Kurma Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 60
Virocana–Bali, Aditi’s Tapas, and the Vāmana–Trivikrama Episode
प्रणम्य मूर्ध्ना पुनरेव दैत्यो निपातयामास जलं कराग्रे / दास्ये तवात्मानमनन्तधाम्ने त्रिविक्रमायामितविक्रमाय
praṇamya mūrdhnā punareva daityo nipātayāmāsa jalaṃ karāgre / dāsye tavātmānamanantadhāmne trivikramāyāmitavikramāya
ダイティヤは再び頭を垂れて礼拝し、施与の儀により掌の先から水を注ぎ、こう宣言した。「我が身を汝の奉仕に捧げます—無限の住処を持ち、歩み測りがたきトリヴィクラマよ。」
Narrator (Purāṇic narration describing the Daitya’s act of self-surrender to Vāmana/Trivikrama)
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: vira
FAQs
It frames true offering as offering the very self (ātmānam) to the Supreme—implying that surrender is deeper than external gifts, aligning the individual self with the Lord’s infinite reality (ananta-dhāman).
The verse highlights śaraṇāgati (total surrender) and dāsya-bhāva (servant-attitude), inner disciplines that support one-pointed devotion and ego-transcendence—core preparatory virtues echoed in Kurma Purana’s yogic and dharmic teachings.
While the named deity here is Trivikrama (Vishnu), the Kurma Purana’s broader synthesis treats such surrender as directed to the one Supreme Lord beyond sectarian division, harmonizing Shaiva and Vaishnava orientations through a shared theology of devotion and liberation.