Kurma Purana — Upari Vibhaga — Chapter 41
KuP 2 41.1
सूत उवाच इदं त्रैलोक्यविख्यातं तीर्थं नैमिशमुत्तमम् । महादेवप्रियकरं महापातकनाशनम्
sūta uvāca idaṃ trailokyavikhyātaṃ tīrthaṃ naimiśamuttamam / mahādevapriyakaraṃ mahāpātakanāśanam
Sūta said: This is that excellent Naimiśa holy place, renowned in the three worlds, which gives pleasure to Mahādeva and destroys great sins.
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KuP 2 41.2
महादेवं दिदृक्षूणामृषीणणां परमेष्ठिनाम् । ब्रहामणा निर्मितं स्थानं तपस्तप्तुं द्विजोत्तमाः
mahādevaṃ didṛkṣūṇāmṛṣīṇaṇāṃ parameṣṭhinām / brahāmaṇā nirmitaṃ sthānaṃ tapastaptuṃ dvijottamāḥ
It is a place fashioned by Brahmā, O best of twice-born, for the highest-placed sages who wished to see Mahādeva, so that they might perform austerity.
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KuP 2 41.3
मरीचयो ऽत्रयो विप्रा वसिष्ठाः क्रतवस्तथा । भृगवो ऽङ्गिरसः पूर्वा ब्रह्माणं कमलोद्भवम्
marīcayo 'trayo viprā vasiṣṭhāḥ kratavastathā / bhṛgavo 'ṅgirasaḥ pūrvā brahmāṇaṃ kamalodbhavam
The Marīcis, the Atris, the Vasiṣṭhas, the Kratus, the Bhṛgus, the Aṅgirases — those brahmins of old (approached) Brahmā, born of the lotus,
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KuP 2 41.4
समेत्य सर्ववरदं चतुर्मूर्ति चतुर्मुखम् । पृच्छन्ति प्रणिपत्यैनं विश्वकर्माणमच्युतम्
sametya sarvavaradaṃ caturmūrti caturmukham / pṛcchanti praṇipatyainaṃ viśvakarmāṇamacyutam
having come together, and bowing to him, the giver of all boons, of four forms and four faces, the maker of all, the imperishable, they ask (him):
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KuP 2 41.5
षट्कुलीया ऊचुः भगवन् देवमीशानं भर्गमेकं कपर्दिनम् । केनोपायेन पश्यामो ब्रूहि देवनमस्कृतम्
ṣaṭkulīyā ūcuḥ bhagavan devamīśānaṃ bhargamekaṃ kapardinam / kenopāyena paśyāmo brūhi devanamaskṛtam
The six families said: O Lord, by what means may we see the god Īśāna, the one Bharga, the wearer of matted hair? Tell (us), O you to whom the gods bow.
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KuP 2 41.6
ब्रह्मोवाच सत्रं सहस्रमासध्वं वाङ्मनोदोषवर्जिताः । देशं च वः प्रवक्ष्यामि यस्मिन् देशे चरिष्यथ
brahmovāca satraṃ sahasramāsadhvaṃ vāṅmanodoṣavarjitāḥ / deśaṃ ca vaḥ pravakṣyāmi yasmin deśe cariṣyatha
Brahmā said: Perform a sacrificial session for a thousand (years), free from faults of speech and mind; and I shall tell you the region in which you shall dwell.
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KuP 2 41.7
उक्त्वा मनोमयं चक्रं स सृष्ट्वा तानुवाच ह । क्षिप्तमेतन्मया चक्रमनुव्रजत मा चिरम् । यत्रास्य नेमिः शीर्येत स देशः पुरुषर्षभाः
uktvā manomayaṃ cakraṃ sa sṛṣṭvā tānuvāca ha / kṣiptametanmayā cakramanuvrajata mā ciram / yatrāsya nemiḥ śīryeta sa deśaḥ puruṣarṣabhāḥ
Having spoken, he created a wheel made of mind and said to them: "This wheel has been hurled by me; follow it without delay. Where its rim breaks apart, that is the region, O bulls among men."
