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Kurma Purana · Chapter 2.3

2.3.1

iti śrīkūrmapurāṇe ṣaṭsāhastryāṃ saṃhitāyāmuparivibhāge (īśvaragītāsu) dvitīyo 'dhyāyaḥ
īśvara uvāca
avyaktādabhavat kālaḥ pradhānaṃ puruṣaḥ paraḥ /
tebhyaḥ sarvamidaṃ jātaṃ tasmād brahmamayaṃ jagat

2.3.2

sarvataḥ pāṇipādaṃ tat sarvato 'kṣiśiromukham /
sarvataḥ śrutimalloke sarvamāvṛtya tiṣṭhati

2.3.3

sarvendriyaguṇābhāsaṃ sarvendriyavivarjitam /
sarvādhāraṃ sadānandamavyaktaṃ dvaitavarjitam

2.3.4

sarvopamānarahitaṃ pramāṇātītagocaram /
nirvikalpaṃ nirābhāsaṃ sarvāvāsaṃ parāmṛtam

2.3.5

abhinnaṃ bhinnasaṃsthānaṃ śāśvataṃ dhru vamavyayam /
nirguṇaṃ paramaṃ vyoma tajjñānaṃ sūrayo viduḥ

2.3.6

sa ātmā sarvabhūtānāṃ sa bāhyābhyantaraḥ paraḥ /
so 'haṃ sarvatragaḥ śānto jñānātmā parameśvaraḥ

2.3.7

mayā tatamidaṃ viśvaṃ jagadavyaktamūrtinā /
matsthāni sarvabhūtāni yastaṃ veda sa vedavit

2.3.8

pradhānaṃ puruṣaṃ caiva tattvadvayamudāhṛtam /
tayoranādiruddiṣṭaḥ kālaḥ saṃyojakaḥ paraḥ

2.3.9

trayametadanādyantamavyakte samavasthitam /
tadātmakaṃ tadanyat syāt tadrūpaṃ māmakaṃ viduḥ

2.3.10

mahadādyaṃ viśeṣāntaṃ saṃprasūte 'khilaṃ jagat /
yā sā prakṛtiruddiṣṭā mohinī sarvadehinām

2.3.11

puruṣaḥ prakṛtistho hi bhuṅkteyaḥ prākṛtān guṇān /
ahaṅkāravimuktatvāt procyate pañcaviṃśakaḥ

2.3.12

ādyo vikāraḥ prakṛtermahānātmeti kathyate /
vijñānaśaktirvijñātā hyahaṅkārastadutthitaḥ

2.3.13

eka eva mahānātmā so 'haṅkāro 'bhidhīyate /
sa jīvaḥ so 'ntarātmeti gīyate tattvacintakaiḥ

2.3.14

tena vedayate sarvaṃ sukhaṃ duḥkhaṃ ca janmasu /
sa vijñānātmakastasya manaḥ syādupakārakam

2.3.15

tenāvivekatastasmāt saṃsāraḥ puruṣasya tu /
sa cāvivekaḥ prakṛtau saṅgāt kālena so 'bhavat

2.3.16

kālaḥ sṛjati bhūtāni kālaḥ saṃharati prajāḥ /
sarve kālasya vaśagā na kālaḥ kasyacid vaśe

2.3.17

so 'ntarā sarvamevedaṃ niyacchati sanātanaḥ /
procyate bhagavān prāṇaḥ sarvajñaḥ puruṣottamaḥ

2.3.18

sarvendriyebhyaḥ paramaṃ mana āhurmanīṣiṇaḥ /
manasaścāpyahaṅkāramahaṅkārānmahān paraḥ

2.3.19

mahataḥ paramavyaktamavyaktāt puruṣaḥ paraḥ /
puruṣād bhagavān prāṇastasya sarvamidaṃ jagat

2.3.20

prāṇāt parataraṃ vyoma vyomātīto 'gnirīśvaraḥ /
so 'haṃ sarvatragaḥ śānto jñānātmā parameśvaraḥ /
nāsti mattaḥ paraṃ bhūtaṃ māṃ vijñāya vimucyate

2.3.21

nityaṃ hi nāsti jagati bhūtaṃ sthāvarajaṅgamam /
ṛte māmekamavyaktaṃ vyomarūpaṃ maheśvaram

2.3.22

so 'haṃ sṛjāmi sakalaṃ saṃharāmi sadā jagat /
māyī māyāmayo devaḥ kālena saha saṅgataḥ

2.3.23

matsannidhāveṣa kālaḥ karoti sakalaṃ jagat /
niyojayatyanantātmā hyetad vedānuśāsanam

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