Kurma Purana — Uttara Bhaga, Shloka 65
Daily Duties of Brāhmaṇas: Snāna, Sandhyā, Sūrya-hṛdaya, Japa, Tarpaṇa, and the Pañca-mahāyajñas
अन्तश्चरसि भूतेषु गुहायां विश्वतो मुखः / त्वं यज्ञस्त्वं वषट्कार आपो ज्योती रसो ऽमृतम्
antaścarasi bhūteṣu guhāyāṃ viśvato mukhaḥ / tvaṃ yajñastvaṃ vaṣaṭkāra āpo jyotī raso 'mṛtam
آپ تمام جانداروں کے اندر حرکت کرتے ہیں، دل کی غار میں مقیم، ہر سمت رُخ والے۔ آپ ہی یَجْن ہیں، آپ ہی وَشَٹکار؛ آپ ہی آب، آپ ہی نور، آپ ہی رس اور امرت ہیں۔
Lord Kurma (Vishnu) teaching as Ishvara in the Ishvara-Gita section
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
It presents the Supreme as the Antaryāmin—moving within all beings, abiding in the heart-cave, and manifesting as the very principles that sustain life and realization (water, light, essence, immortality).
It supports inward contemplation (antar-dhyāna) on Ishvara in the heart (guhā), alongside the yogic reinterpretation of yajña—seeing mantra, offering, and fruit as the Lord, which aligns with Pāśupata-oriented devotion and inner purification.
By defining the one Ishvara as both inner Self and the substance of Vedic worship, it mirrors the Kurma Purana’s non-sectarian synthesis where the Supreme (addressed here as Kurma/Vishnu) is the same ultimate reality praised in Shaiva and Vaishnava frames.