Kurma Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 173
Dakṣa’s Progeny, Nṛsiṃha–Varāha Avatāras, and Andhaka’s Defeat
Hari–Hara–Śakti Synthesis
जगत्यनादिर्भगवानमेयो हरः सहस्त्राकृतिराविरासीत् / त्रिशूलपाणिर्गगने सुघोषः पपात देवोपरि पुष्पवृष्टिः
jagatyanādirbhagavānameyo haraḥ sahastrākṛtirāvirāsīt / triśūlapāṇirgagane sughoṣaḥ papāta devopari puṣpavṛṣṭiḥ
تب کائنات کے ازل سے موجود، بے اندازہ بھگوان ہر (شیو) ہزار صورتوں میں ظاہر ہوئے۔ ترشول بدست وہ آسمان میں مبارک گرج کے ساتھ نمودار ہوئے، اور دیوتاؤں پر پھولوں کی بارش ہونے لگی۔
Sūta (narrator) recounting the event to the sages (Naimiṣāraṇya frame)
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: raudra
FAQs
By calling Hara “beginningless” and “immeasurable,” the verse attributes to him the marks of the highest reality—beyond origin and beyond quantification—suggesting the Supreme as transcendent while still capable of manifesting in forms for the world’s uplift.
No technique is directly taught in this verse; instead it presents a yogic theology of darśana (vision of the Lord): the mind is oriented to the “immeasurable” deity who can appear in manifold forms, supporting meditative contemplation (dhyāna) on Shiva’s cosmic presence and auspicious signs.
Within the Kurma Purana’s integrative theology, Shiva’s theophany is presented as a supreme, worship-worthy manifestation in a text associated with Vishnu (Kurma), reinforcing the Purana’s non-sectarian stance where devotion to Hara harmonizes with Vaiṣṇava narrative frames.