Kurma Purana · Chapter 2.34

itī śrīkūrmapurāṇe ṣaṭsāhastryāṃ saṃhitāyāmuparivibhāge trayastriśo 'dhyāyaḥ
ṛṣaya ūcuḥ
tīrthāni yāni loke 'smin viśrutāni māhanti ca /
tāni tvaṃ kathayāsmākaṃ romaharṣaṇa sāṃpratam

romaharṣaṇa uvāca
śṛṇudhvaṃ kathayiṣye 'haṃ tīrthāni vividhāni ca /
kathitāni purāṇeṣu munibhirbrahmavādibhiḥ

yatra snānaṃ japo homaḥ śrāddhadānādikaṃ kṛtam /
ekaikaśo muniśreṣṭhāḥ punātyāsaptamaṃ kulam

pañcayojanavistīrṇaṃ brahmaṇaḥ parameṣṭhinaḥ /
prayāgaṃ prathitaṃ tīrthaṃ tasya māhātmyamīritam

anyacca tīrthapravaraṃ kurūṇāṃ devavanditam /
ṛṣīṇāmāśramairjuṣṭaṃ sarvapāpaviśodhanam

tatra snātvā viśuddhātmā dambhamātsaryavarjitaḥ /
dadāti yatkiñcidapi punātyubhayataḥ kulam

gayātīrthaṃ paraṃ guhyaṃ pitṝṇāṃ cāti vallabham /
kṛtvā piṇḍapradānaṃ tu na bhūyo jāyate naraḥ

sakṛd gayābhigamanaṃ kṛtvā piṇḍaṃ dadāti yaḥ /
tāritāḥ pitarastena yāsyanti paramāṃ gatim

tatra lokahitārthāya rudreṇa paramātmanā /
śilātale padaṃ nyastaṃ tatra pitṝn prasādayet

gayābhigamanaṃ kartuṃ yaḥ śakto nābhigacchati /
śocanti pitarastaṃ vai vṛthā tasya pariśramaḥ

gāyanti pitaro gāthāḥ kīrtayanti maharṣayaḥ /
gayāṃyāsyatiyaḥ kaścit so 'smān saṃtārayiṣyati

yadi syāt pātakopetaḥ svadharmarativarjitaḥ /
gayāṃ yāsyati vaṃśyo yaḥ so 'smān saṃtārayiṣyati

eṣṭavyā bahavaḥ putrāḥ śīlavanto guṇānvitāḥ /
teṣāṃ tu samavetānāṃ yadyeko 'pi gayāṃ vrajet

tasmāt sarvaprayatnena brāhmaṇastu viśeṣataḥ /
pradadyād vidhivat piṇḍān gayāṃ gatvā samāhitaḥ

dhanyāstu khalu te martyā gayāyāṃ piṇḍadāyinaḥ /
kulānyubhayataḥ sapta samuddhṛtyāpnuyāt param

anyacca tīrthapravaraṃ siddhāvāsamudāhṛtam /
prabhāsamiti vikhyātaṃ yatrāste bhagavān bhavaḥ

tatra snānaṃ tapaḥ śrāddhaṃ brāhmaṇānāṃ ca pūjanam /
kṛtvā lokamavāpnoti brahmaṇo 'kṣayyamuttamam

tīrthaṃ traiyambakaṃ nāma sarvadevanamaskṛtam /
pūjayitvā tatra rudraṃ jyotiṣṭomaphalaṃ labhet

suvarṇākṣaṃ mahādevaṃ samabhyarcya kapardinam /
brāhmaṇān pūjayitvā tu gāṇapatyaṃ labhed dhruvam

someśvaraṃ tīrthavaraṃ rudrasya parameṣṭhinaḥ /
sarvavyādhiharaṃ puṇyaṃ rudrasālokyakāraṇam

tīrthānāṃ paramaṃ tīrthaṃ vijayaṃ nāma śobhanam /
tatra liṅgaṃ maheśasya vijayaṃ nāma viśrutam

