Kurma Purana · Chapter 1.16

iti śrīkūrmapurāṇe ṣaṭsāhastryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pūrvavibhāge pañcadaśo 'dhyāyaḥ
śrīkūrma uvāca
andake nigṛhīte vai prahlādasya mahātmanaḥ /
virocano nāma suto babhūva nṛpatiḥ purā

devāñjitvā sadevendrāna bahūn varṣān mahāsuraḥ /
pālayāmāsa dharmeṇa trailokyaṃ sacarācaram

tasyaivaṃ vartamānasya kadācid viṣṇucoditaḥ /
sanatkumāro bhagavān puraṃ prāpa mahāmuniḥ

dṛṣṭvā sihāsanagato brahmaputraṃ mahāsuraḥ /
nanāmotthāya śirasā prāñjalirvākyamabravīt

dhanyo 'smyanugṛhīto 'smi saṃprāpto me purātanaḥ /
yogīśvaro 'dya bhagavān yato 'sau brahmavit svayam

kimarthamāgato brahman svayaṃ devaḥ pitāmahaḥ /
brūhi me brahmaṇaḥ putra kiṃ kāryaṃ karavāṇyaham

so 'bravīd bhagavān devo dharmayuktaṃ mahāsuram /
draṣṭumabhyāgato 'haṃ vai bhavantaṃ bhāgyavānasi

sudurlabhā nītireṣā daityānāṃ daityasattama /
triloke dhārmiko nūnaṃ tvādṛśo 'nyo na vidyate

ityukto 'surarājastaṃ punaḥ prāha mahāmunim /
dharmāṇāṃ paramaṃ dharmaṃ brūhi me brahmavittama

so 'bravīd bhagavān yogī daityendrāya mahātmane /
sarvaguhyatamaṃ dharmamātmajñānamanuttamam

sa labdhvā paramaṃ jñānaṃ dattvā ca gurudakṣiṇām /
nidhāya putre tadrājyaṃ yogābhyāsarato 'bhavat

sa tasya putro matimān balirnāma mahāsuraḥ /
brahmaṇyo dhārmiko 'tyarthaṃ vijigye 'tha purandaram

kṛtvā tena mahad yuddhaṃ śakraḥ sarvāmarairvṛtaḥ /
jagāma nirjito viṣṇuṃ devaṃ śaraṇamacyutam

tadantare 'ditirdevī devamātā suduḥ khitā /
daityendrāṇāṃ vadhārthāya putro me syāditi svayam

tatāpa sumahad ghoraṃ taporāśistapaḥ param /
prapannā viṣṇumavyaktaṃ śaraṇyaṃ śaraṇaṃ harim

kṛtvā hṛtpadmakiñjalke niṣkalaṃ paramaṃ padam /
vāsudevamanādyantamānandaṃ vyoma kevalam

prasanno bhagavān viṣṇuḥ śaṅkhacakragadādharaḥ /
āvirbabhūva yogātmā devamātuḥ puro hariḥ

dṛṣṭvā samāgataṃ viṣṇumaditirbhaktisaṃyutā /
mene kṛtārthamātmānaṃ toṣayāmāsa keśavam

aditiruvāca
jayāśeṣaduḥ khaughanāśaikaheto
jayānantamāhātmyayogābhiyukta /
jayānādimadhyāntavijñānamūrte
jayāśeṣakalpāmalānandarūpa

namo viṣṇave kālarūpāya tubhyaṃ
namo nārasiṃhāya śeṣāya tubhyam /
namaḥ kālarudrāya saṃhārakartre
namo vāsudevāya tubhyaṃ namaste

namo viśvamāyāvidhānāya tubhyaṃ
namo yogagamyāya satyāya tubhyam /
namo dharmavijñānaniṣṭhāya tubhyaṃ
namaste varāhāya bhūyo namaste

namaste sahastrārkacandrābhamūrte
namo vedavijñānadharmābhigamya /
namo devadevādidevādideva
prabho viśvayone 'tha bhūyo namaste

namaḥ śaṃbhave satyaniṣṭhāya tubhyaṃ
namo hetave viśvarūpāya tubhyam /
namo yogapīṭhāntarasthāya tubhyaṃ
śivāyaikarūpāya bhūyo namaste

