Kurma Purana — Purva Vibhaga — Chapter 32

KuP 1 32.1

सूत उवाच उषित्वा तत्र भगवान् कपर्देशान्तिके पुनः । द्रष्टुं ययौ मध्यमेशं बहुवर्षगणान् प्रभुः

sūta uvāca uṣitvā tatra bhagavān kapardeśāntike punaḥ / draṣṭuṃ yayau madhyameśaṃ bahuvarṣagaṇān prabhuḥ

Sūta said: Having dwelt there in the presence of the lord Kaparda for many groups of years, the blessed Lord went again to see Madhyameśa.

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KuP 1 32.2

तत्र मन्दाकिनीं पुण्यामृषिसङ्गनिषेविताम् । नदीं विमलपानीयां दृष्ट्वा हृष्टो ऽभवन्मुनिः

tatra mandākinīṃ puṇyāmṛṣisaṅganiṣevitām / nadīṃ vimalapānīyāṃ dṛṣṭvā hṛṣṭo 'bhavanmuniḥ

There, seeing the Mandākinī, the holy river with clear water, frequented by the company of sages, the sage became delighted.

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KuP 1 32.3

स तामन्वीक्ष्य मुनिभिः सह द्वैपायनः प्रभुः । चकार भावपूतात्मा स्नानं स्नानविधानवित्

sa tāmanvīkṣya munibhiḥ saha dvaipāyanaḥ prabhuḥ / cakāra bhāvapūtātmā snānaṃ snānavidhānavit

Having beheld it (the river), the lord Dvaipāyana, together with the sages, his self purified by devotion and knowing the rules of bathing, performed his bath.

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KuP 1 32.4

संतर्प्य विधिवद् देवानृषीन् पितृगणांस्तथा । पूजयामास लोकादिं पुष्पैर्नानाविधैर्भवम्

saṃtarpya vidhivad devānṛṣīn pitṛgaṇāṃstathā / pūjayāmāsa lokādiṃ puṣpairnānāvidhairbhavam

Having duly satisfied the gods, the sages, and likewise the hosts of the fathers, he worshipped Bhava, the origin of the worlds, with flowers of many kinds.

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KuP 1 32.5

प्रविश्य शिष्यप्रवरैः सार्धं सत्यवतीसुतः । मध्यमेश्वरमीशानमर्चयामास शूलिनम्

praviśya śiṣyapravaraiḥ sārdhaṃ satyavatīsutaḥ / madhyameśvaramīśānamarcayāmāsa śūlinam

Having entered along with his foremost disciples, the son of Satyavatī worshipped Īśāna, the trident-bearer, (as) Madhyameśvara.

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KuP 1 32.6

ततः पाशुपताः शान्ता भस्मोद्धूलितविग्रहाः । द्रष्टुं समागता रुद्रं मध्यमेश्वरमीश्वरम्

tataḥ pāśupatāḥ śāntā bhasmoddhūlitavigrahāḥ / draṣṭuṃ samāgatā rudraṃ madhyameśvaramīśvaram

Then the Pāśupatas, tranquil, their bodies dusted with ashes, came together to see Rudra, the lord Madhyameśvara.

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KuP 1 32.7

ओङ्कारासक्तमनसो वेदाध्ययनतत्पराः । जटिला मुण्डिताश्चापि शुक्लयज्ञोपवीतिनः

oṅkārāsaktamanaso vedādhyayanatatparāḥ / jaṭilā muṇḍitāścāpi śuklayajñopavītinaḥ

Their minds fixed on the syllable Om, intent upon the study of the Vedas, some with matted hair and some shaven, wearing white sacred threads;

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KuP 1 32.8

कौपीनवसनाः केचिदपरे चाप्यवाससः । ब्रह्मचर्यरताः शान्ता वेदान्तज्ञानतत्पराः

kaupīnavasanāḥ kecidapare cāpyavāsasaḥ / brahmacaryaratāḥ śāntā vedāntajñānatatparāḥ

some clothed in a loincloth and others with no clothing at all, devoted to chastity, tranquil, intent on the knowledge of the Vedānta's end.

