Kurma Purana · Chapter 1.19

iti śrīkūrmapurāṇe ṣaṭsāhastryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pūrvavibhāge aṣṭādaśo 'dhyāyaḥ
sūta uvāca
aditiḥ suṣuve putramādityaṃ kaśyapāt prabhum /
tasyādityasya caivasīd bhāryāṇāṃ tu catuṣṭayam /
saṃjñā rājñī prabhā chāyā putrāṃstāsāṃ nibodhata

saṃjñā tvāṣṭrī ca suṣuve sūryānmanumanuttamam /
yamaṃ ca yamunāṃ caiva rājñī raivatameva ca

prabhā prabhātamādityācchāyā sāvarṇamātmajam /
śaniṃ ca tapatīṃ caiva viṣṭiṃ caiva yathākramam

manostu prathamasyāsan nava putrāstu saṃyamāḥ /
ikṣvākurnabhagaścaiva dhṛṣṭaḥ śaryātireva ca

nariṣyantaśca nābhāgo hyariṣṭaḥ kāruṣakastathā /
pṛṣadhraśca mahātejā navaite śakrasannibhāḥ

ilā jyeṣṭhā variṣṭhā ca somavaṃśavivṛddhaye /
budhasya gatvā bhavanaṃ somaputreṇa saṃgatā

asūta saumyajaṃ devī purūravasamuttamam /
pitṝṇāṃ tṛptikartāraṃ budhāditi hi naḥ śrutam

saṃprāpya puṃstvamamalaṃ sudyumna iti viśrutaḥ /
ilā putratrayaṃ lebhe punaḥ strītvamavindata

utkalaśca gayaścaiva vinatāśvastathaiva ca /
sarve te 'pratimaprakhyāḥ prapannāḥ kamalodbhavam

ikṣvākoścābhavad vīro vikukṣirnāma pārthivaḥ /
jyeṣṭhaḥ putraśatasyāpi daśa pañca ca tatsutāḥ

teṣāñjyeṣṭhaḥ kakutstho 'bhūt kākutstho hi suyodhanaḥ /
suyodhanāt pṛthuḥ śrīmān viśvakaśca pṛthoḥ sutaḥ

viśvakādārdrako dhīmān yuvanāśvastu tatsutaḥ /
sa gokarṇamanuprāpya yuvanāśvaḥ pratāpavān

dṛṣṭvā tu gautamaṃ vipraṃ tapantamanalaprabham /
praṇamya daṇḍavad bhūmau putrakāmo mahīpatiḥ /
apṛcchat karmaṇā kena dhārmikaṃ prāpnuyāt sutam

gautama uvāca
ārādhya pūrvapuruṣaṃ nārāyaṇamanāmayam /
anādinidhanaṃ devaṃ dhārmikaṃ prāpnuyāt sutam

yasya putraḥ svayaṃ brahmā pautraḥ syānnīlalohitaḥ /
tamādikṛṣṇamīśānamārādhyāpnoti satsutam

na yasya bhagavān brahmā prabhāvaṃ vetti tattvataḥ /
tamārādhya hṛṣīkeśaṃ prāpnuyāddhārmikaṃ sutam

sa gautamavacaḥ śrutvā yuvanāśvo mahīpatiḥ /
ārādhayanmahāyogaṃ vāsudevaṃ sanātanam

tasya putro 'bhavad vīraḥ śrāvastiriti viśrutaḥ /
nirmitā yena śrāvastirgauḍadeśe mahāpurī

tasmācca bṛhadaśvo 'bhūt tasmāt kuvalayāśvakaḥ /
dhundhumāratvamagamad dhundhuṃ hatvā mahāsuram

dhundhumārasya tanayāstrayaḥ proktā dvijottamāḥ /
dṛḍhāśvaścaiva daṇḍāśvaḥ kapilāśvastathaiva ca

dṛḍhāśvasya pramodastu haryaśvastasya cātmajaḥ /
haryaśvasya nikumbhastu nikumbhāt saṃhatāśvakaḥ

kṛśāśvaśca raṇāśvaśca saṃhatāśvasya vai sutau /
yuvanāśvo raṇāśvasya śakratulyabalo yudhi

kṛtvā tu vāruṇīmiṣṭimṛṣīṇāṃ vai prasādataḥ /
lebhe tvapratimaṃ putraṃ viṣṇubhaktamanuttamam /
māndhātāraṃ mahāprājñaṃ sarvaśastrabhṛtāṃ varam

