Kurma Purana · Chapter 1.14

iti śrīkūrmapurāṇe ṣaṭmāhastryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pūrvavibhāge trayodaśo 'dhyāyaḥ
naimiṣīyā ūcuḥ
devānāṃ dānavānāṃ ca gandharvoragarakṣasām /
utpattiṃ vistarāt sūta brūhi vaivasvate 'ntare

sa śaptaḥ śaṃbhunā pūrvaṃ dakṣaḥ prācetaso nṛpaḥ /
kimakārṣonmahābuddhe śrotumicchāma sāṃpratam

sūta uvāca
vakṣye nārāyaṇenoktaṃ pūrvakalpānuṣaṅgikam /
trikālabaddhaṃ pāpaghnaṃ prajāsargasya vistaram

sa śaptaḥ śaṃbhunā pūrvaṃ dakṣaḥ prācetaso nṛpaḥ /
vinindya pūrvavaireṇa gaṅgādvare 'yajad bhavam

devāśca sarve bhāgārthamāhūtā viṣṇunā saha /
sahaiva munibhiḥ sarvairāgatā munipuṅgavāḥ

dṛṣṭvā devakulaṃ kṛtsnaṃ śaṅkareṇa vināgatam /
dadhīco nāma viprarṣiḥ prācetasamathābravīt

dadhīca uvāca
brahmādayaḥ piśācāntā yasyājñānuvidhāyinaḥ /
sa devaḥ sāṃprataṃ rudro vidhinā kiṃ na pūjyate

dakṣa uvāca
sarveṣveva hi yajñeṣu na bhāgaḥ parikalpitaḥ /
na mantrā bhāryayā sārdhaṃ śaṅkarasyeti nejyate

vihasya dakṣaṃ kupito vacaḥ prāha mahāmuniḥ /
śṛṇvatāṃ sarvadevānāṃ sarvajñānamayaḥ svayam

dadhīca uvāca
yataḥ pravṛttirviśveṣāṃ yaścāsya parameśvaraḥ /
saṃpūjyate sarvayajñairviditvā kila śaṅkaraḥ

na hyaṃ śaṅkaro rudraḥ saṃhartā tāmaso haraḥ /
nagnaḥ kapālī vikṛto viśvātmā nopapadyate

īśvaro hi jagatstraṣṭā prabhurnārāyaṇaḥ svarāṭ /
sattvātmako 'sau bhagavānijyate sarvakarmasu

dadhīca uvāca
kiṃ tvayā bhagavāneṣa sahastrāṃśurna dṛśyate /
sarvalokaikasaṃhartā kālātmā parameśvaraḥ

yaṃ gṛṇantīha vidvāṃso dhārmikā brahmavādinaḥ /
so 'yaṃ sākṣī tīvrarociḥ kālātmā śāṅkarītanuḥ

eṣa rudro mahādevaḥ kaparde ca ghṛṇī haraḥ /
ādityo bhagavān sūryo nīlagrīvo vilohitaḥ

saṃstūyate sahastrāṃśuḥ sāmagādhvaryuhotṛbhiḥ /
paśyainaṃ viśvakarmāṇaṃ rudramūrti trayīmayam

dakṣa uvāca
ya ete dvādaśādityā āgatā yajñabhāginaḥ /
sarve sūryā iti jñeyā na hyānyo vidyate raviḥ

evamukte tu munayaḥ samāyātā didṛkṣavaḥ /
bāḍhamityabruvan vākyaṃ tasya sāhāyyakāriṇaḥ

tamasāviṣṭamanaso na paśyanti vṛṣadhvajam /
sahastraśo 'tha śataśo bhūya eva vinindyate

nindanto vaidikān mantrān sarvabhūtapatiṃ haram /
apūjayan dakṣavākyaṃ mohitā viṣṇumāyayā

devāśca sarve bhāgārthamāgatā vāsavādayaḥ /
nāpaśyan devamīśānamṛte nārāyaṇaṃ harim

hiraṇyagarbho bhagavān brahmā brahmavidāṃ varaḥ /
paśyatāmeva sarveṣāṃ kṣaṇādantaradhīyata

antarhite bhagavati dakṣo nārāyaṇaṃ harim /
rakṣakaṃ jagatāṃ devaṃ jagāma śaraṇaṃ svayam