evaṃ sa bhagavān kṛṣṇo devamātrā jaganmayaḥ /
toṣitaśchandayāmāsa vareṇa prahasanniva

praṇamya śirasā bhūmau sā vabre varamuttamam /
tvāmeva putraṃ devānāṃ hitāya varaye varam

tathāstvityāha bhagavān prapannajanavatsalaḥ /
dattvā varānaprameyastatraivāntaradhīyata

tato bahutithe kāle bhagavantaṃ janārdanam /
dadhāra garbhaṃ devānāṃ mātā nārāyaṇaṃ svayam

samāviṣṭe hṛṣīkeśe devamāturathodaram /
utpātā jajñire ghorā balervairocaneḥ pure

nirīkṣya sarvānutpātān daityendro bhayavihvalaḥ /
prahlādamasuraṃ vṛddhaṃ praṇamyāha pitāmaham

baliruvāca
pitāmaha mahāprājña jāyante 'smatpure 'dhunā /
kimutpātā bhavet kāryamasmākaṃ kiṃnimittakāḥ

niśamya tasya vacanaṃ ciraṃ dhyātvā mahāsuraḥ /
namaskṛtya hṛṣīkeśamidaṃ vacanamabravīt

prahlāda uvāca
yo yajñairijyate viṣṇuryasya sarvamidaṃ jagat /
dadhārāsuranāśārthaṃ mātā taṃ tridivaukasām

yasmādabhinnaṃ sakalaṃ bhidyate yo 'khilādapi /
sa vāsudevo devānāṃ māturdehaṃ samāviśat

na yasya devā jānanti svarūpaṃ paramārthataḥ /
sa viṣṇuraditerdehaṃ svecchayādya samāviśat

yasmād bhavanti bhūtāni yatra saṃyānti saṃkṣayam /
so 'vatīrṇo mahāyogī purāṇapuruṣo hariḥ

na yatra vidyate nāmajātyādiparikalpanā /
sattāmātrātmarūpo 'sau viṣṇuraṃśena jāyate

yasya sā jagatāṃ mātā śaktistaddharmadhāriṇī /
māyā bhagavatī lakṣmīḥ so 'vatīrṇo janārdanaḥ

yasya sā tāmasī mūrtiḥ śaṅkaro rājasī tanuḥ /
brahmā saṃjāyate viṣṇuraṃśenaikena sattvabhṛt

itthaṃ vicintya govindaṃ bhaktinamreṇa cetasā /
tameva gaccha śaraṇaṃ tato yāsyasi nirvṛtim

tataḥ prahlādavacanād balirvairocanirharim /
jagāma śaraṇaṃ viśvaṃ pālayāmāsa dharmataḥ

kāle prāpte mahāviṣṇuṃ devānāṃ harṣavardhanam /
asūta kaśyapāccainaṃ devamātāditiḥ svayam

caturbhujaṃ viśālākṣaṃ śrīvatsāṅkitavakṣasam /
nīlameghapratīkāśaṃ bhrājamānaṃ śriyāvṛtam

upatasthuḥ surāḥ sarve siddhāḥ sādhyāśca cāraṇāḥ /
upendramindrapramukhā brahmā carṣigamairvṛtaḥ

kṛtopanayano vedānadhyaiṣṭa bhagavān hariḥ /
samācāraṃ bharadvājāt trilokāya pradarśayan

evaṃ hi laukikaṃ mārgaṃ pradarśayati sa prabhuḥ /
sa yat pramāṇaṃ kurute lokastadanuvartate

tataḥ kālena matimān balirvairocaniḥ svayam /
yajñairyajñeśvaraṃ viṣṇumarcayāmāsa sarvagam

brāhmaṇān pūjayāmāsa dattvā bahutaraṃ dhanam /
brahmarṣayaḥ samājagmuryajñavāṭaṃ mahātmanaḥ

vijñāya viṣṇurbhagavān bharadvājapracoditaḥ /
āsthāya vāmanaṃ rūpaṃ yajñadeśamathāgamat

