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Kurma Purana · Chapter 1.32

1.32.1

iti śrīkūrmapurāṇe ṣaṭsāhastryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pūrvavibhāge ekatriśodhyāyaḥ
sūta uvāca
uṣitvā tatra bhagavān kapardeśāntike punaḥ /
draṣṭuṃ yayau madhyameśaṃ bahuvarṣagaṇān prabhuḥ

1.32.2

tatra mandākinīṃ puṇyāmṛṣisaṅganiṣevitām /
nadīṃ vimalapānīyāṃ dṛṣṭvā hṛṣṭo 'bhavanmuniḥ

1.32.3

sa tāmanvīkṣya munibhiḥ saha dvaipāyanaḥ prabhuḥ /
cakāra bhāvapūtātmā snānaṃ snānavidhānavit

1.32.4

saṃtarpya vidhivad devānṛṣīn pitṛgaṇāṃstathā /
pūjayāmāsa lokādiṃ puṣpairnānāvidhairbhavam

1.32.5

praviśya śiṣyapravaraiḥ sārdhaṃ satyavatīsutaḥ /
madhyameśvaramīśānamarcayāmāsa śūlinam

1.32.6

tataḥ pāśupatāḥ śāntā bhasmoddhūlitavigrahāḥ /
draṣṭuṃ samāgatā rudraṃ madhyameśvaramīśvaram

1.32.7

oṅkārāsaktamanaso vedādhyayanatatparāḥ /
jaṭilā muṇḍitāścāpi śuklayajñopavītinaḥ

1.32.8

kaupīnavasanāḥ kecidapare cāpyavāsasaḥ /
brahmacaryaratāḥ śāntā vedāntajñānatatparāḥ

1.32.9

dṛṣṭvā dvaipāyanaṃ viprāḥ śiṣyaiḥ parivṛtaṃ munim /
pūjayitvā yathānyāyamidaṃ vacanamabruvan

1.32.10

ko bhavān kuta āyātaḥ saha śiṣyairmahāmune /
procuḥ pailādayaḥ śiṣyāstānṛṣīn brahmabhāvitān

1.32.11

ayaṃ satyavatīsūnuḥ kṛṣṇadvaipāyano muniḥ /
vyāsaḥ svayaṃ hṛṣīkeśo yena vedāḥ pṛthak kṛtāḥ

1.32.12

yasya devo mahādevaḥ sākṣādeva pinākadhṛk /
aṃśāṃśenābhavat putro nāmnā śuka iti prabhuḥ

1.32.13

yaḥ sa sākṣānmahādevaṃ sarvabhāvena śaṅkaram /
prapannaḥ parayā bhaktyā yasya tajjñānamaiśvaram

1.32.14

tataḥ pāśupatāḥ sarve hṛṣṭasarvatanūruhāḥ /
nemuravyagramanasaḥ procuḥ satyavatīsutam

1.32.15

bhagavan bhavatā jñātaṃ vijñānaṃ parameṣṭhinaḥ /
prisādād devadevasya yat tanmāheśvaraṃ param

1.32.16

tadvadāsmākamavyaktaṃ rahasyaṃ guhyamuttamam /
kṣipraṃ paśyema taṃ devaṃ śrutvā bhagavato mukhāt

1.32.17

visarjayitvā tāñchiṣyān sumantupramukhāṃstataḥ /
provāca tatparaṃ jñānaṃ yogibhyo yogavittamaḥ

1.32.18

tatkṣaṇādeva vimalaṃ saṃbhūtaṃ jyotiruttamam /
līnāstatraiva te viprāḥ kṣaṇādantaradhīyata

1.32.19

tataḥ śiṣyān samāhūya bhagavān brahmavittamaḥ /
provāca madhyameśasya māhātmyaṃ pailapūrvakān

1.32.20

asmin sthāne svayaṃ devo devyā saha maheśvaraḥ /
ramate bhagavān nityaṃ rudraiśca parivāritaḥ

1.32.21

atra pūrvaṃ hṛṣīkeśo viśvātmā devakīsutaḥ /
uvāsa vatsaraṃ kṛṣṇaḥ sadā pāśupatairvṛtaḥ

1.32.22

bhasmoddhūlitasarvāṅgo rudrādhyayanatatparaḥ /
ārādhayan hariḥ śaṃbhuṃ kṛtvā pāśupataṃ vratam

1.32.23

tasya te bahavaḥ śiṣyā brahmacaryaparāyaṇāḥ /
labdhvā tadvacanājjñānaṃ dṛṣṭavanto maheśvaram

1.32.24

tasya devo mahādevaḥ pratyakṣaṃ nīlalohitaḥ /
dadau kṛṣṇāsya bhagavāna varado varamuttamam

1.32.25

yer'cayiṣyanti govindaṃ madbhaktā vidhipūrvakam /
teṣāṃ tadaiśvaraṃ jñānamutpatsyati jaganmaya

1.32.26

namasyor'cayitavyaśca dhyātavyo matparairjanaiḥ /
bhaviṣyasi na saṃdeho matprasādād dvijātibhiḥ

1.32.27

ye 'tra drakṣyanti deveśaṃ snātvā rudraṃ pinākinam /
brahmahatyādikaṃ pāpaṃ teṣāmāśu vinaśyati

1.32.28

prāṇāṃstyajanti ye martyāḥ pāpakarmaratā api /
te yānti tat paraṃ sthānaṃ nātra kāryā vicāraṇā

1.32.29

dhanyāstu khalu te viprā mandākinyāṃ kṛtodakāḥ /
arcayanti mahādevaṃ madhyameśvaramīśvaram

1.32.30

snānaṃ dānaṃ tapaḥ śrāddhaṃ piṇḍanirvapaṇaṃ tviha /
ekaikaśaḥ kṛtaṃ viprāḥ punātyāsaptamaṃ kulam

1.32.31

saṃnihatyāmupaspṛśya rāhugraste divākare /
yat phalaṃ labhate martyastasmād daśaguṇaṃ tviha

1.32.32

evamuktvā mahāyogī madhyameśānti ke prabhuḥ /
uvāsa suciraṃ kālaṃ pūjayan vai maheśvaram

Original text: Kūrmapurāṇa · Data entry members of the Sansknet Project · GRETIL (Göttingen) · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0