Kurma Purana — Uttara Bhaga, Shloka 1
The True Liṅga as Formless Brahman — Self-Luminous Īśa and the Yoga of Liberation
इति श्रीकूर्मपाराणे षट्साहस्त्र्यां संहितायामुपरिविभागे (ईश्वरगीतासु) नवमो ऽध्यायः ईश्वर उवाच अलिङ्गमेकमव्यक्तं लिङ्गं ब्रह्मेति निश्चितम् / स्वयञ्ज्योतिः परं तत्त्वं परे व्योम्नि व्यवस्थितम्
iti śrīkūrmapārāṇe ṣaṭsāhastryāṃ saṃhitāyāmuparivibhāge (īśvaragītāsu) navamo 'dhyāyaḥ īśvara uvāca aliṅgamekamavyaktaṃ liṅgaṃ brahmeti niścitam / svayañjyotiḥ paraṃ tattvaṃ pare vyomni vyavasthitam
『シュリー・クールマ・プラーナ』六千頌の集成、後分、『イーシュヴァラ・ギーター』において――（第九章終）。主は言われた。「相なき唯一、未顕現なるもの—これのみが真の『リンガ』であり、梵（ブラフマン）であると確定される。自ら光り、最高の真理（タットヴァ）として、至高の虚空（清浄なる意識の広がり）に安住する。」
Īśvara (Lord Kūrma/Vishnu speaking in the Īśvara-gītā)
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
It identifies the Supreme as one, formless, unmanifest, and self-luminous—Brahman itself—indicating that the highest Self is beyond external marks and is known as pure, limitless reality.
The verse frames meditation toward the nirliṅga (formless) Brahman—supporting inner contemplations used in Pāśupata-oriented discipline where the seeker transcends external symbols and rests awareness in the self-luminous Supreme.
By redefining “liṅga” as the formless Brahman (not merely a sectarian emblem), it presents a non-dual theological ground where Shaiva language and Vaishnava revelation converge in the single Supreme Reality.