Shloka 36
Devī-tattva, Śakti–Śaktimān doctrine, Kāla–Māyā cosmology, and Māheśvara Yoga instruction
अन्याश्च शक्तयो मुख्यास्तस्य देवस्य निर्मिताः / ज्ञानशक्तिः क्रियाशक्तिः प्राणशक्तिरिति त्रयम्
anyāśca śaktayo mukhyāstasya devasya nirmitāḥ / jñānaśaktiḥ kriyāśaktiḥ prāṇaśaktiriti trayam
Auch andere Hauptkräfte sind aus jenem Herrn hervorgegangen: die Kraft des Wissens, die Kraft des Handelns und die Kraft des Lebenshauches (prāṇa) — diese drei.
Lord Kurma (Vishnu) teaching in the Ishvara Gita context
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
It presents the Lord (Ishvara) as the source from whom primary śaktis manifest—knowledge, action, and prāṇa—indicating a supreme consciousness that expresses itself as cognition, agency, and life-force without losing transcendence.
By naming jñāna, kriyā, and prāṇa as key śaktis, the verse supports an integrated sādhanā: contemplative insight (jñāna), disciplined practice and duty (kriyā), and regulation of the vital currents (prāṇa)—a framework compatible with Pāśupata-oriented yoga in the Kurma Purana.
Rather than sectarian separation, it speaks in the language of Ishvara and śakti: the one Supreme Lord manifests universal powers. This idiom is characteristic of the Kurma Purana’s Shaiva–Vaishnava synthesis, where the same ultimate Ishvara is taught through multiple devotional-theological lenses.