Shloka 55
Genealogies from Purūravas to the Haihayas; Jayadhvaja’s Vaiṣṇava Resolve, Sage-Adjudication, and the Slaying of Videha
शूरो ऽस्त्रं प्राहिणोद् रौद्रं शूरसेनस्तु वारुणम् / प्राजापत्यं तथा कृष्णो वायव्यं धृष्ण एव च
śūro 'straṃ prāhiṇod raudraṃ śūrasenastu vāruṇam / prājāpatyaṃ tathā kṛṣṇo vāyavyaṃ dhṛṣṇa eva ca
शूरो ऽस्त्रं प्राहिणोद् रौद्रं शूरसेनस्तु वारुणम् । प्राजापत्यं तथा कृष्णो वायव्यं धृष्ण एव च ॥
Sūta (the Purāṇic narrator) describing the battle sequence
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: vira
FAQs
Indirectly: by showing multiple deity-astras (Rudra, Varuṇa, Prajāpati, Vāyu) operating within one cosmic order, the Purāṇic frame points to a single governing Reality that coordinates diverse divine powers—an implicit unity behind many names and functions.
No explicit yogic technique is taught in this verse; however, astra-prayoga traditionally presumes mantra-dhāraṇā (focused retention of sacred formulae), disciplined mind-control, and ritual purity—skills aligned with yogic concentration (dhāraṇā) as understood in Purāṇic and Yoga-śāstra culture.
Kṛṣṇa’s action is narrated alongside the Rudra-astra, placing Vaiṣṇava and Śaiva powers in a shared, non-competitive field of dharma—typical of the Kūrma Purāṇa’s integrative theology where Rudra and Nārāyaṇa function harmoniously within one sacred cosmos.