Kurma Purana — Uttara Bhaga, Shloka 16
Īśvara-gītā: The Supreme Lord as Brahman, the Source of Creation, and the Inner Self
ब्रह्मा योगी परमात्मा महीयान् व्योमव्यापी वेदवेद्यः पुराणः / एको रुद्रो मृत्युरव्यक्तमेकं बीजं विश्वं देव एकः स एव
brahmā yogī paramātmā mahīyān vyomavyāpī vedavedyaḥ purāṇaḥ / eko rudro mṛtyuravyaktamekaṃ bījaṃ viśvaṃ deva ekaḥ sa eva
Él es Brahmā, el Yogi supremo, el Paramātman—grandioso y omnipenetrante como el espacio—conocible por los Vedas, el Antiguo. Él solo es Rudra; él es la Muerte; él es el único No-manifiesto; él es la semilla y el universo. Ese único Dios—él mismo es todo esto.
Lord Kurma (Vishnu) teaching as Ishvara (Ishvara Gita discourse)
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: raudra
FAQs
It identifies the Paramātman as the single all-pervading Reality—both transcendent (the one Unmanifest) and immanent (as seed and as the universe), knowable through the Vedas yet beyond limited forms.
The verse points to īśvara-centric yoga: contemplation of the one Supreme as the inner Self and as the cosmic ground (bīja/avyakta), a core Ishvara Gita approach that supports one-pointed meditation and non-dual insight.
By declaring the One God as Rudra while spoken by Lord Kūrma, it presents a Shaiva–Vaishnava synthesis: Shiva (Rudra) and Vishnu (Ishvara speaking) are affirmed as one Supreme Reality.