Kurma Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 184
Devī-tattva, Śakti–Śaktimān doctrine, Kāla–Māyā cosmology, and Māheśvara Yoga instruction
अमृत्युरमृता स्वाहा पुरुहूता पुरुष्टुता / अशोच्या भिन्नविषया हिरण्यरजतप्रिया
amṛtyuramṛtā svāhā puruhūtā puruṣṭutā / aśocyā bhinnaviṣayā hiraṇyarajatapriyā
O Ina-Diyosa, ikaw ang Amṛtyu, walang kamatayan, at ang Amṛtā, ang Walang-Hanggan; ikaw si Svāhā, ang banal na sigaw ng handog. Ikaw si Puruhūtā, “madalas tawagin,” at Puruṣṭutā, “pinupuri ng marami.” Ikaw ay lampas sa panaghoy, ang iyong saklaw ay sari-sari at sumasaklaw sa lahat, at ikinagagalak mo ang ginto at pilak.
Lord Kurma (Vishnu) as the Supreme Ishvara being praised in the Ishvara Gita context (stuti of the Divine Names)
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
By calling the Lord “deathlessness” and “immortal,” the verse points to Ishvara/Atman as beyond decay and grief—an eternal reality not subject to mortality.
The verse functions as nāma-smaraṇa (contemplation of divine epithets): repeating and meditating on these names steadies the mind toward the deathless Ishvara, aligning with the Ishvara Gita’s devotional-yogic discipline.
In the Ishvara Gita’s synthesis, such divine-name hymns present one Supreme Ishvara with many functions and titles; this supports the Kurma Purana’s non-sectarian view where Shaiva and Vaishnava modes converge in a single ultimate reality.