Īśvara-Gītā (continued): Twofold Yoga, Aṣṭāṅga Discipline, Pāśupata Meditation, and the Unity of Nārāyaṇa–Maheśvara
परानन्दात्मकं लिङ्गं केवलं सन्निरञ्जनम् / ज्ञानात्मकं सर्वगतं योगिनां हृदि संस्थितम्
parānandātmakaṃ liṅgaṃ kevalaṃ sannirañjanam / jñānātmakaṃ sarvagataṃ yogināṃ hṛdi saṃsthitam
ಆ ಲಿಂಗವು ಪರಮಾನಂದಸ್ವರೂಪ—ಏಕಮಾತ್ರ, ಶುದ್ಧ ಸತ್, ನಿರಂಜನ. ಅದು ಜ್ಞಾನ-ಚೈತನ್ಯಸ್ವರೂಪ, ಸರ್ವವ್ಯಾಪಿ; ಯೋಗಿಗಳ ಹೃದಯದಲ್ಲಿ ಸ್ಥಿತವಾಗಿದೆ.
Lord Kurma (Vishnu) teaching the Ishvara Gita in a Shaiva-Vaishnava synthesis
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
It presents the Supreme as pure, stainless Being-Consciousness-Bliss (sat-jñāna-ānanda): non-dual, all-pervading, and directly knowable as the inner presence in the heart.
The emphasis is on inward contemplation (hṛdaya-sthāna) where the yogin realizes the all-pervading Lord as the formless, stainless reality—aligning with Pāśupata-oriented devotion joined to jñāna and dhyāna.
By having Lord Kurma (a Vishnu form) teach the transcendental Linga as supreme, it frames Shiva-tattva and Vishnu-tattva as one non-dual Ishvara, realized inwardly by yogins.