Kurma Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 7
Devī-tattva, Śakti–Śaktimān doctrine, Kāla–Māyā cosmology, and Māheśvara Yoga instruction
ता वै विभूतयो विप्रा विश्रुताः शक्तयो भुवि / लक्ष्म्यादयो याभिरीशा विश्वंव्याप्नोति शाङ्करी
tā vai vibhūtayo viprā viśrutāḥ śaktayo bhuvi / lakṣmyādayo yābhirīśā viśvaṃvyāpnoti śāṅkarī
婆罗门啊，这些正是世间著名的显现威德（vibhūti）与神圣力量（śakti）——以吉祥天女拉克什米（Lakṣmī）为首；凭借这些，至上女神商羯梨（Śāṅkarī，商羯罗之配偶与神力）遍满整个宇宙。
Lord Kurma (Vishnu) instructing the sages (Ishvara Gita context)
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: shanta
FAQs
It presents the Supreme as all-pervading through Śakti: the universe is penetrated by the Divine via manifest powers (vibhūtis), implying a non-dual pervasion where transcendence expresses itself as immanent energy.
The verse supports Pāśupata-style contemplation of Īśvara with Śakti—meditating on the Divine not as distant, but as present in recognizable vibhūtis (powers like Lakṣmī and others), cultivating constant remembrance (smaraṇa) and inner absorption (samādhi) through divine pervasion.
In the Ishvara Gita setting, Lord Kūrma teaches that the Supreme pervades through Śāṅkarī (Śiva’s Śakti), reflecting the Purāṇa’s synthetic stance: the same ultimate reality is spoken of through Śaiva (Śaṅkara/Śakti) and Vaiṣṇava (Kūrma as teacher) idioms without contradiction.