Kurma Purana — Uttara Bhaga, Shloka 58
Īśvara-Gītā (continued): Twofold Yoga, Aṣṭāṅga Discipline, Pāśupata Meditation, and the Unity of Nārāyaṇa–Maheśvara
चिन्तयेत् तत्र विमलं परं ज्योतिर्यदक्षरम् / तस्मिन् ज्योतिषि विन्यस्यस्वात्मानं तदभेदतः
cintayet tatra vimalaṃ paraṃ jyotiryadakṣaram / tasmin jyotiṣi vinyasyasvātmānaṃ tadabhedataḥ
هناك ليتأمّل المرءُ النورَ الأعلى الطاهرَ الذي لا يفنى؛ ثم ليُثبّت ذاتَه في ذلك النور، وليقم في عدمِ التمايز عنه.
Lord Kurma (Vishnu) instructing King Indradyumna within the Ishvara Gita teaching sequence
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
It presents the Supreme as the imperishable, stainless Light (akṣara-jyotis) and instructs the meditator to realize the Atman by establishing oneself in identity (abheda) with that Supreme radiance.
It teaches dhyāna focused on the akṣara-jyotis (imperishable Light) and a contemplative absorption where the practitioner ‘places’ the self in that reality—an Advaitic culmination consistent with the Kurma Purana’s Pāśupata-oriented discipline of inner purification and one-pointed meditation.
By defining the goal as the imperishable Supreme Light beyond sectarian form, it supports the Kurma Purana’s Shaiva–Vaishnava synthesis: the highest Ishvara is realized as one non-dual reality, approachable through shared yogic contemplation.