Kurma Purana — Purva Vibhaga — Chapter 42
KuP 1 42.1
सूत उवाच ध्रुवादूर्ध्वं महर्लोकः कोटियोजनविस्तृतः । कल्पाधिकारिणस्तत्र संस्थिता द्विजपुङ्गवाः
sūta uvāca dhruvādūrdhvaṃ maharlokaḥ koṭiyojanavistṛtaḥ / kalpādhikāriṇastatra saṃsthitā dvijapuṅgavāḥ
Sūta said: Above Dhruva is Maharloka, extending ten million yojanas; there, O best of the twice-born, are established those who hold office for the kalpa.
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KuP 1 42.2
जनलोको महर्लोकात् तथा कोटिद्वयातमकः । सनन्दनादयस्तत्र संस्थिता ब्रह्मणः सुताः
janaloko maharlokāt tathā koṭidvayātamakaḥ / sanandanādayastatra saṃsthitā brahmaṇaḥ sutāḥ
Janaloka is twenty million (yojanas) from Maharloka; there are established Sanandana and the other sons of Brahmā.
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KuP 1 42.3
जलोकात् तपोलोकः कोटित्रयसमन्वितः । वैराजास्तत्र वै देवाः स्थिता दाहविवर्जिताः
jalokāt tapolokaḥ koṭitrayasamanvitaḥ / vairājāstatra vai devāḥ sthitā dāhavivarjitāḥ
Above the Jana world is the Tapas world, comprising three crores (of leagues); there dwell the Vairāja gods, exempt from burning.
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KuP 1 42.4
प्राजापत्यात् सत्यलोकः कोटिषट्केन संयुतः । अपुनर्मारकास्तत्र ब्रह्मलोकस्तु स स्मृतः
prājāpatyāt satyalokaḥ koṭiṣaṭkena saṃyutaḥ / apunarmārakāstatra brahmalokastu sa smṛtaḥ
Above the Prājāpatya (world) is the Satya world, joined with six crores; there (the beings) do not die again, and that is called the Brahmā world.
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KuP 1 42.5
अत्र लोकगुरुर्ब्रह्मा विश्वात्मा विश्वतोमुखः । आस्ते स योगिभिर्नित्यं पीत्वा योगामृतं परम्
atra lokagururbrahmā viśvātmā viśvatomukhaḥ / āste sa yogibhirnityaṃ pītvā yogāmṛtaṃ param
There Brahmā, the teacher of the worlds, the self of all, facing every direction, abides constantly with the yogins, having drunk the supreme nectar of yoga.
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KuP 1 42.6
विशन्ति यतयः शान्ता नैष्ठिका ब्रह्मचारिणः । योगिनस्तापसाः सिद्धा जापकाः परमेष्ठिनम्
viśanti yatayaḥ śāntā naiṣṭhikā brahmacāriṇaḥ / yoginastāpasāḥ siddhā jāpakāḥ parameṣṭhinam
Ascetics who are tranquil, lifelong celibates, yogins, practitioners of austerity, siddhas, and reciters of prayers enter Parameṣṭhin.
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KuP 1 42.7
द्वारं तद्योगिनामेकं गच्छतां परमं पदम् । तत्र गत्वा न शोचन्ति स विष्णुः स च शङ्करः
dvāraṃ tadyogināmekaṃ gacchatāṃ paramaṃ padam / tatra gatvā na śocanti sa viṣṇuḥ sa ca śaṅkaraḥ
That is the one door for yogins who go to the highest state; having gone there they do not grieve — he is Viṣṇu and he is Śaṅkara.
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KuP 1 42.8
सूर्यकोटिप्रतीकाशं पुरं तस्य दुरासदम् । न मे वर्णयितुं शक्यं ज्वालामालासमाकुलम्
sūryakoṭipratīkāśaṃ puraṃ tasya durāsadam / na me varṇayituṃ śakyaṃ jvālāmālāsamākulam
His city, resembling ten million suns, hard to approach, thronged with garlands of flame, cannot be described by me.
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KuP 1 42.9
तत्र नारायणस्यापि भवनं ब्रह्मणः पुरे । शेते तत्र हरिः श्रीमान् मायी मायामयः परः
tatra nārāyaṇasyāpi bhavanaṃ brahmaṇaḥ pure / śete tatra hariḥ śrīmān māyī māyāmayaḥ paraḥ
There too, in Brahmā's city, is the dwelling of Nārāyaṇa; there sleeps the glorious Hari, possessed of māyā, made of māyā, supreme.
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KuP 1 42.10
स विष्णुलोकः कथितः पुनरावृत्तिवर्जितः । यान्ति तत्र महात्मानो ये प्रपन्ना जनार्दनम्
sa viṣṇulokaḥ kathitaḥ punarāvṛttivarjitaḥ / yānti tatra mahātmāno ye prapannā janārdanam
That is declared to be the Viṣṇu world, free from returning again; there go the great-souled ones who have taken refuge in Janārdana.
