Kurma Purana · Chapter 1.10

iti śrīkūrmapurāṇe ṣaṭsāhastryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pūrvavibhāge navamo 'dhyāyaḥ
śrīkūrma uvāca
gate maheśvare deve svādhivāsaṃ pitāmahaḥ /
tadeva sumahat padmaṃ bheje nābhisamutthitam

atha dīrgheṇa kālena tatrāpratimapauruṣau /
mahāsurau samāyātau bhrātarau madhukaiṭabhau

krodhena mahatāviṣṭau mahāparvatavigrahau /
karṇāntarasamudbhūtau devadevasya śārṅgiṇaḥ

tāvāgatau samīkṣyāha nārāyaṇamajo vibhuḥ /
trailokyakaṇṭakāvetāvasurau hantumarhasi

tasya tad vacanaṃ śrutvā harirnārāyaṇaḥ prabhuḥ /
ājñāpayāmāsa tayorvadhārthaṃ puruṣāvubhau

tadājñayā mahadyuddhaṃ tayostābhyāmabhūd dvijāḥ /
vyanayat kaiṭabhaṃ viṣṇurjiṣṇuśca vyanayanmadhum

tataḥ padmāsanāsīnaṃ jagannāthaṃ pitāmaham /
babhāṣe madhuraṃ vākyaṃ snehāviṣṭamanā hariḥ

asmānmayocyamānastvaṃ padmādavatara prabho /
nāhaṃ bhavantaṃ śaknomi voḍhuṃ tejāmayaṃ gurum

tato 'vatīrya viśvātmā dehamāviśya cakriṇaḥ /
avāca vaiṣṇavīṃ nidrāmekībhūyātha viṣṇunā

sahastraśīrṣanayanaḥ śaṅkhacakragadādharaḥ /
brahmā nārāyaṇākhyo 'sau suṣvāpa salile tadā

so 'nubhūya ciraṃ kālamānandaṃ paramātmanaḥ /
anādyanantamadvaitaṃ svātmānaṃ brahmasaṃjñitam

tataḥ prabhāte yogātmā bhūtvā devaścaturmukhaḥ /
sasarja sṛṣṭiṃ tadrūpāṃ vaiṣṇavaṃ bhāvamāśritaḥ

purastādasṛjad devaḥ sanandaṃ sanakaṃ tathā /
ṛbhuṃ sanatkumāraṃ ca purvajaṃ taṃ sanātanam

te dvandvamohanirmuktāḥ paraṃ vairāgyamāsthitāḥ /
viditvā paramaṃ bhāvaṃ na sṛṣṭau dadhire matim

teṣvevaṃ nirapekṣeṣu lokasṛṣṭau pitāmahaḥ /
babhūva naṣṭacetā vai māyayā parameṣṭhinaḥ

tataḥ purāṇapuruṣo jaganmūrtirjanārdanaḥ /
vyājahārātmanaḥ putraṃ mohanāśāya padmajam

viṣṇuruvāca
kaccinna vismṛto devaḥ śūlapāṇiḥ sanātanaḥ /
yaduktavānātmano 'sau putratve tava śaṅkaraḥ

avāpya saṃjñāṃ govindāt padmayoniḥ pitāmahaḥ /
prajāḥ straṣṭumanāstepe tapaḥ paramaduścaram

tasyaivaṃ tapyamānasya na kiñcit samavartata /
tato dīrgheṇa kālena duḥ khāt krodho 'bhyajāyata

krodhāviṣṭasya netrābhyāṃ prāpatannaśrubindavaḥ /
tatastebhyo 'śrubindubhyo bhūtāḥ pretāstathābhavan

sarvāṃstānaśrujān dṛṣṭvā brahmātmānamanindana /
jahau prāṇāṃśca bhagavān krodhāviṣṭaḥ prajāpatiḥ

tadā prāṇamayo rudraḥ prādurasīt prabhīrmukhāt /
sahastrādityasaṃkāśo yugāntadahanopamaḥ

ruroda susvaraṃ ghoraṃ devadevaḥ svayaṃ śivaḥ /
rodamānaṃ tato brahmā mā rodīrityabhāṣata /
rodanād rudra ityevaṃ loke khyātiṃ gamiṣyasi

anyāni sapta nāmāni patnīḥ putrāṃścaśāśvatān /
sthānāni caiṣāmaṣṭānāṃ dadau lokapitāmahaḥ

bhavaḥ śarvastatheśānaḥ paśūnāṃ patireva ca /
bhīmaścogro mahādevastāni nāmāni sapta vai

sūryo jalaṃ mahī vahnirvāyurākāśameva ca /
dīkṣito brāhmaṇaścandra ityetā aṣṭamūrtayaḥ

sthāneṣveteṣu ye rudraṃ dhyāyanti praṇamanti ca /
teṣāmaṣṭatanurdevo dadāti paramaṃ padam

suvarcalā tathaivomā vikeśī ca tathā śivā /
svāhā diśaśca dīkṣā ca rohiṇī ceti patnayaḥ

