Shloka 103
Prākṛta-pralaya, Pratisarga Doctrine, and the Ishvara-Samanvaya of Yoga and Devotion
अन्तर्धानं च लिङ्गस्य साम्बोत्पत्तिस्ततः परम् / कीर्तिता चानिरुद्धस्य समुत्पत्तिर्द्विजोत्तमाः
antardhānaṃ ca liṅgasya sāmbotpattistataḥ param / kīrtitā cāniruddhasya samutpattirdvijottamāḥ
లింగము అంతర్ధానమవడం, ఆ తరువాత సాంబుని జననం చెప్పబడింది; ఓ ద్విజోత్తములారా, అనిరుద్ధుని ఉద్భవమూ కీర్తించబడింది।
Narrator (purāṇic reciter addressing the sages/dvijas)
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
Indirectly: by placing Śiva’s Liṅga narrative alongside Vaiṣṇava lineages (Sāmba, Aniruddha), the text signals a unified sacred order where manifestations arise and withdraw while the supreme reality remains the underlying ground.
No explicit practice is taught in this verse; it functions as a narrative transition. In the Kurma Purana’s broader Shaiva-Vaiṣṇava frame, such episodes support contemplative insight into appearance and disappearance (utpatti–laya) as a basis for yogic detachment (vairāgya).
By juxtaposing the Liṅga account (Śaiva) with the origins of Sāmba and Aniruddha (Vaiṣṇava/Yādava), it presents both streams as parts of one purāṇic revelation, encouraging a non-sectarian, integrative reading.