Kurma Purana · Chapter 1.13

iti śrīkūrmapurāṇe ṣaṭsāhastryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pūrvavibhāge dvādaśo 'dhyāyaḥ
sūta uvāca
priyavratottānapādau manoḥ svāyaṃbhuvasya tu /
dharmajñau sumahāvīryau śatarūpā vyajījanat

tatastūttānapādasya dhruvo nāma suto 'bhavat /
bhakto nārāyaṇe deve prāptavān sthānamuttamam

dhruvāt śliṣṭiñca bhavyaṃ ca bhāryā śambhurvyajāyata /
śliṣṭerādhatta succhāyā pañca putrānakalpaṣān

vasiṣṭhavacanād devī tapastaptvā suduścaram /
ārādhya puruṣaṃ viṣṇuṃ śālagrāme janārdanam

ripuṃ ripuñjayaṃ vipraṃ vṛkalaṃ vṛṣatejasam /
nārāyaṇaparān śuddhān svadharmaparipālakān

riporādhatta bṛhatī cakṣuṣaṃ sarvatejasam /
so 'jījanat puṣkariṇyāṃ vairaṇyāṃ cākṣuṣaṃ manum /
prajāpaterātmajāyāṃ vīraṇasya mahātmanaḥ

manorajāyanta daśa naḍvalāyāṃ mahaujasaḥ /
kanyāyāṃ sumahāvīryā vairājasya prajāpateḥ

ūruḥ pūruḥ śatadyumnastapasvī satyavāk śuciḥ /
agniṣṭudatirātraśca sudyumnaścābhimanyukaḥ

ūrorajanayat putrān ṣaḍāgneyī mahābalān /
aṅgaṃ sumanasaṃ svātiṃ kratumaṅgirasaṃ śivam

aṅgād veno 'bhavat paścād bainyo venādajāyata /
yo 'sau pṛthuriti khyātaḥ prajāpālo mahābalaḥ

yena dugdhā mahī pūrvaṃ prājānāṃ hitakāraṇāt /
niyogād brahmaṇaḥ sārdhaṃ devendreṇa mahaujasā

venaputrasya vitate purā paitāmahe makhe /
sūtaḥ paurāṇiko jajñe māyārūpaḥ svayaṃ hariḥ

pravaktā sarvaśāstrāṇāṃ dharmajño guṇavatsalaḥ /
taṃ māṃ nitta muniśreṣṭhāḥ pūrvodbhūtaṃ sanātanam

asmin manvantare vyāsaḥ kṛṣṇadvaipāyanaḥ svayam /
śrāvayāmāsa māṃ prītyā purāṇaṃ puruṣo hariḥ

madanvaye tu ye sūtāḥ saṃbhūtā vedavarjitāḥ /
teṣāṃ purāṇavaktṛtvaṃ vṛttirāsīdajājñayā

sa tu vainyaḥ pṛthurdhomān satyasaṃdho jitendriyaḥ /
sārvabhaumo mahātejāḥ svadharmaparipālakaḥ

tasya bālyāt prabhṛtyeva bhaktirnārāyaṇe 'bhavat /
govardhanagiriṃ prāpya tapastepe jitendriyaḥ

tapasā bhagavān prītaḥ śaṅkhacakragadādharaḥ /
āgatya devo rājānaṃ prāha dāmodaraḥ svayam

dhramikau rūpasaṃpannau sarvaśastrabhṛtāṃ varau /
matprasādādasaṃdigdhaṃ putrau tava bhaviṣyataḥ /
ekamuktvā hṛṣīkeśaḥ svakīyāṃ prakṛtiṃ gataḥ

vainyo 'pi vedavidhinā niścalāṃ bhaktimudvahan /
apālayat svakaṃ rājyaṃ nyāyena madhusūdane

acirādeva tanvaṅgo bhāryā tasya sucismitā /
khikhaṇḍanaṃ havirdhānamantardhānā vyajāyata

śikhaṇḍano 'bhavat putraḥ suśīla iti viśrutaḥ /
dhārmiko rūpasaṃpanno vedavedāṅgapāragaḥ

so 'dhītya vidhivad vedān dharmeṇa tapasi sthitaḥ /
matiṃ cakre bhāgyayogāt saṃnyāṃ prati dharmavit

sa kṛtvā tīrthasaṃsevāṃ svādhyāye tapasi sthitaḥ /
jagāma himavatpṛṣṭhaṃ kadācit siddhasevitam

tatra dharmapadaṃ nāma dharmasiddhipradaṃ vanam /
apaśyad yogināṃ gamyamagamyaṃ brahmavidviṣām

tatra mandākinī nāma supuṇyā vimalā nadī /
padmotpalavanopetā siddhāśramavibhūṣitā

sa tasyā dakṣiṇe tīre munīndrairyogibhirvṛtam /
supuṇyamāśramaṃ ramyamapaśyat prītisaṃyutaḥ

mandākinījale strātvā saṃtarpya pitṛdevatāḥ /
arcayitvā mahādevaṃ puṣpaiḥ padmotpalādibhiḥ

dhyātvārkaṃsaṃsthamīśānaṃ śirasyādhāya cāñjalim /
saṃprekṣamāṇo bhāsvantaṃ tuṣṭāva parameśvaram

rudrādhyāyena giriśaṃ rudrasya caritena ca /
anyaiśca vividhaiḥ stotraiḥ śāṃbhavairvedasaṃbhavaiḥ

athāsminnantare 'paśyat tamāyāntaṃ mahāmunim /
śvetāśvataranāmānaṃ mahāpāśupatottamam

