Kurma Purana — Purva Vibhaga — Chapter 28
KuP 1 28.1
व्यास उवाच तिष्ये मायामसूयां च वधं चैव तपस्विनाम् । साधयन्ति नरा नित्यं तमसा व्याकुलीकृताः
vyāsa uvāca tiṣye māyāmasūyāṃ ca vadhaṃ caiva tapasvinām / sādhayanti narā nityaṃ tamasā vyākulīkṛtāḥ
Vyāsa said: In the Tiṣya (Kali) age men, deranged by tamas, constantly bring about deceit and envy and the slaying of ascetics.
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KuP 1 28.2
कलौ प्रमारको रोगः सततं क्षुद् भयं तथा । अनावृष्टिभयं घोरं देशानां च विपर्ययः
kalau pramārako rogaḥ satataṃ kṣud bhayaṃ tathā / anāvṛṣṭibhayaṃ ghoraṃ deśānāṃ ca viparyayaḥ
In the Kali age there is plague-like disease, and constantly the terror of hunger, and the dreadful fear of drought, and the overturning of countries.
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KuP 1 28.3
अधार्मिका अनाचारा महाकोपाल्पचेतसः । अनृतं वदन्ति ते लुब्धास्तिष्ये जाताः सुदुः प्रजाः
adhārmikā anācārā mahākopālpacetasaḥ / anṛtaṃ vadanti te lubdhāstiṣye jātāḥ suduḥ prajāḥ
Unrighteous, without (proper) conduct, of great wrath and little sense, greedy, they speak untruth: such are the wretched creatures born in the Tiṣya age.
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KuP 1 28.4
दुरिष्टैर्दुरधीतैश्च दुराचारैर्दुरागमैः । विप्राणां कर्मदोषैश्च प्रजानां जायते भयम्
duriṣṭairduradhītaiśca durācārairdurāgamaiḥ / viprāṇāṃ karmadoṣaiśca prajānāṃ jāyate bhayam
Through bad sacrifices, bad study, bad conduct, bad traditions, and through the faults in the rites of the brahmins, fear arises for the people.
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KuP 1 28.5
नाधीयते कलौ वेदान् न यजन्ति द्विजातयः । यजन्त्यन्यायतो वेदान् पठन्ते चाल्पबुद्धयः
nādhīyate kalau vedān na yajanti dvijātayaḥ / yajantyanyāyato vedān paṭhante cālpabuddhayaḥ
In the Kali age the twice-born do not study the Vedas nor sacrifice; those of little understanding sacrifice contrary to rule and recite the Vedas (wrongly).
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KuP 1 28.6
शूद्राणां मन्त्रयौनैश्च संबन्धो ब्राह्मणैः सह । भविष्यति कलौ तस्मिञ् शयनासनभोजनैः
śūdrāṇāṃ mantrayaunaiśca saṃbandho brāhmaṇaiḥ saha / bhaviṣyati kalau tasmiñ śayanāsanabhojanaiḥ
In that Kali age there will be association of śūdras with brahmins through mantras and marriage, through sharing bed, seat and food.
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KuP 1 28.7
राजानः सूद्रभूयिष्ठा ब्राह्मणान् बाधयन्ति च । भ्रूणहत्या वीरहत्या प्रजायेते नरेश्वर
rājānaḥ sūdrabhūyiṣṭhā brāhmaṇān bādhayanti ca / bhrūṇahatyā vīrahatyā prajāyete nareśvara
Kings will be mostly śūdras and will oppress the brahmins; the killing of embryos and the killing of heroes will arise, O lord of men.
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KuP 1 28.8
स्नानं होमं जपं दानं देवतानां तथार्ऽचनम् । अन्यानि चैव कर्माणि न कुर्वन्ति द्विजातयः
snānaṃ homaṃ japaṃ dānaṃ devatānāṃ tathār'canam / anyāni caiva karmāṇi na kurvanti dvijātayaḥ
The twice-born do not perform bathing, oblation, muttered prayer, giving, and the worship of the gods, nor the other rites.
