[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Purāṇas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana) › [Kurmapurana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma) › 1.1 # Kurmapurana 1.1 Kūrmapurāṇa 1.1 - **Language:** Sanskrit ## Contents - [1.1.126](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.1.1.126) — 1 part ### [1.1.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.1.1.1) namaskṛtvāprameyāya viṣṇave kūrmarūpiṇe / purāṇaṃ saṃpravakṣyāmi yaduktaṃ viśvayoninā // ### [1.1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.1.1.2) satrānte sūtamanaghaṃ naimiṣīyā maharṣayaḥ / purāṇasaṃhitāṃ puṇyāṃ papracchū romaharṣaṇam // ### [1.1.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.1.1.3) tvayā sūta mahābuddhe bhagavān brahmavittamaḥ / itihāsapurāṇārthaṃ vyāsaḥ samyagupāsitaḥ // ### [1.1.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.1.1.4) tasya te sarvaromāṇi vacasā hṛṣitāni yat / dvaipāyanasya bhagavāṃstato vai romaharṣaṇaḥ // ### [1.1.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.1.1.5) bhavantameva bhagavān vyājahāra svayaṃ prabhuḥ / munīnāṃ saṃhitāṃ vaktuṃ vyāsaḥ paurāṇikīṃ purā // ### [1.1.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.1.1.6) tvaṃ hi svāyaṃbhuve yajñe sutyāhe vitate hariḥ / saṃbhūtaḥ saṃhitāṃ vaktuṃ svāṃśena puruṣottamaḥ // ### [1.1.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.1.1.7) tasmād bhavantaṃ pṛcchāmaḥ purāṇaṃ kaurmamuttamam / vaktumarhasi cāsmākaṃ purāṇārthaviśārada // ### [1.1.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.1.1.8) munīnāṃ vacanaṃ śrutvā sūtaḥ paurāṇikottamaḥ / praṇamya manasā prāha guruṃ satyavatīsutam // ### [1.1.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.1.1.9) romaharṣaṇa uvāca namaskṛtvā jagadyoniṃ kūrmarūpadharaṃ harim / vakṣye paurāṇikīṃ divyāṃ kathāṃ pāpapraṇāśinīm // ### [1.1.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.1.1.10) yāṃ śrutvā pāpakarmāpi gaccheta paramāṃ gatim / na nāstike kathāṃ puṇyāmimāṃ brūyāt kadācana // ### [1.1.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.1.1.11) śraddadhānāya śāntāya dhārmikāya dvijātaye / imāṃ kathāmanubrūyāt sākṣānnārāyaṇeritām // ### [1.1.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.1.1.12) sargaśca pratisargaśca vaṃśo manvantarāṇi ca / vaṃśānucaritaṃ caiva purāṇaṃ pañcalakṣaṇam // ### [1.1.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.1.1.13) brāhmaṃ purāṇaṃ prathamaṃ pādmaṃ vaiṣṇavameva ca / śaivaṃ bhāgavataṃ caiva bhaviṣyaṃ nāradīyakam // ### [1.1.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.1.1.14) mārkaṇḍeyamathāgneyaṃ brahmavaivartameva ca / laiṅgaṃ tathā ca vārāhaṃ skāndaṃ vāmanameva ca // ### [1.1.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.1.1.15) kaurmaṃ mātsyaṃ gāruḍaṃ ca vāyavīyamanantaram / aṣṭādaśaṃ samuddiṣṭaṃ brahmaṇḍamiti saṃjñitam // ### [1.1.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.1.1.16) anyānyuparāṇāni munibhiḥ kathitāni tu / aṣṭādaśapurāṇāni śrutvā saṃkṣepato dvijāḥ // ### [1.1.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.1.1.17) ādyaṃ sanatkumāroktaṃ nārasihamataḥ param / tṛtīyaṃ skāndamuddiṣṭaṃ kumāreṇa tu bhāṣitam // ### [1.1.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.1.1.18) caturthaṃ śivadharmākhyaṃ sākṣānnandīśabhāṣitam / durvāsasoktamāścaryaṃ nāradoktamataḥ param // ### [1.1.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.1.1.19) kāpilaṃ mānavaṃ caiva tathaivośanaseritam / brahmāṇḍaṃ vāruṇaṃ cātha kālikāhvayameva ca // ### [1.1.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.1.1.20) māheśvaraṃ tathā sāmbaṃ sauraṃ sarvārthasaṃcayam / parāśaroktamaparaṃ mārīcaṃ bhārgavāhvayam // ### [1.1.