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KuP 2 41.8
ततो मुमोच तच्चक्रं ते च तत्समनुव्रजन् । तस्य वै व्रजतः क्षिप्रं यत्र नेमिरशीर्यत । नैमिसं तत्स्मृतं नाम्ना पुण्यं सर्वत्र पूजितम्
tato mumoca taccakraṃ te ca tatsamanuvrajan / tasya vai vrajataḥ kṣipraṃ yatra nemiraśīryata / naimisaṃ tatsmṛtaṃ nāmnā puṇyaṃ sarvatra pūjitam
Then he released that wheel, and they followed after it; as it went swiftly, where its rim broke apart — that is remembered by the name Naimiśa, holy and honored everywhere.
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KuP 2 41.9
सिद्धचारणसंकीर्णं यक्षगन्धर्वसेवितम् । स्थानं भगवतः शंभोरेतन्नैमिशमुत्तमम्
siddhacāraṇasaṃkīrṇaṃ yakṣagandharvasevitam / sthānaṃ bhagavataḥ śaṃbhoretannaimiśamuttamam
Thronged with siddhas and cāraṇas, frequented by yakṣas and gandharvas, this excellent Naimiśa is the abode of the Lord Śambhu.
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KuP 2 41.10
अत्र देवाः सगन्धर्वाः सयक्षोरगराक्षसाः । तपस्तप्त्वा पुरा देवा लेभिरे प्रवरान् वरान्
atra devāḥ sagandharvāḥ sayakṣoragarākṣasāḥ / tapastaptvā purā devā lebhire pravarān varān
Here of old the gods, together with gandharvas, yakṣas, serpents and rākṣasas — the gods, having performed austerities, obtained the finest boons.
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KuP 2 41.11
इमं देशं समाश्रित्य षट्कुलीयाः समाहिताः । सत्रेणाराध्य देवेशं दृष्टवन्तो महेश्वरम्
imaṃ deśaṃ samāśritya ṣaṭkulīyāḥ samāhitāḥ / satreṇārādhya deveśaṃ dṛṣṭavanto maheśvaram
Resorting to this region, the men of the six families, with concentrated minds, propitiated the lord of gods by a sacrificial session and beheld Maheśvara.
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KuP 2 41.12
अत्र दानं तपस्तप्तं स्नानं जप्यादिकं च यत् । एकैकं पावयेत् पापं सप्तजन्मकृतं द्विजाः
atra dānaṃ tapastaptaṃ snānaṃ japyādikaṃ ca yat / ekaikaṃ pāvayet pāpaṃ saptajanmakṛtaṃ dvijāḥ
Whatever gift (is given) here, austerity practised, bathing, muttering of prayers and the rest — each single one, O twice-born, purifies sin committed in seven births.
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KuP 2 41.13
अत्र पूर्वं स भगवानृषीणां सत्रमासताम् । प्रोवाच वायुर्ब्रह्माण्डं पुराणं ब्रह्मभाषितम्
atra pūrvaṃ sa bhagavānṛṣīṇāṃ satramāsatām / provāca vāyurbrahmāṇḍaṃ purāṇaṃ brahmabhāṣitam
Here formerly the lord Vāyu recited the Brahmāṇḍa Purāṇa, spoken by Brahmā, to the sages who were seated at a sacrificial session.
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KuP 2 41.14
अत्र देवो महादेवो रुद्राण्या किल विश्वकृत् । रमते ऽध्यापि भगवान् प्रमथैः परिवारितः
atra devo mahādevo rudrāṇyā kila viśvakṛt / ramate 'dhyāpi bhagavān pramathaiḥ parivāritaḥ
Here indeed the god Mahādeva, the maker of the universe, the Lord, still today takes his pleasure with Rudrāṇī, surrounded by the pramathas.
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KuP 2 41.15
अत्र प्राणान् परित्यज्य नियमेन द्विजातयः । ब्रह्मलोकं गमिष्यन्ति यत्र गत्वा न जायते
atra prāṇān parityajya niyamena dvijātayaḥ / brahmalokaṃ gamiṣyanti yatra gatvā na jāyate
Here twice-born men who give up their life-breaths under (religious) restraint will go to the world of Brahmā, going where one is not born (again).
