Kurma Purana — Uttara Bhaga, Shloka 19
Iśvara on Māyā, the Unmanifest, and the Viśvarūpa of the One Supreme
सर्वाननशिरोग्रीवः सर्वभूतगुहाशयः / सर्वव्यापी च भगवान् न तस्मादन्यदिष्यते
sarvānanaśirogrīvaḥ sarvabhūtaguhāśayaḥ / sarvavyāpī ca bhagavān na tasmādanyadiṣyate
பகவான் எல்லா முகங்களும், எல்லா தலைகளும், எல்லா கழுத்துகளுமாய் உள்ளவன்; எல்லா உயிர்களின் இதய-குகையில் உறைகிறான். அவர் எங்கும் நிறைந்த பகவான்—அவரைத் தவிர வேறொன்றும் தனித்ததாக ஏற்கப்படாது.
Lord Kurma (Vishnu) instructing King Indradyumna in the Ishvara Gita portion of the Kurma Purana
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: shanta
FAQs
It presents the Supreme as the inner indweller (guhāśaya/antaryāmin) of all beings and as all-pervading, implying that no separate ultimate reality exists apart from that one Lord.
The verse supports inward contemplation: meditation on the Lord as present in the heart-cave of every being and as universally pervading—an orientation that undergirds Ishvara-dhyana and the Kurma Purana’s Pashupata-tinged discipline of fixing the mind on the one Ishvara everywhere.
By asserting a single all-pervading Bhagavan beyond any “other,” it aligns with the Kurma Purana’s synthetic theology where sectarian difference is subordinated to one supreme Ishvara, allowing Shaiva-Vaishnava unity in the highest view.