Kurma Purana · Chapter 1.28

itī śrīkūrmapurāṇe ṣaṭsāhastryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pūrvavibhāge saptaviṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ
vyāsa uvāca
tiṣye māyāmasūyāṃ ca vadhaṃ caiva tapasvinām /
sādhayanti narā nityaṃ tamasā vyākulīkṛtāḥ

kalau pramārako rogaḥ satataṃ kṣud bhayaṃ tathā /
anāvṛṣṭibhayaṃ ghoraṃ deśānāṃ ca viparyayaḥ

adhārmikā anācārā mahākopālpacetasaḥ /
anṛtaṃ vadanti te lubdhāstiṣye jātāḥ suduḥ prajāḥ

duriṣṭairduradhītaiśca durācārairdurāgamaiḥ /
viprāṇāṃ karmadoṣaiśca prajānāṃ jāyate bhayam

nādhīyate kalau vedān na yajanti dvijātayaḥ /
yajantyanyāyato vedān paṭhante cālpabuddhayaḥ

śūdrāṇāṃ mantrayaunaiśca saṃbandho brāhmaṇaiḥ saha /
bhaviṣyati kalau tasmiñ śayanāsanabhojanaiḥ

rājānaḥ sūdrabhūyiṣṭhā brāhmaṇān bādhayanti ca /
bhrūṇahatyā vīrahatyā prajāyete nareśvara

snānaṃ homaṃ japaṃ dānaṃ devatānāṃ tathār'canam /
anyāni caiva karmāṇi na kurvanti dvijātayaḥ

vinindanti mahādevaṃ brāhmaṇān puruṣottamam /
āmnāyadharmaśāstrāṇi purāṇāni kalau yuge

kurvantyavedadṛṣṭāni karmāṇi vividhāni tu /
svadharme 'bhirucirnaiva brāhmaṇānāṃ prijāyate

kuśīlacaryāḥ pāṣaṇḍairvṛthārūpaiḥ samāvṛtāḥ /
bahuyācanako loko bhaviṣyati parasparam

aṭṭaśūlā janapadāḥ śivaśūlāścatuṣpathāḥ /
pramadāḥ keśaśūlinyo bhaviṣyanti kalau yuge

śukladantājinākhyāśca muṇḍāḥ kāṣāyavāsasaḥ /
śūdrā dharmaṃ cariṣyanti yugānte samupasthite

śasyacaurā bhaviṣyanti tathā cailābhimarṣiṇaḥ /
caurāścaurasya hartāro harturhartā tathāparaḥ

duḥ khapracuratālpāyurdehotsādaḥ sarogatā /
adharmābhiniveśitvāt tamovṛttaṃ kalau smṛtam

kāṣāyiṇo 'tha nirgranthāstathā kāpālikāśca ye /
vedavikrayiṇaścānye tīrthavikrayiṇaḥ pare

āsanasthān dvijān dṛṣṭvā na calantyalpabuddhayaḥ /
tāḍayanti dvijendrāṃśca śūdrā rājopajīvinaḥ

uccāsanasthāḥ śūdrāstu dvijamadhye parantapa /
jñātvā na hiṃsate rājā kalau kālabalena tu

puṣpaiśca hasitaiścaiva tathānyairmaṅgalairdvijāḥ /
śūdrānabhyarcayantyalpaśrutabhagyabalānvitāḥ

na prekṣante 'rcitāṃścāpi śūdrā dvijavarān nṛpa /
sevāvasaramālokya dvāri tiṣṭhanti ca dvijāḥ

vāhanasthān samāvṛtya śūdrāñ śūdropajīvinaḥ /
sevante brāhmaṇāstatra stuvanti stutibhiḥ kalau

adhyāpayanti vai vedāñ śūdrāñ śūdropajīvinaḥ /
paṭhanti vaidikān mantrān nāstikyaṃ ghoramāśritāḥ

tapoyajñaphalānāṃ ca vikretāro dvijottamāḥ /
yatayaśca bhaviṣyanti śataśo 'tha sahastraśaḥ

nāśayanti hyadhītāni nādhigacchanti cānagha /
gāyanti laukikairgānairdaivatāni narādhipa

vāmapāśupatācārāstathā vai pāñcarātrikāḥ /
bhaviṣyanti kalau tasmin brāhmaṇāḥ kṣatriyāstathā

jñānakarmaṇyuparate loke niṣkriyatāṃ gate /
kīṭamūṣakasarpāśca dharṣayiṣyanti mānavān

kurvānti cāvatārāṇi brāhmaṇānāṃ kuleṣu vai /
dadhīcaśāpanirdagdhāḥ purā dakṣādhvare dvijāḥ

nindanti ca mahādevaṃ tamasāviṣṭacetasaḥ /
vṛthā dharmaṃ cariṣyanti kalau tasmin yugāntike

ye cānye śāpanirdagdhā gautamasya mahātmanaḥ /
sarve te ca bhaviṣyanti brāhmaṇādyāḥ svajātiṣu

vinindanti hṛṣīkeśaṃ brāhmaṇān brahmavādinaḥ /
vedabāhyavratācārā durācārā vṛthāśramāḥ

mohayanti janān sarvān darśayitvā phalāni ca /
tamasāviṣṭamanaso vaiḍālavṛttikādhamāḥ

kalau rudro mahādevo lokānāmīśvaraḥ paraḥ /
na devatā bhavennṛṇāṃ devatānāṃ ca daivatam

kariṣyatyavatārāṇi śaṅkaro nīlalohitaḥ /
śrautasmārtapratiṣṭhārthaṃ bhaktānāṃ hitakāmyayā

