Shloka 61
Kali-yuga Doṣas, the Supremacy of Rudra as Refuge, and the Closure of the Manvantara Teaching
एवमुक्त्वा स भगवाननुगृह्यार्जुनं प्रभुः / जगाम शङ्करपुरीं समाराधयितुं भवम्
evamuktvā sa bhagavānanugṛhyārjunaṃ prabhuḥ / jagāma śaṅkarapurīṃ samārādhayituṃ bhavam
یوں فرما کر اس مبارک ربّ نے ارجن پر عنایت کی، اور بھَو (شیو) کی درست عبادت کے لیے شنکرپوری کی طرف روانہ ہوا۔
Narrator (Purāṇic narrator reporting the Lord’s action after addressing Arjuna)
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: shanta
FAQs
By presenting the “Bhagavān” as sovereign yet reverently worshipping Śiva (Bhava), the verse supports a Purāṇic non-sectarian theology where the Supreme is one reality appearing through complementary divine forms, pointing to an underlying unity beyond names.
The verse emphasizes samārādhana—complete, disciplined worship—as a practical limb of Purāṇic sādhanā. In the Kurma tradition this aligns with Pāśupata-oriented devotion: humility, service, and focused propitiation as a means to purification and divine grace.
It depicts reverential reciprocity rather than rivalry: the Lord blesses Arjuna and then goes to worship Bhava (Śiva), reinforcing the Kurma Purana’s Shaiva–Vaishnava synthesis where Śiva and Viṣṇu are honored as harmonized manifestations of the same supreme principle.