Brahmanda Purana · Chapter 1.1

śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ
śrīsarasvatyai namaḥ
śrīrāmacandrāya namaḥ
atha brahmāṇḍamahāpurāṇaṃ pūrvabhāgaprārambhaḥ /
namonamaḥ kṣaye sṛṣṭau sthitau sattvamayāya vā /
namo rajastamaḥsattvatrirūpāya svayaṃbhuve

jitaṃ bhagavatā tena hariṇā lokadhāriṇā /
ajena viśvarūpeṇa nirguṇena guṇātmanā

brahmāṇaṃ lokakarttāraṃ sarvajñamaparājitam /
prabhuṃbhūtabhaviṣyasya sāmpratasya ca satpatim

jñānamabratimaṃ tasya vairāgyaṃ ca jagatpateḥ /
aiśvaryyaṃ caiva dharmaśca sadbhiḥ sevyaṃ catuṣṭayam

imānnarasya vai bhāvānnityaṃ sadasadātmakān /
aviṃśakaḥ punastānvai kriyābhāvārthamīśvaraḥ

lokakṛllokatattvajño yogamāsthāya yogavit /
asṛjatsarvabhūtāni sthāvarāṇi carāṇi ca

tasahaṃ viśvakarmāṇaṃ satpatiṃ lokasākṣiṇam /
purāṇākhyānajijñāsurgacchāmi śaraṇaṃ vibhum

purāṇaṃ lokatattvārthamaśilaṃ vedasaṃmitam /
praśaśaṃsa sa bhagavān vasiṣṭhāya prajāpatiḥ

tattvajñānāmṛtaṃ puṇyaṃ vasiṣṭho bhagavānṛṣiḥ /
pautramadhyāpayāmāsa śakteḥ putraṃ parāśaram

parāśaraśca bhagavān jātūkarṇyamṛṣiṃ purā /
tamadhyāpitavāndivyaṃ purāṇaṃ vedasaṃmitam

adhigamya purāṇaṃ tu jātūkarṇyo viśeṣavit /
dvaipāyanāya pradadau paraṃ brahma sanātanam

dvaipāyanastataḥ prītaḥśaṣyebhyaḥpradadauvaśī /
lokatattvavidhānārthaṃ pañcabhyaḥ paramādbhutam

vikhyāpanārthaṃ lokeṣu bahvarthaṃ śrutisaṃmatam /
jaiminiñca sumantuṃ ca vaiśaṃpāyanamevaca

caturthaṃ pailavaṃ teṣāṃ pañcamaṃ lomaharṣaṇam /
sūtamadbhutavṛttāntaṃ vinītaṃ dhārmikaṃ śrucim

adhītya ca purāṇaṃ ca vinīto lomaharṣaṇaḥ /
ṛṣiṇā ca tvayā pṛṣṭaḥ kṛtaprajñaḥ sudhārmikaḥ

vasiṣṭhaścāpi munibhiḥ praṇāmya śirasā munīn /
bhaktyā paramayā yuktaḥ kṛtvā cāpi pradakṣiṇam

avāptavidyaḥ sartuṣṭaḥ kurukṣetramupāgamat /
satre savitate yatra yajamānānṛṣīñśucīn

vinayenopasaṃgamya satrriṇo romaharṣaṇam /
vidhānato yathāśāstraṃ prajñayātijagāma ha

ṛṣayaścāpi te sarve tadānīṃ romaharṣaṇam /
dṛṣṭvā paramasaṃhṛṣṭāḥ prītāḥ sumanasastathā

satkārairarccayāmāsurarghyapādyādibhistataḥ /
abhivādya munīnsarvān rājājñāmabhigamya ca

ṛṣibhistairanujñātaḥ pṛṣṭaḥ sarvamanāmayam /
abhigamya munīnsarvāṃstejo brahma sanātanam /
sadasyānumate ramye svāstīrṇe samupāviśat

upaviṣṭe tadā tasminmunayaḥ śaṃsitavratāḥ /
mudānvitā yathānyāyaṃ vinayasthāḥ samāhitāḥ

sarve te ṛṣayaścainaṃ parivārya mahāvratam /
paramaprītisaṃyuktā ityūcuḥ sūtanandanam

svāgataṃ te mahābhāga diṣṭyā ca tvāṃnirāmayam /
paśyāma dhīmannatrasthāḥ subrataṃ munisattamam

