Kurma Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 157
Devī-tattva, Śakti–Śaktimān doctrine, Kāla–Māyā cosmology, and Māheśvara Yoga instruction
रत्नमाला रत्नगर्भा पृथ्वी विश्वप्रमाथिनी / पद्मानना पद्मनिभा नित्यतुष्टामृतोद्भवा
ratnamālā ratnagarbhā pṛthvī viśvapramāthinī / padmānanā padmanibhā nityatuṣṭāmṛtodbhavā
Nàng là chuỗi ngọc, là thai tạng của châu báu; là Địa Mẫu, sức lực khuấy đảo và biến hóa vũ trụ. Mặt như hoa sen, rạng ngời như sen; thường hỷ túc, và hiện khởi chính là Amṛta—cam lộ bất tử.
Lord Kurma (Vishnu) instructing in the Ishvara Gita context; the verse functions as a divine-name hymn (stuti) to the Goddess/Śrī as cosmic power
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: shringara
FAQs
By praising the divine power as Earth, cosmic transformer, and amṛta-born radiance, the verse points to the Supreme as immanent in matter and consciousness—one reality appearing as sustenance, transformation, and immortality-bestowing bliss.
The verse supports nāma-smaraṇa and stuti as meditative disciplines: contemplating divine epithets (earth-sustainer, lotus-radiance, amṛta-source) steadies the mind toward īśvara-bhāvanā, a key inner practice aligned with the Ishvara Gita’s devotional-yogic orientation.
In the Ishvara Gita’s synthesis, the same supreme divinity is approached through names and powers (Śakti) without sectarian division—supporting a non-dual view where Śiva-tattva and Viṣṇu-tattva are harmonized in one īśvara and one cosmic energy.