Kurma Purana — Uttara Bhaga, Shloka 16
Īśvara-gītā: The Supreme Lord as Brahman, the Source of Creation, and the Inner Self
ब्रह्मा योगी परमात्मा महीयान् व्योमव्यापी वेदवेद्यः पुराणः / एको रुद्रो मृत्युरव्यक्तमेकं बीजं विश्वं देव एकः स एव
brahmā yogī paramātmā mahīyān vyomavyāpī vedavedyaḥ purāṇaḥ / eko rudro mṛtyuravyaktamekaṃ bījaṃ viśvaṃ deva ekaḥ sa eva
એ જ બ્રહ્મા છે, પરમ યોગી છે, પરમાત્મા છે—મહાન, આકાશની જેમ સર્વવ્યાપી, વેદોથી જાણ્ય, પુરાતન. એ જ એક રુદ્ર છે; એ જ મૃત્યુ છે; એ જ એક અવ્યક્ત છે; એ જ બીજ અને એ જ વિશ્વ છે. એ જ એક દેવ—એ જ સર્વ છે.
Lord Kurma (Vishnu) teaching as Ishvara (Ishvara Gita discourse)
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: raudra
FAQs
It identifies the Paramātman as the single all-pervading Reality—both transcendent (the one Unmanifest) and immanent (as seed and as the universe), knowable through the Vedas yet beyond limited forms.
The verse points to īśvara-centric yoga: contemplation of the one Supreme as the inner Self and as the cosmic ground (bīja/avyakta), a core Ishvara Gita approach that supports one-pointed meditation and non-dual insight.
By declaring the One God as Rudra while spoken by Lord Kūrma, it presents a Shaiva–Vaishnava synthesis: Shiva (Rudra) and Vishnu (Ishvara speaking) are affirmed as one Supreme Reality.