Kurma Purana — Purva Vibhaga — Chapter 6
KuP 1 6.1
श्रीकूर्म उवाच आसीदेकार्णवं घोरमविभागं तमोमयम् । शान्तवातादिकं सर्वं न प्रज्ञायत किञ्चन
śrīkūrma uvāca āsīdekārṇavaṃ ghoramavibhāgaṃ tamomayam / śāntavātādikaṃ sarvaṃ na prajñāyata kiñcana
The blessed Kūrma said: There was a single terrible ocean, undivided, made of darkness; everything was without wind and the rest; nothing whatever was perceived.
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KuP 1 6.2
एकार्णवे तदा तस्मिन् नष्टे स्थावरजङ्गमे । तदा समभवद् ब्रह्मा सहस्त्राक्षः सहस्त्रपात्
ekārṇave tadā tasmin naṣṭe sthāvarajaṅgame / tadā samabhavad brahmā sahastrākṣaḥ sahastrapāt
Then, when all that moves and does not move had perished, in that single ocean, Brahmā came into being, thousand-eyed, thousand-footed,
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KuP 1 6.3
सहस्त्रशीर्षा पुरुषो रुक्मवर्णस्त्वतीन्द्रियः । ब्रह्मा नारायणाख्यस्तु सुष्वाप सलिले तदा
sahastraśīrṣā puruṣo rukmavarṇastvatīndriyaḥ / brahmā nārāyaṇākhyastu suṣvāpa salile tadā
a thousand-headed Person, gold-coloured, beyond the senses; and that Brahmā, named Nārāyaṇa, then slept upon the water.
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KuP 1 6.4
इमं चोदाहरन्त्यत्र श्लोकं नारायणं प्रति । ब्रह्मस्वरूपिणं देवं जगतः प्रभवाप्ययम्
imaṃ codāharantyatra ślokaṃ nārāyaṇaṃ prati / brahmasvarūpiṇaṃ devaṃ jagataḥ prabhavāpyayam
And here they recite this verse with reference to Nārāyaṇa, the god whose form is brahman, the origin and the dissolution of the world:
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KuP 1 6.5
आपो नारा इति प्रोक्ता नाम्ना पूर्वमिति श्रुतिः । अयनं तस्य ता यस्मात् तेन नारायणः स्मृतः
āpo nārā iti proktā nāmnā pūrvamiti śrutiḥ / ayanaṃ tasya tā yasmāt tena nārāyaṇaḥ smṛtaḥ
"The waters were formerly called by the name 'nārāḥ'" — so runs the śruti; since they are his resting-place (ayana), he is for that reason known as Nārāyaṇa.
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KuP 1 6.6
तुल्यं युगसहस्त्रस्य नैशं कालमुपास्य सः । शर्वर्यन्ते प्रकुरुते ब्रह्मत्वं सर्गकारणात्
tulyaṃ yugasahastrasya naiśaṃ kālamupāsya saḥ / śarvaryante prakurute brahmatvaṃ sargakāraṇāt
Having passed the time of night, equal to a thousand yugas, at the end of the night he takes on the state of Brahmā, for the sake of creation.
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KuP 1 6.7
ततस्तु सलिले तस्मिन् विज्ञायान्तर्गतां महीम् । अनुमानात् तदुद्धारं कर्तुकामः प्रजापतिः
tatastu salile tasmin vijñāyāntargatāṃ mahīm / anumānāt taduddhāraṃ kartukāmaḥ prajāpatiḥ
Then, having perceived by inference that the earth lay within those waters, the Lord of creatures wished to lift it up.
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KuP 1 6.8
जलक्रीडासु रुचिरं वाराहं रुपमास्थितः । अधृष्यं मनसाप्यन्यैर्वाङ्मयं ब्रह्मसंज्ञितम्
jalakrīḍāsu ruciraṃ vārāhaṃ rupamāsthitaḥ / adhṛṣyaṃ manasāpyanyairvāṅmayaṃ brahmasaṃjñitam
He took on the form of a boar, delightful in water-sports, unassailable even in thought by others, made of speech, called Brahman.
