Kurma Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 28
Devī-tattva, Śakti–Śaktimān doctrine, Kāla–Māyā cosmology, and Māheśvara Yoga instruction
अनया परया देवः स्वात्मानन्दं समश्नुते / चतुर्ष्वपि च वेदेषु चतुर्मूर्तिर्महेश्वरः
anayā parayā devaḥ svātmānandaṃ samaśnute / caturṣvapi ca vedeṣu caturmūrtirmaheśvaraḥ
Par cette dévotion suprême, le Divin atteint la béatitude de son propre Soi. En vérité, dans les quatre Veda, Maheśvara est proclamé comme Celui aux quatre formes (catur-mūrti).
Lord Kurma (Vishnu) teaching in the Ishvara Gita context
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: shanta
FAQs
It presents the highest realization as svātmānanda—bliss rooted in one’s own Self—implying that the supreme truth is self-luminous and fulfilled in itself, accessed through parā-bhakti.
The verse emphasizes parā-bhakti as the culminating discipline: a concentrated, single-pointed devotion that ripens into Self-abidance (ātma-niṣṭhā), aligning with the Ishvara Gita’s Pāśupata-oriented inner worship and contemplative absorption.
With Lord Kūrma as the teacher while Maheśvara is affirmed as Veda-grounded and supreme, the verse supports the Kurma Purana’s non-sectarian synthesis: Śiva’s lordship and Viṣṇu’s instruction harmonize as one Ishvara-tattva expressed through multiple forms.