Kurmapurana 1: Pūrvabhāga

Kūrmapurāṇa 1

Language: Sanskrit

1.1 — 126 parts
1.2 dvitīyo'dhyāyaḥ — 108 parts
1.3 tṛtīyo'dhyāyaḥ — 28 parts
1.4 caturtho'dhyāyaḥ — 65 parts
1.5 pañcamo'dhyāyaḥ — 23 parts
1.6 ṣaṣṭho'dhyāyaḥ — 25 parts
1.7 saptamo'dhyāyaḥ — 66 parts
1.8 aṣṭamo'dhyāyaḥ — 29 parts
1.9 navamo'dhyāyaḥ — 87 parts
1.10 — 88 parts
1.11 ekādaśo'dhyāyaḥ — 336 parts
1.12 — 23 parts
1.13 — 64 parts
1.14 — 97 parts
1.15 — 237 parts
1.16 — 69 parts
1.17 — 19 parts
1.18 — 27 parts
1.19 — 75 parts
1.20 — 61 parts
1.21 — 78 parts
1.22 — 47 parts
1.23 — 85 parts
1.24 — 92 parts
1.25 — 113 parts
1.26 — 22 parts
1.27 — 57 parts
1.28 — 67 parts
1.29 — 78 parts
1.30 — 29 parts
1.31 — 53 parts
1.32 — 32 parts
1.33 — 36 parts
1.34 — 46 parts
1.35 — 38 parts
1.36 — 15 parts
1.37 — 17 parts
1.38 — 44 parts
1.39 — 45 parts
1.40 — 26 parts
1.41 — 42 parts
1.42 — 29 parts
1.43 — 39 parts
1.44 — 40 parts
1.45 — 45 parts
1.46 — 60 parts
1.47 — 69 parts
1.48 aṣṭacatvāriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ — 24 parts
1.49 — 50 parts
1.50 — 25 parts
1.51 — 35 parts

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atha śrīkūrmapurāṇam
pūrvavibhāgaḥ
nārāyaṇaṃ namaskṛtya naraṃ caiva narottamam /
devīṃ sarasvatīṃ caiva tato jayamudīrayet //

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namaskṛtvāprameyāya viṣṇave kūrmarūpiṇe /
purāṇaṃ saṃpravakṣyāmi yaduktaṃ viśvayoninā //

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satrānte sūtamanaghaṃ naimiṣīyā maharṣayaḥ /
purāṇasaṃhitāṃ puṇyāṃ papracchū romaharṣaṇam //

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tvayā sūta mahābuddhe bhagavān brahmavittamaḥ /
itihāsapurāṇārthaṃ vyāsaḥ samyagupāsitaḥ //

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tasya te sarvaromāṇi vacasā hṛṣitāni yat /
dvaipāyanasya bhagavāṃstato vai romaharṣaṇaḥ //

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bhavantameva bhagavān vyājahāra svayaṃ prabhuḥ /
munīnāṃ saṃhitāṃ vaktuṃ vyāsaḥ paurāṇikīṃ purā //

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tvaṃ hi svāyaṃbhuve yajñe sutyāhe vitate hariḥ /
saṃbhūtaḥ saṃhitāṃ vaktuṃ svāṃśena puruṣottamaḥ //

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tasmād bhavantaṃ pṛcchāmaḥ purāṇaṃ kaurmamuttamam /
vaktumarhasi cāsmākaṃ purāṇārthaviśārada //

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munīnāṃ vacanaṃ śrutvā sūtaḥ paurāṇikottamaḥ /
praṇamya manasā prāha guruṃ satyavatīsutam //

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romaharṣaṇa uvāca
namaskṛtvā jagadyoniṃ kūrmarūpadharaṃ harim /
vakṣye paurāṇikīṃ divyāṃ kathāṃ pāpapraṇāśinīm //

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yāṃ śrutvā pāpakarmāpi gaccheta paramāṃ gatim /
na nāstike kathāṃ puṇyāmimāṃ brūyāt kadācana //

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śraddadhānāya śāntāya dhārmikāya dvijātaye /
imāṃ kathāmanubrūyāt sākṣānnārāyaṇeritām //

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sargaśca pratisargaśca vaṃśo manvantarāṇi ca /
vaṃśānucaritaṃ caiva purāṇaṃ pañcalakṣaṇam //