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.1.1.21) idaṃ tu pañcadaśamaṃ purāṇaṃ kaurmamuttamam / caturdhā saṃsthitaṃ puṇyaṃ saṃhitānāṃ prabhedataḥ // ### [1.1.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.1.1.22) brāhmī bhagavatī saurī vaiṣṇavī ca prakīrtitāḥ / catastraḥ saṃhitāḥ puṇyā dharmakāmārthamokṣadāḥ // ### [1.1.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.1.1.23) iyaṃ tu saṃhitā brāhmī caturvedaistu sammitā / bhavanti ṣaṭsahastrāṇi ślokānāmatra saṃkhyayā // ### [1.1.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.1.1.24) yatra dharmārthakāmānāṃ mokṣasya ca munīśvarāḥ / māhātmyamakhilaṃ brahma jñāyate parameśvaraḥ // ### [1.1.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.1.1.25) sargaśca pratisargaśca vaṃśo manvantarāṇi ca / vaṃśānucaritaṃ divyāḥ puṇyāḥ prāsaṅgikīḥ kathāḥ // ### [1.1.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.1.1.26) brāhmaṇādyairiyaṃ dhāryā dhārmikaiḥ śāntamānasaiḥ / tāmahaṃ vartayiṣyāmi vyāsena kathitāṃ purā // ### [1.1.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.1.1.27) purāmṛtārthaṃ daiteyadānavaiḥ saha devatāḥ / manthānaṃ mandaraṃ kṛtvā mamanthuḥ kṣīrasāgaram // ### [1.1.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.1.1.28) mathyamāne tadā tasmin kūrmarūpī janārdanaḥ / babhāra mandaraṃ devo devānāṃ hitakāmyayā // ### [1.1.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.1.1.29) devāśca tuṣṭuvurdevaṃ nāradādyā maharṣayaḥ / kūrmarūpadharaṃ dṛṣṭvā sākṣiṇaṃ viṣṇumavyayam // ### [1.1.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.1.1.30) tadantare 'bhavad devī śrīrnārāyaṇavallabhā / jagrāha bhagavān viṣṇustāmeva puruṣottamaḥ // ### [1.1.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.1.1.31) tejasā viṣṇumavyaktaṃ nāradādyā maharṣayaḥ / mohitāḥ saha śakreṇa śriyo vacanamabruvan // ### [1.1.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.1.1.32) bhagavan devadeveśa nārāyaṇa jaganmaya / kaiṣā devī viśālākṣī yathāvad brūhi pṛcchatām // ### [1.1.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.1.1.33) śrutvā teṣāṃ tadā vākyaṃ viṣṇurdānavamardanaḥ / provāca devīṃ saṃprekṣya nāradādīnakalmaṣān // ### [1.1.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.1.1.34) iyaṃ sā paramā śaktirmanmayī brahmarūpiṇī / māyā mama priyānantā yayedaṃ mohitaṃ jagat // ### [1.1.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.1.1.35) anayaiva jagatsarvaṃ sadevāsuramānuṣam / mohayāmi dvijaśreṣṭhā grasāmi visṛjāmi ca // ### [1.1.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.1.1.36) utpattiṃ pralayaṃ caiva bhūtanāmāgatiṃ gatim / vijñāyānvīkṣya cātmānaṃ taranti vipulāmimām // ### [1.1.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.1.1.37) asyāstvaṃśānadhiṣṭhāya śaktimanto 'bhavan dvijāḥ / brahmeśānādayo devāḥ sarvaśaktiriyaṃ mama // ### [1.1.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.1.1.38) saiṣā sarvajagatsūtiḥ prakṛtistriguṇātmikā / prāgeva mattaḥ saṃjātā śrīkalpe padmavāsinī // ### [1.1.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.1.1.39) caturbhujā śaṅkhacakrapadmahastā śubhānvitā / koṭisūryapratīkāśā mohinī sarvadehinām // ### [1.1.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.1.1.40) nālaṃ devā na pitaro mānavā vasavo 'pi ca / māyāmetāṃ samuttartuṃ ye cānye bhuvi dehinaḥ // ### [1.1.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.1.1.41) ityukto vāsudevena munayo viṣṇumabruvan / brūhi tvaṃ puṇḍarīkākṣa yadi kālatraye 'pi ca / ko vā tarati tāṃ māyāṃ durjayāṃ devanirmitām // ### [1.1.