Kurma Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 43
Devī-tattva, Śakti–Śaktimān doctrine, Kāla–Māyā cosmology, and Māheśvara Yoga instruction
शक्तिशक्तिमतोर्भेदं वदन्ति परमार्थतः / अभेदं चानुपश्यन्ति योगिनस्तत्त्वचिन्तकाः
śaktiśaktimatorbhedaṃ vadanti paramārthataḥ / abhedaṃ cānupaśyanti yoginastattvacintakāḥ
ในปรมัตถ์มีการกล่าวถึงความต่างระหว่างศักติกับศักติมาน แต่โยคีผู้พิจารณาตัตตวะย่อมประจักษ์ความไม่แตกต่างของทั้งสองด้วยเช่นกัน।
Lord Kūrma (Viṣṇu) teaching the Ishvara Gita to King Indradyumna (instructional discourse)
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
It frames ultimate reality as a single Īśvara-tattva where power (Śakti) and the possessor of power (Śaktimat) are inseparable in realization, even if conceptually distinguished for teaching.
The verse points to tattva-cintana (contemplation of reality) leading to direct anupaśyanti—yogic seeing—where apparent dualities like Śakti and Īśvara are known as one in samyag-darśana (right realization).
By teaching unity-in-truth through the Śakti–Śaktimat model, the Kurma Purana supports a synthetic theology in which sectarian forms (Śiva/Viṣṇu as Īśvara) are understood as non-different at the highest level.