Kurma Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 28
Devī-tattva, Śakti–Śaktimān doctrine, Kāla–Māyā cosmology, and Māheśvara Yoga instruction
अनया परया देवः स्वात्मानन्दं समश्नुते / चतुर्ष्वपि च वेदेषु चतुर्मूर्तिर्महेश्वरः
anayā parayā devaḥ svātmānandaṃ samaśnute / caturṣvapi ca vedeṣu caturmūrtirmaheśvaraḥ
ഈ പരാഭക്തിയാൽ ദേവൻ തന്റെ സ്വാത്മാനന്ദം അനുഭവിക്കുന്നു. നാലു വേദങ്ങളിലും മഹേശ്വരൻ ചതുര്മൂർത്തിയായി പ്രസിദ്ധീകരിക്കപ്പെടുന്നു.
Lord Kurma (Vishnu) teaching in the Ishvara Gita context
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: shanta
FAQs
It presents the highest realization as svātmānanda—bliss rooted in one’s own Self—implying that the supreme truth is self-luminous and fulfilled in itself, accessed through parā-bhakti.
The verse emphasizes parā-bhakti as the culminating discipline: a concentrated, single-pointed devotion that ripens into Self-abidance (ātma-niṣṭhā), aligning with the Ishvara Gita’s Pāśupata-oriented inner worship and contemplative absorption.
With Lord Kūrma as the teacher while Maheśvara is affirmed as Veda-grounded and supreme, the verse supports the Kurma Purana’s non-sectarian synthesis: Śiva’s lordship and Viṣṇu’s instruction harmonize as one Ishvara-tattva expressed through multiple forms.