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KuP 1 28.9
विनिन्दन्ति महादेवं ब्राह्मणान् पुरुषोत्तमम् । आम्नायधर्मशास्त्राणि पुराणानि कलौ युगे
vinindanti mahādevaṃ brāhmaṇān puruṣottamam / āmnāyadharmaśāstrāṇi purāṇāni kalau yuge
In the Kali age they revile Mahādeva, the brahmins, the Supreme Person, the sacred tradition, the treatises on dharma, and the Purāṇas.
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KuP 1 28.10
कुर्वन्त्यवेददृष्टानि कर्माणि विविधानि तु । स्वधर्मे ऽभिरुचिर्नैव ब्राह्मणानां प्रिजायते
kurvantyavedadṛṣṭāni karmāṇi vividhāni tu / svadharme 'bhirucirnaiva brāhmaṇānāṃ prijāyate
They perform manifold rites that are not sanctioned in the Veda, and no liking for their own proper duty arises in the brahmins.
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KuP 1 28.11
कुशीलचर्याः पाषण्डैर्वृथारूपैः समावृताः । बहुयाचनको लोको भविष्यति परस्परम्
kuśīlacaryāḥ pāṣaṇḍairvṛthārūpaiḥ samāvṛtāḥ / bahuyācanako loko bhaviṣyati parasparam
(Men) of bad conduct, surrounded by heretics of false appearance — the world will be full of people begging much from one another.
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KuP 1 28.12
अट्टशूला जनपदाः शिवशूलाश्चतुष्पथाः । प्रमदाः केशशूलिन्यो भविष्यन्ति कलौ युगे
aṭṭaśūlā janapadāḥ śivaśūlāścatuṣpathāḥ / pramadāḥ keśaśūlinyo bhaviṣyanti kalau yuge
The countries will bristle with market-stalls, the crossroads will bristle with Śiva-shrines(?), and the women will bristle with (elaborate) hair, in the Kali age.
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KuP 1 28.13
शुक्लदन्ताजिनाख्याश्च मुण्डाः काषायवाससः । शूद्रा धर्मं चरिष्यन्ति युगान्ते समुपस्थिते
śukladantājinākhyāśca muṇḍāḥ kāṣāyavāsasaḥ / śūdrā dharmaṃ cariṣyanti yugānte samupasthite
White-toothed, called wearers of hides, shaven-headed, dressed in ochre robes, śūdras will practise (brahminical) dharma when the end of the age has arrived.
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KuP 1 28.14
शस्यचौरा भविष्यन्ति तथा चैलाभिमर्षिणः । चौराश्चौरस्य हर्तारो हर्तुर्हर्ता तथापरः
śasyacaurā bhaviṣyanti tathā cailābhimarṣiṇaḥ / caurāścaurasya hartāro harturhartā tathāparaḥ
There will be thieves of grain and likewise snatchers of clothing; thieves who rob a thief, and yet another who robs the robber.
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KuP 1 28.15
दुः खप्रचुरताल्पायुर्देहोत्सादः सरोगता । अधर्माभिनिवेशित्वात् तमोवृत्तं कलौ स्मृतम्
duḥ khapracuratālpāyurdehotsādaḥ sarogatā / adharmābhiniveśitvāt tamovṛttaṃ kalau smṛtam
Abundance of suffering, short life, wasting of the body, sickliness — because of attachment to unrighteousness, the conduct of darkness (tamas) is declared (to prevail) in the Kali age.
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KuP 1 28.16
काषायिणो ऽथ निर्ग्रन्थास्तथा कापालिकाश्च ये । वेदविक्रयिणश्चान्ये तीर्थविक्रयिणः परे
kāṣāyiṇo 'tha nirgranthāstathā kāpālikāśca ye / vedavikrayiṇaścānye tīrthavikrayiṇaḥ pare
Then there are the wearers of ochre robes, the Nirgranthas, and those who are Kāpālikas; others who sell the Veda, and still others who sell (the merit of) sacred places.
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KuP 1 28.17
आसनस्थान् द्विजान् दृष्ट्वा न चलन्त्यल्पबुद्धयः । ताडयन्ति द्विजेन्द्रांश्च शूद्रा राजोपजीविनः
āsanasthān dvijān dṛṣṭvā na calantyalpabuddhayaḥ / tāḍayanti dvijendrāṃśca śūdrā rājopajīvinaḥ
Seeing twice-born men seated (before them), the dull-witted do not rise; and śūdras who live off the king strike the best of the twice-born.
