुं सनातनम् / तेषां तस्याथ सायुज्यं सारूप्यं च सलोकता
yajanti satataṃ tatra varṇā vāyuṃ sanātanam / teṣāṃ tasyātha sāyujyaṃ sārūpyaṃ ca salokatā
అక్కడ అన్ని వర్ణాలవారు సదా సనాతన వాయువును ఆరాధిస్తారు. ఆయన అనుగ్రహంతో వారు సాయుజ్యం, సారూప్యం, సలోకతను పొందుతారు।
Narratorial voice (Purāṇic narrator continuing the description of a sacred locale and its phala)
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: bhakti
FAQs
By describing sāyujya, sārūpya, and sālokatā, the verse uses classical liberation vocabulary to show graded intimacy with a divine principle—here Vāyu—often read in Purāṇic theology as proximity to, likeness with, and communion in the divine order that ultimately points toward realization of the highest Self.
The verse emphasizes continuous upāsanā (satatam yajanti)—steady devotional discipline. In a Yogic reading, worship of Vāyu also resonates with prāṇa-tattva (the life-wind), suggesting sustained practice that purifies and aligns the practitioner with the deity’s principle.
While Shiva and Vishnu are not named here, the Kurma Purana’s broader synthesis treats devotion to divine powers (like Vāyu) as harmonizable within one sacred hierarchy—where focused worship yields divine attainments without contradicting the text’s overarching non-sectarian, integrative theology.