Matsya Purana · Chapter 164

kathitaṃ narasiṃhasya māhātmyaṃ vistareṇa ca
punastasyaiva māhātmyam anyadvistarato vada //

padmarūpamabhūdetat kathaṃ hemamayaṃ jagat
kathaṃ ca vaiṣṇavī sṛṣṭiḥ padmamadhye 'bhavatpurā //

śrutvā ca narasiṃhasya māhātmyaṃ ravinandanaḥ
vismayotphullanayanaḥ punaḥ papraccha keśavam //

kathaṃ pādme mahākalpe tava padmamayaṃ jagat
jalārṇavagatasyeha nābhau jātaṃ janārdana //

prabhāvātpadmanābhasya svapataḥ sāgarāmbhasi
puṣkare ca kathaṃ bhūtā devāḥ sarṣigaṇāḥ purā //

etadākhyāhi nikhilaṃ yogaṃ yogavidāṃ pate
śṛṇvatastasya me kīrtiṃ na tṛptirupajāyate //

kiyatā caiva kālena śete vai puruṣottamaḥ
kiyantaṃ vā svapiti ca ko 'sya kālasya saṃbhavaḥ //

kiyatā vātha kālena hy uttiṣṭhati mahāyaśāḥ
kathaṃ cotthāya bhagavān sṛjate nikhilaṃ jagat //

ke prajāpatayastāvad āsanpūrvaṃ mahāmune
kathaṃ nirmitavāṃścaiva citraṃ lokaṃ sanātanam //

kathamekārṇave śūnye naṣṭasthāvarajaṅgame
dagdhe devāsuranare pranaṣṭoragarākṣase //

naṣṭānilānale loke naṣṭākāśamahītale
kevalaṃ gahvarībhūte mahābhūtaviparyaye //

vibhurmahābhūtapatir mahātejā mahākṛtiḥ
āste suravaraśreṣṭho vidhimāsthāya yogavit //

śṛṇuyāṃ parayā bhaktyā brahmannetadaśeṣataḥ
vaktumarhasi dharmiṣṭha yaśo nārāyaṇātmakam //

śraddhayā copaviṣṭānāṃ bhagavanvaktumarhasi //

nārāyaṇasya yaśasaḥ śravaṇe yā tava spṛhā
tadvaṃśyānvayabhūtasya nyāyyaṃ ravikularṣabha //

śṛṇuṣvādipurāṇeṣu vedebhyaśca yathā śrutam
brāhmaṇānāṃ ca vadatāṃ śrutvā vai sumahātmanām //

yathā ca tapasā dṛṣṭvā bṛhaspatisamadyutiḥ
parāśarasutaḥ śrīmān gururdvaipāyano 'bravīt //

tatte 'haṃ kathayiṣyāmi yathāśakti yathāśruti
yadvijñātuṃ mayā śakyam ṛṣimātreṇa sattamāḥ //

kaḥ samutsahate jñātuṃ paraṃ nārāyaṇātmakam
viśvāyanaśca yadbrahmā na vedayati tattvataḥ //

tatkarma viśvavedānāṃ tadrahasyaṃ maharṣīṇām
tamīśaṃ sarvayajñānāṃ tattattvaṃ sarvadarśinām
tadadhyātmavidāṃ cintyaṃ narakaṃ ca vikarmiṇām //

adhidaivaṃ ca yaddaivam adhiyajñaṃ susaṃjñitam
tadbhūtamadhibhūtaṃ ca tatparaṃ paramarṣīṇām //

sa yajño vedanirdiṣṭas tattapaḥ kavayo viduḥ
yaḥ kartā kārako buddhir manaḥ kṣetrajña eva ca //

praṇavaḥ puruṣaḥ śāstā ekaśceti vibhāvyate
prāṇaḥ pañcavidhaścaiva dhruva akṣara eva ca //

kālaḥ pākaśca paktā ca draṣṭā svādhyāya eva ca
ucyate vividhairdevaiḥ sa evāyaṃ na tatparam //

sa eva bhagavānsarvaṃ karoti vikaroti ca
so 'smānkārayate sarvān so 'tyeti vyākulīkṛtān //

yajāmahe tamevādyaṃ tamevecchāma nirvṛtāḥ
yo vaktā yacca vaktavyaṃ yaccāhaṃ tadbravīmi vaḥ //

śrūyate yacca vai śrāvyaṃ yaccānyatparijalpyate
yāḥ kathāścaiva vartante śrutayo vātha tatparāḥ
viśvaṃ viśvapatiryaśca sa tu nārāyaṇaḥ smṛtaḥ //

yatsatyaṃ yadamṛtamakṣaraṃ paraṃ yad yadbhūtaṃ paramamidaṃ ca yadbhaviṣyat
yatkiṃcic caramacaraṃ yadasti cānyat tatsarvaṃ puruṣavaraḥ prabhuḥ purāṇaḥ //