Devī-tattva, Śakti–Śaktimān doctrine, Kāla–Māyā cosmology, and Māheśvara Yoga instruction
विश्वावस्था वियन्मूर्तिर्विद्युन्माला विहायसी / किंनरी सुरभी वन्द्या नन्दिनी नन्दिवल्लभा
viśvāvasthā viyanmūrtirvidyunmālā vihāyasī / kiṃnarī surabhī vandyā nandinī nandivallabhā
هي أساسُ ثباتِ الكون، وصورتُها فسيحةٌ كالسّماء؛ وهي إكليلُ البرق، السماويّة. هي كِنَّرِي (Kinnarī) وسُرَبْهِي (Surabhī)، الموقَّرةُ المستحقّةُ للعبادة؛ وهي نَنْدِينِي (Nandinī)، حبيبةُ نَنْدِي (ثورِ شِيفا).
Lord Kurma (Vishnu) instructing within the Ishvara Gita context
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: shanta
By describing the divine as “world-sustaining” and “sky-formed,” the verse points to an all-pervading, sustaining principle—an immanent sacred presence that upholds the cosmos, a hallmark of the Ishvara-centered teaching in the Kurma Purana.
This verse functions as nāma-smaraṇa and stuti: contemplative recollection through sacred epithets. In the Kurma Purana’s Pāśupata-leaning framework, such focused praise supports one-pointed devotion (ekāgratā) and inner purification, preparing the practitioner for deeper discipline.
By honoring a figure linked to Śiva (Nandin) within the Ishvara Gita taught by Lord Kurma (Viṣṇu), the verse exemplifies the Purana’s non-sectarian synthesis: divine powers and attendants are revered across Śaiva and Vaiṣṇava frames as expressions of one sacred reality.