Kurma Purana · Chapter 1.30

iti śrīkūrmapurāṇe ṣaṭsāhastryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pūrvaṃvibhāge ekonatriśo 'dhyāyaḥ
sūta uvāca
sa śiṣyaiḥ saṃvṛto dhīmān gururdvaipāyano muniḥ /
jagāma vipulaṃ liṅgamoṅkāraṃ muktidāyakam

tatrābhyarcya mahādevaṃ śiṣyaiḥ saha mahāmuniḥ /
provāca tasya māhātmyaṃ munīnāṃ bhāvitātmanām

idaṃ tad vimalaṃ liṅgamoṅkāraṃ nāma śobhanam /
asya smaraṇamātreṇa mucyate sarvapātakaiḥ

etat parataraṃ jñānaṃ pañcayatanamuttamam /
sevitaṃ sūribhirnityaṃ vārāṇasyāṃ vimokṣadam

atra sākṣānmahādevaḥ pañcāyatanavigrahaḥ /
ramate bhagavān rudro jantūnāmapavargadaḥ

yat tat pāśupataṃ jñānaṃ pañcārthamiti śabdyate /
tadetad vimalaṃ liṅgamoṅkāre samavasthitam

śāntyatītā tathā śāntirvidyā caiva parā kalā /
pratiṣṭhā ca nivṛttiśca pañcārthaṃ liṅgamaiśvaram

pañcānāmapi devānāṃ brahmādīnāṃ sadāśrayam /
oṅkārabodhakaṃ liṅgaṃ pañcāyatanamucyate

saṃsmaredaiśvaraṃ liṅgaṃ pañcāyatanamavyayam /
dehānte tatparaṃ jyotirānandaṃ viśate budhaḥ

atra devarṣayaḥ pūrvaṃ siddhā brahmarṣayastathā /
upāsya devamīśānaṃ prāptavantaḥ paraṃ padam

matsyodaryāstaṭe puṇyaṃ sthānaṃ guhyatamaṃ śubham /
gocarmamātraṃ viprendrā oṅkāreśvaramuttamam

kṛttivāseśvaraṃ liṅgaḥ madhyameśvaramuttamam /
viśveśvaraṃ tathoṅkāraṃ kapardeśvarameva ca

etāni guhyaliṅgāni vārāṇasyāṃ dvijottamāḥ /
na kaścidiha jānāti vinā śaṃbhoranugrahāt

evamuktvā yayau kṛṣṇaḥ pārāśaryo mahāmuniḥ /
kṛttivāseśvaraṃ liṅgaṃ draṣṭuṃ devasya śūlinaḥ

samabhyarcya tathā śiṣyairmāhātmyaṃ kṛttivāsasaḥ /
kathayāmāsa śiṣyebhyo bhagavān brahmavittamaḥ

asmin sthāne purā daityo hastī bhūtvā bhavāntikam /
brāhmaṇān hantumāyāto ye 'tra nityamupāsate

teṣāṃ liṅgānmahādevaḥ prādurāsīt trilocanaḥ /
rakṣaṇārthaṃ dvijaśreṣṭhā bhaktānāṃ bhaktavatsalaḥ

hatvā gajākṛtiṃ daityaṃ śūlenāvajñayā haraḥ /
vasastasyākarot kṛttiṃ kṛttivāseśvarastataḥ

atra siddhiṃ parāṃ prāptā munayo munipuṅgavāḥ /
tenaiva ca śarīreṇa prāptāstat paramaṃ padam

vidyā vidyeśvarā rudrāḥ śivāye ca prakīrtitāḥ /
kṛttivāseśvaraṃ liṅgaṃ nityamāvṛtya saṃsthitāḥ

jñātvā kaliyugaṃ ghoramadharmabahulaṃ janāḥ /
kṛttivāsaṃ na muñcanti kṛtārthāste na saṃśayaḥ

janmāntarasahastreṇa mokṣo 'nyatrāpyate na vā /
ekena janmanā mokṣaḥ kṛttivāse tu labhyate

ālayaḥ sarvasiddhānāmetat sthānaṃ vadanti hi /
gopitaṃ devadevena mahādevena śaṃbhunā

yuge yuge hyatra dāntā brāhmaṇā vedapārāgāḥ /
upāsate mahādevaṃ japanti śatarudriyam

stuvanti satataṃ devaṃ tryambakaṃ kṛttivāsasam /
dhyāyanti hṛdaye devaṃ sthāṇuṃ sarvāntaraṃ śivam

gāyanti siddhāḥ kila gītakāni
ye vārāṇasyāṃ nivasanti viprāḥ /
teṣāmathaikena bhavena muktir
ye kṛttivāsaṃ śaraṇaṃ prapannāḥ

saṃprāpya loke jagatāmabhīṣṭaṃ
sudurlabhaṃ viprakuleṣu janma /
dhyāne samādhāya japanti rudraṃ
dhyāyanti citte yatayo maheśam

ārādhayanti prabhumīśitāraṃ
vārāṇasīmadhyagatā munindrāḥ /
yajanti yajñairabhisaṃdhihīnāḥ
stuvanti rudraṃ praṇamanti śaṃbhum

namo bhavāyāmalayogadhāmne
sthāṇuṃ prapadye giriśaṃ purāṇam /
smarāmi rudraṃ hṛdaye niviṣṭaṃ
jāne mahādevamanekarūpam