Kurma Purana · Chapter 1.24

iti śrīkūrmapurāṇe ṣaṭsāhastryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pūrvavibhāge trayoviṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ
sūta uvāca
atha devo hṛṣīkeśo bhagavān puruṣottamaḥ /
tatāpa ghoraṃ putrārthaṃ nidānaṃ tapasastapaḥ

svecchayāpyavatīrṇo 'sau kṛtakṛtyo 'pi viśvadhṛk /
cacāra svātmano mūlaṃ bodhayan bhāvamaiśvaram

jagāma yogibhirjuṣṭaṃ nānāpakṣisamākulam /
āśramaṃ tūpamanyorvai munīndrasya mahātmanaḥ

tapattrirājamārūḍhaḥ suparṇamatitejasam /
śaṅkhacakragadāpāṇiḥ śrīvatsakṛtalakṣaṇaḥ

nānādrumalatākīrṇaṃ nānāpuṣpopaśobhitam /
ṛṣīṇāmāśramairjuṣṭaṃ vedaghoṣanināditam

siṃharkṣaśarabhākīrṇaṃ śārdūlagajasaṃyutam /
vimalasvādupānīyaiḥ sarobhirupaśobhitam

ārāmairvividhairjuṣṭaṃ devatāyatanaiḥ śubhaiḥ /
ṛṣikairṛṣiputraiśca mahāmunigaṇaistathā

vedādhyayanasaṃpannaiḥ sevitaṃ cāgnihotribhiḥ /
yogibhirdhyānaniratairnāsāgragatalocanaiḥ

upetaṃ sarvataḥ puṇyaṃ jñānibhistattvadarśibhiḥ /
nadībhirabhito juṣṭaṃ jāpakairbrahmavādibhiḥ

sevitaṃ tāpasaiḥ puṇyairīśārādhanatatparaiḥ /
praśāntaiḥ satyasaṃkalpairniḥ śokairnirupadravaiḥ

bhasmāvadātasarvāṅgai rudrajāpyaparāyaṇaiḥ /
muṇḍitairjaṭilaiḥ śuddhaistathānyaiśca śikhājaṭaiḥ /
sevitaṃ tāpasairnitya jñānibhirbrahmacāribhiḥ

tatrāśramavare ramye siddhāśramavibhūṣite /
gaṅgā bhagavatī nityaṃ vahatyevāghanāśinī

sa tānanviṣya viśvātmā tāpasān vītakalmaṣān /
praṇāmenātha vacasā pūjayāmāsa mādhavaḥ

te te dṛṣṭvā jagadyoniṃ śaṅkhacakragadādharam /
praṇemurbhaktisaṃyuktā yogināṃ paramaṃ gurum

stuvanti vaidikairmantraiḥ kṛtvā hṛdi sanātanam /
procuranyonyamavyaktamādidevaṃ mahāmunim

ayaṃ sa bhagavānekaḥ sākṣānnārāyaṇaḥ paraḥ /
agacchatyadhunā devaḥ purāṇapuruṣaḥ svayam

ayamevāvyayaḥ straṣṭā saṃhartā caiva rakṣakaḥ /
amūrto mūrtimān bhūtvā munīn draṣṭumihāgataḥ

eṣa dhātā vidhātā ca samāgacchati sarvagaḥ /
anādirakṣayo 'nanto mahābhūto maheśvaraḥ

śrutvā śrutvā haristeṣāṃ vacāṃsi vacanātigaḥ /
yayau sa tūrṇaṃ govindaḥ sthānaṃ tasya mahātmanaḥ

upaspṛśyātha bhāvena tīrthe tīrthe sa yādavaḥ /
cakāra devakīsūnurdevarṣipitṛtarpaṇam

nadīnāṃ tīrasaṃsthāni sthāpitāni munīśvaraiḥ /
liṅgāni pūjayāmāsa śaṃbhoramitatejasaḥ

dṛṣṭvā dṛṣṭvā samāyāntaṃ yatra yatra janārdanam /
pūjayāñcakrire puṣpairakṣataistatra vāsinaḥ

samīkṣya vāsudevaṃ taṃ śārṅgaśaṅkhāsidhāriṇam /
tasthire niścalāḥ sarve śubhāṅgaṃ tannivāsinaḥ

yāni tatrārurukṣūṇāṃ mānasāni janārdanam /
dṛṣṭvā samīhitānyāsan niṣkrāmanti purāhiram

athāvagāhya gaṅgāyāṃ kṛtvā devāditarpaṇam /
ādāya puṣpavaryāṇi munīndrasyāviśad gṛham

dṛṣṭvā taṃ yogināṃ śreṣṭhaṃ bhasmoddhūlitavigraham /
jaṭācīradharaṃ śāntaṃ nanāma śirasā munim