bhasmasaṃdigdhasavāṅgaṃ kaupīnācchādanānvitam /
tapasā karṣitātmānaṃ śuklayajñopavītinam

samāpya saṃstavaṃ śaṃbhorānandāstrāvilekṣaṇaḥ /
vavande śirasā pādau prāñjalirvākyamabravīt

dhanyo 'smyanugṛhīto 'smi yanme sākṣānmunīśvaraḥ /
yogīśvaro 'dya bhagavān dṛṣṭo yogavidāṃ varaḥ

aho me sumahadbhāgyaṃ tapāṃsi saphalāni me /
kiṃ kariṣyāmi śiṣyo 'haṃ tava māṃ pālayānagha

so 'nugṛhyātha rājānaṃ suśīlaṃ śīlasaṃyutam /
śiṣyatve parijagrāha tapasā kṣīṇakalpaṣam

sāṃnyāsikaṃ vidhiṃ kṛtsnaṃ kārayitvā vicakṣaṇaḥ /
dadau tadaiśvaraṃ jñānaṃ svaśākhāvihitaṃ vratam

aśeṣavedasāraṃ tat paśupāśavimocanam /
antyāśramamiti khyātaṃ brahmādibhiranuṣṭhitam

uvāca śiṣyān saṃprekṣya ye tadāśramavāsinaḥ /
brāhmaṇān kṣatriyān vaiśyān brahmacaryaparāyaṇān

mayā pravartitāṃ śākhāmadhītyaiveha yoginaḥ /
samāsate mahādevaṃ dhyāyanto niṣkalaṃ śivam

iha devo mahādevo ramamāṇaḥ sahomayā /
adhyāste bhagavānīśo bhaktānāmanukampayā

ihāśeṣajagaddhātā purā nārāyaṇaḥ svayam /
ārādhayanmahādevaṃ lokānāṃ hitakāmyayā

ihaiva devamīśānaṃ devānāmapi daivatam /
ārādhya mahatīṃ siddhiṃ lebhire devadānavāḥ

ihaiva munayaḥ pūrvaṃ marīcyādyā maheśvaram /
dṛṣṭvā tapobalājjñānaṃ lebhire sārvakālikam

tasmāt tvamapi rājendra tapoyogasamanvitaḥ /
tiṣṭha nityaṃ mayā sārdhaṃ tataḥ siddhimavāpsyasi

evamābhāṣya viprendro devaṃ dhyātvā pinākinam /
ācacakṣe mahāmantraṃ yathāvat svārthasiddhaye

sarvapāpopaśamanaṃ vedasāraṃ vimuktidam /
agnirityādikaṃ puṇyamṛṣibhiḥ saṃpravartitam

so 'pi tadvacanād rājā suśīlaḥ śraddhayānvitaḥ /
sākṣāt pāśupato bhūtvā vedābhyāsarato 'bhavat

bhasmoddhūlitasarvāṅgaḥ kandamūlaphalāśanaḥ /
śānto dānto jitakrodhaḥ saṃnyāsavidhimāśritaḥ

havirdhānastathāgneyyāṃ janayāmāsa satsutam /
prācīnabarhiṣaṃ nāmnā dhanurvedasya pāragam

prācīnabarhirbhāgavān sarvaśastrabhṛtāṃ varaḥ /
samudratanayāyāṃ vai daśa putrānajījanat

pracetasaste vikhyātā rājānaḥ prathitaijasaḥ /
adhītavantaḥ svaṃ vedaṃ nārāyaṇaparāyaṇāḥ

daśabhyastu pracetobhyo māriṣāyāṃ prajāpatiḥ /
dakṣo jajñe mahābhāgo yaḥ pūrvaṃ brahmaṇaḥ sutaḥ

sa tu dakṣo maheśena rudreṇa saha dhīmatā /
kṛtvā vivādaṃ rudreṇa śaptaḥ prācetaso 'bhavat

samāyāntaṃ mahādevo dakṣaṃ devyā gṛhaṃ haraḥ /
dṛṣṭvā yathocitāṃ pūjāṃ dakṣāya pradadau svayam

tadā vai tamasāviṣṭaḥ so 'dikāṃ brahmaṇaḥ sutaḥ /
pūjāmanarhāmanvicchan jagāma kupito gṛham

kadācit svagṛhaṃ prāptāṃ satīṃ dakṣaḥ sudurmanāḥ /
bhartrā saha vinindyaināṃ bhartsayāmasā vai ruṣā

anye jāmātaraḥ śreṣṭhā bhartustava pinākinaḥ /
tvamapyasatsutāsmākaṃ gṛhād gaccha yathāgatam

tasya tadvākyamākarṇya sā devī śaṅkarapriyā /
vinindya pitaraṃ dakṣaṃ dadāhātmānamātmanā

praṇamya paśubhartāraṃ bhartāraṃ kṛttivāsasam /
himavadduhitā sābhūt tapasā tasya toṣitā

jñātvā tadbhāgavān rudraḥ prapannārtiharo haraḥ /
śaśāpa dakṣaṃ kupitaḥ samāgatyātha tadgṛham

tyaktvā dehamimaṃ brahman kṣatriyāṇāṃ kulodbhavaḥ /
svasyāṃ sutāyāṃ mūḍhātmā putramutpādayiṣyasi

evamuktvā mahādevo yayau kālāsaparvatam /
svāyaṃbhuvo 'pi kālena dakṣaḥ prācetaso 'bhavat

etad vaḥ kathitaṃ sarvaṃ manoḥ svāyaṃbhuvasya tu /
visargaṃ dakṣaparyantaṃ śṛṇvatāṃ pāpanāśanam