Kurma Purana — Uttara Bhaga, Shloka 60
Prākṛta-pralaya, Pratisarga Doctrine, and the Ishvara-Samanvaya of Yoga and Devotion
नमोस्तु व्योमतत्त्वाय महायोगेश्वराय च / परावराणां प्रभवे वेदवेद्याय ते नमः
namostu vyomatattvāya mahāyogeśvarāya ca / parāvarāṇāṃ prabhave vedavedyāya te namaḥ
Salutations to You who are the principle of space (vyoma-tattva), and to You, the Great Lord of Yoga (Mahāyogeśvara). Salutations to You, the source of both the higher and the lower (para–apara), and to You who are knowable through the Vedas.
A devotee/sage offering a stuti (hymn of praise) within the Kurma Purana’s Upari-bhaga discourse context
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: shanta
FAQs
By calling the Lord “vyoma-tattva” (space-principle) and the source of both higher and lower realities, the verse presents the Supreme as all-pervading, foundational, and transcendent—yet also the ground from which all levels of existence arise.
The verse does not list techniques, but it centers the goal: devotion and contemplation of the “Mahāyogeśvara,” the supreme master of yoga—implying inward absorption (dhyāna/samādhi) oriented to the all-pervading Lord who is the origin of all tattvas.
Using the epithet “Mahāyogeśvara” (often Shaiva) while praising the supreme Veda-known source of all (often Vaishnava), it reflects the Kurma Purana’s integrative stance: the one Ishvara is praised through shared theological titles rather than sectarian separation.