Kurma Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 65
Virocana–Bali, Aditi’s Tapas, and the Vāmana–Trivikrama Episode
कृत्वैतदद्भुतं कर्म विष्णुर्वामनरूपधृक् / पश्यतामेव सर्वेषां तत्रैवान्तरधीयत
kṛtvaitadadbhutaṃ karma viṣṇurvāmanarūpadhṛk / paśyatāmeva sarveṣāṃ tatraivāntaradhīyata
ครั้นทรงกระทำกิจอัศจรรย์นั้นแล้ว พระวิษณุผู้ทรงอวตารเป็นวามนะ ก็อันตรธาน ณ ที่นั้นเองต่อหน้าทุกผู้ที่กำลังมองดู
Narrator (Purāṇic sūta-style narration, recounting Viṣṇu’s Vāmana-līlā)
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: vira
FAQs
By showing Viṣṇu’s sudden disappearance after completing the līlā, the verse hints that the Supreme is not confined to a visible form—He manifests for a purpose and then withdraws, remaining beyond sensory grasp.
No specific technique is prescribed in this line; the implied practice is darśana-bhāvanā—steady contemplative recognition that the Divine can appear within form yet is ultimately subtle and ungraspable, a theme developed more explicitly in the Kurma Purana’s later yoga-oriented teachings.
While Śiva is not named here, the Kurma Purana’s broader Shaiva–Vaishnava synthesis is reflected in the idea of one Supreme Lord who freely assumes forms and withdraws—an outlook compatible with non-sectarian readings where Śiva and Viṣṇu are expressions of the same highest reality.