Kurma Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 36
Virocana–Bali, Aditi’s Tapas, and the Vāmana–Trivikrama Episode
न यत्र विद्यते नामजात्यादिपरिकल्पना / सत्तामात्रात्मरूपो ऽसौ विष्णुरंशेन जायते
na yatra vidyate nāmajātyādiparikalpanā / sattāmātrātmarūpo 'sau viṣṇuraṃśena jāyate
Là où n’existe aucune construction mentale de nom, d’espèce ou de semblables—là, le Seigneur, dont la nature est le Soi comme pur Être, se manifeste comme un aṃśa (portion/puissance) de Viṣṇu.
Sūta (narrating the Purāṇic teaching; doctrinal voice describing manifestation beyond nāma-rūpa)
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
It presents the Supreme as sattā-mātra—pure Being—whose Self-nature is prior to all conceptual labels like name and category; realization is linked to the absence of nāma-jāti constructions.
It implies nirvikalpa-style contemplation: withdrawing from parikalpanā (conceptual fabrication) of nāma-rūpa so awareness rests in pure Being (sattā-mātra), a key meditative orientation echoed in Kurma Purana’s Yoga-shāstra tone.
By describing manifestation as “Viṣṇu’s aṃśa” while speaking of the Lord as pure Being beyond names, it supports the Purāṇa’s synthetic stance: sectarian forms are expressions of one non-dual reality, allowing Shiva-Vishnu unity at the level beyond nāma-rūpa.