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KuP 1 28.18
उच्चासनस्थाः शूद्रास्तु द्विजमध्ये परन्तप । ज्ञात्वा न हिंसते राजा कलौ कालबलेन तु
uccāsanasthāḥ śūdrāstu dvijamadhye parantapa / jñātvā na hiṃsate rājā kalau kālabalena tu
But śūdras sit on a high seat in the midst of the twice-born, O scorcher of foes, and though the king knows it he does not punish (them), in the Kali age, by the force of the time.
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KuP 1 28.19
पुष्पैश्च हसितैश्चैव तथान्यैर्मङ्गलैर्द्विजाः । शूद्रानभ्यर्चयन्त्यल्पश्रुतभग्यबलान्विताः
puṣpaiśca hasitaiścaiva tathānyairmaṅgalairdvijāḥ / śūdrānabhyarcayantyalpaśrutabhagyabalānvitāḥ
With flowers, with smiles, and with other auspicious offerings the twice-born do homage to śūdras, having little learning, little fortune and little strength.
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KuP 1 28.20
न प्रेक्षन्ते ऽर्चितांश्चापि शूद्रा द्विजवरान् नृप । सेवावसरमालोक्य द्वारि तिष्ठन्ति च द्विजाः
na prekṣante 'rcitāṃścāpi śūdrā dvijavarān nṛpa / sevāvasaramālokya dvāri tiṣṭhanti ca dvijāḥ
And the śūdras do not even look at the foremost of the twice-born who have honoured them, O king; and the twice-born stand at the door, watching for an opportunity to serve.
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KuP 1 28.21
वाहनस्थान् समावृत्य शूद्राञ् शूद्रोपजीविनः । सेवन्ते ब्राह्मणास्तत्र स्तुवन्ति स्तुतिभिः कलौ
vāhanasthān samāvṛtya śūdrāñ śūdropajīvinaḥ / sevante brāhmaṇāstatra stuvanti stutibhiḥ kalau
Crowding round śūdras who are mounted on vehicles, brahmins who live off śūdras serve them there and praise them with hymns of praise, in the Kali age.
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KuP 1 28.22
अध्यापयन्ति वै वेदाञ् शूद्राञ् शूद्रोपजीविनः । पठन्ति वैदिकान् मन्त्रान् नास्तिक्यं घोरमाश्रिताः
adhyāpayanti vai vedāñ śūdrāñ śūdropajīvinaḥ / paṭhanti vaidikān mantrān nāstikyaṃ ghoramāśritāḥ
Those who live off śūdras teach the Vedas to śūdras; (and śūdras) recite the Vedic mantras, having taken to a dreadful denial of (scripture).
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KuP 1 28.23
तपोयज्ञफलानां च विक्रेतारो द्विजोत्तमाः । यतयश्च भविष्यन्ति शतशो ऽथ सहस्त्रशः
tapoyajñaphalānāṃ ca vikretāro dvijottamāḥ / yatayaśca bhaviṣyanti śataśo 'tha sahastraśaḥ
And the foremost of the twice-born, and ascetics too, will become sellers of the fruits of austerity and sacrifice, by hundreds and by thousands.
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KuP 1 28.24
नाशयन्ति ह्यधीतानि नाधिगच्छन्ति चानघ । गायन्ति लौकिकैर्गानैर्दैवतानि नराधिप
nāśayanti hyadhītāni nādhigacchanti cānagha / gāyanti laukikairgānairdaivatāni narādhipa
They let what has been learnt perish and do not acquire (more), O sinless one; they sing of the gods with worldly songs, O ruler of men.
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KuP 1 28.25
वामपाशुपताचारास्तथा वै पाञ्चरात्रिकाः । भविष्यन्ति कलौ तस्मिन् ब्राह्मणाः क्षत्रियास्तथा
vāmapāśupatācārāstathā vai pāñcarātrikāḥ / bhaviṣyanti kalau tasmin brāhmaṇāḥ kṣatriyāstathā
Followers of the left-hand Pāśupata observances, and likewise Pāñcarātrikas, will the brahmins and the kṣatriyas become in that Kali age.
