Kurma Purana — Uttara Bhaga, Shloka 21
Kapālamocana: The Cutting of Brahmā’s Fifth Head, Śiva’s Kāpālika Vow, and Purification in Vārāṇasī
अयं स भगवानीशः स्वयञ्ज्योतिः सनातनः / स्वानन्दभूता कथिता देवी नागन्तुका शिवा
ayaṃ sa bhagavānīśaḥ svayañjyotiḥ sanātanaḥ / svānandabhūtā kathitā devī nāgantukā śivā
まことに彼こそは至福なる主、イーシャ—自ら光り、永遠なる者。彼の女神（デーヴィー）は、彼自身の歓喜そのものの本性として説かれる—常に吉祥なるシヴァーであり、外から付け加わったものではない。
Lord Kurma (as the teacher of the Ishvara Gita-style doctrine in the Kurma Purana)
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
It presents the Supreme as svayaṁjyoti—self-revealing, eternal consciousness that needs no external illumination; divinity is intrinsic, not dependent on anything adventitious.
The verse supports contemplative absorption (dhyāna/samādhi) on Īśvara as self-luminous reality, and on Śakti as inseparable from that consciousness—an inner orientation consistent with Pāśupata-style devotion and disciplined meditation.
By using Īśa and Śivā in a teaching voiced by Lord Kūrma (Viṣṇu), it frames auspicious Śiva-principle and Viṣṇu’s lordship as one integrated theistic reality, with Śakti inseparable from the Supreme.