Kurma Purana — Uttara Bhaga, Shloka 103
Prākṛta-pralaya, Pratisarga Doctrine, and the Ishvara-Samanvaya of Yoga and Devotion
अन्तर्धानं च लिङ्गस्य साम्बोत्पत्तिस्ततः परम् / कीर्तिता चानिरुद्धस्य समुत्पत्तिर्द्विजोत्तमाः
antardhānaṃ ca liṅgasya sāmbotpattistataḥ param / kīrtitā cāniruddhasya samutpattirdvijottamāḥ
لِنگ کا غائب ہو جانا اور اس کے بعد سامبا کی پیدائش بیان ہوئی؛ اے بہترین برہمنو، انیردھ کی پیدائش بھی مذکور کی گئی ہے۔
Narrator (purāṇic reciter addressing the sages/dvijas)
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
Indirectly: by placing Śiva’s Liṅga narrative alongside Vaiṣṇava lineages (Sāmba, Aniruddha), the text signals a unified sacred order where manifestations arise and withdraw while the supreme reality remains the underlying ground.
No explicit practice is taught in this verse; it functions as a narrative transition. In the Kurma Purana’s broader Shaiva-Vaiṣṇava frame, such episodes support contemplative insight into appearance and disappearance (utpatti–laya) as a basis for yogic detachment (vairāgya).
By juxtaposing the Liṅga account (Śaiva) with the origins of Sāmba and Aniruddha (Vaiṣṇava/Yādava), it presents both streams as parts of one purāṇic revelation, encouraging a non-sectarian, integrative reading.