Kurma Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 33
Manvantaras, Indras, Saptarṣis, and the Seven Sustaining Manifestations; Vyāsa as Nārāyaṇa
मन्वन्तरे ऽत्र संप्राप्ते तथा वैवस्वते ऽन्तरे / वामनः कश्यपाद् विष्णुरदित्यां संबभूव ह
manvantare 'tra saṃprāpte tathā vaivasvate 'ntare / vāmanaḥ kaśyapād viṣṇuradityāṃ saṃbabhūva ha
当此摩奴劫到来——即毗婆斯瓦塔（Vaivasvata）时期——毗湿奴（Viṣṇu）由迦叶波（Kaśyapa）在阿底提（Aditi）中降生，示现为婆摩那（Vāmana，小人身化身）。
Purana narrator (Suta/compilers’ narrative voice)
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: vira
FAQs
It presents the Supreme (Viṣṇu) as transcendent yet freely manifesting within cosmic time (Manvantara) through an avatāra—showing the Lord’s immanence without diminishing His supremacy.
No specific practice is prescribed in this line; it supplies avatāra-context that later supports Kurma Purana teachings where devotion (bhakti), discipline, and Pāśupata-oriented yogic restraint are grounded in the Lord’s compassionate descent.
While explicitly Vaishnava in naming Viṣṇu’s avatāra, the Kurma Purana’s wider synthesis frames such descents as expressions of the one Īśvara honored through both Śaiva and Vaiṣṇava modes—unity in function, difference in form.