aśūnyā me rasādyaiva bhavataḥ puṇyakarmaṇaḥ /
bhavāṃstasya muneḥ sūta vyāsasyāpi mahātmanaḥ

anugrāhyaḥ sadā dhīmātr śiṣyaḥ śiṣyaguṇānvitaḥ /
kṛtabuddhiśca te tattvamanugrāhyatayā prabho

avāpya vipulaṃ jñānaṃ sarvataśchinnasaṃśayaḥ /
pṛccatāṃ naḥ sadā prājña sarvamākhyātumarhasi

tadicchāmaḥ kathāṃ divyāṃ paurāṇīṃ śrutisaṃmitām /
śrotuṃ dharmārthayuktāṃ tu etavdyāsācchrutaṃ tvayā

evasuktastadā sūtastvṛṣibhirvinayānvitaḥ /
uvāca paramāprākjño vinītottara muttamam

ṛṣeḥ śuśrūṣaṇaṃ yacca tasmātprajñā ca yā mama /
yasmācchuśūṣaṇārthaṃ ca tatsatyamiti niścayaḥ

evaṃ gater'the yacchakyaṃ mayā vaktuṃ dvijottamāḥ /
jijñāsā yatra yuṣmākaṃ tadājñātumihārhatha

etacchrutvā tu munayo madhuraṃ tasya bhāṣitam /
pratyūcuste punaḥ sūtaṃ bāṣpaparyākulekṣaṇam

bhavān viśeṣakuśalo vyāsaṃ sākṣāttu dṛṣṭavān /
tasmāttvaṃ saṃbhavaṃ kṛtsnaṃ lokasyemaṃ vidarśaya

yasya yasyānvaye ye ye tāṃstānicchāma veditum /
teṣāṃ pūrvavisṛṣṭiṃ ca vicitrāṃ tvaṃ prajāpateḥ /
satkṛtya paripṛṣṭaḥ sa mahātmā romaharṣaṇaḥ

vistareṇānupūrvyā ca kathayāmāsa sattamaḥ /
sūta uvāca
yo me dvaipāyanaprītaḥ kathāṃ vai dvijasattamāḥ

puṇyāmākhyātavānviprāstāṃ vai vakṣyāmyanukramāt /
purāṇaṃ saṃpravakṣyāmi yaduktaṃ mātariśvanā

pṛṣṭena munibhiḥ pūrvaṃ naimiṣīyairma hātmabhiḥ /
sargaśca pratisargaśca vaṃśo manvantarāṇi ca

vaṃśyānucaritaṃ caiva purāṇaṃ pañcalakṣaṇam /
prakriyā prathamaḥ pādaḥ kathāyāṃ syātparigrahaḥ

anuṣaṅga utpoddhāta upasaṃhāra eva ca /
evaṃ pādāstu catvāraḥ samāsātkīṃrtitā mayā

vakṣyāmi tānpurastāttu vistareṇa yathākramam /
prathamaṃ sarvaśāstrāṇāṃ purāṇaṃ brahmaṇā śrutam

anantaraṃ ca vaktrebhyo vedāstasya viniḥsṛtāḥ /
aṅgāni dharmaśāstraṃ ca vratāni niyamāstathā

avyaktaṃ kāraṇaṃ yattannityaṃ sadasadātmakam /
mahadādiviśeṣāntaṃ sṛjāmīti viniścayaḥ

aṇḍaṃ hiraṇmayaṃ caiva brahmaṇaḥsūtiruttamā /
aḍasyāvaraṇaṃ vārdhirapāmapi ca tejasā

vāyunā tasya vāyośca khena bhūtādinā tataḥ /
bhūtādirmahatā caiva avyaktenāvṛto mahān

antarvarti ca bhūtānāmaṇḍamevopavarṇitam /
nadīnāṃ parvatānāṃ ca prādurbhāvo 'tra paṭhyate

manvantarāṇāṃ sarveṣāṃ kalpānāṃ caiva varṇanam /
kīrttanaṃ brahmavṛkṣasya brahmajanma prakīrtyate

ataḥ paraṃ brahmaṇaśca prajāsargopavarṇanam /
avasthāścātra kīrtyante brahmaṇo 'vyaktajanmanaḥ

kalpānāṃ saṃbhavaśceva jagataḥ sthāpanaṃ tathā /
śayanaṃ ca harerapsu pṛthivyuddharaṇaṃ tathā

saviśeṣaḥ purādīnāṃ varṇāśramavibhājanam /
ṛkṣāṇāṃ grahasaṃsthānāṃ siddhānāṃ ca niveśanam

yojanānāṃ yathā cava saṃcaro bahuvistaraḥ /
svargasthānavibhāgaśca sartyānāṃ śubhacāriṇām

vṛkṣāṇāmauṣadhīnāṃ ca vīrudhāṃ ca prakīrttanam /
devatānāmṛṣīṇāṃ ca dve sṛtī parikīrtite

