Matsya Purana · Chapter 2

evamukto manustena papraccha madhusūdanam
bhagavankiyadbhirvarṣair bhaviṣyatyantarakṣayaḥ //

sattvāni ca kathaṃ nātha rakṣiṣye madhusūdana
tvayā saha punaryogaḥ kathaṃ vā bhavitā mama //

adyaprabhṛtyanāvṛṣṭir bhaviṣyati mahītale
yāvadvarṣaśataṃ sāgraṃ durbhikṣam aśubhāvaham //

tato 'lpasattvakṣayadā raśmayaḥ sapta dāruṇāḥ
saptasapterbhaviṣyanti prataptāṅgāravarṣiṇaḥ //

aurvānalo 'pi vikṛtiṃ gamiṣyati yugakṣaye
viṣāgniścāpi pātālāt saṃkarṣaṇamukhacyutaḥ
bhavasyāpi lalāṭotthas tṛtīyanayanānalaḥ //

trijagannirdahan kṣobhaṃ sameṣyati mahāmune
evaṃ dagdhā mahī sarvā yadā syādbhasmasaṃnibhā //

ākāśamūṣmaṇā taptaṃ bhaviṣyati paraṃtapa
tataḥ sadevanakṣatraṃ jagadyāsyati saṃkṣayam //

saṃvarto bhīmanādaśca droṇaścaṇḍo balāhakaḥ
vidyutpatākaḥ śoṇastu saptaite layavāridāḥ //

agniprasvedasambhūtāḥ plāvayiṣyanti medinīm
samudrāḥ kṣobhamāgatya caikatvena vyavasthitāḥ //

etadekārṇavaṃ sarvaṃ kariṣyanti jagattrayam
vedanāvamimāṃ gṛhya sattvabījāni sarvaśaḥ //

āropya rajjuyogena matpradattena suvrata
saṃyamya nāvaṃ macchṛṅge matsyabhāvābhirakṣitaḥ //

ekaḥ sthāsyasi deveṣu dagdheṣvapi paraṃtapa
somasūryāvahaṃ brahmā caturlokasamanvitaḥ //

narmadā ca nadī puṇyā mārkaṇḍeyo mahānṛṣiḥ
bhavo vedāḥ purāṇāni vidyābhiḥ sarvatovṛtam //

tvayā sārdhamidaṃ viśvaṃ sthāsyatyantarasaṃkṣaye
evamekārṇave jāte cākṣuṣāntarasaṃkṣaye //

vedānpravartayiṣyāmi tvatsargādau mahīpate
evamuktvā sa bhagavāṃs tatraivāntaradhīyata //

manur apyāsthito yogaṃ vāsudevaprasādajam
abhyasan yāvad ābhūta samplavaṃ pūrvasūcitam //

kāle yathokte saṃjāte vāsudevamukhodgate
śṛṅgī prādurbabhūvātha matsyarūpī janārdanaḥ //

bhujaṃgo rajjurūpeṇa manoḥ pārśvamupāgamat
bhūtānsarvānsamākṛṣya yogenāropya dharmavit //

bhujaṃgarajjvā matsyasya śṛṅge nāvamayojayat
uparyupasthitastasyāḥ praṇipatya janārdanam //

ābhūtasamplave tasminn atīte yogaśāyinā
pṛṣṭena manunā proktaṃ purāṇaṃ matsyarūpiṇā
tadidānīṃ pravakṣyāmi śṛṇudhvamṛṣisattamāḥ //

yadbhavadbhiḥ purā pṛṣṭaḥ sṛṣṭyādikamahaṃ dvijāḥ
tad evaikārṇave tasmin manuḥ papraccha keśavam //

utpattiṃ pralayaṃ caiva vaṃśānmanvantarāṇi ca
vaṃśyānucaritaṃ caiva bhuvanasya ca vistaram //

dānadharmavidhiṃ caiva śrāddhakalpaṃ ca śāśvatam
varṇāśramavibhāgaṃ ca tatheṣṭāpūrtasaṃjñitam //

devatānāṃ pratiṣṭhādi yaccānyadvidyate bhuvi
tatsarvaṃ vistareṇa tvaṃ dharmaṃ vyākhyātumarhasi //

mahāpralayakālānta etadāsīttamomayam
prasuptamiva cātarkyam aprajñātamalakṣaṇam //

avijñeyamavijñātaṃ jagat sthāsnu cariṣṇu ca
tataḥ svayambhūr avyaktaḥ prabhavaḥ puṇyakarmaṇām //

vyañjayannetadakhilaṃ prādurāsīt tamonudaḥ
yo 'tīndriyaḥ paro vyaktād aṇur jyāyān sanātanaḥ
nārāyaṇa iti khyātaḥ sa ekaḥ svayam udbabhau //

yaḥ śarīrād abhidhyāya sisṛkṣurvividhaṃ jagat
apa eva sasarjādau tāsu vīryam avāsṛjat //

tadevāṇḍaṃ samabhavad dhemarūpyamayaṃ mahat
saṃvatsarasahasreṇa sūryāyutasamaprabham //

praviśyāntarmahātejāḥ svayam evātmasambhavaḥ
prabhāvād api tadvyāptyā viṣṇutvam agamat punaḥ //

tadantarbhagavāneṣa sūryaḥ samabhavatpurā
ādityaścādibhūtatvād brahmā brahma paṭhann abhūt //

divaṃ bhūmiṃ samakarot tadaṇḍaśakaladvayam
sa cākaroddiśaḥ sarvā madhye vyoma ca śāśvatam //

jarāyurmerumukhyāś ca śailās tasyābhavaṃs tadā /
yad aulbaṃ tad abhūn meghas taḍitsaṅghātamaṇḍalam //

nadyo 'ṇḍanāmnaḥ saṃbhūtāḥ pitaro manavas tathā
sapta ye 'mī samudrāś ca te 'pi cāntarjalodbhavāḥ
lavaṇekṣusurādyāś ca nānāratnasamanvitāḥ //

sa sisṛkṣur abhūd devaḥ prajāpatir arindama
tattejasaś ca tatraiṣa mārtaṇḍaḥ samajāyata //

mṛte 'ṇḍe jāyate yasmān mārtaṇḍas tena saṃsmṛtaḥ
rajoguṇamayaṃ yattad rūpaṃ tasya mahātmanaḥ
caturmukhaḥ sa bhagavān abhūl lokapitāmahaḥ //

yena sṛṣṭaṃ jagat sarvaṃ sadevāsuramānuṣam
tamavehi rajorūpaṃ mahat sattvam udāhṛtam //