Kurma Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 30
Madhu–Kaiṭabha, Nārāyaṇa’s Yoga-Nidrā, Rudra’s Manifestation, and the Aṣṭamūrti–Trimūrti Teaching
एवंप्रकारो भगवान् देवदेवो महेश्वरः / प्रजाधर्मं च काम च त्यक्त्वा वैराग्यमाश्रितः
evaṃprakāro bhagavān devadevo maheśvaraḥ / prajādharmaṃ ca kāma ca tyaktvā vairāgyamāśritaḥ
Assim é o Bem-aventurado Maheśvara, Deus dos deuses: tendo renunciado tanto ao dever de reger as criaturas quanto à busca do desejo, permanece firmemente estabelecido no vairāgya, o desapego.
Lord Kurma (Vishnu) instructing King Indradyumna (Ishvara Gita context)
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: vira
FAQs
By presenting Maheshvara as established in vairagya beyond duty-and-desire, the verse points to the Atman/Ishvara as transcending worldly roles and cravings—steady in inner freedom rather than external achievement.
The emphasis is on vairagya (dispassion) as a core limb of yogic discipline: relinquishing attachment to social power (prajā-dharma in the sense of worldly governance) and to kāma, thereby stabilizing the mind for Pashupata-oriented contemplation of the Lord.
Within the Ishvara Gita setting where Lord Kurma teaches, Shiva (Maheshvara) is upheld as the supreme exemplar of renunciation—supporting the Kurma Purana’s harmonizing stance that Vaishnava narration can authoritatively praise Shaiva realization without contradiction.