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Kurma Purana · Chapter 1.38

1.38.1

iti śrīkūrmapurāṇe ṣaṭsāhastryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ purvavibhāge saptatriṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ
śrīkūrma uvāca
evamuktāstu munayo naimiṣīyā mahāmatim /
papracchuruttaraṃ sūtaṃ pṛthivyādivinirṇayam

1.38.2

ṛṣaya ūcuḥ
kathito bhavatā sūta sargaḥ svayaṃbhuvaḥ śubhaḥ /
idānīṃ śrotumicchāmastrilokasyāsya maṇḍalam

1.38.3

yāvantaḥ sāgarā dvīpāstathā varṣāṇi parvatāḥ /
vanāni saritaḥ sūryagrahāṇāṃ sthitireva ca

1.38.4

yadādhāramidaṃ kṛtsnaṃ yeṣāṃ pṛthvī purā tviyam /
nṛpāṇāṃ tatsamāsena sūta vaktumihārhasi

1.38.5

sūta uvāca
vakṣye devādidevāya viṣṇave prabhaviṣṇave /
namaskṛtvāprameyāya yaduktaṃ tena dhīmatā

1.38.6

svāyaṃbhuvasya tu manoḥ prāgukto yaḥ priyavrataḥ /
putrastasyābhavan putrāḥ prajāpatisamā daśa

1.38.7

agnīdhraścāgnibāhuśca vapuṣmān dyutimāṃstathā /
medhā medhātithirhavyaḥ savanaḥ putra eva ca

1.38.8

jyotiṣmān daśamasteṣāṃ mahābalaparākramaḥ /
dhārmiko dānanirataḥ sarvabhūtānukampakaḥ

1.38.9

medhāgnibāhuputrāstu trayo yogaparāyaṇāḥ /
jātismarā mahābhāgā na rājye dadhire matim

1.38.10

priyavrato 'bhyaṣiñcad vai saptadvīpeṣu sapta tān /
jambudvīpeśvaraṃ putramagnīdhramakaronnṛpaḥ

1.38.11

plakṣdvīpeśvaraścaiva tena medhātithiḥ kṛtaḥ /
śālmaleśaṃ vapuṣmantaṃ narendramabhiṣiktavān

1.38.12

jyotiṣmantaṃ kuśadvīpe rājānaṃ kṛtavān prabhuḥ /
dyutimantaṃ ca rājānaṃ krauñcadvīpe samādiśat

1.38.13

śākadvīpeśvaraṃ cāpi havyaṃ cakre priyavrataḥ /
puṣkarādhipatiṃ cakre savanaṃ ca prajāpatiḥ

1.38.14

puṣkare savanasyāpi mahāvītaḥ suto 'bhavat /
dhātikiścaiva dvāvetau putrau putravatāṃ varau

1.38.15

mahāvītaṃ smṛtaṃ varṣaṃ tasya nāmnā mahātmanaḥ /
nāmnā tu dhātakeścāpi dhātakīkhaṇḍamucyate

1.38.16

śākadvīpeśvarasyātha havyasyāpyabhavan sutāḥ /
jaladaśca kumāraśca sukumāro maṇīcakaḥ /
kusumottaro 'tha modākiḥ saptamaḥ syānmahādrumaḥ

1.38.17

jaladaṃ jaladasyātha varṣaṃ prathamamucyate /
kumārasya tu kaumāraṃ tṛtīyaṃ sukumārakam

1.38.18

maṇīcakaṃ caturthaṃ tu pañcamaṃ kusumottaram /
modākaṃ ṣaṣṭhamityuktaṃ saptamaṃ tu mahādrumam

1.38.19

krauñcadvīpeśvarasyāpi sutā dyutimato 'bhavan /
kuśalaḥ prathamasteṣāṃ dvitīyastu manoharaḥ

1.38.20

uṣṇastṛtīyaḥ saṃproktaścaturthaḥ pravaraḥ smṛtaḥ /
andhakāro muniścaiva dundubhiścaiva saptamaḥ /
teṣāṃ svanāmabhirdeśāḥ krauñcadvīpāśrayāḥ śubhāḥ

1.38.21

jyotiṣmataḥ kuśadvīpe saptaivāsan mahaujasaḥ /
udbhedo veṇumāṃścaivāśvaratho lambano dhṛtiḥ /
ṣaṣṭhaḥ prabhākāraścāpi saptamaḥ kapilaḥ smṛtaḥ

