Shloka 20
अध्याय ९६: शरभ-प्रादुर्भावः, नृसिंह-दर्पशमनम्, विष्णोः शिवस्तुतिः, फलश्रुति
अनेन हरिरूपेण हिरण्यकशिपुर्हतः वामनेन बलिर्बद्धस् त्वया विक्रमता पुनः
anena harirūpeṇa hiraṇyakaśipurhataḥ vāmanena balirbaddhas tvayā vikramatā punaḥ
Durch eben diese Gestalt als Hari wurde Hiraṇyakaśipu erschlagen; und wiederum, indem du als Vāmana und als Vikrama, der weit Ausschreitende, voranschrittest, bandest du Bali. So nimmt der Herr (Pati), obgleich Einer, vielfältige Kräfte an, um Adharma zu bezwingen und die Fesseln (pāśa) zu lockern, die den paśu, die endliche Seele, verstricken.
Suta Goswami (narrating the Purana’s teaching to the sages, echoing a hymn-like address to the Supreme Lord identified with Shiva)
FAQs
It frames famous Vaiṣṇava avatāra deeds as expressions of the one Supreme Lord revered in Linga worship—showing that the Linga signifies the transcendent Pati whose power operates through many forms to uphold dharma.
Shiva-tattva is presented as singular and sovereign, capable of assuming Hari-forms without division—binding the arrogant and destroying adharma, while ultimately freeing the pashu from pāśa through divine governance.
The verse itself is stuti (praise) used as a bhakti-aṅga in Shiva-puja; doctrinally it supports Pāśupata insight that the Pati alone has the śakti to bind and release—guiding the yogin toward surrender and detachment from pāśa.