Kurma Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 43
Dakṣa’s Progeny, Nṛsiṃha–Varāha Avatāras, and Andhaka’s Defeat
Hari–Hara–Śakti Synthesis
तदा हिरण्यकशिपोश्चत्वारः प्रथितौजसः / पुत्रा नारायणोद्भूतं युयुधुर्मेघनिः स्वनाः / प्रह्रादश्चाप्यनुह्रादः संह्रादो ह्राद एव च
tadā hiraṇyakaśipoścatvāraḥ prathitaujasaḥ / putrā nārāyaṇodbhūtaṃ yuyudhurmeghaniḥ svanāḥ / prahrādaścāpyanuhrādaḥ saṃhrādo hrāda eva ca
അപ്പോൾ ഹിരണ്യകശിപുവിന്റെ നാലു പുത്രന്മാർ—പ്രസിദ്ധശക്തിയുള്ളവർ—മേഘഗർജ്ജനപോലെ മുഴക്കി, നാരായണോദ്ഭവമായ ആ പ്രകാശരൂപത്തോടു യുദ്ധം ചെയ്തു: പ്രഹ്ലാദൻ, അനുഹ്ലാദൻ, സംഹ്ലാദൻ, ഹ്ലാദൻ।
Sūta (narrating to the sages) / Purāṇic narrator
Primary Rasa: raudra
Secondary Rasa: vira
FAQs
By calling the opponent “arisen from Nārāyaṇa,” the verse implies a transcendent source whose power can manifest in forms for cosmic order—hinting that the Supreme is the underlying origin even when appearing within events.
No explicit practice is taught in this verse; it functions as narrative context. In the Kurma Purana’s broader teaching, such conflicts frame the need for inner discipline (yoga) to master rajas/tamas, but the verse itself describes battle rather than sādhanā.
This specific verse is Vaishnava-coded (Nārāyaṇa as source) and does not mention Śiva directly; within the Kurma Purana’s wider Shaiva–Vaishnava synthesis, such divine manifestations are ultimately harmonized under one Supreme reality.