Kurma Purana · Chapter 1.51

iti śrīkūrmapurāṇe ṣaṭsāhastryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pūrvavibhāge pañcāśo 'dhyāyaḥ
sūta uvāca
vedavyāsāvatārāṇi dvāpare kathitāni tu /
mahādevāvatārāṇi kalau śṛṇuta suvratāḥ

ādye kaliyuge śveto devadevo mahādyutiḥ /
nāmnā hitāya viprāṇāmabhūd vaivasvate 'ntare

himavacchikhare ramye chagale parvatottame /
tasya śiṣyāḥ śikhāyuktā vabhūvuramitaprabhāḥ

śvetaḥ śvetaśikhaścaiva śvetāsyaḥ śvetalohitaḥ /
catvāraste mahātmāno brāhmaṇā vedapāragāḥ

subhāno damanaścātha suhotraḥ kaṅkaṇastathā /
lokākṣiratha yogīndro jaigīṣavyastu saptame

aṣṭame dadhivāhaḥ syānnavame vṛṣabhaḥ prabhuḥ /
bhṛgustu daśame proktastasmādugraḥ paraḥ smṛtaḥ

dvādaśe 'triḥ samākhyāto balī cātha trayodaśe /
caturdaśe gautamastu vedaśīrṣā tataḥ param

gokarṇaścābhavat tasmād guhāvāsaḥ śikhaṇḍyatha /
jaṭāmālyaṭṭahāsaśca dāruko lāṅgalī kramāt

śvetastathā paraḥ śūlī ḍiṇḍī muṇḍī ca vai kramāt /
sahiṣṇuḥ somaśarmā ca nakulīśo 'ntime prabhuḥ

vaivasvate 'ntare śaṃbhoravatārāstriśūlinaḥ /
aṣṭāviṃśatirākhyātā hyante kaliyuge prabhoḥ /
tīrthe kāyāvatāre syād deveśo nakulīśvaraḥ

tatra devādidevasya catvāraḥ sutapodhanāḥ /
śiṣyā babhūvuścānyeṣāṃ pratyekaṃ munipuṅgavāḥ

prasannamanaso dāntā aiśvarīṃ bhaktimāśritāḥ /
krameṇa tān pravakṣyāmi yogino yogavittamān

śvetaḥ śvetaśikhaścaiva śvetāsyaḥ śvetalohitaḥ /
dundubhiḥ śatarūpaśca ṛcīkaḥ ketumāṃstathā /
vikeśaśca viśokaśca viśāpaśśāpanāśanaḥ

sumukho durmukhaścaiva durdamo duratikramaḥ /
sanaḥ sanātanaścaiva mukāraśca sanandanaḥ

dālabhyaśca mahāyogī dharmātmano mahaujasaḥ /
sudhāmā virajāścaiva śaṅkhapātraja eva ca

sārasvatastathā megho ghanavāhaḥ suvāhanaḥ /
kapilaścāsuriścaiva voḍhuḥ pañcaśikho muniḥ

parāśaraśca gargaśca bhārgavaścāṅgirāstathā /
balabandhurnirāmitraḥ ketuśṛṅgastapodhanaḥ

lambodaraśca lambaśca lāmbākṣo lambakeśakaḥ /
sarvajñaḥ samabuddhiśca sādhyaḥ satyastathaiva ca

śudhāmā kāśyapaścaiva vasiṣṭho virajāstathā /
atrirugrastathā caiva śravaṇo 'tha śraviṣṭhakaḥ

kuṇiśca kuṇibāhuśca kuśarīraḥ kunetrakaḥ /
kaśyapohyuśanā caiva cyavano 'tha bṛhaspatiḥ

utathyo vāmadevaśca mahākāyo mahānilaḥ /
vācaśravāḥ supīkaśca śyāvāśvaḥ sapathīśvaraḥ

hariṇyanābhaḥ kauśalyo lokākṣiḥ kuthumistathā /
sumanturvarcarī vidvān kabandhaḥ kuśikandharaḥ

plakṣo dārbhāyaṇiścaiva ketumān gautamastathā /
bhallāpī madhupiṅgaśca śvetaketustaponidhiḥ

uśijo bṛhadukthaśca devalaḥ kapireva ca /
śālihotro 'gniveśyaśca yuvanāśvaḥ śaradvasuḥ

chagalaḥ kuṇḍakarṇaśca kumbhaścaiva pravāhakaḥ /
ulūko vidyutaścaiva śādvalo hyāśvalāyanaḥ

akṣapādaḥ kumāraśca ulūko vatsa eva ca /
kuśikaścaiva gargaśca mitrako ṛṣya eva ca

śiṣyā ete mahātmānaḥ sarvovarteṣu yoginām /
vimalā brahmabhūyiṣṭhā jñānayogaparāyaṇāḥ

kurvanti cāvatārāṇi brāhmaṇānāṃ hitāya hi /
yogeśvarāṇāmādeśād vedasaṃsthāpanāya vai

ye brāhmaṇāḥ saṃsmaranti namasyanti ca sarvadā /
tarpayantyarcayantyetān brahmavidyāmavāpnuyuḥ

idaṃ vaivasvataṃ proktamantaraṃ vistareṇa tu /
bhaviṣyati ca sāvarṇo dakṣasāvarṇa eva ca

daśamo brahmasāvarṇo dharmasāvarṇa eva ca /
dvādaśo rudrasāvarṇo rocamānastrayodaśaḥ /
bhautyaścaturdaśaḥ prokto bhaviṣyā manavaḥ kramāt

ayaṃ vaḥ kathito hyaṃśaḥ pūrvo nārāyaṇeritaḥ /
bhūtabhavyairvartamānairākhyānairupabṛṃhitaḥ

yaḥ paṭhecchṛṇuyād vāpi śrāvayed vā dvijottamān /
sa sarvapāpanirmukto brahmaṇā saha modate

paṭhed devālaye snātvā nadītīreṣu caiva hi /
nārāyaṇaṃ namaskṛtya bhāvena puruṣottamam

namo devādidevāya devānāṃ paramātmane /
puruṣāya purāṇāya viṣṇave kūrmarūpiṇe