Shloka 1
Īśvara-gītā: Antaryāmin, Kāla, and the Divine Ordinance Governing Creation, Preservation, and Pralaya
इति श्रीकूर्मपुराणे षट्साहस्त्र्यां संहितायामुपरिविभागे (ईश्वरगीतासु) पञ्चमो ऽध्यायः ईश्वर उवाच शृणुध्वमृषयः सर्वे यथावत् परमेष्ठिनः / वक्ष्यामीशस्य माहात्म्यं यत्तद्वेदविदो विदुः
iti śrīkūrmapurāṇe ṣaṭsāhastryāṃ saṃhitāyāmuparivibhāge (īśvaragītāsu) pañcamo 'dhyāyaḥ īśvara uvāca śṛṇudhvamṛṣayaḥ sarve yathāvat parameṣṭhinaḥ / vakṣyāmīśasya māhātmyaṃ yattadvedavido viduḥ
ഇങ്ങനെ ശ്രീകൂർമപുരാണത്തിലെ ഷട്സാഹസ്ത്രീ സംഹിതയുടെ ഉത്തരവിഭാഗത്തിൽ (ഈശ്വരഗീതയിൽ) അഞ്ചാം അധ്യായം. ഈശ്വരൻ അരുളിച്ചെയ്തു—ഹേ ഋഷിമാരേ, എല്ലാവരും യഥാവിധി കേൾക്കുവിൻ; വേദവിദർ അറിയുന്ന ഈശന്റെ മഹാത്മ്യം ഞാൻ പ്രസ്താവിക്കും।
Ishvara (the Lord speaking within the Ishvara Gita; identified in Kurma Purana’s synthesis as the Supreme Lord worshipped through Shaiva-Vaishnava unity)
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
It frames the Lord’s “māhātmya” as the same truth known by Veda-knowers—implying that the Supreme reality is not mere mythology but a realizable principle affirmed by Vedic insight.
This opening functions as a śravaṇa (disciplined listening) injunction—an essential first step in the Ishvara Gita’s yogic pedagogy that later unfolds into Pashupata-oriented discipline, contemplation, and realization.
By presenting “Īśvara” as the Veda-known Supreme, it supports the Kurma Purana’s non-sectarian stance where the highest Lord is approached through an integrated Shaiva-Vaishnava theological lens.