Kurma Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 140

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

Devanagari script

वीरेश्वरी विमानस्था विशोकाशोकनाशिनी / अनाहता कुण्डलिना नलिनी पद्मवासिनी

Transliteration

vīreśvarī vimānasthā viśokāśokanāśinī / anāhatā kuṇḍalinā nalinī padmavāsinī

Translation

Ô Vīreśvarī, Souveraine des héros, assise dans le vimāna céleste; tu es sans chagrin et destructrice du chagrin. Tu es Anāhata, le son intérieur non frappé; tu es Kuṇḍalinī, la Puissance lovée; tu es la tige du lotus et celle qui demeure dans le lotus du cœur.

Word by Word

• वीरेश्वरी: Lady of heroes; Vīreśvarī
• वीरेश्वरी: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वीर + ईश्वरी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समासः (वीराणाम् ईश्वरी/वीरस्य ईश्वरी)

• विमानस्था: seated in a celestial car (vimāna)
• विमानस्था: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विमान + स्थ (स्था धातु/स्थ-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समासः (विमाने स्थिता)

• विशोका: sorrowless
• विशोका: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि + शोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; नञर्थक/उपसर्गयुक्त विशेषणम् (free from sorrow)

• अशोकनाशिनी: destroyer of sorrow
• अशोकनाशिनी: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अशोक + नाशिनी (नश् धातु से नाशिन्/नाशिनी, प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समासः (अशोकं नाशयति)

• अनाहता: unstruck; untouched
• अनाहता: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनाहत (न-आ-हन् धातु, क्त-कृदन्त)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; नञ्-पूर्वक (unstruck; unharmed)

• कुण्डलिना: coiled; possessing kuṇḍalas
• कुण्डलिना: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कुण्डलिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; इन्-प्रत्ययान्त (having coils/earrings; coiled)

• नलिनी: lotus-plant; Nalini (epithet)
• नलिनी: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नलिनी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• पद्मवासिनी: dwelling in the lotus
• पद्मवासिनी: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पद्म + वासिनी (वस् धातु से वासिन्/वासिनी, प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समासः (पद्मे वसति)

Speaker

Lord Kurma (Vishnu) teaching in the Ishvara Gita style, presenting a Devi-stuti consistent with Shaiva–Vaishnava synthesis

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

Characters & Entities

• Devi (Shakti)
• Kuṇḍalinī
• Anāhata (heart-center)

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FAQs

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

By portraying the Goddess as “anāhatā” and “padmavāsinī,” the verse points to the indwelling spiritual reality realized inwardly—present in the heart-lotus and known through subtle, unstruck inner awareness rather than external objects.

What Yoga or Meditative practices are highlighted here?

The epithets “anāhatā” and “kuṇḍalinā” align with inner-dhyāna: attention to the heart-center (anāhata) and awakening/raising of Kuṇḍalinī-Śakti through disciplined practice—classically framed in the Kurma Purana’s Pashupata-leaning yoga ethos (restraint, concentration, and devotion to Ishvara).

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

In the Kurma Purana’s Ishvara Gita atmosphere, Vishnu (as Kurma) can praise Shakti using yogic-Shaiva terminology (anāhata, kuṇḍalinī), reflecting a non-sectarian unity where the same supreme power is honored across Shaiva and Vaishnava frames.