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KuP 1 6.9
पृथिव्युद्धरणार्थाय प्रविश्य च रसातलम् । दंष्ट्रयाभ्युज्जहारैनामात्माधारो धराधरः
pṛthivyuddharaṇārthāya praviśya ca rasātalam / daṃṣṭrayābhyujjahāraināmātmādhāro dharādharaḥ
And for the sake of lifting up the earth he entered the nether region, and, himself the support, the upholder of the earth, he raised her up with his tusk.
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KuP 1 6.10
दृष्ट्वा दंष्ट्राग्रविन्यस्तां पृथिवीं प्रथितपौरुषम् । अस्तुवञ्जनलोकस्थाः सिद्धा ब्रह्मर्षयो हरिम्
dṛṣṭvā daṃṣṭrāgravinyastāṃ pṛthivīṃ prathitapauruṣam / astuvañjanalokasthāḥ siddhā brahmarṣayo harim
Seeing the earth set on the tip of his tusk, the Siddhas and Brahmā-seers dwelling in the Jana world praised Hari of far-famed manhood.
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KuP 1 6.11
ऋषय ऊचुः नमस्ते देवदेवाय ब्रह्मणे परमेष्ठिने । पुरुषाय पुराणाय शाश्वताय जयाय च
ṛṣaya ūcuḥ namaste devadevāya brahmaṇe parameṣṭhine / puruṣāya purāṇāya śāśvatāya jayāya ca
The seers said: Homage to you, god of gods, to Brahman, to the highest one, to the Person, the ancient, the everlasting, and to Victory.
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KuP 1 6.12
नमः स्वयंभुवे तुभ्यं स्त्रष्ट्रे सर्वार्थवेदिने । नमो हिरण्यगर्भाय वेधसे परमात्मने
namaḥ svayaṃbhuve tubhyaṃ straṣṭre sarvārthavedine / namo hiraṇyagarbhāya vedhase paramātmane
Homage to you, the self-existent, the creator, knower of all things; homage to Hiraṇyagarbha, to the ordainer, to the supreme Self.
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KuP 1 6.13
नमस्ते वासुदेवाय विष्णवे विश्वयोनये । नारायणाय देवाय देवानां हितकारिणे
namaste vāsudevāya viṣṇave viśvayonaye / nārāyaṇāya devāya devānāṃ hitakāriṇe
Homage to you, Vāsudeva, to Viṣṇu, the womb of the universe, to the god Nārāyaṇa, doer of good to the gods.
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KuP 1 6.14
नमो ऽस्तु ते चतुर्वक्त्रे शार्ङ्गचक्रासिधारिणे । सर्वभूतात्मभूताय कूटस्थाय नमो नमः
namo 'stu te caturvaktre śārṅgacakrāsidhāriṇe / sarvabhūtātmabhūtāya kūṭasthāya namo namaḥ
Homage be to you, the four-faced, bearer of the Śārṅga bow, the discus and the sword; to him who is the self of all beings, to the one standing unmoved at the summit, homage, homage.
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KuP 1 6.15
नमो वेदरहस्याय नमस्ते वेदयोनये । नमो बुद्धाय शुद्धाय नमस्ते ज्ञानरूपिणे
namo vedarahasyāya namaste vedayonaye / namo buddhāya śuddhāya namaste jñānarūpiṇe
Homage to the secret of the Vedas, homage to you, the source of the Vedas; homage to the awakened, the pure; homage to you whose form is knowledge.
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KuP 1 6.16
नमो ऽस्त्वानन्दरूपाय साक्षिणे जगतां नमः । अनन्तायाप्रमेयाय कार्याय करणाय च
namo 'stvānandarūpāya sākṣiṇe jagatāṃ namaḥ / anantāyāprameyāya kāryāya karaṇāya ca
Homage be to him whose form is bliss; homage to the witness of the worlds; to the endless, the immeasurable, to the effect and to the cause.
