Kurma Purana · Chapter 2.11

itī śrīkūrmapurāṇe ṣaṭsāhastryāṃ saṃhitāyāmuparivibhāge (īśvaragītāsu) daśamo 'dhyāyaḥ
īśvara uvāca
ataḥ paraṃ pravakṣyāmi yogaṃ paramadurlabham /
yenātmānaṃ prapaśyanti bhānumantamiveśvaram

yogāgnirdahati kṣipramaśeṣaṃ pāpapañjaram /
prasannaṃ jāyate jñānaṃ sākṣānnirvāṇasiddhidam

yogātsaṃjāyate jñānaṃ jñānād yogaḥ pravartate /
yogajñānābhiyuktasya prasīdati maheśvaraḥ

ekakālaṃ dvikālaṃ vā trikālaṃ nityameva vā /
ye yuñjantīha madyogaṃ te vijñeyā maheśvarāḥ

yogastu dvividho jñeyo hyabhāvaḥ prathamo mataḥ /
aparastu mahāyogaḥ sarvayogottamottamaḥ

śūnyaṃ sarvanirābhāsaṃ svarūpaṃ yatra cintyate /
abhāvayogaḥ sa prokto yenātmānaṃ prapaśyati

yatra paśyati cātmānaṃ nityānandaṃ nirañjanam /
mayaikyaṃ sa mahāyogo bhāṣitaḥ parameśvaraḥ

ye cānye yogināṃ yogāḥ śrūyante granthavistare /
sarve te brahmayogasya kalāṃ nārhanti ṣoḍaśīm

yatra sākṣāt prapaśyanti vimuktā viśvamīśvaram /
sarveṣāmeva yogānāṃ sa yogaḥ paramo mataḥ

sahasraśo 'tha śataśo ye ceśvarabahiṣkṛtāḥ /
na te paśyanti māmekaṃ yogino yatamānasāḥ

prāṇāyāmastathā dhyānaṃ pratyāhāro 'tha dhāraṇā /
samādhiśca muniśreṣṭhā yamo niyama āsanam

mayyekacittatāyogo vṛttyantaranirodhataḥ /
tatsādhanānyaṣṭadhā tu yuṣmākaṃ kathitāni tu

ahiṃsā satyamasteyaṃ brahmacaryāparigrahau /
yamāḥ saṃkṣepataḥ proktāścittaśuddhipradā nṛṇām

karmaṇā manasā vācā sarvabhūteṣu sarvadā /
akleśajananaṃ proktaṃ tvahiṃsā paramarṣibhiḥ

ahiṃsāyāḥ paro dharmo nāstyahiṃsā paraṃ sukham /
vidhinā yā bhaveddhiṃsā tvahiṃsaiva prakīrtitā

satyena sarvamāpnoti satye sarvaṃ pratiṣṭhitam /
yathārthakathanācāraḥ satyaṃ proktaṃ dvijātibhiḥ

paradravyāpaharaṇaṃ cauryād vātha balena vā /
steyaṃ tasyānācaraṇādasteyaṃ dharmasādhanam

karmaṇā manasā vācā sarvāvasthāsu sarvadā /
sarvatra maithunatyāgaṃ brahmacaryaṃ pracakṣate

dravyāṇāmapyanādānamāpadyapi yathecchayā /
aparigraha ityāhustaṃ prayatnena pālayet

tapaḥ svādhyāyasaṃtoṣāḥ śaucamīśvarapūjanam /
samāsānniyamāḥ proktā yogasiddhipradāyinaḥ

upavāsaparākādikṛcchracāndrāyaṇādibhiḥ /
śarīraśoṣaṇaṃ prāhustāpasāstapa uttamam

vedāntaśatarudrīyapraṇavādijapaṃ budhāḥ /
sattvaśuddhikaraṃ puṃsāṃ svādhyāyaṃ paricakṣate

svādhyāyasya trayo bhedā vācikopāṃśumānasāḥ /
uttarottaravaiśiṣṭyaṃ prāhurvedārthavedinaḥ