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brāhmaṃ purāṇaṃ prathamaṃ pādmaṃ vaiṣṇavameva ca /
śaivaṃ bhāgavataṃ caiva bhaviṣyaṃ nāradīyakam //

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mārkaṇḍeyamathāgneyaṃ brahmavaivartameva ca /
laiṅgaṃ tathā ca vārāhaṃ skāndaṃ vāmanameva ca //

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kaurmaṃ mātsyaṃ gāruḍaṃ ca vāyavīyamanantaram /
aṣṭādaśaṃ samuddiṣṭaṃ brahmaṇḍamiti saṃjñitam //

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anyānyuparāṇāni munibhiḥ kathitāni tu /
aṣṭādaśapurāṇāni śrutvā saṃkṣepato dvijāḥ //

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ādyaṃ sanatkumāroktaṃ nārasihamataḥ param /
tṛtīyaṃ skāndamuddiṣṭaṃ kumāreṇa tu bhāṣitam //

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caturthaṃ śivadharmākhyaṃ sākṣānnandīśabhāṣitam /
durvāsasoktamāścaryaṃ nāradoktamataḥ param //

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kāpilaṃ mānavaṃ caiva tathaivośanaseritam /
brahmāṇḍaṃ vāruṇaṃ cātha kālikāhvayameva ca //

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māheśvaraṃ tathā sāmbaṃ sauraṃ sarvārthasaṃcayam /
parāśaroktamaparaṃ mārīcaṃ bhārgavāhvayam //

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idaṃ tu pañcadaśamaṃ purāṇaṃ kaurmamuttamam /
caturdhā saṃsthitaṃ puṇyaṃ saṃhitānāṃ prabhedataḥ //

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brāhmī bhagavatī saurī vaiṣṇavī ca prakīrtitāḥ /
catastraḥ saṃhitāḥ puṇyā dharmakāmārthamokṣadāḥ //

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iyaṃ tu saṃhitā brāhmī caturvedaistu sammitā /
bhavanti ṣaṭsahastrāṇi ślokānāmatra saṃkhyayā //

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yatra dharmārthakāmānāṃ mokṣasya ca munīśvarāḥ /
māhātmyamakhilaṃ brahma jñāyate parameśvaraḥ //

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sargaśca pratisargaśca vaṃśo manvantarāṇi ca /
vaṃśānucaritaṃ divyāḥ puṇyāḥ prāsaṅgikīḥ kathāḥ //

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brāhmaṇādyairiyaṃ dhāryā dhārmikaiḥ śāntamānasaiḥ /
tāmahaṃ vartayiṣyāmi vyāsena kathitāṃ purā //

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purāmṛtārthaṃ daiteyadānavaiḥ saha devatāḥ /
manthānaṃ mandaraṃ kṛtvā mamanthuḥ kṣīrasāgaram //

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mathyamāne tadā tasmin kūrmarūpī janārdanaḥ /
babhāra mandaraṃ devo devānāṃ hitakāmyayā //

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devāśca tuṣṭuvurdevaṃ nāradādyā maharṣayaḥ /
kūrmarūpadharaṃ dṛṣṭvā sākṣiṇaṃ viṣṇumavyayam //

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tadantare 'bhavad devī śrīrnārāyaṇavallabhā /
jagrāha bhagavān viṣṇustāmeva puruṣottamaḥ //

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tejasā viṣṇumavyaktaṃ nāradādyā maharṣayaḥ /
mohitāḥ saha śakreṇa śriyo vacanamabruvan //

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bhagavan devadeveśa nārāyaṇa jaganmaya /
kaiṣā devī viśālākṣī yathāvad brūhi pṛcchatām //

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śrutvā teṣāṃ tadā vākyaṃ viṣṇurdānavamardanaḥ /
provāca devīṃ saṃprekṣya nāradādīnakalmaṣān //

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iyaṃ sā paramā śaktirmanmayī brahmarūpiṇī /
māyā mama priyānantā yayedaṃ mohitaṃ jagat //

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anayaiva jagatsarvaṃ sadevāsuramānuṣam /
mohayāmi dvijaśreṣṭhā grasāmi visṛjāmi ca //

