Kurma Purana · Chapter 1.31

iti śrīkūrmapurāṇe ṣaṭsāhastryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pūrvavibhāgetriṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ
sūta uvāca
samābhāṣya munīn dhīmān devadevasya śūlinaḥ /
jagāma liṅgaṃ tad draṣṭuṃ kapardeśvaramavyayam

snātvā tatra vidhānena tarpayitvā pitṝn dvijāḥ /
piśācamocane tīrthe pūjayāmāsa śūlinam

tatrāścaryamapaśyaṃste munayo guruṇā saha /
menire kṣetramāhātmyaṃ praṇemurgiriśaṃ haram

kaścidabhyājagāmedaṃ śārdūlo ghorarūpadhṛk /
mṛgīmekāṃ bhakṣayituṃ kapardeśvaramuttamam

tatra sā bhītahṛdayā kṛtvā kṛtvā pradakṣiṇam /
dhāvamānā susaṃbhrāntā vyāghrasya vaśamāgatā

tāṃ vidārya nakhaistīkṣṇaiḥ śārdūlaḥ sumahābalaḥ /
jagāma cānyaṃ vijanaṃ deśaṃ dṛṣṭvā munīśvarān

mṛtamātrā ca sā bālā kapardeśāgrato mṛgī /
adṛśyata mahājvālā vyomni sūryasamaprabhā

trinetrā nīlakaṇṭhā ca śaśāṅkāṅkitamūrdhajā /
vṛṣādhirūḍhā puruṣaistādṛśaireva saṃvṛtā

puṣpavṛṣṭiṃ vimuñcinti khecarāstasya mūrdhani /
gaṇeśvaraḥ svayaṃ bhūtvā na dṛṣṭastatkṣaṇāt tataḥ

dṛṣṭvaitadāścaryavaraṃ jaiminipramukhā dvijāḥ /
kapardeśvaramāhātmyaṃ papracchurgurumacyutam

teṣāṃ provāca bhagavān devāgre copaviśya saḥ /
kapardeśasya māhātmyaṃ praṇamya vṛṣabhadhvajam

idaṃ devasya talliṅgaṃ kapardośvaramuttamam /
smṛtvaivāśeṣapāpaughaṃ kṣipramasya vimuñcati

kāmakrodhādayo doṣā vārāṇasīnivāsinām /
vighnāḥ sarve vinaśyanti kapardeśvarapūjanāt

tasmāt sadaiva draṣṭavyaṃ kapardeśvaramuttamam /
pūjitavyaṃ prayatnena stotavyaṃ vaidikaiḥ stavaiḥ

dhyāyatāmatra niyataṃ yogināṃ śāntacetasām /
jāyate yogasaṃsiddhiḥ sā ṣaṇmāse na saṃśayaḥ

brahmahatyādayaḥ pāpā vinaśyantyasya pūjanāt /
piśācamocane kuṇḍe snātasyātra samīpataḥ

asmin kṣetre purā viprāstapasvī śaṃsitavrataḥ /
śaṅkukarṇa iti khyātaḥ pūjayāmāsa śaṅkaram /
jajāpa rudramaniśaṃ praṇavaṃ brahmarūpiṇam

puṣpadhūpādibhiḥ stotrairnamaskāraiḥ pradakṣiṇaiḥ /
uvāsa tatra yogātmā kṛtvā dīkṣāṃ tu naiṣṭhikīma

kadācidāgataṃ pretaṃ paśyati sma kṣudhānvitam /
asthicarmapinaddhāṅgaṃ niḥ śvasantaṃ muhurmuhuḥ

taṃ dṛṣṭvā sa muniśreṣṭhaḥ kṛpayā parayā yutaḥ /
provāca ko bhavān kasmād deśād deśamimaṃśritaḥ

tasmai piśācaḥ kṣudhayā pīḍyamāno 'bravīd vacaḥ /
pūrvajanmanyahaṃ vipro dhanadhānyasamanvitaḥ /
putrapautrādibhiryuktaḥ kuṭumbabharaṇotsukaḥ

na pūjitā mayā devā gāvo 'pyatithayastathā /
na kadācit kṛtaṃ puṇyamalpaṃ vā svalpameva vā

ekadā bhagavān devo govṛṣeśvaravāhanaḥ /
viśveśvaro vārāṇasyāṃ dṛṣṭaḥ spṛṣṭe namaskṛtaḥ

tadācireṇa kālena pañcatvamahamāgataḥ /
na dṛṣṭaṃ nanmayā ghoraṃ yamasya vadanaṃ mune

īdṛśīṃ yonimāpannaḥ paiśācīṃ kṣudhayānvitaḥ /
pipāsayādhunākrānto na jānāmi hitāhitam

yadi kañcit samuddhartumupāyaṃ paśyasi prabho /
kuruṣva taṃ namastubhyaṃ tvāmahaṃ śaraṇaṃ gataḥ

ityuktaḥ śaṅkukarṇo 'tha piśācamidamabravīt /
tvādṛśo na hi loke 'smin vidyate puṇyakṛttamaḥ

yat tvayā bhagavān pūrvaṃ dṛṣṭo viśveśvaraḥ śivaḥ /
saṃspṛṣṭo vandito bhūyaḥ ko 'nyastvatsadṛśo bhuvi

