Shloka 60

Genealogies from Purūravas to the Haihayas; Jayadhvaja’s Vaiṣṇava Resolve, Sage-Adjudication, and the Slaying of Videha

Devanagari script

विष्णुं ग्रसिष्णुं लोकादिमप्रमेयमनामयम् / त्रातारं पुरुषं पूर्वं श्रीपतिं पीतवाससम्

Transliteration

viṣṇuṃ grasiṣṇuṃ lokādimaprameyamanāmayam / trātāraṃ puruṣaṃ pūrvaṃ śrīpatiṃ pītavāsasam

Translation

我皈依毗湿奴——吞摄万有之主——诸世界之本初源头，不可量度，离诸病恼；护佑者、原初之普鲁沙，吉祥天女室利之夫，身披黄衣。

Word by Word

• विष्णुम्: Viṣṇu
• विष्णुम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• ग्रसिष्णुम्: devouring
• ग्रसिष्णुम्: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ग्रस् (धातु) + इष्णु (कृत्)
• Form: इष्णु-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (habitual/able): ग्रसिष्णु (devouring/ready to devour); पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• लोकादिम्: the origin of the worlds
• लोकादिम्: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: लोक + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुषः: लोकस्य आदिः (origin of the worlds); पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• अप्रमेयम्: immeasurable
• अप्रमेयम्: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ + प्रमेय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नञ्-समास/उपसर्गनिषेधः: अप्रमेय (immeasurable); पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• अनामयम्: spotless/healthy
• अनामयम्: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ + नामय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नञ्-समास: अनामय (free from disease/blemish); पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• त्रातारम्: protector
• त्रातारम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रातृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• पुरुषम्: person (Supreme Person)
• पुरुषम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरुष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• पूर्वम्: primeval/ancient
• पूर्वम्: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (qualifying पुरुषम्)

• श्रीपतिम्: lord of Śrī (Lakṣmī)
• श्रीपतिम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री + पति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः: श्रियाः पतिः (lord of Śrī); पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• पीतवाससम्: wearing yellow garments
• पीतवाससम्: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पीत + वासस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुव्रीहिः: पीतं वासो यस्य सः (one whose garment is yellow); पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

Speaker

A devotee/narrator offering a stuti within the Purva-bhaga’s devotional narration (addressing Lord Vishnu as the supreme refuge).

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

Characters & Entities

• Vishnu
• Shri (Lakshmi)
• Purusha

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FAQs

How does this verse explain the nature of the Supreme Self (Atman)?

It presents the Supreme as the primordial Puruṣa—immeasurable and untouched by suffering—implying an ultimate reality beyond limitation and affliction, the ground from which worlds arise and into which they dissolve.

What Yoga or Meditative practices are highlighted here?

The verse functions as a dhyāna-stuti: meditation on the Lord’s cosmic attributes (source, dissolution-power, freedom from affliction) and iconographic mark (pītavāsas), supporting one-pointed contemplation and surrender (śaraṇāgati) aligned with Purāṇic yoga-bhakti.

How does this verse depict the relationship between Shiva and Vishnu?

By emphasizing a single immeasurable, faultless Supreme who is the cosmic source and protector, it supports the Kurma Purana’s integrative stance where sectarian forms are harmonized under one highest reality, consistent with Shaiva–Vaishnava synthesis.