Kurma Purana — Upari Vibhaga — Chapter 44
KuP 2 44.1
कूर्म उवाच अतः परं प्रवक्ष्यामि प्रतिसर्गमनुत्तमम् । प्राकृतं हि समासेन शृणुध्वं गदतो मम
kūrma uvāca ataḥ paraṃ pravakṣyāmi pratisargamanuttamam / prākṛtaṃ hi samāsena śṛṇudhvaṃ gadato mama
The Tortoise said: Next I shall declare the unsurpassed re-absorption, the dissolution into primal nature, in brief; listen as I tell it.
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KuP 2 44.2
गते परार्धद्वितये कालो लोकप्रकालनः । कालाग्निर्भस्मसात् कर्तुं करोति निकिलं मतिम्
gate parārdhadvitaye kālo lokaprakālanaḥ / kālāgnirbhasmasāt kartuṃ karoti nikilaṃ matim
When the two halves (of Brahmā's lifetime) have passed, Time, the destroyer of the worlds, the fire of time, forms the intention to reduce the whole to ashes.
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KuP 2 44.3
स्वात्मन्यात्मानमावेश्य भूत्वा देवो महेश्वरः । दहेदशेषं ब्रह्माण्डं सदेवासुरमानुषम्
svātmanyātmānamāveśya bhūtvā devo maheśvaraḥ / dahedaśeṣaṃ brahmāṇḍaṃ sadevāsuramānuṣam
Having entered the self into his own self and become the god Maheśvara, he would burn the entire cosmic egg, together with gods, demons and men.
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KuP 2 44.4
तमाविश्य महादेवो भगवान्नीललोहितः । करोति लोकसंहारं भीषणं रूपमाश्रितः
tamāviśya mahādevo bhagavānnīlalohitaḥ / karoti lokasaṃhāraṃ bhīṣaṇaṃ rūpamāśritaḥ
Having entered him, the Great God, the Blessed Blue-and-Red One, assuming a terrifying form, carries out the destruction of the worlds.
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KuP 2 44.5
प्रविश्य मण्डलं सौरं कृत्वासौ बहुधा पुनः । निर्दहत्यखिलं लोकं सप्तसप्तिस्वरूपधृक्
praviśya maṇḍalaṃ sauraṃ kṛtvāsau bahudhā punaḥ / nirdahatyakhilaṃ lokaṃ saptasaptisvarūpadhṛk
Having entered the solar orb and made himself manifold once more, he burns up the whole world, bearing the form of the one with seven horses (the Sun).
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KuP 2 44.6
स दग्ध्वा सकलं सत्त्वमस्त्रं ब्रह्मशिरो महत् । देवतानां शरीरेषु क्षिपत्यखिलदाहकम्
sa dagdhvā sakalaṃ sattvamastraṃ brahmaśiro mahat / devatānāṃ śarīreṣu kṣipatyakhiladāhakam
Having burnt every living being, he casts the great weapon called Brahmaśiras, the burner of all, into the bodies of the gods.
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KuP 2 44.7
दग्धेष्वशेषदेवेषु देवी गिरिवरात्मजा । एकासा साक्षिणी शंभोस्तिष्ठते वैदिकी श्रुतिः
dagdheṣvaśeṣadeveṣu devī girivarātmajā / ekāsā sākṣiṇī śaṃbhostiṣṭhate vaidikī śrutiḥ
When all the gods without exception are burnt, the Goddess, daughter of the best of mountains, alone remains as witness of Śambhu — she, the Vedic revelation.
