Kurma Purana — Purva Vibhaga — Chapter 30
KuP 1 30.1
सूत उवाच स शिष्यैः संवृतो धीमान् गुरुर्द्वैपायनो मुनिः । जगाम विपुलं लिङ्गमोङ्कारं मुक्तिदायकम्
sūta uvāca sa śiṣyaiḥ saṃvṛto dhīmān gururdvaipāyano muniḥ / jagāma vipulaṃ liṅgamoṅkāraṃ muktidāyakam
Sūta said: That wise teacher, the sage Dvaipāyana, surrounded by his disciples, went to the great liṅga named Oṃkāra, the giver of liberation.
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KuP 1 30.2
तत्राभ्यर्च्य महादेवं शिष्यैः सह महामुनिः । प्रोवाच तस्य माहात्म्यं मुनीनां भावितात्मनाम्
tatrābhyarcya mahādevaṃ śiṣyaiḥ saha mahāmuniḥ / provāca tasya māhātmyaṃ munīnāṃ bhāvitātmanām
There, having worshipped Mahādeva together with his disciples, the great sage declared its greatness to the sages of purified selves.
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KuP 1 30.3
इदं तद् विमलं लिङ्गमोङ्कारं नाम शोभनम् । अस्य स्मरणमात्रेण मुच्यते सर्वपातकैः
idaṃ tad vimalaṃ liṅgamoṅkāraṃ nāma śobhanam / asya smaraṇamātreṇa mucyate sarvapātakaiḥ
This is that spotless liṅga, beautiful, named Oṃkāra; by merely remembering it one is freed from all sins.
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KuP 1 30.4
एतत् परतरं ज्ञानं पञ्चयतनमुत्तमम् । सेवितं सूरिभिर्नित्यं वाराणस्यां विमोक्षदम्
etat parataraṃ jñānaṃ pañcayatanamuttamam / sevitaṃ sūribhirnityaṃ vārāṇasyāṃ vimokṣadam
This is the highest knowledge, the excellent five-shrined (place), always resorted to by the wise, bestowing liberation in Vārāṇasī.
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KuP 1 30.5
अत्र साक्षान्महादेवः पञ्चायतनविग्रहः । रमते भगवान् रुद्रो जन्तूनामपवर्गदः
atra sākṣānmahādevaḥ pañcāyatanavigrahaḥ / ramate bhagavān rudro jantūnāmapavargadaḥ
Here Mahādeva is present in person, having the five shrines as his form; here the Lord Rudra, giver of release to creatures, takes his delight.
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KuP 1 30.6
यत् तत् पाशुपतं ज्ञानं पञ्चार्थमिति शब्द्यते । तदेतद् विमलं लिङ्गमोङ्कारे समवस्थितम्
yat tat pāśupataṃ jñānaṃ pañcārthamiti śabdyate / tadetad vimalaṃ liṅgamoṅkāre samavasthitam
That Pāśupata knowledge which is spoken of as "the five topics" — this very thing is the spotless liṅga, established in the syllable OM.
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KuP 1 30.7
शान्त्यतीता तथा शान्तिर्विद्या चैव परा कला । प्रतिष्ठा च निवृत्तिश्च पञ्चार्थं लिङ्गमैश्वरम्
śāntyatītā tathā śāntirvidyā caiva parā kalā / pratiṣṭhā ca nivṛttiśca pañcārthaṃ liṅgamaiśvaram
Śāntyatītā, and Śānti, and Vidyā, Pratiṣṭhā and Nivṛtti — (these five) supreme kalās are the five-fold liṅga of the Lord.
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KuP 1 30.8
पञ्चानामपि देवानां ब्रह्मादीनां सदाश्रयम् । ओङ्कारबोधकं लिङ्गं पञ्चायतनमुच्यते
pañcānāmapi devānāṃ brahmādīnāṃ sadāśrayam / oṅkārabodhakaṃ liṅgaṃ pañcāyatanamucyate
The liṅga which is the eternal support of the five gods, Brahmā and the rest, and which makes known the syllable OM, is called the five-shrined one.
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KuP 1 30.9
संस्मरेदैश्वरं लिङ्गं पञ्चायतनमव्ययम् । देहान्ते तत्परं ज्योतिरानन्दं विशते बुधः
saṃsmaredaiśvaraṃ liṅgaṃ pañcāyatanamavyayam / dehānte tatparaṃ jyotirānandaṃ viśate budhaḥ
One should meditate on the Lord's liṅga, the imperishable five-shrined one; at the body's end the wise man enters that supreme light which is bliss.
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KuP 1 30.10
अत्र देवर्षयः पूर्वं सिद्धा ब्रह्मर्षयस्तथा । उपास्य देवमीशानं प्राप्तवन्तः परं पदम्
atra devarṣayaḥ pūrvaṃ siddhā brahmarṣayastathā / upāsya devamīśānaṃ prāptavantaḥ paraṃ padam
Here formerly the divine seers, the Siddhas, and the brahmin seers, having worshipped the god Īśāna, attained the supreme state.
