Kurma Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 200
Devī-tattva, Śakti–Śaktimān doctrine, Kāla–Māyā cosmology, and Māheśvara Yoga instruction
नित्योदिता स्वयञ्ज्योतिरुत्सुका मृतजीवनी / वज्रदण्डा वज्रजिह्वा वैदेवी वज्रविग्रहा
nityoditā svayañjyotirutsukā mṛtajīvanī / vajradaṇḍā vajrajihvā vaidevī vajravigrahā
اے دیوی! تو ہمیشہ طلوع ہونے والی، سدا ظاہر، خود روشن، حفاظت کے لیے بے تاب، اور مُردوں کو بھی زندگی دینے والی ہے۔ تو وجر جیسے عصا والی، وجر جیسی زبان والی، ویدَیوی، اور وجر کی مانند سخت و مضبوط پیکر والی ہے۔
Lord Kurma (Vishnu) teaching in the Ishvara Gita section
Primary Rasa: raudra
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
By calling the Divine Power “self-luminous” and “ever-manifest,” the verse points to reality as not dependent on external illumination—an Atman/Brahman-like principle that shines by itself and sustains life even beyond death.
The verse supports Pashupata-style contemplation on the deity’s attributes—self-luminosity (svayañjyotiḥ) for inner absorption, and vajra-like speech/tongue as the power of mantra-japa and truth-speaking that cuts through ignorance.
In the Ishvara Gita’s syncretic frame, Vishnu (as Kurma) praises the same supreme Shakti/Ishvara-tattva revered in Shaiva traditions, implying one non-dual divine reality approached through both Vaishnava and Shaiva vocabularies.