Shloka 15
Īśvara-gītā: The Supreme Lord as Brahman, the Source of Creation, and the Inner Self
या सा शक्तिः प्रकृतौ लीनरूपा वेदेषूक्ता कारणं ब्रह्मयोनिः / तस्या एकः परमेष्ठी परस्ता- न्महेश्वरः पुरुषः सत्यरूपः
yā sā śaktiḥ prakṛtau līnarūpā vedeṣūktā kāraṇaṃ brahmayoniḥ / tasyā ekaḥ parameṣṭhī parastā- nmaheśvaraḥ puruṣaḥ satyarūpaḥ
Ese Poder que yace latente, fundido en Prakṛti—proclamado en los Vedas como causa, como el seno de Brahmā—de ese (Poder) hay un solo Señor Supremo más allá de todo: Maheśvara, el Puruṣa trascendente cuya naturaleza misma es la Verdad.
Lord Kūrma (Vishnu) teaching the Ishvara-Gita doctrine to the sages (in the Indradyumna narrative frame)
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: shanta
FAQs
It distinguishes the latent causal Power within Prakṛti from the One transcendent Puruṣa—Maheśvara—whose essence is Satya (Truth), indicating the Supreme Self as beyond material causality.
The verse sets the metaphysical basis for Pāśupata-style contemplation: meditate on Īśvara (Maheśvara) as the truth-natured Puruṣa beyond Prakṛti, using Vedic insight to discriminate the transcendent Lord from the guṇa-bound causal matrix.
Within the Ishvara-Gita framework spoken by Lord Kūrma, the Supreme is affirmed as Maheśvara, reflecting the Kurma Purana’s non-sectarian synthesis where Vishnu teaches the supremacy of Īśvara (Śiva) as the transcendent Puruṣa.