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Kurma Purana — Uttara Bhaga, Shloka 66

Īśvara-Gītā (continued): Twofold Yoga, Aṣṭāṅga Discipline, Pāśupata Meditation, and the Unity of Nārāyaṇa–Maheśvara

Devanagari script

मदात्मा मन्मयो भस्म गृहीत्वा ह्यग्निहोत्रजम् / तेनोद्धृत्य तु सर्वाङ्गमग्निरित्यादिमन्त्रतः / चिन्तयेत् स्वात्मनीशानं परं ज्योतिः स्वरूपिणम्

Transliteration

madātmā manmayo bhasma gṛhītvā hyagnihotrajam / tenoddhṛtya tu sarvāṅgamagnirityādimantrataḥ / cintayet svātmanīśānaṃ paraṃ jyotiḥ svarūpiṇam

Translation

‘ഞാൻ അവന്റെ ആത്മാവ്; ഞാൻ അവനാൽ വ്യാപ്തൻ’ എന്ന ഭാവത്തോടെ അഗ്നിഹോത്രജന്യ ഭസ്മം ഗ്രഹിക്കണം. ‘അഗ്നി…’ മുതലായ മന്ത്രങ്ങൾ ജപിച്ച് അത് എടുത്ത് സർവ്വാംഗത്തിലും ലേപിക്കണം. പിന്നെ സ്വാത്മാവിൽ ഈശാനനെ പരമജ്യോതിസ്വരൂപനായി ധ്യാനിക്കണം.

Word by Word
मत्-आत्माwhose self is (fixed) on me
मत्-आत्मा:
Karta (कर्ता; subject)
TypeAdjective
Rootमत् + आत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी: मम आत्मा यस्य); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; (nominative)
मत्-मयःfilled with me
मत्-मयः:
Karta (कर्ता; subject)
TypeAdjective
Rootमत् + मय (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतत्पुरुष-समास (मयट्-अर्थ: ‘consisting of/filled with me’); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन
भस्मashes
भस्म:
Karma (कर्म; object)
TypeNoun
Rootभस्मन्/भस्म (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; (accusative)
गृहीत्वाhaving taken
गृहीत्वा:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण; prior action)
TypeVerb
Rootग्रह् (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), पूर्वक्रिया; धातु: √ग्रह् (to take)
हिindeed
हि:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध; particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि (अव्यय)
Formनिपात (particle; emphasis/causal)
अग्निहोत्रजम्born from the agnihotra (rite)
अग्निहोत्रजम्:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootअग्निहोत्र + ज (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतत्पुरुष-समास (अग्निहोत्रात् जातम्); नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया, एकवचन; भस्म इति विशेष्ये अन्वयः
तेनwith that (ash)
तेन:
Karaṇa (करण; instrument)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम; तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; (instrumental)
उद्धृत्यhaving lifted/applied
उद्धृत्य:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण; prior action)
TypeVerb
Rootउद्-हृ (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त (absolutive), पूर्वक्रिया; उपसर्ग: उद्; धातु: √हृ (to lift/raise)
तुthen/but
तु:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध; particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु (अव्यय)
Formनिपात (particle; contrast/continuation)
सर्व-अङ्गम्the whole body
सर्व-अङ्गम्:
Karma (कर्म; object)
TypeNoun
Rootसर्व + अङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
Formकर्मधारय-समास (‘all’ + ‘limb/body’); नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया, एकवचन; (accusative)
अग्निःAgni (fire)
अग्निः:
Vacya/Mantra-pada (वाच्य/मन्त्रपद)
TypeNoun
Rootअग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; मन्त्रपाठे पदम्
इतिthus
इति:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध; quotation marker)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति (अव्यय)
Formउद्धरण/समाप्त्यर्थक-अव्यय (quotative)
आदिbeginning with
आदि:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआदि (प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययवत्)
Formअव्ययीभावार्थे प्रयोगः; ‘आदि’ = ‘beginning with’; समासपूर्वपदनिर्देशक
मन्त्रतःaccording to the mantra
मन्त्रतः:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण; manner/source)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootमन्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (ablatival adverb); ‘मन्त्रतः’ = ‘according to/from the mantra’
चिन्तयेत्should contemplate
चिन्तयेत्:
Kriyā (क्रिया; main verb)
TypeVerb
Rootचिन्त् (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (optative/विधिलिङ्), परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन
स्व-आत्मनिin one’s own self
स्व-आत्मनि:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण; locus)
TypeNoun
Rootस्व + आत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतत्पुरुष-समास (स्वस्य आत्मनि); पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; (locative)
ईशानम्the Lord (Īśāna)
ईशानम्:
Karma (कर्म; object of contemplation)
TypeNoun
Rootईशान (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; (accusative)
परम्supreme
परम्:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootपर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formविशेषण; पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया, एकवचन; ईशानम् इति विशेष्ये अन्वयः
ज्योतिःlight
ज्योतिः:
Karma (कर्म; appositional object)
TypeNoun
Rootज्योतिस् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; (accusative)
स्वरूपिणम्having (that) nature/embodied as
स्वरूपिणम्:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootस्वरूपिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formविशेषण; पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया, एकवचन; ईशानम्/ज्योतिः इत्यस्य विशेषणम्
Speaker

Lord Kurma (Vishnu) teaching the Ishvara Gita in a Shaiva-Pashupata idiom

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

Characters & Entities
K
Kurma
I
Ishvara (Ishana)
A
Agni
A
Agnihotra
B
Bhasma
P
Pashupata Yoga

FAQs

It frames realization as identity and permeation: the practitioner internalizes “I am of Him; I am made of Him,” and then meditates on Īśāna within the self as the Supreme Light—indicating the Lord as the inner Self and luminous consciousness.

It prescribes Pāśupata-style bhasma-dhāraṇa using Agnihotra ash, mantra-recitation (mantras beginning with “Agni…”), and inward contemplation (dhyāna) of the Lord as param-jyotis—ritual purity joined to non-dual meditation.

Though spoken by Lord Kūrma (Vishnu), the object of meditation is Īśāna (a Shaiva name of the Supreme), presenting a synthesis where the one Supreme is approached through Shaiva mantra and symbolism without contradicting Vaishnava authority.

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