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KuP 2 41.16
अन्यच्च तीर्थप्रवरं जाप्येश्वरमितिश्रुतम् । जजाप रुद्रमनिशं यत्र नन्दी महागणः
anyacca tīrthapravaraṃ jāpyeśvaramitiśrutam / jajāpa rudramaniśaṃ yatra nandī mahāgaṇaḥ
And there is another most excellent sacred ford, known as Jāpyeśvara, where Nandin, the great gaṇa, ceaselessly muttered (the name of) Rudra.
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KuP 2 41.17
प्रीतस्तस्य महादेवो देव्या सह पिनाकधृक् । ददावात्मसमानत्वं मृत्युवञ्चनमेव च
prītastasya mahādevo devyā saha pinākadhṛk / dadāvātmasamānatvaṃ mṛtyuvañcanameva ca
Pleased with him, Mahādeva, the bearer of the Pināka, together with the Goddess, granted him equality with himself and also the cheating of death.
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KuP 2 41.18
अभूदृषिः स धर्मात्मा शिलादो नाम धर्मवित् । आराधयन्महादेवं पुत्रार्थं वृषभध्वजम्
abhūdṛṣiḥ sa dharmātmā śilādo nāma dharmavit / ārādhayanmahādevaṃ putrārthaṃ vṛṣabhadhvajam
There was a righteous seer, knower of dharma, named Śilāda; he propitiated Mahādeva, the bull-bannered one, for the sake of a son.
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KuP 2 41.19
तस्य वर्षसहस्रान्ते तप्यमानस्य विश्वकृत् । शर्वः सोमो गणवृतो वरदो ऽस्मीत्यभाषत
tasya varṣasahasrānte tapyamānasya viśvakṛt / śarvaḥ somo gaṇavṛto varado 'smītyabhāṣata
At the end of a thousand years, while he was practising austerity, the maker of the universe, Śarva, accompanied by Umā and surrounded by his gaṇas, said: "I am the giver of boons."
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KuP 2 41.20
स वव्रे वरमीशानं वरेण्यं गिरिजापतिम् । अयोनिजं मृत्युहीनं देहि पुत्रं त्वया समम्
sa vavre varamīśānaṃ vareṇyaṃ girijāpatim / ayonijaṃ mṛtyuhīnaṃ dehi putraṃ tvayā samam
He chose as his boon (of) Īśāna, the choiceworthy husband of the mountain's daughter: "Give me a son not born from a womb, free from death, equal to you."
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KuP 2 41.21
तथास्त्वित्याह भगवान् देव्या सह महेश्वरः । पश्यतस्तस्य विप्रर्षेरन्तर्धानं गतो हरः
tathāstvityāha bhagavān devyā saha maheśvaraḥ / paśyatastasya viprarṣerantardhānaṃ gato haraḥ
"So be it," said the Lord Maheśvara together with the Goddess; and while that brahmin-seer looked on, Hara vanished.
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KuP 2 41.22
ततो यियक्षुः स्वां भूमिं शिलादो धर्मवित्तमः । चकर्ष लाङ्गलेनोर्व्ॐ भित्त्वादृश्यत शोभनः
tato yiyakṣuḥ svāṃ bhūmiṃ śilādo dharmavittamaḥ / cakarṣa lāṅgalenorvoṃ bhittvādṛśyata śobhanaḥ
Then Śilāda, best of the knowers of dharma, wishing to sacrifice, ploughed his own ground with a plough; and breaking open the earth, a beautiful (child) appeared.
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KuP 2 41.23
संवर्तकानलप्रख्यः कुमारः प्रहसन्निव । रूपलावण्यसंपन्नस्तेजसा भासयन् दिशः
saṃvartakānalaprakhyaḥ kumāraḥ prahasanniva / rūpalāvaṇyasaṃpannastejasā bhāsayan diśaḥ
A boy like the fire of universal dissolution, as if laughing, endowed with beauty and loveliness, illuminating the directions with his brilliance,
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KuP 2 41.24
कुमारतुल्यो ऽप्रतिमो मेघगम्भीरया गिरा । शिलादं तात तातेति प्राह नन्दी पुनः पुनः
kumāratulyo 'pratimo meghagambhīrayā girā / śilādaṃ tāta tāteti prāha nandī punaḥ punaḥ
equal to Kumāra, without a peer — that Nandin said to Śilāda again and again, "Father, father," in a voice deep as a cloud.
