Kurmapurana 1.p5

1.p5

bhavantameva bhagavān vyājahāra svayaṃ prabhuḥ | munīnāṃ saṃhitāṃ vaktuṃ vyāsaḥ paurāṇikīṃ purā || tvaṃ hi svāyambhuve yajñe sutyāhe† vitate sati‡ | sambhūtaḥ saṃhitāṃ vaktuṃ svāṃśena puruṣottamaḥ || tasmādbhavantaṃ pṛcchāmaḥ purāṇaṃ kaurmamuttamam | vaktumarhasi cāsmākaṃ purāṇārthaviśārada || munīnāṃ vacanaṃ śrutvā sūtaḥ paurāṇikottamaḥ | praṇamya manasā prāha guruṃ satyavatīsutam || romaharṣaṇa uvāca | namaskṛtya jagadyoniṃ kūrmarūpadharaṃ harim | vakṣye paurāṇikīṃ divyāṃ kathāṃ pāpapraṇāśinīm || yāṃ śrutvā pāpakamīpi gaccheta§ paramāṃ gatim | na nāstike kathāṃ puṇyāmimāṃ brūyātkadācana || śraddadhānāya śāntāya dhārmakāya dvijātaye | imāṃ kathāmanubrūyātsākṣātrārāyaṇeritām