Kurma Purana — Uttara Bhaga, Shloka 65
Īśvara-Gītā (continued): Twofold Yoga, Aṣṭāṅga Discipline, Pāśupata Meditation, and the Unity of Nārāyaṇa–Maheśvara
संस्थाप्य मयि चात्मानं निर्मले परमे पदे / प्लावयित्वात्मनो देहं तेनैव ज्ञानवारिणा
saṃsthāpya mayi cātmānaṃ nirmale parame pade / plāvayitvātmano dehaṃ tenaiva jñānavāriṇā
我において自己（アートマン）を安住させ、穢れなき至上の境地に立てたなら、その同じ智慧の水によって自らの身に宿る状態を満たし、清めるべきである。
Lord Kurma (Vishnu), teaching within the Ishvara Gita discourse
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: karuna
FAQs
It frames liberation as the firm establishment of the Self in the Lord—identified as the stainless “supreme state/abode”—implying that the Atman’s true nature is realized by abiding in that highest purity beyond bodily limitation.
The verse points to contemplative absorption (establishing the Self in the Supreme) followed by inner purification: the embodied condition is “washed” by jñāna, i.e., sustained discriminative insight that dissolves ignorance—consistent with the Ishvara Gita’s jñāna-oriented, Pashupata-inflected soteriology.
By presenting the Supreme as a stainless paramapada in which the Self is established “in Me,” it supports the Kurma Purana’s non-sectarian synthesis: the same highest reality taught in Shaiva (Pashupata) terms is voiced here by Vishnu as Kurma, emphasizing unity in the Supreme goal.