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KuP 2 44.8
शिरः कपालैर्देवानां कृतस्त्रग्वरभूषणः । आदित्यचन्द्रादिगणैः पूरयन् व्योममण्डलम्
śiraḥ kapālairdevānāṃ kṛtastragvarabhūṣaṇaḥ / ādityacandrādigaṇaiḥ pūrayan vyomamaṇḍalam
Adorned with an excellent garland made of the skulls of the gods' heads, filling the circle of the sky with the hosts of sun, moon and the rest;
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KuP 2 44.9
सहस्रनयनो देवः सहस्राकृतिरिश्वरः । सहस्रहस्तचरणः सहस्रार्चिर्महाभुजः
sahasranayano devaḥ sahasrākṛtiriśvaraḥ / sahasrahastacaraṇaḥ sahasrārcirmahābhujaḥ
The god, the Lord, thousand-eyed, of a thousand forms, with a thousand hands and feet, of a thousand flames, mighty-armed;
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KuP 2 44.10
दंष्ट्राकरालवदनः प्रदीप्तानललोचनः । त्रिशूली कृत्तिवसनो योगमैश्वरमास्थितः
daṃṣṭrākarālavadanaḥ pradīptānalalocanaḥ / triśūlī kṛttivasano yogamaiśvaramāsthitaḥ
His mouth gaping with fangs, his eyes blazing fire, holding the trident, clothed in a hide, established in the yoga of lordship;
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KuP 2 44.11
पीत्वा तत्परमानन्दं प्रभूतममृतं स्वयम् । करोति ताण्डवं देवीमालोक्य परमेश्वरः
pītvā tatparamānandaṃ prabhūtamamṛtaṃ svayam / karoti tāṇḍavaṃ devīmālokya parameśvaraḥ
Having himself drunk that supreme bliss, the abundant nectar, the Supreme Lord, gazing at the Goddess, performs the tāṇḍava dance.
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KuP 2 44.12
पीत्वा नृत्तामृतं देवी भर्तुः परममङ्गला । योगमास्थाय देवस्य देहमायाति शूलिनः
pītvā nṛttāmṛtaṃ devī bhartuḥ paramamaṅgalā / yogamāsthāya devasya dehamāyāti śūlinaḥ
Having drunk the nectar of her husband's dance, the Goddess, supremely auspicious, taking recourse to yoga, enters the body of the god who bears the trident.
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KuP 2 44.13
संत्यक्त्वा ताण्डवरसं स्वेच्छयैव पिनाकधृक् । ज्योतिः स्वभावं भगवान् दग्ध्वा ब्रह्माण्डमण्डलम्
saṃtyaktvā tāṇḍavarasaṃ svecchayaiva pinākadhṛk / jyotiḥ svabhāvaṃ bhagavān dagdhvā brahmāṇḍamaṇḍalam
Then the bearer of the Pināka, the Lord, abandoning the savour of the tāṇḍava by his own will alone, having burnt the sphere of the cosmic egg, (becomes) light by nature.
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KuP 2 44.14
संस्थितेष्वथ देवेषु ब्रह्मविष्णुपिनाकिषु । गुणैरशेषैः पृथिवीविलयं याति वारिषु
saṃsthiteṣvatha deveṣu brahmaviṣṇupinākiṣu / guṇairaśeṣaiḥ pṛthivīvilayaṃ yāti vāriṣu
Then, when the gods Brahmā, Viṣṇu and the Pināka-bearer remain established, the earth with all its qualities goes to dissolution in the waters.
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KuP 2 44.15
स वारितत्त्वं सगुणं ग्रसते हव्यवाहनः । तेजस्तु गुणसंयुक्तं वायौ संयाति संक्षयम्
sa vāritattvaṃ saguṇaṃ grasate havyavāhanaḥ / tejastu guṇasaṃyuktaṃ vāyau saṃyāti saṃkṣayam
The bearer of oblations (fire) swallows the water-principle together with its quality; and heat, joined with its quality, comes to destruction in the wind.
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KuP 2 44.16
आकाशे सगुणो वायुः प्रलयं याति विश्वभृत् । भूतादौ च तथाकाशं लीयते गुणसंयुतम्
ākāśe saguṇo vāyuḥ pralayaṃ yāti viśvabhṛt / bhūtādau ca tathākāśaṃ līyate guṇasaṃyutam
Wind with its quality, the sustainer of the universe, goes to dissolution in space; and space too, with its quality, dissolves into the origin of the elements (ahaṃkāra).
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KuP 2 44.17
इन्द्रियाणि च सर्वाणि तैजसे यान्ति संक्षयम् । वैकारिके देवगणाः प्रलंय यान्ति सत्तमाः
indriyāṇi ca sarvāṇi taijase yānti saṃkṣayam / vaikārike devagaṇāḥ pralaṃya yānti sattamāḥ
And all the senses come to destruction in the taijasa; the hosts of gods, O most excellent ones, go to dissolution in the vaikārika.