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KuP 2 41.25
तं दृष्ट्वा नन्दनं जातं शिलादः परिषस्वजे । मुनिभ्यो दर्शयामास ये तदाश्रमवासिनः
taṃ dṛṣṭvā nandanaṃ jātaṃ śilādaḥ pariṣasvaje / munibhyo darśayāmāsa ye tadāśramavāsinaḥ
Seeing that son born, Śilāda embraced him and showed him to the sages who dwelt in that hermitage.
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KuP 2 41.26
जातकर्मादिकाः सर्वाः क्रियास्तस्य चकार ह । उपनीय यथाशास्त्रं वेदमध्यापयत् सुतम्
jātakarmādikāḥ sarvāḥ kriyāstasya cakāra ha / upanīya yathāśāstraṃ vedamadhyāpayat sutam
He performed for him all the rites beginning with the birth-ceremony, and having invested him (with the sacred thread) according to the śāstra, he taught his son the Veda.
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KuP 2 41.27
अधीतवेदो भगवान् नन्दी मतिमनुत्तमाम् । चक्रे महेश्वरं द्रष्टुं जेष्ये मृत्युमिति प्रभुम्
adhītavedo bhagavān nandī matimanuttamām / cakre maheśvaraṃ draṣṭuṃ jeṣye mṛtyumiti prabhum
Having studied the Veda, the lord Nandin formed the supreme resolve to see the Lord Maheśvara, (thinking) "I shall conquer death."
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KuP 2 41.28
स गत्वा सरितं पुण्यामेकाग्रश्रद्धयान्वितः । जजाप रुद्रमनिशं महेशासक्तमानसः
sa gatvā saritaṃ puṇyāmekāgraśraddhayānvitaḥ / jajāpa rudramaniśaṃ maheśāsaktamānasaḥ
He went to a holy river and, endowed with one-pointed faith, his mind fixed on Maheśa, muttered (the name of) Rudra ceaselessly.
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KuP 2 41.29
तस्य कोट्यां तु पूर्णायां शङ्करो भक्तवत्सलः । आगत्य साम्बः सगणो वरदो ऽस्मीत्युवाच ह
tasya koṭyāṃ tu pūrṇāyāṃ śaṅkaro bhaktavatsalaḥ / āgatya sāmbaḥ sagaṇo varado 'smītyuvāca ha
When his crore (of repetitions) was complete, Śaṅkara, who is tender toward his devotees, came with Ambā and with his hosts and said, "I am the giver of boons."
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KuP 2 41.30
स वव्रे पुनरेवाहं जपेयं कोटिमीश्वरम् । तावदायुर्महादेव देहीति वरमीश्वर
sa vavre punarevāhaṃ japeyaṃ koṭimīśvaram / tāvadāyurmahādeva dehīti varamīśvara
He chose (this): "May I again recite a crore (of repetitions), O Lord; grant me, O Mahādeva, a lifespan enough for that — this is the boon, O Īśvara."
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KuP 2 41.31
एवमस्त्विति संप्रोच्य देवो ऽप्यन्तरधीयत । जजाप कोटिं भगवान् भूयस्तद्गतमानसः
evamastviti saṃprocya devo 'pyantaradhīyata / jajāpa koṭiṃ bhagavān bhūyastadgatamānasaḥ
Saying "So be it," the god vanished; and the blessed one, his mind fixed on him, recited a crore once more.
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KuP 2 41.32
द्वितीयायां च कोट्यां वै संपूर्णायां वृषध्वजः । आगत्य वरदो ऽस्मीति प्राह भूतगणैर्वृतः
dvitīyāyāṃ ca koṭyāṃ vai saṃpūrṇāyāṃ vṛṣadhvajaḥ / āgatya varado 'smīti prāha bhūtagaṇairvṛtaḥ
And when the second crore was complete, the bull-bannered one came, surrounded by the hosts of spirits, and said, "I am the giver of boons."