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utpattiṃ pralayaṃ caiva bhūtanāmāgatiṃ gatim /
vijñāyānvīkṣya cātmānaṃ taranti vipulāmimām //

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asyāstvaṃśānadhiṣṭhāya śaktimanto 'bhavan dvijāḥ /
brahmeśānādayo devāḥ sarvaśaktiriyaṃ mama //

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saiṣā sarvajagatsūtiḥ prakṛtistriguṇātmikā /
prāgeva mattaḥ saṃjātā śrīkalpe padmavāsinī //

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caturbhujā śaṅkhacakrapadmahastā śubhānvitā /
koṭisūryapratīkāśā mohinī sarvadehinām //

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nālaṃ devā na pitaro mānavā vasavo 'pi ca /
māyāmetāṃ samuttartuṃ ye cānye bhuvi dehinaḥ //

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ityukto vāsudevena munayo viṣṇumabruvan /
brūhi tvaṃ puṇḍarīkākṣa yadi kālatraye 'pi ca /
ko vā tarati tāṃ māyāṃ durjayāṃ devanirmitām //

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athovāca hṛṣīkeśo munīn munigaṇārcitaḥ /
asti dvijātipravara indradyumna iti śrutaḥ //

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pūrvajanmani rājāsāvadhṛṣyaḥ śaṅkarādibhiḥ /
dṛṣṭvā māṃ kūrmasaṃsthānaṃ śrutvā paurāṇikīṃ svayam /
saṃhitāṃ manmukhād divyāṃ puraskṛtya munīśvarān //

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brahmāṇaṃ ca mahādevaṃ devāṃścānyān svaśaktibhiḥ /
macchaktau saṃsthitān buddhvā māmeva śaraṇaṃ gataḥ //

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saṃbhāṣito mayā cātha viprayoniṃ gamiṣyasi /
indradyumna iti khyāto jātiṃ smarasi paurvikīm //

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sarveṣāmeva bhūtānāṃ devānāmapyagocaram /
vaktavyaṃ yad guhyatamaṃ dāsye jñānaṃ tavānagha /
labdhvā tanmāmakaṃ jñānaṃ māmevānte pravekṣyasi //

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aṃśāntareṇa bhūmyāṃ tvaṃ tatra tiṣṭha sunirdṛtaḥ /
vaivasvate 'ntare 'tite kāryārthaṃ māṃ pravekṣyasi //

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māṃ praṇamya purīṃ gatvā pālayāmāsa medinīm /
kāladharmaṃ gataḥ kālācchvetadvīpe mayā saha //

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bhuktvā tān vaiṣṇavān bhogān yogināmapyagocarān /
madājñayā muniśreṣṭhā jajñe viprakule punaḥ //

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jñātvā māṃ vāsudevākhyaṃ yatra dve nihite 'kṣare /
vidyāvidye gūḍharūpe yattad brahma paraṃ viduḥ //

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sor'cayāmāsa bhūtānāmāśrayaṃ parameśvaram /
vratopavāsaniyamairhemairbrāhmaṇatarpaṇaiḥ //

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tadāśīstannamaskārastanniṣṭhastatparāyaṇaḥ /
ārādhayan mahādevaṃ yogināṃ hṛdi saṃsthitam //

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tasyaivaṃ vartamānasya kadācit paramā kalā /
svarūpaṃ darśayāmāsa divyaṃ viṣṇusamudbhavam //

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dṛṣṭvā praṇamya śirasā viṣṇorbhagavataḥ priyām /
saṃstūya vividhaiḥ stotraiḥ kṛtāñjalirabhāṣata //

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irnddayumna uvāca
kā tvaṃ deviviśālākṣi viṣṇucihnaṅkite śubhe /
yāthātathyena vai bhāvaṃ tavedānīṃ bravīhi me //

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tasya tad vākyamākarṇya suprasannā sumaṅgalā /
hasantī saṃsmaran viṣṇuṃ priyaṃ brāhmaṇamabravīt //

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na māṃ paśyanti munayo devāḥ śakrapurogamāḥ /
nārāyaṇātmikā caikā māyāhaṃ tanmayā parā //

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na me nārāyaṇād bhedo vidyate hi vicārataḥ /
tanmayāhaṃ paraṃ brahma sa viṣṇuḥ parameśvaraḥ //