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.1.1.42) athovāca hṛṣīkeśo munīn munigaṇārcitaḥ / asti dvijātipravara indradyumna iti śrutaḥ // ### [1.1.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.1.1.43) pūrvajanmani rājāsāvadhṛṣyaḥ śaṅkarādibhiḥ / dṛṣṭvā māṃ kūrmasaṃsthānaṃ śrutvā paurāṇikīṃ svayam / saṃhitāṃ manmukhād divyāṃ puraskṛtya munīśvarān // ### [1.1.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.1.1.44) brahmāṇaṃ ca mahādevaṃ devāṃścānyān svaśaktibhiḥ / macchaktau saṃsthitān buddhvā māmeva śaraṇaṃ gataḥ // ### [1.1.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.1.1.45) saṃbhāṣito mayā cātha viprayoniṃ gamiṣyasi / indradyumna iti khyāto jātiṃ smarasi paurvikīm // ### [1.1.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.1.1.46) sarveṣāmeva bhūtānāṃ devānāmapyagocaram / vaktavyaṃ yad guhyatamaṃ dāsye jñānaṃ tavānagha / labdhvā tanmāmakaṃ jñānaṃ māmevānte pravekṣyasi // ### [1.1.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.1.1.47) aṃśāntareṇa bhūmyāṃ tvaṃ tatra tiṣṭha sunirdṛtaḥ / vaivasvate 'ntare 'tite kāryārthaṃ māṃ pravekṣyasi // ### [1.1.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.1.1.48) māṃ praṇamya purīṃ gatvā pālayāmāsa medinīm / kāladharmaṃ gataḥ kālācchvetadvīpe mayā saha // ### [1.1.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.1.1.49) bhuktvā tān vaiṣṇavān bhogān yogināmapyagocarān / madājñayā muniśreṣṭhā jajñe viprakule punaḥ // ### [1.1.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.1.1.50) jñātvā māṃ vāsudevākhyaṃ yatra dve nihite 'kṣare / vidyāvidye gūḍharūpe yattad brahma paraṃ viduḥ // ### [1.1.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.1.1.51) sor'cayāmāsa bhūtānāmāśrayaṃ parameśvaram / vratopavāsaniyamairhemairbrāhmaṇatarpaṇaiḥ // ### [1.1.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.1.1.52) tadāśīstannamaskārastanniṣṭhastatparāyaṇaḥ / ārādhayan mahādevaṃ yogināṃ hṛdi saṃsthitam // ### [1.1.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.1.1.53) tasyaivaṃ vartamānasya kadācit paramā kalā / svarūpaṃ darśayāmāsa divyaṃ viṣṇusamudbhavam // ### [1.1.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.1.1.54) dṛṣṭvā praṇamya śirasā viṣṇorbhagavataḥ priyām / saṃstūya vividhaiḥ stotraiḥ kṛtāñjalirabhāṣata // ### [1.1.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.1.1.55) irnddayumna uvāca kā tvaṃ deviviśālākṣi viṣṇucihnaṅkite śubhe / yāthātathyena vai bhāvaṃ tavedānīṃ bravīhi me // ### [1.1.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.1.1.56) tasya tad vākyamākarṇya suprasannā sumaṅgalā / hasantī saṃsmaran viṣṇuṃ priyaṃ brāhmaṇamabravīt // ### [1.1.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.1.1.57) na māṃ paśyanti munayo devāḥ śakrapurogamāḥ / nārāyaṇātmikā caikā māyāhaṃ tanmayā parā // ### [1.1.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.1.1.58) na me nārāyaṇād bhedo vidyate hi vicārataḥ / tanmayāhaṃ paraṃ brahma sa viṣṇuḥ parameśvaraḥ // ### [1.1.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.1.1.59) yer'cayantīha bhūtānāmāśrayaṃ parameśvaram / jñānena karmayogena na teṣāṃ prabhavāmyaham // ### [1.1.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.1.1.60) tasmādanādinidhanaṃ karmayogaparāyaṇaḥ / jñānenārādhayānantaṃ tato mokṣamavāpsyasi // ### [1.1.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.1.1.61) ityuktaḥ sa muniśreṣṭha indradyumno mahāmatiḥ / praṇamya śirasā devīṃ prāñjaliḥ punarabravīt // ### [1.1.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.1.1.62) kathaṃ sa bhagavānīśaḥ śāśvato niṣkalo 'cyutaḥ / jñātuṃ hi śakyate devi brūhi me parameśvari // ### [1.1.