Shloka 29
Adhyāya 25 — Liṅga-māhātmya (The Chapter on the Liṅga): Hari’s Śiva-Worship and the Fiery Pillar Theophany
प्रणम्य दण्डवद् भूमौ सुपर्णः शङ्करं शिवम् / निवेदयामास हरेः प्रवृत्तिं द्वारके पुरे
praṇamya daṇḍavad bhūmau suparṇaḥ śaṅkaraṃ śivam / nivedayāmāsa hareḥ pravṛttiṃ dvārake pure
สุปรรณะ (ครุฑ) กราบลงกับพื้นดุจท่าดัณฑวัต แล้วเข้าเฝ้าพระศังกร พระศิวะผู้เป็นมงคล และทูลรายงานความเป็นไปของพระหริ ณ นครทวารกา
Narrator (Purāṇic narrator describing Garuḍa’s action)
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: vira
FAQs
Indirectly, it frames Hari and Śiva within a single sacred order: divine actions (pravṛtti) are communicated without rivalry, supporting the Purāṇic vision where the Supreme is honored through multiple forms and names.
The verse highlights dāṇḍavat-praṇāma (full prostration) as a bodily discipline of humility and devotion—often treated as an auxiliary bhakti-practice that purifies the mind and supports higher yogic steadiness.
Garuḍa, Hari’s emblematic servant, respectfully reports Hari’s affairs to Śiva, implying coordination and reverence between the two—an emblem of the Kurma Purana’s Shaiva–Vaishnava synthesis rather than sectarian opposition.