Kurma Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 69
Dakṣa’s Progeny, Nṛsiṃha–Varāha Avatāras, and Andhaka’s Defeat
Hari–Hara–Śakti Synthesis
हते हिरण्यकशिपौ हिरण्याक्षो महाबलः / विसृज्य पुत्रं प्रह्रादं दुद्रुवे भयविह्वलः
hate hiraṇyakaśipau hiraṇyākṣo mahābalaḥ / visṛjya putraṃ prahrādaṃ dudruve bhayavihvalaḥ
ಹಿರಣ್ಯಕಶಿಪು ಹತನಾದಾಗ, ಮಹಾಬಲಿಯಾದ ಹಿರಣ್ಯಾಕ್ಷನು ಭಯದಿಂದ ವ್ಯಾಕುಲನಾಗಿ ತನ್ನ ಮಗ ಪ್ರಹ್ಲಾದನನ್ನು ಬಿಟ್ಟು ಓಡಿಹೋದನು।
Suta (narrator) recounting the Purana’s episode to the sages (frame narration)
Primary Rasa: bhayanaka
Secondary Rasa: karuna
FAQs
Indirectly: it contrasts the insecurity born of ego and power with the steadiness associated with dharma; the Atman-centered vision (taught more explicitly later) is free from भय (fear).
No explicit practice is taught in this verse; it functions as narrative groundwork. In the Kurma Purana’s broader arc, fear-driven flight contrasts with later teachings where yogic steadiness (dhāraṇā and vairāgya) is emphasized.
It does not state it directly; however, as part of the Kurma Purana’s integrated theology, such episodes underscore divine protection of dharma—harmonized later with Shaiva-Vaishnava synthesis in the text’s doctrinal sections.