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.1.1.63) ekamuktātha vipreṇa devī kamalavāsinī / sākṣānnārāyaṇo jñānaṃ dāsyatītyāha taṃ munim // ### [1.1.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.1.1.64) ubhābhyāmatha hastābhyāṃ saṃspṛśya praṇataṃ munim / smṛtvā parātparaṃ viṣṇuṃ tatraivāntaradhīyata // ### [1.1.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.1.1.65) so 'pi nārāyaṇaṃ draṣṭuṃ parameṇa samādhinā / ārādhayaddhṛṣīkeśaṃ praṇatārtiprabhañjanam // ### [1.1.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.1.1.66) tato bahutithe kāle gate nārāyaṇaḥ svayam / prādurāsīnmahāyogī pītavāsā jaganmayaḥ // ### [1.1.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.1.1.67) dṛṣṭvā devaṃ samāyāntaṃ viṣṇumātmānamavyayam / jānubhyāmavaniṃ gatvā tuṣṭāva garuḍadhvajam // ### [1.1.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.1.1.68) indradyumna uvāca yajñeśācyuta govinda mādhavānanta keśava / kuṣṇa viṣṇo hṛṣīkeśa tubhyaṃ viśvātmane namaḥ // ### [1.1.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.1.1.69) namo 'stu te purāṇāya haraye viśvamūrtaye / sargasthitivināśānāṃ hetave 'nantaśakye // ### [1.1.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.1.1.70) nirguṇāya namastubhyaṃ niṣkalāyāmalātmane / puruṣāya namastubhyaṃ viśvarūpāya te namaḥ // ### [1.1.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.1.1.71) namaste vāsudevāya viṣṇave viśvayonaye / ādimadhyāntahīnāya jñānagamyāya te namaḥ // ### [1.1.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.1.1.72) namaste nirvikārāya niṣprapañcāya te namaḥ / bhedābhedavihīnāya namo 'stvānandarūpiṇe // ### [1.1.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.1.1.73) namastārāya śāntāya namo 'pratihatātmane / anantamūrtaye tubhyamamūrtāya namo namaḥ // ### [1.1.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.1.1.74) namaste paramārthāya māyātītāya te namaḥ / namaste parameśāya brahmaṇe paramātmane // ### [1.1.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.1.1.75) namo 'stu te susūkṣmāya mahādevāya te namaḥ / namaḥ śivāya śuddhāya namaste parameṣṭhine // ### [1.1.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.1.1.76) tvayaiva sṛṣṭamakhilaṃ tvameva paramā gatiḥ / tvaṃ pitā sarvabhūtānāṃ tvaṃ mātā puruṣottama // ### [1.1.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.1.1.77) tvamakṣaraṃ paraṃ dhāma cinmātraṃ vyoma niṣkalam / sarvasyādhāramavyaktamanantaṃ tamasaḥ param // ### [1.1.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.1.1.78) prapaśyanti parātmānaṃ jñānadīpena kevalam / prapadye bhavato rūpaṃ tadviṣṇoḥ paramaṃ padam // ### [1.1.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.1.1.79) evaṃ stuvantaṃ bhagavān bhūtātmā bhūtabhāvanaḥ / ubhābhyāmatha hastābhyāṃ pasparśa prahasanniva // ### [1.1.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.1.1.80) spṛṣṭamātro bhagavatā viṣṇunā munipuṅgavaḥ / yathāvat paramaṃ tattvaṃ jñātavāṃstatprasādataḥ // ### [1.1.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.1.1.81) tataḥ prahṛṣṭamanasā praṇipatya janārdanam / provāconnidrapadmākṣaṃ pītavāsasamacyutam // ### [1.1.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.1.1.82) tvatprasādādasaṃdigdhamutpannaṃ puruṣottama / jñānaṃ brahmaikaviṣayaṃ paramānandasiddhidam // ### [1.1.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.1.1.83) namo bhagavate tubhyaṃ vāsudevāya vedhase / kiṃ kariṣyāmi yogeśa tanme vada jaganmaya // ### [1.1.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.1.1.84) śrutvā nārāyaṇo vākyamindradyumnasya mādhavaḥ / uvāca sasmitaṃ vākyamaśeṣajagato hitam // ### [1.1.