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KuP 1 32.9

दृष्ट्वा द्वैपायनं विप्राः शिष्यैः परिवृतं मुनिम् । पूजयित्वा यथान्यायमिदं वचनमब्रुवन्

dṛṣṭvā dvaipāyanaṃ viprāḥ śiṣyaiḥ parivṛtaṃ munim / pūjayitvā yathānyāyamidaṃ vacanamabruvan

Seeing Dvaipāyana, the sage surrounded by his disciples, the brahmins honoured him as was proper and spoke these words:

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KuP 1 32.10

को भवान् कुत आयातः सह शिष्यैर्महामुने । प्रोचुः पैलादयः शिष्यास्तानृषीन् ब्रह्मभावितान्

ko bhavān kuta āyātaḥ saha śiṣyairmahāmune / procuḥ pailādayaḥ śiṣyāstānṛṣīn brahmabhāvitān

"Who are you, great sage, and whence have you come with your disciples?" The disciples, Paila and the others, said to those sages who were filled with brahman:

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KuP 1 32.11

अयं सत्यवतीसूनुः कृष्णद्वैपायनो मुनिः । व्यासः स्वयं हृषीकेशो येन वेदाः पृथक् कृताः

ayaṃ satyavatīsūnuḥ kṛṣṇadvaipāyano muniḥ / vyāsaḥ svayaṃ hṛṣīkeśo yena vedāḥ pṛthak kṛtāḥ

"This is the son of Satyavatī, the sage Kṛṣṇa Dvaipāyana, Vyāsa, Hṛṣīkeśa himself, by whom the Vedas were separated;

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KuP 1 32.12

यस्य देवो महादेवः साक्षादेव पिनाकधृक् । अंशांशेनाभवत् पुत्रो नाम्ना शुक इति प्रभुः

yasya devo mahādevaḥ sākṣādeva pinākadhṛk / aṃśāṃśenābhavat putro nāmnā śuka iti prabhuḥ

whose son, by a portion of a portion (of himself), was the god Mahādeva himself, the bearer of the Pināka, the lord named Śuka;

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KuP 1 32.13

यः स साक्षान्महादेवं सर्वभावेन शङ्करम् । प्रपन्नः परया भक्त्या यस्य तज्ज्ञानमैश्वरम्

yaḥ sa sākṣānmahādevaṃ sarvabhāvena śaṅkaram / prapannaḥ parayā bhaktyā yasya tajjñānamaiśvaram

he who has taken refuge, with his whole being and with supreme devotion, in Mahādeva Śaṅkara himself, whose is that lordly knowledge."

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KuP 1 32.14

ततः पाशुपताः सर्वे हृष्टसर्वतनूरुहाः । नेमुरव्यग्रमनसः प्रोचुः सत्यवतीसुतम्

tataḥ pāśupatāḥ sarve hṛṣṭasarvatanūruhāḥ / nemuravyagramanasaḥ procuḥ satyavatīsutam

Then all the Pāśupatas, the hairs of their bodies bristling with joy, bowed and, with untroubled minds, spoke to the son of Satyavatī:

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KuP 1 32.15

भगवन् भवता ज्ञातं विज्ञानं परमेष्ठिनः । प्रिसादाद् देवदेवस्य यत् तन्माहेश्वरं परम्

bhagavan bhavatā jñātaṃ vijñānaṃ parameṣṭhinaḥ / prisādād devadevasya yat tanmāheśvaraṃ param

"Venerable one, by you has been known the discriminative knowledge of the Highest One, that supreme (knowledge) of Maheśvara, through the grace of the god of gods.

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KuP 1 32.16

तद्वदास्माकमव्यक्तं रहस्यं गुह्यमुत्तमम् । क्षिप्रं पश्येम तं देवं श्रुत्वा भगवतो मुखात्

tadvadāsmākamavyaktaṃ rahasyaṃ guhyamuttamam / kṣipraṃ paśyema taṃ devaṃ śrutvā bhagavato mukhāt

So tell us that unmanifest, secret, supreme mystery; may we quickly see that god, having heard it from your venerable mouth."

