Shloka 55
Kali-yuga Doṣas, the Supremacy of Rudra as Refuge, and the Closure of the Manvantara Teaching
नमश्चकार तमृषिं कृष्णद्वैपायनं प्रभुम् / सर्वज्ञं सर्वकर्तारं स्क्षाद् विष्णुं व्यवस्थितम्
namaścakāra tamṛṣiṃ kṛṣṇadvaipāyanaṃ prabhum / sarvajñaṃ sarvakartāraṃ skṣād viṣṇuṃ vyavasthitam
اس نے اس رشی کرشن دوَیپایَن پرَبھو (ویاس) کو سجدۂ تعظیم کیا—جو سب کچھ جاننے والا، سب کا کرنے والا اور عینِ ظہور میں وشنو ہی کے روپ میں قائم تھا۔
Narrator (Purana’s sūta-style narrative voice describing an act of reverence)
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
By identifying Vyāsa as “sākṣād Viṣṇu,” the verse points to the Purāṇic view that the Supreme can be directly present in a realized teacher—omniscient and universally efficacious—revealing the Atman/Iśvara not merely as abstract, but as manifest guidance.
The verse foregrounds bhakti and śraddhā as foundational disciplines: reverence to the guru-sage (Vyāsa) is treated as a yogic purifier that stabilizes the seeker for higher practices (dhyāna, jñāna, and disciplined conduct) emphasized across the Kurma Purana’s dharma-yoga teachings.
While explicitly Vaishnava in naming Viṣṇu, the Kurma Purana’s broader synthesis treats the Supreme as one reality approached through multiple divine forms; honoring Vyāsa as the manifest Lord aligns with the text’s non-sectarian tendency to see unity of divinity beyond outward names.