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KuP 1 42.11
ऊर्ध्वं तद् ब्रह्मसदनात् पुरं ज्योतिर्मयं शुभम् । वह्निना च परिक्षिप्तं तत्रास्ते भगवान् भवः
ūrdhvaṃ tad brahmasadanāt puraṃ jyotirmayaṃ śubham / vahninā ca parikṣiptaṃ tatrāste bhagavān bhavaḥ
Above that abode of Brahmā is an auspicious city made of light, encircled by fire; there dwells the lord Bhava.
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KuP 1 42.12
देव्या सह महादेवश्चिन्त्यमानो मनीषिभिः । योगिभिः शतसाहस्त्रैर्भूतै रुद्रैश्च संवृतः
devyā saha mahādevaścintyamāno manīṣibhiḥ / yogibhiḥ śatasāhastrairbhūtai rudraiśca saṃvṛtaḥ
There Mahādeva, together with the Goddess, is meditated upon by the wise, surrounded by hundreds of thousands of yogins, by spirits, and by Rudras.
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KuP 1 42.13
तत्र ते यान्ति नियता द्विजा वै ब्रह्मचारिणः । मदादेवपराः शान्तास्तापसा ब्रह्मवादिनः
tatra te yānti niyatā dvijā vai brahmacāriṇaḥ / madādevaparāḥ śāntāstāpasā brahmavādinaḥ
There go those disciplined twice-born celibates, devoted to Mahādeva, tranquil, practitioners of austerity, expounders of Brahman —
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KuP 1 42.14
निर्ममा निरहङ्काराः कामक्रोधविवर्जिताः । द्रक्ष्यन्ति ब्रह्मणा युक्ता रुद्रलोकः स वै स्मृतः
nirmamā nirahaṅkārāḥ kāmakrodhavivarjitāḥ / drakṣyanti brahmaṇā yuktā rudralokaḥ sa vai smṛtaḥ
free of possessiveness, free of egoism, rid of desire and anger, they will behold (him), joined with Brahman; that is known as the Rudra world.
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KuP 1 42.15
एते सप्त महालोकाः पृथिव्याः परिकीर्तिताः । महातलादयश्चाधः पातालाः सन्ति वै द्विजाः
ete sapta mahālokāḥ pṛthivyāḥ parikīrtitāḥ / mahātalādayaścādhaḥ pātālāḥ santi vai dvijāḥ
These seven great worlds have been declared (to be) above the earth; and below there are the nether regions, Mahātala and the rest, O twice-born ones.
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KuP 1 42.16
महातलं च पातालं सर्वरत्नोपशोभितम् । प्रासादैर्विविधैः शुभ्रैर्देवतायतनैर्युतम्
mahātalaṃ ca pātālaṃ sarvaratnopaśobhitam / prāsādairvividhaiḥ śubhrairdevatāyatanairyutam
And Mahātala is a nether region adorned with all manner of jewels, furnished with various gleaming white palaces and with temples of the gods.
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KuP 1 42.17
अनन्तेन च संयुक्तं मुचुकुन्देन धीमता । नृपेण बलिना चैव पातालस्वर्गवासिना
anantena ca saṃyuktaṃ mucukundena dhīmatā / nṛpeṇa balinā caiva pātālasvargavāsinā
And it is joined with Ananta, with the wise Mucukunda, and with the mighty king Bali, who dwells in the heaven that is the nether world.
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KuP 1 42.18
शैलं रसातलं विप्राः शार्करं हि तलातलम् । पीतं सुतलमित्युक्तं नितलं विद्रुमप्रभम् । सितं हि वितलं प्रोक्तं तलं चैव सितेतरम्
śailaṃ rasātalaṃ viprāḥ śārkaraṃ hi talātalam / pītaṃ sutalamityuktaṃ nitalaṃ vidrumaprabham / sitaṃ hi vitalaṃ proktaṃ talaṃ caiva sitetaram
Rasātala is of rock, O brahmins, and Talātala is of gravel; Sutala is called yellow, Nitala has the sheen of coral; Vitala is said to be white, and Tala is other than white.
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KuP 1 42.19
सुपर्णेन मुनिश्रेष्ठास्तथा वासुकिना शुभम् । रसातलमिति ख्यातं तथान्यैश्च निषेवितम्
suparṇena muniśreṣṭhāstathā vāsukinā śubham / rasātalamiti khyātaṃ tathānyaiśca niṣevitam
O best of sages, that fair (region) known as Rasātala is frequented by Suparṇa and likewise by Vāsuki, and by others too.
