Kalika Purana — Chapter 12
KaP 12.1
कालिकापुराणम् द्वादशोऽध्यायः त्रिदेवानामनन्यत्वप्रतिपादनम् कालिकापुराण बारहवाँ अध्याय - तीनो देवों का अनन्यत्व अथ कालिका पुराण अध्याय १२ ।। ऋषय ऊचुः ।। अनन्यत्वं त्रिदेवानां यज्जगाद जनार्दनः । शम्भवे तद्वयं श्रोतुमिच्छामो द्विजसत्तम
kālikāpurāṇam dvādaśo'dhyāyaḥ tridevānāmananyatvapratipādanam kālikāpurāṇa bārahavā~ adhyāya - tīno devoṃ kā ananyatva atha kālikā purāṇa adhyāya 12 || ṛṣaya ūcuḥ || ananyatvaṃ tridevānāṃ yajjagāda janārdanaḥ | śambhave tadvayaṃ śrotumicchāmo dvijasattama
The Kālikāpurāṇa, twelfth chapter: the demonstration of the non-otherness of the three gods. Now Kālikāpurāṇa, chapter 12. The sages said: That non-otherness of the three gods which Janārdana declared to Śambhu — that we wish to hear, O best of the twice-born.
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KaP 12.2
एकत्वं दर्शयामास कथं वा गरुडध्वजः । तत् समाचक्ष्व विप्रेन्द्र परं कौतूहलं हि नः
ekatvaṃ darśayāmāsa kathaṃ vā garuḍadhvajaḥ | tat samācakṣva viprendra paraṃ kautūhalaṃ hi naḥ
And how did the one whose banner is Garuḍa show their oneness? Tell that, O chief of brahmins, for our curiosity is great.
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KaP 12.3
।। मार्कण्डेय उवाच ।। शृणुध्वं मुनयो गुह्यं परमं प्रयतं परम् । त्रिदेवानामनन्यत्वं तथैवैकत्वदर्शनम्
|| mārkaṇḍeya uvāca || śṛṇudhvaṃ munayo guhyaṃ paramaṃ prayataṃ param | tridevānāmananyatvaṃ tathaivaikatvadarśanam
Mārkaṇḍeya said: Hear, O sages, the supreme secret, the highest holy (teaching): the non-otherness of the three gods and likewise the perception of their oneness.
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KaP 12.4
हरेण पृष्टो गोविन्दस्तं समाभाष्य सादरम् । इदमाह मुनिश्रेष्ठा अभिन्नप्रतिपादकम्
hareṇa pṛṣṭo govindastaṃ samābhāṣya sādaram | idamāha muniśreṣṭhā abhinnapratipādakam
Govinda, questioned by Hara, addressed him respectfully and said this, O best of sages, which establishes their non-difference.
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KaP 12.5
।। श्रीभगवानुवाच ।। इदं तमोमयं सर्वमासीद्भुवनवर्जितम् । अप्रज्ञातमलक्ष्यञ्च प्रसुप्तमिव सर्वतः
|| śrībhagavānuvāca || idaṃ tamomayaṃ sarvamāsīdbhuvanavarjitam | aprajñātamalakṣyañca prasuptamiva sarvataḥ
The Blessed Lord said: All this was made of darkness, devoid of worlds, unknown and unperceivable, and as it were wholly asleep.
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KaP 12.6
न दिवारात्रिभागोऽत्र नाकाशं न च काश्यपी । न ज्योतिर्न जलं वायुर्नान्यत् किञ्चन संस्थितम्
na divārātribhāgo'tra nākāśaṃ na ca kāśyapī | na jyotirna jalaṃ vāyurnānyat kiñcana saṃsthitam
There was no division of day and night here, no space, nor earth, no light, no water, no wind, nor anything else existing.
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KaP 12.7
एकमासीत् परंब्रह्म सूक्ष्मं नित्यमतीन्द्रियम् । अव्यक्तं ज्ञानरूपेण द्वैतहीनविशेषणम्
ekamāsīt paraṃbrahma sūkṣmaṃ nityamatīndriyam | avyaktaṃ jñānarūpeṇa dvaitahīnaviśeṣaṇam
There was the one supreme Brahman, subtle, eternal, beyond the senses, unmanifest, of the nature of knowledge, having as its distinguishing mark the absence of duality.
