Shloka 41
Virocana–Bali, Aditi’s Tapas, and the Vāmana–Trivikrama Episode
काले प्राप्ते महाविष्णुं देवानां हर्षवर्धनम् / असूत कश्यपाच्चैनं देवमातादितिः स्वयम्
kāle prāpte mahāviṣṇuṃ devānāṃ harṣavardhanam / asūta kaśyapāccainaṃ devamātāditiḥ svayam
ครั้นกาลอันกำหนดมาถึง อทิติผู้เป็นมารดาแห่งเทวะ ได้ให้กำเนิดด้วยกัศยปะแก่มหาวิษณุ ผู้เพิ่มพูนความปีติแก่เหล่าเทวะด้วยตนเอง
Purāṇic narrator (traditionally Sūta reporting the account of the sages)
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: shanta
FAQs
It presents the Supreme (Mahāviṣṇu) as manifesting within time and cosmic order for the welfare of the devas—implying the transcendent reality can also appear immanently as Īśvara without losing supremacy.
No specific practice is taught in this verse; it establishes the theological ground for later Kurma Purana instructions—devotional orientation (bhakti) and reverence to Īśvara that support disciplines like Pāśupata-oriented restraint and contemplation.
While naming Mahāviṣṇu explicitly, the Kurma Purana’s broader synthesis reads such divine manifestations as functions of the one Supreme Lord (Īśvara), allowing Vishnu’s advent to be harmonized with Shaiva frames of cosmic governance.