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KuP 1 42.20
विरोचनहिरण्याक्षतक्षकाद्यैश्च सेवितम् । तलातलमिति ख्यातं सर्वशोभासमन्वितम्
virocanahiraṇyākṣatakṣakādyaiśca sevitam / talātalamiti khyātaṃ sarvaśobhāsamanvitam
Attended by Virocana, Hiraṇyākṣa, Takṣaka and the rest, (that region) is known as Talātala, endowed with every beauty.
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KuP 1 42.21
वैनतेयादिभिश्चैव कालनेमिपुरोगमैः । पूर्वदेवैः समाकीर्णं सुतलं च तथापरैः
vainateyādibhiścaiva kālanemipurogamaiḥ / pūrvadevaiḥ samākīrṇaṃ sutalaṃ ca tathāparaiḥ
And Sutala is thronged by Vainateya and the others, by the ancient gods led by Kālanemi, and likewise by still others.
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KuP 1 42.22
नितलं यवनाद्यैश्च तारकाग्निमुखैस्तथा । महान्तकाद्यैर्नागैश्च प्रह्मादेनासुरेण च
nitalaṃ yavanādyaiśca tārakāgnimukhaistathā / mahāntakādyairnāgaiśca prahmādenāsureṇa ca
Nitala (is inhabited) by the Yavanas and others, by Tāraka and Agnimukha, and by the serpents Mahāntaka and the rest, and by the demon Prahlāda.
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KuP 1 42.23
वितलं चैव विख्यातं कम्बलाहीन्द्रसेवितम् । महाजम्भेन वीरेण हयग्रीवेण वै तथा
vitalaṃ caiva vikhyātaṃ kambalāhīndrasevitam / mahājambhena vīreṇa hayagrīveṇa vai tathā
And Vitala is renowned, frequented by Kambala, lord of serpents, and by the hero Mahājambha and by Hayagrīva as well,
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KuP 1 42.24
शङ्कुकर्णेन संभिन्नं तथा नमुचिपूर्वकैः । तथान्यैर्विवधैर्नागैस्तलं चैव सुशोभनम्
śaṅkukarṇena saṃbhinnaṃ tathā namucipūrvakaiḥ / tathānyairvivadhairnāgaistalaṃ caiva suśobhanam
and thronged by Śaṅkukarṇa, and by those headed by Namuci, and by various other serpents; and Tala too is very beautiful.
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KuP 1 42.25
तेषामधस्तान्नरका मायाद्याः परिकीर्तिताः । पापिनस्तेषु पच्यन्ते न ते वर्णयितुं क्षमाः
teṣāmadhastānnarakā māyādyāḥ parikīrtitāḥ / pāpinasteṣu pacyante na te varṇayituṃ kṣamāḥ
Below them the hells, beginning with Māyā, are proclaimed; sinners are cooked in them—they are not (such as) can be described.
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KuP 1 42.26
पातालानामधश्चास्ते शेषाख्या वैष्णवी तनुः । कालाग्निरुद्रो योगात्मा नारसिंहो ऽपि माधवः
pātālānāmadhaścāste śeṣākhyā vaiṣṇavī tanuḥ / kālāgnirudro yogātmā nārasiṃho 'pi mādhavaḥ
And below the netherworlds abides the Vaiṣṇava body called Śeṣa: Kālāgnirudra, whose self is yoga, Mādhava also as the man-lion.
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KuP 1 42.27
यो ऽनन्तः पठ्येते देवो नागरूपी जनार्दनः । तदाधारमिदं सर्वं स कालाग्निमपाश्रितः
yo 'nantaḥ paṭhyete devo nāgarūpī janārdanaḥ / tadādhāramidaṃ sarvaṃ sa kālāgnimapāśritaḥ
He who is recited as the god Ananta, Janārdana in serpent form—this whole (world) has him for its support, and he rests upon the fire of time.
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KuP 1 42.28
तमाविश्य महायोगी कालस्तद्वदनोत्थितः । विषज्वालामयो ऽन्ते ऽसौ जगत् संहरति स्वयम्
tamāviśya mahāyogī kālastadvadanotthitaḥ / viṣajvālāmayo 'nte 'sau jagat saṃharati svayam
Having entered him, the great yogin Time, risen from his mouth, consisting of the flame of (his) venom, himself at the end withdraws the world.
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KuP 1 42.29
सहस्त्रमायो ऽप्रतिमः संहर्ता शङ्करोद्भवः । तामसी शांभवी मूर्तिः कालो लोकप्रकालनः
sahastramāyo 'pratimaḥ saṃhartā śaṅkarodbhavaḥ / tāmasī śāṃbhavī mūrtiḥ kālo lokaprakālanaḥ
Of a thousand illusions, without likeness, the destroyer, arisen from Śaṅkara—the dark Śāṃbhava form, Time, the driver-on of the worlds.
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