Kurma Purana · Chapter 2.10

iti śrīkūrmapārāṇe ṣaṭsāhastryāṃ saṃhitāyāmuparivibhāge (īśvaragītāsu) navamo 'dhyāyaḥ
īśvara uvāca
aliṅgamekamavyaktaṃ liṅgaṃ brahmeti niścitam /
svayañjyotiḥ paraṃ tattvaṃ pare vyomni vyavasthitam

avyaktaṃ kāraṇaṃ yattadakṣaraṃ paramaṃ padam /
nirguṇaṃ śuddhavijñānaṃ tad vai paśyanti sūrayaḥ

tanniṣṭhāḥ śāntasaṃkalpā nityaṃ tadbhāvabhāvitāḥ /
paśyanti tat paraṃ brahma yattalliṅgamiti śrutiḥ

anyathā nahi māṃ draṣṭuṃ śakyaṃ vai munipuṅgavāḥ /
nahi tad vidyate jñānaṃ yatastajjñāyate param

etattatparamaṃ jñānaṃ kevalaṃ kavayo viduḥ /
ajñānamitarat sarvaṃ yasmānmāyāmayaṃ jagat

yajjñānaṃ nirmalaṃ sūkṣmaṃ nirvikalpaṃ yadavyayam /
mamātmāsau tadevemiti prāhurvipaścitaḥ

ye 'pyanekaṃ prapaśyanti te 'pi paśyanti tatparam /
āśritāḥ paramāṃ niṣṭhāṃ buddhvaikaṃ tattvamavyayam

ye punaḥ paramaṃ tattvamekaṃ vānekamīśvaram /
bhaktyā māṃ saṃprapaśyanti vijñeyāste tadātmakāḥ

sākṣādeva prapaśyanti svātmānaṃ parameśvaram /
nityānandaṃ nirvikalpaṃ satyarūpamiti sthitiḥ

bhajante paramānandaṃ sarvagaṃ yattadātmakam /
svātmanyavasthitāḥ śāntāḥ pare 'vyakte parasya tu

eṣā vimuktiḥ paramā mama sāyujyamuttamam /
nirvāṇaṃ brahmaṇā caikyaṃ kaivalyaṃ kavayo viduḥ

tasmādanādimadhyāntaṃ vastvekaṃ paramaṃ śivam /
sa īśvaro mahādevastaṃ vijñāya vimucyate

na tatra sūryaḥ pravibhātīha candro
na nakṣatrāṇi tapano nota vidyut /
tadbhāsedamakhilaṃ bhāti nityaṃ
tannityabhāsamacalaṃ sadvibhāti

nityoditaṃ saṃvidā nirvikalpaṃ
śuddhaṃ bṛhantaṃ paramaṃ yadvibhāti /
atrāntaraṃ brahmavido 'tha nityaṃ
paśyanti tattvamacalaṃ yat sa īśaḥ

nityānandamamṛtaṃ satyarūpaṃ
śuddhaṃ vadanti puruṣaṃ sarvavedāḥ /
tadevedamiti praṇaveneśitāraṃ
dhāyāyanti vedārthaviniścitārthāḥ

na bhūmirāpo na mano na vahniḥ
prāṇo 'nilo gaganaṃ nota buddhiḥ /
na cetano 'nyat paramākāśamadhye
vibhāti devaḥ śiva eva kevalaḥ

ityetaduktaṃ paramaṃ rahasyaṃ
jñānāmṛtaṃ sarvavedeṣu gūḍham /
jānāti yogī vijane 'tha deśe
yuñjīta yogaṃ prayato hyajasram