Kurma Purana · Chapter 1.46
iti śrīkūrmapurāṇe ṣaṭsāhastryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pūrvavibhāge pañcacatvāriṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ
sūta uvāca
hemakūṭagireḥ śṛṅge mahākūṭaiḥ suśobhanam /
sphāṭikaṃ devadevasya vimānaṃ parameṣṭhinaḥ
atha devādidevasya bhūteśasya triśūlinaḥ /
devāḥ siddhagaṇā yakṣāḥ pūjāṃ nityaṃ prakurvate
sa devo giriśaḥ sārdhaṃ mahādevyā maheśvaraḥ /
bhūtaiḥ parivṛto nityaṃ bhāti tatra pinākadhṛk
vibhaktacāruśikharaḥ kailāso yatra parvataḥ /
nivāsaḥ koṭiyakṣāṇāṃ kuberasya ca dhīmataḥ /
tatrāpi devadevasya bhavasyāyatanaṃ mahat
mandākinī tatra divyā ramyā suvimalodakā /
nadī nānāvidhaiḥ padmairanekaiḥ samalaṅkṛtā
devadānavagandharvayakṣarākṣasakiṃnaraiḥ /
upaspṛṣṭajalā nityaṃ supuṇyā sumanoramā
anyāśca nadyaḥ śataśaḥ svarṇapadmairalaṅkṛtāḥ /
tāsāṃ kūleṣu devasya sthānāni parameṣṭhinaḥ /
devarṣigaṇajuṣṭāni tathā nārāyaṇasya ca
sitāntaśikhare cāpi pārijātavanaṃ śubham /
tatra śakrasya vipulaṃ bhavanaṃ ratnamaṇḍitam /
sphāṭikastambhasaṃyuktaṃ hemagopurasaṃyutam
tatrātha devadevasya viṣṇorviśvāmareśituḥ /
supuṇyaṃ bhavanaṃ ramyaṃ sarvaratnopaśobhitam
tatra nārāyaṇaḥ śrīmān lakṣmyā saha jagatpatiḥ /
āste sarvāmaraśreṣṭhaḥ pūjyamānaḥ sanātanaḥ
tathā ca vasudhāre tu vasūnāṃ ratnamaṇḍitam /
sthānānāmaṣṭakaṃ puṇyaṃ durādharṣaṃ suradviṣām
ratnadhāre girivare saptarṣoṇāṃ mahātmanām /
saptāśramāṇi puṇyāni siddhāvāsayutāni tu
tatra haimaṃ caturdvāraṃ vajranīlādimaṇḍitam /
supuṇyaṃ sumahat sthānaṃ brahmaṇo 'vyaktajanmanaḥ
tatra devarṣayo viprāḥ siddhā brahmarṣayo 'pare /
upāsate sadā devaṃ pitāmahamajaṃ param
sa taiḥ saṃpūjito nityaṃ devyā saha caturmukhaḥ /
āste hitāya lokānāṃ śāntānāṃ paramā gatiḥ
athaikaśṛṅgaśikhare mahāpadmairalaṅkṛtam /
svacchāmṛtajalaṃ puṇyaṃ sugandhaṃ sumahat saraḥ
jaigīṣavyāśramaṃ tatra yogīndrairupaśobhitam /
tatrāsau bhagavān nityamāste śiṣyaiḥ samāvṛtaḥ /
praśāntadoṣairakṣudrairbrahmavidbhirmahātmabhiḥ
śaṅkho manoharaścaiva kauśikaḥ kṛṣṇa eva ca /
sumanā vedanādaśca śiṣyāstasya pradhānataḥ
sarve yogaratāḥ śāntā bhasmoddhūlitavigrahāḥ /
upāsate mahāvīryā brahmavidyāparāyaṇāḥ
teṣāmanugrihārthāya yatīnāṃ śāntacetasām /
sānnidhyaṃ kurute bhūyo devyā saha maheśvaraḥ
anyānicāśramāṇi syustasmin girivarottame /
munīnāṃ yuktamanasāṃ sarāṃsi saritastathā
teṣu yogaratā viprā jāpakāḥ saṃyatendriyāḥ /
brahmaṇyāsaktamanaso ramante jñānatatparāḥ
ātmanyātmānamādhāya śikhāntāntaramāsthitam /
dhāyāyanti devamīśānaṃ yena sarvamidaṃ tatam
sumeghe vāsavasthānaṃ sahastrādityasaṃnibham /
tatrāste bhagavānindraḥ śacyā saha sureśvaraḥ
gajaśaile tu durgāyā bhavanaṃ maṇitāraṇam /
āste bhagavatī durgā tatra sākṣānmaheśvarī
upāsyamānā vividhaiḥ śaktibhedairitastataḥ /
pītvā yogāmṛtaṃ labdhvā sākṣādānandamaiśvaram
sunīlasya gireḥ śṛṅge nānādhātusamujjvale /
rākṣasānāṃ purāṇi syuḥ sarāṃsi śataśo dvijāḥ
tathā puraśataṃ viprāḥ śataśṛṅge mahācale /
sphāṭikastambhasaṃyuktaṃ yakṣāṇāmamitaujasām
śvetodaragireḥ śṛṅge suparṇasya mahātmanaḥ /
prākāragopuropetaṃ maṇitoraṇamaṇḍitam