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KuP 1 30.11
मत्स्योदर्यास्तटे पुण्यं स्थानं गुह्यतमं शुभम् । गोचर्ममात्रं विप्रेन्द्रा ओङ्कारेश्वरमुत्तमम्
matsyodaryāstaṭe puṇyaṃ sthānaṃ guhyatamaṃ śubham / gocarmamātraṃ viprendrā oṅkāreśvaramuttamam
On the bank of the Matsyodarī there is a holy place, most secret and auspicious, only a cow-hide in extent, O chief brahmins: the excellent Oṃkāreśvara.
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KuP 1 30.12
कृत्तिवासेश्वरं लिङ्गः मध्यमेश्वरमुत्तमम् । विश्वेश्वरं तथोङ्कारं कपर्देश्वरमेव च
kṛttivāseśvaraṃ liṅgaḥ madhyameśvaramuttamam / viśveśvaraṃ tathoṅkāraṃ kapardeśvarameva ca
The Kṛttivāseśvara liṅga, the excellent Madhyameśvara, Viśveśvara, and Oṃkāra, and Kapardeśvara too —
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KuP 1 30.13
एतानि गुह्यलिङ्गानि वाराणस्यां द्विजोत्तमाः । न कश्चिदिह जानाति विना शंभोरनुग्रहात्
etāni guhyaliṅgāni vārāṇasyāṃ dvijottamāḥ / na kaścidiha jānāti vinā śaṃbhoranugrahāt
these are the secret liṅgas in Vārāṇasī, O best of the twice-born; no one here knows them without Śambhu's grace.
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KuP 1 30.14
एवमुक्त्वा ययौ कृष्णः पाराशर्यो महामुनिः । कृत्तिवासेश्वरं लिङ्गं द्रष्टुं देवस्य शूलिनः
evamuktvā yayau kṛṣṇaḥ pārāśaryo mahāmuniḥ / kṛttivāseśvaraṃ liṅgaṃ draṣṭuṃ devasya śūlinaḥ
Having spoken thus, the great sage Kṛṣṇa, son of Parāśara, went to see the Kṛttivāseśvara liṅga of the trident-bearing god.
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KuP 1 30.15
समभ्यर्च्य तथा शिष्यैर्माहात्म्यं कृत्तिवाससः । कथयामास शिष्येभ्यो भगवान् ब्रह्मवित्तमः
samabhyarcya tathā śiṣyairmāhātmyaṃ kṛttivāsasaḥ / kathayāmāsa śiṣyebhyo bhagavān brahmavittamaḥ
Having worshipped (it) together with his disciples, the venerable one, best of the knowers of brahman, related to his disciples the greatness of Kṛttivāsas.
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KuP 1 30.16
अस्मिन् स्थाने पुरा दैत्यो हस्ती भूत्वा भवान्तिकम् । ब्राह्मणान् हन्तुमायातो ये ऽत्र नित्यमुपासते
asmin sthāne purā daityo hastī bhūtvā bhavāntikam / brāhmaṇān hantumāyāto ye 'tra nityamupāsate
In this place formerly a demon, becoming an elephant, came near Bhava to kill the brahmins who constantly worship here.
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KuP 1 30.17
तेषां लिङ्गान्महादेवः प्रादुरासीत् त्रिलोचनः । रक्षणार्थं द्विजश्रेष्ठा भक्तानां भक्तवत्सलः
teṣāṃ liṅgānmahādevaḥ prādurāsīt trilocanaḥ / rakṣaṇārthaṃ dvijaśreṣṭhā bhaktānāṃ bhaktavatsalaḥ
Out of their liṅga the three-eyed Mahādeva appeared, O best of the twice-born, to protect his devotees, he who is fond of his devotees.
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KuP 1 30.18
हत्वा गजाकृतिं दैत्यं शूलेनावज्ञया हरः । वसस्तस्याकरोत् कृत्तिं कृत्तिवासेश्वरस्ततः
hatvā gajākṛtiṃ daityaṃ śūlenāvajñayā haraḥ / vasastasyākarot kṛttiṃ kṛttivāseśvarastataḥ
Hara, having slain with his trident, contemptuously, the demon in elephant form, made its hide his garment; hence (he is) Kṛttivāseśvara.
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KuP 1 30.19
अत्र सिद्धिं परां प्राप्ता मुनयो मुनिपुङ्गवाः । तेनैव च शरीरेण प्राप्तास्तत् परमं पदम्
atra siddhiṃ parāṃ prāptā munayo munipuṅgavāḥ / tenaiva ca śarīreṇa prāptāstat paramaṃ padam
Here sages, bulls among sages, attained the highest perfection, and with that very body reached that supreme state.
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KuP 1 30.20
विद्या विद्येश्वरा रुद्राः शिवाये च प्रकीर्तिताः । कृत्तिवासेश्वरं लिङ्गं नित्यमावृत्य संस्थिताः
vidyā vidyeśvarā rudrāḥ śivāye ca prakīrtitāḥ / kṛttivāseśvaraṃ liṅgaṃ nityamāvṛtya saṃsthitāḥ
The vidyās, the lords of vidyā, the Rudras, and those proclaimed as belonging to Śiva stand permanently surrounding the Kṛttivāseśvara liṅga.
