Adhyāya 25 — Liṅga-māhātmya (The Chapter on the Liṅga): Hari’s Śiva-Worship and the Fiery Pillar Theophany
प्रधानपुरुषेशाय व्योमरूपाय वेधसे / नमः शिवाय शान्ताय ब्रह्मणे लिङ्गमूर्तये
pradhānapuruṣeśāya vyomarūpāya vedhase / namaḥ śivāya śāntāya brahmaṇe liṅgamūrtaye
Kính lễ đấng Chúa tể của Pradhāna (Tự nhiên nguyên sơ) và Puruṣa (Tinh thần), đấng Tạo Hóa có hình thể bao la như hư không; kính lễ Śiva, đấng an tịnh; kính lễ Brahman tự thân hiển lộ trong hình tướng Liṅga.
A narrator/sage reciting a Śaiva stotra within the Kurma Purana’s Purva-bhaga (devotional praise affirming Śiva as Brahman)
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
It identifies the Supreme as Brahman who transcends yet governs both Pradhāna (prakṛti) and Puruṣa (consciousness), indicating an all-pervading absolute that can be approached devotionally as Śiva.
The verse supports space-like (vyoma-rūpa) contemplation—meditating on the all-pervasive Lord—and Liṅga-upāsanā, a Pāśupata-aligned devotional focus where the Liṅga is treated as a manifestation of Brahman.
By using Brahman-language and cosmic sovereignty (Lord of Pradhāna and Puruṣa), it reflects the Kurma Purana’s integrative stance: the supreme reality praised as Śiva is the same ultimate principle that Vaiṣṇava theology also recognizes as the Highest.