āmlādīnāṃ tarūṇāṃ ca sarjanaṃ vyañjanaṃ tathā /
paśūnāṃ puruṣāṇāṃ ca saṃbhavaḥ parikīrttitaḥ

tathā nirvacanaṃ proktaṃ kalpasya ca parigrahaḥ /
nava sargāḥ punaḥ proktā brahmaṇo buddhipūrvakāḥ

trayo ye buddhipūrvāstu tathā yallokakalpanam /
brahmaṇo 'vayavebhyaśca dharmādīnāṃ samudbhavaḥ

ye dvādaśa prasūyante prajākalpe punaḥ punaḥ /
kalpayorantare proktaṃ pratisaṃdhiśca yastayoḥ

tamomātrā vṛtatvāttu brahmaṇo 'dharmasaṃbhavaḥ /
sattvodriktācca dehācca puruṣasya ca saṃbhavaḥ

tathaiva śatarūpāyāṃ tayoḥ putrāstataḥ param /
priyavratottānapādau prasūtyākṛtayaḥ śubhāḥ

kīrtyante dhūtapāpmānastrailokye ye pratiṣṭhitāḥ /
ruceḥ prajāpateścorddhamākūtyāṃ mithunodbhavaḥ

prasūtyamapi dakṣasya kanyānāmudbhavaḥ śubhaḥ /
dākṣāyaṇīṣu vāpyūrdhvaṃśabdādyāsu mahātmanaḥ

dharmasya kīrtyate sargaḥ sāttvikastu sukhodayaḥ /
tathādharmasya hiṃsāyāṃ tamaso 'śubhalakṣaṇaḥ

bhṛgvādīnāmṛṣīṇāṃ ca prajāsargopavarṇanam /
brahmarṣeśca vasiṣṭhasya yatra gotrānukīrttanam

agneḥ prajāyāḥ saṃbhūtiḥ svāhāyāṃ yatra kīrtyate /
pitṝṇāṃ dviprakārāṇāṃ svadhāyāṃ tadanantaram

pitṛvaṃśaprasaṃgena kīrtyate ca maheśvarāt /
dakṣasya śāpaḥ satyāśca bhṛgvādīnāṃ ca dhīmatām

pratiśāpaśca dakṣasya rudrādadbhutakarmaṇaḥ /
pratiṣedhaśca vairasya kīrtyate doṣadarśanāt

manvantaraprasaṃgena kālākhyānaṃ ca kīrtyate /
prajāpateḥ karddamasya kanyāyāḥ śubhalakṣaṇam

priyavratasya putrāṇāṃ kīrtyate yatra vistaraḥ /
teṣāṃ niyogo dvīpeṣu deśeṣu ca pṛthak pṛthak

svāyaṃbhuvasya sargasya tataścāpyanukīrttanam /
varṣāṇāṃ ca nadīnāṃ ca tadbhedānāṃ ca sarvaśaḥ

dvīpabhedasahasrāṇā mantarbhāvaśca saptasu /
vistarānmaṇḍalaṃ caiva jaṃbūdvīpasamudrayoḥ

pramāṇaṃ yojanāgreṇa kīrtyante parvataiḥ saha /
himavānhemakūṭaśca niṣadho merureva ca /
nīlaḥ śvetaśca śṛṅgī ca kīrtyante sapta parvatāḥ

teṣāmantaraviṣkaṃbhā ucchrāyāyāmavistarāḥ

kīrtyante yojanāgreṇa ye ca tatra nivāsinaḥ /
bhāratādīni varṣāṇi nadībhiḥ parvataistathā

bhūtaiścopaniviṣṭāni gatimadbhirdhuvai stathā /
jaṃbūdvīpādayo dvīpāḥ samudraiḥ saptabhirvṛtāḥ

