Kurma Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 29
Manvantaras, Indras, Saptarṣis, and the Seven Sustaining Manifestations; Vyāsa as Nārāyaṇa
औत्तमे ऽप्यन्तरे विष्णुः सत्यैः सह सुरोत्तमैः / सत्यायामभवत् सत्यः सत्यरूपो जनार्दनः
auttame 'pyantare viṣṇuḥ satyaiḥ saha surottamaiḥ / satyāyāmabhavat satyaḥ satyarūpo janārdanaḥ
ಔತ್ತಮ ಮನ್ವಂತರದಲ್ಲಿಯೂ ವಿಷ್ಣು, ‘ಸತ್ಯ’ ಎಂಬ ಶ್ರೇಷ್ಠ ದೇವತೆಗಳೊಂದಿಗೆ, ಸತ್ಯಾಯೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಪ್ರಕಟನಾಗಿ ತಾನೇ ‘ಸತ್ಯ’ನಾದನು—ಸತ್ಯರೂಪ ಜನಾರ್ದನ।
Suta (narrator) recounting the Purana’s account of Vishnu’s Manvantara manifestations
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
It identifies the Supreme (Vishnu/Janārdana) with Satya itself—Truth as an ontological reality—implying that the highest principle is unwavering, self-consistent, and the ground of dharma.
No specific technique is named in this verse; its yogic implication is ethical and contemplative—steadiness in satya (truthfulness) as a foundational yama that supports higher discipline, including the Pāśupata-oriented purification emphasized elsewhere in the Kurma Purana.
While Shiva is not explicitly mentioned, the verse reflects the Purana’s integrative theology: the supreme Lord is defined by satya (truth) as the highest reality, a framing compatible with both Vaiṣṇava devotion to Vishnu and Śaiva metaphysics that treats the Supreme as the truth-principle underlying all forms.