kṛṣṇājinopavītāṅga āṣāḍhena virājitaḥ /
brāhmaṇo jaṭilo vedānudgiran bhasmamaṇḍitaḥ

saṃprāpyāsurarājasya samīpaṃ bhikṣuko hariḥ /
svapādairvimitaṃ deśamayācata baliṃ tribhiḥ

prakṣālya caraṇau viṣṇorbalirbhāsamanvitaḥ /
ācāmayitvā bhṛṅgāramādāya svarṇanirmitam

dāsye tavedaṃ bhavate padatrayaṃ
prīṇātu devo hariravyayākṛtiḥ /
vicintya devasya karāgrapallave
nipātayāmāsa jalaṃ suśītalam

vicakrame pṛthivīmeṣa etā-
mathāntarikṣaṃ divamādidevaḥ /
vyapetarāgaṃ ditijeśvaraṃ taṃ
prakartukāmaḥ śaraṇaṃ prapannam

ākramya lokatrayamīśapādaḥ
prājāpatyād brahmalokaṃ jagāma /
praṇemurādityasahastrakalpaṃ
ye tatra loke nivasanti siddhāḥ

athopatasthe bhagavānanādiḥ
pitāmahāstoṣayāmāsa viṣṇum /
bhittvā tadaṇḍasya kapālamūrdhvaṃ
jagāma divyāvaraṇāni bhūyaḥ

athāṇḍabhedānnipapāta śītalaṃ
mahājalaṃ tat puṇyakṛdbhiścajuṣṭam /
pravartate cāpi saridvarā tadā
gaṅgetyuktā brahmaṇā vyomasaṃsthā

gatvā mahāntaṃ prakṛtiṃ pradhānaṃ
brahmāṇamekaṃ puruṣaṃ svabījam /
atiṣṭhadīśasya padaṃ tadavyayaṃ
dṛṣṭvā devāstatra tatra stuvanti

ālokya taṃ puruṣaṃ viśvakāyaṃ
mahān balirbhaktiyogena viṣṇum /
nanāma nārāyaṇamekamavyayaṃ
svacetasā yaṃ praṇamanti devāḥ

tamabravīd bhagavānādikartā
bhūtvā punarvāmano vāsudevaḥ /
mamaiva daityādhipate 'dhunedaṃ
lokatrayaṃ bhavatā bhāvadattam

praṇamya mūrdhnā punareva daityo
nipātayāmāsa jalaṃ karāgre /
dāsye tavātmānamanantadhāmne
trivikramāyāmitavikramāya

pragṛhya sūnorapi saṃpradattaṃ
prahlādasūnoratha śaṅkhapāṇiḥ /
jagāda daityaṃ jagadantarātmā
pātālamūlaṃ praviśeti bhūyaḥ

samāsyatāṃ bhavatā tatra nityaṃ
bhuktvā bhogān devatānāmalabhyān /
dhyāyasva māṃ satataṃ bhaktiyogāt
pravekṣyase kalpadāhe punarmām

uktvaivaṃ daityasiṃhaṃ taṃ viṣṇuḥ satyaparākramaḥ /
purandarāya trailokyaṃ dadau viṣṇururukramaḥ

saṃstuvanti mahāyogaṃ siddhā devarṣikinnarāḥ /
brahmā śakro 'tha bhagavān rudrādityamarudgaṇāḥ

kṛtvaitadadbhutaṃ karma viṣṇurvāmanarūpadhṛk /
paśyatāmeva sarveṣāṃ tatraivāntaradhīyata

so 'pi daityavaraḥ śrīmān pātālaṃ prāpa coditaḥ /
prahlādenāsuravarairviṣṇunā viṣṇutatparaḥ

apṛcchad viṣṇumāhātmayaṃ bhaktiyogamanuttamam /
pūjāvidhānaṃ prahlādaṃ tadāhāsau cakāra saḥ

atha rathacaraṇāsiśaṅkhapāṇiṃ
sarasijolacanamīśamaprameyam /
śaraṇamupapayau sa bhāvayogāt
praṇatagatiṃ praṇidhāya karmayogam

eṣa vaḥ kathito viprā vāmanasya parākramaḥ /
sa devakāryāṇi sadā karoti puruṣottamaḥ