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KaP 12.8
प्रकृतिः पुरुषश्चैव नित्यौ द्वौ सर्वसंहितौ । स्थितः कालोऽपि भूतेश जगत्कारणमेककम्
prakṛtiḥ puruṣaścaiva nityau dvau sarvasaṃhitau | sthitaḥ kālo'pi bhūteśa jagatkāraṇamekakam
Both prakṛti and puruṣa are eternal, the two comprising everything; time too abides, O lord of beings — the single cause of the world.
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KaP 12.9
यदेकं परमं ब्रह्म तत्स्वरूपात् परं हर । रुपत्रयमिदं नित्यं तस्यैव जगत: पतेः
yadekaṃ paramaṃ brahma tatsvarūpāt paraṃ hara | rupatrayamidaṃ nityaṃ tasyaiva jagata: pateḥ
That which is the one supreme Brahman — beyond its own (manifest) form, O Hara — this triad of forms is eternal, belonging to that very lord of the world.
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KaP 12.10
कालो नामापरं रूपमनाद्यं तत्तु कारणम् । सर्वेषामेव भूतानामवच्छेदेन संगतः
kālo nāmāparaṃ rūpamanādyaṃ tattu kāraṇam | sarveṣāmeva bhūtānāmavacchedena saṃgataḥ
Time is another form, beginningless, and that is the cause; it is joined to all beings by way of delimiting (them).
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KaP 12.11
ततस्तत् स्वप्रकाशेन भास्वद्रूपं प्रकाशते । पुरा सृष्ट्यर्थमतुलं क्षोभयन् प्रकृतिं स्वयम्
tatastat svaprakāśena bhāsvadrūpaṃ prakāśate | purā sṛṣṭyarthamatulaṃ kṣobhayan prakṛtiṃ svayam
Then that (Brahman), by its own light, shines forth as a radiant form, itself formerly stirring up the incomparable prakṛti for the sake of creation.
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KaP 12.12
संक्षुब्धायान्तु प्रकृतौ महत्तत्त्वमजायत । महत्तत्त्वात्ततः पश्चादहङ्कारस्त्रिधाभवत् ॥ श्रीकालिकापुराणे त्रिदेवानामनन्यत्वप्रतिपादनं नाम द्वादशोऽध्यायः
saṃkṣubdhāyāntu prakṛtau mahattattvamajāyata | mahattattvāttataḥ paścādahaṅkārastridhābhavat || śrīkālikāpurāṇe tridevānāmananyatvapratipādanaṃ nāma dvādaśo'dhyāyaḥ
But when prakṛti was stirred up, the great principle (mahat-tattva) was born; then afterwards, from the great principle, ego-sense came to be threefold. Thus the twelfth chapter, called the demonstration of the non-otherness of the three gods, in the glorious Kālikāpurāṇa.
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KaP 12.13
अहङ्कारे तु संजाते शब्दतन्मात्रतस्ततः । आकाशमसृजद्विष्णुरनन्तं मूर्तिवर्जितम्
ahaṅkāre tu saṃjāte śabdatanmātratastataḥ | ākāśamasṛjadviṣṇuranantaṃ mūrtivarjitam
And when ego-sense had arisen, thereafter from the subtle element of sound Viṣṇu created space, endless and devoid of form.
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KaP 12.14
ततस्तु रसतन्मात्रादपः सृष्ट्वा महेश्वरः । निराधार: स्वयं दध्रे तास्तदा निजमायया
tatastu rasatanmātrādapaḥ sṛṣṭvā maheśvaraḥ | nirādhāra: svayaṃ dadhre tāstadā nijamāyayā
Then, having created the waters from the subtle element of taste, Maheśvara, himself without any support, held them up by his own māyā.
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KaP 12.15
ततस्त्रिगुणसाम्येन संस्थितां प्रकृतिं प्रभुः । पुनः संक्षोभयामास सृष्ट्यर्थं परमेश्वरः
tatastriguṇasāmyena saṃsthitāṃ prakṛtiṃ prabhuḥ | punaḥ saṃkṣobhayāmāsa sṛṣṭyarthaṃ parameśvaraḥ
Then the Lord, the supreme ruler, again agitated prakṛti, which was resting in the equilibrium of the three guṇas, for the sake of creation.
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KaP 12.16
ततः सा प्रकृतिस्तासु बीजं त्रिगुणभागवत् । अप्सु संसर्जयामास जगद्वीजं निराकुलम्
tataḥ sā prakṛtistāsu bījaṃ triguṇabhāgavat | apsu saṃsarjayāmāsa jagadvījaṃ nirākulam
Then that prakṛti brought forth in those waters the seed possessing a share of the three guṇas, the untroubled seed of the world.
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KaP 12.17
तद्धि वृद्धं क्रमेणैव हैममण्डमभून्महत् । जग्राहापः समस्तास्ता गर्भ एव तदण्डकम्
taddhi vṛddhaṃ krameṇaiva haimamaṇḍamabhūnmahat | jagrāhāpaḥ samastāstā garbha eva tadaṇḍakam
That indeed, growing gradually, became a great golden egg; and that egg took in all those waters into its very womb.
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KaP 12.18
अप्सु स्थितासु हैमाण्डगर्भे विष्णुस्तदण्डकम् । त्वयैव मायया दध्रे ब्रह्माण्डमतुलं पुनः
apsu sthitāsu haimāṇḍagarbhe viṣṇustadaṇḍakam | tvayaiva māyayā dadhre brahmāṇḍamatulaṃ punaḥ
While the waters stood within the golden egg's womb, Viṣṇu again upheld that egg, the incomparable Brahmā-egg, by your māyā alone.
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KaP 12.19
वारिणा वह्निभिश्चैव वायुभिर्नभसा तथा । बहिस्तदण्डकं छन्नं सर्वपार्श्वे समन्ततः
vāriṇā vahnibhiścaiva vāyubhirnabhasā tathā | bahistadaṇḍakaṃ channaṃ sarvapārśve samantataḥ
With water, with fires, with winds and with ether, that egg was covered outside on every side, all around.
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KaP 12.20
सप्तसागरमानेन तथा नद्यादि मानतः। ब्रह्माण्डाभ्यन्तरे तोयं तदन्यत्तु बहिर्गतम्
saptasāgaramānena tathā nadyādi mānataḥ| brahmāṇḍābhyantare toyaṃ tadanyattu bahirgatam
By the measure of the seven oceans, and by the measure of rivers and the rest, the water was within the Brahmā-egg; the rest of it went outside.
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KaP 12.21
तदन्तः स्वयमेवासौ विष्णुर्ब्रह्मस्वरूपधृक् । दैवं वर्षमूषित्वैव प्रविभेद तदण्डकम्
tadantaḥ svayamevāsau viṣṇurbrahmasvarūpadhṛk | daivaṃ varṣamūṣitvaiva pravibheda tadaṇḍakam
Within it, that very Viṣṇu himself, bearing the form of Brahmā, having dwelt (there) for a divine year, split that egg open.
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KaP 12.22
तस्मात् समभवन्मेरुरुत्पन्नोऽस्मिन् महेश्वर । जरायुः पर्वता जाता समुद्राः सप्त तज्जलात्
tasmāt samabhavanmerurutpanno'smin maheśvara | jarāyuḥ parvatā jātā samudrāḥ sapta tajjalāt
From it Meru came to be, arisen in this (egg), O Maheśvara; the mountains were born from its membrane, and the seven oceans from its fluid.
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KaP 12.23
तन्मध्ये गन्धतन्मात्रात् पृथिवी समजायत । ईश्वरेण प्रकृत्या च योजिता त्रिगुणात्मिका
tanmadhye gandhatanmātrāt pṛthivī samajāyata | īśvareṇa prakṛtyā ca yojitā triguṇātmikā
In the middle of it, from the subtle element of smell, the earth was produced, joined by the Lord and by prakṛti, consisting of the three guṇas.
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KaP 12.24
प्रागेव पर्वतादिभ्यः समुत्पन्ना वसुन्धरा । ब्रह्माण्डखण्डसंयोगादृढा भूता तु सा भृशम्
prāgeva parvatādibhyaḥ samutpannā vasundharā | brahmāṇḍakhaṇḍasaṃyogādṛḍhā bhūtā tu sā bhṛśam
The earth arose even before the mountains and the rest, but through the joining of the pieces of the Brahmā-egg it became exceedingly firm.
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KaP 12.25
तस्यामेव स्थितो ब्रह्मा सर्वलोकगुरुः स्वयम् । यदा ब्रह्माण्डमध्यस्थो ब्रह्मा व्यक्तो न चाभवत् । तदैव रूपतन्मात्रात्तेजः सम्यगजायत
tasyāmeva sthito brahmā sarvalokaguruḥ svayam | yadā brahmāṇḍamadhyastho brahmā vyakto na cābhavat | tadaiva rūpatanmātrāttejaḥ samyagajāyata
On her Brahmā himself abode, the teacher of all the worlds. When Brahmā, standing in the middle of the Brahmā-egg, had not yet become manifest, then indeed from the subtle element of form fire was fully produced.
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KaP 12.26
वायुस्तु स्पर्शतन्मात्रात् प्रकृत्या विनियोजितात् । बभूव सर्वभूतानां प्राणभूतः समन्ततः
vāyustu sparśatanmātrāt prakṛtyā viniyojitāt | babhūva sarvabhūtānāṃ prāṇabhūtaḥ samantataḥ
But wind, from the subtle element of touch that had been applied by prakṛti, came to be the life-breath of all beings on every side.
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KaP 12.27
अद्भिस्तेजोभिरतुलैर्वायुभिर्नभसा तथा । अन्तर्बहिस्तदण्डस्य व्याप्तमन्यत्तु गर्भगम्
adbhistejobhiratulairvāyubhirnabhasā tathā | antarbahistadaṇḍasya vyāptamanyattu garbhagam
With waters, with incomparable fires, with winds and with ether, the inside and outside of that egg was pervaded; and the rest went into the womb (of it).
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KaP 12.28
ततो ब्रह्मशरीरन्तु त्रिधा चक्रे महेश्वरः । प्रधानेच्छावशाच्छम्भो त्रिगुणत्रिगुणीकृतम्
tato brahmaśarīrantu tridhā cakre maheśvaraḥ | pradhānecchāvaśācchambho triguṇatriguṇīkṛtam
Then Maheśvara made the body of Brahmā threefold, O Śambhu, by the will of pradhāna—the three guṇas made triply threefold.
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KaP 12.29
तदर्द्धभागः संज्ञातश्चतुर्वक्त्रश्चतुर्भुजः । पद्मकेशरगौराङ्ग कायो ब्राह्मो महेश्वरः
tadarddhabhāgaḥ saṃjñātaścaturvaktraścaturbhujaḥ | padmakeśaragaurāṅga kāyo brāhmo maheśvaraḥ
Its upper half became known as four-faced and four-armed, fair-limbed like the filament of a lotus—that was the Brahmā body, O Maheśvara.
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KaP 12.30
तन्मध्यभागो नीलाङ्ग एकवक्त्रश्वतुर्भुजः । शङ्खचक्रगदापद्मपाणि: कायः स वैष्णवः
tanmadhyabhāgo nīlāṅga ekavaktraśvaturbhujaḥ | śaṅkhacakragadāpadmapāṇi: kāyaḥ sa vaiṣṇavaḥ
Its middle portion was blue-limbed, one-faced and four-armed, with conch, discus, mace and lotus in its hands—that was the Vaiṣṇava body.
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KaP 12.31
अभवत्तदधोभागः पञ्चवक्त्रश्चतुर्भुजः । स्फटिकाभ्रसमः शुक्लः स कायश्चन्द्रशेखरः
abhavattadadhobhāgaḥ pañcavaktraścaturbhujaḥ | sphaṭikābhrasamaḥ śuklaḥ sa kāyaścandraśekharaḥ
Its lower portion became five-faced and four-armed, white, like crystal and cloud—that body was the moon-crested one (Śiva).
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KaP 12.32
इतस्ततो ब्राह्मकाये सृष्टिशक्तिं न्ययोजयत् । स्वयमेवाभवत् स्रष्टा ब्रह्मरूपेण लोकभृत्
itastato brāhmakāye sṛṣṭiśaktiṃ nyayojayat | svayamevābhavat sraṣṭā brahmarūpeṇa lokabhṛt
Thereupon he placed the power of creation in the Brahmā body; he himself became the creator, upholding the worlds in the form of Brahmā.
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KaP 12.33
स्थितिशक्तिं निजां मायां प्रकृत्याख्यां न्ययोजयत् । महेशो वैष्णवे काये ज्ञानशक्तिं निजां तथा
sthitiśaktiṃ nijāṃ māyāṃ prakṛtyākhyāṃ nyayojayat | maheśo vaiṣṇave kāye jñānaśaktiṃ nijāṃ tathā
Maheśa placed his own power of maintenance, his māyā called prakṛti, and likewise his own power of knowledge, in the Vaiṣṇava body.
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KaP 12.34
स्थितिकर्ताभवद्विष्णुरहमेव महेश्वर । सर्वशक्तिनियोगेन सदा तद्रूपता मम
sthitikartābhavadviṣṇurahameva maheśvara | sarvaśaktiniyogena sadā tadrūpatā mama
Viṣṇu became the maker of maintenance—that is I myself, O Maheśvara; through the application of all the powers, that form is always mine.
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KaP 12.35
अन्तः शक्तिं तथाकाये शाम्भवे च न्ययोजयत् । अन्तकर्ता भवच्छम्भुः स एव परमेश्वरः
antaḥ śaktiṃ tathākāye śāmbhave ca nyayojayat | antakartā bhavacchambhuḥ sa eva parameśvaraḥ
And within, he assigned the power to the Śāmbhava body as well; Śambhu became the maker of the end—he indeed is the Supreme Lord.
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KaP 12.36
ततस्त्रिषु शरीरेषु स्वयमेव प्रकाशते । ज्ञानरूपं परं ज्योतिरनादिर्भगवान् प्रभुः
tatastriṣu śarīreṣu svayameva prakāśate | jñānarūpaṃ paraṃ jyotiranādirbhagavān prabhuḥ
Then in the three bodies he shines forth of himself—the supreme light whose form is knowledge, the beginningless Lord, the master.
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KaP 12.37
सृष्टिस्थित्यन्तकरणादेक एव महेश्वरः। ब्रह्माविष्णुः शिवश्चेति संज्ञामाप पृथक् पृथक्
sṛṣṭisthityantakaraṇādeka eva maheśvaraḥ| brahmāviṣṇuḥ śivaśceti saṃjñāmāpa pṛthak pṛthak
Because of the making of creation, maintenance, and end, the one Great Lord obtained separate names: Brahmā, Viṣṇu, and Śiva.
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KaP 12.38
अतस्त्वञ्च विधाता च तथाहमपि न पृथक् । एवं शरीरं रूपञ्च ज्ञानमस्माकमन्तरम्
atastvañca vidhātā ca tathāhamapi na pṛthak | evaṃ śarīraṃ rūpañca jñānamasmākamantaram
Therefore you, and the Creator, and I too are not separate; thus our body, form, and inner knowledge (are one).
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KaP 12.39
।। मार्कण्डेय उवाच ।। एतच्छ्रुत्वा वचस्तस्य विष्णोरमिततेजसः । हर्षोत्फुल्लमुखः प्रोचे पुनरेव जनार्दनम्
|| mārkaṇḍeya uvāca || etacchrutvā vacastasya viṣṇoramitatejasaḥ | harṣotphullamukhaḥ proce punareva janārdanam
Mārkaṇḍeya said: Having heard this speech of Viṣṇu of immeasurable splendour, his face beaming with joy, he spoke again to Janārdana.
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KaP 12.40
।। ईश्वर उवाच ।। एक एव महेशश्चेत् ज्योतीरूपो निरञ्जनः । का वा मायाथ कः कालः का वा प्रकृतिरुच्यते
|| īśvara uvāca || eka eva maheśaścet jyotīrūpo nirañjanaḥ | kā vā māyātha kaḥ kālaḥ kā vā prakṛtirucyate
Īśvara said: If the Great Lord is one alone, of the form of light, untainted, then what is Māyā? what is Time? and what is called Prakṛti?
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KaP 12.41
के पुमांसस्ततोभिन्नाभिन्नाश्चेत् कथमेकता । तन्मे वदस्व गोविन्द तत्प्रभावं यथागतम्
ke pumāṃsastatobhinnābhinnāścet kathamekatā | tanme vadasva govinda tatprabhāvaṃ yathāgatam
Who are the souls (puruṣas)? If they are different from him—and if not different, how is there oneness? Tell me that, Govinda, that power (of his) as it truly is.
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KaP 12.42
।। श्रीभगवानुवाच ॥ त्वमेव पश्यसि सदा ध्यानस्थः परमेश्वरम् । आत्मन्यात्मस्वरूपं तज्ज्योतीरूपं सदक्षरम्
|| śrībhagavānuvāca || tvameva paśyasi sadā dhyānasthaḥ parameśvaram | ātmanyātmasvarūpaṃ tajjyotīrūpaṃ sadakṣaram
The Blessed Lord said: You yourself, established in meditation, always behold the Supreme Lord within the self, having the nature of the self, that form of light, the ever-imperishable.
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KaP 12.43
मायाञ्च प्रकृतिं कालं पुरुषञ्च स्वयं विभो । ज्ञाता त्वं ध्यानयोगेन यस्माद्ध्यानपरो भव
māyāñca prakṛtiṃ kālaṃ puruṣañca svayaṃ vibho | jñātā tvaṃ dhyānayogena yasmāddhyānaparo bhava
Māyā, Prakṛti, Time, and Puruṣa you will yourself know, O mighty one, by the yoga of meditation; therefore be devoted to meditation.
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KaP 12.44
मायया मोहितो यस्मादधुना त्वम्मदीयया । ततो विस्मृत्य परमं ज्योतिर्हि वनितारतः
māyayā mohito yasmādadhunā tvammadīyayā | tato vismṛtya paramaṃ jyotirhi vanitārataḥ
Since you are now deluded by my Māyā, therefore, having forgotten the supreme light, you are attached to a woman.
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KaP 12.45
अधुना कोपयुक्तस्त्वं विस्मृत्यात्मानमात्मनि । यां पृच्छसि प्रकृत्यादिरूपाणि प्रमथाधिप
adhunā kopayuktastvaṃ vismṛtyātmānamātmani | yāṃ pṛcchasi prakṛtyādirūpāṇi pramathādhipa
Now you are filled with anger, having forgotten your own self within yourself, when you ask about the forms beginning with Prakṛti, O lord of the Pramathas.
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KaP 12.46
।। मार्कण्डेय उवाच ।। ततस्तत्र महादेवः श्रुत्वा वाक्यं सुनिश्चितम् । मुनीनां पश्यतां योगयुक्तो ध्यानपरोऽभवत्
|| mārkaṇḍeya uvāca || tatastatra mahādevaḥ śrutvā vākyaṃ suniścitam | munīnāṃ paśyatāṃ yogayukto dhyānaparo'bhavat
Mārkaṇḍeya said: Then, having heard that well-determined speech, Mahādeva there, joined to yoga, became intent on meditation while the sages looked on.
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KaP 12.47
आसाद्य बन्धं पर्यकं निर्निमीलितलोचनः । आत्मानञ्चिन्तयामास तदात्मनि महेश्वरः
āsādya bandhaṃ paryakaṃ nirnimīlitalocanaḥ | ātmānañcintayāmāsa tadātmani maheśvaraḥ
Having assumed the paryaṅka posture, with eyes wholly closed, the Great Lord then contemplated the Self within his own self.
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KaP 12.48
परं चिन्तयतस्तस्य शरीरं विवभौ शुभम् । तेजोभिरुज्ज्वलं द्रष्टुं नशेकुर्मुनयस्तदा
paraṃ cintayatastasya śarīraṃ vivabhau śubham | tejobhirujjvalaṃ draṣṭuṃ naśekurmunayastadā
As he contemplated the Supreme, his body shone auspicious, blazing with radiances; the sages then could not look upon it.
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KaP 12.49
तत्क्षणात् ध्यानयुक्तश्च शम्भुः स विष्णुमायया । परित्यक्तोऽति विवभौ तपस्तेजोभिरुज्ज्वलः
tatkṣaṇāt dhyānayuktaśca śambhuḥ sa viṣṇumāyayā | parityakto'ti vivabhau tapastejobhirujjvalaḥ
At that very moment Śambhu, joined to meditation, was released by Viṣṇu's Māyā, and shone exceedingly, blazing with the radiance of austerity.
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KaP 12.50
ये ये गणास्तदा तस्थुः सेवया शङ्करान्तिके । न तेऽपि वीक्षितुं शेकुः शङ्करं वा दिवाकरम्
ye ye gaṇāstadā tasthuḥ sevayā śaṅkarāntike | na te'pi vīkṣituṃ śekuḥ śaṅkaraṃ vā divākaram
Whatever attendants stood then near Śaṅkara in service, they too could not look at Śaṅkara, or at the sun.
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KaP 12.51
स्वयमेव तदा विष्णुः समाधिमनसो भृशम् । प्रविवेश शरीरान्तर्ज्योतीरूपेण धूर्जटेः
svayameva tadā viṣṇuḥ samādhimanaso bhṛśam | praviveśa śarīrāntarjyotīrūpeṇa dhūrjaṭeḥ
Then Viṣṇu himself, while (Śiva's) mind was deep in absorption, entered in the form of light into the body of the matted-haired one.
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KaP 12.52
प्रविश्य तस्य जठरे यथा सृष्टिक्रमः पुरा । तथैव दर्शयामास स्वयं नारायणोऽव्ययः
praviśya tasya jaṭhare yathā sṛṣṭikramaḥ purā | tathaiva darśayāmāsa svayaṃ nārāyaṇo'vyayaḥ
Having entered his belly, the imperishable Nārāyaṇa himself showed (him) just as the order of creation had been of old.
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KaP 12.53
न स्थूलं न च सूक्ष्मञ्च न विशेषणगोचरम् । नित्यानन्दं निरानन्दमेकं शुद्धमतीन्द्रियम्
na sthūlaṃ na ca sūkṣmañca na viśeṣaṇagocaram | nityānandaṃ nirānandamekaṃ śuddhamatīndriyam
Not gross, and not subtle, not within the range of qualifying attributes, eternal bliss, beyond bliss, one, pure, beyond the senses;
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KaP 12.54
अदृश्यं सर्वद्रष्टारं निर्गुणं परमं पदम् । परमात्मगमानन्दं जगत्कारणकारणम्
adṛśyaṃ sarvadraṣṭāraṃ nirguṇaṃ paramaṃ padam | paramātmagamānandaṃ jagatkāraṇakāraṇam
invisible, the seer of all, without qualities, the supreme station, the bliss attainable by (or: reaching) the supreme Self, the cause of the cause of the world.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
KaP 12.55
प्रथमं ददृशे शम्भुरात्मानं तत्स्वरूपिणम् । तत्र प्रविष्टमनसा बहिर्ज्ञानविवर्जितः
prathamaṃ dadṛśe śambhurātmānaṃ tatsvarūpiṇam | tatra praviṣṭamanasā bahirjñānavivarjitaḥ
First Śambhu saw himself, having that very form, with his mind entered therein, devoid of outward knowledge.
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KaP 12.56
तस्यैव रूपं प्रकृतिं सृष्ट्यर्थे भिन्नतां गताम् । ददर्श तस्यैवाभ्यासे पृथग्भूताविवैकिकाम्
tasyaiva rūpaṃ prakṛtiṃ sṛṣṭyarthe bhinnatāṃ gatām | dadarśa tasyaivābhyāse pṛthagbhūtāvivaikikām
He saw his own very form as Prakṛti, gone into separateness for the sake of creation, close beside him, as though separate yet not distinct.
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KaP 12.57
पुरुषांश्च ददर्शासौ यथैव वसतस्ततः । अग्नेरिव कणात् स्थूलादजस्त्रं द्विजसत्तमाः
puruṣāṃśca dadarśāsau yathaiva vasatastataḥ | agneriva kaṇāt sthūlādajastraṃ dvijasattamāḥ
And he saw the Puruṣas, just as they dwell there, (issuing) ceaselessly, O best of the twice-born, as from a great spark of fire.
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KaP 12.58
तदेव कालरूपेण भासते च मुहुर्मुहुः । सृष्टिस्थित्यन्तयोगानामवच्छेदेन कारणम्
tadeva kālarūpeṇa bhāsate ca muhurmuhuḥ | sṛṣṭisthityantayogānāmavacchedena kāraṇam
And that very same shines forth again and again in the form of Time, the cause, by way of delimitation, of the conjunctions of creation, maintenance, and end.