tataḥ svarṇamayī bhūmirlokālokaśca kīrtyate /
sapramāṇā ime lokāḥ saptadvīpā ca medinī

rūpādayaḥ prakīrtyante karaṇātprākṛtaiḥ saha /
sarvaṃ caitatpradhānasya pariṇāmaikadeśikam

paryāyaparimāṇaṃ ca saṃkṣepeṇātra kīrtyate /
sūryācandramasoścaiva pṛthivyāścāpyaśeṣataḥ

pramāṇaṃ yojanāgreṇa sāṃpratairabhimānibhiḥ /
mahendrādyāḥ śubhāḥ puṇyā mānasottaramūrdhani

ata ūrdhdagatiścoktā sūryasyālātayakravat /
nāgavīthyakṣavīthyośca lakṣaṇaṃ ca prakīrtyate

koṣṭhayorlekhayoścaiva maṇḍalānāṃ ca yojanaiḥ /
lokālokasya sandhyāyā ahno viṣuvatastathā

lokapālāḥ sthitāścorddhaṃ kīrtyante te caturddiśam /
pitṝṇāṃ devatānāṃ ca panthānau dakṣiṇottarau

gṛhiṇāṃ nyāsināṃ cokto rajaḥsattvasamāśrayaḥ /
kīrtyate ca padaṃ viṣṇordharmādyā yatra ca sthitāḥ

sūryācandramasoścāro grahāṇāṃ jyotiṣāṃ tathā /
kīrtyate dhṛtasāmarthyātprajānāṃ ca śubhāśubham

brahmaṇā nirmitaḥ sauraḥ sādanārthaṃ ca sa svayam /
kīrtyate bhagavānyena prasarppati divaḥ kṣayam

sa ratho 'dhiṣṭhito devair ādityai ṛṣibhistathā /
gandharvairapsarobhiśca grāmaṇīsarparākṣasaiḥ

apāṃ sāramayātsyandātkathyate ca rasastathā /
vṛddhikṣayau ca somasya kīrtyete somakāritau

sūryādīnāṃ syandanānāṃ dhruvādeva pravarttanam /
kīrtyate śiśumārasya yasya pucche dhruvaḥ sthitaḥ

tārārūpāṇi sarvāṇi nakṣatrāṇi grahaiḥ saha /
nivāsā yatra kīrtyante devānāṃ puṇyakarmaṇām

sūryaraśmisahasraṃ ca varṣaśītoṣṇaviśravaḥ /
pravibhāgaścaraśmīnāṃ nāmataḥ karmatīrthataḥ

parimāṇaṃ gatiścoktā grahāṇāṃ sūryasaṃśrayāt /
veśyārūpātpradhānasya parimāṇo mahādbhavaḥ

purūravasa ailasya māhātmyasyānukīrttanam /
pitṝṇāṃ dviprakārāṇāṃ māhātmyaṃ vā mṛtasya ca

tataḥ parvāṇi kīrtyante parvaṇāṃ caiva saṃdhayaḥ /
svargalokagatānāñca prāptānāñcāpyadhogatim

pitṝṇāṃ dviprakārāṇāṃ śrāddhenānugraho mahān /
yugasaṃkhyāpramāṇaṃ ca kīrtyate ca kṛtaṃ yugam

tretāyuge cāpakarṣādvār ttāyāḥ saṃpravarttanam /
varṇānāmāśramāṇāṃ ca saṃsthitirdharmatastathā

vajrapravarttanaṃ caiva saṃvādo yatra kīrtyate /
ṛṣīṇāṃ vasunā sārddhaṃ vasoścādhaḥ punargatiḥ /
śabdatvaṃ ca pradhānāttu svāyambhuvamṛte manum

praśaṃsā tapasaścoktā yugāvasthāśca kṛtsnaśaḥ /
dvāparasya kaleścāpi saṃkṣepeṇa prakīrttanam

manvantaraṃ ca saṃkhyā ca mānuṣeṇa prakīrttitā /
manvantarāṇāṃ sarveṣāmetadeva ca lakṣaṇam

atītānāgatānāṃ ca varttamānaṃ ca kīrtyate /
tathā manvantarāṇāṃ ca pratisaṃdhānalakṣaṇam

atītānā gatānāṃ ca proktaṃ svāyambhuve tataḥ /
ṛṣīṇāṃ ca gatiḥ proktā kālajñānagatistathā

durgasaṃkhyāpramāṇaṃ ca yugavārtā pravarttanam /
tretāyāṃ cakravartīnāṃ lakṣaṇaṃ janma caiva hi

pramateśca tathā janma atho kaliyugasya vai /
aṅgulairhāsanaṃ caiva bhūtānāṃ yacca cocyate

