Kurma Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 125
Devī-tattva, Śakti–Śaktimān doctrine, Kāla–Māyā cosmology, and Māheśvara Yoga instruction
संध्या सर्वसमुद्भूतिर्ब्रह्मवृक्षाश्रयानतिः / बीजाङ्कुरसमुद्भूतिर्महाशक्तिर्महामतिः
saṃdhyā sarvasamudbhūtirbrahmavṛkṣāśrayānatiḥ / bījāṅkurasamudbhūtirmahāśaktirmahāmatiḥ
তেওঁ সন্ধ্যা—কাল আৰু উপাসনাৰ পবিত্ৰ সন্ধিক্ষণ; তেওঁ সৰ্বসমুদ্ভূতি। তেওঁ ব্ৰহ্মবৃক্ষৰ আশ্ৰয়ত কৰা বিনম্ৰ নতি। তেওঁ বীজ আৰু অঙ্কুৰৰ উদ্ভৱ; মহাশক্তি আৰু মহামতি।
Lord Kurma (Vishnu) teaching in the Ishvara Gita context
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
By describing Shakti as both the source of all manifestation (sarva-samudbhūti) and as supreme intelligence (mahā-mati), the verse points to the Absolute as consciousness-power: the inner Self whose presence becomes the world without losing transcendence.
The verse foregrounds Sandhyā as a yogic discipline of daily junction-worship—cultivating nati (humble surrender) and steady recollection of the supreme Power behind all arising—supporting meditation and devotion aligned with the Kurma Purana’s Pashupata-oriented spiritual ethos.
By centering Mahāśakti as the single cosmic power that manifests all, the verse supports the Kurma Purana’s non-sectarian synthesis: the one divine Energy is inseparable from both Shiva and Vishnu, harmonizing Shaiva and Vaishnava theology in a unified Absolute.