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योर्ऽथं विचार्य युक्तात्मा श्रावयेद् ब्राह्मणान् शुचीन् / स दोषकञ्चुकं त्यक्त्वा याति देवं महेश्वरम्
yor'thaṃ vicārya yuktātmā śrāvayed brāhmaṇān śucīn / sa doṣakañcukaṃ tyaktvā yāti devaṃ maheśvaram
Matapos pagnilayan ang kahulugan nito, ang taong may disiplina at nagkakaisang diwa ay dapat magpakinggan nito sa mga dalisay na brāhmaṇa. Sa pagtalikod sa balabal ng mga kapintasan, siya’y tutungo sa Banal na Panginoon—si Mahēśvara.
Lord Kurma (Vishnu) instructing the sages/seekers in a Shaiva-Vaishnava synthesis context
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
It implies that liberation is the dropping of the “cloak of faults” (doṣa-kañcuka), revealing the purified self that can attain the Supreme Lord (Maheshvara).
It emphasizes vicāra (reflective discernment on meaning) and śravaṇa (hearing/recitation to the qualified), framed as purificatory disciplines aligned with Pāśupata-oriented sādhana and dharmic conduct.
With Vishnu (as Lord Kurma) teaching a path whose culmination is Maheshvara, the verse supports the Kurma Purana’s synthetic theology where devotion and discipline lead to the supreme reality expressed as Shiva.