Kurma Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 184

Devī-tattva, Śakti–Śaktimān doctrine, Kāla–Māyā cosmology, and Māheśvara Yoga instruction

Devanagari script

अमृत्युरमृता स्वाहा पुरुहूता पुरुष्टुता / अशोच्या भिन्नविषया हिरण्यरजतप्रिया

Transliteration

amṛtyuramṛtā svāhā puruhūtā puruṣṭutā / aśocyā bhinnaviṣayā hiraṇyarajatapriyā

Translation

يا أمّاه الإلهية، أنتِ أَمْرِتْيُو (Amṛtyu) بلا موت، وأَمْرِتَا (Amṛtā) الخالدة؛ وأنتِ سْفَاهَا (Svāhā) نداءُ القربان المقدّس. أنتِ بُرُهُوتَا (Puruhūtā) «كثيرةُ الاستدعاء»، وبُرُشْتُوتَا (Puruṣṭutā) «كثيرةُ الحمد». أنتِ فوقَ النواح، ومجالُك متعدّدٌ شامل، وتسرّين بالذهب والفضّة.

Word by Word

• amṛtyuḥ: deathless
• amṛtyuḥ: Karta (कर्ता/Subject—epithet)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: a- (निषेध/उपसर्ग) + mṛtyu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषणरूपेण (as epithet)

• amṛtā: immortal; nectar-like
• amṛtā: Karta (कर्ता/Subject—epithet)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: a- (निषेध/उपसर्ग) + mṛta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• svāhā: svāhā (ritual exclamation)
• svāhā: Sambodhana/Address (सम्बोधन—invocatory epithet)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: svāhā (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक as mantra-word)
• Form: अव्यय; मन्त्रपद/आह्वान (ritual exclamation)

• puru-hūtā: much-invoked
• puru-hūtā: Karta (कर्ता/Subject—epithet)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: puru (प्रातिपदिक) + hūtā (कृदन्त, √hū ‘to call/invoke’)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुष: ‘पुरु (बहु) हूता’ (much-invoked)

• puru-ṣṭutā: much-praised
• puru-ṣṭutā: Karta (कर्ता/Subject—epithet)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: puru (प्रातिपदिक) + ṣṭutā (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक, √stu ‘to praise’)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुष: ‘पुरु (बहु) स्तुता’

• aśocyā: not to be lamented
• aśocyā: Karta (कर्ता/Subject—epithet)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: a- (निषेध) + śocyā (प्रातिपदिक, from √śuc)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• bhinna-viṣayā: having distinct spheres/objects
• bhinna-viṣayā: Karta (कर्ता/Subject—epithet)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bhinna (कृदन्त, √bhid) + viṣaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मधारय: ‘भिन्नः विषयः यस्याः/या’ (having distinct domains/objects)

• hiraṇya-rajata-priyā: fond of gold and silver
• hiraṇya-rajata-priyā: Karta (कर्ता/Subject—epithet)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: hiraṇya (प्रातिपदिक) + rajata (प्रातिपदिक) + priyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; द्वन्द्व (hiraṇya+rajata) तत्पुरुष-सम्बन्ध: ‘हिरण्यरजतयोः प्रिया’

Speaker

Lord Kurma (Vishnu) as the Supreme Ishvara being praised in the Ishvara Gita context (stuti of the Divine Names)

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

Characters & Entities

• Svaha
• Puruhuta

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FAQs

How does this verse explain the nature of the Supreme Self (Atman)?

By calling the Lord “deathlessness” and “immortal,” the verse points to Ishvara/Atman as beyond decay and grief—an eternal reality not subject to mortality.

What Yoga or Meditative practices are highlighted here?

The verse functions as nāma-smaraṇa (contemplation of divine epithets): repeating and meditating on these names steadies the mind toward the deathless Ishvara, aligning with the Ishvara Gita’s devotional-yogic discipline.

How does this verse depict the relationship between Shiva and Vishnu?

In the Ishvara Gita’s synthesis, such divine-name hymns present one Supreme Ishvara with many functions and titles; this supports the Kurma Purana’s non-sectarian view where Shaiva and Vaishnava modes converge in a single ultimate reality.