Kurma Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 47
Devī-tattva, Śakti–Śaktimān doctrine, Kāla–Māyā cosmology, and Māheśvara Yoga instruction
इत्येतदखिलं विप्राः शक्तिशक्तिमदुद्भवम् / प्रोच्यते सर्ववेदेषु मुनिभिस्तत्त्वदर्शिभिः
ityetadakhilaṃ viprāḥ śaktiśaktimadudbhavam / procyate sarvavedeṣu munibhistattvadarśibhiḥ
So denn, o Brahmanen, diese ganze Lehre—entsprungen aus Śakti und dem Śaktimān (der Kraft und ihrem Herrn)—wird in allen Veden von den Munis, den Schauern der Wahrheit, gelehrt.
Lord Kūrma (Vishnu) teaching the Ishvara Gita
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
It frames ultimate teaching as rooted in Śakti and the Śaktimān—implying the Supreme is not a powerless abstraction but the conscious Lord inseparable from His power, a Veda-grounded view of reality.
This verse itself is a Vedic-validation conclusion rather than a technique; it supports Ishvara Gita practice by grounding Yoga-shastra and contemplations on the Lord-with-Power (Śiva/Vishnu as Īśvara) in Vedic testimony.
By centering truth on Īśvara as Śaktimān with Śakti and citing Vedic unanimity, it aligns with the Purana’s non-sectarian synthesis where the one Lord is praised through both Shaiva and Vaishnava theological language.