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Purva-vibhaga of the Kurma Purana

Chapter 10 · 105 shlokas

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The form of the Supreme Brahman Siva—the Parabrahman livara said : - Verse 1

Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 10 · Verse 1

अलिङ्गमेकमव्यक्तं लिङ्गं ब्रह्मेति निश्चितम। स्वयञ्ज्योतिः परं तत्त्वं परे व्योम्नि व्यवस्थितम।।

aliṅgamekamavyaktaṃ liṅgaṃ brahmeti niścitam| svayañjyotiḥ paraṃ tattvaṃ pare vyomni vyavasthitam||

It has been concluded definitely that Brahman is Lifigas (Symbols) ; it is one (without a second) and unmanifest is its characteristic feature. It is self-luminous, supreme, premier. It is established in the sky (transcending the pheno¬ menal world).

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The Creation by Rudra)- - Verse 1

Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 10 · Verse 1

गते महेश्वरे देवे स्वाधिवासं पितामहः। तदेव सुमहत पद्मं भेजे नाभिसमुत्थितम।।

gate maheśvare deve svādhivāsaṃ pitāmahaḥ| tadeva sumahat padmaṃ bheje nābhisamutthitam||

When Mahesvara departed, god Brahma, the grand- sire of the world, once again resorted to the self-same lotus grow¬ ing out of the umbilical region of Lord Visnu.

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The Creation by Rudra)- - Verse 2

Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 10 · Verse 2

अथ दीर्घेण कालेन तत्राप्रतिमपौरुषौ। महासुरौ समायातौ भ्रातरौ मधुकैटभौ।।

atha dīrgheṇa kālena tatrāpratimapauruṣau| mahāsurau samāyātau bhrātarau madhukaiṭabhau||

After a long time, the two great Asura brothers Madhu and Kaitabha, of unequalled valour, happened to come there.

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The form of the Supreme Brahman Siva—the Parabrahman livara said : - Verse 2

Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 10 · Verse 2

अव्यक्तं कारणं यत्तदक्षरं परमं पदम। निर्गुणं शुद्धविज्ञानं तद वै पश्यन्ति सूरयः।।

avyaktaṃ kāraṇaṃ yattadakṣaraṃ paramaṃ padam| nirguṇaṃ śuddhavijñānaṃ tad vai paśyanti sūrayaḥ||

The unmanifest which is the cause (of the phenomenal world) is the imperishable supreme region. Learned men perceive it as devoid of Gunas and perfect knowledge.

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The Creation by Rudra)- - Verse 3

Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 10 · Verse 3

क्रोधेन महताविष्टौ महापर्वतविग्रहौ। कर्णान्तरसमुद्भूतौ देवदेवस्य शार्ङ्गिणः।।

krodhena mahatāviṣṭau mahāparvatavigrahau| karṇāntarasamudbhūtau devadevasya śārṅgiṇaḥ||

They were born out of the ear-cavities of god Visnu^ the wielder of the Sarhga bow, the Lord of Devas. They had bodies as huge as a great mountain and they were over-powered with great fury.

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The form of the Supreme Brahman Siva—the Parabrahman livara said : - Verse 3

Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 10 · Verse 3

तन्निष्ठाः शान्तसंकल्पा नित्यं तद्भावभाविताः। पश्यन्ति तत परं ब्रह्म यत्तल्लिङ्गमिति श्रुतिः।।

tanniṣṭhāḥ śāntasaṃkalpā nityaṃ tadbhāvabhāvitāḥ| paśyanti tat paraṃ brahma yattalliṅgamiti śrutiḥ||

The Vedas declare that to be the Lifiga viz. the supreme Brahman which is perceived by the sages whose concept of egotism (and other doubts) is resolved (destroyed) and who are perpetually merged in its meditation.

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The Creation by Rudra)- - Verse 4

Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 10 · Verse 4

तावागतौ समीक्ष्याह नारायणमजो विभुः। त्रैलोक्यकण्टकावेतावसुरौ हन्तुमर्हसि।।

tāvāgatau samīkṣyāha nārāyaṇamajo vibhuḥ| trailokyakaṇṭakāvetāvasurau hantumarhasi||

On seeing them arrived, the un-born Lord Brahma requested Narayana, “It behoves you to slay these Asuras, the thorns in the three worlds.”

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The form of the Supreme Brahman Siva—the Parabrahman livara said : - Verse 4

Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 10 · Verse 4

अन्यथा नहि मां द्रष्टुं शक्यं वै मुनिपुङ्गवाः। नहि तद विद्यते ज्ञानं यतस्तज्ज्ञायते परम।।

anyathā nahi māṃ draṣṭuṃ śakyaṃ vai munipuṅgavāḥ| nahi tad vidyate jñānaṃ yatastajjñāyate param||

O leading sages, it is not possible to see me otherwise* There is no knowledge whereby that great Atman is realized.

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The form of the Supreme Brahman Siva—the Parabrahman livara said : - Verse 5

Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 10 · Verse 5

एतत्तत्परमं ज्ञानं केवलं कवयो विदुः। अज्ञानमितरत सर्वं यस्मान्मायामयं जगत।।

etattatparamaṃ jñānaṃ kevalaṃ kavayo viduḥ| ajñānamitarat sarvaṃ yasmānmāyāmayaṃ jagat||

Only sages can know this supreme abode (v.l. knowl¬ edge ). Since the universe is the product of Maya, knowledge about it is enveloped by the darkness of ignorance.^

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The Creation by Rudra)- - Verse 5

Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 10 · Verse 5

तस्य तद वचनं श्रुत्वा हरिर्नारायणः प्रभुः। आज्ञापयामास तयोर्वधार्थं पुरुषावुभौ।।

tasya tad vacanaṃ śrutvā harirnārāyaṇaḥ prabhuḥ| ājñāpayāmāsa tayorvadhārthaṃ puruṣāvubhau||

On hearing his words. Lord Hari who abides in the cosmic waters (Narayana) ordered two persons to kill those two Asuras.

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The Creation by Rudra)- - Verse 6

Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 10 · Verse 6

तदाज्ञया महद्युद्धं तयोस्ताभ्यामभूद द्विजाः। व्यनयत कैटभं विष्णुर्जिष्णुश्च व्यनयन्मधुम।।

tadājñayā mahadyuddhaṃ tayostābhyāmabhūd dvijāḥ| vyanayat kaiṭabhaṃ viṣṇurjiṣṇuśca vyanayanmadhum||

At his behest, O Brahmanas, great battle of those two persons with the two Asuras ensued, Jisnu conquered Kaitabha while Visnu vanquished Madhu.

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The form of the Supreme Brahman Siva—the Parabrahman livara said : - Verse 6

Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 10 · Verse 6

यज्ज्ञानं निर्मलं सूक्ष्मं निर्विकल्पं यदव्ययम। ममात्मासौ तदेवेमिति प्राहुर्विपश्चितः।।

yajjñānaṃ nirmalaṃ sūkṣmaṃ nirvikalpaṃ yadavyayam| mamātmāsau tadevemiti prāhurvipaścitaḥ||

The knowledge that is immaculate, pure, free from doubts, and unsullied is my soul. The sages declare that (supreme knowledge) to be this (my soul).

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The form of the Supreme Brahman Siva—the Parabrahman livara said : - Verse 7

Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 10 · Verse 7

ये ऽप्यनेकं प्रपश्यन्ति ते ऽपि पश्यन्ति तत्परम। आश्रिताः परमां निष्ठां बुद्ध्वैकं तत्त्वमव्ययम।।

ye 'pyanekaṃ prapaśyanti te 'pi paśyanti tatparam| āśritāḥ paramāṃ niṣṭhāṃ buddhvaikaṃ tattvamavyayam||

Even those who see that greatest region as multifarious understand the unity of the unchanging principle after resorting to the greatest adherence to principles.

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Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 10 · Verse 7

ततः पद्मासनासीनं जगन्नाथं पितामहम। बभाषे मधुरं वाक्यं स्नेहाविष्टमना हरिः।।

tataḥ padmāsanāsīnaṃ jagannāthaṃ pitāmaham| babhāṣe madhuraṃ vākyaṃ snehāviṣṭamanā hariḥ||

Then Hari the Lord of the universe, with his mind overwhelmed with affection, spoke these sweet words to god Brahma, the grand-sire of the worlds, who was seated in the lotus.

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The Creation by Rudra)- - Verse 8

Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 10 · Verse 8

अस्मान्मयोच्यमानस्त्वं पद्मादवतर प्रभो। नाहं भवन्तं शक्नोमि वोढुं तेजामयं गुरुम।।

asmānmayocyamānastvaṃ padmādavatara prabho| nāhaṃ bhavantaṃ śaknomi voḍhuṃ tejāmayaṃ gurum||

“O Lord, you are being borne by me; you are brilliant and weighty; I am unable to bear you. Hence, please get down from this lotus.”

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The form of the Supreme Brahman Siva—the Parabrahman livara said : - Verse 8

Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 10 · Verse 8

ये पुनः परमं तत्त्वमेकं वानेकमीश्वरम। भक्त्या मां संप्रपश्यन्ति विज्ञेयास्ते तदात्मकाः।।

ye punaḥ paramaṃ tattvamekaṃ vānekamīśvaram| bhaktyā māṃ saṃprapaśyanti vijñeyāste tadātmakāḥ||

Those devotees who perceive me, the greatest principle, the Isvara either as one or many, should be known as identical with that (Principle).

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The form of the Supreme Brahman Siva—the Parabrahman livara said : - Verse 9

Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 10 · Verse 9

साक्षादेव प्रपश्यन्ति स्वात्मानं परमेश्वरम। नित्यानन्दं निर्विकल्पं सत्यरूपमिति स्थितिः।।

sākṣādeva prapaśyanti svātmānaṃ parameśvaram| nityānandaṃ nirvikalpaṃ satyarūpamiti sthitiḥ||

They directly perceive their own soul (Atman), the supreme lord full of perpetual bliss, above doubt. Reality incarnate. This is the exact position (truth).

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The Creation by Rudra)- - Verse 9

Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 10 · Verse 9

ततो ऽवतीर्य विश्वात्मा देहमाविश्य चक्रिणः। अवाच वैष्णवीं निद्रामेकीभूयाथ विष्णुना।।

tato 'vatīrya viśvātmā dehamāviśya cakriṇaḥ| avāca vaiṣṇavīṃ nidrāmekībhūyātha viṣṇunā||

Then the soul of the universe, (god Brahma) got down and entered the person of Visnu, the wielder of the discus (Sudarsana). He became united with Visnu and was overcome with the special type of slumber of Visnu.

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The form of the Supreme Brahman Siva—the Parabrahman livara said : - Verse 10

Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 10 · Verse 10

भजन्ते परमानन्दं सर्वगं यत्तदात्मकम। स्वात्मन्यवस्थिताः शान्ताः परे ऽव्यक्ते परस्य तु।।

bhajante paramānandaṃ sarvagaṃ yattadātmakam| svātmanyavasthitāḥ śāntāḥ pare 'vyakte parasya tu||

They who are established i n their own self which is beyond Avyakta, are quiescent, resort to enjoy the supreme bliss which permeates everything and is identical with the universe.

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Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 10 · Verse 10

सहस्त्रशीर्षनयनः शङ्खचक्रगदाधरः। ब्रह्मा नारायणाख्यो ऽसौ सुष्वाप सलिले तदा।।

sahastraśīrṣanayanaḥ śaṅkhacakragadādharaḥ| brahmā nārāyaṇākhyo 'sau suṣvāpa salile tadā||

God Brahma, designated as Narayana, and wielding a conch, a discus and a mace {Gada), becoming possessed of him that way, slumbered within the watery expanse, {v.l. possessed of a thousand heads and eyes.)

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The form of the Supreme Brahman Siva—the Parabrahman livara said : - Verse 11

Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 10 · Verse 11

एषा विमुक्तिः परमा मम सायुज्यमुत्तमम। निर्वाणं ब्रह्मणा चैक्यं कैवल्यं कवयो विदुः।।

eṣā vimuktiḥ paramā mama sāyujyamuttamam| nirvāṇaṃ brahmaṇā caikyaṃ kaivalyaṃ kavayo viduḥ||

This is the greatest liberation. This is my excellent Sayujya (Identity with me). Poets know this as Nirvana, identity with Brahman and Kaivalya (absolute oneness)

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Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 10 · Verse 11

सो ऽनुभूय चिरं कालमानन्दं परमात्मनः। अनाद्यनन्तमद्वैतं स्वात्मानं ब्रह्मसंज्ञितम।।

so 'nubhūya ciraṃ kālamānandaṃ paramātmanaḥ| anādyanantamadvaitaṃ svātmānaṃ brahmasaṃjñitam||

Fora long time, he enjoyed the bliss of identity with that great soul, devoid of beginning and end and having no second. It was his own Atman.

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The form of the Supreme Brahman Siva—the Parabrahman livara said : - Verse 12

Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 10 · Verse 12

तस्मादनादिमध्यान्तं वस्त्वेकं परमं शिवम। स ईश्वरो महादेवस्तं विज्ञाय विमुच्यते।।

tasmādanādimadhyāntaṃ vastvekaṃ paramaṃ śivam| sa īśvaro mahādevastaṃ vijñāya vimucyate||

Hence, the only entity devoid of beginning, middle and end and the supremely auspicious one, is Lord Mahadeva. After realising him, one is liberated.

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Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 10 · Verse 12

ततः प्रभाते योगात्मा भूत्वा देवश्चतुर्मुखः। ससर्ज सृष्टिं तद्रूपां वैष्णवं भावमाश्रितः।।

tataḥ prabhāte yogātmā bhūtvā devaścaturmukhaḥ| sasarja sṛṣṭiṃ tadrūpāṃ vaiṣṇavaṃ bhāvamāśritaḥ||

Then in the morning, the Yogic soul termed as Brahman, became the four-faced deity. Resorting to the dispo¬ sition of Visnu, he created beings of the same type.

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Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 10 · Verse 13

पुरस्तादसृजद देवः सनन्दं सनकं तथा। ऋभुं सनत्कुमारं च पुर्वजं तं सनातनम।।

purastādasṛjad devaḥ sanandaṃ sanakaṃ tathā| ṛbhuṃ sanatkumāraṃ ca purvajaṃ taṃ sanātanam||

The Lord created at the outset Sananda and Sanaka, Rbhu, Sanatkumara and the elder one Sanatana.

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Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 10 · Verse 13

न नक्षत्राणि तपनो नोत विद्युत। तन्नित्यभासमचलं सद्विभाति।।

na nakṣatrāṇi tapano nota vidyut| tannityabhāsamacalaṃ sadvibhāti||

The sun does not shine there, nor does the moon, nor the group of stars nor the lightning. Illuminated by it the entire universe shines. It shines with great refulgence and is devoid of impurities. *

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Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 10 · Verse 14

शुद्धं बृहन्तं परमं यद्विभाति। पश्यन्ति तत्त्वमचलं यत स ईशः।।

śuddhaṃ bṛhantaṃ paramaṃ yadvibhāti| paśyanti tattvamacalaṃ yat sa īśaḥ||

That which is called ‘The All’ (or universe) which is indivisible, immutable, pure, great, shines (brilliantly). The immovable principle which the knowers of the Brahman (or the Vedas) permanently visualize within themselves is the Isa (the Lord).

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Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 10 · Verse 14

ते द्वन्द्वमोहनिर्मुक्ताः परं वैराग्यमास्थिताः। विदित्वा परमं भावं न सृष्टौ दधिरे मतिम।।

te dvandvamohanirmuktāḥ paraṃ vairāgyamāsthitāḥ| viditvā paramaṃ bhāvaṃ na sṛṣṭau dadhire matim||

They were free from delusion and mutually clashing opposites such as pleasure and pain. They possessed the greatest detachment. Having realised the highest reality, they directed their attention towards knowledge, {v.l. na srffau dadhire matim “They did not take interest in creation.”)

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Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 10 · Verse 15

तेष्वेवं निरपेक्षेषु लोकसृष्टौ पितामहः। बभूव नष्टचेता वै मायया परमेष्ठिनः।।

teṣvevaṃ nirapekṣeṣu lokasṛṣṭau pitāmahaḥ| babhūva naṣṭacetā vai māyayā parameṣṭhinaḥ||

When they were thus indifferent towards the crea¬ tion of the worlds, god Brahma, the grand-father of the world became despaired due to the Maya of Parameffhin.

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Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 10 · Verse 15

शुद्धं वदन्ति पुरुषं सर्ववेदाः। धायायन्ति वेदार्थविनिश्चितार्थाः।।

śuddhaṃ vadanti puruṣaṃ sarvavedāḥ| dhāyāyanti vedārthaviniścitārthāḥ||

All the Vedas say that the Purusa is pure, nectarean, perpetual bliss and embodiment of truth. Those who have come to a definite conclusion through the study of the Vedas

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Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 10 · Verse 16

प्राणो ऽनिलो गगनं नोत बुद्धिः। विभाति देवः शिव एव केवलः।।

prāṇo 'nilo gaganaṃ nota buddhiḥ| vibhāti devaḥ śiva eva kevalaḥ||

Neither the Earth, nor the waters, nor the mind, nor the fire, nor the vital breath, nor the wind, nor the sky, nor the intellect, nor the consciousness, nor does anything else shine in the firmament. Only the Lord Siva alone shines in the great sky.

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Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 10 · Verse 16

ततः पुराणपुरुषो जगन्मूर्तिर्जनार्दनः। व्याजहारात्मनः पुत्रं मोहनाशाय पद्मजम।।

tataḥ purāṇapuruṣo jaganmūrtirjanārdanaḥ| vyājahārātmanaḥ putraṃ mohanāśāya padmajam||

Then the ancient Purusa, the eternal, the embodi¬ ment of the universe, spoke to his son, the lotus-born god in order to destroy his delusion. God Vifnu said:

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Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 10 · Verse 17

कच्चिन्न विस्मृतो देवः शूलपाणिः सनातनः। यदुक्तवानात्मनो ऽसौ पुत्रत्वे तव शङ्करः।।

kaccinna vismṛto devaḥ śūlapāṇiḥ sanātanaḥ| yaduktavānātmano 'sau putratve tava śaṅkaraḥ||

“Has this been forgotten that the trident-bearing eternal Lord, Sambhu was requested by you formerly “O Sankara, do you be my son.”

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The form of the Supreme Brahman Siva—the Parabrahman livara said : - Verse 17

Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 10 · Verse 17

ज्ञानामृतं सर्ववेदेषु गूढम। युञ्जीत योगं प्रयतो ह्यजस्रम।।

jñānāmṛtaṃ sarvavedeṣu gūḍham| yuñjīta yogaṃ prayato hyajasram||

Thus has been communicated to you this topmost supreme secret, the knowledge that is sung in all the Vedas. The Yogi alone knows this. One should incessantly practise Yoga in a secluded place.

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Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 10 · Verse 18

अवाप्य संज्ञां गोविन्दात पद्मयोनिः पितामहः। प्रजाः स्त्रष्टुमनास्तेपे तपः परमदुश्चरम।।

avāpya saṃjñāṃ govindāt padmayoniḥ pitāmahaḥ| prajāḥ straṣṭumanāstepe tapaḥ paramaduścaram||

Sankara had urged his mind in the guise of his son. The lotus-born god the grand-sire of the world, regained en¬ lightenment through Govinda. 78 Kurma Pur ana

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Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 10 · Verse 19

तस्यैवं तप्यमानस्य न किञ्चित समवर्तत। ततो दीर्घेण कालेन दुः खात क्रोधो ऽभ्यजायत।।

tasyaivaṃ tapyamānasya na kiñcit samavartata| tato dīrgheṇa kālena duḥ khāt krodho 'bhyajāyata||

As he was inclined to create beings, he performed a very difficult penance. But even though he performed that penance nothing transpired.

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Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 10 · Verse 20

क्रोधाविष्टस्य नेत्राभ्यां प्रापतन्नश्रुबिन्दवः। ततस्तेभ्यो ऽश्रुबिन्दुभ्यो भूताः प्रेतास्तथाभवन।।

krodhāviṣṭasya netrābhyāṃ prāpatannaśrubindavaḥ| tatastebhyo 'śrubindubhyo bhūtāḥ pretāstathābhavan||

Then after the lapse of a long time, his grief created wrath in him. From both of his eyes overwhelmed with anger, drops of tears fell down.

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Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 10 · Verse 21

सर्वांस्तानश्रुजान दृष्ट्वा ब्रह्मात्मानमनिन्दन। जहौ प्राणांश्च भगवान क्रोधाविष्टः प्रजापतिः।।

sarvāṃstānaśrujān dṛṣṭvā brahmātmānamanindana| jahau prāṇāṃśca bhagavān krodhāviṣṭaḥ prajāpatiḥ||

From them goblins and ghosts cropped up. On seeing all of them in front of him, Brahma censured himself

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Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 10 · Verse 22

तदा प्राणमयो रुद्रः प्रादुरसीत प्रभीर्मुखात। सहस्त्रादित्यसंकाशो युगान्तदहनोपमः।।

tadā prāṇamayo rudraḥ prādurasīt prabhīrmukhāt| sahastrādityasaṃkāśo yugāntadahanopamaḥ||

Lord Prajapati (Brahma) overcome with wrath gave up his life. Then Rudra, of the nature of Prana (vital air), manifested himself from the mouth of the Lord (god Brahma).

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Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 10 · Verse 23

रुरोद सुस्वरं घोरं देवदेवः स्वयं शिवः। रोदमानं ततो ब्रह्मा मा रोदीरित्यभाषत। रोदनाद रुद्र इत्येवं लोके ख्यातिं गमिष्यसि।।

ruroda susvaraṃ ghoraṃ devadevaḥ svayaṃ śivaḥ| rodamānaṃ tato brahmā mā rodīrityabhāṣata| rodanād rudra ityevaṃ loke khyātiṃ gamiṣyasi||

Lord Siva, the god of gods, with the brilliance of a thousand suns and comparable to the cosmic fire ablaze at the end of the Yugas, cried out loudly and terribly.

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Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 10 · Verse 24

अन्यानि सप्त नामानि पत्नीः पुत्रांश्चशाश्वतान। स्थानानि चैषामष्टानां ददौ लोकपितामहः।।

anyāni sapta nāmāni patnīḥ putrāṃścaśāśvatān| sthānāni caiṣāmaṣṭānāṃ dadau lokapitāmahaḥ||

Brahma spoke to him as he cried, “O don’t cry. You will become well-known in the world as ‘Rudra’, because of your crying.”

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Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 10 · Verse 25

भवः शर्वस्तथेशानः पशूनां पतिरेव च। भीमश्चोग्रो महादेवस्तानि नामानि सप्त वै।।

bhavaḥ śarvastatheśānaḥ paśūnāṃ patireva ca| bhīmaścogro mahādevastāni nāmāni sapta vai||

The grand-father of the world gave him seven other names. He gave him wives and eternal sons. To those eight persons, the grand-sire of the world gave abodes as well.*^

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Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 10 · Verse 26

सूर्यो जलं मही वह्निर्वायुराकाशमेव च। दीक्षितो ब्राह्मणश्चन्द्र इत्येता अष्टमूर्तयः।।

sūryo jalaṃ mahī vahnirvāyurākāśameva ca| dīkṣito brāhmaṇaścandra ityetā aṣṭamūrtayaḥ||

Those seven names are—(1) Bhava, (2) Sarva, (3) Isana (4) Pasunampati (5) Bhima, (6) Ugra and (7) Mahadeva.

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Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 10 · Verse 27

स्थानेष्वेतेषु ये रुद्रं ध्यायन्ति प्रणमन्ति च। तेषामष्टतनुर्देवो ददाति परमं पदम।।

sthāneṣveteṣu ye rudraṃ dhyāyanti praṇamanti ca| teṣāmaṣṭatanurdevo dadāti paramaṃ padam||

The eight Murtis (cosmic forms of this god) areas follows:— (1) sun, (2) water, (3) earth, (4) fire, (5) wind, (6) ether, (7) initiated Brahmanas and (8) moon.

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Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 10 · Verse 28

सुवर्चला तथैवोमा विकेशी च तथा शिवा। स्वाहा दिशश्च दीक्षा च रोहिणी चेति पत्नयः।।

suvarcalā tathaivomā vikeśī ca tathā śivā| svāhā diśaśca dīkṣā ca rohiṇī ceti patnayaḥ||

The lord endowed with eight bodies bestows the highest region (Mokfa) on those who meditate on him, and bow down to Rudras in these bodies.

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Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 10 · Verse 29

शनैश्चरस्तथा शुक्रो लोहिताङ्गो मनोजवः। स्कन्दः सर्गो ऽथ सन्तानो बुधश्चैषां सुताः स्मृताः।।

śanaiścarastathā śukro lohitāṅgo manojavaḥ| skandaḥ sargo 'tha santāno budhaścaiṣāṃ sutāḥ smṛtāḥ||

The eight wives are:—Suvarcala, Uma, Vikesi, Siva, Svaha, Disah, Diksa and Rohini.

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Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 10 · Verse 30

एवंप्रकारो भगवान देवदेवो महेश्वरः। प्रजाधर्मं च काम च त्यक्त्वा वैराग्यमाश्रितः।।

evaṃprakāro bhagavān devadevo maheśvaraḥ| prajādharmaṃ ca kāma ca tyaktvā vairāgyamāśritaḥ||

The sons of these are—Sanaiscara. (the Saturn), Sukra (the Venus), Lohitahga (the Mars), Manojava, Skanda Sarga, Santana and Budha (the Mercury).

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Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 10 · Verse 31

आत्मन्याध्य चात्मानमैश्वरं भावमास्थितः। पीत्वा तदक्षरं ब्रह्म शाश्वतं परमामृतम।।

ātmanyādhya cātmānamaiśvaraṃ bhāvamāsthitaḥ| pītvā tadakṣaraṃ brahma śāśvataṃ paramāmṛtam||

Lord Mahesvara, Lord of Devas, who was of this nature, eschewed his duty of procreation and desire, and resorted to renunciation.

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Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 10 · Verse 32

प्रजाः सृजेति चादिष्टो ब्रह्मणा नीललोहितः। स्वात्मना सदृशान रुद्रान ससर्ज मनसा शिवः।।

prajāḥ sṛjeti cādiṣṭo brahmaṇā nīlalohitaḥ| svātmanā sadṛśān rudrān sasarja manasā śivaḥ||

Fixing his individual soul into the Supreme Soul and having drunk deep the eternal Supreme Nectar called the imperishable Brahman, he established himself in the divine nature.

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Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 10 · Verse 33

कपर्दिनो निरातङ्कान नीलकण्ठान पिनाकिनः। त्रिशूलहस्तानृष्टिघ्नान महानन्दांस्त्रिलोचनान।।

kapardino nirātaṅkān nīlakaṇṭhān pinākinaḥ| triśūlahastānṛṣṭighnān mahānandāṃstrilocanān||

When Siva, the god of blue-red complexion, was commanded by Brahma to procreate progeny, he mentally created Rudras, equal and similar to himself.

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Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 10 · Verse 34

जरामरणनिर्मुक्तान महावृषभवाहनान। वीतरागांश्च सर्वज्ञान कोटिकोटिशतान प्रभुः।।

jarāmaraṇanirmuktān mahāvṛṣabhavāhanān| vītarāgāṃśca sarvajñān koṭikoṭiśatān prabhuḥ||

They were with matted hair, free from distress, blue-necked, wielding the Pinaka bow, holding the trident in their hands, of ever blissful nature and having three eyes, free from old age and death. They had great bulls as their vehicles. They were devoid of passions, and were omniscient. The Lord thus created crores and hundred of crores of such beings.

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Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 10 · Verse 35

तान दृष्ट्वा विविधान रुद्रान निर्मलान नीललोहितान। जरामरणनिर्मुक्तान व्याजहरा हरं गुरुः।।

tān dṛṣṭvā vividhān rudrāna nirmalān nīlalohitān| jarāmaraṇanirmuktān vyājaharā haraṃ guruḥ||

They were with matted hair, free from distress, blue-necked, wielding the Pinaka bow, holding the trident in their hands, of ever blissful nature and having three eyes, free from old age and death. They had great bulls as their vehicles. They were devoid of passions, and were omniscient. The Lord thus created crores and hundred of crores of such beings.

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Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 10 · Verse 36

मा स्त्राक्षीरीदृशीर्देव प्रजा मृत्युविवर्जिताः। अन्याः सृजस्व भूतेश जन्ममृत्युसमन्विताः।।

mā strākṣīrīdṛśīrdeva prajā mṛtyuvivarjitāḥ| anyāḥ sṛjasva bhūteśa janmamṛtyusamanvitāḥ||

On seeing those various Rudras, pure, blue-red in complexion, immune from death and old age, the preceptor Brahma spoke to Kara.

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Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 10 · Verse 37

ततस्तमाह भगवान कपर्दे कामशासनः। नास्ति मे तादृशः सर्गः सृज त्वमशुभाः प्रजाः।।

tatastamāha bhagavān kaparde kāmaśāsanaḥ| nāsti me tādṛśaḥ sargaḥ sṛja tvamaśubhāḥ prajāḥ||

O god, do not create such progeny devoid of ■death. O Lord of goblins, create other types of subjects suscep¬ tible to births and deaths.

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Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 10 · Verse 38

ततः प्रभृति देवो ऽसौ न प्रसूते ऽशुभाः प्रजाः। स्वात्मजैरेव तै रुद्रैर्निवृत्तात्मा ह्यतिष्ठत। स्थाणुत्वं तेन तस्यासीद देवदेवस्य शूलिनः।।

tataḥ prabhṛti devo 'sau na prasūte 'śubhāḥ prajāḥ| svātmajaireva tai rudrairnivṛttātmā hyatiṣṭhata| sthāṇutvaṃ tena tasyāsīd devadevasya śūlinaḥ||

Then the god with matted hair, the chastiser of Kama, replied, “I don’t have such creation. You create such various types of creation.” {v.l. Such inauspicious progeny).

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Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 10 · Verse 39

ज्ञानं वैराग्यमैश्वर्यं तपः सत्यं क्षमा धृतिः। स्त्रष्टृत्वमात्मसंबोधो ह्यधिष्ठातृत्वमेव च।।

jñānaṃ vairāgyamaiśvaryaṃ tapaḥ satyaṃ kṣamā dhṛtiḥ| straṣṭṛtvamātmasaṃbodho hyadhiṣṭhātṛtvameva ca||

Thereafter, this God does not create auspicious progeny. He remains with his mind withdrawn from activi¬ ties of procreation, and stays with his own sons. 40-42a. Hence the attribute of Sthdnu (immoveable like a branchless tree) was applied to the trident-bearing god who is the god of Devas. The following ten undiminishing attributes always abide in Sankara;— Jndna (perfect knowledge), Vairdgya (detachment), Aisvarya (divine faculties of omnipotence, omnipresence etc.), Tapas (penance), Satyam (truth), Ksamd [{orheaxance), Dhrti (courage), Z)ra,f/.rtoa (state of being the seer), Atma-sambodha (Soul-enlightenment) and Adhifthdtrtva (presiding-ness). 42b-44. Thus is Sankara, the Pinaka-bearingRaram^iyara. Thereafter, on seeing the three-eyed lord along with the Rudras, 80 Kurma Pur ana his mental creations, lord Brahma was highly delighted. Due to pleasure, his eyes became enlarged. After knowing his lordly nature by means of his vision of knowledge, he eulogised the lord of the worlds with the hands reverentially placed on the head. Brahma said : Obeisance be to you, O great god, salute to you, O Supreme Lord.

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Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 10 · Verse 40

अव्ययानि दशैतानि नित्यं तिष्ठन्ति शङ्करे। स एव शङ्करः साक्षात पिनाकी परमेश्वरः।।

avyayāni daśaitāni nityaṃ tiṣṭhanti śaṅkare| sa eva śaṅkaraḥ sākṣāt pinākī parameśvaraḥ||

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Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 10 · Verse 41

ततः स भगवान ब्रह्मा वीक्ष्य देवं त्रिलोचनम। सहैव मानसैः पुत्रैः प्रीतिविस्फारिलोचनः।।

tataḥ sa bhagavān brahmā vīkṣya devaṃ trilocanam| sahaiva mānasaiḥ putraiḥ prītivisphārilocanaḥ||

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Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 10 · Verse 42

ज्ञात्वा परतरं भावमैश्वरं ज्ञानचक्षुषा। तुष्टाव जगतामेकं कृत्वा शिरसि चाञ्जलिम।।

jñātvā parataraṃ bhāvamaiśvaraṃ jñānacakṣuṣā| tuṣṭāva jagatāmekaṃ kṛtvā śirasi cāñjalim||

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Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 10 · Verse 43

नमस्ते ऽस्तु महादेव नमस्ते परमेश्वर। नमः शिवाय देवाय नमस्ते ब्रह्मरूपिणे।।

namaste 'stu mahādeva namaste parameśvara| namaḥ śivāya devāya namaste brahmarūpiṇe||

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Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 10 · Verse 44

नमो ऽस्तु ते महेशाय नमः शान्ताय हेतवे। प्रधानपुरुषेशाय योगाधिपतये नमः।।

namo 'stu te maheśāya namaḥ śāntāya hetave| pradhānapuruṣeśāya yogādhipataye namaḥ||

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Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 10 · Verse 45

नमः कालाय रुद्राय महाग्रासाय शूलिने। नमः पिनाकहस्ताय त्रिनेत्राय नमो नमः।।

namaḥ kālāya rudrāya mahāgrāsāya śūline| namaḥ pinākahastāya trinetrāya namo namaḥ||

Bow to god Siva. Obeisance to you, the embodi¬ ment of Brahman, to Lord Mahesa, to the quiescent, to the cause of the universe.

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Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 10 · Verse 46

नमस्त्रिमूर्तये तुभ्यं ब्रह्मणो जनकाय ते। ब्रह्मविद्याधिपतये ब्रह्मविद्याप्रदायिने।।

namastrimūrtaye tubhyaṃ brahmaṇo janakāya te| brahmavidyādhipataye brahmavidyāpradāyine||

Salutations to the Lord of Prakrti and Purusa, to the chief of Yoga, to Kala (time or god of death), to Rudra, to the bearer of the trident and to one making a huge mouthful of the universe.

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Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 10 · Verse 47

नमो वेदरहस्याय कालकालाय ते नमः। वेदान्तसारसाराय नमो वेदात्ममूर्तये।।

namo vedarahasyāya kālakālāya te namaḥ| vedāntasārasārāya namo vedātmamūrtaye||

Obeisance to the wielder of Pinaka bow in the hand. Salutations again and again to the three-eyed god with three¬ fold forms. Bow to you Brahman, the father of god Brahma.

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Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 10 · Verse 48

नमो बुद्धाय शुद्धाय योगिनां गुरवे नमः। प्रहीणशोकैर्विविधैर्भूतैः वरिवृताय ते।।

namo buddhāya śuddhāya yogināṃ gurave namaḥ| prahīṇaśokairvividhairbhūtaiḥ varivṛtāya te||

Obeisance to the master of the knowledge of Brah¬ man and to one imparter of the knowledge of Brahman. Salu¬ tation to the secret of the Vedas (or the knower of the secret of the Vedas) and to the destroyer of Kala.

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Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 10 · Verse 49

नमो ब्रह्मण्यदेवाय ब्रह्माधिपतये नमः। त्रियम्बकाय देवाय नमस्ते परमेष्ठिने।।

namo brahmaṇyadevāya brahmādhipataye namaḥ| triyambakāya devāya namaste parameṣṭhine||

Obeisance to the essential substance of Vedanta, to the embodiment of Vedas [v.l. the Vedanta incarnate.) Bow to the enlightened Rudra, the preceptor ofYogins.

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Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 10 · Verse 50

नमो दिग्वाससे तुभ्यं नमो मुण्डाया दण्डिने। अनादिमलहीनाय ज्ञानगम्याय ते नमः।।

namo digvāsase tubhyaṃ namo muṇḍāyā daṇḍine| anādimalahīnāya jñānagamyāya te namaḥ||

Obeisance to you who are surrounded by goblins, or beings of various kinds, devoid of sorrows. Salutations to the deity favourable to Brahmanas and to the lord of Brahma.

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Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 10 · Verse 51

नमस्ताराय तीर्थाय नमो योगर्धिहेतवे। नमो धर्माधिगम्याय योगगम्याय ते नमः।।

namastārāya tīrthāya namo yogardhihetave| namo dharmādhigamyāya yogagamyāya te namaḥ||

Obeisance to the three-eyed primordial deity, to Paramefthin, the quarter-clad (naked), to the staff-bearing recluse.

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Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 10 · Verse 52

नमस्ते निष्प्रपञ्चाय निराभासाय ते नमः। ब्रह्मणे विश्वरूपाय नमस्ते परमात्मने।।

namaste niṣprapañcāya nirābhāsāya te namaḥ| brahmaṇe viśvarūpāya namaste paramātmane||

Salutations to you untouched by the beginning-less impurity of Avidya, to one knowable through perfect enlighten¬ ment. Bow to the saviour, the sanctifier, to the cause of the progress of Yoga.

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The Creation by Rudra)- - Verse 53

Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 10 · Verse 53

त्वयैव सृष्टमखिलं त्वय्येव सकलं स्थितम। त्वया संह्रियते विश्वं प्रधानाद्यं जगन्मय।।

tvayaiva sṛṣṭamakhilaṃ tvayyeva sakalaṃ sthitam| tvayā saṃhriyate viśvaṃ pradhānādyaṃ jaganmaya||

Salutations to one knowable through Dharma (Piety) etc. Obeisance to you approachable through Yogic I.10.54-64a 81 meditation, to one devoid of diversity or illusion; bow to you, bereft of reflection and semblance.

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Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 10 · Verse 54

त्वमीश्वरो महादेवः परं ब्रह्म महेश्वरः। परमेष्ठी शिवः शान्तः पुरुषो निष्कलो हरः।।

tvamīśvaro mahādevaḥ paraṃ brahma maheśvaraḥ| parameṣṭhī śivaḥ śāntaḥ puruṣo niṣkalo haraḥ||

Obeisance to Brahman, the embodiment of the uni¬ verse, to you the supreme Atman. Everything in the universe has been created by you alone and everything abides in you only.

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Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 10 · Verse 55

त्वमक्षरं परं ज्योतिस्त्वं कालः परमेश्वरः। त्वमेव पुरुषो ऽनन्तः प्रधानं प्रकृतिस्तथा।।

tvamakṣaraṃ paraṃ jyotistvaṃ kālaḥ parameśvaraḥ| tvameva puruṣo 'nantaḥ pradhānaṃ prakṛtistathā||

O deity identical with the universe, the universe beginning -wixhPrakrti is withdrawn by you. You are the control¬ ler (of the world), the great god, the Supreme Brahman, the great Ruler of the world.

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The Creation by Rudra)- - Verse 56

Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 10 · Verse 56

भूमिरापो ऽनलो वायुर्व्योमाहङ्कार एव च। यस्य रूपं नमस्यामि भवन्तं ब्रह्मसंज्ञितम।।

bhūmirāpo 'nalo vāyurvyomāhaṅkāra eva ca| yasya rūpaṃ namasyāmi bhavantaṃ brahmasaṃjñitam||

You are the Paramesthin, the auspicious, the quiesc¬ ent, the perfect being, Hara. You are the great imperishable spiritual light, you are Kdla and Paramesvara.

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The Creation by Rudra)- - Verse 57

Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 10 · Verse 57

यस्य द्यौरभवन्मूर्धा पादौ पृथ्वी दिशो भुजाः। आकाशमुदरं तस्मै विराजे प्रणमाम्यहम।।

yasya dyaurabhavanmūrdhā pādau pṛthvī diśo bhujāḥ| ākāśamudaraṃ tasmai virāje praṇamāmyaham||

You alone are the inflnite person, the Pradhana and the Prakrli as well. You are the earth, the waters, the Are, the wind, the ether and the ego.^ 58-60a. I bow unto that Bhava whose form is termed as Brahman. I bow unto that Cosmic Person, whose head is the heaven, feet the earth, arms the quarters, and abdomen the Armament. I bow unto him who always imparts heat by illuminating the quarters with his own brilliant lustre. Obei¬ sance to him, the embodiment of the sun, full of the brilliance of Brahman. 60b-61a. Salutation to him who being the fire incarnate and having Rudra-like terrific body full of light and energy, carries oblations offered to gods and those offered to manes. 61b-62a. Bow to him, the embodiment of the moon who gives delight to the whole of the world by his own radiance and who is being drunk by groups of gods. 62b-63a. Obeisance to him of the Vayu (wind) -form which is the energy of the great god, which always moves about within all living beings (as vital airs) and sustains them. 63b-64a. Obeisance to that form of four-faced deity* who is abiding within the Atman and who creates everything accor¬ ding to one’s previous Karmans.

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The Creation by Rudra)- - Verse 58

Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 10 · Verse 58

संतापयति यो विश्वं स्वभाभिर्भासयन दिशः। ब्रह्मतेजोमयं नित्यं तस्मै सूर्यात्मने नमः।।

saṃtāpayati yo viśvaṃ svabhābhirbhāsayan diśaḥ| brahmatejomayaṃ nityaṃ tasmai sūryātmane namaḥ||

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The Creation by Rudra)- - Verse 59

Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 10 · Verse 59

हव्यं वहति यो नित्यं रौद्री तेजोमयो तनुः। कव्यं पितृगणानां च तस्मै वह्न्यात्मने नमः।।

havyaṃ vahati yo nityaṃ raudrī tejomayo tanuḥ| kavyaṃ pitṛgaṇānāṃ ca tasmai vahnyātmane namaḥ||

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The Creation by Rudra)- - Verse 60

Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 10 · Verse 60

आप्यायति यो नित्यं स्वधाम्ना सकलं जगत। पीयते देवतासङ्घैस्तस्मै सोमात्मने नमः।।

āpyāyati yo nityaṃ svadhāmnā sakalaṃ jagat| pīyate devatāsaṅghaistasmai somātmane namaḥ||

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The Creation by Rudra)- - Verse 61

Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 10 · Verse 61

विभर्त्यशेषभूतानि यो ऽन्तश्चरति सर्वदा। शक्तिर्माहेश्चरी तुभ्यं तस्मै वाय्वात्मने नमः।।

vibhartyaśeṣabhūtāni yo 'ntaścarati sarvadā| śaktirmāheścarī tubhyaṃ tasmai vāyvātmane namaḥ||

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The Creation by Rudra)- - Verse 62

Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 10 · Verse 62

सृजत्यशेषमेवेदं यः स्वकर्मानुरूपतः। स्वात्मन्यवस्थितस्तस्मै चतुर्वक्त्रात्मने नमः।।

sṛjatyaśeṣamevedaṃ yaḥ svakarmānurūpataḥ| svātmanyavasthitastasmai caturvaktrātmane namaḥ||

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The Creation by Rudra)- - Verse 63

Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 10 · Verse 63

यः शेषशयने शेते विश्वमावृत्य मायया। स्वात्मानुभूतियोगेन तस्मै विश्वात्मने नमः।।

yaḥ śeṣaśayane śete viśvamāvṛtya māyayā| svātmānubhūtiyogena tasmai viśvātmane namaḥ||

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The Creation by Rudra)- - Verse 64

Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 10 · Verse 64

विभर्ति शिरसा नित्यं द्विसप्तभुवनात्मकम। ब्रह्माण्डं यो ऽखिलाधारस्तस्मै शेषात्मने नमः।।

vibharti śirasā nityaṃ dvisaptabhuvanātmakam| brahmāṇḍaṃ yo 'khilādhārastasmai śeṣātmane namaḥ||

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The Creation by Rudra)- - Verse 65

Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 10 · Verse 65

यः परान्ते परानन्दं पीत्वा दिव्यैकसाक्षिकम। नृत्यत्यनन्तमहिमा तस्मै रुद्रात्मने नमः।।

yaḥ parānte parānandaṃ pītvā divyaikasākṣikam| nṛtyatyanantamahimā tasmai rudrātmane namaḥ||

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The Creation by Rudra)- - Verse 66

Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 10 · Verse 66

यो ऽन्तरा सर्वभूतानां नियन्ता तिष्ठतीश्वरः। तं सर्वसाक्षिणं देवं नमस्ये भवतस्तनुम।।

yo 'ntarā sarvabhūtānāṃ niyantā tiṣṭhatīśvaraḥ| taṃ sarvasākṣiṇaṃ devaṃ namasye bhavatastanum||

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The Creation by Rudra)- - Verse 67

Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 10 · Verse 67

यं विनिन्द्रा जितश्वासाः संतुष्टाः समदर्शिनः। ज्योतिः पश्यन्ति युञ्जानास्तस्मै योगात्मने नमः।।

yaṃ vinindrā jitaśvāsāḥ saṃtuṣṭāḥ samadarśinaḥ| jyotiḥ paśyanti yuñjānāstasmai yogātmane namaḥ||

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The Creation by Rudra)- - Verse 68

Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 10 · Verse 68

यया संतरते मायां योगी संक्षीणकल्मषः। अपारतरपर्यन्तां तस्मै विद्यात्मने नमः।।

yayā saṃtarate māyāṃ yogī saṃkṣīṇakalmaṣaḥ| apārataraparyantāṃ tasmai vidyātmane namaḥ||

Obeisance to him, the embodiment of waters whose tresses contained the clouds and in whose limb joints are the rivers and in whose belly are the four oceans. 69-70a. I salute to that deity, who having bodies all round (that is eight forms) is witness unto all. Bow to the soul •of Yoga whom Yogins who are devoid of (i.e. have mastery over) their sleep, who have conquered (i.e. controlled) their breath, who are contented and who cherish an impartial outlook visualise as the spiritual light. 70b-71a. Obeisance to him the embodiment of spiritual knowledge whereby, a Yogin, with his sins exhausted, crosses the ocean in the form of Maya, which is (boundless and hence )uncrossable and unfathomable. 71b-72a. I resort to that great Reality, to that form of the Supreme Lord by whose lustre the sun shines, the lustre which lies beyond darkness. 72b-73a. I resort to you, the great Siva the unsullied, the perfect eternal bliss and one who is not supported by others. I resort to you, O Supreme Lord, the great Atman. 73b-74a. After eulogising Mahadeva thus, god Brahma became sanctified by meditating on him. He joined his palms in reverence and stood there praying the eternal Brahman.

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Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 10 · Verse 69

यस्य भासा विभातीदमद्वयं तमसः परम। प्रपद्ये तत परं तत्त्वं तद्रूपं परमेश्वरम।।

yasya bhāsā vibhātīdamadvayaṃ tamasaḥ param| prapadye tat paraṃ tattvaṃ tadrūpaṃ parameśvaram||

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Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 10 · Verse 70

नित्यानन्दं निराधारं निष्कलं परमं शिवम। प्रपद्ये परमात्मानं भवन्तं परमेश्वरम।।

nityānandaṃ nirādhāraṃ niṣkalaṃ paramaṃ śivam| prapadye paramātmānaṃ bhavantaṃ parameśvaram||

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Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 10 · Verse 71

एवं स्तुत्वा महादेवं ब्रह्मा तद्भावभावितः। प्राञ्जलिः प्रणतस्तस्थौ गृणन ब्रह्म सनातनम।।

evaṃ stutvā mahādevaṃ brahmā tadbhāvabhāvitaḥ| prāñjaliḥ praṇatastasthau gṛṇan brahma sanātanam||

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The Creation by Rudra)- - Verse 72

Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 10 · Verse 72

ततस्तस्मै महादेवो दिव्यं योगमनुत्तमम। ऐश्वर्यं ब्रह्मसद्भावं वैराग्यं च ददौ हरः।।

tatastasmai mahādevo divyaṃ yogamanuttamam| aiśvaryaṃ brahmasadbhāvaṃ vairāgyaṃ ca dadau haraḥ||

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The Creation by Rudra)- - Verse 73

Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 10 · Verse 73

कराभ्यां सुशुभाभ्यां च संस्पृश्य प्रणतार्तिहा। व्याजहरा स्वयं देवः सो ऽनुगृह्य पितामहम।।

karābhyāṃ suśubhābhyāṃ ca saṃspṛśya praṇatārtihā| vyājaharā svayaṃ devaḥ so 'nugṛhya pitāmaham||

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The Creation by Rudra)- - Verse 74

Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 10 · Verse 74

यत्त्वयाभ्यर्थितं ब्रह्मन पुत्रत्वे भवतो मम। कृतं मया तत सकलं सृजस्व विविधं जगत।।

yattvayābhyarthitaṃ brahman putratve bhavato mama| kṛtaṃ mayā tat sakalaṃ sṛjasva vividhaṃ jagat||

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Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 10 · Verse 75

त्रिधा भिन्नो ऽस्म्यहं ब्रह्मन ब्रह्मविष्णुहराख्यया। सर्गरक्षालयगुणैर्निष्कलः परमेश्वरः।।

tridhā bhinno 'smyahaṃ brahman brahmaviṣṇuharākhyayā| sargarakṣālayaguṇairniṣkalaḥ parameśvaraḥ||

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The Creation by Rudra)- - Verse 76

Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 10 · Verse 76

स त्वं ममाग्रजः पुत्रः सृष्टिहेतोर्विनिर्मितः। ममैव दक्षिणादङ्गाद वामाङ्गात पुरुषोत्तमः।।

sa tvaṃ mamāgrajaḥ putraḥ sṛṣṭihetorvinirmitaḥ| mamaiva dakṣiṇādaṅgād vāmāṅgāt puruṣottamaḥ||

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The Creation by Rudra)- - Verse 77

Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 10 · Verse 77

तस्य देवादिदेवस्य शंभोर्हृदयदेशतः। संबभूवाथ रुद्रो ऽसावहं तस्यापरा तनुः।।

tasya devādidevasya śaṃbhorhṛdayadeśataḥ| saṃbabhūvātha rudro 'sāvahaṃ tasyāparā tanuḥ||

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The Creation by Rudra)- - Verse 78

Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 10 · Verse 78

ब्रह्मविष्णुशिवा ब्रह्मन सर्गस्थित्यन्तहेतवः। विभज्यात्मानमेको ऽपि स्वेच्छया शङ्करः स्थितः।।

brahmaviṣṇuśivā brahman sargasthityantahetavaḥ| vibhajyātmānameko 'pi svecchayā śaṅkaraḥ sthitaḥ||

Though I am the perfect Supreme Ruler, I have divided myself unto three with the attributes (i.e. functions) of creation, protection and annihilation. You are my eldest son created for the purpose of carrying on the activity of creation.

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Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 10 · Verse 79

तथान्यानि च रूपाणि मम मायाकृतानि तु। निरूपः केवलः स्वच्छो महादेवः स्वभावतः।।

tathānyāni ca rūpāṇi mama māyākṛtāni tu| nirūpaḥ kevalaḥ svaccho mahādevaḥ svabhāvataḥ||

You have been produced from the right side of my body, while Purusottama (Visnu) is created from the left. Rudra was born from the region of the heart of Sambhu, the over-Lord of the gods. I am his great person or body. Brahma, Visnu and Siva are respectively the causes of creation, sustenance and dissolution of the universe, O Brahma.

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Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 10 · Verse 80

एभ्यः परतरो देवस्त्रिमूर्तिः परमा तनुः। माहेश्वरी त्रिनयना योगिनां शान्तिदा सदा।।

ebhyaḥ parataro devastrimūrtiḥ paramā tanuḥ| māheśvarī trinayanā yogināṃ śāntidā sadā||

You have been produced from the right side of my body, while Purusottama (Visnu) is created from the left. Rudra was born from the region of the heart of Sambhu, the over-Lord of the gods. I am his great person or body. Brahma, Visnu and Siva are respectively the causes of creation, sustenance and dissolution of the universe, O Brahma.

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Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 10 · Verse 81

तस्या एव परां मूर्ति मामवेहि पितामह। शाश्वतैश्वर्यविज्ञानतेजोयोगसमन्विताम।।

tasyā eva parāṃ mūrti māmavehi pitāmaha| śāśvataiśvaryavijñānatejoyogasamanvitām||

Though Sankara stays as the absolute one, it is out of his own will that he had divided himself. I have other forms as well effected by my Maya.

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Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 10 · Verse 82

सो ऽहं ग्रसामि सकलमधिष्ठाय तमोगुणम। कालो भूत्वा न तमसा मामन्यो ऽभिभविष्यति।।

so 'haṃ grasāmi sakalamadhiṣṭhāya tamoguṇam| kālo bhūtvā na tamasā māmanyo 'bhibhaviṣyati||

By nature, the great God Siva is formless, absolute, abiding in his own state or soul. The god who is transcendental to these is the Tri-murti, the triple-formed one, which is the Supreme Person of the Lord.

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Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 10 · Verse 83

यदा यदा हि मां नित्यं विचिन्तयसि पद्मज। तदा तदा मे सान्निध्यं भविष्यति तवानघ।।

yadā yadā hi māṃ nityaṃ vicintayasi padmaja| tadā tadā me sānnidhyaṃ bhaviṣyati tavānagha||

O grand-sire of the world, know me to be that great form, that special personality of Mahesvara with three eyes which always bestow peace unto the Yogins. 84-85a. Endowed with eternal rulership (prosperity), enlightenment and possessed of divine lustre and Yoga (Yogic power), I swallow everything (i.e. the whole of the universe) by presiding over the quality called Tamas and by becoming Kala. Nobody else can dare to confront me even mentally. 85b-86a. O Lotus-born god, whenever you remember of me, O sinless one, you will have (the privilege of) my presence then and there. 84 K urma Pur ana 86b-87a. After speaking this much to god Brahma and bowing to the preceptor (Brahma), Hara vanished in a moment along with his mind-born sons. 87b-88a. Brahma too resorted to Yoga and created the world of different varieties. The worshipful creator, known as Narayana, resorted to Yogic meditation and created the diverse world as before. 88b-89. He created by means of Yogic lore and power the progenitors (of the world viz.) Marici, Bhrgu, Ahgiras Pulastya, Pulaha, Kratu Daksa, Atri, and Vasistha. They are decisively regarded in the Purdnas as nine Brahmas. All of them are equal to god Brahma, are householders and expounders of Brahman or the Veda.^

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Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 10 · Verse 84

एतावदुक्त्वा ब्रह्माणं सो ऽभिवन्द्य गुरुं हरः। सहैव मानसैः पुत्रैः क्षणादन्तरधीयत।।

etāvaduktvā brahmāṇaṃ so 'bhivandya guruṃ haraḥ| sahaiva mānasaiḥ putraiḥ kṣaṇādantaradhīyata||

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The Creation by Rudra)- - Verse 85

Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 10 · Verse 85

सो ऽपि योगं समास्थाय ससर्ज विविधं जगत। नारायणाख्यो भगवान यथापूर्वं प्रिजापतिः।।

so 'pi yogaṃ samāsthāya sasarja vividhaṃ jagat| nārāyaṇākhyo bhagavān yathāpūrvaṃ prijāpatiḥ||

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The Creation by Rudra)- - Verse 86

Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 10 · Verse 86

मरीचिभृग्वङ्गिरसं पुलस्त्यं पुलहं क्रतुम। दक्षमत्रिं वसिष्ठं च सो ऽसृजद योगविद्यया।।

marīcibhṛgvaṅgirasaṃ pulastyaṃ pulahaṃ kratum| dakṣamatriṃ vasiṣṭhaṃ ca so 'sṛjad yogavidyayā||

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The Creation by Rudra)- - Verse 87

Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 10 · Verse 87

नव ब्रह्माण इत्येते पुराणे निश्चयं गताः। सर्वे ते ब्रह्मणा तुल्याः साधका ब्रह्मवादिनः।।

nava brahmāṇa ityete purāṇe niścayaṃ gatāḥ| sarve te brahmaṇā tulyāḥ sādhakā brahmavādinaḥ||

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The Creation by Rudra)- - Verse 88

Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 10 · Verse 88

संकल्पं चैव धर्मं च युगधर्मांश्च शाश्वतान। स्थानाभिमानिनः सर्वान यथा ते कथितं पुरा।।

saṃkalpaṃ caiva dharmaṃ ca yugadharmāṃśca śāśvatān| sthānābhimāninaḥ sarvān yathā te kathitaṃ purā||

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