Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 45
बृहस्पतिरुवाच । न जाने केन कार्येण योगारूढो महात्मवान् । योगरूपोऽभवद्विष्णुर्योगीशो हरिरच्युतः
bṛhaspatiruvāca | na jāne kena kāryeṇa yogārūḍho mahātmavān | yogarūpo'bhavadviṣṇuryogīśo hariracyutaḥ
பிரகஸ்பதி கூறினார்—எந்த நோக்கத்திற்காக அந்த மகாத்மா யோகத்தில் ஏறினார் என எனக்குத் தெரியாது. விஷ்ணு யோகத்தின் வடிவமாயினார்—யோகிகளின் ஈசன், அச்யுத ஹரி।
Bṛhaspati
Listener: Devas led by Indra
Scene: Bṛhaspati speaks calmly, hand raised in teaching gesture; behind him, a subtle vision of Viṣṇu dissolving into a mandala-like pattern symbolizing ‘yogarūpa’.
FAQs
The Supreme can assume the mode of Yoga itself; yogic absorption is portrayed as a divine state, not merely a human practice.
No; this verse is theological, describing Viṣṇu’s yogic state.
None explicitly; it references yoga as a state (yogārūḍha) rather than prescribing a method.