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KuP 1 30.21
ज्ञात्वा कलियुगं घोरमधर्मबहुलं जनाः । कृत्तिवासं न मुञ्चन्ति कृतार्थास्ते न संशयः
jñātvā kaliyugaṃ ghoramadharmabahulaṃ janāḥ / kṛttivāsaṃ na muñcanti kṛtārthāste na saṃśayaḥ
Knowing the Kali age to be terrible and full of unrighteousness, people do not leave Kṛttivāsa; they have accomplished their aim, no doubt of it.
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KuP 1 30.22
जन्मान्तरसहस्त्रेण मोक्षो ऽन्यत्राप्यते न वा । एकेन जन्मना मोक्षः कृत्तिवासे तु लभ्यते
janmāntarasahastreṇa mokṣo 'nyatrāpyate na vā / ekena janmanā mokṣaḥ kṛttivāse tu labhyate
Elsewhere release is obtained, or not, in a thousand further births; but at Kṛttivāsa release is gained by a single birth.
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KuP 1 30.23
आलयः सर्वसिद्धानामेतत् स्थानं वदन्ति हि । गोपितं देवदेवेन महादेवेन शंभुना
ālayaḥ sarvasiddhānāmetat sthānaṃ vadanti hi / gopitaṃ devadevena mahādevena śaṃbhunā
They call this place the abode of all the Siddhas, kept hidden by the god of gods, Mahādeva Śambhu.
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KuP 1 30.24
युगे युगे ह्यत्र दान्ता ब्राह्मणा वेदपारागाः । उपासते महादेवं जपन्ति शतरुद्रियम्
yuge yuge hyatra dāntā brāhmaṇā vedapārāgāḥ / upāsate mahādevaṃ japanti śatarudriyam
In age after age self-controlled brahmins here, who have gone to the far shore of the Vedas, worship Mahādeva and recite the Śatarudriya.
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KuP 1 30.25
स्तुवन्ति सततं देवं त्र्यम्बकं कृत्तिवाससम् । ध्यायन्ति हृदये देवं स्थाणुं सर्वान्तरं शिवम्
stuvanti satataṃ devaṃ tryambakaṃ kṛttivāsasam / dhyāyanti hṛdaye devaṃ sthāṇuṃ sarvāntaraṃ śivam
They constantly praise the god, the three-eyed one clad in a hide, and they meditate in the heart on the god Sthāṇu, Śiva, who is within all things.
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KuP 1 30.26
गायन्ति सिद्धाः किल गीतकानि ये वाराणस्यां निवसन्ति विप्राः । तेषामथैकेन भवेन मुक्तिर् ये कृत्तिवासं शरणं प्रपन्नाः
gāyanti siddhāḥ kila gītakāni ye vārāṇasyāṃ nivasanti viprāḥ / teṣāmathaikena bhavena muktir ye kṛttivāsaṃ śaraṇaṃ prapannāḥ
The Siddhas, indeed, sing songs (in praise of) those brahmins who dwell in Vārāṇasī; and for those who have gone for refuge to him who wears the hide, liberation (comes) with but a single existence.
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KuP 1 30.27
संप्राप्य लोके जगतामभीष्टं सुदुर्लभं विप्रकुलेषु जन्म । ध्याने समाधाय जपन्ति रुद्रं ध्यायन्ति चित्ते यतयो महेशम्
saṃprāpya loke jagatāmabhīṣṭaṃ sudurlabhaṃ viprakuleṣu janma / dhyāne samādhāya japanti rudraṃ dhyāyanti citte yatayo maheśam
Having obtained in the world a birth in brahmin families, desired by (all) beings and very hard to win, the ascetics recite (the mantra of) Rudra, fixing (the mind) in meditation, and they meditate on Maheśa in their thought.
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KuP 1 30.28
आराधयन्ति प्रभुमीशितारं वाराणसीमध्यगता मुनिन्द्राः । यजन्ति यज्ञैरभिसंधिहीनाः स्तुवन्ति रुद्रं प्रणमन्ति शंभुम्
ārādhayanti prabhumīśitāraṃ vārāṇasīmadhyagatā munindrāḥ / yajanti yajñairabhisaṃdhihīnāḥ stuvanti rudraṃ praṇamanti śaṃbhum
The chief sages who dwell in the midst of Vārāṇasī worship the lord, the ruler; free of ulterior motive they sacrifice with sacrifices, they praise Rudra, they bow to Śaṃbhu.
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KuP 1 30.29
नमो भवायामलयोगधाम्ने स्थाणुं प्रपद्ये गिरिशं पुराणम् । स्मरामि रुद्रं हृदये निविष्टं जाने महादेवमनेकरूपम्
namo bhavāyāmalayogadhāmne sthāṇuṃ prapadye giriśaṃ purāṇam / smarāmi rudraṃ hṛdaye niviṣṭaṃ jāne mahādevamanekarūpam
Homage to Bhava, the abode of stainless yoga; I take refuge in Sthāṇu, the ancient lord of the mountain; I call to mind Rudra, seated in the heart; I know Mahādeva, who has many forms.
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