yaḥ śabdabodhajananaḥ pareṣāṃ śṛṇvatāṃ sphuṭam /
svādhyāyo vācikaḥ prokta upāṃśoratha lakṣaṇam

oṣṭhayoḥ spandamātreṇa parasyāśabdabodhakaḥ /
upāṃśureṣa nirdiṣṭaḥ sāhasro vācikājjapaḥ

yatpadākṣarasaṅgatyā parispandanavarjitam /
cintanaṃ sarvaśabdānāṃ mānasaṃ taṃ japaṃ viduḥ

yadṛcchālābhato nityamalaṃ puṃso bhavediti /
yā dhīstāmṛṣayaḥ prāhuḥ saṃtoṣaṃ sukhalakṣaṇam

bāhyamābhyantaraṃ śaucaṃ dvidhā proktaṃ dvijottamāḥ /
mṛjjalābhyāṃ smṛtaṃ bāhyaṃ manaḥśuddhirathāntaram

stutismaraṇapūjābhirvāṅmanaḥkāyakarmabhiḥ /
suniścalā śive bhaktiretadīśvarapūjanam

yamāḥ saniyamāḥ proktāḥ prāṇāyāmaṃ nibodhata /
prāṇaḥ svadehajo vāyurāyāmastannirodhanam

uttamādhamamadhyatvāt tridhāyaṃ pratipāditaḥ /
sa eva dvividhaḥ proktaḥ sagarbho 'garbha eva ca

mātrādvādaśako mandaścaturviṃśatimātrikaḥ /
madhyamaḥ prāṇasaṃrodhaḥ ṣaṭtriṃśanmātrikottamaḥ

prasvedakampanotthānajanakatvaṃ yathākramam /
mandamadhyamamukhyānāmānandāduttamottamaḥ

sagarbhamāhuḥ sajapamagarbhaṃ vijapaṃ budhāḥ /
etad vai yogināmuktaṃ prāṇāyāmasya lakṣaṇam

savyāhṛtiṃ sapraṇavāṃ gāyatrīṃ śirasā saha /
trirjapedāyataprāṇaḥ prāṇāyāmaḥ sa ucyate

recakaḥ pūrakaścaiva prāṇāyāmo 'tha kumbhakaḥ /
procyate sarvaśāstreṣu yogibhiryatamānasaiḥ

recako 'jastraniśvāsāt pūrakastannirodhataḥ /
sāmyena saṃsthitiryā sā kumbhakaḥ parigīyate

indriyāṇāṃ vicaratāṃ viṣayeṣu svabhāvataḥ /
nigrahaḥ procyate sadbhiḥ pratyāhārastu sattamāḥ

hṛtpuṇḍarīke nābhyāṃ vā mūrdhni parvatamastake /
evamādiṣu deśeṣu dhāraṇā cittabandhanam

deśāvasthitimālambya buddheryā vṛttisaṃtatiḥ /
vṛttyantarairasaṃsṛṣṭā taddhyānaṃ sūrayo viduḥ

ekākāraḥ samādhiḥ syād deśālambanavarjitaḥ /
pratyayo hyarthamātreṇa yogasādhanamuttamam

dhāraṇā dvādaśāyāmā dhyānaṃ dvādaśadhāraṇāḥ /
dhyānaṃ dvādaśakaṃ yāvat samādhirabhidhīyate

āsanaṃ svastikaṃ proktaṃ padmamardhāsanaṃ tathā /
sādhanānāṃ ca sarveṣāmetatsādhanamuttamam

ūrvorupari viprendrāḥ kṛtvā pādatale ubhe /
samāsītātmanaḥ padmametadāsanamuttamam

ekaṃ pādamathaikasmin vinyasyoruṇi sattamāḥ /
āsītārdhāsanamidaṃ yogasādhanamuttamam

ubhe kṛtvā pādatale jānūrvorantareṇa hi /
samāsītātmanaḥ proktamāsanaṃ svastikaṃ param

adeśakāle yogasya darśanaṃ hi na vidyate /
agnyabhyāse jale vāpi śuṣkaparṇacaye tathā

jantuvyāpte śmaśāne ca jīrṇagoṣṭhe catuṣpathe /
saśabde sabhaye vāpi caityavalmīkasaṃcaye

aśubhe durjanākrānte maśakādisamanvite /
nācared dehabādhe vā daurmanasyādisaṃbhave

sugupte suśubhe deśe guhāyāṃ parvatasya tu /
nadyāstīre puṇyadeśe devatāyatane tathā

gṛhe vā suśubhe ramye vijane jantuvarjite /
yuñjīta yogī satatamātmānaṃ matparāyaṇaḥ

namaskṛtya tu yogīndrān saśiṣyāṃśca vināyakam /
guruṃ caivātha māṃ yogī yuñjīta susamāhitaḥ