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yer'cayantīha bhūtānāmāśrayaṃ parameśvaram /
jñānena karmayogena na teṣāṃ prabhavāmyaham //

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tasmādanādinidhanaṃ karmayogaparāyaṇaḥ /
jñānenārādhayānantaṃ tato mokṣamavāpsyasi //

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ityuktaḥ sa muniśreṣṭha indradyumno mahāmatiḥ /
praṇamya śirasā devīṃ prāñjaliḥ punarabravīt //

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kathaṃ sa bhagavānīśaḥ śāśvato niṣkalo 'cyutaḥ /
jñātuṃ hi śakyate devi brūhi me parameśvari //

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ekamuktātha vipreṇa devī kamalavāsinī /
sākṣānnārāyaṇo jñānaṃ dāsyatītyāha taṃ munim //

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ubhābhyāmatha hastābhyāṃ saṃspṛśya praṇataṃ munim /
smṛtvā parātparaṃ viṣṇuṃ tatraivāntaradhīyata //

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so 'pi nārāyaṇaṃ draṣṭuṃ parameṇa samādhinā /
ārādhayaddhṛṣīkeśaṃ praṇatārtiprabhañjanam //

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tato bahutithe kāle gate nārāyaṇaḥ svayam /
prādurāsīnmahāyogī pītavāsā jaganmayaḥ //

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dṛṣṭvā devaṃ samāyāntaṃ viṣṇumātmānamavyayam /
jānubhyāmavaniṃ gatvā tuṣṭāva garuḍadhvajam //

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indradyumna uvāca
yajñeśācyuta govinda mādhavānanta keśava /
kuṣṇa viṣṇo hṛṣīkeśa tubhyaṃ viśvātmane namaḥ //

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namo 'stu te purāṇāya haraye viśvamūrtaye /
sargasthitivināśānāṃ hetave 'nantaśakye //

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nirguṇāya namastubhyaṃ niṣkalāyāmalātmane /
puruṣāya namastubhyaṃ viśvarūpāya te namaḥ //

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namaste vāsudevāya viṣṇave viśvayonaye /
ādimadhyāntahīnāya jñānagamyāya te namaḥ //

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namaste nirvikārāya niṣprapañcāya te namaḥ /
bhedābhedavihīnāya namo 'stvānandarūpiṇe //

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namastārāya śāntāya namo 'pratihatātmane /
anantamūrtaye tubhyamamūrtāya namo namaḥ //

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namaste paramārthāya māyātītāya te namaḥ /
namaste parameśāya brahmaṇe paramātmane //

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namo 'stu te susūkṣmāya mahādevāya te namaḥ /
namaḥ śivāya śuddhāya namaste parameṣṭhine //

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tvayaiva sṛṣṭamakhilaṃ tvameva paramā gatiḥ /
tvaṃ pitā sarvabhūtānāṃ tvaṃ mātā puruṣottama //

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tvamakṣaraṃ paraṃ dhāma cinmātraṃ vyoma niṣkalam /
sarvasyādhāramavyaktamanantaṃ tamasaḥ param //

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prapaśyanti parātmānaṃ jñānadīpena kevalam /
prapadye bhavato rūpaṃ tadviṣṇoḥ paramaṃ padam //

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evaṃ stuvantaṃ bhagavān bhūtātmā bhūtabhāvanaḥ /
ubhābhyāmatha hastābhyāṃ pasparśa prahasanniva //

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spṛṣṭamātro bhagavatā viṣṇunā munipuṅgavaḥ /
yathāvat paramaṃ tattvaṃ jñātavāṃstatprasādataḥ //

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tataḥ prahṛṣṭamanasā praṇipatya janārdanam /
provāconnidrapadmākṣaṃ pītavāsasamacyutam //

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tvatprasādādasaṃdigdhamutpannaṃ puruṣottama /
jñānaṃ brahmaikaviṣayaṃ paramānandasiddhidam //

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namo bhagavate tubhyaṃ vāsudevāya vedhase /
kiṃ kariṣyāmi yogeśa tanme vada jaganmaya //

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śrutvā nārāyaṇo vākyamindradyumnasya mādhavaḥ /
uvāca sasmitaṃ vākyamaśeṣajagato hitam //