pravartayāmāsa ca taṃ yajñaṃ dakṣo 'tha nirbhayaḥ /
rakṣate bhagavān viṣṇuḥ śaraṇāgatarakṣakaḥ

punaḥ prāha ca taṃ dakṣaṃ dadhīco bhagavānṛṣiḥ /
saṃprekṣyarṣigaṇān devān sarvān vai brahmavidviṣaḥ

apūjyapūjane caiva pūjyānāṃ cāpyapūjane /
naraḥ pāpamavāpnoti mahad vai nātra saṃśayaḥ

asatāṃ pragraho yatra satāṃ caiva vimānanā /
daṇḍo devakṛtastatra sadyaḥ patati dāruṇaḥ

evamuktvā tu viprarṣiḥ śaśāpeśvaravidviṣaḥ /
samāgatān brāhmaṇāṃstān dakṣasāhāyyakāriṇaḥ

yasmād bahiṣkṛtā vedā bhavadbhiḥ parameśvaraḥ /
vinindito mahādevaḥ śaṅkaro lokavanditaḥ

bhaviṣyadhvaṃ trayībāhyāḥ sarve 'pīśvaravidviṣaḥ /
nindanto hyaiśvaraṃ mārgaṃ kuśāstrāsaktamānasāḥ

mithyādhītasamācārā mithyājñānapralāpinaḥ /
prāpya ghoraṃ kaliyugaṃ kalijaiḥ kila pīḍitāḥ

tyaktvā tapobalaṃ kṛtsnaṃ gacchadhvaṃ narakān punaḥ /
bhaviṣyati hṛṣīkeśaḥ svāśrito 'pi parāṅmukhaḥ

evamuktvā tu viprarṣirvirarāma taponidhiḥ /
jagāma manasā rudramaśeṣāghavināśanam

etasminnantare devī mahādevaṃ maheśvaram /
patiṃ paśupatiṃ devaṃ jñātvaitat prāha sarvadṛk

devyuvāca
dakṣo yajñena yajate pitā me pūrvajanmani /
vinindya bhavato bhāvamātmānaṃ cāpi śaṅkara

devāḥ saharṣibhiścāsaṃstatra sāhāyyakāriṇaḥ /
vināśayāśu taṃ yajñaṃ varamekaṃ vṛṇomyaham

evaṃ vijñāpito devyā devo devavaraḥ prabhuḥ /
sasarja sahasā rudraṃ dakṣayajñajighāṃsayā

sahastraśīrṣapādaṃ ca sahastrākṣaṃ mahābhujam /
sahastrapāṇiṃ durdharṣaṃ yugāntānalasannibham

daṃṣṭrākarālaṃ duṣprekṣyaṃ śaṅkhacakragadādharam /
daṇḍahastaṃ mahānādaṃ śārṅgiṇaṃ bhūtibhūṣaṇam

vīrabhadra iti khyātaṃ devadevasamanvitam /
sa jātamātro deveśamupatasthe kṛtāñjaliḥ

tamāha dakṣasya makhaṃ vināśaya śivostviti /
vinindya māṃ sa yajate gaṅgādvāre gaṇeśvara

tato bandhuprayuktena siṃhenaikena līlayā /
vīrabhadreṇa dakṣasya vināśamagamat kratuḥ

manyunā comayā sṛṣṭā bhadrakālī maheśvarī /
tayā ca sārdhaṃ vṛṣabhaṃ samāruhya yayau gaṇaḥ

anye sahastraśo rudrā nisṛṣṭāstena dhīmatā /
romajā iti vikhyātāstasya sāhāyyakāriṇaḥ