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KuP 1 6.17
नमस्ते पञ्चबूताय पञ्चभूतात्मने नमः । नमो मूलप्रकृतये मायारूपाय ते नमः
namaste pañcabūtāya pañcabhūtātmane namaḥ / namo mūlaprakṛtaye māyārūpāya te namaḥ
Homage to you who are the five elements, homage to the self of the five elements; homage to the root nature (mūlaprakṛti), homage to you whose form is māyā.
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KuP 1 6.18
नमो ऽस्तु ते वराहाय नमस्ते मत्स्यरूपिणे । नमो योगाधिगम्याय नमः सकर्षणाय ते
namo 'stu te varāhāya namaste matsyarūpiṇe / namo yogādhigamyāya namaḥ sakarṣaṇāya te
Homage be to you the boar, homage to you in the form of a fish; homage to him who is to be reached by yoga, homage to you, Saṃkarṣaṇa.
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KuP 1 6.19
नमस्त्रिमूर्तये तुभ्यं त्रिधाम्ने दिव्यतेजसे । नमः सिद्धाय पूज्याय गुणत्रयविभाविने
namastrimūrtaye tubhyaṃ tridhāmne divyatejase / namaḥ siddhāya pūjyāya guṇatrayavibhāvine
Homage to you of the three forms, of the three abodes, of divine radiance; homage to the perfected one, the one to be worshipped, who brings forth the three qualities.
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KuP 1 6.20
तमो ऽस्त्वादित्यवर्णाय नमस्ते पद्मयोनये । नमो ऽमूर्ताय मूर्ताय माधवाय नमो नमः
tamo 'stvādityavarṇāya namaste padmayonaye / namo 'mūrtāya mūrtāya mādhavāya namo namaḥ
Let there be homage to the one whose colour is that of the sun; homage to you, the lotus-born; homage to the formless, to the formed; to Mādhava homage, homage.
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KuP 1 6.21
त्वयैव सृष्टमखिलं त्वय्येव लयमेष्यति । पालयैतज्जगत् सर्वं त्राता त्वं शरणं गति
tvayaiva sṛṣṭamakhilaṃ tvayyeva layameṣyati / pālayaitajjagat sarvaṃ trātā tvaṃ śaraṇaṃ gati
By you alone was everything created, and in you alone will it come to dissolution; protect this whole world—you are the saviour, the refuge, the goal.
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KuP 1 6.22
इत्थं स भगवान् विष्णुः सनकाद्यैरभिष्टुतः । प्रसादमकरोत् तेषां वराहवपुरीश्वरः
itthaṃ sa bhagavān viṣṇuḥ sanakādyairabhiṣṭutaḥ / prasādamakarot teṣāṃ varāhavapurīśvaraḥ
Thus that Lord Viṣṇu, praised by Sanaka and the others, the Lord in the boar's body, showed them his favour.
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KuP 1 6.23
ततः संस्थानमानीय पृथिवीं पृथिवीपतिः । मुमोच रूपं मनसा धारयित्वा प्रिजापतिः
tataḥ saṃsthānamānīya pṛthivīṃ pṛthivīpatiḥ / mumoca rūpaṃ manasā dhārayitvā prijāpatiḥ
Then, having brought the earth to (its proper) position, the lord of the earth, the Lord of Creatures, held the form in his mind and let it go.
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KuP 1 6.24
तस्योपरि जलौघस्य महती नौरिव स्थिता । विततत्वाच्च देहस्य न मही याति संप्लवम्
tasyopari jalaughasya mahatī nauriva sthitā / vitatatvācca dehasya na mahī yāti saṃplavam
Upon that flood of water she stood like a great ship, and because his body was spread out wide the earth does not go under.
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KuP 1 6.25
पृथिवीं तु समीकृत्य पृथिव्यां सो ऽचिनोद् गिरीन् । प्राक्सर्गदग्धानखिलांस्ततः सर्गे ऽदधन्मनः
pṛthivīṃ tu samīkṛtya pṛthivyāṃ so 'cinod girīn / prāksargadagdhānakhilāṃstataḥ sarge 'dadhanmanaḥ
Having levelled the earth, he piled up on the earth the mountains, all of them, that had been burnt up in the previous creation; then he set his mind on creation.
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