Kurma Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 82
Dakṣa-yajña-bhaṅgaḥ — Dadhīci’s Teaching and the Destruction of Dakṣa’s Sacrifice
स आत्मा सर्वभूतानां स बीजं परमा गतिः / स्तूयते वैदिकैर्मन्त्रैर्देवदेवो महेश्वरः
sa ātmā sarvabhūtānāṃ sa bījaṃ paramā gatiḥ / stūyate vaidikairmantrairdevadevo maheśvaraḥ
وہی تمام بھوتوں کا آتما ہے؛ وہی بیج اور اعلیٰ ترین منزل ہے۔ دیودیو مہیشور کی ستوتی ویدک منتروں سے کی جاتی ہے۔
Lord Kurma (Vishnu) speaking in a Shaiva–Vaishnava harmonizing voice (Kurma Purana narrative frame)
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
It identifies Maheśvara as the Ātman present in all beings, indicating an all-pervading inner Self rather than a merely external deity, and thus frames liberation as realizing that supreme inner reality.
While not prescribing a technique directly, the verse supplies the core contemplative support used in Pāśupata-oriented devotion and meditation: fixing awareness on Maheśvara as both the causal seed (bīja) and the final refuge (paramā gati), reinforced through Vedic mantra-recitation (mantra-japa/adhyāya).
In the Kurma Purana’s integrative theology, Vishnu (as Kurma) can proclaim Śiva as the supreme Self and goal, presenting sectarian forms as converging in one ultimate reality—Maheśvara praised by Vedic revelation.