māndhātuḥ purukutso 'bhūdambarīṣaśca vīryavān /
mucukundaśca puṇyātmā sarve śakrasamā yudhi

ambarīṣasya dāyādo yuvanāśvo 'paraḥ smṛtaḥ /
harito yuvanāśvasya hāritastatsuto 'bhavat

purukutsasya dāyādastrasadasyurmahāyaśāḥ /
narmadāyāṃ samutpannaḥ saṃbhūtistatsuto 'bhavat

viṣṇuvṛddhaḥ sutastasya tvanaraṇyo 'bhavat paraḥ /
bṛhadaśavo 'naraṇyasya haryaśvastatsuto 'bhavat

so 'tīva dhārmiko rājā kardamasya prajāpateḥ /
prasādāddhārmikaṃ putraṃ lebhe sūryaparāyaṇam

sa tu sūryaṃ samabhyarcya rājā vasumanāḥ śubham /
lebhe tvapratimaṃ putraṃ tridhanvānamarindamam

ayajaccāśvamedhena śatrūn jitvā dvijottamāḥ /
svādhyāyavān dānaśīlastitikṣurdharmatatparaḥ

ṛṣayastu samājagmuryajñavāṭaṃ mahātmanaḥ /
vasiṣṭhakaśyapamukhā devāścendrapurogamāḥ

tān praṇamya mahārājaḥ papraccha vinayānvitaḥ /
samāpya vidhivad yajñaṃ vasiṣṭhādīn dvijottamān

vasumanā uvāca
kiṃsviccheyaskarataraṃ loke 'smin brāhmaṇarṣabhāḥ /
yajñastapo vā saṃnyāso brūta me sarvavedinaḥ

vasiṣṭha uvāca
adhītya vedān vidhivat putrānutpādya dharmataḥ /
iṣṭvā yajñeśvaraṃ yajñair gaccheda vanamathātmavān

pulastya uvāca
ārādhya tapasā devaṃ yoginaṃ parameṣṭhinam /
pravrajed vidhivad yajñairiṣṭvā pūrvaṃ surottamān

pulaha uvāca
yamāhurekaṃ puruṣaṃ purāṇaṃ parameśvaram /
tamārādhya sahastrāṃśuṃ tapasā mokṣamāpnuyāt

jamadagniruvāca
ajasya nābhāvadhyekamīśvareṇa samarpitam /
bījaṃ bhagavatā yena sa devastapasejyate

viśvāmitra uvāca
yo 'gniḥ sarvātmako 'nantaḥ svayaṃbhūrviśvatomukhaḥ /
sa rudrastapasogreṇa pūjyate netarairmakhaiḥ

bharadvāja uvāca
yo yajñairijyate devo jātavedāḥ sanātanaḥ /
sa sarvadaivatatanuḥ pūjyate tapaseśvaraḥ

atriruvāca
yataḥ sarvamidaṃ jātaṃ yasyāpatyaṃ prajāpatiḥ /
tapaḥ sumahadāsthāya pūjyate sa maheśvaraḥ

gautama uvāca
yataḥ pradhānapuruṣau yasya śaktimayaṃ jagat /
sa devadevastapasā pūjanīyaḥ sanātanaḥ

kaśyapa uvāca
sahastranayano devaḥ sākṣī sa tu prajāpatiḥ /
prasīdati mahāyogī pūjitastapasā paraḥ

kraturuvāca
prāptādhyayanayajñas labdhaputrasya caiva hi /
nāntareṇa tapaḥ kaściddharmaḥ śāstreṣu dṛśyate

ityākarṇya sa rājarṣistān praṇamyātihṛṣṭadhīḥ /
visarjayitvā saṃpūjya tridhanvānamathābravīt