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KuP 2 44.18
वैकारिकस्तैजसश्च भूतादिश्चेति सत्तमाः । त्रिविधो ऽयमहङ्कारो महति प्रलंय व्रजेत्
vaikārikastaijasaśca bhūtādiśceti sattamāḥ / trividho 'yamahaṅkāro mahati pralaṃya vrajet
The vaikārika, the taijasa, and the bhūtādi — this threefold ego, O most excellent ones, goes to dissolution in the mahat.
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KuP 2 44.19
महान्तमेभिः सहितं ब्रह्माणमतितेजसम् । अव्यक्तं जगतो योनिः संहरेदेकमव्ययम्
mahāntamebhiḥ sahitaṃ brahmāṇamatitejasam / avyaktaṃ jagato yoniḥ saṃharedekamavyayam
The unmanifest, the womb of the world, the one imperishable, would withdraw the mahat together with these, and Brahmā of surpassing splendour.
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KuP 2 44.20
एवं संहृत्य भूतानि तत्त्वानि च महेश्वरः । वियोजयति चान्योन्यं प्रधानं पुरुषं परम्
evaṃ saṃhṛtya bhūtāni tattvāni ca maheśvaraḥ / viyojayati cānyonyaṃ pradhānaṃ puruṣaṃ param
Having thus withdrawn the elements and the principles, Maheśvara separates from each other the pradhāna and the supreme puruṣa.
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KuP 2 44.21
प्रधानपुंसोरजयोरेष संहार ईरितः । महेश्वरेच्छाजनितो न स्वयं विद्यते लयः
pradhānapuṃsorajayoreṣa saṃhāra īritaḥ / maheśvarecchājanito na svayaṃ vidyate layaḥ
This is declared to be the withdrawal of the unborn pradhāna and puruṣa; it is produced by the will of Maheśvara — no dissolution occurs of itself.
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KuP 2 44.22
गुणसाम्यं तदव्यक्तं प्रकृतिः परिगीयते । प्रधानं जगतो योनिर्मायातत्त्वमचेतनम्
guṇasāmyaṃ tadavyaktaṃ prakṛtiḥ parigīyate / pradhānaṃ jagato yonirmāyātattvamacetanam
That unmanifest, the equilibrium of the guṇas, is celebrated as prakṛti, as pradhāna, as the womb of the world, as the principle of māyā, unconscious.
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KuP 2 44.23
कूटस्थश्चिन्मयो ह्यात्मा केवलः पञ्चविंशकः । गीयते मुनिभिः साक्षी महानेकः पितामहः
kūṭasthaścinmayo hyātmā kevalaḥ pañcaviṃśakaḥ / gīyate munibhiḥ sākṣī mahānekaḥ pitāmahaḥ
The self, immovable, made of consciousness, alone, the twenty-fifth, is sung of by the sages as the witness, the great one, the one, the grandfather.
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KuP 2 44.24
एवं संहारकरणी शक्तिर्माहेश्वरी ध्रुवा । प्रधानाद्यं विशेषान्तं दहेद् रुद्र इति श्रुतिः
evaṃ saṃhārakaraṇī śaktirmāheśvarī dhruvā / pradhānādyaṃ viśeṣāntaṃ dahed rudra iti śrutiḥ
Thus the enduring power of Maheśvara is the agent of withdrawal; "Rudra would burn (all) from pradhāna at the beginning to the particulars at the end" — so says scripture.
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KuP 2 44.25
योगिनामथ सर्वेषां ज्ञानविन्यस्तचेतसाम् । आत्यन्तिकं चैव लयं विदधातीह शङ्करः
yogināmatha sarveṣāṃ jñānavinyastacetasām / ātyantikaṃ caiva layaṃ vidadhātīha śaṅkaraḥ
And Śaṅkara brings about here the final dissolution of all the yogins whose minds are fixed in knowledge.
