Kurma Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 91
Devī-tattva, Śakti–Śaktimān doctrine, Kāla–Māyā cosmology, and Māheśvara Yoga instruction
व्यापिनी चानवच्छिन्ना प्रधानानुप्रवेशिनी / क्षेत्रज्ञशक्तिरव्यक्तलक्षणा मलवर्जिता
vyāpinī cānavacchinnā pradhānānupraveśinī / kṣetrajñaśaktiravyaktalakṣaṇā malavarjitā
Elle est toute-pénétrante et sans interruption; elle pénètre le Pradhāna, la Nature primordiale. Elle est la Śakti du Kṣetrajña, le Connaisseur du champ; marquée comme l’Inmanifesté, elle est exempte de toute souillure.
Lord Kurma (Vishnu) teaching in the Ishvara Gita context
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
It presents consciousness (Kṣetrajña) as possessing an intrinsic Śakti that is all-pervading, unbroken, and untouched by impurity—indicating a pure, non-material principle that nevertheless pervades and empowers Nature (Pradhāna).
The verse supports Ishvara-Gita style contemplation: meditate on the pure, untainted Śakti of the indwelling Knower (Kṣetrajña) that pervades the body-field and also penetrates Pradhāna—helping the yogin discriminate the pure seer-power from material modifications.
By describing a single, stainless, all-pervading divine Śakti underlying both consciousness and cosmic Nature, the teaching aligns with the Kurma Purana’s non-sectarian synthesis where the supreme principle taught by Vishnu (Kurma) is compatible with Shaiva-Pashupata metaphysics.