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KuP 1 32.17

विसर्जयित्वा ताञ्छिष्यान् सुमन्तुप्रमुखांस्ततः । प्रोवाच तत्परं ज्ञानं योगिभ्यो योगवित्तमः

visarjayitvā tāñchiṣyān sumantupramukhāṃstataḥ / provāca tatparaṃ jñānaṃ yogibhyo yogavittamaḥ

Then, having dismissed those disciples headed by Sumantu, the best of the knowers of yoga declared that supreme knowledge to the yogins.

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KuP 1 32.18

तत्क्षणादेव विमलं संभूतं ज्योतिरुत्तमम् । लीनास्तत्रैव ते विप्राः क्षणादन्तरधीयत

tatkṣaṇādeva vimalaṃ saṃbhūtaṃ jyotiruttamam / līnāstatraiva te viprāḥ kṣaṇādantaradhīyata

That very instant a spotless, supreme light arose; those brahmins, merged in it there itself, in a moment vanished.

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KuP 1 32.19

ततः शिष्यान् समाहूय भगवान् ब्रह्मवित्तमः । प्रोवाच मध्यमेशस्य माहात्म्यं पैलपूर्वकान्

tataḥ śiṣyān samāhūya bhagavān brahmavittamaḥ / provāca madhyameśasya māhātmyaṃ pailapūrvakān

Then the venerable one, best of the knowers of brahman, calling his disciples headed by Paila, told (them) the greatness of Madhyameśa.

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KuP 1 32.20

अस्मिन् स्थाने स्वयं देवो देव्या सह महेश्वरः । रमते भगवान् नित्यं रुद्रैश्च परिवारितः

asmin sthāne svayaṃ devo devyā saha maheśvaraḥ / ramate bhagavān nityaṃ rudraiśca parivāritaḥ

"In this place the god Maheśvara himself, the Blessed One, ever delights together with the Goddess, surrounded by the Rudras.

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KuP 1 32.21

अत्र पूर्वं हृषीकेशो विश्वात्मा देवकीसुतः । उवास वत्सरं कृष्णः सदा पाशुपतैर्वृतः

atra pūrvaṃ hṛṣīkeśo viśvātmā devakīsutaḥ / uvāsa vatsaraṃ kṛṣṇaḥ sadā pāśupatairvṛtaḥ

Here formerly Hṛṣīkeśa, the self of all, Kṛṣṇa the son of Devakī, dwelt for a year, ever surrounded by Pāśupatas,

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KuP 1 32.22

भस्मोद्धूलितसर्वाङ्गो रुद्राध्ययनतत्परः । आराधयन् हरिः शंभुं कृत्वा पाशुपतं व्रतम्

bhasmoddhūlitasarvāṅgo rudrādhyayanatatparaḥ / ārādhayan hariḥ śaṃbhuṃ kṛtvā pāśupataṃ vratam

all his limbs dusted with ashes, intent upon the recitation of the Rudra (hymn); Hari propitiated Śambhu, having undertaken the Pāśupata vow.

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KuP 1 32.23

तस्य ते बहवः शिष्या ब्रह्मचर्यपरायणाः । लब्ध्वा तद्वचनाज्ज्ञानं दृष्टवन्तो महेश्वरम्

tasya te bahavaḥ śiṣyā brahmacaryaparāyaṇāḥ / labdhvā tadvacanājjñānaṃ dṛṣṭavanto maheśvaram

His many pupils, devoted to chastity, having obtained knowledge from his words, beheld Maheśvara.

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KuP 1 32.24

तस्य देवो महादेवः प्रत्यक्षं नीललोहितः । ददौ कृष्णास्य भगवान वरदो वरमुत्तमम्

tasya devo mahādevaḥ pratyakṣaṃ nīlalohitaḥ / dadau kṛṣṇāsya bhagavāna varado varamuttamam

To him the god Mahādeva, the blue-and-red one, (appearing) visibly, the Lord, the granter of boons, gave to Kṛṣṇa (Dvaipāyana) the highest boon.

