Kurma Purana · Chapter 2.44

iti śrīkūrmapurāṇe ṣaṭsāhastryāṃ saṃhitāyāmuparivibhāge tricatvāriṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ
kūrma uvāca
ataḥ paraṃ pravakṣyāmi pratisargamanuttamam /
prākṛtaṃ hi samāsena śṛṇudhvaṃ gadato mama

gate parārdhadvitaye kālo lokaprakālanaḥ /
kālāgnirbhasmasāt kartuṃ karoti nikilaṃ matim

svātmanyātmānamāveśya bhūtvā devo maheśvaraḥ /
dahedaśeṣaṃ brahmāṇḍaṃ sadevāsuramānuṣam

tamāviśya mahādevo bhagavānnīlalohitaḥ /
karoti lokasaṃhāraṃ bhīṣaṇaṃ rūpamāśritaḥ

praviśya maṇḍalaṃ sauraṃ kṛtvāsau bahudhā punaḥ /
nirdahatyakhilaṃ lokaṃ saptasaptisvarūpadhṛk

sa dagdhvā sakalaṃ sattvamastraṃ brahmaśiro mahat /
devatānāṃ śarīreṣu kṣipatyakhiladāhakam

dagdheṣvaśeṣadeveṣu devī girivarātmajā /
ekāsā sākṣiṇī śaṃbhostiṣṭhate vaidikī śrutiḥ

śiraḥ kapālairdevānāṃ kṛtastragvarabhūṣaṇaḥ /
ādityacandrādigaṇaiḥ pūrayan vyomamaṇḍalam

sahasranayano devaḥ sahasrākṛtiriśvaraḥ /
sahasrahastacaraṇaḥ sahasrārcirmahābhujaḥ

daṃṣṭrākarālavadanaḥ pradīptānalalocanaḥ /
triśūlī kṛttivasano yogamaiśvaramāsthitaḥ

pītvā tatparamānandaṃ prabhūtamamṛtaṃ svayam /
karoti tāṇḍavaṃ devīmālokya parameśvaraḥ

pītvā nṛttāmṛtaṃ devī bhartuḥ paramamaṅgalā /
yogamāsthāya devasya dehamāyāti śūlinaḥ

saṃtyaktvā tāṇḍavarasaṃ svecchayaiva pinākadhṛk /
jyotiḥ svabhāvaṃ bhagavān dagdhvā brahmāṇḍamaṇḍalam

saṃsthiteṣvatha deveṣu brahmaviṣṇupinākiṣu /
guṇairaśeṣaiḥ pṛthivīvilayaṃ yāti vāriṣu

sa vāritattvaṃ saguṇaṃ grasate havyavāhanaḥ /
tejastu guṇasaṃyuktaṃ vāyau saṃyāti saṃkṣayam

ākāśe saguṇo vāyuḥ pralayaṃ yāti viśvabhṛt /
bhūtādau ca tathākāśaṃ līyate guṇasaṃyutam

indriyāṇi ca sarvāṇi taijase yānti saṃkṣayam /
vaikārike devagaṇāḥ pralaṃya yānti sattamāḥ

vaikārikastaijasaśca bhūtādiśceti sattamāḥ /
trividho 'yamahaṅkāro mahati pralaṃya vrajet

mahāntamebhiḥ sahitaṃ brahmāṇamatitejasam /
avyaktaṃ jagato yoniḥ saṃharedekamavyayam

evaṃ saṃhṛtya bhūtāni tattvāni ca maheśvaraḥ /
viyojayati cānyonyaṃ pradhānaṃ puruṣaṃ param

pradhānapuṃsorajayoreṣa saṃhāra īritaḥ /
maheśvarecchājanito na svayaṃ vidyate layaḥ

guṇasāmyaṃ tadavyaktaṃ prakṛtiḥ parigīyate /
pradhānaṃ jagato yonirmāyātattvamacetanam

kūṭasthaścinmayo hyātmā kevalaḥ pañcaviṃśakaḥ /
gīyate munibhiḥ sākṣī mahānekaḥ pitāmahaḥ

evaṃ saṃhārakaraṇī śaktirmāheśvarī dhruvā /
pradhānādyaṃ viśeṣāntaṃ dahed rudra iti śrutiḥ

yogināmatha sarveṣāṃ jñānavinyastacetasām /
ātyantikaṃ caiva layaṃ vidadhātīha śaṅkaraḥ

ityeṣa bhagavān rudraḥ saṃhāraṃ kurute vaśī /
sthāpikā mohanī śaktirnārāyaṇa iti śrutiḥ

hiraṇyagarbhā bhagavān jagat sadasadātmakam /
sṛjedaśeṣaṃ prakṛtestanmayaḥ pañcaviṃśakaḥ

sarvajñāḥ sarvagāḥ śāntāḥ svātmanyevavyavasthitāḥ /
śaktayo brahmaviṇvīśā bhuktimuktiphalapradāḥ

sarveśvarāḥ sarvavandyāḥ śāśvatānantabhoginaḥ /
ekamevākṣaraṃ tattvaṃ puṃpradhāneśvarātmakam

anyāśca śaktayo divyāḥ santi tatra sahasraśaḥ /
ijyante vividhairyajñaiḥ śakrādityādayo 'marāḥ

ekaikasya sahasrāṇi dehānāṃ vai śatāni ca /
kathyante caiva māhātmyācchaktirekaiva nirguṇāḥ

tāṃ tāṃ śaktiṃ samādhāya svayaṃ devo maheśvaraḥ /
karoti dehān vividhān grasate caiva līlayā

ijyate sarvayajñeṣu brāhmaṇairvedavādibhiḥ /
sarvakāmaprado rudra ityeṣā vaidikī śrutiḥ

sarvāsāmeva śaktīnāṃ brahmaviṣṇumaheśvarāḥ /
prādhānyena smṛtā devāḥ śaktayaḥ paramātmanaḥ

ādyaḥ parastād bhagavān paramātmā sanātanaḥ /
gīyate sarvaśaktyātmā śūlapāṇirmaheśvaraḥ

enameke vadantyagniṃ nārāyaṇamathāpare /
indrameke pare viśvān brahmāṇamapare jaguḥ

brahmaviṣṇavagnivaruṇāḥ sarve devāstatharṣayaḥ /
ekasyaivātha rudrasya bhedāste parikīrtitāḥ

yaṃ yaṃ bhedaṃ samāśritya yajanti parameśvaram /
tat tad rūpaṃ samāsthāya pradadāti phalaṃ śivaḥ

tasmādekataraṃ bhedaṃ samāśrityāpi śāśvatam /
ārādhayanmahādevaṃ yāti tatparamaṃ padam

kintu devaṃ mahādevaṃ sarvaśaktiṃ sanātanam /
ārādhayed vai giriśaṃ saguṇaṃ vātha nirguṇam

mayā prokto hi bhavatāṃ yogaḥ prāgeva nirguṇaḥ /
ārurukṣustu saguṇaṃ pūjayet parameśvaram

pinākinaṃ trinayanaṃ jaṭilaṃ kṛttivāsasam /
padmāsanasthaṃ rukmābhaṃ cintayed vaidikī śrutiḥ

eṣa yogaḥ samuddiṣṭaḥ sabījo munisattamāḥ /
tasmāt sarvān parityajya devān brahmapurogamān /
ārādhayed virūpākṣamādimadhyāntasaṃsthitam

bhaktiyogasamāyuktaḥ svadharmanirataḥ śuciḥ /
tādṛśaṃ rūpamāsthāya samāyātyantikaṃ śivam

eṣa yogaḥ samuddiṣṭaḥ sabījo 'tyantabhāvane /
yathāvidhi prakurvāṇaḥ prāpnuyādaiśvaraṃ padam

atrāpyaśakto 'tha haraṃ viṣṇuṃ bahmāṇamarcayet /
atha cedasamarthaḥ syāt tatrāpi munipuṅgavāḥ /
tato vāyvagniśakrādīn pūjayed bhaktisaṃyutaḥ

ye cānye bhāvane śuddhe prāgukte bhavatāmiha /
athāpi kathito yogo nirbojaśca sabījakaḥ

jñānaṃ taduktaṃ nirbojaṃ pūrvaṃ hi bhavatāṃ mayā /
viṣṇuṃ rudraṃ virañciṃ ca sabījaṃ bhāvayed budhaḥ /
sathavāgnyādikān devāṃstatparaḥ saṃyatendriyaḥ

pūjayet puruṣaṃ viṣṇuṃ caturmūrtidharaṃ harim /
anādinidhanaṃ devaṃ vāsudevaṃ sanātanam

nārāyaṇaṃ jagadyonimākāśaṃ paramaṃ padam /
talliṅgadhārī niyataṃ tadbhaktastadapāśrayaḥ /
eṣa eva vidhirbrāhme bhāvane cāntike mataḥ

ityetat kathitaṃ jñānaṃ bhāvanāsaṃśrayaṃ param /
indradyumnāya munaye kathitaṃ yanmayā purā

avyaktātmakamevedaṃ cetanācetanaṃ jagat /
tadīśvaraḥ paraṃ brahma tasmād brahmamayaṃ jagat

sūta uvāca
etāvaduktvā bhagavān virarāma janārdanaḥ /
tuṣṭuvurmunayo viṣṇuṃ śakreṇa saha mādhavam

munaya ūcuḥ
namaste kūrmarūpāya viṣṇave paramātmane /
nārāyaṇāya viśvāya vāsudevāya te namaḥ

namo namaste kṛṣṇāya govindāya namo namaḥ /
mādhavāya namastubhyaṃ namo yajñeśvarāya ca

sahasraśirase tubhyaṃ sahasrākṣāya te namaḥ /
namaḥ sahasrahastāya sahasracaraṇāya ca

oṃ namo jñānarūpāya paramātmasvarūpiṇe /
ānandāya namastubhyaṃ māyātītāya te namaḥ

namo gūḍhaśarīrāya nirguṇāya namo 'stu te /
puruṣāya purāṇāya sattāmātrasvarūpiṇe

namaḥ sāṃkhyāya yogāya kevalāya namo 'stu te /
dharmajñānādhigamyāya niṣkalāya namo namaḥ

namostu vyomatattvāya mahāyogeśvarāya ca /
parāvarāṇāṃ prabhave vedavedyāya te namaḥ

namo buddhāya śuddhāya namo yuktāya hetave /
namo namo namastubhyaṃ māyine vedhase namaḥ

namo 'stu te varāhāya nārasiṃhāya te namaḥ /
vāmanāya namastubhyaṃ hṛṣīkeśāya te namaḥ

namo 'stu kālarudrāya kālarūpāya te namaḥ /
svargāpavargadātre ca namo 'pratihatātmane

namo yogādhigamyāya yogine yogadāyine /
devānāṃ pataye tubhyaṃ devārtiśamanāya te

bhagavaṃstvatprasādena sarvasaṃsāranāśanam /
asmābhirviditaṃ jñānaṃ yajjñātvāmṛtamaśnute

śrutāstu vividhā dharmā vaṃśā manvantarāṇi ca /
sargaśca pratisargaśca brahmāṇyasyāsya vistaraḥ

tvaṃ hi sarvajagatsākṣī viśvo nārāyaṇaḥ paraḥ /
trātumarhasyanantātmaṃstvameva śaraṇaṃ gatiḥ

sūta uvāca
etad vaḥ kathitaṃ viprā yogamokṣapradāyakam /
kaurmaṃ purāṇamakhilaṃ yajjagāda gadādharaḥ

asmin purāṇe lakṣmyāstu saṃbhavaḥ kathitaḥ purā /
mohāyāśeṣabhūtānāṃ vāsudevena yojanam

prajāpatīnāṃ sargastu varṇadharmāśca vṛttayaḥ /
dharmārthakāmamokṣāṇāṃ yathāvallakṣaṇaṃ śubham

pitāmahasya viṣṇośca maheśasya ca dhīmataḥ /
ekatvaṃ ca pṛthaktvaṃ ca viśeṣaścopavarṇitaḥ

bhaktānāṃ lakṣaṇaṃ proktaṃ samācāraśca śobhanaḥ /
varṇāśramāṇāṃ kathitaṃ yathāvadiha lakṣaṇam

ādisargastataḥ paścādaṇḍāvaraṇasaptakam /
hiraṇyagarbhasargaśca kīrtito munipuṅgavāḥ

kālasaṃkhyāprakathanaṃ māhātmyaṃ ceśvarasya ca /
brahmaṇaḥ śayanaṃ cāpsu nāmanirvacanaṃ tathā

varāhavapuṣā bhūyo bhūmeruddharaṇaṃ punaḥ /
mukhyādisargakathanaṃ munisargastathāparaḥ

vyākhyato rudrasargaśca ṛṣisargaśca tāpasaḥ /
dharmasya ca prajāsargastāmasāt pūrvameva tu

brahmaviṣṇuvivādaḥ syādantardehapraveśanam /
padmodbhavatvaṃ devasya mohastasya ca dhīmataḥ

darśanaṃ ca maheśasya māhātmyaṃ viṣṇuneritam /
divyadṛṣṭipradānaṃ ca brahmaṇaḥ parameṣṭhinaḥ

saṃstavo devadevasya brahmaṇā parameṣṭhinā /
prasādo giriśasyātha varadānaṃ tathaiva ca

saṃvādo viṣṇunā sārdhaṃ śaṅkarasya mahātmanaḥ /
varadānaṃ tathāpūrvamantardhānaṃ pinākinaḥ

vadhaśca kathito viprā madhukaiṭabhayoḥ purā /
avatāro 'tha devasya brahmaṇo nābhipaṅkajāt

ekībhāvaśca devasya viṣṇunā kathitastataḥ /
vimoho brahmaṇaścātha saṃjñālābho harestataḥ

tapaścaraṇamākhyātaṃ devadevasya dhīmataḥ /
prādurbhāvo maheśasya lalāṭāt kathitastataḥ

rudrāṇāṃ kathitā sṛṣṭirbrahmaṇaḥ pratiṣedhanam /
bhūtiśca devadevasya varadānopadeśakau

antardhānaṃ ca rudrasya tapaścaryāṇḍajasya ca /
darśanaṃ devadevasya naranārīśarīratā

devyā vibhāgakathanaṃ devadevāt pinākinaḥ /
devyāstu paścāt kathitaṃ dakṣaputrītvameva ca

himavadduhitṛtvaṃ ca devyā māhātmyameva ca /
darśanaṃ divyarūpasya vaiśvarūpasya darśanam

nāmnāṃ sahasraṃ kathitaṃ pitrā himavatā svayam /
upadeśo mahādevyā varadānaṃ tathaiva ca

bhṛgvādīnāṃ prajāsargo rājñāṃ vaṃśasya vistaraḥ /
prācetasatvaṃ dakṣasya dakṣayajñavimardanam

dadhīcasya ca dakṣasya vivādaḥ kathitastadā /
tataśca śāpaḥ kathito munīnāṃ munipuṅgavāḥ

rudrāgatiḥ prasādaśca antardhānaṃ pinākinaḥ /
pitāmahasyopadeśaḥ kīrtyate rakṣaṇāya tu

dakṣasya ca prajāsargaḥ kaśyapasya mahātmanaḥ /
hiraṇyakaśipornāśo hiraṇyākṣavadhastathā

tataśca śāpaḥ kathito devadāruvanaukasām /
nigrahaścāndhakasyātha gāṇapatyamanuttamam

prahrādanigrahaścātha baleḥ saṃyamanaṃ tataḥ /
bāṇasya nigrahaścātha prasādastasya śūlinaḥ

ṛṣīṇāṃ vaṃśavistāro rājñāṃ vaṃśāḥ prakīrtitāḥ /
vasudevāt tato viṣṇorutpattiḥ svecchayā hareḥ

darśanaṃ copamanyorvai tapaścaraṇameva ca /
varalābho mahādevaṃ dṛṣṭvā sāmbaṃ trilocanam

kailāsagamanaṃ cātha nivāsastatra śārṅgiṇaḥ /
tataśca kathyate bhītirdvārivatyā nivāsinām

rakṣaṇaṃ garuḍenātha jitvā śatrūn mahābalān /
nārādāgamanaṃ caiva yātrā caiva garutmataḥ

tataśca kṛṣṇāgamanaṃ munīnāmāgatistataḥ /
naityakaṃ vāsudevasya śivaliṅgārcanaṃ tathā

mārkaṇḍeyasya ca muneḥ praśnaḥ proktastataḥ param /
liṅgārcananimittaṃ ca liṅgasyāpi saliṅginaḥ

yathātmyakathanaṃ cātha liṅgāvirbhāva eva ca /
brahmaviṣṇostathā madhye kīrtito munipuṅgavāḥ

mohastayostu kathito gamanaṃ cordhvato 'pyadhaḥ /
saṃstavo devadevasya prasādaḥ parameṣṭhinaḥ

antardhānaṃ ca liṅgasya sāmbotpattistataḥ param /
kīrtitā cāniruddhasya samutpattirdvijottamāḥ

kṛṣṇasya gamane buddhirṛṣīṇāmāgatistathā /
anuvaśāsitaṃ ca kṛṣṇena varadānaṃ mahātmanaḥ

gamanaṃ caiva kṛṣṇasya pārthasyāpi ca darśanam /
kṛṣṇadvaipāyanasyoktā yugadharmāḥ sanātanāḥ

anugraho 'tha pārthasya vārāṇasīgatistataḥ /
pārāśaryasya ca munervyāsasyādbhutakarmaṇaḥ

vāraṇasyāśca māhātmyaṃ tīrthānāṃ caiva varṇanam /
tīrthayātrā ca vyāsasya devyāścaivātha darśanam /
udvāsanaṃ ca kathitaṃ varadānaṃ tathaiva ca

prayāgasya ca māhātmyaṃ kṣetrāṇāmatha kīrtinam /
phalaṃ ca vipulaṃ viprā mārkaṇḍeyasya nirgamaḥ

bhuvanānāṃ svarūpaṃ ca jyotiṣāṃ ca niveśanam /
kīrtyante caiva varṣāṇi nadīnāṃ caiva nirṇayaḥ

parvatānāṃ ca kathanaṃ sthānāni ca divaukasām /
dvīpānāṃ pravibhāgaśca śvetadvīpopavarṇanam

śayanaṃ keśavasyātha māhātmyaṃ ca mahātmanaḥ /
manvantarāṇāṃ kathanaṃ viṣṇormāhātmyameva ca

vedaśākhāpraṇayanaṃ vyāsānāṃ kathanaṃ tataḥ /
avedasya ca vedānāṃ kathanaṃ munipuṅgavāḥ

yogeśvarāṇāṃ ca kathā śiṣyāṇāṃ cātha kīrtanam /
gītāśca vividhāguhyā īśvarasyātha kīrtitāḥ

varṇāśramāṇāmācārāḥ prāyaścittavidhistataḥ /
kapālitvaṃ ca rudrasya bhikṣācaraṇameva ca

pativratāyāścākhyānaṃ tīrthānāṃ ca vinirṇayaḥ /
tathā maṅkaṇakasyātha nigrahaḥ kīrtyate dvijāḥ

vadhaśca kathito viprāḥ kālasya ca samāsataḥ /
devadāruvane śaṃbhoḥ praveśo mādhavasya ca

darśanaṃ ṣaṭkulīyānāṃ devadevasya dhīmataḥ /
varadānaṃ ca devasya nandine tu prakīrtitam

naimittikastu kathitaḥ pratisargastataḥ param /
prākṛtaḥ pralayaścordhvaṃ sabījo yoga eva ca

evaṃ jñātvā purāṇasya saṃkṣepaṃ kīrtayet tu yaḥ /
sarvapāpavinirmukto brahmaloke mahīyate

evamuktvā śriyaṃ devīmādāya puruṣottamaḥ /
saṃtyajya kūrmasaṃsthānaṃ svasthānaṃ ca jagāma ha

devāśca sarve munayaḥ svāni sthānāni bhejire /
praṇamya puruṣaṃ viṣṇuṃ gṛhītvā hyamṛtaṃ dvijāḥ

etat purāṇaṃ paramaṃ bhāṣitaṃ kūrmarūpiṇā /
sākṣād devādidenena viṣṇunā viśvayoninā

yaḥ paṭhet satataṃ martyo niyamena samāhitaḥ /
sarvapāpavinirmukto brahmaloke mahīyate

likhitvā caiva yo dadyād vaiśākhe māsi suvrataḥ /
viprāya vedaviduṣe tasya puṇyaṃ nibodhata

sarvapāpavinirmuktaḥ sarvaiśvaryasamanvitaḥ /
bhuktvā ca vipulānsvarge bhogāndivyānsuśobhanān

tataḥ svargāt paribhraṣṭo viprāṇāṃ jāyate kule /
pūrvasaṃskāramāhātmyād brahmavidyāmavāpnuyāt

paṭhitvādhyāyamevaikaṃ sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate /
yor'thaṃ vicārayet samyak sa prāpnoti paraṃ padam

adhyetavyamidaṃ nityaṃ vipraiḥ parvaṇi parvaṇi /
śrotavyaṃ ca dvijaśreṣṭhā mahāpātakanāśanam

ekatastu purāṇāni setihāsāni kṛtsnaśaḥ /
ekatra cedaṃ paramametadevātiricyate

dharmanaipuṇyakāmānāṃ jñānanaipuṇyakāminām /
idaṃ purāṇaṃ muktvaikaṃ nāstyanyat sādhanaṃ param

yathāvadatra bhagavān devo nārāyaṇo hariḥ /
kathyate hi yathā viṣṇurna tathānyeṣu suvratāḥ

brāhmī paurāṇikī ceyaṃ saṃhitā pāpanāśanī /
atra tat paramaṃ brahma kīrtyate hi yathārthataḥ

tīrthānāṃ paramaṃ tīrthaṃ tapasāṃ ca paraṃ tapaḥ /
jñānānāṃ paramaṃ jñānaṃ vratānāṃ paramaṃ vratam

nādhyetavyamidaṃ śāstraṃ vṛṣalasya ca sannidhau /
yo 'dhīte sa tu mohātmā sa yāti narakān bahūn

śrāddhe vā daivike kārye śrāvaṇīyaṃ dvijātibhiḥ /
yajñānte tu viśeṣeṇa sarvadoṣaviśodhanam

mumukṣūṇāmidaṃ śāstramadhyetavyaṃ viśeṣataḥ /
śrotavyaṃ cātha mantavyaṃ vedārthaparibṛṃhaṇam

jñātvā yathāvad viprendrān śrāvayed bhaktisaṃyutān /
sarvapāpavinirmukto brahmasāyujyamāpnuyāt

yo 'śraddadhāne puruṣe dadyāccādhārmike tathā /
sa pretya gatvā nirayān śunāṃ yoniṃ vrajatyadhaḥ

namaskṛtvā hariṃ viṣṇuṃ jagadyoniṃ sanātanam /
adhyetavyamidaṃ śāstraṃ kṛṣṇadvaipāyanaṃ tathā

ityājñā devadevasya viṣṇoramitatejasaḥ /
pārāśaryasya viprarṣervyāsasya ca mahātmanaḥ

śrutvā nārāyaṇād divyāṃ nārado bhagavānṛṣiḥ /
gautamāya dadau pūrvaṃ tasmāccaiva parāśaraḥ

parāśaro 'pi bhagavāna gaṅgādvāre munīśvarāḥ /
munibhyaḥ kathayāmāsa dharmakāmārthamokṣadam

brahmaṇā kathitaṃ pūrvaṃ sanakāya ca dhīmate /
sanatkumārāya tathā sarvapāpapraṇāśanam

sanakād bhagavān sākṣād devalo yogavittamaḥ /
avāptavān pañcaśikho devalādidamuttamam

sanatkumārād bhagavān muniḥ satyavatīsutaḥ /
lebhe purāṇaṃ paramaṃ vyāsaḥ sarvārthasaṃcayam

tasmād vyāsādahaṃ śrutvā bhavatāṃ pāpanāśanam /
ūcivān vai bhavadbhiśca dātavyaṃ dhārmike jane

tasmai vyāsāya gurave sarvajñāya maharṣaye /
pārāśaryāya śāntāya namo nārāyaṇātmane

yasmāt saṃjāyate kṛtsanaṃ yatra caiva pralīyate /
namastasmai sureśāya viṣṇave kūrmarūpiṇe