Kurmapurana (Ananta Gokhale) 22
Kūrmapurāṇa (Ananta Gokhale) 22
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22.p1
catustriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ | sūta uvāca | uṣitvā tatra bhagavān kaparddrīśāntike punaḥ | yayau draṣṭuṃ madhyamegaṃ bahuvarṣagaṇānprabhuḥ || tatra mandākinīṃ puṇyāmṛṣisaṅghaniṣevitām | nadīṃ vimalapanīyāṃ dṛṣṭvā hṛṣṭo'bhavanmuniḥ || sa tāmanvīkṣya munibhiḥ saha dvaipāyanaḥ prabhuḥ | cakāra bhāvapūtātmā snānaṃ snānavidhānavit || santarpya vidhivaddevānṛṣīn pitṛgaṇāṃstathā†
22.p2
madhyameśvaramīśānamarcayāmāsa śūlinam || tataḥ pāśupatāḥ śāntā bhasmoddhūlitavigrahāḥ | draṣṭuṃ samāgatā rudraṃ madhyameśvaramīśvaram || oṅkārāsaktamanaso vedādhyayanatatparāḥ | jaṭilā muṇḍitāścāpi śuddha yajñopavītinaḥ || kaupīnavasanāḥ kecidapare cāpyavāsasaḥ† | brahmacaryaratāḥ śāntā dāntā vai jñānatatparāḥ‡ || dṛṣṭvā dvaipāyanaṃ viprāḥ śiṣyaiḥ parivṛtaṃ munim | pūjayitvā yathānyāyamidaṃ vacanamabruvan || kobhavān kuta āyātataḥ saha śiṣyairmahāmune | procuḥ pailādayaḥ§ śiṣyāstānṛṣīnsaṃbhāvitān || ayaṃ satyavatīsūnuḥ kṛṣṇadvaipāyanaḥ prabhuḥ¶ | vyāsaḥ svayaṃ hṛṣīkeśo yena vedāḥ pṛthakkṛtāḥ || yasya devo mahādevaḥ sākṣāddevaḥ pinākadhṛk | aṃśāṃśenābhavatputro nāmnā śuka iti prabhuḥ || yo vai|| sākṣānmahādevaṃ sarvvabhāvena śaṅkaram
22.p3
prapannaḥ parayā bhaktyā yasya tajjñānamaiśvaram || tataḥ pāśupatāḥ sarve te ca hṛṣṭatanūruhāḥ | ūcur†vyagramanaso vyāsaṃ‡ satyavatīsutam || bhagavan bhavatā jñātaṃ vijñānaṃ parameṣṭhinaḥ | prasādāddevadevasya yattanmāheśvaraṃ param§ || tadvadāsmākamavyagraṃ¶ rahasyaṃ guhyamuttamam | kṣipraṃ paśyema taṃ devaṃ śrutvā bhagavato mukhāt || visarjayitvā|| tāñchiṣyān sumantupramukhāṃstadā | provāca tatparaṃ jñānaṃ yogibhyo†† yogavittamaḥ || tattakṣaṇādeva vimalaṃ sambhūtaṃ jyotiruttamam | līnāstatraiva te viprāḥ kṣaṇādantaradhīyata || tataḥ śiṣyān samāhṛtya‡‡ bhagavān brahmavittamaḥ§§
22.p4
provāca madhyame śasyamāhātmyaṃ pailapūrvvakān || asmin sthāne svayaṃ devo devyā saha maheśvaraḥ | ramate bhagavānnityaṃ rudraiśca parivāritaḥ || atra pūrvvaṃ hṛṣīkeśo viśvātmā devakīsutaḥ | uvāsa vatsaraṃ kṛṣṇaḥ sadā pāśupatairrvṛtaḥ || bhasmoddhūlitasarvāṅgo rudrārādhanatatparaḥ† | ārādhayan hariḥ śambhuṃ kṛtvā pāśupataṃ vratam || tasya vai‡ bahavaḥ śiṣyā brahmacaryyaparāyaṇāḥ | labdhvā tadvacanāt§ jñānaṃ dṛṣṭavanto maheśvaram || tasya devo mahādevaḥ pratyakṣaṃ nīlalohitaḥ | dadau kṛṣṇasya bhagavānvarado varamuttamam || ye'rcayiṣyanti govindaṃ madbhaktā vidhipūrvvakam | teṣāṃ tadaiśvaraṃ jñānamutpatsyati¶ jaganmaya || tvamīśo||'rcayitavyaśca dhyātavyo matparairjanaiḥ | bhaviṣyasi na sandeho matprasādāddvijātibhiḥ††
22.p5
ye ca drakṣyanti deveśaṃ dhyātvā devaṃ† pinākinam | brahmahatyādikaṃ pāpaṃ teṣāmāśu vinaśyati || prāṇāṃstyajanti ye viprāḥ‡ pāpakarmaratā api | te yānti paramaṃ§ sthānaṃ nātra kāryyā vicāraṇā¶ || dhanyāstvadyantu te|| viprā mandākinyāṃ kṛtodakāḥ | arcayanti mahādevaṃ madhyameśvaramuttamam || snānaṃ dānaṃ tapaḥ śrāddhaṃ piṇḍanirvvapaṇantviha | ekaikaśaḥ kṛtaṃ viprāḥ punātyāsaptamaṃ kulam || sannihatyāmupaspṛśya rāhugraste divākare | yatphalaṃ labhate martyastasmāddaśaguṇantviha || evamuktvā mahāyogī madhyameṇāntika prabhūḥ | uvāsa suciraṅgālaṃ pūjayanvai maheśvaram
22.p6
iti śrīkūrmapurāṇe vārāṇasīmāhātmye catustriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ
Linked texts (5)
- Kūrmapurāṇa — Ativīrarāma Pāṇṭiyar, Sanskrit
- Kūrmapurāṇa — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
- Padmapurāṇa — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
- Kriyāsāra — Śrīkaṇtha, Sanskrit
- Brāhmī Saṃhitā — Sanskrit