Kurma Purana — Uttara Bhaga, Shloka 67
Tīrtha-māhātmya and Rudra’s Samanvaya Teaching
Maṅkaṇaka Episode
तथा वै संगतो देवः कूटस्थः सर्वगो ऽमलः / सृजत्यशेषमेवेदं स्वमूर्तेः प्रकृतेरजः
tathā vai saṃgato devaḥ kūṭasthaḥ sarvago 'malaḥ / sṛjatyaśeṣamevedaṃ svamūrteḥ prakṛterajaḥ
Như vậy, Đức Chúa—dẫu có tương ưng với sự hiển lộ—vẫn là Đấng bất biến, khắp cùng, thanh tịnh không nhiễm; và tuy vô sinh, Ngài vẫn sinh khởi toàn thể vũ trụ không sót một mảy, từ chính hình thể của Ngài, tức Prakṛti (Tự Nhiên).
Lord Kurma (Vishnu) teaching in the Ishvara-Gita discourse
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: shanta
FAQs
It presents the Supreme as kūṭastha (unchanging) and amala (stainless) even while appearing connected to cosmic activity—implying a witness-like Lord who remains unaffected by creation.
The verse supports contemplative Yoga that fixes the mind on the Lord as immutable and all-pervading; such insight underlies Ishvara-centered meditation used in Kurma Purana teachings aligned with Pashupata-style inner detachment from prakṛtic change.
By describing one stainless, unborn Ishvara who is both transcendent (kūṭastha) and immanent (sarvaga), it echoes the Kurma Purana’s synthetic theology where the supreme reality is approached through both Shaiva and Vaishnava idioms without contradiction.