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śrībhagavānuvāca
varṇāśramācāravatāṃ puṃsāṃ devo maheśvaraḥ /
jñānena bhaktiyogena pūjanīyo na cānyathā //

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vijñāya tatparaṃ tattvaṃ vibhūtiṃ kāryakāraṇam /
pravṛtiṃ cāpi me jñātvā mokṣārthośvaramarcayet //

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sarvasaṅgān parityajya jñātvā māyāmayaṃ jagat /
advaitaṃ bhāvayātmānaṃ drakṣyase parameśvaram //

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trividhā bhāvanā brahman procyamānā nibodha me /
ekā madviṣayā tatra dvitīyā vyaktasaṃśrayā /
anyā ca bhāvanā brāhmī vijñeyā sā guṇātigā //

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āsāmanyatamāṃ cātha bhāvanāṃ bhāvayed budhaḥ /
aśaktaḥ saṃśrayedādyāmityeṣā vaidikī śrutiḥ //

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tasmāt sarvaprayatnena tanniṣṭhastatparāyaṇaḥ /
samārādhaya viśveśaṃ tato mokṣamavāpsyasi //

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indradyumna uvāca
kiṃ tat parataraṃ tattvaṃ kā vibhūtirjanārdana /
kiṃ kāryaṃ kāraṇaṃ kastvaṃ pravṛttiścāpi kā tava //

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parātparataraṃ tattvaṃ paraṃ brahmaikamavyayam /
nityānandaṃ svayañjyotirakṣaraṃ tamasaḥ param //

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aiśvaryaṃ tasya yannityaṃ vibhūtiriti gīyate /
kāryaṃ jagadathāvyaktaṃ kāraṇaṃ śuddhamakṣaram //

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ahaṃ hi sarvabhūtānāmantaryāmīśvaraḥ paraḥ /
sargasthityantakartṛtvaṃ pravṛttirmama gīyate //

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etad vijñāya bhāvena yathāvadakhilaṃ dvija /
tatastvaṃ karmayogena śāśvataṃ samyagarcaya //

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indradyumna uvāca
ke te varṇāśramācārā yaiḥ samārādhyate paraḥ /
jñānaṃ ca kīdṛśaṃ divyaṃ bhāvanātrayasaṃsthitam //

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kathaṃ sṛṣṭamidaṃ pūrvaṃ kathaṃ saṃhriyate punaḥ /
kiyatyaḥ sṛṣṭayo loke vaṃśā manvantarāṇi ca /
kāni teṣāṃ pramāṇāni pāvanāni vratāni ca //

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tīrthānyarkādisaṃsthānaṃ pṛthivyāyāmavistare /
kati dvīpāḥ samudrāśca parvatāśca nadīnadāḥ /
brūhi me puṇḍarīkākṣa yathāvadadhunākhilam //

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śrīkūrma uvāca
evamukto 'tha tenāhaṃ bhaktānugrahakāmyayā /
yathāvadakhilaṃ sarvamavocaṃ munipuṅgavāḥ //

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vyākhyāyāśeṣamevedaṃ yatpṛṣṭo 'haṃ dvijena tu /
anugṛhya ca taṃ vipraṃ tatraivāntarhito 'bhavam //

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so 'pi tena vidhānena maduktena dvijottamaḥ /
ārādhayāmāsa paraṃ bhāvapūtaḥ samāhitaḥ //

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tyaktvā putrādiṣu snehaṃ nirdvandvo niṣparigrahaḥ /
saṃnyasya sarvakarmāṇi paraṃ vairāgyamāśritaḥ //

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ātmanyātmānamanvīkṣya svātmanyevākhilaṃ jagat /
saṃprāpya bhāvanāmantyāṃ brāhmīmakṣarapūrvikām //

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avāpa paramaṃ yogaṃ yenaikaṃ paripaśyati /
yaṃ vinidrā jitaśvāsāḥ kāṅkṣante mokṣakāṅkṣiṇaḥ //

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tataḥ kadācid yogīndro brahmāṇaṃ draṣṭumavyayam /
jagāmādityanirdeśānmānasottaraparvatam /
ākāśenaiva viprendro yogaiśvaryaprabhāvataḥ //

