Kurma Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 131

Devī-tattva, Śakti–Śaktimān doctrine, Kāla–Māyā cosmology, and Māheśvara Yoga instruction

Devanagari script

सर्वेन्द्रियमनोमाता सर्वभूतहृदि स्थिता / संसारतारिणी विद्या ब्रह्मवादिमनोलया

Transliteration

sarvendriyamanomātā sarvabhūtahṛdi sthitā / saṃsāratāriṇī vidyā brahmavādimanolayā

Translation

Ella es la Madre de todos los sentidos y de la mente, morando en el corazón de cada ser. Ella es la Vidyā liberadora que hace cruzar el saṃsāra, y disuelve la mente de los Brahmavādines (buscadores de Brahman) en la Realidad Suprema.

Word by Word

• सर्वेन्द्रियमनोमाता: mother of all senses and the mind
• सर्वेन्द्रियमनोमाता: विशेषण (कर्तृ-सम्बन्धि)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व + इन्द्रिय + मनस् + माता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः—‘सर्वेषाम् इन्द्रियाणां मनसश्च माता’ (genitive determinative)

• सर्वभूतहृदि: in the heart of all beings
• सर्वभूतहृदि: अधिकरण (अधिकरणम्)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व + भूत + हृद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः—‘सर्वभूतानां हृदि’ (locative: in the heart of all beings)

• स्थिता: abiding, situated
• स्थिता: कर्तृ-सम्बन्धि विशेषण
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्था (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि/भूतकालिक कृदन्त (past participle); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘स्थित’ = abiding/standing

• संसारतारिणी: the one who carries across worldly existence
• संसारतारिणी: विशेषण (विद्या-सम्बन्धि)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संसार + तारिणी (प्रातिपदिक; √तॄ (धातु) से)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः—‘संसारस्य तारिणी’ (one who ferries across saṃsāra)

• विद्या: knowledge, sacred wisdom
• विद्या: कर्ता (कर्तृ/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विद्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• ब्रह्मवादिमनोलया: absorption of the minds of those who speak of Brahman
• ब्रह्मवादिमनोलया: विशेषण (विद्या-सम्बन्धि)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ब्रह्म + वादिन् + मनस् + लया (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषसमासः—‘ब्रह्मवादिनां मनसां लया’ (dissolution/absorption of the minds of Brahman-speakers)

Speaker

Lord Kurma (Vishnu) teaching in the Ishvara Gita context

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

Characters & Entities

• Vidya (Liberating Knowledge)
• Brahman
• Atman
• Saṃsāra

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FAQs

How does this verse explain the nature of the Supreme Self (Atman)?

It presents liberating Vidyā as inwardly present in every heart and as the power by which the mind is dissolved into Brahman—implying the Atman is realized not as an external object but as the indwelling, non-dual Reality.

What Yoga or Meditative practices are highlighted here?

The verse points to laya (mind-dissolution) central to contemplative Yoga: turning inward to the heart, withdrawing from sense-mind agitation, and stabilizing awareness in liberating knowledge (jñāna) that transcends saṃsāra.

How does this verse depict the relationship between Shiva and Vishnu?

By teaching a single liberating Vidyā culminating in Brahman-realization, it aligns with the Kurma Purana’s non-sectarian synthesis: the Supreme Lord taught as Kurma (Vishnu) is the same ultimate Reality affirmed in Shaiva-Pāśupata and Vedāntic language.