Kurma Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 61
Virocana–Bali, Aditi’s Tapas, and the Vāmana–Trivikrama Episode
प्रगृह्य सूनोरपि संप्रदत्तं प्रह्लादसूनोरथ शङ्खपाणिः / जगाद दैत्यं जगदन्तरात्मा पातालमूलं प्रविशेति भूयः
pragṛhya sūnorapi saṃpradattaṃ prahlādasūnoratha śaṅkhapāṇiḥ / jagāda daityaṃ jagadantarātmā pātālamūlaṃ praviśeti bhūyaḥ
Kemudian Śaṅkhapāṇi (Viṣṇu), Sang Ātman batin semesta, menerima bahkan persembahan yang diberikan oleh putra sang putra Prahlāda, lalu bersabda kepada Daitya itu: “Masuklah kembali hingga ke akar Pātāla.”
Lord Viṣṇu (Śaṅkhapāṇi), as the jagadantarātmā
Primary Rasa: raudra
Secondary Rasa: shanta
FAQs
By calling Viṣṇu “jagadantarātmā,” the verse frames the Lord as the indwelling Self of all beings, whose command governs cosmic order beyond merely political victory.
No explicit technique is taught in this verse; its yogic import is the recognition of the Lord as the inner ruler (antarātmā), a contemplative foundation that later supports disciplined devotion and restraint in the Kurma Purana’s broader yoga-dharma teachings.
Though Śiva is not named here, the Purana’s synthesis is maintained by presenting Viṣṇu in a universally transcendent role (antarātmā) consistent with the text’s broader non-sectarian theology where the Supreme is one, approached through different divine forms.