śāśānāṃ parisaṃkhyānaṃ śiṣyaprādhānyameva ca /
vākyaṃ saptavidhaṃ caiva ṛṣigotrānukīrtanam

lakṣaṇaṃ sūtaputrāṇāṃ brahmaṇāsya ca kṛtsnaśaḥ /
dedānāṃ vyasanaṃ caiva vedavyāsairmahātmabhiḥ

manvantareṣu devānāṃ prajeśānāṃ ca kīrttanam /
manvantarakramaścaiva kālajñānaṃ ca kīrtyate

dakṣasya cāpi dauhitrāḥ priyāyā duhituḥ śubhāḥ /
brahmādibhistejanitā dakṣeṇaiva ca dhīmatā

sāvarṇāścātra kīrtyante manavo merumāśritāḥ /
dhruvasyauttānapādasya prajāsargopavarṇanam

cākṣuṣasya manoḥ sargaḥ prajānāṃ vīryavarmanam /
prabhuṇā caiva vainyena bhūmidohapravartatā

pātrāṇāṃ payasāṃ caiva vatsānāṃ ca viśeṣaṇam /
brahmādibhiḥ pūrvameva dugdhā caiyaṃ vasuṃdharā

daśabhyaścaṃ pracetobhyo māriṣāyāṃ prajāpateḥ /
dakṣasya kīrtyata janma samasyāṃśena dhīmataḥ

bhūtabhavyabhaveśatvaṃ mahendrāṇāṃ ca kīrtyate /
manvādikā bhaviṣyanti ākhyānaibarhubhirvṛtāḥ

vaivasvatasya ca manoḥ kīrtyate sargavistaraḥ /
brahmādikośa utpattirbhṛgvadīnāṃ ca kīrtyate

viniṣkṛṣya prajāsarge cākṣuṣasya manoḥśubhe /
dakṣasya kīrtyate sargo dhyānādvaivasvatāntare

nāradaḥ kṛtasaṃvādo dakṣaputrānmahābalān /
nāśayāmāsa śāpāya mānaso brahmaṇaḥ sutaḥ

tato dakṣo 'sṛjatkanyā vairiṇā nāma viśrutāḥ /
marutpravāhe maruto dityāṃ devyāṃ ca saṃbhavaḥ

kīrtyate marutāṃ cātragaṇāste saptasaptakāḥ /
devatvamindravāsena vāyuskandheṣu cāśramaḥ

daityānāṃ dānavānāṃ ca yakṣagandharvarakṣasām /
sarvabhūtapiśācānāṃ yakṣaṇāṃ pakṣivīrudhām

utpattayaścāpsarasāṃ kīrtyante bahuvistarāt /
mārtaṇḍamaṇḍalaṃ kṛtsnaṃ janmairāvatahastinaḥ

vainateyasamutpattistathā rājyā bhiṣecanam /
bhṛgūṇāṃ vistaraścoktastathā cāṅgirasāmapi

kaśyapasya pulastyasya tathaivātrermahātmanaḥ /
parāśarasya ca muneḥ prajānāṃ yatra vistaraḥ

tisraḥ kanyāḥ sukīrtyante yāsulokāḥ pratiṣṭhitāḥ /
icchāyā vistaraścokta ādityasya tataḥ param

kiṅkuviccaritaṃ proktaṃ dhruvasyaiva nibarhaṇam /
bṛhadbalānāṃ saṃkṣepādikṣvākvādyāḥ prakīrttitāḥ

niśyādīnāṃ kṣitīśānāṃ palāṇḍu haraṇādibhiḥ /
kīrtyate vistarātsarge yayāterapi bhūpateḥ

yaduvaṃśasamuddeśo haihayasya ca vistaraḥ /
krodhādanantaraṃ coktastathā vaṃśasya vistaraḥ

jyāmaghasya ca māhātmyaṃ prajāsargaśca kīrtyate /
devāvṛdhasyāndhakasya dhṛṣṭeścapi mahātmanaḥ

animitrānvayaścaiva viśormithyābhiśaṃsanam /
viśodhamanusaṃprāptirmaṇiratnasya dhīmataḥ