śanaiścarastathā śukro lohitāṅgo manojavaḥ /
skandaḥ sargo 'tha santāno budhaścaiṣāṃ sutāḥ smṛtāḥ

evaṃprakāro bhagavān devadevo maheśvaraḥ /
prajādharmaṃ ca kāma ca tyaktvā vairāgyamāśritaḥ

ātmanyādhya cātmānamaiśvaraṃ bhāvamāsthitaḥ /
pītvā tadakṣaraṃ brahma śāśvataṃ paramāmṛtam

prajāḥ sṛjeti cādiṣṭo brahmaṇā nīlalohitaḥ /
svātmanā sadṛśān rudrān sasarja manasā śivaḥ

kapardino nirātaṅkān nīlakaṇṭhān pinākinaḥ /
triśūlahastānṛṣṭighnān mahānandāṃstrilocanān

jarāmaraṇanirmuktān mahāvṛṣabhavāhanān /
vītarāgāṃśca sarvajñān koṭikoṭiśatān prabhuḥ

tān dṛṣṭvā vividhān rudrāna nirmalān nīlalohitān /
jarāmaraṇanirmuktān vyājaharā haraṃ guruḥ

mā strākṣīrīdṛśīrdeva prajā mṛtyuvivarjitāḥ /
anyāḥ sṛjasva bhūteśa janmamṛtyusamanvitāḥ

tatastamāha bhagavān kaparde kāmaśāsanaḥ /
nāsti me tādṛśaḥ sargaḥ sṛja tvamaśubhāḥ prajāḥ

tataḥ prabhṛti devo 'sau na prasūte 'śubhāḥ prajāḥ /
svātmajaireva tai rudrairnivṛttātmā hyatiṣṭhata /
sthāṇutvaṃ tena tasyāsīd devadevasya śūlinaḥ

jñānaṃ vairāgyamaiśvaryaṃ tapaḥ satyaṃ kṣamā dhṛtiḥ /
straṣṭṛtvamātmasaṃbodho hyadhiṣṭhātṛtvameva ca

avyayāni daśaitāni nityaṃ tiṣṭhanti śaṅkare /
sa eva śaṅkaraḥ sākṣāt pinākī parameśvaraḥ

tataḥ sa bhagavān brahmā vīkṣya devaṃ trilocanam /
sahaiva mānasaiḥ putraiḥ prītivisphārilocanaḥ

jñātvā parataraṃ bhāvamaiśvaraṃ jñānacakṣuṣā /
tuṣṭāva jagatāmekaṃ kṛtvā śirasi cāñjalim

brahmovāca
namaste 'stu mahādeva namaste parameśvara /
namaḥ śivāya devāya namaste brahmarūpiṇe

namo 'stu te maheśāya namaḥ śāntāya hetave /
pradhānapuruṣeśāya yogādhipataye namaḥ

namaḥ kālāya rudrāya mahāgrāsāya śūline /
namaḥ pinākahastāya trinetrāya namo namaḥ

namastrimūrtaye tubhyaṃ brahmaṇo janakāya te /
brahmavidyādhipataye brahmavidyāpradāyine

namo vedarahasyāya kālakālāya te namaḥ /
vedāntasārasārāya namo vedātmamūrtaye

namo buddhāya śuddhāya yogināṃ gurave namaḥ /
prahīṇaśokairvividhairbhūtaiḥ varivṛtāya te

namo brahmaṇyadevāya brahmādhipataye namaḥ /
triyambakāya devāya namaste parameṣṭhine

namo digvāsase tubhyaṃ namo muṇḍāyā daṇḍine /
anādimalahīnāya jñānagamyāya te namaḥ

namastārāya tīrthāya namo yogardhihetave /
namo dharmādhigamyāya yogagamyāya te namaḥ

namaste niṣprapañcāya nirābhāsāya te namaḥ /
brahmaṇe viśvarūpāya namaste paramātmane

tvayaiva sṛṣṭamakhilaṃ tvayyeva sakalaṃ sthitam /
tvayā saṃhriyate viśvaṃ pradhānādyaṃ jaganmaya

tvamīśvaro mahādevaḥ paraṃ brahma maheśvaraḥ /
parameṣṭhī śivaḥ śāntaḥ puruṣo niṣkalo haraḥ

tvamakṣaraṃ paraṃ jyotistvaṃ kālaḥ parameśvaraḥ /
tvameva puruṣo 'nantaḥ pradhānaṃ prakṛtistathā

bhūmirāpo 'nalo vāyurvyomāhaṅkāra eva ca /
yasya rūpaṃ namasyāmi bhavantaṃ brahmasaṃjñitam

yasya dyaurabhavanmūrdhā pādau pṛthvī diśo bhujāḥ /
ākāśamudaraṃ tasmai virāje praṇamāmyaham

saṃtāpayati yo viśvaṃ svabhābhirbhāsayan diśaḥ /
brahmatejomayaṃ nityaṃ tasmai sūryātmane namaḥ

havyaṃ vahati yo nityaṃ raudrī tejomayo tanuḥ /
kavyaṃ pitṛgaṇānāṃ ca tasmai vahnyātmane namaḥ