ārādhayiṣye tapasā devamekākṣarāhvayam /
prāṇaṃ bṛhantaṃ puruṣamādityāntarasaṃsthitam

tvaṃ tu dharmarato nityaṃ pālayaitadatandritaḥ /
cāturvarṇyasamāyuktamaśeṣaṃ kṣitimaṇḍalam

evamuktvā sa tadrājyaṃ nidhāyātmabhave nṛpaḥ /
jagāmāraṇyamanaghastapaścartumanuttamam

himavacchikhare ramye devadāruvane śubhe /
kandamūlaphalāhāro munyannairayajat surān

saṃvatsaraśataṃ sāgraṃ taponirdhūtakalmaṣaḥ /
jajāpa manasā devīṃ sāvitrariṃ vedamātaram

tasyaivaṃ japato devaḥ svayaṃbhūḥ parameśvaraḥ /
hiraṇyagarbho viśvātmā taṃ deśamagamat svayam

dṛṣṭvā devaṃ samāyāntaṃ brahmāṇaṃ viśvatomukham /
nanāma śirasā tasya pādayornāma kīrtayan

namo devādhidevāya brahmaṇe paramātmane /
hirṇyamūrtaye tubhyaṃ sahastrākṣāya vedhase

namo dhātre vidhātre ca namo vedātmamūrtaye /
sāṃkhyayogādhigamyāya namaste jñānamūrtaye

namastrimūrtaye tubhyaṃ straṣṭre sarvārthavedine /
puruṣāya purāṇāya yogināṃ gurave namaḥ

tataḥ prasanno bhagavān viriñco viśvabhāvanaḥ /
varaṃ varaya bhadraṃ te varado 'smītyabhāṣata

rājovāca
japeyaṃ devadeveśa gāyatrīṃ vedamātaram /
bhūyo varṣaśataṃ sāgraṃ tāvadāyurbhavenmama

bāḍhamityāha viśvātmā samālokya narādhipam /
spṛṣṭvā karābhyāṃ suprītastatraivāntaradhīyata

so 'pi labdhavaraḥ śrīmān jajāpātiprasannadhīḥ /
śāntastriṣavaṇasnāyī kandamūlaphalāśanaḥ

tasya pūrṇe varṣaśate bhagavānugradīdhitiḥ /
prādurāsīnmahāyogī bhānormaṇḍalamadhyataḥ

taṃ dṛṣṭvā vedaviduṣaṃ maṇḍalasthaṃ sanātanam /
svayaṃbhuvamanādyantaṃ brahmāṇaṃ vismayaṃ gataḥ

tuṣṭāva vaidikairmantraiḥ sāvitryā ca viśeṣataḥ /
kṣaṇādapaśyat puruṣaṃ tameva parameśvaram

caturmukhaṃ jaṭāmaulimaṣṭahastaṃ trilocanam /
candrāvayavalakṣamāṇaṃ naranārītanuṃ haram

bhāsayantaṃ jagat kṛtsnaṃ nīlakaṇṭhaṃ svaraśmibhiḥ /
raktāmbaradharaṃ raktaṃ raktamālyānulepanam

tadbhāvabhāvito dṛṣṭvā sadbhāvena pareṇa hi /
nanāma śirasā rudraṃ sāvitryānena caiva hi

namaste nīlakaṇṭhāya bhāsvate parameṣṭhine /
trayīmayāya rudrāya kālarūpāya hetave

tadā prāha mahādevo rājānaṃ prītamānasaḥ /
imāni me rahasyāni nāmāni śṛṇu cānagha

sarvavedeṣu gītāni saṃsāraśamanāni tu /
namaskuruṣva nṛpate ebhirmāṃ satataṃ śuciḥ

adhyāyaṃ śatarudrīyaṃ yajuṣāṃ sāramuddhṛtam /
japasvānanyacetasko mayyāsaktamanā nṛpa

brahmacārī mitāhāro bhasmaniṣṭhaḥ samāhitaḥ /
japedāmaraṇād rudraṃ sa yāti paramaṃ padam

ityuktvā bhagavān rudro bhaktānugrahakāmyayā /
punaḥ saṃvatsaraśataṃ rājñe hyāyurakalpayat

dattvāsmai tat paraṃ jñānaṃ vairāgyaṃ parameśvaraḥ /
kṣaṇādantardadhe rudrastadadbhutamivābhavat

rājāpi tapasā rudraṃ jajāpānanyamānasaḥ /
bhasmacchannastriṣavaṇaṃ snātvā śāntaḥ samāhitaḥ

japatastasya nṛpateḥ pūrṇe varṣaśate punaḥ /
yogapravṛttirabhavat kālāt kālātmakaṃ param

viveśa tad vedasāraṃ sthānaṃ vai parameṣṭhinaḥ /
bhānoḥ sa maṇḍalaṃ śubhraṃ tato yāto maheśvaram

yaḥ paṭhecchṛṇuyād vāpi rājñaścaritamuttamam /
sarvapāpavinirmukto brahmaloke mahīyate