Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 45
बृहस्पतिरुवाच । न जाने केन कार्येण योगारूढो महात्मवान् । योगरूपोऽभवद्विष्णुर्योगीशो हरिरच्युतः
bṛhaspatiruvāca | na jāne kena kāryeṇa yogārūḍho mahātmavān | yogarūpo'bhavadviṣṇuryogīśo hariracyutaḥ
Bṛhaspati nói: “Ta không biết vì việc gì bậc Đại Hồn ấy đã an trụ vào Yoga. Viṣṇu đã trở thành chính hình thể của Yoga—Hari Acyuta, Chúa tể của các yogin.”
Bṛhaspati
Listener: Devas led by Indra
Scene: Bṛhaspati speaks calmly, hand raised in teaching gesture; behind him, a subtle vision of Viṣṇu dissolving into a mandala-like pattern symbolizing ‘yogarūpa’.
FAQs
The Supreme can assume the mode of Yoga itself; yogic absorption is portrayed as a divine state, not merely a human practice.
No; this verse is theological, describing Viṣṇu’s yogic state.
None explicitly; it references yoga as a state (yogārūḍha) rather than prescribing a method.