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KaP 12.59
प्रकृतिः पुरुषश्चैव कालोऽपि च मुहुर्मुहुः । अभिन्नान् भाषमानांश्च सर्गार्थे भिन्नतां गताम्
prakṛtiḥ puruṣaścaiva kālo'pi ca muhurmuhuḥ | abhinnān bhāṣamānāṃśca sargārthe bhinnatāṃ gatām
Prakṛti, and Puruṣa, and Time too, again and again—(he saw them) declaring themselves undivided, and (Prakṛti) gone into separateness for the sake of emission.
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KaP 12.60
पृथग्भूतानभिन्नांश्च ददृशे चन्द्रशेखरः । एकमेवाद्वयं ब्रह्म नेह नानास्ति किञ्चन
pṛthagbhūtānabhinnāṃśca dadṛśe candraśekharaḥ | ekamevādvayaṃ brahma neha nānāsti kiñcana
The moon-crested one saw them as separate and as not separate: Brahman is one only, without a second; here there is no multiplicity at all.
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KaP 12.61
सप्रधानस्वरूपेण कालरूपेण भासते । तथापुरुषरूपेण संसारार्थं प्रवर्तते
sapradhānasvarūpeṇa kālarūpeṇa bhāsate | tathāpuruṣarūpeṇa saṃsārārthaṃ pravartate
He shines forth in the form together with Pradhāna, and in the form of Time; likewise in the form of Puruṣa he goes forth for the sake of the round of existence.
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KaP 12.62
भोगार्थं प्राणिनां शश्वच्छरीरे च प्रवर्तते । सैव माया या प्रकृतिः सा मोहयति शङ्करम्
bhogārthaṃ prāṇināṃ śaśvaccharīre ca pravartate | saiva māyā yā prakṛtiḥ sā mohayati śaṅkaram
And he constantly enters into the body for the sake of the enjoyment of living beings. She who is Prakṛti is that very Māyā; she deludes Śaṅkara.
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KaP 12.63
हरिं तथा विरिञ्चिञ्च तथैवान्यजनुर्भवान् । मायाख्या प्रकृतिर्जात जन्तुं सन्मोहयत्यपि
hariṃ tathā viriñciñca tathaivānyajanurbhavān | māyākhyā prakṛtirjāta jantuṃ sanmohayatyapi
Prakṛti called Māyā, once arisen, deludes Hari and Viriñci (Brahmā), and likewise those of other births, and indeed every creature.
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KaP 12.64
सा स्त्री रूपेण च सदा लक्ष्मीभूता हरेः प्रिया । सा सावित्री रतिः सन्ध्या सा सती सैव वीरिणी
sā strī rūpeṇa ca sadā lakṣmībhūtā hareḥ priyā | sā sāvitrī ratiḥ sandhyā sā satī saiva vīriṇī
She, in the form of woman, is ever Lakṣmī, the beloved of Hari; she is Sāvitrī, Rati, Sandhyā; she is Satī, she is Vīriṇī.
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KaP 12.65
बुद्धिरूपा स्वयं देवी चण्डिकेति च गीयते । इति स्वयं ददर्शाशु ध्यानमार्गगतो हरः
buddhirūpā svayaṃ devī caṇḍiketi ca gīyate | iti svayaṃ dadarśāśu dhyānamārgagato haraḥ
The goddess herself, in the form of intelligence, is also sung of as Caṇḍikā. Thus Hara, gone by the path of meditation, at once saw for himself.
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KaP 12.66
महदादि प्रभेदेन तथा सृष्टिक्रमं स्वयम्
mahadādi prabhedena tathā sṛṣṭikramaṃ svayam
And likewise the order of creation itself, by the differentiation beginning with Mahat.
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KaP 12.67
दर्शयित्वा हरिः कालं प्रकृतिं पुरुषांस्तथा । तथान्यद्दर्शयामास तच्छरीरं द्विजोत्तमाः
darśayitvā hariḥ kālaṃ prakṛtiṃ puruṣāṃstathā | tathānyaddarśayāmāsa taccharīraṃ dvijottamāḥ
Having shown Time, Prakṛti, and the Puruṣas, Hari then showed something else, that body of his, O best of the twice-born.
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