1.38.22

svanāmacihnitān yatra tathā varṣāṇi suvratāḥ /
jñeyāni sapta tānyeṣu dvīpeṣvevaṃ na yo mataḥ

1.38.23

śālmaladvīpanāthasya sutāścāsan vapuṣmataḥ /
śvetaśca haritaścaiva jīmūto rohitastathā /
vaidyutau mānasaścaiva saptamaḥ suprabho mataḥ

1.38.24

plakṣadvīpeśvarasyāpi sapta medhātitheḥ sutāḥ /
jyeṣṭhaḥ śāntabhayasteṣāṃ śiśiraśca sukhodayaḥ /
ānandaśca śivaścaiva kṣemakaśca dhruvastathā

1.38.25

plakṣadvīpādiṣu jñeyaḥ śākadvīpāntikeṣu vai /
varṇāśramavibhāgena svadharmo muktaye dvijāḥ

1.38.26

jambudvīpeśvarasyāpi putrāstvāsan mahābalāḥ /
agnīdhrasya dvijaśreṣṭhāstannāmāni nibodhata

1.38.27

nābhiḥ kiṃpuruṣaścaiva tathā haririlāvṛtaḥ /
ramyo hiraṇvāṃśca kururbhadrāśvaḥ ketumāhalakaḥ

1.38.28

jambudvīpeśvaro rājā sa cāgnīdhro mahāmatiḥ /
vibhajya navadhā tebhyo yathānyāyaṃ dadau punaḥ

1.38.29

nābhestu dakṣiṇaṃ varṣaṃ himāhvaṃ pradadau punaḥ /
hemakūṭaṃ tato varṣaṃ dadau kiṃpuruṣāya tu

1.38.30

tṛtīyaṃ naiṣadhaṃ varṣaṃ haraye dattavān pitā /
ilāvṛtāya pradadau merumadhyamilāvṛtam

1.38.31

nīlācalāśritaṃ varṣaṃ ramyāya pradadau pitā /
śvetaṃ yaduttaraṃ varṣaṃ pitrā dattaṃ hiraṇvate

1.38.32

yaduttaraṃ śṛṅgavato varṣaṃ tat kuruve dadau /
meroḥ pūrveṇa yad varṣaṃ bhadrāśvāya nyavedayat /
gandhamādanavarṣaṃ tu ketumālāya dattavān

1.38.33

varṣeṣveteṣu tān putrānabhiṣicya narādhipaḥ /
saṃsārakaṣṭatāṃ jñātvā tapastepe vanaṃ gataḥ

1.38.34

himāhvayaṃ tu yasyaitannābherāsīnmahātmanaḥ /
tasyarṣabho 'bhavat putro marudevyāṃ mahādyutiḥ

1.38.35

ṛṣabhād bharato jajñe vīraḥ putraśatāgrajaḥ /
so 'bhiṣicyarṣabhaḥ putraṃ bharataṃ pṛthivīpatiḥ /
vānaprasthāśramaṃ gatvā tapastepe yathāvidhi

1.38.36

tapasā karṣito 'tyarthaṃ kṛśo dhamanisaṃtataḥ /
jñānayogarato bhūtvā mahāpāśupato 'bhavat

1.38.37

sumatirbharatasyābhūt putraḥ paramadhārmikaḥ /
sumatestaijasastasmādindridyumno vyajāyata

1.38.38

parameṣṭhī sutastasmāt pratīhārastadanvayaḥ /
pratiharteti vikhyāta utpannastasya cātmajaḥ

1.38.39

bhavastasmādathodgīthaḥ prastāvastatsuto 'bhavat /
pṛthustatastato rakto raktasyāpi gayaḥ sutaḥ

1.38.40

naro gayasya tanayastasya putro virāḍabhūt /
tasya putro mahāvīryo dhīmāṃstasmādajāyata

1.38.41

mahānto 'pi tataścābhūd bhauvanastatsuto 'bhavat /
tvaṣṭā tvaṣṭuśca virajo rajastasyāpyabhūt sutaḥ

1.38.42

śatajid rajasastasya jajñe putraśataṃ dvijāḥ /
teṣāṃ pradhāno balavān viśvajyotiriti smṛtaḥ

1.38.43

ārādhya devaṃ brahmāṇaṃ kṣemakaṃ nāma pārthivam /
asūta putraṃ dharmajñaṃ mahābāhumarindamam

1.38.44

ete purastād rājāno mahāsattvā mahaujasaḥ /
eṣāṃ vaṃśaprasūtaiśca bhukteyaṃ pṛthivī purā

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