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KuP 2 44.26
इत्येष भगवान् रुद्रः संहारं कुरुते वशी । स्थापिका मोहनी शक्तिर्नारायण इति श्रुतिः
ityeṣa bhagavān rudraḥ saṃhāraṃ kurute vaśī / sthāpikā mohanī śaktirnārāyaṇa iti śrutiḥ
Thus this Lord Rudra, the master (of himself), carries out the withdrawal (of the world); the power that establishes and deludes is Nārāyaṇa — so says the scriptural teaching.
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KuP 2 44.27
हिरण्यगर्भा भगवान् जगत् सदसदात्मकम् । सृजेदशेषं प्रकृतेस्तन्मयः पञ्चविंशकः
hiraṇyagarbhā bhagavān jagat sadasadātmakam / sṛjedaśeṣaṃ prakṛtestanmayaḥ pañcaviṃśakaḥ
The Lord Hiraṇyagarbha creates out of prakṛti the whole world, which has being and non-being for its nature; made of that (prakṛti), he is the twenty-fifth (principle).
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KuP 2 44.28
सर्वज्ञाः सर्वगाः शान्ताः स्वात्मन्येवव्यवस्थिताः । शक्तयो ब्रह्मविण्वीशा भुक्तिमुक्तिफलप्रदाः
sarvajñāḥ sarvagāḥ śāntāḥ svātmanyevavyavasthitāḥ / śaktayo brahmaviṇvīśā bhuktimuktiphalapradāḥ
Brahmā, Viṣṇu and Īśa are powers — all-knowing, all-pervading, tranquil, established in their own selves, and bestowing as fruit both enjoyment and liberation.
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KuP 2 44.29
सर्वेश्वराः सर्ववन्द्याः शाश्वतानन्तभोगिनः । एकमेवाक्षरं तत्त्वं पुंप्रधानेश्वरात्मकम्
sarveśvarāḥ sarvavandyāḥ śāśvatānantabhoginaḥ / ekamevākṣaraṃ tattvaṃ puṃpradhāneśvarātmakam
They are lords of all, to be revered by all, enjoyers of what is everlasting and endless; the imperishable reality is one alone, consisting of the male (puruṣa), the pradhāna, and the Lord.
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KuP 2 44.30
अन्याश्च शक्तयो दिव्याः सन्ति तत्र सहस्रशः । इज्यन्ते विविधैर्यज्ञैः शक्रादित्यादयो ऽमराः
anyāśca śaktayo divyāḥ santi tatra sahasraśaḥ / ijyante vividhairyajñaiḥ śakrādityādayo 'marāḥ
And there are other divine powers there by the thousands; the immortals, Śakra, Āditya and the rest, are worshipped with various sacrifices.
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KuP 2 44.31
एकैकस्य सहस्राणि देहानां वै शतानि च । कथ्यन्ते चैव माहात्म्याच्छक्तिरेकैव निर्गुणाः
ekaikasya sahasrāṇi dehānāṃ vai śatāni ca / kathyante caiva māhātmyācchaktirekaiva nirguṇāḥ
Of each single one thousands and hundreds of bodies are spoken of, and that by reason of (his) greatness; but the power is one alone, (these powers being) without qualities.
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KuP 2 44.32
तां तां शक्तिं समाधाय स्वयं देवो महेश्वरः । करोति देहान् विविधान् ग्रसते चैव लीलया
tāṃ tāṃ śaktiṃ samādhāya svayaṃ devo maheśvaraḥ / karoti dehān vividhān grasate caiva līlayā
Taking up now this power, now that, the god Maheśvara himself makes manifold bodies and swallows them up again in play.
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KuP 2 44.33
इज्यते सर्वयज्ञेषु ब्राह्मणैर्वेदवादिभिः । सर्वकामप्रदो रुद्र इत्येषा वैदिकी श्रुतिः
ijyate sarvayajñeṣu brāhmaṇairvedavādibhiḥ / sarvakāmaprado rudra ityeṣā vaidikī śrutiḥ
In all sacrifices he is worshipped by brahmins who recite the Veda; Rudra is the giver of all desires — this is the Vedic teaching.
