Shloka 26
श्रीकृष्ण-जन्म, वसुदेव-यमुनातरण, बालिका-उत्क्षेपः, देवी-प्रादुर्भावः
चिक्षेप च शिलापृष्ठे सा क्षिप्ता वियति स्थितिम् अवाप रूपं च महत् सायुधाष्टमहाभुजम्
cikṣepa ca śilāpṛṣṭhe sā kṣiptā viyati sthitim avāpa rūpaṃ ca mahat sāyudhāṣṭamahābhujam
Er schleuderte sie auf die Oberfläche eines Felsens; doch als sie so geworfen wurde, erhob sie sich und verharrte am Himmel, nahm eine gewaltige, ehrfurchtgebietende Gestalt an—bewaffnet und mit acht mächtigen Armen versehen.
Sage Parāśara (narrating) to Maitreya
Speaker: Parasara
Topic: Kṛṣṇa’s descent and the events surrounding his birth amid Kaṃsa’s persecution.
Teaching: Historical
Quality: revealing
Avatara: Krishna
Purpose: To remove the tyrant Kaṃsa and relieve the earth and the Yādavas from his oppression, enabling dharma to flourish.
Leela: Loka-rakshana
Dharma Restored: Safeguarding the divine order by revealing Yogamāyā and thwarting Kaṃsa’s violence.
Vishnu Form: Krishna
FAQs
It signals a theophany of divine power (śakti): the sudden assumption of a vast, weapon-bearing form conveys sovereignty, protection, and the capacity to restore order when challenged.
Through concise narrative action: an external act (being cast onto the rock) becomes the occasion for a revelatory manifestation, showing that divine potency can disclose itself instantly and overwhelmingly within the cosmic story.
Even when the verse foregrounds a powerful manifested form, the Vishnu Purana’s framework treats such might as operating within Vishnu’s supreme governance—divine energies appear to uphold dharma and cosmic stability under the Lord’s sovereignty.