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vimānaṃ sūryasaṃkāśaṃ prādhurbhūtamanuttamam /
anvagacchan devagaṇā gandharvāpsarasāṃ gaṇāḥ /
dṛṣṭvānye pathi yogīndraṃ siddhā brahmarṣayo yayuḥ //

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tataḥ sa gatvā tu giriṃ viveśa suravanditam /
sthānaṃ tadyogibhirjuṣṭaṃ yatrāste paramaḥ pumān //

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saṃprāpya paramaṃ sthānaṃ sūryāyutasamaprabham /
viveśa cāntarbhavanaṃ devānāṃ ca durāsadam //

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vicintayāmāsa paraṃ śaraṇyaṃ sarvadehinām /
anādinidhanaṃ devaṃ devadevaṃ pitāmaham //

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tataḥ prādurabhūt tasmin prakāśaḥ paramātmanaḥ /
tanmadhye puruṣaṃ pūrvamapaśyat paramaṃ padam //

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mahāntaṃ tejaso rāśimagamyaṃ brahmavidviṣām /
caturmukhamudārāṅgamarcibhirupaśobhitam //

1.1.112

so 'pi yoginamanvīkṣya praṇamantamupasthitam /
pratyudgamya svayaṃ devo viśvātmā pariṣasvaje //

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pariṣvaktasya devena dvijendrasyātha dehataḥ /
nirgatya mahatī jyotsnā viveśādityamaṇḍalam /
ṛgyajuḥ sāmasaṃjñaṃ tat pavitramamalaṃ padam //

1.1.114

hiraṇyagarbho bhagavān yatrāste havyakavyabhuk /
dvāraṃ tad yogināmādyaṃ vedānteṣu pratiṣṭhitam /
brahmatejomayaṃ śrīmanniṣṭhā caiva manīṣiṇām //

1.1.115

dṛṣṭamātro bhagavatāta brahmaṇārcirmayo muniḥ /
apaśyadaiśvaraṃ tejaḥ śāntaṃ sarvatragaṃ śivam //

1.1.116

svātmānamakṣaraṃ vyomatad viṣṇoḥ paramaṃ padam /
ānandamacalaṃ brahma sthānaṃ tatpārameśvaram //

1.1.117

sarvabhūtātmabhūtaḥ sa paramaiśvaryamāsthitaḥ /
prāptavānātmano dhāma yattanmokṣākhyamavyayam //

1.1.118

tasmāt sarvaprayatnena varṇāśramavidhau sthitaḥ /
samāśrityāntimaṃ bhāvaṃ māyāṃ lakṣmīṃ tared budhaḥ //

1.1.119

sūta uvāca
vyāhṛtā hariṇā tvevaṃ nārādādyā maharṣayaḥ /
śakreṇa sahitāḥ sarve papracchurgaruḍadhvajam //

1.1.120

ṛṣaya ūcuḥ
devadeva hṛṣīkeśa nātha nārāyaṇāmala /
tad vadāśeṣamasmākaṃ yaduktaṃ bhavatā purā //

1.1.121

indradyumnāya viprayā jñānaṃ dharmādigocaram /
śuśrūṣuścāpyayaṃ śakraḥ sakhā tava jaganmaya //

1.1.122

tataḥ sa bhagavān viṣṇuḥ kūrmarūpī janārdanaḥ /
rasātalagato devo nāradādyairmaharṣibhiḥ //

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pṛṣṭaḥ provāca sakalaṃ purāṇaṃ kaurmamuttamam /
sannidhau devarājasya tad vakṣye bhavatāmaham //

1.1.124

dhanyaṃ yaśasyāmāyuṣyaṃ puṇyaṃ mokṣapradaṃ nṛṇām /
purāṇaśravaṇaṃ viprāḥ kathanaṃ ca viśeṣataḥ //

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śrutvā cādhyāyamevaikaṃ sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate /
upākhyānamathaikaṃ vā brahmaloke mahīyate //

1.1.126

idaṃ purāṇaṃ paramaṃ kaurmaṃ kūrmasvarūpiṇā /
uktaṃ devādhidevena śraddhātavyaṃ dvijātibhiḥ //

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iti śrīkūrmapurāṇe ṣaṭsāhastryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pūrvavibhāge prathamo 'dhyāyaḥ

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Kurmapurana 1: Pūrvabhāga

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