āsanaṃ svastikaṃ baddhvā padmamardhamathāpi vā /
nāsikāgre samāṃ dṛṣṭimīṣadunmīlitekṣaṇaḥ

kṛtvātha nirbhayaḥ śāntastyaktvā māyāmayaṃ jagat /
svātmanyavasthitaṃ devaṃ cintayet parameśvaram

śikhāgre dvādaśāṅgulye kalpayitvātha paṅkajam /
dharmakandasamudbhūtaṃ jñānanālaṃ suśobhanam

aiśvaryāṣṭadalaṃ śvetaṃ paraṃ vairāgyakarṇikam /
cintayet paramaṃ kośaṃ karṇikāyāṃ hiraṇmayam

sarvaśaktimayaṃ sākṣād yaṃ prāhurdivyamavyayam /
oṅkāravācyamavyaktaṃ raśmijālasamākulam

cintayet tatra vimalaṃ paraṃ jyotiryadakṣaram /
tasmin jyotiṣi vinyasyasvātmānaṃ tadabhedataḥ

dhyāyītākāśamadhyasthamīśaṃ paramakāraṇam /
tadātmā sarvago bhūtvā na kiñcidapi cintayet

etad guhyatamaṃ dhyānaṃ dhyānāntaramathocyate /
cintayitvā tu pūrvoktaṃ hṛdaye padmamuttamam

ātmānamatha kartāraṃ tatrānalasamatviṣam /
madhye vahniśikhākāraṃ puruṣaṃ pañcaviṃśakam

cintayet paramātmānaṃ tanmadhye gaganaṃ param /
oṅkarabodhitaṃ tattvaṃ śāśvataṃ śivamacyutam

avyaktaṃ prakṛtau līnaṃ paraṃ jyotiranuttamam /
tadantaḥ paramaṃ tattvamātmādhāraṃ nirañjanam

dhyāyīta tanmayo nityamekarūpaṃ maheśvaram /
viśodhya sarvatattvāni praṇavenāthavā punaḥ

saṃsthāpya mayi cātmānaṃ nirmale parame pade /
plāvayitvātmano dehaṃ tenaiva jñānavāriṇā

madātmā manmayo bhasma gṛhītvā hyagnihotrajam /
tenoddhṛtya tu sarvāṅgamagnirityādimantrataḥ /
cintayet svātmanīśānaṃ paraṃ jyotiḥ svarūpiṇam

eṣa pāśupato yogaḥ paśupāśavimuktaye /
sarvavedāntasāro 'yamatyāśramamiti śrutiḥ

etat parataraṃ guhyaṃ matsāyujyopapādakam /
dvijātīnāṃ tu kathitaṃ bhaktānāṃ brahmacāriṇām

brahmacaryamahiṃsā ca kṣamā śaucaṃ tapo damaḥ /
saṃtoṣaḥ satyamāstikyaṃ vratāṅgāni viśeṣataḥ

ekenāpyatha hīnena vratamasya tu lupyate /
tasmādātmaguṇopeto madvrataṃ voḍhumarhati

vītarāgabhayakrodhā manmayā māmupāśritāḥ /
bahavo 'nena yogena pūtā madbhāvamāgatāḥ

ye yathā māṃ prapadyante tāṃstathaiva bhajāmyaham /
jñānayogena māṃ tasmād yajeta parameśvaram

athavā bhaktiyogena vairāgyeṇa pareṇa tu /
cetasā bodhayuktena pūjayenmāṃ sadā śuciḥ