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KuP 2 41.33
तृतीयां जप्तुमिच्छामि कोटिं भूयो ऽपि शङ्कर । तथास्त्वित्याह विश्वात्मा देवो ऽप्यन्तरधीयत
tṛtīyāṃ japtumicchāmi koṭiṃ bhūyo 'pi śaṅkara / tathāstvityāha viśvātmā devo 'pyantaradhīyata
"I wish to recite yet a third crore, O Śaṅkara." "So be it," said the Soul of the universe, and the god vanished.
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KuP 2 41.34
कोटित्रये ऽथ संपूर्णे देवः प्रीतमना भृशम् । आगत्य वरदो ऽस्मीति प्राह भूतगणैर्वृतः
koṭitraye 'tha saṃpūrṇe devaḥ prītamanā bhṛśam / āgatya varado 'smīti prāha bhūtagaṇairvṛtaḥ
Then, when the three crores were complete, the god, exceedingly pleased in mind, came surrounded by the hosts of spirits and said, "I am the giver of boons."
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KuP 2 41.35
जपेयं कोटिमन्यां वै भूयो ऽपि तव तेजसा । इत्युक्ते भगवानाह न जप्तव्यं त्वया पुनः
japeyaṃ koṭimanyāṃ vai bhūyo 'pi tava tejasā / ityukte bhagavānāha na japtavyaṃ tvayā punaḥ
"By your power let me recite yet another crore." When this was said, the Blessed One replied: "You must not recite again.
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KuP 2 41.36
अमरो जरया त्यक्तो मम पार्श्वगतः सदा । महागणपतिर्देव्याः पुत्रो भव महेश्वरः
amaro jarayā tyakto mama pārśvagataḥ sadā / mahāgaṇapatirdevyāḥ putro bhava maheśvaraḥ
Immortal, released from old age, ever at my side, become the great lord of the hosts, the son of the Goddess, a Maheśvara,
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KuP 2 41.37
योगीश्वरो योगनेता गणानामीश्वरेश्वरः । सर्वलोकाधिपः श्रीमान् सर्वज्ञो मद्बलान्वितः
yogīśvaro yoganetā gaṇānāmīśvareśvaraḥ / sarvalokādhipaḥ śrīmān sarvajño madbalānvitaḥ
lord of yogins, leader in yoga, lord of the lords of the hosts, ruler of all worlds, glorious, all-knowing, endowed with my strength.
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KuP 2 41.38
ज्ञानं तन्मामकं दिव्यं हस्तामलकवत् तव । आभूतसंप्लवस्थायी ततो यास्यसि मत्पदम्
jñānaṃ tanmāmakaṃ divyaṃ hastāmalakavat tava / ābhūtasaṃplavasthāyī tato yāsyasi matpadam
That divine knowledge of mine will be yours (as clear) as an āmalaka fruit in the hand; enduring until the dissolution of beings, you will then go to my abode."
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KuP 2 41.39
एतदुक्त्वा महादेवो गणानाहूय शङ्करः । अभिषेकेण युक्तेन नन्दीश्वरमयोजयत्
etaduktvā mahādevo gaṇānāhūya śaṅkaraḥ / abhiṣekeṇa yuktena nandīśvaramayojayat
Having said this, Mahādeva Śaṅkara summoned the hosts and, with a fitting consecration, installed him as Nandīśvara.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 41.40
उद्वाहयामास च तं स्वयमेव पिनाकधृक् । मरुतां च शुभां कन्यां सुयशेति च विश्रुताम्
udvāhayāmāsa ca taṃ svayameva pinākadhṛk / marutāṃ ca śubhāṃ kanyāṃ suyaśeti ca viśrutām
And the bearer of the Pināka himself had him wed the auspicious maiden of the Maruts, renowned by the name Suyaśā.
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KuP 2 41.41
एतज्जप्येश्वरं स्थानं देवदेवस्य शूलिनः । यत्र तत्र मृतो मर्त्यो रुद्रलोके महीयते
etajjapyeśvaraṃ sthānaṃ devadevasya śūlinaḥ / yatra tatra mṛto martyo rudraloke mahīyate
This is the abode Japyeśvara of the trident-bearer, the god of gods; a mortal who dies anywhere there is honored in the world of Rudra.
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