śūlaśaktigadāhastāṣṭaṅkopalakarāstathā /
kālāgnirudrasaṃkāśā nādayanto diśo daśa

sarve vṛṣāsanārūḍhāḥ sabhāryāścātibhīṣaṇāḥ /
samāvṛtya gaṇaśreṣṭhaṃ yayurdakṣamakhaṃ prati

sarve śaṃprāpya taṃ deśaṃ gaṅgādvāramiti śrutam /
dadṛśuryajñadeśaṃ taṃ dakṣasyāmitatejasaḥ

devāṅganāsahastrāḍhyamapsarogītanāditam /
vīṇāveṇuninādāḍhyaṃ vedavādābhināditam

dṛṣṭvā saharṣibhirdevaiḥ samāsīnaṃ prajāpatim /
uvāca bhadrayā rudrairvorabhadraḥ smayanniva

vayaṃ hyanucarāḥ sarve śarvasyāmitatejasaḥ /
bhāgābhilapsayā prāptā bhāgān yacchadhvamīpsitān

atha cet kasyacidiyamājñā munisurottamāḥ /
bhāgo bhavadbhyo deyastu nāsmabhyamiti kathyatām /
taṃ brūtājñāpayati yo vetsyāmo hi vayaṃ tataḥ

evamuktā gaṇeśena prajāpatipuraḥ sarāḥ /
devā ūcuryajñabhāge na ca mantrā iti prabhum

mantrā ūcuḥ surān yūyaṃ tamopahatacetasaḥ /
ye nādhvarasya rājānaṃ pūjayadhvaṃ maheśvaram

īśvaraḥ sarvabhūtānāṃ sarvabhūtatanurharaḥ /
pūjyate sarvayajñeṣu sarvābhyudasiddhidaḥ

evamuktā apīśānaṃ māyayā naṣṭacetasaḥ /
na menire yayurmantrā devān muktvā svamālayam

tataḥ sa rudro bhagavān sabhāryaḥ sagaṇeśvaraḥ /
spṛśan karābhyāṃ brahmarṣi dadhīcaṃ prāha devatāḥ

mantrāḥ pramāṇaṃ na kṛtā yuṣmābhirbalagarvitaiḥ /
yasmāt prasahya tasmād vo nāśayāmyadya garvitam

ityuktvā yajñaśālāṃ tāṃ dadāha gaṇapuṅgavaḥ /
gaṇeśvarāśca saṃkruddhā yūpānutpāṭya cikṣipuḥ

prastotrā saha hotrā ca aśvaṃ caiva gaṇeśvarāḥ /
gṛhītvā bhīṣaṇāḥ sarve gaṅgāstrotasi cikṣipuḥ

vīrabhadro 'pi dīptātmā śakrasyodyacchataḥ karam /
vyaṣṭambhayadadīnātmā tathānyeṣāṃ divaukasām

bhagasya netre cotpāṭya karajāgreṇa līlayā /
nihatya muṣṭinā dantān pūṣṇaścaivamapātayat

tathā candramasaṃ devaṃ pādāṅguṣṭhena līlayā /
dharṣayāmāsa balavān smayamāno gaṇeśvaraḥ

vahnerhastadvayaṃ chittvā jihvāmutpāṭya līlayā /
jaghāna mūrdhni pādena munīnapi munīśvarāḥ

tathā viṣṇuṃ saharuḍaṃ samāyāntaṃ mahābalaḥ /
vivyādha niśetairbāṇaiḥ stambhayitvā sudarśanam

samālokya mahābāhurāgatya garuḍo gaṇam /
jaghāna pakṣaiḥ sahasā nanādāmbunidhiryathā

tataḥ sahastraśo bhadraḥ sasarja garuḍān svayam /
vainateyādabhyadhikān garuḍaṃ te pradudruvuḥ

tān dṛṣṭvā garuḍo dhīmān palāyata mahājavaḥ /
visṛjya mādhavaṃ vegāt tadadbhutamivābhavat

antarhite vainateye bhagavān padmasaṃbhavaḥ /
āgatya vārayāmāsa vīrabhadraṃ ca keśavam

prasādayāmāsa ca taṃ gauravāt parameṣṭhinaḥ /
saṃstūya bhagavānīśaḥ sāmbastatrāgamat svayam

vīkṣya devādhidevaṃ taṃ sāmbaṃ sarvagaṇairvṛtam /
tuṣṭāva bhagavān brahmā dakṣaḥ sarve divaukasaḥ

viśeṣāt pārvatīṃ devīmīśvarārdhaśarīriṇīm /
stotrairnānāvidhairdakṣaḥ praṇamya ca kṛtāñjaliḥ

tato bhagavatī devī prahasantī maheśvaram /
prasannamānasā rudraṃ vacaḥ prāha ghṛṇānidhiḥ