sarvakarmāṇi saṃnyasya bhikṣāśī niṣparigrahaḥ /
prāpnoti mama sāyujyaṃ guhyametanmayoditam

adveṣṭā sarvabhūtānāṃ maitraḥ karuṇa eva ca /
nirmamo nirahaṅkāro yo madbhaktaḥ sa me priyaḥ

saṃtuṣṭaḥ satataṃ yogī yatātmā dṛḍhaniścayaḥ /
mayyarpitamano buddhiryo madbhaktaḥ sa me priyaḥ

yasmānnodvijate loko lokānnodvijate ca yaḥ /
harṣāmarṣabhayodvegairmukto yaḥ sa hi me priyaḥ

anapekṣaḥ śucirdakṣa udāsīno gatavyathaḥ /
sarvārambhaparityāgī bhaktimān yaḥ sa me priyaḥ

tulyanindāstutirmaunī saṃtuṣṭo yena kenacit /
aniketaḥ sthiramatirmadbhakto māmupaiṣyati

sarvakarmāṇyapi sadā kurvāṇo matparāyaṇaḥ /
matprasādādavāpnoti śāśvataṃ paramaṃ padam

cetasā sarvakarmāṇi mayi saṃnyasya matparaḥ /
nirāśīrnirmamo bhūtvā māmekaṃ śaraṇaṃ vrajet

tyaktvā karmaphalāsaṅgaṃ nityatṛpto nirāśrayaḥ /
karmaṇyabhipravṛtto 'pi naiva tena nibadhyate

nirāśīryatacittātmā tyaktasarvaparigrahaḥ /
śārīraṃ kevalaṃ karma kurvannāpnoti tatpadam

yadṛcchālābhatuṣṭasya dvandvātītasya caiva hi /
kurvato matprasādārthaṃ karma saṃsāranāśanam

manmanā mannamaskāro madyājī matparāyaṇaḥ /
māmupaiṣyati yogīśaṃ jñātvā māṃ parameśvaram

madbuddhayo māṃ satataṃ bodhayantaḥ parasparam /
kathayantaśca māṃ nityaṃ mama sāyujyamāpnuyuḥ

evaṃ nityābhiyuktānāṃ māyeyaṃ karmasānvagam /
nāśayāmi tamaḥ kṛtsnaṃ jñānadīpena bhāsvatā

madbuddhayo māṃ satataṃ pūjayantīha ye janāḥ /
teṣāṃ nityābhiyuktānāṃ yogakṣemaṃ vahāmyaham

ye 'nye ca kāmabhogārthaṃ yajante hyanyadevatāḥ /
teṣāṃ tadantaṃ vijñeyaṃ devatānugataṃ phalam

ye cānyadevatābhaktāḥ pūjayantīha devatāḥ /
madbhāvanāsamāyuktā mucyante te 'pi bhāvataḥ

tasmādanīśvarānanyāṃstyaktvā devānaśeṣataḥ /
māmeva saṃśrayedīśaṃ sa yāti paramaṃ padam

tyaktvā putrādiṣu snehaṃ niḥ śoko niṣparigrahaḥ /
yajeccāmaraṇālliṅge viraktaḥ parameśvaram

ye 'rcayanti sadā liṅgaṃ tyaktvā bhogānaśeṣataḥ /
ekena janmanā teṣāṃ dadāmi paramaiśvaram

parānandātmakaṃ liṅgaṃ kevalaṃ sannirañjanam /
jñānātmakaṃ sarvagataṃ yogināṃ hṛdi saṃsthitam

ye cānye niyatā bhaktā bhāvayitvā vidhānataḥ /
yatra kvacana talliṅgamarcayanti maheśvaram

jale vā vahnimadhye vāvyomni sūrye 'thavānyataḥ /
ratnādau bhāvayitveśamarcayelliṅgamaiśvaram

sarvaṃ liṅgamayaṃ hyetat sarvaṃ liṅge pratiṣṭhitam /
tasmālliṅge 'rcayedīśaṃ yatra kvacana śāśvatam

agnau kriyāvatāmapsu vyomni sūrye manīṣiṇām /
kāṣṭhādiṣveva mūrkhāṇāṃ hṛdi liṅgantuyoginām