āpyāyati yo nityaṃ svadhāmnā sakalaṃ jagat /
pīyate devatāsaṅghaistasmai somātmane namaḥ

vibhartyaśeṣabhūtāni yo 'ntaścarati sarvadā /
śaktirmāheścarī tubhyaṃ tasmai vāyvātmane namaḥ

sṛjatyaśeṣamevedaṃ yaḥ svakarmānurūpataḥ /
svātmanyavasthitastasmai caturvaktrātmane namaḥ

yaḥ śeṣaśayane śete viśvamāvṛtya māyayā /
svātmānubhūtiyogena tasmai viśvātmane namaḥ

vibharti śirasā nityaṃ dvisaptabhuvanātmakam /
brahmāṇḍaṃ yo 'khilādhārastasmai śeṣātmane namaḥ

yaḥ parānte parānandaṃ pītvā divyaikasākṣikam /
nṛtyatyanantamahimā tasmai rudrātmane namaḥ

yo 'ntarā sarvabhūtānāṃ niyantā tiṣṭhatīśvaraḥ /
taṃ sarvasākṣiṇaṃ devaṃ namasye bhavatastanum

yaṃ vinindrā jitaśvāsāḥ saṃtuṣṭāḥ samadarśinaḥ /
jyotiḥ paśyanti yuñjānāstasmai yogātmane namaḥ

yayā saṃtarate māyāṃ yogī saṃkṣīṇakalmaṣaḥ /
apārataraparyantāṃ tasmai vidyātmane namaḥ

yasya bhāsā vibhātīdamadvayaṃ tamasaḥ param /
prapadye tat paraṃ tattvaṃ tadrūpaṃ parameśvaram

nityānandaṃ nirādhāraṃ niṣkalaṃ paramaṃ śivam /
prapadye paramātmānaṃ bhavantaṃ parameśvaram

evaṃ stutvā mahādevaṃ brahmā tadbhāvabhāvitaḥ /
prāñjaliḥ praṇatastasthau gṛṇan brahma sanātanam

tatastasmai mahādevo divyaṃ yogamanuttamam /
aiśvaryaṃ brahmasadbhāvaṃ vairāgyaṃ ca dadau haraḥ

karābhyāṃ suśubhābhyāṃ ca saṃspṛśya praṇatārtihā /
vyājaharā svayaṃ devaḥ so 'nugṛhya pitāmaham

yattvayābhyarthitaṃ brahman putratve bhavato mama /
kṛtaṃ mayā tat sakalaṃ sṛjasva vividhaṃ jagat

tridhā bhinno 'smyahaṃ brahman brahmaviṣṇuharākhyayā /
sargarakṣālayaguṇairniṣkalaḥ parameśvaraḥ

sa tvaṃ mamāgrajaḥ putraḥ sṛṣṭihetorvinirmitaḥ /
mamaiva dakṣiṇādaṅgād vāmāṅgāt puruṣottamaḥ

tasya devādidevasya śaṃbhorhṛdayadeśataḥ /
saṃbabhūvātha rudro 'sāvahaṃ tasyāparā tanuḥ

brahmaviṣṇuśivā brahman sargasthityantahetavaḥ /
vibhajyātmānameko 'pi svecchayā śaṅkaraḥ sthitaḥ

tathānyāni ca rūpāṇi mama māyākṛtāni tu /
nirūpaḥ kevalaḥ svaccho mahādevaḥ svabhāvataḥ

ebhyaḥ parataro devastrimūrtiḥ paramā tanuḥ /
māheśvarī trinayanā yogināṃ śāntidā sadā

tasyā eva parāṃ mūrti māmavehi pitāmaha /
śāśvataiśvaryavijñānatejoyogasamanvitām

so 'haṃ grasāmi sakalamadhiṣṭhāya tamoguṇam /
kālo bhūtvā na tamasā māmanyo 'bhibhaviṣyati

yadā yadā hi māṃ nityaṃ vicintayasi padmaja /
tadā tadā me sānnidhyaṃ bhaviṣyati tavānagha

etāvaduktvā brahmāṇaṃ so 'bhivandya guruṃ haraḥ /
sahaiva mānasaiḥ putraiḥ kṣaṇādantaradhīyata

so 'pi yogaṃ samāsthāya sasarja vividhaṃ jagat /
nārāyaṇākhyo bhagavān yathāpūrvaṃ prijāpatiḥ

marīcibhṛgvaṅgirasaṃ pulastyaṃ pulahaṃ kratum /
dakṣamatriṃ vasiṣṭhaṃ ca so 'sṛjad yogavidyayā

nava brahmāṇa ityete purāṇe niścayaṃ gatāḥ /
sarve te brahmaṇā tulyāḥ sādhakā brahmavādinaḥ

saṃkalpaṃ caiva dharmaṃ ca yugadharmāṃśca śāśvatān /
sthānābhimāninaḥ sarvān yathā te kathitaṃ purā