Kurma Purana · Chapter 1.6
iti śrīkūrmapurāṇe ṣaṭsāhastryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pūrvavibhāge pañcamo 'dhyāyaḥ
śrīkūrma uvāca
āsīdekārṇavaṃ ghoramavibhāgaṃ tamomayam /
śāntavātādikaṃ sarvaṃ na prajñāyata kiñcana
ekārṇave tadā tasmin naṣṭe sthāvarajaṅgame /
tadā samabhavad brahmā sahastrākṣaḥ sahastrapāt
sahastraśīrṣā puruṣo rukmavarṇastvatīndriyaḥ /
brahmā nārāyaṇākhyastu suṣvāpa salile tadā
imaṃ codāharantyatra ślokaṃ nārāyaṇaṃ prati /
brahmasvarūpiṇaṃ devaṃ jagataḥ prabhavāpyayam
āpo nārā iti proktā nāmnā pūrvamiti śrutiḥ /
ayanaṃ tasya tā yasmāt tena nārāyaṇaḥ smṛtaḥ
tulyaṃ yugasahastrasya naiśaṃ kālamupāsya saḥ /
śarvaryante prakurute brahmatvaṃ sargakāraṇāt
tatastu salile tasmin vijñāyāntargatāṃ mahīm /
anumānāt taduddhāraṃ kartukāmaḥ prajāpatiḥ
jalakrīḍāsu ruciraṃ vārāhaṃ rupamāsthitaḥ /
adhṛṣyaṃ manasāpyanyairvāṅmayaṃ brahmasaṃjñitam
pṛthivyuddharaṇārthāya praviśya ca rasātalam /
daṃṣṭrayābhyujjahāraināmātmādhāro dharādharaḥ
dṛṣṭvā daṃṣṭrāgravinyastāṃ pṛthivīṃ prathitapauruṣam /
astuvañjanalokasthāḥ siddhā brahmarṣayo harim
ṛṣaya ūcuḥ
namaste devadevāya brahmaṇe parameṣṭhine /
puruṣāya purāṇāya śāśvatāya jayāya ca
namaḥ svayaṃbhuve tubhyaṃ straṣṭre sarvārthavedine /
namo hiraṇyagarbhāya vedhase paramātmane
namaste vāsudevāya viṣṇave viśvayonaye /
nārāyaṇāya devāya devānāṃ hitakāriṇe
namo 'stu te caturvaktre śārṅgacakrāsidhāriṇe /
sarvabhūtātmabhūtāya kūṭasthāya namo namaḥ
namo vedarahasyāya namaste vedayonaye /
namo buddhāya śuddhāya namaste jñānarūpiṇe
namo 'stvānandarūpāya sākṣiṇe jagatāṃ namaḥ /
anantāyāprameyāya kāryāya karaṇāya ca
namaste pañcabūtāya pañcabhūtātmane namaḥ /
namo mūlaprakṛtaye māyārūpāya te namaḥ
namo 'stu te varāhāya namaste matsyarūpiṇe /
namo yogādhigamyāya namaḥ sakarṣaṇāya te
namastrimūrtaye tubhyaṃ tridhāmne divyatejase /
namaḥ siddhāya pūjyāya guṇatrayavibhāvine
tamo 'stvādityavarṇāya namaste padmayonaye /
namo 'mūrtāya mūrtāya mādhavāya namo namaḥ
tvayaiva sṛṣṭamakhilaṃ tvayyeva layameṣyati /
pālayaitajjagat sarvaṃ trātā tvaṃ śaraṇaṃ gati
itthaṃ sa bhagavān viṣṇuḥ sanakādyairabhiṣṭutaḥ /
prasādamakarot teṣāṃ varāhavapurīśvaraḥ
tataḥ saṃsthānamānīya pṛthivīṃ pṛthivīpatiḥ /
mumoca rūpaṃ manasā dhārayitvā prijāpatiḥ
tasyopari jalaughasya mahatī nauriva sthitā /
vitatatvācca dehasya na mahī yāti saṃplavam
pṛthivīṃ tu samīkṛtya pṛthivyāṃ so 'cinod girīn /
prāksargadagdhānakhilāṃstataḥ sarge 'dadhanmanaḥ
Original text: Kūrmapurāṇa · Data entry members of the Sansknet Project · GRETIL (Göttingen) · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0