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Kurma Purana · Chapter 1.40

1.40.1

iti śrīkūrmapurāṇe ṣaṭsāhastryāṃ saṃhitāryā pūrvavibhāge ekonacatvāriṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ
sūta uvāca
sa ratho 'dhiṣṭhito devairādityairvasubhistathā /
gandharvairapsarobhiśca grāmaṇīsarparākṣasaiḥ

1.40.2

dhātār'yamātha mitraśca varuṇaḥ śakra eva ca /
vivasvānatha pūṣā ca parjanyaścāṃśureva ca

1.40.3

bhagastvaṣṭā ca viṣṇuśca dvādaśaite divākarāḥ /
āpyāyanti vai bhānuṃ vasantādiṣu vai kramāt

1.40.4

pulastyaḥ pulahaścātrirvasiṣṭhaścāṅgirā bhṛguḥ /
bharadvājo gautamaśca kaśyapaḥ kratureva ca

1.40.5

jamadagniḥ kauśikaśca munayo brahmavādinaḥ /
stuvanti devaṃ vividhaiśchandobhiste yathākramam

1.40.6

rathakṛcca rathaujśca rathacitraḥ subāhukaḥ /
rathasvano 'tha varuṇaḥ suṣeṇaḥ senajit tathā

1.40.7

tārkṣyaścāriṣṭanemiśca rathajit satyajit tathā /
grāmaṇyo devadevasya kurvate 'bhīśusaṃgraham

1.40.8

atha hetiḥ prahetiśca pauruṣeyo vadhastathā /
sarpo vyāghrastathāpaśca vāto vidyud divākaraḥ

1.40.9

brahmopetaśca viprendrā yajñopetastathaiva ca /
rākṣasapravarā hyete prayānti purataḥ kramāt

1.40.10

vāsukiḥ kaṅkanīraśca takṣakaḥ sarpapuṅgavaḥ /
elāpatraḥ śaṅkhapālastathairāvatasaṃjñitaḥ

1.40.11

dhanañjayo mahāpadmastathā karkoṭako dvijāḥ /
kambalāśvataraścaiva vahantyenaṃ yathākramam

1.40.12

tumbururnārado hāhā hūhūrviśvāvasustathā /
ugraseno vasurucirarvāvasurathāparaḥ

1.40.13

citrasenastathorṇāyurdhṛtarāṣṭro dvijottamāḥ /
sūryavarcā dvādaśaite gandharvā gāyatāṃ varāḥ /
gāyanti vividhairgānairbhānuṃ ṣaḍjādibhiḥ kramāt

1.40.14

kratusthalāpsarovaryā tathānyā puñjikasthalā /
menakā sahajanyā ca pramlocā ca dvijottamāḥ

1.40.15

anumlocā ghṛtīcī ca viśvācī corvaśī tathā /
anyā ca pūrvacittiḥ syādanyā caiva tilottamā

1.40.16

tāṇḍavairvividhairenaṃ vasantādiṣu vai kramāt /
toṣayanti mahādevaṃ bhānumātmānamavyayam

1.40.17

evaṃ devā vasantyarke dvau dvau māsau krameṇa tu /
sūryamāpyāyayantyete tejasā tejasāṃ nidhim

1.40.18

grathitaiḥ svairvacobhistu stuvanti munayo ravim /
gandharvāpsarasaścainaṃ nṛtyageyairupāsate

1.40.19

grāmaṇīyakṣabhūtāni kurvate 'bhīṣusaṃgraham /
sarpā vahanti deveśaṃ yātudhānāḥ prayānti ca

1.40.20

bālakhilyā nayantyastaṃ parivāryodayād ravim /
ete tapanti varṣanti bhānti vānti sṛjanti ca /
bhūtānāmaśubhaṃ karma vyapohantīha kīrtitāḥ

1.40.21

ete sahaiva sūryeṇa bhramanti divi sānugāḥ /
vimāne ca sthito nityaṃ kāmage vātaraṃhasi

1.40.22

varṣantaśca tapantaśca hlādayantaśca vai prajāḥ /
gopayantīha bhūtāni sarvāṇīhāyugakṣayāt

1.40.23

eteṣāmeva devānāṃ yathāvīryaṃ yathātapaḥ /
yathāyogaṃ yathāsattvaṃ sa eṣa tapati prabhuḥ

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ahorātravyavasthānakāraṇaṃ sa prajāpatiḥ /
pitṛdevamanuṣyādīn sa sadāpyāyed raviḥ

1.40.25

tatra devo mahādevo bhāsvān sākṣānmaheśvaraḥ /
bhāsate vedaviduṣāṃ nīlagrīvaḥ sanātanaḥ

1.40.26

sa eṣa devo bhagavān parameṣṭhī prajāpatiḥ /
sthānaṃ tad vidurādityaṃ vedajñā vedavigraham

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