satrājitaḥ prajāsarge rājarṣerdevamīḍhuṣaḥ /
śūrasya janma cāpyuktaṃ caritaṃ ca māhātmanaḥ

kaṃsasyāpi ca daurātmyamekīvaṃśyātsamudbhavaḥ /
vāsudevasya deva kyāṃ viṣṇoramitatejasaḥ

anantaramṛṣeḥ sargaḥ prajāsargopavarṇanam /
devāsure samutpanne viṣṇunā strīvadhe kṛte

saṃrakṣatā śakravadhaṃ śāpaḥ prāptaḥ purā bhṛgoḥ /
bhṛguścotthāpayāmāsa divyāṃ śukrasya mātaram

devānāṃ ca ṛṣīṇāṃ ca saṃkramā dvādaśātdṛtāḥ /
nārasihaprabhṛtayaḥ kīrtyante pāpanāśanāḥ

śukeṇārādhanaṃ sthāṇorghoreṇa tapasā tathā /
varapradāna kṛttena yatra śarvastavaḥ kṛtaḥ

anantaraṃ ca nirdiṣṭaṃ devāsuraviceṣṭitam /
jayantyā saha śakreṇa yatra śuko mahātmani

asurānmohayāmāsa śakrarūpeṇa buddhimān /
bṛhaspatiśca taṃ śukaṃ śaśāpa sa mahādyutiḥ

ukta ca viṣṇormāhātmyaṃ viṣṇorjanmani śabdyate /
turvasuścātra dauhitro yavīyānyo yadorabhūt

anurdruhyādayaḥ sarve tathā tattanayā nṛpāḥ /
anuvaṃśyāmahātmānasteṣāṃ pārthivasattamāḥ

kīrtyante yatra kārtsnyena bhūridraviṇatejasaḥ /
ātithyasya tu vibrarṣeḥ saptadhā dharmasaṃśrayāt

bārhasvatyaṃ sūribhiśca yatra śāpamupāvṛtam /
haravaṃśayaśaḥsparśaḥ śantanorvīryaśabdanam

bhaviṣyatāṃ tathā rājñāmupasaṃhāraśabdanam /
anāgatānāṃsaṃghānāṃ prabhūṇāṃ copavarṇanam

bhautyasyānte kaliyuge kṣīṇe saṃhāravarṇanam /
naimittikāḥ prākṛtikā yathaivātyantikāḥ smṛtāḥ

vividhaḥ sarvabhūtānāṃ kīrtyate pratisaṃcaraḥ /
anādṛṣṭirbhāskarasya ghoraḥ saṃvarttakānalaḥ

sāṃkhye lakṣaṇamuddiṣṭaṃ tato brahma viśeṣataḥ /
bhuvādīnāṃ ca lokānāṃ saptānāṃ copavarṇanam

aparārddhāparaiścaiva lakṣaṇaṃ parikīrtyate /
brahmaṇoyojanāgreṇa parimāṇavinirṇayaḥ

kīrtyante cātra nirayāḥ pāpānāṃ rauravādayaḥ /
sarveṣāṃ caiva sattvānāṃ pariṇāmavinirṇayaḥ

brahmaṇaḥ pratisaṃsargātsarva saṃsāravarṇanam /
gatirūrddhamadhaścoktā dharmādharmasamāśrayā

kalpe kalpe ca bhūtānāṃ mahatāmapi saṃkṣayam /
asaṃkhyayā ca duḥkhāni brahmaṇaścāpyanityatā

daurātmyaṃ caiva bhogānāṃ saṃhārasya ca kaṣṭatā /
durlabhatvaṃ ca mokṣasya vairāgyāddoṣadarśanāt

vyaktāvyaktaṃ parityajya sattvaṃ brahmaṇi saṃsthitam /
nānātvadarśanācchuddhastavastatra nivarttate

tatastāpatrayād bhīto rūpārthohi nirañjanaḥ /
ānandaṃ brahmaṇaḥ prāpya na bibheti kutaścana

kīrtyate ca punaḥ sargo brahmaṇo 'nyasya pūrvavat /
kīrtyate jagataścatra sargapralayavikriyāḥ

pravṛttayaśca bhūtānāṃ prasutānāṃ phalāni ca /
kīrtyate ṛṣivargasya sargaḥ pāpapraṇāśanaḥ

prādurbhāvo vasiṣṭhasya śakterjanma tathaiva ca /
saudāsāsthigrahaścāsya viśvāmitrakṛtena tu

parāśarasya cotpattiradṛśyantyāṃ tathā vibhoḥ /
saṃjajñe pitṛkanyāyāṃ vyāsaścāpi mahāmuniḥ