tena karmavipākena deśametaṃ samāgataḥ /
snānaṃ kuruṣva śīghraṃ tvamasmin kuṇḍe samāhitaḥ /
yenemāṃ kutsitāṃ yoniṃ kṣiprameva prahāsyasi

sa evamukto muninā piśāco
dayālunā devavaraṃ trinetram /
smṛtvā kapardeśvaramīśitāraṃ
cakre samādhāya mano 'vagāham

tadāvagāḍho munisaṃnidhāne
mamāra divyābharaṇopapannaḥ /
adṛśyatārkapratime vimāne
śaśāṅkacihnāṅkitacārumauliḥ

vibhāti rudrairabhito divasthaiḥ
samāvṛto yogibhairaprameyaiḥ /
sabālakhilyādibhireṣa devo
yathodaye bhānuraśeṣadevaḥ

stuvanti siddhā divi devasaṅghā
nṛtyanti divyāpsaraso 'bhirāmāḥ /
muñcanti vṛṣṭiṃ kusumāmbumiśrāṃ
gandharvavidyādharakiṃnarādyāḥ

saṃstūyamāno 'tha munīndrasaṅghai-
ravāpya bodhaṃ bhagavātprasādāt /
samāviśanmaṇḍalametadagryaṃ
trayīmayaṃ yatra vibhāti rudraḥ

dṛṣṭvā vimuktaṃ sa piśācabhūtaṃ
muniḥ prahṛṣṭo manasā maheśam /
vicintya rudraṃ kavimekamagniṃ
praṇamya tuṣṭāva kapardinaṃ tam

śaṅkukarṇa uvāca
kapardinaṃ tvāṃ parataḥ parastād
goptāramekaṃ puruṣaṃ purāṇam /
vrajāmi yogeśvaramīśitāra-
mādityamagniṃ kapilādhirūḍham

tvāṃ brahmapāraṃ hṛdi sanniviṣṭaṃ
hiraṇmayaṃ yoginamādimantam /
vrajāmi rudraṃ śaraṇaṃ divasthaṃ
mahāmuniṃ brahmamayaṃ pavitram

sahastrapādākṣiśiro 'bhiyuktaṃ
sahastrabāhuṃ namasaḥ parastāt /
tvāṃ brahāmapāraṃ praṇamāmi śaṃbhuṃ
hiraṇyagarbhādhipatiṃ trinetram

yataḥ prasūtirjagato vināśo
yenāvṛtaṃ sarvamidaṃ śivena /
taṃ brahmapāraṃ bhagavantamīśaṃ
praṇamya nityaṃ śaraṇaṃ prapadye

aliṅgamālokavihīnarūpaṃ
svayaṃprabhaṃ citpatimekarudram /
taṃ brahmapāraṃ parameśvaraṃ tvāṃ
namaskariṣye na yato 'nyadasti

yaṃ yoginastyaktasabījayogā
labdhvā samādhiṃ paramārthabhūtāḥ /
paśyanti devaṃ praṇato 'smi nityaṃ
taṃ brahmapāraṃ bhavataḥ svarūpam

na yatra nāmādiviśeṣakḷpti-
r na saṃdṛśe tiṣṭhati yatsvarūpam /
taṃ brahmapāraṃ praṇato 'smi nityaṃ
svayaṃbhuvaṃ tvāṃ śaraṇaṃ prapadye

yad vedavādābhiratā videhaṃ
sabrahmavijñānamabhedamekam /
paśyantyanekaṃ bhavataḥ svarūpaṃ
sabrahmapāraṃ praṇato 'smi nityam

yataḥ pradhānaṃ puruṣaḥ purāṇo
vivartate yaṃ praṇamanti devāḥ /
namāmi taṃ jyotiṣi saṃniviṣṭaṃ
kālaṃ bṛhantaṃ bhavataḥ svarūpam

vrajāmi nityaṃ śaraṇaṃ guheśaṃ
sthāṇuṃ prapadye giriśaṃ purārim /
śivaṃ prapadye haramindumauliṃ
pinākinaṃ tvāṃ śaraṇaṃ vrajāmi

stutvaivaṃ śaṅkukarṇo 'sau bhagavantaṃ kapardinam /
papāta daṇḍavad bhūmau proccaran praṇavaṃ param

tatkṣaṇāt paramaṃ liṅgaṃ prādurbhūtaṃ śivātmakam /
jñānamānandamadvaitaṃ koṭikālāgnisannibham

śaṅkukarṇo 'tha muktātmā tadātmā sarvago 'malaḥ /
nililye vimale liṅge tadbhutamivābhavat

etad rahasyamākhyātaṃ māhātmyaṃ vaḥ kapardinaḥ /
na kaścid vetti tamasā vidvānapyatra muhyati

ya imāṃ śṛṇuyānnityaṃ kathāṃ pāpapraṇāśinīm /
bhaktaḥ pāpaviśuddhātmā rudrasāmīpyamāpnuyāt

paṭhecca satataṃ śuddho brahmapāraṃ mahāstavam /
prātarmadhyāhnasamaye sa yogaṃ prāpnuyāt param

ihaiva nityaṃ vatsyāmo devadevaṃ kapardinam /
drakṣyāmaḥ satataṃ devaṃ pūjayāmo 'tha śūlinam

ityuktvā bhagavān vyāsaḥ śiṣyaiḥ saha mahāmuniḥ /
uvāsa tatra yuktātmā pūjayan vai kapardinam