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KuP 1 32.25

येर्ऽचयिष्यन्ति गोविन्दं मद्भक्ता विधिपूर्वकम् । तेषां तदैश्वरं ज्ञानमुत्पत्स्यति जगन्मय

yer'cayiṣyanti govindaṃ madbhaktā vidhipūrvakam / teṣāṃ tadaiśvaraṃ jñānamutpatsyati jaganmaya

"Those devotees of mine who will worship Govinda according to the rule — for them that knowledge of the Lord will arise, O you who are (identical with) the world."

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KuP 1 32.26

नमस्योर्ऽचयितव्यश्च ध्यातव्यो मत्परैर्जनैः । भविष्यसि न संदेहो मत्प्रसादाद् द्विजातिभिः

namasyor'cayitavyaśca dhyātavyo matparairjanaiḥ / bhaviṣyasi na saṃdeho matprasādād dvijātibhiḥ

"You shall become one to be saluted, to be worshipped, and to be meditated upon by people devoted to me, by the twice-born, through my grace; there is no doubt of it."

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KuP 1 32.27

ये ऽत्र द्रक्ष्यन्ति देवेशं स्नात्वा रुद्रं पिनाकिनम् । ब्रह्महत्यादिकं पापं तेषामाशु विनश्यति

ye 'tra drakṣyanti deveśaṃ snātvā rudraṃ pinākinam / brahmahatyādikaṃ pāpaṃ teṣāmāśu vinaśyati

"Those who, having bathed here, will behold Rudra, the lord of gods, bearer of the Pināka — their sin, beginning with the killing of a brahmin, is swiftly destroyed."

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KuP 1 32.28

प्राणांस्त्यजन्ति ये मर्त्याः पापकर्मरता अपि । ते यान्ति तत् परं स्थानं नात्र कार्या विचारणा

prāṇāṃstyajanti ye martyāḥ pāpakarmaratā api / te yānti tat paraṃ sthānaṃ nātra kāryā vicāraṇā

"Those mortals who give up their life-breaths here, even if they were given to evil deeds, go to that supreme abode; no deliberation is to be made about this."

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KuP 1 32.29

धन्यास्तु खलु ते विप्रा मन्दाकिन्यां कृतोदकाः । अर्चयन्ति महादेवं मध्यमेश्वरमीश्वरम्

dhanyāstu khalu te viprā mandākinyāṃ kṛtodakāḥ / arcayanti mahādevaṃ madhyameśvaramīśvaram

"Fortunate indeed are those brahmins who, having made their water-offering in the Mandākinī, worship Mahādeva, the Lord, (as) Madhyameśvara."

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KuP 1 32.30

स्नानं दानं तपः श्राद्धं पिण्डनिर्वपणं त्विह । एकैकशः कृतं विप्राः पुनात्यासप्तमं कुलम्

snānaṃ dānaṃ tapaḥ śrāddhaṃ piṇḍanirvapaṇaṃ tviha / ekaikaśaḥ kṛtaṃ viprāḥ punātyāsaptamaṃ kulam

"Bathing, giving, austerity, the śrāddha, and the offering of the piṇḍa here — each one of these, when performed, purifies the family up to the seventh (generation), O brahmins."

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KuP 1 32.31

संनिहत्यामुपस्पृश्य राहुग्रस्ते दिवाकरे । यत् फलं लभते मर्त्यस्तस्माद् दशगुणं त्विह

saṃnihatyāmupaspṛśya rāhugraste divākare / yat phalaṃ labhate martyastasmād daśaguṇaṃ tviha

"Whatever fruit a mortal obtains by touching (the water) at Saṃnihatī when the sun is seized by Rāhu, ten times that (is obtained) here."

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KuP 1 32.32

एवमुक्त्वा महायोगी मध्यमेशान्ति के प्रभुः । उवास सुचिरं कालं पूजयन् वै महेश्वरम्

evamuktvā mahāyogī madhyameśānti ke prabhuḥ / uvāsa suciraṃ kālaṃ pūjayan vai maheśvaram

Having spoken thus, the great yogin, the lord, dwelt for a very long time near Madhyameśa, worshipping Maheśvara.

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