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.1.1.85) śrībhagavānuvāca varṇāśramācāravatāṃ puṃsāṃ devo maheśvaraḥ / jñānena bhaktiyogena pūjanīyo na cānyathā // ### [1.1.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.1.1.86) vijñāya tatparaṃ tattvaṃ vibhūtiṃ kāryakāraṇam / pravṛtiṃ cāpi me jñātvā mokṣārthośvaramarcayet // ### [1.1.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.1.1.87) sarvasaṅgān parityajya jñātvā māyāmayaṃ jagat / advaitaṃ bhāvayātmānaṃ drakṣyase parameśvaram // ### [1.1.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.1.1.88) trividhā bhāvanā brahman procyamānā nibodha me / ekā madviṣayā tatra dvitīyā vyaktasaṃśrayā / anyā ca bhāvanā brāhmī vijñeyā sā guṇātigā // ### [1.1.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.1.1.89) āsāmanyatamāṃ cātha bhāvanāṃ bhāvayed budhaḥ / aśaktaḥ saṃśrayedādyāmityeṣā vaidikī śrutiḥ // ### [1.1.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.1.1.90) tasmāt sarvaprayatnena tanniṣṭhastatparāyaṇaḥ / samārādhaya viśveśaṃ tato mokṣamavāpsyasi // ### [1.1.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.1.1.91) indradyumna uvāca kiṃ tat parataraṃ tattvaṃ kā vibhūtirjanārdana / kiṃ kāryaṃ kāraṇaṃ kastvaṃ pravṛttiścāpi kā tava // ### [1.1.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.1.1.92) parātparataraṃ tattvaṃ paraṃ brahmaikamavyayam / nityānandaṃ svayañjyotirakṣaraṃ tamasaḥ param // ### [1.1.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.1.1.93) aiśvaryaṃ tasya yannityaṃ vibhūtiriti gīyate / kāryaṃ jagadathāvyaktaṃ kāraṇaṃ śuddhamakṣaram // ### [1.1.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.1.1.94) ahaṃ hi sarvabhūtānāmantaryāmīśvaraḥ paraḥ / sargasthityantakartṛtvaṃ pravṛttirmama gīyate // ### [1.1.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.1.1.95) etad vijñāya bhāvena yathāvadakhilaṃ dvija / tatastvaṃ karmayogena śāśvataṃ samyagarcaya // ### [1.1.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.1.1.96) indradyumna uvāca ke te varṇāśramācārā yaiḥ samārādhyate paraḥ / jñānaṃ ca kīdṛśaṃ divyaṃ bhāvanātrayasaṃsthitam // ### [1.1.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.1.1.97) kathaṃ sṛṣṭamidaṃ pūrvaṃ kathaṃ saṃhriyate punaḥ / kiyatyaḥ sṛṣṭayo loke vaṃśā manvantarāṇi ca / kāni teṣāṃ pramāṇāni pāvanāni vratāni ca // ### [1.1.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.1.1.98) tīrthānyarkādisaṃsthānaṃ pṛthivyāyāmavistare / kati dvīpāḥ samudrāśca parvatāśca nadīnadāḥ / brūhi me puṇḍarīkākṣa yathāvadadhunākhilam // ### [1.1.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.1.1.99) śrīkūrma uvāca evamukto 'tha tenāhaṃ bhaktānugrahakāmyayā / yathāvadakhilaṃ sarvamavocaṃ munipuṅgavāḥ // ### [1.1.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.1.1.100) vyākhyāyāśeṣamevedaṃ yatpṛṣṭo 'haṃ dvijena tu / anugṛhya ca taṃ vipraṃ tatraivāntarhito 'bhavam // ### [1.1.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.1.1.101) so 'pi tena vidhānena maduktena dvijottamaḥ / ārādhayāmāsa paraṃ bhāvapūtaḥ samāhitaḥ // ### [1.1.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.1.1.102) tyaktvā putrādiṣu snehaṃ nirdvandvo niṣparigrahaḥ / saṃnyasya sarvakarmāṇi paraṃ vairāgyamāśritaḥ // ### [1.1.103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.1.1.103) ātmanyātmānamanvīkṣya svātmanyevākhilaṃ jagat / saṃprāpya bhāvanāmantyāṃ brāhmīmakṣarapūrvikām // ### [1.1.