Kurma Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 34
Adhyāya 25 — Liṅga-māhātmya (The Chapter on the Liṅga): Hari’s Śiva-Worship and the Fiery Pillar Theophany
गते मुररिपौ नैव कामिन्यो मुनिपुङ्गवाः / निशेव चन्द्ररहिता विना तेन चकाशिरे
gate muraripau naiva kāminyo munipuṅgavāḥ / niśeva candrarahitā vinā tena cakāśire
Khi kẻ thù của Murā (Đức Viṣṇu) đã rời đi, các bậc hiền thánh tối thượng cũng chẳng còn rạng ngời, và những người đang khắc khoải cũng vậy—như đêm không trăng; vắng Ngài, không ai có thể tỏa sáng.
Purāṇic narrator (Sūta/Vyāsa tradition) describing the scene and its devotional mood
Primary Rasa: karuna
Secondary Rasa: shanta
FAQs
By comparing the world’s radiance to moonlight, the verse implies that true luminosity (prakāśa) is borrowed: beings ‘shine’ only through the presence of the Supreme (here, Hari as Murāri), echoing the Purāṇic view that consciousness and auspicious power ultimately flow from Īśvara.
The verse highlights viraha-bhāva (spiritual longing in separation), a devotional concentration that steadies the mind on the Lord when external vision is absent—supporting the Kurma Purana’s broader yogic ethic where remembrance (smaraṇa) and one-pointedness (ekāgratā) mature into inner darśana.
While naming Viṣṇu (Murāri), it teaches a wider Purāṇic principle central to the Kurma Purana’s synthesis: radiance and auspiciousness arise from the one Īśvara; whether approached as Hari or as Śiva, separation from the Supreme yields darkness, and proximity yields spiritual ‘shine.’