yadyanutpannavijñāno viraktaḥ prītisaṃyutaḥ /
yāvajjīvaṃ japed yuktaḥ praṇavaṃ brahmaṇo vapuḥ

athavā śatarudrīyaṃ japedāmaraṇād dvijaḥ /
ekākī yatacittātmā sa yāti paramaṃ padam

vased vāmaraṇād vipro vārāṇasyāṃ samāhitaḥ /
so 'pīśvaraprasādena yāti tat paramaṃ padam

tatrotkramaṇakāle hi sarveṣāmeva dehinām /
dadāti tat paraṃ jñānaṃ yena mucyeta bandhanāt

varṇāśramavidhiṃ kṛtsnaṃ kurvāṇo matparāyaṇaḥ /
tenaiva janmanā jñānaṃ labdhvā yāti śivaṃ padam

ye 'pi tatra vasantīha nīcā vā pāpayonayaḥ /
sarve taranti saṃsāramīśvarānugrahād dvijāḥ

kintu vighnā bhaviṣyanti pāpopahatacetasām /
dharmaṃ samāśrayet tasmānmuktaye niyataṃ dvijāḥ

etad rahasyaṃ vedānāṃ na deyaṃ yasya kasya cit /
dhārmikāyaiva dātavyaṃ bhaktāya brahmacāriṇe

vyāsa uvāca
ityetaduktvā bhagavānātmayogamanuttamam /
vyājahāra samāsīnaṃ nārāyaṇamanāmayam

mayaitad bhāṣitaṃ jñānaṃ hitārthaṃ brahmavādinām /
dātavyaṃ śāntacittebhyaḥ śiṣyebhyo bhavatā śivam

uktvaivamatha yogīndrānabravīd bhagavānajaḥ /
hitāya sarvabhaktānāṃ dvijātīnāṃ dvijottamāḥ

bhavanto 'pi hi majjñānaṃ śiṣyāṇāṃ vidhipūrvakam /
upadekṣyanti bhaktānāṃ sarveṣāṃ vacanānmama

ayaṃ nārāyaṇo yo 'hamīśvaro nātra saṃśayaḥ /
nāntaraṃ ye prapaśyanti teṣāṃ deyamidaṃ param

mamaiṣā paramā mūrtirnārāyaṇasamāhvayā /
sarvabhūtātmabhūtasthā śāntā cākṣarasaṃjñitā

ye tvanyathā prapaśyanti loke bhedadṛśo janāḥ /
na te māṃ saṃprapaśyanti jāyante ca punaḥ punaḥ

ye tvimaṃ viṣṇumavyaktaṃ māṃ vā devaṃ maheśvaram /
ekībhāvena paśyanti na teṣāṃ punarudbhavaḥ

tasmādanādinidhanaṃ viṣṇumātmānamavyayam /
māmeva saṃprapaśyadhvaṃ pūjayadhvaṃ tathaiva hi

ye 'nyathā māṃ prapaśyanti matvemaṃ devatāntaram /
te yānti narakān ghorān nāhaṃ teṣuvyavasthitaḥ

mūrkhaṃ vā paṇḍitaṃ vāpi brāhmaṇaṃ vā madāśrayam /
mocayāmi śvapākaṃ vā na nārāyaṇanindakam

tasmādeṣa mahāyogī madbhaktaiḥ puruṣottamaḥ /
arcanīyo namaskāryo matprītijananāya hi

evamuktvā samāliṅgya vāsudevaṃ pinākadhṛk /
antarhito 'bhavat teṣāṃ sarveṣāmeva paśyatām

nārāyaṇo 'pi bhagavāṃstāpasaṃ veṣamuttamam /
jagrāha yoginaḥ sarvāṃstyaktvā vai paramaṃ vapuḥ

jñātaṃ bhavadbhiramalaṃ prasādāt parameṣṭhinaḥ /
sākṣādeva maheśasya jñānaṃ saṃsāranāśanam

gacchadhvaṃ vijvarāḥ sarve vijñānaṃ parameṣṭhinaḥ /
pravartayadhvaṃ śiṣyebhyo dhārmikebhyo munīśvarāḥ