sa tatra garuḍaḥ śrīmān sākṣād viṣṇurivāparaḥ /
dhyātvāste tat paraṃ jyotirātmānaṃ viṣṇumavyayam
anyacca bhavanaṃ puṇyaṃ śrīśṛṅge munipuṅgavāḥ /
śrīdevyāḥ sarvaratnāḍhyaṃ haimaṃ sumaṇitoraṇam
tatra sā paramā śaktirviṣṇoratimanoramā /
anantavibhavā lakṣmīrjagatsaṃmohanotsukā
adhyāste devagandharvasiddhacāraṇavanditā /
vicintya jagatoyoniṃ svaśaktikiraṇojjvalā
tatraiva devadevasya viṣṇorāyatanaṃ mahat /
sarāṃsi tatra catvāri vicitrakamalāśrayā
tathā sahastraśikhare vidyādharapurāṣṭakam /
ratnasopānasaṃyuktaṃ sarobhiścopaśobhitam
nadyo vimalapānīyāścitranīlotpalākarāḥ /
karṇikāravanaṃ dvivyaṃ tatrāste śaṅkaromayā
pāriyātre mahāśaile mahālakṣmyāḥ puraṃ śubham /
ramyaprāsādasaṃyuktaṃ ghaṇṭācāmarabhūṣitam
nṛtyadbhirapsaraḥ saṅghairitaścetaśca śobhitam /
mṛdaṅgamurajodghuṣṭaṃ vīṇāveṇunināditam
gandharvakiṃnarākīrṇaṃ saṃvṛtaṃ siddhapuṅgavaiḥ /
bhāsvadbhittisamākīrṇaṃ mahāprāsādasaṃkulam
gaṇeśvarāṅganājuṣṭaṃ dhārmikāṇāṃ sudarśanam /
tatra sā vasate devī nityaṃ yogaparāyaṇā
mahālakṣmīrmahādevī triśūlavaradhāriṇī /
trinetrā sarvaśasaktībhiḥ saṃvṛtā sadasanmayā /
paśyanti tatra munayaḥ siddhā ye brahmavādinaḥ
supārśvasyottare bhāge sarasvatyāḥ purottamam /
sarāṃsi siddhajuṣṭāni devabhogyāni sattamāḥ
pāṇḍurasya gireḥ śṛṅge vicitradrumasaṃkule /
sandharvāṇāṃ puraśataṃ divyastrībhiḥ samāvṛtam
teṣu nityaṃ madotsiktā varanāryastathaiva ca /
krīḍanti muditā nityaṃ vilāsairbhogatatparāḥ
añjanasya gireḥ śṛṅge nārīṇāṃ puramuttamam /
vasanti tatrāpsaraso rambhādyā ratilālasāḥ
citrasenādayo yatra samāyāntyarthinaḥ sadā /
sā purī sarvaratnāḍhyā naikaprastravaṇairyutā
anekāni purāṇi syuḥ kaumude cāpi suvratāḥ /
rudrāṇāṃ śāntarajasāmīśvarārpitacetasām
teṣu rudrā mahāyogā maheśāntaracāriṇaḥ /
samāsate paraṃ jyotirārūḍhāḥ sthānamuttamam
piñjarasya gireḥ śṛṅge gaṇeśānāṃ puratrayam /
nandīśvarasya kapile tatrāste suyaśā yatiḥ
tathā ca jārudhaiḥ śṛṅge devadevasya dhīmataḥ /
dīptamāyatanaṃ puṇyaṃ bhāskarasyāmitaujasaḥ
tasyaivottaradigbhāge candrasthānamanuttamam /
ramate tatra ramyo 'sau bhagavān śītadīdhitiḥ
anyacca bhavanaṃ divyaṃ haṃsaśaile maharṣayaḥ /
sahastrayojanāyāmaṃ suvarṇamaṇitoraṇam
tatrāste bhagavān brahmā siddhasaṅghairabhiṣṭutaḥ /
sāvitryā saha viśvātmā vāsudevādibhiryutaḥ
tasya dakṣiṇadigbhāge siddhānāṃ puramuttamam /
sanandanādayo yatra vasanti munipuṅgavāḥ
pañcaśailasya śikhare dānavānāṃ puratrayam /
nātidūreṇa tasyātha daityacāryasya dhīmataḥ
sugandhaśailaśikhare saridbhirupaśobhitam /
kardamasyāśramaṃ puṇyaṃ tatrāste bhagavānṛṣiḥ
tasyaiva pūrvadigbhāge kiñcid vai dakṣiṇāśrite /
sanatkumāro bhagavāṃstatrāste brahmavittamaḥ
sarveṣveteṣu śaileṣu tatānyeṣu munīśvarāḥ /
sarāṃsi vimalā nadyo devānāmālayāni ca
siddhaliṅgāni puṇyāni munibhiḥ sthāpitāni tu /
vanyānyāśramavaryāṇi saṃkhyātuṃ naiva śaknuyām
eṣa saṃkṣepataḥ prokto jambūdvīpasya vistaraḥ /
na śakyaṃ vistarād vaktuṃ mayā varṣaśatairapi
Original text: Kūrmapurāṇa · Data entry members of the Sansknet Project · GRETIL (Göttingen) · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0