Shloka 5
Kapardeśvara at Piśācamocana — Liberation of a Piśāca and the Brahmapāra Hymn
तत्र सा भीतहृदया कृत्वा कृत्वा प्रदक्षिणम् / धावमाना सुसंभ्रान्ता व्याघ्रस्य वशमागता
tatra sā bhītahṛdayā kṛtvā kṛtvā pradakṣiṇam / dhāvamānā susaṃbhrāntā vyāghrasya vaśamāgatā
అక్కడ ఆమె భయాక్రాంత హృదయంతో మళ్లీ మళ్లీ ప్రదక్షిణం చేసి, అత్యంత సంభ్రాంతితో పరుగెత్తుతూ వ్యాఘ్ర వశమైంది।
Narrator (Purāṇic narrator continuing the story as transmitted by sages)
Primary Rasa: bhayanaka
Secondary Rasa: karuna
FAQs
Indirectly: it shows how fear and mental agitation (saṃbhrama) overpower a person; in Kurma Purana’s broader teaching, such disturbed mind-states veil steady self-knowledge and make one vulnerable to external forces.
Pradakṣiṇā (circumambulation) appears as a devotional act, but the verse stresses that without inner steadiness it can devolve into panic; in Yoga-shāstra terms, a mind lacking dhairya (steadiness) and smṛti (presence) is easily driven by bhaya (fear).
This particular verse is a narrative description and does not explicitly address Shiva–Vishnu unity; the Kurma Purana’s synthesis is typically articulated in its doctrinal sections (notably the Upari-bhāga’s Ishvara Gita), whereas here the focus is on human vulnerability under delusion.