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KuP 1 28.26
ज्ञानकर्मण्युपरते लोके निष्क्रियतां गते । कीटमूषकसर्पाश्च धर्षयिष्यन्ति मानवान्
jñānakarmaṇyuparate loke niṣkriyatāṃ gate / kīṭamūṣakasarpāśca dharṣayiṣyanti mānavān
When knowledge and ritual action have ceased and the world has fallen into inactivity, worms, mice and snakes will assail human beings.
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KuP 1 28.27
कुर्वान्ति चावताराणि ब्राह्मणानां कुलेषु वै । दधीचशापनिर्दग्धाः पुरा दक्षाध्वरे द्विजाः
kurvānti cāvatārāṇi brāhmaṇānāṃ kuleṣu vai / dadhīcaśāpanirdagdhāḥ purā dakṣādhvare dvijāḥ
And they take birth in the families of brahmins — those twice-born who were formerly burnt up by the curse of Dadhīca at Dakṣa's sacrifice.
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KuP 1 28.28
निन्दन्ति च महादेवं तमसाविष्टचेतसः । वृथा धर्मं चरिष्यन्ति कलौ तस्मिन् युगान्तिके
nindanti ca mahādevaṃ tamasāviṣṭacetasaḥ / vṛthā dharmaṃ cariṣyanti kalau tasmin yugāntike
And, their minds possessed by darkness, they revile Mahādeva; they will practise dharma to no purpose in that Kali age at the end of the yuga.
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KuP 1 28.29
ये चान्ये शापनिर्दग्धा गौतमस्य महात्मनः । सर्वे ते च भविष्यन्ति ब्राह्मणाद्याः स्वजातिषु
ye cānye śāpanirdagdhā gautamasya mahātmanaḥ / sarve te ca bhaviṣyanti brāhmaṇādyāḥ svajātiṣu
And those others who were burnt up by the curse of the great-souled Gautama — all of them too will be born as brahmins and the rest, each in his own caste.
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KuP 1 28.30
विनिन्दन्ति हृषीकेशं ब्राह्मणान् ब्रह्मवादिनः । वेदबाह्यव्रताचारा दुराचारा वृथाश्रमाः
vinindanti hṛṣīkeśaṃ brāhmaṇān brahmavādinaḥ / vedabāhyavratācārā durācārā vṛthāśramāḥ
They revile Hṛṣīkeśa and the brahmins who expound Brahman — men whose vows and practices lie outside the Veda, of evil conduct, whose stages of life are a sham.
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KuP 1 28.31
मोहयन्ति जनान् सर्वान् दर्शयित्वा फलानि च । तमसाविष्टमनसो वैडालवृत्तिकाधमाः
mohayanti janān sarvān darśayitvā phalāni ca / tamasāviṣṭamanaso vaiḍālavṛttikādhamāḥ
They delude all people by displaying (promised) rewards — men whose minds are possessed by darkness, base ones who live by the cat's trade (hypocrisy).
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KuP 1 28.32
कलौ रुद्रो महादेवो लोकानामीश्वरः परः । न देवता भवेन्नृणां देवतानां च दैवतम्
kalau rudro mahādevo lokānāmīśvaraḥ paraḥ / na devatā bhavennṛṇāṃ devatānāṃ ca daivatam
In the Kali (age) Rudra, the Great God, the supreme lord of the worlds, will not be a deity for men, though he is the deity even of the deities.
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KuP 1 28.33
करिष्यत्यवताराणि शङ्करो नीललोहितः । श्रौतस्मार्तप्रतिष्ठार्थं भक्तानां हितकाम्यया
kariṣyatyavatārāṇi śaṅkaro nīlalohitaḥ / śrautasmārtapratiṣṭhārthaṃ bhaktānāṃ hitakāmyayā
Śaṅkara, the blue-and-red one, will make descents (into the world) in order to establish what is taught in the Veda and in tradition, out of desire for the welfare of his devotees.
