Shloka 100
Kapālamocana: The Cutting of Brahmā’s Fifth Head, Śiva’s Kāpālika Vow, and Purification in Vārāṇasī
निरीक्षमाणो नोविन्दं वृषेन्द्राङ्कितशासनः / सस्मितो ऽनन्तयोगात्मा नृत्यति स्म पुनः पुनः
nirīkṣamāṇo novindaṃ vṛṣendrāṅkitaśāsanaḥ / sasmito 'nantayogātmā nṛtyati sma punaḥ punaḥ
ಸುತ್ತಲೂ ನೋಡಿದರೂ ಗೋವಿಂದನು ಕಾಣಲಿಲ್ಲ. ಆಗ ವೃಷಭಚಿಹ್ನಿತ ಆಜ್ಞೆಯುಳ್ಳ ಪ್ರಭು ಮೃದುಸ್ಮಿತದಿಂದ, ಅನಂತ ಯೋಗಸ್ವರೂಪನಾಗಿ, ಪುನಃ ಪುನಃ ನೃತ್ಯಮಾಡಿದನು.
Narrator (Purāṇic narration within the Kurma Purana’s Śaiva-Vaiṣṇava synthesis context)
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: hasya
FAQs
It presents the Supreme as “ananta-yogātmā”—whose essence is limitless yogic power—suggesting a transcendent Self that can manifest, withdraw, and act freely as līlā beyond ordinary causality.
The verse emphasizes yogic mastery as spontaneous divine capacity (ananta-yoga), implying siddhi-like freedom of manifestation and concealment; it aligns with Purāṇic Yoga where īśvara’s will (śāsana) governs appearances rather than mere physical perception.
By invoking Govinda alongside an authority “marked with the bull emblem,” it reflects the Kurma Purana’s non-sectarian synthesis: the same supreme reality is intelligible through both Vaiṣṇava (Govinda) and Śaiva (vṛṣa-emblem/śāsana) identifiers.