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.1.1.104) avāpa paramaṃ yogaṃ yenaikaṃ paripaśyati / yaṃ vinidrā jitaśvāsāḥ kāṅkṣante mokṣakāṅkṣiṇaḥ // ### [1.1.105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.1.1.105) tataḥ kadācid yogīndro brahmāṇaṃ draṣṭumavyayam / jagāmādityanirdeśānmānasottaraparvatam / ākāśenaiva viprendro yogaiśvaryaprabhāvataḥ // ### [1.1.106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.1.1.106) vimānaṃ sūryasaṃkāśaṃ prādhurbhūtamanuttamam / anvagacchan devagaṇā gandharvāpsarasāṃ gaṇāḥ / dṛṣṭvānye pathi yogīndraṃ siddhā brahmarṣayo yayuḥ // ### [1.1.107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.1.1.107) tataḥ sa gatvā tu giriṃ viveśa suravanditam / sthānaṃ tadyogibhirjuṣṭaṃ yatrāste paramaḥ pumān // ### [1.1.108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.1.1.108) saṃprāpya paramaṃ sthānaṃ sūryāyutasamaprabham / viveśa cāntarbhavanaṃ devānāṃ ca durāsadam // ### [1.1.109](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.1.1.109) vicintayāmāsa paraṃ śaraṇyaṃ sarvadehinām / anādinidhanaṃ devaṃ devadevaṃ pitāmaham // ### [1.1.110](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.1.1.110) tataḥ prādurabhūt tasmin prakāśaḥ paramātmanaḥ / tanmadhye puruṣaṃ pūrvamapaśyat paramaṃ padam // ### [1.1.111](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.1.1.111) mahāntaṃ tejaso rāśimagamyaṃ brahmavidviṣām / caturmukhamudārāṅgamarcibhirupaśobhitam // ### [1.1.112](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.1.1.112) so 'pi yoginamanvīkṣya praṇamantamupasthitam / pratyudgamya svayaṃ devo viśvātmā pariṣasvaje // ### [1.1.113](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.1.1.113) pariṣvaktasya devena dvijendrasyātha dehataḥ / nirgatya mahatī jyotsnā viveśādityamaṇḍalam / ṛgyajuḥ sāmasaṃjñaṃ tat pavitramamalaṃ padam // ### [1.1.114](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.1.1.114) hiraṇyagarbho bhagavān yatrāste havyakavyabhuk / dvāraṃ tad yogināmādyaṃ vedānteṣu pratiṣṭhitam / brahmatejomayaṃ śrīmanniṣṭhā caiva manīṣiṇām // ### [1.1.115](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.1.1.115) dṛṣṭamātro bhagavatāta brahmaṇārcirmayo muniḥ / apaśyadaiśvaraṃ tejaḥ śāntaṃ sarvatragaṃ śivam // ### [1.1.116](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.1.1.116) svātmānamakṣaraṃ vyomatad viṣṇoḥ paramaṃ padam / ānandamacalaṃ brahma sthānaṃ tatpārameśvaram // ### [1.1.117](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.1.1.117) sarvabhūtātmabhūtaḥ sa paramaiśvaryamāsthitaḥ / prāptavānātmano dhāma yattanmokṣākhyamavyayam // ### [1.1.118](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.1.1.118) tasmāt sarvaprayatnena varṇāśramavidhau sthitaḥ / samāśrityāntimaṃ bhāvaṃ māyāṃ lakṣmīṃ tared budhaḥ // ### [1.1.119](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.1.1.119) sūta uvāca vyāhṛtā hariṇā tvevaṃ nārādādyā maharṣayaḥ / śakreṇa sahitāḥ sarve papracchurgaruḍadhvajam // ### [1.1.120](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.1.1.120) ṛṣaya ūcuḥ devadeva hṛṣīkeśa nātha nārāyaṇāmala / tad vadāśeṣamasmākaṃ yaduktaṃ bhavatā purā // ### [1.1.121](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.1.1.121) indradyumnāya viprayā jñānaṃ dharmādigocaram / śuśrūṣuścāpyayaṃ śakraḥ sakhā tava jaganmaya // ### [1.1.122](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.1.1.122) tataḥ sa bhagavān viṣṇuḥ kūrmarūpī janārdanaḥ / rasātalagato devo nāradādyairmaharṣibhiḥ // ### [1.1.123](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.1.1.123) pṛṣṭaḥ provāca sakalaṃ purāṇaṃ kaurmamuttamam / sannidhau devarājasya tad vakṣye bhavatāmaham // ### [1.1.124](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.1.1.124) dhanyaṃ yaśasyāmāyuṣyaṃ puṇyaṃ mokṣapradaṃ nṛṇām / purāṇaśravaṇaṃ viprāḥ kathanaṃ ca viśeṣataḥ // ### [1.1.125](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.1.1.125) śrutvā cādhyāyamevaikaṃ sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate / upākhyānamathaikaṃ vā brahmaloke mahīyate // ### [1.1.126](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.1.1.126) idaṃ purāṇaṃ paramaṃ kaurmaṃ kūrmasvarūpiṇā / uktaṃ devādhidevena śraddhātavyaṃ dvijātibhiḥ // ### [1.1.126.