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KuP 1 28.34
उपदेक्ष्यति तज्ज्ञानं शिष्याणां ब्रह्मसंज्ञितम् । सर्ववेदान्तसारं हि धर्मान् वेदनिदर्शितान्
upadekṣyati tajjñānaṃ śiṣyāṇāṃ brahmasaṃjñitam / sarvavedāntasāraṃ hi dharmān vedanidarśitān
He will impart to his disciples that knowledge called Brahman, the essence of all Vedānta, and the duties set forth by the Veda.
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KuP 1 28.35
ये तं विप्रा निषेवन्ते येन केनोपचारतः । विजित्यकलिजान् दोषान् यान्ति ते परमं पदम्
ye taṃ viprā niṣevante yena kenopacārataḥ / vijityakalijān doṣān yānti te paramaṃ padam
Those brahmins who serve him with whatever act of homage, having conquered the faults born of the Kali (age), go to the highest state.
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KuP 1 28.36
अनायासेन सुमहत् पुण्यमाप्नोति मानवः । अनेकदोषदुष्टस्य कलेरेष महान् गुणः
anāyāsena sumahat puṇyamāpnoti mānavaḥ / anekadoṣaduṣṭasya kalereṣa mahān guṇaḥ
Without effort a man obtains very great merit: this is the great virtue of the Kali (age), which is otherwise corrupted by many faults.
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KuP 1 28.37
तस्मात् सर्वप्रयत्नेन प्राप्य माहेश्वरं युगम् । विशेषाद् ब्राह्मणो रुद्रमीशानं शरणं व्रजेत्
tasmāt sarvaprayatnena prāpya māheśvaraṃ yugam / viśeṣād brāhmaṇo rudramīśānaṃ śaraṇaṃ vrajet
Therefore, having obtained the age that belongs to Maheśvara, with every effort — and a brahmin especially — one should go for refuge to Rudra, the Lord.
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KuP 1 28.38
ये नमन्ति विरूपाक्षमीशानं कृत्तिवाससम् । प्रसन्नचेतसो रुद्रं ते यान्ति परमं पदम्
ye namanti virūpākṣamīśānaṃ kṛttivāsasam / prasannacetaso rudraṃ te yānti paramaṃ padam
Those who bow with tranquil mind to Rudra, the odd-eyed Lord clothed in a hide, go to the highest state.
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KuP 1 28.39
यथा रुद्रनमस्कारः सर्वकर्मफलो ध्रुवम् । अन्यदेवनमस्कारान्न तत्फलमवाप्नुयात्
yathā rudranamaskāraḥ sarvakarmaphalo dhruvam / anyadevanamaskārānna tatphalamavāpnuyāt
Since obeisance to Rudra assuredly yields the fruit of all rites, from obeisance to any other god one would not obtain that fruit.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 28.40
एवंविधे कलियुगे दोषाणामेकशोधनम् । महादेवनमस्कारो ध्यानं दानमिति श्रुतिः
evaṃvidhe kaliyuge doṣāṇāmekaśodhanam / mahādevanamaskāro dhyānaṃ dānamiti śrutiḥ
In a Kali age of such a kind, the one purification of faults is obeisance to Mahādeva, meditation, and giving — so says scripture.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 28.41
तस्मादनीश्वरानन्यान् त्यक्त्वा देवं महेश्वरम् । समाश्रयेद् विरूपाक्षं यदीच्छेत् परमं पदम्
tasmādanīśvarānanyān tyaktvā devaṃ maheśvaram / samāśrayed virūpākṣaṃ yadīcchet paramaṃ padam
Therefore, abandoning the others, who are not lords, one should resort to the god Maheśvara, the odd-eyed one, if one desires the highest state.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 28.42
नार्चयन्तीह ये रुद्रं शिवं त्रिदशवन्दितम् । तेषां दानं तपो यज्ञो वृथा जीवितमेव च
nārcayantīha ye rudraṃ śivaṃ tridaśavanditam / teṣāṃ dānaṃ tapo yajño vṛthā jīvitameva ca
