Kurma Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 33
Devī-tattva, Śakti–Śaktimān doctrine, Kāla–Māyā cosmology, and Māheśvara Yoga instruction
प्रधानं पुरुषस्तत्त्वं महानात्मा त्वहङ्कृतिः / कालेनान्यानि तत्त्वानि समाविष्टानि योगिना
pradhānaṃ puruṣastattvaṃ mahānātmā tvahaṅkṛtiḥ / kālenānyāni tattvāni samāviṣṭāni yoginā
Pradhāna (a Natureza primordial) e Puruṣa (a Consciência) são os princípios fundamentais; deles surgem Mahat (o Grande Princípio, inteligência cósmica) e depois Ahaṅkāra (o senso de “eu”). No devido curso, pelo Tempo, os demais tattvas também são reabsorvidos e fundidos—pelo Yogin que conhece o processo de dissolução.
Lord Kurma (Vishnu) teaching Indradyumna (Ishvara Gita context)
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
It frames reality through tattvas—Pradhāna and Puruṣa as primary—and implies that the realized yogin can witness and effect the reabsorption of derived principles, pointing to a transcendent consciousness beyond Mahat and Ahaṅkāra.
The verse emphasizes laya (reabsorption) through yogic realization: understanding the hierarchy of tattvas and, by disciplined Yoga, allowing the mind’s identifications (ahaṅkāra and its evolutes) to merge back through the power of Kāla into their source.
By teaching a shared yogic-cosmological framework (tattvas, Kāla, laya) within the Ishvara Gita spoken by Vishnu as Kurma, it supports the Purana’s synthesis: the same Supreme Ishvara—revered as Shiva in Pashupata idiom and as Vishnu in Vaishnava idiom—governs creation and dissolution.