Shloka 83
Devadāru (Dāruvana) Forest: The Delusion of Ritual Pride, the Liṅga Crisis, and the Teaching of Jñāna–Pāśupata Yoga
न तस्य विद्यते कार्यं न तस्माद् विद्यते परम् / स वेदान् प्रददौ पूर्वं योगमायातनुर्मम
na tasya vidyate kāryaṃ na tasmād vidyate param / sa vedān pradadau pūrvaṃ yogamāyātanurmama
สำหรับพระองค์ไม่มีกรณียกิจอันจำต้องทำ และไม่มีสิ่งใดสูงยิ่งกว่าพระองค์ ในปฐมกาลพระองค์ทรงประทานพระเวท—พระองค์ผู้มีสรีระเป็นโยคมายาของเรา คือพลังทิพย์แห่งการปรากฏ
Lord Kurma (Vishnu) instructing King Indradyumna in the Ishvara-Gita section
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
It presents the Supreme as actionless (akartā in the sense of having no obligatory duty) and unsurpassed—nothing exists higher—indicating the transcendent Atman/Ishvara beyond all relative causation and hierarchy.
The verse frames Yoga as grounded in revelation: the same Supreme who is beyond compulsion reveals the Vedas and operates through Yogamāyā. In the Ishvara-Gita context, this supports meditative discernment (viveka) between the actionless Lord and the manifesting power, a basis for Pāśupata-oriented contemplation on Ishvara.
By teaching an unsurpassed, actionless Supreme who reveals the Vedas and manifests through divine power, the Kurma Purana’s Ishvara-Gita style supports a non-sectarian, non-dual apex where Shaiva and Vaishnava theologies converge in one Ishvara.