ālokya kṛṣṇamāyāntaṃ pūjayāmāsa tattvavit /
āsane cāsayāmāsa yogināṃ prathamātithim

uvāca vacasāṃ yoniṃ jānīmaḥ paramaṃ padam /
viṣṇumavyaktasaṃsthānaṃ śiṣyabhāvena saṃsthitam

svāgataṃ te hṛṣīkeśa saphalāni tapāṃsi naḥ /
yad sākṣādeva viśvātmā madgehaṃ viṣṇurāgataḥ

tvāṃ na paśyanti munayo yatanto 'pi hi yoginaḥ /
tādṛśasyātha bhavataḥ kimāgamanakāraṇam

śrutvopamanyostad vākyaṃ bhagavān keśimardanaḥ /
vyājahāra mahāyogī vacanaṃ praṇipatya tam

śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca
bhagavan draṣṭumicchāmi girīśaṃ kṛttivāsasam /
saṃprāpto bhavataḥ sthānaṃ bhagavaddarśanotsukaḥ

kathaṃ sa bhagavānīśo dṛśyo yogavidāṃ varaḥ /
mayācireṇa kutrāhaṃ drakṣyāmi tamumāpatim

ityāha bhagavānukto dṛśyate parameśvaraḥ /
bhaktyā cogreṇa tapasā tatkuruṣveha yatnataḥ

iheśvaraṃ devadevaṃ munīndrā brahmavādinaḥ /
dhyāyanto 'trāsate devaṃ jāpinastāpasāśca ye

iha devaḥ sapatnīko bhagavān vṛṣabhadhvajaḥ /
krīḍate vividhairbhūtairyogibhiḥ parivāritaḥ

ihāśrame purā rudrāt tapastaptvā sudāruṇam /
lebhe maheśvarād yogaṃ vasiṣṭho bhagavānṛṣiḥ

ihaiva bhagavān vyasaḥ kṛṣṇadvaipāyanaḥ prabhuḥ /
dṛṣṭvā taṃ paramaṃ jñānaṃ labdhavānīśvareśvaram

ihāśramavare ramye tapastaptvā kapardinaḥ /
avindat putrakān rudrāt surabhirbhaktisaṃyutā

ihaiva devatāḥ pūrvaṃ kālād bhītā maheśvaram /
dṛṣṭavanto haraṃ śrīmannirbhayā nirvṛtiṃ yayuḥ

ihārādhya mahādevaṃ sāvarṇistapatāṃ varaḥ /
labdhavān paramaṃ yogaṃ granthakāratvamuttamam

pravartayāmāsa śubhāṃ kṛtvā vai saṃhitāṃ dvijaḥ /
paurāṇikīṃ supuṇyārthāṃ sacchiṣyeṣu dvijātiṣu

ihaiva saṃhitāṃ dṛṣṭvā kāpeyaḥ śāṃśapāyanaḥ /
mahādevaṃ cakāremāṃ paurāṇīṃ tanniyogataḥ /
dvādaśaiva sahastrāṇi ślokānāṃ puruṣottama

iha pravartitā puṇyā dvyaṣṭasāhastrikottarā /
vāyavīyottaraṃ nāma purāṇaṃ vedasaṃmitam /
ihaiva khyāpitaṃ śiṣyaiḥ śāṃśapāyanabhāṣitam

yājñavalkyo mahāyogī dṛṣṭvātra tapasā haram /
cakāra tanniyogena yogaśāstramanuttamam

ihaiva bhṛguṇā pūrvaṃ taptvā vai paramaṃ tapaḥ /
śukro maheśvarāt putro labdho yogavidāṃ varaḥ

tasmādihaiva deveśaṃ tapastaptvā maheśvaram /
draṣṭumarhasi viśveśamugraṃ bhīmaṃ kapardinam

