Kurma Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 154

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

Devanagari script

शान्तिः प्रभावती दीप्तिः पङ्कजायतलोचना / आद्या हृत्कमलोद्भूता गवां मता रणप्रिया

Transliteration

śāntiḥ prabhāvatī dīptiḥ paṅkajāyatalocanā / ādyā hṛtkamalodbhūtā gavāṃ matā raṇapriyā

Translation

Sie ist Śānti (Frieden), Prabhāvatī (die Strahlende) und Dīpti (Glanz), lotusäugig. Sie ist Ādyā (die Urerste), aus dem Lotus des Herzens geboren; als Mutter der Rinder verehrt, und sie liebt das Schlachtfeld.

Word by Word

• शान्तिः: peace
• शान्तिः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शान्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• प्रभावती: the splendid one
• प्रभावती: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभावती (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; गुणवाचक-नाम (possessing splendour)

• दीप्तिः: radiance
• दीप्तिः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दीप्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• पङ्कज-आयत-लोचना: lotus-long-eyed
• पङ्कज-आयत-लोचना: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पङ्कज (प्रातिपदिक) + आयत (प्रातिपदिक) + लोचन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; बहुव्रीहि (पङ्कजवत् आयते लोचने यस्याः = having lotus-like long eyes)

• आद्या: primordial
• आद्या: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आद्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (primordial/first)

• हृत्-कमल-उद्भूता: arisen from the heart-lotus
• हृत्-कमल-उद्भूता: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हृत्/हृद् (प्रातिपदिक) + कमल (प्रातिपदिक) + उद्भूत (कृदन्त; √भू + उद्-; past participle)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; पञ्चमी-तत्पुरुष (हृत्कमलात् उद्भूता = arisen from the lotus of the heart)

• गवाम्: of cows
• गवाम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गो (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन (Plural)

• मता: considered; regarded
• मता: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मत (कृदन्त; √मन् ‘to think’ past participle)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (considered/esteemed)

• रण-प्रिया: battle-loving
• रण-प्रिया: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रण (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (रणं प्रियम् यस्याः = fond of battle)

Speaker

Lord Kurma (Vishnu) teaching within the Ishvara Gita discourse

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: vira

Characters & Entities

• Shakti
• Śānti
• Prabhāvatī
• Dīpti

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FAQs

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

By locating the Divine Power as “born from the heart-lotus,” the verse points inward: realization is centered in the purified inner consciousness where Shakti’s peace and radiance become directly experienced.

What Yoga or Meditative practices are highlighted here?

It implicitly supports heart-lotus (hṛt-kamala) contemplation—an Ishvara Gita style interiorization—where the seeker steadies the mind in śānti (peace) and perceives dīpti (inner luminosity) as a sign of spiritual awakening.

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

In the Ishvara Gita’s synthetic vision, the same supreme divine potency (Shakti) is praised through multiple auspicious and protective aspects, aligning Shaiva-Shakta language within a Vishnu-as-Kurma teaching context—suggesting one reality expressed through complementary forms.