Kurma Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 64
Dakṣa-yajña-bhaṅgaḥ — Dadhīci’s Teaching and the Destruction of Dakṣa’s Sacrifice
तथा विष्णुं सहरुडं समायान्तं महाबलः / विव्याध निशेतैर्बाणैः स्तम्भयित्वा सुदर्शनम्
tathā viṣṇuṃ saharuḍaṃ samāyāntaṃ mahābalaḥ / vivyādha niśetairbāṇaiḥ stambhayitvā sudarśanam
ततः सगरुडं विष्णुं समायान्तं महाबलः । सुदर्शनं स्तम्भयित्वा निशितैर्बाणैर्विव्याध ॥
Sūta (narrator) recounting the episode to the sages
Primary Rasa: vira
Secondary Rasa: raudra
FAQs
Indirectly: it portrays the Supreme (Viṣṇu) engaging in līlā within the field of action (yuddha), reminding the reader that the transcendent Lord can appear within worldly dynamics without being ultimately diminished—an idea later harmonized in the Purāṇa’s Shaiva–Vaishnava synthesis.
No explicit yogic technique is taught in this verse; its practical takeaway aligns with yogic discipline (yama/niyama) in spirit—steadiness under impact and mastery over reactive force—while the broader Kurma Purana later formalizes such inner control through Pāśupata-oriented teachings.
While Śiva is not named here, the Kurma Purana’s overall frame treats divine powers as mutually intelligible: even Viṣṇu’s Sudarśana can be ‘checked’ in narrative tension, supporting the Purāṇic theme that supreme divinity is one, expressed through multiple forms and powers (Śaiva–Vaiṣṇava concord).