evamuktvā dadau jñānamupamanyurmahāmuniḥ /
vrataṃ pāśupataṃ yogaṃ kṛṣṇāyākliṣṭakarmaṇe

sa tena munivaryeṇa vyāhṛto madhusūdanaḥ /
tatraiva tapasā devaṃ rudramārādhayat prabhuḥ

bhasmauddhūlitasarvāṅgo muṇḍo valkalasaṃyutaḥ /
jajāpa rudramaniśaṃ śivaikāhitamānasaḥ

tato bahutithe kāle somaḥ somārdhabhūṣaṇaḥ /
adṛśyata mahādevo vyomni devyā maheśvaraḥ

kirīṭinaṃ gadinaṃ citramālaṃ
pinākinaṃ śūlinaṃ devadevam /
śārdūlacarmāmbarasaṃvṛtāṅgaṃ
devyā mahādevamasau dadarśa

paraśvadhāsaktakaraṃ trinetraṃ
nṛsiṃhacarmāvṛtasarvagātram /
samudgirantaṃ praṇavaṃ bṛhantaṃ
sahastrasūryapratimaṃ dadarśa

prabhuṃ purāṇaṃ puruṣaṃ purastāt
sanātanaṃ yoginamīśitāram /
aṇoraṇīyāṃsamanantaśaktiṃ
prāṇeśvaraṃ śaṃbhumasau dadarśa

na yasya devā na pitāmaho 'pi
nendro na cāgnirvaruṇo na mṛtyuḥ /
prabhāvamadyāpi vadanti rudraṃ
tamādidevaṃ purato dadarśa

tadānvapaśyad giriśasya vāme
svātmānamavyaktamanantarūpam /
stuvantamīśaṃ bahubhirvacobhiḥ
śaṅkhāsicakrārpitahastamādyam

kṛtāñjaliṃ dakṣiṇataḥ sureśaṃ
haṃsādhirūḍhaṃ puruṣaṃ dadarśa /
stuvānamīśasya paraṃ prabhāvaṃ
pitāmahaṃ lokaguruṃ divastham

gaṇeśvarānarkasahastrakalpān
nandīśvarādīnamitaprabhāvān /
trilokabhartuḥ purato 'nvapaśyat
kumāramagnipatimaṃ saśākham

marīcimatriṃ pulahaṃ pulastyaṃ
pracetasaṃ dakṣamathāpi kaṇvam /
parāśaraṃ tatparato vasiṣṭhaṃ
svāyaṃbhuvaṃ cāpi manuṃ dadarśa

tuṣṭāva mantrairamarapradhānaṃ
baddhāñjalirviṣṇurudārabuddhiḥ /
praṇamya devyā giriśaṃ sabhaktyā
svātmanyathātmānamasau vicintya

śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca
namo 'stu te śāśvata sarvayone
brahmādhipaṃ tvāmṛṣayo vadanti /
tapaśca sattvaṃ ca rajastamaśca
tvāmeva sarva pravadanti santaḥ

tvaṃ brahmā hariratha viśvayoniragniḥ
saṃhartā dinakaramaṇḍalādhivāsaḥ /
prāṇastvaṃ hutavahavāsavādibheda-
satvāmekaṃ śaraṇamupaimi devamīśam

sāṃkhyāstvāṃ viguṇamathāhurekarūpaṃ
yogāstvāṃ satatamupāsate hṛdistham /
vedāstvāmabhidadhatīha rudramagniṃ
tvāmekaṃ śaraṇamupaimi devamīśam

tvātpāde kusumamathāpi patramekaṃ
dattvāsau bhavati vimuktaviśvabandhaḥ /
sarvāghaṃ praṇudati siddhayogijuṣṭaṃ
smṛtvā te padayugalaṃ bhavatprasādāt

yasyāśeṣavibhāgahīnamamalaṃ hṛdyantarāvasthitaṃ
tattvaṃ jyotiranantamekamacalaṃ satyaṃ paraṃ sarvagam /
sthānaṃ prāhuranādimadhyanidhanaṃ yasmādidaṃ jāyate
nityaṃ tvāmahamupaimi satyavibhavaṃviśveśvarantaṃśivam

