Shloka 34
Rudra’s Cosmic Dance and the Recognition of Rudra–Nārāyaṇa Unity (Īśvara-gītā Continuation)
त्वामेकमाहुः कविमेकरुद्रं प्राणं बृहन्तं हरिमग्निमीशम् / इन्द्रं मृत्युमनिलं चेकितानं धातारमादित्यमनेकरूपम्
tvāmekamāhuḥ kavimekarudraṃ prāṇaṃ bṛhantaṃ harimagnimīśam / indraṃ mṛtyumanilaṃ cekitānaṃ dhātāramādityamanekarūpam
أنتَ وحدك تُعلَن الحكيمَ الواحد، والرودرا الواحد؛ أنتَ نَفَسُ الحياة، والعظيمُ الواسع، وهاري، وأغني، والربّ. أنتَ إندرا، والموت، والريح؛ والعقلُ العليم بكلّ شيء؛ وأنتَ الداعم (دهاتْر) والشمس (آديتْيا)—الواحدُ الذي يتجلّى في صورٍ لا تُحصى.
Lord Kurma (Vishnu) teaching in the Ishvara-Gita style discourse
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: shanta
FAQs
It presents the Supreme as one reality that is called by many sacred names—seer, Rudra, Hari, prāṇa, Sun—showing that all cosmic powers are functions of the single Self/Ishvara appearing as many.
The verse supports Ishvara-upāsanā used in Pāśupata-oriented devotion and meditation: contemplate the One Lord as immanent in prāṇa, fire (inner tapas), sun-like awareness, and as the ruler of creation, preservation, and dissolution.
By identifying the One Lord simultaneously as “eka-Rudra” and “Hari,” it affirms a Kurma Purana synthesis where Shiva and Vishnu are not rival deities but complementary names/forms of the single supreme Ishvara.