Kurma Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 59
Madhu–Kaiṭabha, Nārāyaṇa’s Yoga-Nidrā, Rudra’s Manifestation, and the Aṣṭamūrti–Trimūrti Teaching
हव्यं वहति यो नित्यं रौद्री तेजोमयो तनुः / कव्यं पितृगणानां च तस्मै वह्न्यात्मने नमः
havyaṃ vahati yo nityaṃ raudrī tejomayo tanuḥ / kavyaṃ pitṛgaṇānāṃ ca tasmai vahnyātmane namaḥ
Salutations to the Lord whose very Self is Fire (Agni): the ever-bearer of havya, the oblations to the gods, whose form is a radiant body of Rudra’s blazing energy, and who also conveys kavya, the ancestral offering, to the hosts of the Pitṛs.
Lord Kurma (Vishnu) teaching in the Ishvara Gita section
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: shanta
FAQs
It identifies the Lord’s presence as the inner essence of Agni—showing the Supreme as immanent power that mediates between worlds by sustaining sacrifice, worship, and cosmic exchange.
The verse supports Ishvara-centric contemplation (īśvara-smṛti) through the symbol of Agni: meditating on the Lord as the luminous carrier of offerings aligns ritual discipline with inner purification—a key bridge between Pashupata devotion and yogic concentration.
By describing the divine Fire-form as “raudrī” (Rudra’s energy) while offered salutations within the Ishvara Gita teaching of Lord Kurma, it presents Rudra-tejas and Vishnu’s lordship as a single integrated reality.