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.1.1.126.p1) iti śrīkūrmapurāṇe ṣaṭsāhastryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pūrvavibhāge prathamo 'dhyāyaḥ ## Linked texts (23) - [Skandamahāpurāṇa (vulgate)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda*vulgate.16.1.7_9) — Sanskrit - [Padmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.1.20) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Toḍararāja](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.sangraha.todararaja.5.6) — Nīlakaṇṭha Dīkṣita, Sanskrit - [Ṭoḍarānanda](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.todarananda.5.6) — Ṭoḍaramalla 1564, Sanskrit - [Brāhmī Saṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmisamhita.1.6-4) — Sanskrit - [Brahmisamhita (gurumandalseries1962)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.vaisnava.pancaratra.brahmisamhita*gurumandalseries1962.1.6-4) — Sanskrit - [Studies in the Purāṇic Records on Hindu Rites and Customs](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.hazra-1940.c7.s6.28) — R. C. Hazra, English - [Kūrmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.kappiyam.kurmapurana.1.p4) — Ativīrarāma Pāṇṭiyar, Sanskrit - [Kūrmapurāṇa (Ananta Gokhale)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurmapurana.1.p3) — Ananta Gokhale, Sanskrit - [Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmyam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.sthala.prabhasakshetramahatmyam.2.4) — Sanskrit - [Studies in the Upapurāṇas](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.hazra-1958.v1.c7.12) — R. C. Hazra, English - [History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v7.c90.78) — P. V. Kane, English - [Purāṇasāra (Mādhava Vidyāraṇya)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.sangraha.puranasara-madhava-vidyaranya.2.30) — Mādhava Vidyāraṇya, Sanskrit - [Purāṇasāra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.jati.puranasara.2.30) — Sāyaṇa, Sanskrit - [Ancient Indian Historical Tradition](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c7.12) — F. E. Pargiter, English - [Studies in the Epics and Purāṇas](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.pusalker-1955.c8.9) — A. D. Pusalker, English - [Kṛtyamahārṇava](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.krtya.krtyamaharnava.1.p22) — Vācaspatimiśra, Sanskrit - [Prakriyāpāda](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.prakriyapada.1.21) — Sanskrit - [Vīraśaivāmṛtapurāṇa (Gubbi Mallaṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.kannada.virasaiva.virasaivamrtapurana-gubbi-mallana.p365) — Gubbi Mallaṇa, Sanskrit - [Tribes in Ancient India](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.law-1943.c30.3) — Bimala Churn Law, English - [Nityācārapradīpa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.acara.ahnika.nityacarapradipa.1.p30) — Narasiṃha Vājapeyin, Sanskrit - [Ācārasāra (Gadādhara)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.acara.acarasara-gadadhara.1.p33) — Gadādhara (Pāraskara commentator), Sanskrit - [Saurasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.saurasamhita.1.20) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.1.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.1.1) · Pramāṇa