Kurma Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 16
Avimukta-Māhātmya — Vyāsa in Vārāṇasī and Śiva’s Secret Teaching of Liberation
मेरुशृङ्गे पुरा देवमीशानं त्रिपुरद्विषम् / देवासनगता देवी महादेवमपृच्छत
meruśṛṅge purā devamīśānaṃ tripuradviṣam / devāsanagatā devī mahādevamapṛcchata
Jadis, au sommet du mont Meru, la Déesse—assise sur un trône divin—interrogea Mahādeva, le Seigneur Īśāna, destructeur de Tripura.
Narrator (Purāṇic narration introducing Devī’s dialogue with Śiva)
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: shringara
FAQs
Indirectly, it frames Śiva as Īśāna—the supreme lordly principle—setting the stage for later teachings where the highest reality is approached through divine instruction rather than mere ritual.
No specific practice is taught in this verse; it functions as a narrative preface to an instructive dialogue, a common Purāṇic method for introducing disciplines such as Pāśupata-oriented devotion, contemplation, and inner restraint.
While Viṣṇu is not named here, the Kurma Purāṇa’s broader synthesis uses such Śaiva dialogues to convey one supreme reality expressed through multiple divine forms—supporting a non-sectarian, integrative theology.