Kurma Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 28
Dakṣa’s Progeny, Nṛsiṃha–Varāha Avatāras, and Andhaka’s Defeat
Hari–Hara–Śakti Synthesis
इत्थं स विष्णुर्भगवान् ब्रह्मणा संप्रबोधितः / प्रोवाचोन्निद्रपद्माक्षः पीतवासासुरद्विषः
itthaṃ sa viṣṇurbhagavān brahmaṇā saṃprabodhitaḥ / provāconnidrapadmākṣaḥ pītavāsāsuradviṣaḥ
So sprach der erhabene Herr Viṣṇu, von Brahmā erweckt: der Lotosäugige, nun ganz aus dem Schlummer erwacht, in gelbem Gewand, der Feind der Asuras.
Narrator (Purāṇic narrator describing Vishnu’s response after being awakened by Brahmā)
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: vira
FAQs
By portraying Viṣṇu as “Bhagavān” who awakens and then speaks, the verse frames the Supreme as conscious, self-luminous awareness that initiates order and instruction—hinting that ultimate reality is not inert, but guiding intelligence behind cosmic renewal.
No explicit technique is taught in this line; instead it sets the contemplative frame: the Lord “awakens” (saṃprabodhitaḥ), a motif later echoed in Yoga-shāstra as spiritual awakening from ignorance (avidyā) into discernment, which the Kurma Purana develops more directly in later teachings (including the Ishvara Gita context in the Upari-bhaga).
This verse is overtly Vaiṣṇava in imagery (lotus-eyes, yellow garments), yet within the Kurma Purana’s broader Shaiva–Vaiṣṇava synthesis it functions as a narrative doorway: the same supreme lordship and dharma-protection attributed here to Viṣṇu is elsewhere harmonized with Śiva’s salvific role, supporting a non-sectarian, integrative theology.