upadekṣyati tajjñānaṃ śiṣyāṇāṃ brahmasaṃjñitam /
sarvavedāntasāraṃ hi dharmān vedanidarśitān

ye taṃ viprā niṣevante yena kenopacārataḥ /
vijityakalijān doṣān yānti te paramaṃ padam

anāyāsena sumahat puṇyamāpnoti mānavaḥ /
anekadoṣaduṣṭasya kalereṣa mahān guṇaḥ

tasmāt sarvaprayatnena prāpya māheśvaraṃ yugam /
viśeṣād brāhmaṇo rudramīśānaṃ śaraṇaṃ vrajet

ye namanti virūpākṣamīśānaṃ kṛttivāsasam /
prasannacetaso rudraṃ te yānti paramaṃ padam

yathā rudranamaskāraḥ sarvakarmaphalo dhruvam /
anyadevanamaskārānna tatphalamavāpnuyāt

evaṃvidhe kaliyuge doṣāṇāmekaśodhanam /
mahādevanamaskāro dhyānaṃ dānamiti śrutiḥ

tasmādanīśvarānanyān tyaktvā devaṃ maheśvaram /
samāśrayed virūpākṣaṃ yadīcchet paramaṃ padam

nārcayantīha ye rudraṃ śivaṃ tridaśavanditam /
teṣāṃ dānaṃ tapo yajño vṛthā jīvitameva ca

namo rudrāya mahate devadevāya śūline /
tryambakāya trinetrāya yogināṃ gurave namaḥ

namo 'stu vāmadevāya mahādevāya vedhase /
śaṃbhave sthāṇave nityaṃ śivāya parameṣṭhine /
namaḥ śomāya rudrāya mahāgrāsāya hetave

prapadye 'haṃ virūpākṣaṃ śaraṇyaṃ brahmacāriṇam /
mahādevaṃ mahāyogamīśānaṃ cāmbikāpatim

yogināṃ yogadātāraṃ yogamāyāsamāvṛtam /
yogināṃ kurumācāryaṃ yogigamyaṃ pinākinam

saṃsāratāraṇaṃ rudraṃ brahmāṇaṃ brahmaṇo 'dhipam /
śāśvataṃ sarvagaṃ brahmaṇyaṃ brāhmaṇapriyam

kapardinaṃ kālamūrtimamūrti parameśvaram /
ekamūrti mahāmūrti vedavedyaṃ divaspatim

nīlakaṇṭhaṃ viśvamūrti vyāpinaṃ viśvaretasam /
kālāgniṃ kāladahanaṃ kāmadaṃ kāmanāśanam

namasye giriśaṃ devaṃ candrāvayavabhūṣaṇam /
vilohitaṃ lelihānamāhityaṃ parameṣṭhinam /
ugraṃ paśupatiṃ bhīmaṃ bhāskaraṃ tamasaḥ param

ityetallakṣaṇaṃ proktaṃ yugānāṃ vai samāsataḥ /
atītānāgatānāṃ vai yāvanmanvantarakṣayaḥ

manvantareṇa caikena sarvāṇyevāntarāṇi vai /
vyākhyātāni na saṃdehaḥ kalpaḥ kalpena caiva hi

manvantareṣu sarveṣu atītānāgateṣu vai /
tulyābhimāninaḥ sarve nāmarūpairbhavantyuta

evamukto bhagavatā kirīṭī śvetavāhanaḥ /
babhāra paramāṃ bhaktimīśāne 'vyabhicāriṇīm

namaścakāra tamṛṣiṃ kṛṣṇadvaipāyanaṃ prabhum /
sarvajñaṃ sarvakartāraṃ skṣād viṣṇuṃ vyavasthitam

tamuvāca punarvyāsaḥ pāthaṃ parapurañjayam /
karābhyāṃ suśubhābhyāṃ ca saṃspṛśya praṇataṃ muniḥ

dhanyo 'syanugṛhīto 'si tvādṛśo 'nyo na vidyate /
trailokye śaṅkare nūnaṃ bhaktaḥ parapurañjaya

dṛṣṭavānasi taṃ devaṃ viśvākṣaṃ viśvatomukham /
pratyakṣameva sarveśaṃ rudraṃ sarvajagadgurum

jñānaṃ tadaiśvaraṃ divyaṃ yathāvad viditaṃ tvayā /
svayameva hṛṣīkeśaḥ prītyovāca sanātanaḥ

gaccha gaccha svakaṃ sthānaṃ na śokaṃ kartumarhasi /
vrajasva parayā bhaktyā śaraṇyaṃ śaraṇaṃ śivam

evamuktvā sa bhagavānanugṛhyārjunaṃ prabhuḥ /
jagāma śaṅkarapurīṃ samārādhayituṃ bhavam

pāṇḍaveyo 'pi tad vākyāt saṃprāpya śaraṇaṃ śivam /
saṃtyajya sarvakarmāṇi tadbhaktiparamo 'bhavat

nārjunena samaḥ śaṃbhorbhaktyā bhūto bhaviṣyati /
muktvā satyavatīsūnuṃ kṛṣṇaṃ vā devakīsutam

tasmai bhagavate nityaṃ namaḥ satyāya dhīmate /
pārāśaryāya munaye vyāsāyāmitatejase

kṛṣṇadvaipāyanaḥ sākṣād viṣṇureva sanātanaḥ /
ko hyanyastattvato rudraṃ vetti taṃ parameśvaram

namaḥ kurudhvaṃ tamṛṣiṃ kṛṣṇaṃ satyavatīsutam /
pārāśaryaṃ mahātmānaṃ yoginaṃ viṣṇumavyayam

evamuktāstu munayaḥ sarva eva samīhitāḥ /
preṇemustaṃ mahātmānaṃ vyāsaṃ satyavatīsutam