idaṃ bhaktāya śāntāya dhārmikāyāhitāgnaye /
vijñānamaiśvaraṃ deyaṃ brāhmaṇāya viśeṣataḥ

evamuktvā sa viśvātmā yogināṃ yogavittamaḥ /
nārāyaṇo mahāyogī jagāmādarśanaṃ svayam

te 'pi devādideveśaṃ namaskṛtya maheśvaram /
nārāyaṇaṃ ca bhūtādiṃ svāni sthānāni bhejire

sanatkumāro bhagavān saṃvartāya mahāmuniḥ /
dattavānaiśvaraṃ jñānaṃ so 'pi satyavratāya tu

sanandano 'pi yogīndraḥ pulahāya maharṣaye /
pradadau gautamāyātha pulaho 'pi prajāpatiḥ

aṅgirā vedaviduṣe bharadvājāya dattavān /
jaigīṣavyāya kapilastathā pañcaśikhāya ca

parāśaro 'pi sanakāt pitā me sarvatattvadṛk /
lebhetatparamaṃ jñānaṃ tasmād vālmīkirāptavān

mamovāca purā devaḥ satīdehabhavāṅgajaḥ /
vāmadevo mahāyogī rudraḥ kila pinākadhṛk

nārāyaṇo 'pi bhagavān devakītanayo hariḥ /
arjunāya svayaṃ sākṣāt dattavānidamuttamam

yadahaṃ labdhavān rudrād vāmadevādanuttamam /
viśeṣād giriśe bhaktistasmādārabhya me 'bhavat

śaraṇyaṃ śaraṇaṃ rudraṃ prapanno 'haṃ viśeṣataḥ /
bhūteśaṃ giraśaṃ sthāṇuṃ devadevaṃ triśūlinam

bhavanto 'pi hi taṃ devaṃ śaṃbhuṃ govṛṣavāhanam /
prapadyadhvaṃ sapatnīkāḥ saputrāḥ śaraṇaṃ śivam

vartadhvaṃ tatprasādena karmayogena śaṅkaram /
pūjayadhvaṃ mahādevaṃ gopatiṃ bhūtibhūṣaṇam

evamukte 'tha munayaḥ śaunakādyā maheśvaram /
praṇemuḥ śāśvataṃ sthāṇuṃ vyāsaṃ satyavatīsutam

abruvan hṛṣṭamanasaḥ kṛṣṇadvaipāyanaṃ prabhum /
sākṣādeva hṛṣīkeśaṃ sarvalokamaheśvaram

bhavatprasādādacalā śaraṇye govṛṣadhvaje /
idānīṃ jāyate bhaktiryā devairapi durlabhā

kathayasva muniśreṣṭha karmayogamanuttamam /
yenāsau bhagavānīśaḥ samārādhyo mumukṣubhiḥ

tvatsaṃnidhāveṣa sūtaḥ śṛṇotu bhagavadvacaḥ /
tadvadākhilalokānāṃ rakṣaṇaṃ dharmasaṃgraham

yaduktaṃ devadevena viṣṇunā kūrmarūpiṇā /
pṛṣṭena munibhiḥ pūrvaṃ śakreṇāmṛtamanthane

śrutvā satyavatīsūnuḥ karmayogaṃ sanātanam /
munīnāṃ bhāṣitaṃ kṛṣṇaḥ provāca susamāhitaḥ

ya imaṃ paṭhate nityaṃ saṃvādaṃ kṛttivāsasaḥ /
sanatkumārapramukhaiḥ sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate

śrāvayed vā dvijān śuddhān brahmacaryaparāyaṇān /
yo vā vicārayedarthaṃ sa yāti paramāṃ gatim

yaścaitacchṛṇuyānnityaṃ bhaktiyukto dṛḍhavrataḥ /
sarvapāpavinirmukto brahmaloke mahīyate

tasmāt sarvaprayatnena paṭhitavyo manīṣibhiḥ /
śrotavyaścātha mantavyo viśeṣād brāhmaṇaiḥ sadā