Kurma Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 5
Devī-tattva, Śakti–Śaktimān doctrine, Kāla–Māyā cosmology, and Māheśvara Yoga instruction
एकादशैते कथिता रुद्रास्त्रिभुवनेश्वराः / कपालोशादयो विप्रा देवकार्ये नियोजिताः
ekādaśaite kathitā rudrāstribhuvaneśvarāḥ / kapālośādayo viprā devakārye niyojitāḥ
รุทระทั้งสิบเอ็ดนี้ได้ประกาศว่าเป็นเจ้าแห่งไตรภพ โอ้พราหมณ์ทั้งหลาย กปาโลศะและเหล่ารุทระอื่น ๆ ได้รับแต่งตั้งให้ปฏิบัติภารกิจแห่งทวยเทพ
Lord Kūrma (Vishnu) instructing the sages in the Ishvara Gita context
Primary Rasa: vira
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
By presenting the Rudras as world-governing powers appointed to cosmic functions, the verse implies an ordered universe where divine agencies operate under a higher, singular sovereignty—supporting the Ishvara Gita’s view that ultimate reality governs through delegated manifestations.
This verse is not a direct meditation instruction; it supports Pāśupata-oriented discipline indirectly by framing devotion and practice within a cosmos guided by Śiva’s Rudra-forms—encouraging reverence, duty (dharma), and alignment with divine order as prerequisites for yogic steadiness.
Spoken within the Kurma Purana’s Ishvara Gita setting (Vishnu as Kūrma teaching), it affirms Rudra-forms as cosmic authorities while preserving a unified theistic framework—typical of the text’s Shaiva–Vaishnava synthesis where Vishnu teaches truths honoring Śiva’s manifestations.