Kurma Purana — Uttara Bhaga, Shloka 27

Rudra’s Cosmic Dance and the Recognition of Rudra–Nārāyaṇa Unity (Īśvara-gītā Continuation)

Devanagari script

त्वयैवेदं भ्राम्यते ब्रह्मचक्रं मायावी त्वं जगतामेकनाथः / नमामस्त्वां शरणं संप्रपन्ना योगात्मानं चित्पतिं दिव्यनृत्यम्

Transliteration

tvayaivedaṃ bhrāmyate brahmacakraṃ māyāvī tvaṃ jagatāmekanāthaḥ / namāmastvāṃ śaraṇaṃ saṃprapannā yogātmānaṃ citpatiṃ divyanṛtyam

Translation

唯由汝使梵天之轮——创造之循环——转动不息。汝执持摩耶，为诸世界唯一之主。我们归依而礼拜汝——以瑜伽为自性之主、觉知之王（Citpati）、神圣的舞者。

Word by Word

• tvayā: by you
• tvayā: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Pronoun (सर्वनाम), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन)

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: Particle (निपात), emphasis

• idam: this
• idam: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Pronoun (सर्वनाम), Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• bhrāmyate: revolves, wanders
• bhrāmyate: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhram (धातु)
• Form: Present tense (लट्), Ātmanepada (आत्मनेपद), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन); passive/intransitive sense ‘revolves’

• brahmacakram: the wheel of Brahman / cosmic wheel
• brahmacakram: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahman (प्रातिपदिक) + cakra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Tatpuruṣa compound (तत्पुरुष): brahma-cakra; Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• māyāvī: possessing māyā, wondrous
• māyāvī: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: māyāvin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); adjective of tvam

• tvam: you
• tvam: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Pronoun (सर्वनाम), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• jagatām: of the worlds
• jagatām: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jagat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Plural (बहुवचन)

• ekanāthaḥ: the sole lord
• ekanāthaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: eka (प्रातिपदिक) + nātha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Karmadhāraya (कर्मधारय): eka-nātha ‘sole lord’; Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• namāmaḥ: we bow
• namāmaḥ: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: nam (धातु)
• Form: Present tense (लट्), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद), 1st person (उत्तमपुरुष), Plural (बहुवचन)

• tvām: to you
• tvām: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Pronoun (सर्वनाम), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)

• śaraṇam: refuge
• śaraṇam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śaraṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); used predicatively with tvām

• saṃprapannāḥ: having surrendered
• saṃprapannāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sam-pra-pad (धातु) + kta (क्त)
• Form: Past participle (क्त-प्रत्ययान्त) in sense ‘having taken refuge’; Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन); refers to ‘we’

• yogātmānam: the one whose essence is yoga
• yogātmānam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yoga (प्रातिपदिक) + ātman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Tatpuruṣa (तत्पुरुष): yoga-ātmā ‘whose nature is yoga’; Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); apposition to tvām

• citpatim: lord of consciousness
• citpatim: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: cit (प्रातिपदिक) + pati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Tatpuruṣa (तत्पुरुष): cit-pati ‘lord of consciousness’; Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)

• divyanṛtyam: divine dance
• divyanṛtyam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: divya (प्रातिपदिक) + nṛtya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Karmadhāraya (कर्मधारय): divya-nṛtya ‘divine dance’; Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); apposition to tvām

Speaker

Devotees/sages offering a stuti within the Ishvara Gita discourse (addressing the Supreme Lord identified with Shiva-Vishnu synthesis)

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: vira

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

Characters & Entities

• Brahma (as brahmacakra)
• Maya
• Ishvara (Supreme Lord)
• Yoga
• Cit (Consciousness)

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FAQs

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

It portrays the Supreme as citpati—the Lord of Consciousness—indicating that the deepest identity of the divine (and the realized Self) is pure awareness that governs the cosmic process.

What Yoga or Meditative practices are highlighted here?

The verse emphasizes yogātmā—God as the very essence and goal of Yoga—implying contemplative absorption where the practitioner takes śaraṇa (refuge) and realizes the Lord as the inner consciousness beyond Māyā’s projections.

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

By calling the Supreme both the controller of Māyā and the “Divine Dancer,” it uses Shaiva imagery (cosmic dance) while affirming a single eka-nātha Ishvara, aligning with the Kurma Purana’s non-dual Shaiva–Vaishnava synthesis.