Kurma Purana

[10] Instead, the text covers and expresses reverence for Vishnu, Shiva and Shakti with equal enthusiasm.

Each titled work consists of material that has grown by numerous accretions in successive historical eras.

[10] The text presents a tour guide to medieval Varanasi (also known as the holy city of Banaras or Kashi), but mostly about the Shaiva sites, while elsewhere Pancharatra stories present Vishnu prominently but with Sri as the Supreme Shakti who is energy and power of all gods including Vishnu, Shiva, Brahma.

[10] It is titled Ishvaragita, and its eleven chapters are an adaptation of Bhagavad Gita in a Shiva-as-spokesman format.

Shiva explains Atman (soul, self), Brahman-Purusha, Prakriti, Maya, Yoga and Moksha.

[2] The philosophical theme, states Rocher is built on Advaita Vedanta ideas, that is emphasizing the identity of the Atman (individual soul) and the Ultimate Reality concept of Brahman.