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Kurma Purana · Chapter 2.7

2.7.1

iti śrīkūrmapurāṇe ṣaṭsāhastryāṃ saṃhitāyāmuparivibhāge (īśvaragītāsu) ṣaṣṭho 'dhyāyaḥ
īśvara uvāca
śṛṇudhvamṛṣayaḥ sarve prabhāvaṃ parameṣṭhinaḥ /
yaṃ jñātvā puruṣo mukto na saṃsāre patet punaḥ

2.7.2

parāt parataraṃ brahma śāśvataṃ niṣkalaṃ dhruvam /
nityānandaṃ nirvikalpaṃ taddhāma paramaṃ mama

2.7.3

ahaṃ brahmavidāṃ brahmā svayaṃbhūrviśvatomukhaḥ /
māyāvināmahaṃ devaḥ purāṇo hariravyayaḥ

2.7.4

yogināmasmyahaṃ śaṃbhuḥ strīṇāṃ devī girīndrajā /
ādityānāmahaṃ viṣṇurvasūnāmasmi pāvakaḥ

2.7.5

rudrāṇāṃ śaṅkaraścāhaṃ garuḍaḥ patatāmaham /
airāvato gajendrāṇāṃ rāmaḥ śastrabhṛtāmaham

2.7.6

ṛṣīṇāṃ ca vasiṣṭho 'haṃ devānāṃ ca śatakratuḥ /
śilpināṃ viśvakarmāhaṃ prahlādo 'smyamaradviṣām

2.7.7

munīnāmapyahaṃ vyāso gaṇānāṃ ca vināyakaḥ /
vīrāṇāṃ vīrabhadro 'haṃ siddhānāṃ kapilo muniḥ

2.7.8

parvatānāmahaṃ merurnakṣatrāṇāṃ ca candramāḥ /
vajraṃ praharaṇānāṃ ca vratānāṃ satyamasmyaham

2.7.9

ananto bhogināṃ devaḥ senānīnāṃ ca pāvakiḥ /
āśramāṇāṃ ca gārhasthamīśvarāṇāṃ maheśvaraḥ

2.7.10

mahākalpaśca kalpānāṃ yugānāṃ kṛtamasmyaham /
kuberaḥ sarvayakṣāṇāṃ gaṇeśānāṃ ca vīrakaḥ

2.7.11

prajāpatīnāṃ dakṣo 'haṃ nirṛtiḥ sarvarakṣasām /
vāyurbalavatāmasmi dvīpānāṃ puṣkaro 'smyaham

2.7.12

mṛgendrāṇāṃ ca siṃho 'haṃ yantrāṇāṃ dhanureva ca /
vedānāṃ sāmavedo 'haṃ yajuṣāṃ śatarudriyam

2.7.13

sāvitrī sarvajapyānāṃ guhyānāṃ praṇavo 'smyaham /
sūktānāṃ pauruṣaṃ sūktaṃ jyeṣṭhasāma ca sāmasu

2.7.14

sarvavedārthaviduṣāṃ manuḥ svāyaṃbhuvo 'smyaham /
brahmāvartastu deśānāṃ kṣetrāṇāmavimuktakam

2.7.15

vidyānāmātmavidyāhaṃ jñānānāmaiśvaraṃ param /
bhūtānāmasmyahaṃ vyoma sattvānāṃ mṛtyureva ca

2.7.16

pāśānāmasmyahaṃ māyā kālaḥ kalayatāmaham /
gatīnāṃ muktirevāhaṃ pareṣāṃ parameśvaraḥ

2.7.17

yaccānyadapi loke 'smin sattvaṃ tejobalādhikam /
tatsarvaṃ pratijānīdhvaṃ mama tejovijṛmbhitam

2.7.18

ātmānaḥ paśavaḥ proktāḥ sarve saṃsāravartinaḥ /
teṣāṃ patirahaṃ devaḥ smṛtaḥ paśupatirbudhaiḥ

2.7.19

māyāpāśena badhnāmi paśūnetān svalīlayā /
māmeva mocakaṃ prāhuḥ paśūnāṃ vedavādinaḥ

2.7.20

māyāpāśena baddhānāṃ mocako 'nyo na vidyate /
māmṛte paramātmānaṃ bhūtādhipatimavyayam

2.7.21

caturviṃśatitattvāni māyā karma guṇā iti /
ete pāśāḥ paśupateḥ kleśāśca paśubandhanāḥ

2.7.22

mano buddhirahaṅkāraḥ khānilāgnijalāni bhūḥ /
etāḥ prakṛtayastvaṣṭau vikārāśca tathāpare

2.7.23

śrotraṃ tvakcakṣuṣī jihvā ghrāṇaṃ caiva tu pañcamam /
pāyūpasthaṃ karau pādau vāk caiva daśamī matā

2.7.24

śabdaḥ sparśaśca rūpaṃ ca raso gandhastathaiva ca /
trayoviṃśatiretāni tattvāni prākṛtāni tu

2.7.25

caturviṃśakamavyaktaṃ pradhānaṃ guṇalakṣaṇam /
anādimadhyanidhanaṃ kāraṇaṃ jagataḥ param

2.7.26

sattvaṃ rajastamaśceti guṇatrayamudāhṛtam /
sāmyāvasthitimeteṣāmavyaktaṃ prakṛtiṃ viduḥ

2.7.27

sattvaṃ jñānaṃ tamo 'jñānaṃ rajo miśramudāhṛtam /
guṇānāṃ buddhivaiṣamyād vaiṣamyaṃ kavayo viduḥ

2.7.28

dharmādharmāviti proktau pāśau dvau bandhasaṃjñitau /
mayyarpitāni karmāṇi nibandhāya vimuktaye

2.7.29

avidyāmasmitāṃ rāgaṃ dveṣaṃ cābhiniveśakam /
kleśākhyānacalān prāhuḥ pāśānātmanibandhanān

2.7.30

eteṣāmeva pāśānāṃ māyā kāraṇamucyate /
mūlaprakṛtiravyaktā sā śaktirmayi tiṣṭhati

2.7.31

sa eva mūlaprakṛtiḥ pradhānaṃ puruṣo 'pi ca /
vikārā mahadādīni devadevaḥ sanātanaḥ

2.7.32

sa eva bandhaḥ sa ca bandhakartā
sa eva pāśaḥ paśavaḥ sa eva /
sa veda sarvaṃ na ca tasya vettā
tamāhuragryaṃ puruṣaṃ purāṇam

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