Shloka 17
Rudrakoṭi, Madhuvana, Puṣpanagarī, and Kālañjara — Śveta’s Bhakti and the Subjugation of Kāla
जपन्तमाह राजानं नमन्तमसकृद् भवम् / एह्येहीति पुरः स्थित्वा कृतान्तः प्रहसन्निव
japantamāha rājānaṃ namantamasakṛd bhavam / ehyehīti puraḥ sthitvā kṛtāntaḥ prahasanniva
เมื่อพระราชายังคงภาวนาและกราบนอบน้อมแด่ภวะ (ศิวะ) ซ้ำแล้วซ้ำเล่า กฤตานตะ—ความตายเอง—ยืนอยู่เบื้องหน้า ราวกับยิ้มเยาะ แล้วกล่าวว่า “มาเถิด มาเถิด!”
Kṛtānta (Yama), addressing the king
Primary Rasa: raudra
Secondary Rasa: bhayanaka
FAQs
Indirectly, it shows the embodied self facing mortality while taking refuge in mantra-japa and surrender to Īśvara (here invoked as Bhava/Śiva), implying that spiritual refuge is deeper than the body’s fate.
Japa (mantra repetition) combined with namaskāra (repeated prostration/surrender) is foregrounded—core devotional disciplines that align mind and prāṇa toward Īśvara even under the pressure of fear and death.
Though Śiva (Bhava) is explicitly named, the Kurma Purana’s broader Shaiva–Vaishnava synthesis frames such devotion as devotion to Īśvara itself—supporting a non-sectarian, unified theism where surrender to the Supreme is central.