Kurma Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 28
Virocana–Bali, Aditi’s Tapas, and the Vāmana–Trivikrama Episode
समाविष्टे हृषीकेशे देवमातुरथोदरम् / उत्पाता जज्ञिरे घोरा बलेर्वैरोचनेः पुरे
samāviṣṭe hṛṣīkeśe devamāturathodaram / utpātā jajñire ghorā balervairocaneḥ pure
Khi Hṛṣīkeśa đã nhập vào thai của Mẹ chư thiên, thì tại thành của Bali Vairocana đã phát sinh những điềm dữ ghê rợn.
Purāṇic narrator (Sūta/authorial narration)
Primary Rasa: bhayanaka
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
It presents the Supreme as Hṛṣīkeśa—Lord of the senses—who freely ‘enters’ a womb without being limited by embodiment, implying transcendence while immanently guiding cosmic events.
No explicit practice is taught in this verse; it frames the yogic-theological idea that the Supreme can assume a form by māyā for dharma’s restoration—an outlook later harmonized with Kurma Purana’s Pāśupata-Yoga and devotion-based discipline.
Though Vishnu is named, the Purana’s broader synthesis treats such avatāra-events as movements of the one Īśvara; the same supreme lordship later articulated in Shaiva idiom (Pāśupata/Īśvara) is compatible with Vishnu’s role here.