Shloka 75
Genealogies from Purūravas to the Haihayas; Jayadhvaja’s Vaiṣṇava Resolve, Sage-Adjudication, and the Slaying of Videha
तान् वसिष्ठस्तु भगवान् याजयामास सर्ववित् / गौतमो ऽत्रिरगस्त्यश्च सर्वे रुद्रपरायणाः
tān vasiṣṭhastu bhagavān yājayāmāsa sarvavit / gautamo 'triragastyaśca sarve rudraparāyaṇāḥ
تب سَروَجْن بھگوان وِسِشٹھ نے اُن کے لیے یَجْیَ کرائے؛ اور گوتَم، اَتری اور اَگستیہ بھی—سب کے سب رودر کے ہی پرایَن تھے۔
Sūta (narrator) recounting the tradition to the assembled sages (Naimiṣāraṇya frame)
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: vira
FAQs
By portraying great ṛṣis as “Rudra-parāyaṇa,” it implies a single highest refuge—Rudra as the inner Lord—toward whom ritual action (yajña) is ultimately oriented, aligning outer rites with inner surrender.
The verse foregrounds yajña guided by realized sages and a one-pointed orientation (parāyaṇatā) to Rudra—an attitude that supports Pāśupata-style discipline where devotion and focused contemplation sanctify action.
Though explicitly Rudra-centered, it fits the Kurma Purana’s synthesis: Vedic rites and devotion converge on the same supreme reality, allowing Rudra-bhakti to harmonize with broader Vaiṣṇava-Purāṇic theology rather than oppose it.