Kurma Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 184
Devī-tattva, Śakti–Śaktimān doctrine, Kāla–Māyā cosmology, and Māheśvara Yoga instruction
अमृत्युरमृता स्वाहा पुरुहूता पुरुष्टुता / अशोच्या भिन्नविषया हिरण्यरजतप्रिया
amṛtyuramṛtā svāhā puruhūtā puruṣṭutā / aśocyā bhinnaviṣayā hiraṇyarajatapriyā
তুমি অমৃত্যু ও অমৃতা; তুমি স্বাহা—যজ্ঞের পবিত্র আহ্বান। তুমি পুরুহূতা, পুরুষ্টুতা; তুমি অশোচ্যা, তোমার বিষয় বহুবিধ ও সর্বব্যাপী, এবং তুমি স্বর্ণ-রজতপ্রিয়া।
Lord Kurma (Vishnu) as the Supreme Ishvara being praised in the Ishvara Gita context (stuti of the Divine Names)
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
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.
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.
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.