Shloka 49
Prākṛta-pralaya, Pratisarga Doctrine, and the Ishvara-Samanvaya of Yoga and Devotion
पूजयेत् पुरुषं विष्णुं चतुर्मूर्तिधरं हरिम् / अनादिनिधनं देवं वासुदेवं सनातनम्
pūjayet puruṣaṃ viṣṇuṃ caturmūrtidharaṃ harim / anādinidhanaṃ devaṃ vāsudevaṃ sanātanam
พึงบูชาพระวิษณุ ผู้เป็นปรมบุรุษ—พระหริผู้ทรงสี่มูรติ—พระวาสุเทวะ เทพผู้เป็นนิรันดร์ ไร้จุดเริ่มและไร้จุดจบ
Sūta (narrating the Kurma Purana’s teaching to the sages), conveying the injunction on worship
Primary Rasa: bhakti
Secondary Rasa: shanta
FAQs
It presents the Supreme as Puruṣa/Vāsudeva—beginningless and endless—implying an eternal, unconditioned reality worthy of contemplation and worship beyond temporal change.
The verse emphasizes upāsanā (devotional contemplation) through pūjā—focused worship of the eternal Lord—which in the Kurma Purana functions as a stabilizing discipline allied to yogic concentration (dhyāna) and inner purification.
By stressing the one eternal, beginningless Supreme (Puruṣa) as the object of worship, it supports the Purana’s broader synthesis where sectarian forms are understood as manifestations of a single highest divinity.