Kurma Purana — Uttara Bhaga, Shloka 92

Īśvara-Gītā (continued): Twofold Yoga, Aṣṭāṅga Discipline, Pāśupata Meditation, and the Unity of Nārāyaṇa–Maheśvara

Devanagari script

त्यक्त्वा पुत्रादिषु स्नेहं निः शोको निष्परिग्रहः / यजेच्चामरणाल्लिङ्गे विरक्तः परमेश्वरम्

Transliteration

tyaktvā putrādiṣu snehaṃ niḥ śoko niṣparigrahaḥ / yajeccāmaraṇālliṅge viraktaḥ parameśvaram

Translation

舍离对儿子等一切的爱著，无忧无悲，不执为己有；以离欲之心，于不死的林伽中礼敬帕拉梅湿伐罗，超越死亡。

Word by Word

• त्यक्त्वा: having abandoned
• त्यक्त्वा: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकाल-क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √त्यज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्तः (gerund): having abandoned

• पुत्र-आदिषु: in sons and the like
• पुत्र-आदिषु: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः (Locative/7th), बहुवचनम्; आदि-शब्देन समाहारः—पुत्रादिषु (in sons etc.)

• स्नेहम्: attachment/affection
• स्नेहम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्नेह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• निःशोकः: free from sorrow
• निःशोकः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निः (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + शोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; निः-उपसर्गयुक्त-विशेषण (free from grief)

• निष्परिग्रहः: without possessions
• निष्परिग्रहः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निः (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + परिग्रह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; निः-उपसर्गयुक्त-विशेषण (without possessions/appropriation)

• यजेत्: should worship
• यजेत्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √यज् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ्-लकारः (Optative), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथम-पुरुषः, एकवचनम्; विध्यर्थः (should worship)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• अमरणात्: from deathlessness (i.e., from non-death)
• अमरणात्: Apadana (अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमरण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, पञ्चमी-विभक्तिः (Ablative/5th), एकवचनम्; हेत्वर्थे/अपादानार्थे (from freedom from death / from non-death)

• लिङ्गे: in the liṅga
• लिङ्गे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः (Locative/7th), एकवचनम्

• विरक्तः: detached
• विरक्तः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विरक्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; वि+√रञ्ज् रागे/रञ्जने, क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (detached)

• परमेश्वरम्: the Supreme Lord
• परमेश्वरम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: परम (प्रातिपदिक) + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; कर्मधारयः (परमः ईश्वरः)

Speaker

Lord Kūrma (Viṣṇu) teaching the Ishvara Gita to sages (including Indradyumna’s context in the wider dialogue tradition)

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: karuna

Characters & Entities

• Parameśvara
• Liṅga

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FAQs

How does this verse explain the nature of the Supreme Self (Atman)?

It points to the deathless (amaraṇa) reality realized through dispassion and worship of Parameśvara—implying that freedom from grief and grasping aligns the practitioner with the immortal ground beyond bodily mortality.

What Yoga or Meditative practices are highlighted here?

The verse emphasizes Pāśupata-oriented sādhana: vairāgya (dispassion), niṣparigraha (non-possessiveness), and concentrated worship (yajet) of Īśvara in the Liṅga as a stable support for contemplation.

How does this verse depict the relationship between Shiva and Vishnu?

Within the Ishvara Gita framework, Viṣṇu (as Lord Kūrma) instructs worship of Parameśvara (Śiva), reflecting the Purāṇic synthesis where devotion to Śiva is taught by Viṣṇu as a direct path to the Supreme.