ṣaṇmāsān niyatāhāro brahmacārī samāhitaḥ /
uṣitvā tatra viprendrā yāsyanti paramaṃ padam

anyacca tīrthapravaraṃ pūrvadeśe suśobhanam /
ekāmraṃ devadevasya gāṇapatyaphalapradam

dattvātra śivabhaktānāṃ kiñcicchaśvanmahīṃ śubhām /
sārvabhaumo bhaved rājā mumukṣurmokṣamāpnuyāt

mahānadījalaṃ puṇyaṃ sarvapāpavināśanam /
grahaṇe samupaspṛśya mucyate sarvapātakaiḥ

anyā ca virajā nāma nadī trailokyaviśrutā /
tasyāṃ snātvā naro viprā brahmaloke mahīyate

tīrthaṃ nārāyaṇasyānyannāmnā tu puruṣottamam /
tatra nārāyaṇaḥ śrīmānāste paramapūruṣaḥ

pūjayitvā paraṃ viṣṇuṃ snātvā tatra dvijottamaḥ /
brāhmaṇān pūjayitvā tu viṣṇulokamavāpnuyāt

tīrthānāṃ paramaṃ tīrthaṃ gokarṇaṃ nāma viśrutam /
sarvapāpaharaṃ śaṃbhornivāsaḥ parameṣṭhinaḥ

dṛṣṭvā liṃṅgaṃ tu devasya gokarṇeśvaramuttamam /
īpsitāṃllabhate kāmān rudrasya dayito bhavet

uttaraṃ cāpi gokarṇaṃ liṅgaṃ devasya śūlinaḥ /
mahādevasyārcayitvā śivasāyujyamāpnuyāt

tatra devo mahādevaḥ sthāṇurityabhiviśrutaḥ /
taṃ dṛṣṭvā sarvapāpebhyo mucyate tatkṣaṇānnaraḥ

anyat kubjāmramatulaṃ sthānaṃ viṣṇormahātmanaḥ /
saṃpūjya puruṣaṃ viṣṇuṃ śvetadvīpe mahīyate

yatra nārāyaṇo devo rudreṇa tripurāriṇā /
kṛtvā yajñasya mathanaṃ dakṣasya tu visarjitaḥ

samantād yojanaṃ kṣetraṃ siddharṣigaṇavanditam /
puṇyamāyatanaṃ viṣṇostatrāste puruṣottamaḥ

anyat kokāmukhaṃ viṣṇostīrthamadbhutakarmaṇaḥ /
mṛto 'tra pātakairmukto viṣṇusārūpyamāpnuyāt

śālagrāmaṃ mahātīrthaṃ viṣṇoḥ prītivivardhanam /
prāṇāṃstatra narastyaktvā hṛṣīkeṣaṃ prapaśyati

aśvatīrthamiti khyātaṃ siddhāvāsaṃ supāvanam /
āste hayaśirā nityaṃ tatra nārāyaṇaḥ svayam

tīrthaṃ trailokyavikhyātaṃ brahmaṇaḥ parameṣṭhinaḥ /
puṣkaraṃ sarvapāpaghnaṃ mṛtānāṃ brahmalokadam

manasā saṃsmared yastu puṣkaraṃ vai dvijottamaḥ /
pūyate pātakaiḥ sarvaiḥ śakreṇa saha modate

tatra devāḥ sagandharvāḥ sayakṣoragarākṣasāḥ /
upāsate siddhasaṅghā brahmaṇaṃ padmasaṃbhavam

tatra strātvā bhavecchuddho brahmāṇaṃ parameṣṭhinam /
pūjayitvā dvijavarān brahmāṇaṃ saṃprapaṣyati

tatrābhigamya deveśaṃ puruhūtamaninditam /
surūpo jāyate martyaḥ sarvān kāmānavāpnuyāt

saptasārasvataṃ tīrthaṃ brahmādyaiḥ sevitaṃ param /
pūjayitvā tatra rudramaśvamedhaphalaṃ labhet

yatra maṅkaṇako rudraṃ prapannaḥ parameśvaram /
ārādhayāmāsa haraṃ pañcakṣaraparāyaṇaḥ

namaḥ śivāyeti muniḥ japan pañcākṣaraṃ param /
ārādhayāmāsa śivaṃ tapasā govṛṣadhvajam

prajajvālātha tapasā munirmaṅkaṇakastadā /
nanarta harṣavegena jñātvā rudraṃ samāgatam

taṃ prāha bhagavān rudraḥ kimarthaṃ nartitaṃ tvayā /
dṛṣṭvāpi devamīśānaṃ nṛtyati sma punaḥ punaḥ

so 'nvīkṣya bhagavānīśaḥ sagarvaṃ garvaśāntaye /
svakaṃ dehaṃ vidāryāsmai bhasmarāśimadarśayat

paśyemaṃ maccharīrotthaṃ bhasmarāśiṃ dvijottama /
māhātmyametat tapasastvādṛśo 'nyo 'pi vidyate

yat sagarvaṃ hi bhavatā nartitaṃ munipuṅgava /
na yuktaṃ tāpasasyaitat tvattopyatrādhiko hyaham

ityābhāṣya muniśreṣṭhaṃ sa rudraḥ kila viśvadṛk /
āsthāya paramaṃ bhāvaṃ nanarta jagato haraḥ

sahasraśīrṣā bhūtvā sahasrākṣaḥ sahasrapāt /
daṃṣṭrākarālavadano jvālāmālī bhayaṅkaraḥ

so 'nvapaśyadaśeṣasya pārśve tasya triśūlinaḥ /
viśālalocanamekāṃ devīṃ cāruvilāsinīm /
sūryāyutasamaprakhyāṃ prasannavadanāṃ śivām

sasmitaṃ prekṣya viśveśaṃ tiṣṭhantīmamitadyutim /
dṛṣṭvā saṃtrastahṛdayo vepamāno munīśvaraḥ /
nanāma śirasā rudraṃ rudrādhyāyaṃ japan vaśī

prasanno bhagavānīśastryambako bhaktavatsalaḥ /
pūrvaveṣaṃ sa jagrāha devī cāntarhitābhavat

āliṅgya bhaktaṃ praṇataṃ devadevaḥ svayaṃśivaḥ /
na bhetavyaṃ tvayā vatsa prāha kiṃ te dadāmyaham

praṇamya mūrdhnā giriśaṃ haraṃ tripurasūdanam /
vijñāpayāmāsa tadā hṛṣṭaḥ praṣṭumanā muniḥ

namo 'stu te mahādeva maheśvara namo 'stu te /
kimetad bhagavadrūpaṃ sughoraṃ viśvatomukham

kā ca sā bhagavatpārśve rājamānā vyavasthitā /
antarhiteva sahasā sarvamicchāmi veditum

ityukte vyājahāramaṃ tathā maṅkaṇakaṃ haraḥ /
maheśaḥ svātmano yogaṃ devīṃ ca tripurānalaḥ

ahaṃ sahasranayanaḥ sarvātmā sarvatomukhaḥ /
dāhakaḥ sarvapāpānāṃ kālaḥ kālakaro haraḥ

mayaiva preryate kṛtsnaṃ cetanācetanātmakam /
so 'ntaryāmī sa puruṣo hyahaṃ vai puruṣottamaḥ

tasya sā paramā māyā prakṛtistriguṇātmikā /
procyate munirbhiśaktirjagadyoniḥ sanātanī

sa eṣa māyayā viśvaṃ vyāmohayati viśvavit /
nārāyaṇaḥ paro 'vyakto māyārūpa iti śrutiḥ

evametajjagat sarvaṃ sarvadā sthāpayāmyaham /
yojayāmi prakṛtyāhaṃ puruṣaṃ pañcaviṃśakam

tathā vai saṃgato devaḥ kūṭasthaḥ sarvago 'malaḥ /
sṛjatyaśeṣamevedaṃ svamūrteḥ prakṛterajaḥ

sa devo bhagavān brahmā viśvarūpaḥ pitāmahaḥ /
tavaitat kathitaṃ samyak straṣṭvatvaṃ paramātmanaḥ

eko 'haṃ bhagavān kalo hyanādiścāntakṛd vibhuḥ /
samāsthāya paraṃ bhāvaṃ prokto rudro manīṣibhiḥ

mama vai sāparā śaktirdevī vidyeti viśrutā /
dṛṣṭā hi bhavatā nūnaṃ vidyādehastvahaṃ tataḥ

evametāni tattvāni pradhānapuruṣeśvarāḥ /
viṣṇurbrahmā ca bhagavān rudraḥ kāla iti śrutiḥ

trayametadanādyantaṃ brahmaṇyeva vyavasthitam /
tadātmakaṃ tadavyaktaṃ tadakṣaramiti śrutiḥ

ātmānandaparaṃ tattvaṃ cinmātraṃ paramaṃ padam /
ākāśaṃ niṣkalaṃ brahma tasmādanyanna vidyate

evaṃ vijñāya bhavatā bhaktiyogāśrayeṇa tu /
saṃpūjyo vandanīyo 'haṃ tatastaṃ paśya śāśvatam

etāvaduktvā bhagavāñjagāmādarśanaṃ haraḥ /
tatraiva bhaktiyogena rudrāmārādhayanmuniḥ

etat pavitramatulaṃ tīrthaṃ brahmarṣisevitam /
saṃsevya brāhmaṇo vidvān mucyate sarvapātakaiḥ