For those who do not worship here Rudra, Śiva, saluted by the thirty (gods), their giving, austerity, sacrifice — and their very life — are in vain.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 28.43
नमो रुद्राय महते देवदेवाय शूलिने । त्र्यम्बकाय त्रिनेत्राय योगिनां गुरवे नमः
namo rudrāya mahate devadevāya śūline / tryambakāya trinetrāya yogināṃ gurave namaḥ
Homage to Rudra, the great one, god of gods, bearer of the trident; to the three-eyed Tryambaka, the teacher of yogins, homage.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 28.44
नमो ऽस्तु वामदेवाय महादेवाय वेधसे । शंभवे स्थाणवे नित्यं शिवाय परमेष्ठिने । नमः शोमाय रुद्राय महाग्रासाय हेतवे
namo 'stu vāmadevāya mahādevāya vedhase / śaṃbhave sthāṇave nityaṃ śivāya parameṣṭhine / namaḥ śomāya rudrāya mahāgrāsāya hetave
Homage be to Vāmadeva, to Mahādeva the creator; ever to Śaṃbhu, to Sthāṇu, to Śiva the highest-standing one; homage to Soma, to Rudra, to the great Devourer, to the (first) cause.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
KuP 1 28.45
प्रपद्ये ऽहं विरूपाक्षं शरण्यं ब्रह्मचारिणम् । महादेवं महायोगमीशानं चाम्बिकापतिम्
prapadye 'haṃ virūpākṣaṃ śaraṇyaṃ brahmacāriṇam / mahādevaṃ mahāyogamīśānaṃ cāmbikāpatim
I take refuge in the odd-eyed one, the giver of refuge, the chaste one, Mahādeva, the great yoga, the Lord and husband of Ambikā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 28.46
योगिनां योगदातारं योगमायासमावृतम् । योगिनां कुरुमाचार्यं योगिगम्यं पिनाकिनम्
yogināṃ yogadātāraṃ yogamāyāsamāvṛtam / yogināṃ kurumācāryaṃ yogigamyaṃ pinākinam
(I take refuge in) the giver of yoga to yogins, enveloped in yoga-māyā, the teacher of yogins, reachable by yogins, the bearer of the Pināka bow.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
KuP 1 28.47
संसारतारणं रुद्रं ब्रह्माणं ब्रह्मणो ऽधिपम् । शाश्वतं सर्वगं ब्रह्मण्यं ब्राह्मणप्रियम्
saṃsāratāraṇaṃ rudraṃ brahmāṇaṃ brahmaṇo 'dhipam / śāśvataṃ sarvagaṃ brahmaṇyaṃ brāhmaṇapriyam
(In) Rudra who carries (beings) across transmigration, Brahmā, the overlord of Brahmā, the everlasting, the all-pervading, the promoter of brahman, dear to brahmins.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 28.48
कपर्दिनं कालमूर्तिममूर्ति परमेश्वरम् । एकमूर्ति महामूर्ति वेदवेद्यं दिवस्पतिम्
kapardinaṃ kālamūrtimamūrti parameśvaram / ekamūrti mahāmūrti vedavedyaṃ divaspatim
(In) the one with matted locks, whose form is Time and who is formless, the supreme Lord, of a single form and of great form, to be known through the Veda, lord of heaven.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 28.49
नीलकण्ठं विश्वमूर्ति व्यापिनं विश्वरेतसम् । कालाग्निं कालदहनं कामदं कामनाशनम्
nīlakaṇṭhaṃ viśvamūrti vyāpinaṃ viśvaretasam / kālāgniṃ kāladahanaṃ kāmadaṃ kāmanāśanam
(In) the blue-throated one, whose form is the universe, the pervader, whose seed is the universe, the fire of Time, the burner of Time, the giver of desire and the destroyer of desire.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 28.50
नमस्ये गिरिशं देवं चन्द्रावयवभूषणम् । विलोहितं लेलिहानमाहित्यं परमेष्ठिनम् । उग्रं पशुपतिं भीमं भास्करं तमसः परम्
namasye giriśaṃ devaṃ candrāvayavabhūṣaṇam / vilohitaṃ lelihānamāhityaṃ parameṣṭhinam / ugraṃ paśupatiṃ bhīmaṃ bhāskaraṃ tamasaḥ param
