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Kurma Purana · Chapter 2.29

2.29.1

iti śrīkūrmapurāṇe ṣaṭsāhastryāṃ saṃhitāyāmuparivibhāge 'ṣṭāviṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ
vyāsa uvāca
evaṃ svāśramaniṣṭhānāṃ yatīnāṃ niyatātmanām /
bhaikṣeṇa vartanaṃ proktaṃ phalamūlairathāpi vā

2.29.2

ekakālaṃ cared bhaikṣaṃ na prasajyeta vistare /
bhaikṣe prasakto hi yatirviṣayeṣvapi sajjati

2.29.3

saptāgāraṃ cared bhaikṣamalābhāt tu punaścaret /
prakṣālya pātre bhuñjīyādadbhiḥ prakṣālayet tu tat

2.29.4

athavānyadupādāya pātre bhuñjīta nityaśaḥ /
bhuktvā tat saṃtyajet pātraṃ yātrāmātramalolupaḥ

2.29.5

vidhūme sannamusale vyaṅgāre bhuktavajjane /
vṛtte śarāvasaṃpāte bhikṣāṃ nityaṃ yatiścaret

2.29.6

godohamātraṃ tiṣṭheta kālaṃ bhikṣuradhomukhaḥ /
bhikṣetyuktvā sakṛt tūṣṇīmaśnīyād vāgyataḥ śuciḥ

2.29.7

prakṣālya pāṇipādau ca samācamya yathāvidhi /
āditye darśayitvānnaṃ bhuñjīta prāṅmukhottaraḥ

2.29.8

hutvā prāṇāhutīḥ pañca grāsānaṣṭau samāhitaḥ /
ācamya devaṃ brahmāṇaṃ dhyāyīta parameśvaram

2.29.9

alābuṃ dārupātraṃ ca mṛṇmayaṃ vaiṇavaṃ tataḥ /
catvāri yatipātrāṇi manurāha prajāpatiḥ

2.29.10

prāgrātre pararātre ca madhyarātre tathaiva ca /
saṃdhyāsvahni viśeṣeṇa cintayennityamīśvaram

2.29.11

kṛtvā hṛtpadmanilaye viśvākhyaṃ viśvasaṃbhavam /
ātmānaṃ sarvabhūtānāṃ parastāt tamasaḥ sthitam

2.29.12

sarvasyādhārabhūtānāmānandaṃ jyotiravyayam /
pradhānapuruṣātītamākāśaṃ dahanaṃ śivam

2.29.13

tadantaḥ sarvabhāvānāmīśvaraṃ brahmarūpiṇam /
dhyāyedanādimadvaitamānandādiguṇālayam

2.29.14

mahāntaṃ paramaṃ brahma puruṣaṃ satyamavyayam /
sitetarāruṇākāraṃ maheśaṃ viśvarūpiṇam

2.29.15

oṅkārānte 'tha cātmānaṃ saṃsthāpya paramātmani /
ākāśe devamīśānaṃ dhyāyītākāśamadhyagam

2.29.16

kāraṇaṃ sarvabhāvānāmānandaikasamāśrayam /
purāṇaṃ puruṣaṃ śaṃbhuṃ dhyāyan mucyeta bandhanāt

2.29.17

yadvā guhāyāṃ prakṛtau jagatsaṃmohanālaye /
vicintya paramaṃ vyoma sarvabhūtaikakāraṇam

2.29.18

jīvanaṃ sarvabhūtānāṃ yatra lokaḥ pralīyate /
ānandaṃ brahmaṇaḥ sūkṣmaṃ yat paśyanti mumukṣavaḥ

2.29.19

tanmadhye nihitaṃ brahma kevalaṃ jñānalakṣaṇam /
anantaṃ satyamīśānaṃ vicintyāsīta saṃyataḥ

2.29.20

guhyād guhyatamaṃ jñānaṃ yatīnāmetadīritam /
yo 'nutiṣṭhenmaheśena so 'śnute yogamaiśvaram

2.29.21

tasmād dhyānarato nityamātmavidyāparāyaṇaḥ /
jñānaṃ samabhyased brāhmaṃ yena mucyeta bandhanāt

2.29.22

matvā pṛthak svamātmānaṃ sarvasmādeva kevalam /
ānandamajaraṃ jñānaṃ dhyāyīta ca punaḥ param

2.29.23

yasmāt bhavanti bhūtāni yad gatvā neha jāyate /
sa tasmādīśvaro devaḥ parasmād yo 'dhitiṣṭhati

