Kurmapurana (Ananta Gokhale) 2.p4

2.p4

evaṃ mayā mahāmāyā preritā harivallabhā | yathādeśaṃ cakārāsau tasmāllakṣmīṃ samarcayet || śriyaṃ dadāti vipulāṃ puṣṭiṃ medhāṃ yaśo balam | arcitā bhagavatpatnī tasmāllakṣmīṃ samarcayet || tato'sṛjatsa bhagavān brahmā lokapitāmahaḥ | carācarāṇi bhūtāni yathāpūrvvaṃ mamājñayā || marīcibhṛgvaṅgirasaṃ pulastyaṃ pulahaṃ kratum | dattamatriṃ vasiṣṭhañca so'sṛjadyogavidyayā || navaite brahmaṇaḥ putrā brāhmaṇā brāhmaṇottamāḥ | brahmavādina evaite marīcādyāstu sādhakāḥ || sasarja brāhma़ṇānvaktrāt kṣatriyāṃśca bhujādvibhuḥ | vaiśyānūrudvayāddevaḥ padbhyāṃ śūdrān pitāmahaḥ || yajñaniṣpattaye brahmā śūdravarjaṃ sasarja ha | guptaye sarvvadevānāṃ tebhyo yajñā hi nirbabhau || ṛco yajūṃṣi sāmāni tathaivātharvvaṇāni ca | brahmaṇaḥ sahajaṃ rūpaṃ nityaiṣā śaktiravyayā || anādinidhanā divyā vāgutsṛṣṭā svayambhuvā | ādau vedamayī bhūtā yataḥ sarvvāḥ pravṛttayaḥ†