Kurma Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 65
Dakṣa-yajña-bhaṅgaḥ — Dadhīci’s Teaching and the Destruction of Dakṣa’s Sacrifice
समालोक्य महाबाहुरागत्य गरुडो गणम् / जघान पक्षैः सहसा ननादाम्बुनिधिर्यथा
samālokya mahābāhurāgatya garuḍo gaṇam / jaghāna pakṣaiḥ sahasā nanādāmbunidhiryathā
ครั้นเห็นหมู่ทัพนั้น ครุฑผู้มีพาหาอันเกรียงไกรโผเข้ามา แล้วฟาดหมู่คณะด้วยปีกโดยฉับพลัน พลางคำรามดุจมหาสมุทร
Narrator (Purāṇic sūta-style narration within the Kurma Purana’s Purva-bhaga)
Primary Rasa: vira
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
It does not teach Ātman directly; it uses epic imagery to show decisive divine power acting swiftly—often read in Purāṇic theology as the Lord’s śakti operating in the world to uphold dharma.
No explicit yoga practice is taught in this verse; it is a narrative combat simile. In Kurma Purana’s broader spiritual frame, such episodes support vairāgya and dharma—preconditions for later yoga instructions (including Pāśupata-oriented discipline in the Upari-bhāga).
The verse focuses on Garuḍa (Vishnu’s emblematic vehicle) and does not mention Śiva. In Kurma Purana’s overall Shaiva–Vaishnava synthesis, such Vishnu-associated power is typically understood as non-opposed to Śiva’s supremacy, both functioning for dharma.