Vamana Purana — Nara-Narayana's Tapas, Shloka 2
Nara-Narayana’s Tapas, Indra’s Temptation, and the Burning of Kama: The Origin of Ananga and the Shiva-Linga Episode
हरिं कुष्णं च देवर्षे नारायणनरौ तथा योगाभ्यासरतौ नित्यं हरिकृष्णौ बभूवतुः
hariṃ kuṣṇaṃ ca devarṣe nārāyaṇanarau tathā yogābhyāsaratau nityaṃ harikṛṣṇau babhūvatuḥ
O göttlicher Seher, Hari und Kṛṣṇa, ebenso Nara und Nārāyaṇa—stets der Übung des Yoga hingegeben—manifestierten sich als Hari und Kṛṣṇa.
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FAQs
The verse emphasizes that divinity is also expressed through sustained yogic discipline: the highest forms (Hari/Kṛṣṇa; Nara/Nārāyaṇa) are characterized by unwavering yoga-practice, presenting tapas and inner mastery as a hallmark of sacred power.
Primarily within Vamśānucarita/Carita-type narration (accounts of divine manifestations and exemplary figures), rather than cosmogenesis; it situates a divine identity/manifestation within the narrative flow.
By pairing Hari–Kṛṣṇa with Nara–Nārāyaṇa, the text symbolically links royal/active divinity (Kṛṣṇa/Hari) with ascetic divinity (Nara-Nārāyaṇa), presenting action and contemplation as complementary expressions of the same supreme principle.