śukasya ca tathā janma saha putrasya dhīmaptaḥ /
parāśarasya pradvepo viśvāmitra ṛṣiṃ prati

vasiṣṭhasaṃbhṛtiścāgnerviśvāmitrajighāṃsayā /
devena vidhinā vipra viśvāmitrahitaiṣiṇā

saṃtānahetorvibhunā gīrṇaskandhena dhīmatā /
ekaṃ vedaṃ catuṣpādaṃ caturddhā punarīśvaraḥ

tathā bibheda bhāgavān vyāsaḥ śārvādanugrahāt /
tasya śiṣyapraśiṣyaiśca śākhā vedāyutāḥ kṛtāḥ

prayoge prahvalā naiva yathā dṛṣṭaḥ svayaṃbhuvā /
pṛṣṭa vanto viśiṣṭāste munayo dharmakāṅkṣiṇaḥ

deśaṃ puṇyamabhīpsato vibhunā taddhitaiṣiṇā /
sunābhaṃ divyarūpābhaṃ saptāṅgaṃ śubhaśaṃsanam

ānaupamyamidaṃ cakraṃ varttamānamatandritāḥ /
pṛṣṭhato yāta niyatāstataḥ prāpsyatha pāṭitam

gacchatastasya cakrasya yatra nemirviśīryate /
puṇyaḥ sa deśo mantavyaḥ pratyuvāca tadā prabhuḥ

uktvā caivamṛṣīnsarvānadṛśyatvamupāgamat /
gaṅgā garbha yavāhārā naimiṣeyāstathaiva ca

īśire caiva satreṇa munayo naimiṣe tadā

mṛteśaradvatitathā tasya cotthāpanaṅkṛtam /
ṛṣayo naimiṣeyāśca dayayā parayā yutāḥ

niḥsīmāṃ gāmimāṃ kṛtvā kṛṣaṇaṃ rājānamāharat /
prītiṃ caiva kṛtātithyaṃ rājānaṃ vidhivattadā

antaḥ sargagataḥ krūraḥ svarbhānurasuro haran /
drute rājani rājānu madrate munayastataḥ

gandharvarakṣitaṃ dṛṣṭvā kalāpagrāmaketanam /
sannipātaḥ punastasya tathā yajñe maharṣibhiḥ

dṛṣṭvā hiraṇmayaṃ sarvaṃ vivādastasya tairabhūt /
tadā vai naimiṣeyānāṃ satre dvādaśavārṣike

tathā vivadamānaiśca yaduḥ saṃsthāpitaśca taiḥ /
janayitvā tvaraṇyaṃ vai yaduputramathāyutam

samāpayitvā tatsatraṃ vāyuṃ te paryupāsata /
iti kṛtyasamuddeśaḥ purāṇāṃśopavarṇitaḥ

anenānukrameṇaiva purāṇaṃ saṃprakāśate /
sukhamarthaḥ samāsena mahānapyupalakṣyate

tasmātsamāsamuddiśya vakṣyāmi tava vistaram /
pādamādyamidaṃ samyag yo 'dhīte vijitedriyaḥ

tenādhītaṃ purāṇaṃ syātsarvaṃ nāstyatrasaṃśayaḥ /
yo vidyāccaturo vedān sāṃgopaniṣadān dvijāḥ

itihāsapurāṇābhyāṃ vedaṃ samupabṛṃhayet /
bibhetyalpaśrutādvedo māmayaṃ prahariṣyati

abhyasannimamadhyāyaṃ sākṣātproktaṃ svayaṃbhuvā /
nāpadaṃ prāpya muhyeta yatheṣṭāṃ prāpnuyādgatim

yasmātpurā hyabhūccaitatpurāṇaṃ tena tatsmṛtam /
niruktamasya yo veda sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate

ataśca saṃkṣepamimaṃ śṛṇudhvaṃ nārāyaṇaḥ sarvamidaṃ purāṇam /
saṃsargakāle 'pi karoti marga saṃhāra kāle ca na vāsti bhūyaḥ