I bow to the god Giriśa, who is adorned with a portion of the moon, deep red, licking (with his tongue), (born) of Aditi (?), the supreme lord, the fierce one, the lord of creatures, the terrible one, the shining one, who is beyond darkness.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
KuP 1 28.51
इत्येतल्लक्षणं प्रोक्तं युगानां वै समासतः । अतीतानागतानां वै यावन्मन्वन्तरक्षयः
ityetallakṣaṇaṃ proktaṃ yugānāṃ vai samāsataḥ / atītānāgatānāṃ vai yāvanmanvantarakṣayaḥ
Thus this characterisation of the ages has been declared in brief, of those past and those to come, up to the end of the manvantara.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 28.52
मन्वन्तरेण चैकेन सर्वाण्येवान्तराणि वै । व्याख्यातानि न संदेहः कल्पः कल्पेन चैव हि
manvantareṇa caikena sarvāṇyevāntarāṇi vai / vyākhyātāni na saṃdehaḥ kalpaḥ kalpena caiva hi
By (describing) a single manvantara all the (other) intervals are indeed explained—there is no doubt—and (likewise) one kalpa by (another) kalpa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 28.53
मन्वन्तरेषु सर्वेषु अतीतानागतेषु वै । तुल्याभिमानिनः सर्वे नामरूपैर्भवन्त्युत
manvantareṣu sarveṣu atītānāgateṣu vai / tulyābhimāninaḥ sarve nāmarūpairbhavantyuta
In all the manvantaras, past and future, all (the beings) come to be with the same self-conceptions, (differing only) in names and forms.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 28.54
एवमुक्तो भगवता किरीटी श्वेतवाहनः । बभार परमां भक्तिमीशाने ऽव्यभिचारिणीम्
evamukto bhagavatā kirīṭī śvetavāhanaḥ / babhāra paramāṃ bhaktimīśāne 'vyabhicāriṇīm
Thus addressed by the Lord, the diademed one whose vehicle is white bore supreme, unwavering devotion to Īśāna.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 28.55
नमश्चकार तमृषिं कृष्णद्वैपायनं प्रभुम् । सर्वज्ञं सर्वकर्तारं स्क्षाद् विष्णुं व्यवस्थितम्
namaścakāra tamṛṣiṃ kṛṣṇadvaipāyanaṃ prabhum / sarvajñaṃ sarvakartāraṃ skṣād viṣṇuṃ vyavasthitam
He made obeisance to that seer, the lord Kṛṣṇa Dvaipāyana, the all-knowing, the maker of all, Viṣṇu himself present (before him).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 28.56
तमुवाच पुनर्व्यासः पाथं परपुरञ्जयम् । कराभ्यां सुशुभाभ्यां च संस्पृश्य प्रणतं मुनिः
tamuvāca punarvyāsaḥ pāthaṃ parapurañjayam / karābhyāṃ suśubhābhyāṃ ca saṃspṛśya praṇataṃ muniḥ
Vyāsa spoke again to that son of Pṛthā, the conqueror of enemy cities, the sage touching him, bowed down, with his two auspicious hands.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 28.57
धन्यो ऽस्यनुगृहीतो ऽसि त्वादृशो ऽन्यो न विद्यते । त्रैलोक्ये शङ्करे नूनं भक्तः परपुरञ्जय
dhanyo 'syanugṛhīto 'si tvādṛśo 'nyo na vidyate / trailokye śaṅkare nūnaṃ bhaktaḥ parapurañjaya
"You are blessed, you are favoured; there is no other like you. Surely in the three worlds you are (the) devotee of Śaṅkara, O conqueror of enemy cities.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 28.58
दृष्टवानसि तं देवं विश्वाक्षं विश्वतोमुखम् । प्रत्यक्षमेव सर्वेशं रुद्रं सर्वजगद्गुरुम्
dṛṣṭavānasi taṃ devaṃ viśvākṣaṃ viśvatomukham / pratyakṣameva sarveśaṃ rudraṃ sarvajagadgurum
You have seen that god whose eye is the universe, who faces every way, the lord of all directly before you, Rudra, the teacher of the whole world.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 28.59