tvameva jagataḥ straṣṭā śāsitā caiva rakṣakaḥ /
anugrāhyo bhagavatā dakṣaścāpi divaukasaḥ

tataḥ prahasya bhagavān kaparde nīlalohitaḥ /
uvāca praṇatān devān prācetasamatho haraḥ

gacchadhvaṃ devatāḥ sarvāḥ prasanno bhavatāmaham /
saṃpūjyaḥ sarvayajñeṣu na nindyo 'haṃ viśeṣataḥ

tvaṃ cāpi śṛṇu me dakṣa vacanaṃ sarvarakṣaṇam /
tyaktvā lokaiṣaṇāmetāṃ madbhakto bhava yatnataḥ

bhaviṣyasi gaṇeśānaḥ kalpānte 'nugrahānmama /
tāvat tiṣṭha mamādeśāt svādhikāreṣu nirvṛtaḥ

evamuktvā sa bhagavān sapatnīkaḥ sahānugaḥ /
adarśanamanuprāpto dakṣasyāmitatejasaḥ

antarhite mahādeve śaṅkare padmasaṃbhavaḥ /
vyājahāra svayaṃ dakṣamaśeṣajagato hitam

brahmovāca
kiṃ tavāpagato mohaḥ prasanne vṛṣabhadhvaje /
yadācaṣṭa svayaṃ devaḥ pālayaitadatandritaḥ

sarveṣāmeva bhūtānāṃ hṛdyeṣa vasatīśvaraḥ /
paśyantyenaṃ brahmabhūtā vidvāṃso vedavādinaḥ

sa ātmā sarvabhūtānāṃ sa bījaṃ paramā gatiḥ /
stūyate vaidikairmantrairdevadevo maheśvaraḥ

tamarcayati yo rudraṃ svātmanyekaṃ sanātanam /
cetasā bhāvayuktena sa yāti paramaṃ padam

tasmādanādimadhyāntaṃ vijñāya parameśvaram /
karmaṇā manasā vācā samārādhaya yatnataḥ

yatnāt parihareśasya nindāmātmavināśanīm /
bhavanti sarvadoṣāya nindakasya kriyā yataḥ

yastavaiṣa mahāyogī rakṣako viṣṇuravyayaḥ /
sa devadevo bhagavān mahādevo na saṃśayaḥ

manyante ye jagadyoniṃ vibhinnaṃ viṣṇumīśvarāt /
mohādavedaniṣṭhatvāt te yānti narakaṃ narāḥ

vedānuvartino rudraṃ devaṃ nārāyaṇaṃ tathā /
ekībhāvena paśyanti muktibhājo bhavanti te

yo viṣṇuḥ sa svayaṃ rudro yo rudraḥ sa janārdanaḥ /
iti matvā yajed devaṃ sa yāti paramāṃ gatim

sṛjatyetajjagat sarvaṃ viṣṇustat paśyatīśvaraḥ /
itthaṃ jagat sarvamidaṃ rudranārāyaṇodbhavam

tasmāt tyaktvā harernindāṃ viṣṇāvapi samāhitaḥ /
samāśrayenmahādevaṃ śaraṇyaṃ brahmavādinām

upaśrutyātha vacanaṃ viriñcasya prajāpatiḥ /
jagāma śaraṇaṃ devaṃ gopatiṃ kṛttivāsasam

ye 'nye śāpāgninirdagdhā dadhīcasya maharṣayaḥ /
dviṣanto mohitā devaṃ saṃbabhūvuḥ kaliṣvatha

tyaktvā tapobalaṃ kṛtsnaṃ viprāṇāṃ kulasaṃbhavāḥ /
pūrvasaṃskāramahātmyād brahmaṇo vacanādiha

muktaśāpāstataḥ sarve kalpānte rauravādiṣu /
nipātyamānāḥ kālena saṃprāpyādityavarcasam /
brahmāṇaṃ jagatāmīśamanujñātāḥ svayaṃbhuvā

samārādhya tapoyogādīśānaṃ tridaśādhipam /
bhaviṣyanti yathā pūrvaṃ śaṅkarasya prasādataḥ

etad vaḥ kathitaṃ sarvaṃ dakṣayajñaniṣūdanam /
śṛṇudhvaṃ dakṣaputrīṇāṃ sarvāsāṃ caiva saṃtatim