Shloka 11
Rudra’s Cosmic Dance and the Recognition of Rudra–Nārāyaṇa Unity (Īśvara-gītā Continuation)
अण्डस्थं चाण्डबाह्यस्थं बाह्यमभ्यन्तरं परम् / सृजन्तमनलज्वालं दहन्तमखिलं जगत् / नृत्यन्तं ददृशुर्देवं विश्वकर्माणमीश्वरम्
aṇḍasthaṃ cāṇḍabāhyasthaṃ bāhyamabhyantaraṃ param / sṛjantamanalajvālaṃ dahantamakhilaṃ jagat / nṛtyantaṃ dadṛśurdevaṃ viśvakarmāṇamīśvaram
انہوں نے دیو—ایشور، وشوکرما—کو دیکھا جو کائناتی اَند کے اندر بھی ہے اور اس سے باہر بھی؛ وہی برتر ہے، باہر بھی اور اندر بھی؛ جو آگ کی لپٹیں پیدا کرتا ہے اور پھر سارے جگت کو جلا دیتا ہے؛ اور جو ربِّ صناعت و تخلیق ہو کر رقصِ اقتدار کرتا ہے۔
Narrator (Purāṇic narrator describing what the sages/devotees saw in their vision)
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: raudra
FAQs
It presents Īśvara as both immanent and transcendent—within the brahmāṇḍa and beyond it—indicating a non-dual Supreme reality that pervades all while exceeding all.
The verse supports īśvara-dhyāna: contemplation of the Lord as simultaneously inner witness (abhyantara) and outer transcendence (bāhya/param), a key orientation for Pāśupata-leaning devotion and concentration in the Kaurma tradition.
By describing the Supreme as creator, destroyer, and cosmic dancer, it uses attributes often associated with Śiva while naming Īśvara in a manner compatible with Vaiṣṇava theology—reflecting the Kurma Purana’s synthesis where one Lord appears through multiple divine functions.