Kurma Purana — Uttara Bhaga, Shloka 78
Devadāru (Dāruvana) Forest: The Delusion of Ritual Pride, the Liṅga Crisis, and the Teaching of Jñāna–Pāśupata Yoga
न जायते न म्रियते वर्धते न च विश्वसृक् / मूलप्रकृतिरव्यक्ता गीयते वैदिकैरजः
na jāyate na mriyate vardhate na ca viśvasṛk / mūlaprakṛtiravyaktā gīyate vaidikairajaḥ
وہ نہ پیدا ہوتا ہے، نہ مرتا ہے، نہ بڑھتا ہے؛ اور نہ ہی وہ جگت کا خالق ہے۔ ویدک رِشی اسے ‘اَج’ اور ‘اَویَکت مول پرکرتی’ کہہ کر گاتے ہیں۔
Lord Kurma (Vishnu) teaching in the Ishvara Gita context
Primary Rasa: shanta
FAQs
By negation it distinguishes the deathless principle from all change: it is not subject to birth, death, or growth, and is not a doer-creator; thus the Self/Ishvara is beyond mutable causation, while the ‘unmanifest root-nature’ is described as a separate, beginningless principle spoken of in Vedic terms.
The verse supports a discriminative Yogic contemplation (viveka): meditate on the difference between the unborn, changeless witness and the unmanifest Prakriti that becomes the field of experience—an Ishvara Gita style instruction aligned with Sāṅkhya-Yoga used in Pāśupata-oriented practice.
It presents a shared philosophical ground used by both Shaiva and Vaishnava streams: the unborn, changeless reality is taught through Vedic categories (aja, avyakta), enabling a synthetic reading where Kurma’s teaching harmonizes with Shaiva-Sāṅkhya-Yoga metaphysics rather than sectarian opposition.