Kurma Purana — Uttara Bhaga, Shloka 9
The True Liṅga as Formless Brahman — Self-Luminous Īśa and the Yoga of Liberation
साक्षादेव प्रपश्यन्ति स्वात्मानं परमेश्वरम् / नित्यानन्दं निर्विकल्पं सत्यरूपमिति स्थितिः
sākṣādeva prapaśyanti svātmānaṃ parameśvaram / nityānandaṃ nirvikalpaṃ satyarūpamiti sthitiḥ
彼らは直に、至上主を己が自己として観る—常住の歓喜、いかなる分別想念も離れ、真実そのものの相。これこそ確立された境地である。
Lord Kurma (Vishnu) teaching in the Ishvara Gita context
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
It states that the realized person directly perceives the Supreme Lord as one’s own Self—eternal bliss itself, beyond conceptual divisions (nirvikalpa), and identical with Truth.
The verse points to the culmination of Yoga: direct perception (sākṣātkāra) of the Self/Ishvara, implying deep meditative absorption leading to a steady nirvikalpa abiding, consistent with the Ishvara Gita’s yogic discipline.
By describing Parameshvara as the Self realized in non-dual awareness, it supports the Kurma Purana’s synthesis: the Supreme (whether approached as Shiva or Vishnu) is ultimately one reality directly known as Atman.