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Kurma Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 19

Virocana–Bali, Aditi’s Tapas, and the Vāmana–Trivikrama Episode

Devanagari script

अदितिरुवाच जयाशेषदुः खौघनाशैकहेतो जयानन्तमाहात्म्ययोगाभियुक्त / जयानादिमध्यान्तविज्ञानमूर्ते जयाशेषकल्पामलानन्दरूप

Transliteration

aditiruvāca jayāśeṣaduḥ khaughanāśaikaheto jayānantamāhātmyayogābhiyukta / jayānādimadhyāntavijñānamūrte jayāśeṣakalpāmalānandarūpa

Translation

அதிதி கூறினாள்—அனைத்து துயரப் பெருக்கையும் அழிக்கும் ஒரே காரணனே, உமக்கு ஜயம்; யோகத்தில் நிலைத்து அளவற்ற மகிமை உடையவனே, உமக்கு ஜயம். ஆதியும் நடுவும் முடிவும் அனைத்தையும் அறியும் சைதன்யமூர்த்தியே, உமக்கு ஜயம்; எல்லாக் கல்பங்களிலும் மாசற்ற ஆனந்தஸ்வரூபனே, உமக்கு ஜயம்.

Word by Word

अदितिःAditi

उवाचsaid

जयO Jaya (victorious one)

अशेष-दुःख-ओघ-नाश-एक-हेतोO sole cause of the destruction of the flood of all sorrows

जयO Jaya

अनन्त-माहात्म्य-योग-अभियुक्तO one engaged in the yoga of infinite greatness

जयO Jaya

अनादि-मध्य-अन्त-विज्ञान-मूर्तेO embodiment of knowledge of beginningless middle and end

जयO Jaya

अशेष-कल्प-अमल-आनन्द-रूपO form of pure bliss through all aeons

Speaker

Aditi

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

Characters & Entities

Aditi

Supreme Lord (Ishvara/Narayana as Yogin)

FAQs

How does this verse explain the nature of the Supreme Self (Atman)?

It presents the Supreme as vijñāna-mūrti—consciousness itself—pervading beginning, middle, and end, implying an all-encompassing, timeless awareness that is also amala-ānanda (stainless bliss).

What Yoga or Meditative practices are highlighted here?

The verse emphasizes the Lord as yoga-abhiyukta—perfectly established in Yoga—pointing to īśvara-centric meditation where liberation is framed as the cessation of duḥkha (sorrow) through alignment with the Supreme Yogin.

How does this verse depict the relationship between Shiva and Vishnu?

By praising a single Ishvara as the Yogic, all-knowing consciousness and stainless bliss, it supports the Kurma Purana’s synthetic theology where sectarian names differ but the ultimate reality is one.