Kurma Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 25
Devī-tattva, Śakti–Śaktimān doctrine, Kāla–Māyā cosmology, and Māheśvara Yoga instruction
सेयं करोति सकलं तस्याः कार्यमिदं जगत् / न कार्यं नापि करणमीश्वरस्येति सूरयः
seyaṃ karoti sakalaṃ tasyāḥ kāryamidaṃ jagat / na kāryaṃ nāpi karaṇamīśvarasyeti sūrayaḥ
ആ ശക്തിയേ എല്ലാം നടത്തുന്നു; ഈ സമസ്ത ലോകം അവളുടെ പ്രവർത്തിഫലമാണ്. പണ്ഡിതർ പറയുന്നു—ഈശ്വരന് ചെയ്യേണ്ട കാര്യമില്ല, ചെയ്യാൻ ഉപകരണവുമില്ല।
Lord Kurma (Vishnu) teaching in the Ishvara Gita
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
It presents Īśvara as intrinsically actionless and without instruments, implying a transcendent Self beyond doership, while cosmic activity belongs to Śakti and appears as the universe.
The verse supports Pāśupata-oriented contemplation on non-doership (akartṛtva): meditation discriminates between the actionless Lord and the workings of Śakti, stabilizing the yogin in witness-consciousness and devotion to Īśvara.
By speaking of a single Īśvara who is beyond action while Śakti manifests the cosmos, it aligns with the Kurma Purana’s non-sectarian synthesis: Shiva-Vishnu are understood through one Lordhood (Īśvaratva) with one divine power.