2.29.24

yadantare tad gaganaṃ śāśvataṃ śivamavyayam /
yadaṃśastatparo yastu sa devaḥ syānmaheśvaraḥ

2.29.25

vratāni yāni bhikṣūṇāṃ tathaivopavratāni ca /
ekaikātikrame teṣāṃ prāyaścittaṃ vidhīyate

2.29.26

upetya ca striyaṃ kāmāt prāyaścittaṃ samāhitaḥ /
prāṇāyāmasamāyuktaṃ kuryāt sāṃtapanaṃ śuciḥ

2.29.27

tataścareta niyamāt kṛcchraṃ saṃyatamānasaḥ /
punarāśramamāgamya cared bhiśruratandritaḥ

2.29.28

na dharmayuktamanṛtaṃ hinastīti manīṣiṇaḥ /
tathāpi ca na kartavyaṃ prasaṅgo hyeṣa dāruṇaḥ

2.29.29

ekarātropavāsaśca prāṇāyāmaśataṃ tathā /
uktvānṛtaṃ prakartavyaṃ yatinā dharmalipsunā

2.29.30

paramāpadgatenāpi na kāryaṃ steyamanyataḥ /
steyādabhyadhikaḥ kaścinnāstyadharma iti smṛtiḥ /
hiṃsā caiṣāparā diṣṭā yā cātmajñānanāśikā

2.29.31

yadetad draviṇaṃ nāma prāṇa hyete bahiśvarāḥ /
sa tasya harati prāṇān yo yasya harate dhanam

2.29.32

evaṃ kṛtvā sa duṣṭātmā bhinnavṛtto vratāccyutaḥ /
bhūyo nirvedamāpannaścareccāndrāyaṇavratam

2.29.33

vidhinā śāstradṛṣṭena saṃvatsaramiti śrutiḥ /
bhūyo nirvedamāpannaścared bhikṣuratandritaḥ

2.29.34

akasmādeva hiṃsāṃ tu yadi bhikṣuḥ samācaret /
kuryātkṛchrātikṛcchraṃ tu cāndrāyaṇamathāpi vā

2.29.35

skandedindriyadaurbalyāt striyaṃ dṛṣṭvā yatiryadi /
tena dhārayitavyā vai prāṇāyāmāstu ṣoḍaśa /
divāskande trirātraṃ syāt prāṇāyāmaśataṃ tathā

2.29.36

ekānne madhumāṃse ca navaśrāddhe tathaiva ca /
pratyakṣalavaṇe coktaṃ prājāpatyaṃ viśodhanam

2.29.37

dhyānaniṣṭhasya satataṃ naśyate sarvapātakam /
tasmānmaheśvaraṃ jñātvā tasya dhyānaparo bhavet

2.29.38

yad brahma paramaṃ jyotiḥ pratiṣṭhākṣaramadvayam /
yo 'ntarātra paraṃ brahma sa vijñeyo maheśvaraḥ

2.29.39

eṣa devo mahādevaḥ kevalaḥ paramaḥ śivaḥ /
tadevākṣaramadvaitaṃ tadādityāntaraṃ param

2.29.40

yasmānmahīyate devaḥ svadhāmni jñānasaṃjñite /
ātmayogāhvaye tattve mahādevastataḥ smṛtaḥ

2.29.41

nānyad devānmahādevād vyatiriktaṃ prapaśyati /
tamevātmānamanveti yaḥ sa yāti paraṃ padam

2.29.42

manyate ye svamātmānaṃ vibhinnaṃ parameśvarāt /
na te paśyanti taṃ devaṃ vṛthā teṣāṃ pariśramaḥ

2.29.43

ekameva paraṃ brahma vijñeyaṃ tattvamavyayam /
sa devastu mahādevo naitad vijñāya badhyate

2.29.44

tasmād yateta niyataṃ yatiḥ saṃyatamānasaḥ /
jñānayogarataḥ śānto mahādevaparāyaṇaḥ

2.29.45

eṣa vaḥ kathito vipro yatīnāmāśramaḥ śubhaḥ /
pitāmahena vibhunā munīnāṃ pūrvamīritam

2.29.46

nāputraśiṣyayogibhyo dadyādidamanuttamam /
jñānaṃ svayaṃbhuvā proktaṃ yatidharmāśrayaṃ śivam

2.29.47

iti yatiniyamānāmetaduktaṃ vidhānaṃ
paśupatiparitoṣe yad bhavedekahetuḥ /
na bhavati punareṣāmudbhavo vā vināśaḥ
praṇihitamanaso ye nityamevācaranti

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