Shloka 83
Devadāru (Dāruvana) Forest: The Delusion of Ritual Pride, the Liṅga Crisis, and the Teaching of Jñāna–Pāśupata Yoga
न तस्य विद्यते कार्यं न तस्माद् विद्यते परम् / स वेदान् प्रददौ पूर्वं योगमायातनुर्मम
na tasya vidyate kāryaṃ na tasmād vidyate param / sa vedān pradadau pūrvaṃ yogamāyātanurmama
Für Ihn gibt es kein verpflichtendes Werk, und über Ihm steht nichts Höheres. Zu Beginn verlieh Er die Veden—Er, dessen Leib meine eigene Yogamāyā ist.
Lord Kurma (Vishnu) instructing King Indradyumna in the Ishvara-Gita section
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
It presents the Supreme as actionless (akartā in the sense of having no obligatory duty) and unsurpassed—nothing exists higher—indicating the transcendent Atman/Ishvara beyond all relative causation and hierarchy.
The verse frames Yoga as grounded in revelation: the same Supreme who is beyond compulsion reveals the Vedas and operates through Yogamāyā. In the Ishvara-Gita context, this supports meditative discernment (viveka) between the actionless Lord and the manifesting power, a basis for Pāśupata-oriented contemplation on Ishvara.
By teaching an unsurpassed, actionless Supreme who reveals the Vedas and manifests through divine power, the Kurma Purana’s Ishvara-Gita style supports a non-sectarian, non-dual apex where Shaiva and Vaishnava theologies converge in one Ishvara.