अध्याय ६०
श्लोक 1
इति श्रीकूर्मपाराणे षट्साहस्त्र्यां संहितायामुपरिविभागे (ईश्वरगीतासु) अष्टमो ऽध्यायः ऋषय ऊचुः निष्कलो निर्मलो नित्यो निष्क्रियः परमेश्वरः ।तन्नो वद महादेव विश्वरूपः कथं भवान्
iti śrīkūrmapārāṇe ṣaṭsāhastryāṃ saṃhitāyāmuparivibhāge (īśvaragītāsu) aṣṭamo 'dhyāyaḥ ṛṣaya ūcuḥ niṣkalo nirmalo nityo niṣkriyaḥ parameśvaraḥ / tanno vada mahādeva viśvarūpaḥ kathaṃ bhavān
हिन्दी अर्थ
प्राणायामैस्त्रिभिः पूतस्तत ओङ्कारमर्हति
English
Some say he is one; Others say that he is many. Some say that you are the self. Some say that he is another. The great God (Mahadeva) is proclaimed as minuter than an atom and greater than the greatest and omniformed (with the universe as his form).