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Kurma Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 108

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

Devanagari script

गुह्यविद्यात्मविद्या च धर्मविद्यात्मभाविता / स्वाहा विश्वंभरा सिद्धिः स्वधा मेधा धृतिः श्रुतिः

Transliteration

guhyavidyātmavidyā ca dharmavidyātmabhāvitā / svāhā viśvaṃbharā siddhiḥ svadhā medhā dhṛtiḥ śrutiḥ

Translation

Elle est la science secrète et la connaissance du Soi; elle est la connaissance du dharma, imprégnée de réalisation intérieure. Elle est Svāhā; la porteuse de l’univers; le siddhi, l’accomplissement. Elle est Svadhā; medhā, l’intelligence; dhṛti, la constance; et śruti, la Révélation sacrée.

Word by Word
गुह्यविद्याsecret knowledge
गुह्यविद्या:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootगुह्य-विद्या (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः: गुह्या विद्या (कर्मधारय)
आत्मविद्याself-knowledge
आत्मविद्या:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootआत्म-विद्या (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः: आत्मनः विद्या (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)
चand
च:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)
धर्मविद्याknowledge of dharma
धर्मविद्या:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootधर्म-विद्या (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः: धर्मस्य विद्या (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)
आत्मभाविताcultivated by the self; self-infused
आत्मभाविता:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeAdjective
Rootआत्म-भाविता (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कृदन्तः: भावित (क्त-प्रत्यय, past passive participle) √भू/√भाव (धातु) ‘to cause to be, to cultivate’; समासः: आत्मना भाविता/आत्मभावेन भाविता (तत्पुरुष)
स्वाहाSvāhā (oblation-call)
स्वाहा:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootस्वाहा (प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययीभूत-नाम)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; यज्ञे उच्चार्य-शब्दः (as a deity-name)
विश्वंभराsupporter of the universe
विश्वंभरा:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeAdjective
Rootविश्वं-भरा (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण-प्रयोगः; समासः: विश्वं भरति इति (उपपद-तत्पुरुष); सन्धिः: विश्वम् + भरा → विश्वंभरा
सिद्धिःattainment, perfection
सिद्धिः:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootसिद्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन
स्वधाSvadhā (ancestral offering-call)
स्वधा:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootस्वधा (प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययीभूत-नाम)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; पितृयज्ञे उच्चार्य-शब्दः (as a deity-name)
मेधाintelligence
मेधा:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootमेधा (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन
धृतिःsteadfastness
धृतिः:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootधृति (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन
श्रुतिःrevelation; hearing; Veda
श्रुतिः:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootश्रुति (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन
Speaker

Lord Kūrma (Viṣṇu) teaching in the Ishvara Gita section

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

Characters & Entities
S
Svāhā
S
Svadhā
Ś
Śruti
S
Siddhi

FAQs

By identifying the Divine as ātma-vidyā (Self-knowledge) itself, the verse frames liberation as inward realization—where true knowledge is not merely doctrinal but ātma-bhāvitā, spiritually assimilated.

The verse emphasizes ātma-vidyā and ātma-bhāvitā—knowledge matured through inner contemplation—leading to siddhi (attainment). In the Ishvara Gita’s Pāśupata-oriented tone, this points to disciplined practice where insight, steadiness (dhṛti), and scriptural listening (śruti) support realization.

In the Ishvara Gita’s synthetic theology, the same supreme Divine power is presented as both Vedic-sacrificial (Svāhā/Svadhā) and yogic-gnostic (ātma-vidyā/siddhi), aligning Śaiva and Vaiṣṇava paths as complementary expressions of one Reality.

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