Shloka 73
Devadāru (Dāruvana) Forest: The Delusion of Ritual Pride, the Liṅga Crisis, and the Teaching of Jñāna–Pāśupata Yoga
तस्मात् सर्वमिदं जातं तत्रैव च लयं व्रजेत् / स एव मोहयेत् कृत्स्नं स एव परमा गतिः
tasmāt sarvamidaṃ jātaṃ tatraiva ca layaṃ vrajet / sa eva mohayet kṛtsnaṃ sa eva paramā gatiḥ
അവനിൽ നിന്നാണ് ഇതെല്ലാം ജനിച്ചത്; അവനിലേക്കുതന്നെ ലയിക്കുന്നു. അവൻ തന്നെയാണ് സർവ്വത്തെയും മോഹിപ്പിക്കുന്നത്; അവൻ തന്നെയാണ് പരമഗതി—പരമാശ്രയം.
Lord Kurma (Vishnu as Ishvara), teaching in the Ishvara-Gita context
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
It presents the Supreme (Ishvara) as the single source from which the cosmos arises and into which it returns, indicating an all-encompassing reality that is both origin and final refuge.
The verse supports Ishvara-centered contemplation: meditation on the one Lord as the source, sustainer, and dissolver of all, and as the final gati—aligning with the Kurma Purana’s Pashupata-oriented devotion and inward absorption (laya) toward Ishvara.
By speaking of the one supreme Ishvara who creates, dissolves, and grants the highest goal, it reinforces the Kurma Purana’s non-sectarian synthesis where the supreme reality can be understood through both Shaiva and Vaishnava idioms.