Kurma Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 141
Devī-tattva, Śakti–Śaktimān doctrine, Kāla–Māyā cosmology, and Māheśvara Yoga instruction
सदानन्दा सदाकीर्तिः सर्वभूताश्रयस्थिता / वाग्देवता ब्रह्मकला कलातीता कलारणिः
sadānandā sadākīrtiḥ sarvabhūtāśrayasthitā / vāgdevatā brahmakalā kalātītā kalāraṇiḥ
वह सदा आनन्दमयी, सदा कीर्तिमयी, समस्त प्राणियों की शरण में स्थित है। वह वाणी की अधिष्ठात्री देवी, ब्रह्म की दिव्य कला है; काल की समस्त कलाओं से परे और उन्हीं कलाओं की जननी है।
Lord Kūrma (Vishnu) teaching in the Ishvara Gita section
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
By portraying the Supreme as ever-blissful and the refuge of all beings, the verse points to an underlying reality that sustains existence and is not limited by time’s divisions (kalā), a key marker of the Atman/Brahman principle in Purāṇic yoga-theology.
The verse emphasizes Vāc (sacred speech) as a divine principle, supporting mantra-japa and contemplative absorption on the source of speech and time—practices aligned with Pāśupata-oriented devotion where disciplined recitation and inward concentration lead beyond temporal limitation.
By grounding divinity in a transcendent Śakti/Brahman principle (refuge of all beings, beyond time), the verse supports the Kurma Purana’s non-sectarian synthesis: Shiva and Vishnu are understood as expressions of the same supreme reality operating through one power.