Kurma Purana — Uttara Bhaga, Shloka 1
Īśvara-Gītā (continued): Twofold Yoga, Aṣṭāṅga Discipline, Pāśupata Meditation, and the Unity of Nārāyaṇa–Maheśvara
इती श्रीकूर्मपुराणे षट्साहस्त्र्यां संहितायामुपरिविभागे (ईश्वरगीतासु) दशमो ऽध्यायः ईश्वर उवाच अतः परं प्रवक्ष्यामि योगं परमदुर्लभम् / येनात्मानं प्रपश्यन्ति भानुमन्तमिवेश्वरम्
itī śrīkūrmapurāṇe ṣaṭsāhastryāṃ saṃhitāyāmuparivibhāge (īśvaragītāsu) daśamo 'dhyāyaḥ īśvara uvāca ataḥ paraṃ pravakṣyāmi yogaṃ paramadurlabham / yenātmānaṃ prapaśyanti bhānumantamiveśvaram
ଶ୍ରୀକୂର୍ମପୁରାଣର ଈଶ୍ୱରଗୀତାରେ ଈଶ୍ୱର କହିଲେ—ଏବେ ପରେ ମୁଁ ପରମ ଦୁର୍ଲଭ ଯୋଗ ପ୍ରବଚନ କରିବି; ଯାହାଦ୍ୱାରା ସାଧକମାନେ ଆତ୍ମାକୁ ସୂର୍ଯ୍ୟ ସମ ଦୀପ୍ତିମାନ, ଈଶ୍ୱର-ସ୍ୱରୂପ, ପ୍ରତ୍ୟକ୍ଷ ଦେଖନ୍ତି।
Īśvara (the Supreme Lord, as taught in the Īśvara-gītā within the Kurma Purana’s Shaiva–Vaishnava synthesis)
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: shanta
FAQs
It presents the Ātman as directly knowable through Yoga—self-luminous and radiant “like the sun,” and to be realized as identical with the Lord (Īśvara).
The verse introduces a “supremely rare” Yoga aimed at direct vision (prapaśyanti) of the Self—implying disciplined contemplation and inner realization characteristic of the Īśvara-gītā’s Pāśupata-oriented soteriology.
By centering realization on Īśvara as the radiant Self, it aligns with the Kurma Purana’s non-sectarian synthesis where the Supreme Lord—revered through both Shaiva and Vaishnava lenses—is realized as the one inner Ātman.