ज्ञानं तदैश्वरं दिव्यं यथावद् विदितं त्वया । स्वयमेव हृषीकेशः प्रीत्योवाच सनातनः
jñānaṃ tadaiśvaraṃ divyaṃ yathāvad viditaṃ tvayā / svayameva hṛṣīkeśaḥ prītyovāca sanātanaḥ
That divine knowledge of the Lord has been known by you as it is; Hṛṣīkeśa the eternal himself spoke it out of affection.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 28.60
गच्छ गच्छ स्वकं स्थानं न शोकं कर्तुमर्हसि । व्रजस्व परया भक्त्या शरण्यं शरणं शिवम्
gaccha gaccha svakaṃ sthānaṃ na śokaṃ kartumarhasi / vrajasva parayā bhaktyā śaraṇyaṃ śaraṇaṃ śivam
Go, go to your own place; you ought not to grieve. With supreme devotion go to Śiva, the refuge, (your) shelter."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 28.61
एवमुक्त्वा स भगवाननुगृह्यार्जुनं प्रभुः । जगाम शङ्करपुरीं समाराधयितुं भवम्
evamuktvā sa bhagavānanugṛhyārjunaṃ prabhuḥ / jagāma śaṅkarapurīṃ samārādhayituṃ bhavam
Having spoken thus and favoured Arjuna, that lord, the Blessed One, went to Śaṅkara's city to worship Bhava.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 28.62
पाण्डवेयो ऽपि तद् वाक्यात् संप्राप्य शरणं शिवम् । संत्यज्य सर्वकर्माणि तद्भक्तिपरमो ऽभवत्
pāṇḍaveyo 'pi tad vākyāt saṃprāpya śaraṇaṃ śivam / saṃtyajya sarvakarmāṇi tadbhaktiparamo 'bhavat
And the son of Pāṇḍu too, by that word, having reached Śiva as his refuge, abandoned all rites and became wholly devoted to him.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 28.63
नार्जुनेन समः शंभोर्भक्त्या भूतो भविष्यति । मुक्त्वा सत्यवतीसूनुं कृष्णं वा देवकीसुतम्
nārjunena samaḥ śaṃbhorbhaktyā bhūto bhaviṣyati / muktvā satyavatīsūnuṃ kṛṣṇaṃ vā devakīsutam
There has not been, nor will there be, one equal to Arjuna in devotion to Śambhu—excepting the son of Satyavatī, or Kṛṣṇa the son of Devakī.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 28.64
तस्मै भगवते नित्यं नमः सत्याय धीमते । पाराशर्याय मुनये व्यासायामिततेजसे
tasmai bhagavate nityaṃ namaḥ satyāya dhīmate / pārāśaryāya munaye vyāsāyāmitatejase
To that Blessed One, homage always—to the truthful, the wise, the son of Parāśara, the sage Vyāsa of measureless splendour.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 28.65
कृष्णद्वैपायनः साक्षाद् विष्णुरेव सनातनः । को ह्यन्यस्तत्त्वतो रुद्रं वेत्ति तं परमेश्वरम्
kṛṣṇadvaipāyanaḥ sākṣād viṣṇureva sanātanaḥ / ko hyanyastattvato rudraṃ vetti taṃ parameśvaram
Kṛṣṇa Dvaipāyana is directly the eternal Viṣṇu himself; for who else knows Rudra, that supreme lord, as he truly is?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 28.66
नमः कुरुध्वं तमृषिं कृष्णं सत्यवतीसुतम् । पाराशर्यं महात्मानं योगिनं विष्णुमव्ययम्
namaḥ kurudhvaṃ tamṛṣiṃ kṛṣṇaṃ satyavatīsutam / pārāśaryaṃ mahātmānaṃ yoginaṃ viṣṇumavyayam
Make obeisance to that seer Kṛṣṇa, son of Satyavatī, son of Parāśara, the great soul, the yogin, the imperishable Viṣṇu.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 28.67
एवमुक्तास्तु मुनयः सर्व एव समीहिताः । प्रेणेमुस्तं महात्मानं व्यासं सत्यवतीसुतम्
evamuktāstu munayaḥ sarva eva samīhitāḥ / preṇemustaṃ mahātmānaṃ vyāsaṃ satyavatīsutam
Thus addressed, all the sages, having their wish (fulfilled), bowed down to that great soul Vyāsa, the son of Satyavatī.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition