Kurma Purana · Chapter 2.6

iti śrīkūrmapurāṇe ṣaṭsāhastryāṃ saṃhitāyāmuparivibhāge (īśvaragītāsu) pañcamo 'dhyāyaḥ
īśvara uvāca
śṛṇudhvamṛṣayaḥ sarve yathāvat parameṣṭhinaḥ /
vakṣyāmīśasya māhātmyaṃ yattadvedavido viduḥ

sarvalokaikanirmātā sarvalokaikarakṣitā /
sarvalokaikasaṃhartā sarvātmāhaṃ sanātanaḥ

sarveṣāmeva vastūnāmantaryāmī pitā hyaham /
madhye cāntaḥ sthitaṃ sarvaṃ nāhaṃ sarvatra saṃsthitaḥ

bhavadbhiradbhutaṃ dṛṣṭaṃ yatsvarūpaṃ tu māmakam /
mamaiṣā hyupamā viprā māyayā darśitā mayā

sarveṣāmeva bhāvānāmantarā samavasthitaḥ /
prerayāmi jagat kṛtsnaṃ kriyāśāktiriyaṃ mama

yayedaṃ ceṣṭate viśvaṃ tatsvabhāvānuvarti ca /
so 'haṃ kālo jagat kṛtsnaṃ prerayāmi kalātmakam

ekāṃśena jagat kṛtsnaṃ karomi munipuṅgavāḥ /
saṃharāmyekarūpeṇa dvidhāvasthā mamaiva tu

ādimadhyāntanirmukto māyātattvapravartakaḥ /
kṣobhayāmi ca sargādau pradhānapuruṣāvubhau

tābhyāṃ saṃjāyate viśvaṃ saṃyuktābhyāṃ parasparam /
mahadādikrameṇaiva mama tejo vijṛmbhate

yo hi sarvajagatsākṣī kālacakrapravartakaḥ /
hiraṇyagarbho mārtaṇḍaḥ so 'pi maddehasaṃbhavaḥ

tasmai divyaṃ svamaiśvaryaṃ jñānayogaṃ sanātanam /
dattavānātmajān vedān kalpādau caturo dvijāḥ

sa manniyogato devo brahmā madbhāvabhāvitaḥ /
divyaṃ tanmāmakaiśvaryaṃ sarvadā vahati svayam

sa sarvalokanirmātā manniyogena sarvavit /
bhūtvā caturmukhaḥ sargaṃ sṛjatyevātmasaṃbhavaḥ

yo 'pi nārāyaṇo 'nanto lokānāṃ prabhavāvyayaḥ /
mamaiva paramā mūrtiḥ karoti paripālanam

yo 'ntakaḥ sarvabhūtānāṃ rudraḥ kālātmakaḥ prabhuḥ /
madājñayāsau satataṃ saṃhariṣyati me tanuḥ

havyaṃ vahati devānāṃ kavyaṃ kavyāśināmapi /
pākaṃ ca kurute vahniḥ so 'pi macchakticoditaḥ

bhuktamāhārajātaṃ ca pacate tadaharniśam /
vaiśvānaro 'gnirbhagavānīśvarasya niyogataḥ

yo 'pi sarvāmbhasāṃ yonirvaruṇo devapuṅgavaḥ /
so 'pi saṃjīvayet kṛtsnamīśasyaiva niyogataḥ

yo 'ntastiṣṭhati bhūtānāṃ bahirdevaḥ prabhañjanaḥ /
madājñayāsau bhūtānāṃ śarīrāṇi bibharti hi

yo 'pi saṃjīvano nṝṇāṃ devānāmamṛtākaraḥ /
somaḥ sa manniyogena coditaḥ kila vartate

yaḥ svabhāsā jagat kṛtsnaṃ prakāśayati sarvadā /
sūryo vṛṣṭiṃ vitanute śāstreṇaiva svayaṃbhuvaḥ

yo 'pyaśeṣajagacchāstā śakraḥ sarvāmareśvaraḥ /
yajvanāṃ phalado devo vartate 'sau madājñayā

yaḥ praśāstā hyasādhūnāṃ vartate niyamādiha /
yamo vaivasvato devo devadevaniyogataḥ

yo 'pi sarvadhanādhyakṣo dhanānāṃ saṃpradāyakaḥ /
so 'pīśvaraniyogena kubero vartate sadā

yaḥ sarvarakṣasāṃ nāthastāmasānāṃ phalapradaḥ /
manniyogādasau devo vartate nirṛtiḥ sadā

vetālagaṇabhūtānāṃ svāmī bhogaphalapradaḥ /
īśānaḥ kila bhaktānāṃ so 'pi tiṣṭhanmamājñayā

yo vāmadevo 'ṅgirasaḥ śiṣyo rudragaṇāgraṇīḥ /
rakṣako yogināṃ nityaṃ vartate 'sau madājñayā

yaśca sarvajagatpūjyo vartate vighnakārakaḥ /
vināyako dharmanetā so 'pi madvacanāt kila

yo 'pi brahmavidāṃ śreṣṭho devasenāpatiḥ prabhuḥ /
skando 'sau vartate nityaṃ svayaṃbhūrvidhicoditaḥ

ye ca prajānāṃ patayo marīcyādyā maharṣayaḥ /
sṛjanti vividhaṃ lokaṃ parasyaiva niyogataḥ

yā ca śrīḥ sarvabhūtānāṃ dadāti vipulāṃ śriyam /
patnī nārāyaṇasyāsau vartate madanugrahāt

vācaṃ dadāti vipulāṃ yā ca devī sarasvatī /
sāpīśvaraniyogena coditā saṃpravartate

yāśeṣapuruṣān ghorānnarakāt tārayiṣyati /
sāvitrī saṃsmṛtā devī devājñānuvidhāyinī

pārvatī paramā devī brahmavidyāpradāyinī /
yāpi dhyātā viśeṣeṇa sāpi madvacanānugā

yo 'nantamahimānantaḥ śeṣo 'śeṣāmaraprabhuḥ /
dadhāti śirasā lokaṃ so 'pi devaniyogataḥ

yo 'gniḥ saṃvartako nityaṃ vaḍavārūpasaṃsthitaḥ /
pibatyakhilamambhodhimīśvarasya niyogataḥ

ye caturdaśa loke 'smin manavaḥ prathitaujasaḥ /
pālayanti prajāḥ sarvāste 'pi tasya niyogataḥ

ādityā vasavo rudrā marutaśca tathāśvinau /
anyāśca devatāḥ sarvā macchāstreṇaiva dhiṣṭhitāḥ

gandharvā garuḍā ṛkṣāḥ siddhāḥ sādhyāścacāraṇāḥ /
yakṣarakṣaḥ piśācāśca sthitāḥ śāstre svayaṃbhuvaḥ

kalākāṣṭhānimeṣāśca muhūrtā divasāḥ kṣapāḥ /
ṛtavaḥ pakṣamāsāśca sthitāḥ śāstre prajāpateḥ

yugamanvantarāṇyeva mama tiṣṭhanti śāsane /
parāścaiva parārdhāśca kālabhedāstathā pare

caturvidhāni bhūtāni sthāvarāṇi carāṇi ca /
niyogādeva vartante devasya paramātmanaḥ

pātālāni ca sarvāṇi bhuvanāni ca śāsanāt /
brahmāṇḍāni ca vartante sarvāṇyeva svayaṃbhuvaḥ

atītānyapyasaṃkhyāni brahmāṇḍāni mamājñayā /
pravṛttāni padārthaughaiḥ sahitāni samantataḥ

brahmāṇḍāni bhaviṣyanti saha vastubhirātmagaiḥ /
vahiṣyanti sadaivājñāṃ parasya paramātmanaḥ

bhūmirāpo 'nalo vāyuḥ khaṃ mano buddhireva ca /
bhūtādirādiprakṛtirniyoge mama vartate

yāśeṣajagatāṃ yonirmohinī sarvadehinām /
māyā vivartate nityaṃ sāpīśvaraniyogataḥ

yo vai dehabhṛtāṃ devaḥ puruṣaḥ paṭhyate paraḥ /
ātmāsau vartate nityamīśvarasya niyogataḥ

vidhūya mohakalilaṃ yayā paśyati tat padam /
sāpi vidyā maheśasya niyogavaśavartinī

bahunātra kimuktena mama śaktyātmakaṃ jagat /
mayaiva preryate kṛtsnaṃ mayyeva pralayaṃ vrajet

ahaṃ hi bhagavānīśaḥ svayaṃ jyotiḥ sanātanaḥ /
paramātmā paraṃ brahma matto hyanyanna vidyate

ityetat paramaṃ jñānaṃ yuṣmākaṃ kathitaṃ mayā /
jñātvā vimucyate janturjanmasaṃsārabandhanāt