oṃ namo nīlakaṇṭhāya trinetrāya ca raṃhase /
mahādevāya te nityamīśānāya namo namaḥ

namaḥ pinākine tubhyaṃ namo muṇḍāya daṇḍine /
namaste vajrahastāya digvastrāya kapardine

namo bhairavanādāya kālarūpāya daṃṣṭriṇe /
nāgayajñopavītāya namaste vahniretase

namo 'stu te girīśāya svāhākārāya te namaḥ /
namo muktāṭṭahāsāya bhīmāya ca namo namaḥ

namaste kāmanāśāya namaḥ kālapramāthine /
namo bhairavaveṣāya harāya ca niṣaṅgiṇe

namo 'stu te tryambakāya namaste kṛttivāsase /
namo 'mbikādhipataye paśūnāṃ pataye namaḥ

namaste vyomarūpāya vyomādhipataye namaḥ /
naranārīśarīrāya sāṃkhyayogapravartine

namo daivatanāthāya devānugataliṅgine /
kumāragurave tubhyaṃ devadevāya te namaḥ

tamo yajñādhipataye namaste brahmacāriṇe /
mṛgavyādhāya mahate brahmādhipataye namaḥ

namo haṃsāya viśvāya mohanāya namo namaḥ /
yogine yogagamyāya yogamāyāya te namaḥ

namaste prāṇapālāya ghaṇṭānādapriyāya ca /
kapāline namastubhyaṃ jyotiṣāṃ pataye namaḥ

namo namo namastubhyaṃ bhūya eva namo namaḥ /
mahyaṃ sarvātmanā kāmān prayaccha parameśvara

evaṃ hi bhaktyā deveśamabhiṣṭūya sa mādhavaḥ /
papāta pādayorviprā devadevyoḥ sa daṇḍavat

utthāpya bhagavān somaḥ kṛṣṇaṃ keśiniṣūdanam /
babhāṣe madhuraṃ vākyaṃ meghagambhīraniḥ svanaḥ

kimarthaṃ puṇḍarīkākṣa tapastaptaṃ tvayāvyaya /
tvameva dātā sarveṣāṃ kāmānāṃ kāmināmiha

tvaṃ hi sā paramā mūrtirmama nārāyaṇāhvayā /
nānavāptaṃ tvayā tāta vidyate puruṣottama

vettha nārāyaṇānantamātmānaṃ parameśvaram /
mahādevaṃ mahāyogaṃ svena yogena keśava

śrutvā tadvacanaṃ kṛṣṇaḥ prahasan vai vṛṣadhvajam /
uvāca vīkṣya viśveśaṃ devīṃ ca himaśailajām

jñātaṃ hi bhavatā sarvaṃ svena yogena śaṅkara /
icchāmyātmasamaṃ putraṃ tvadbhaktaṃ dehi śaṅkara

tathāstvityāha viśvātmā prahṛṣṭamanasā haraḥ /
devīmālokya girijāṃ keśavaṃ pariṣasvaje

tataḥ sā jagatāṃ mātā śaṅkarārdhaśarīriṇī /
vyājahāra hṛṣīkeśaṃ devī himagirīndrajā

vatsa jāne tavānantāṃ niścalāṃ sarvadācyuta /
ananyāmīśvare bhaktimātmanyapi ca keśava

tvaṃ hi nārāyaṇaḥ sākṣāt sarvātmā puruṣottamaḥ /
prārthito daivataiḥ pūrvaṃ saṃjāto daivakīsutaḥ

paśya tvamātmanātmānamātmīyamamalaṃ padam /
nāvayorvidyate bheda evaṃ paśyanti sūrayaḥ

imānimān varāniṣṭān matto gṛhṇīṣva keśava /
sarvajñatvaṃ tathaiśvaryaṃ jñānaṃ tat pārameśvaram /
īśvare niścalāṃ bhaktimātmanyapi paraṃ balam

evamuktastayā kṛṣṇo mahādevyā janārdanaḥ /
āśiṣaṃ śirasāhṛṅṇād devo 'pyāha maheśvaraḥ

pragṛhya kṛṣṇaṃ bhagavānatheśaḥ
kareṇa devyā saha devadevaḥ /
saṃpūjyamāno munibhiḥ sureśai-
r jagāma kailāsagiriṃ girīśaḥ