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KuP 2 44.34
सर्वासामेव शक्तीनां ब्रह्मविष्णुमहेश्वराः । प्राधान्येन स्मृता देवाः शक्तयः परमात्मनः
sarvāsāmeva śaktīnāṃ brahmaviṣṇumaheśvarāḥ / prādhānyena smṛtā devāḥ śaktayaḥ paramātmanaḥ
Of all the powers whatsoever, the gods Brahmā, Viṣṇu and Maheśvara are recorded as the chief; they are powers of the Supreme Self.
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KuP 2 44.35
आद्यः परस्ताद् भगवान् परमात्मा सनातनः । गीयते सर्वशक्त्यात्मा शूलपाणिर्महेश्वरः
ādyaḥ parastād bhagavān paramātmā sanātanaḥ / gīyate sarvaśaktyātmā śūlapāṇirmaheśvaraḥ
The primordial one, beyond (all), the Lord, the eternal Supreme Self, is celebrated as Maheśvara, the trident-bearer, whose essence is all power.
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KuP 2 44.36
एनमेके वदन्त्यग्निं नारायणमथापरे । इन्द्रमेके परे विश्वान् ब्रह्माणमपरे जगुः
enameke vadantyagniṃ nārāyaṇamathāpare / indrameke pare viśvān brahmāṇamapare jaguḥ
Some call him Agni, others Nārāyaṇa, some Indra, others the All-gods, and others have sung of him as Brahmā.
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KuP 2 44.37
ब्रह्मविष्णवग्निवरुणाः सर्वे देवास्तथर्षयः । एकस्यैवाथ रुद्रस्य भेदास्ते परिकीर्तिताः
brahmaviṣṇavagnivaruṇāḥ sarve devāstatharṣayaḥ / ekasyaivātha rudrasya bhedāste parikīrtitāḥ
Brahmā, Viṣṇu, Agni, Varuṇa, all the gods and likewise the seers — these are proclaimed as the divisions of the one Rudra alone.
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KuP 2 44.38
यं यं भेदं समाश्रित्य यजन्ति परमेश्वरम् । तत् तद् रूपं समास्थाय प्रददाति फलं शिवः
yaṃ yaṃ bhedaṃ samāśritya yajanti parameśvaram / tat tad rūpaṃ samāsthāya pradadāti phalaṃ śivaḥ
Whichever division they resort to when they worship the Supreme Lord, Śiva, assuming that very form, grants the fruit.
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KuP 2 44.39
तस्मादेकतरं भेदं समाश्रित्यापि शाश्वतम् । आराधयन्महादेवं याति तत्परमं पदम्
tasmādekataraṃ bhedaṃ samāśrityāpi śāśvatam / ārādhayanmahādevaṃ yāti tatparamaṃ padam
Therefore, even by resorting to some one division, one who worships the everlasting Mahādeva goes to that supreme state.
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KuP 2 44.40
किन्तु देवं महादेवं सर्वशक्तिं सनातनम् । आराधयेद् वै गिरिशं सगुणं वाथ निर्गुणम्
kintu devaṃ mahādevaṃ sarvaśaktiṃ sanātanam / ārādhayed vai giriśaṃ saguṇaṃ vātha nirguṇam
But one should worship the god Mahādeva, the eternal one who is all power, Giriśa, whether as possessed of qualities or as without qualities.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 44.41
मया प्रोक्तो हि भवतां योगः प्रागेव निर्गुणः । आरुरुक्षुस्तु सगुणं पूजयेत् परमेश्वरम्
mayā prokto hi bhavatāṃ yogaḥ prāgeva nirguṇaḥ / ārurukṣustu saguṇaṃ pūjayet parameśvaram
For the yoga without qualities has already been declared by me to you earlier; but one who wishes to climb (to it) should worship the Supreme Lord with qualities.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 44.42
पिनाकिनं त्रिनयनं जटिलं कृत्तिवाससम् । पद्मासनस्थं रुक्माभं चिन्तयेद् वैदिकी श्रुतिः
pinākinaṃ trinayanaṃ jaṭilaṃ kṛttivāsasam / padmāsanasthaṃ rukmābhaṃ cintayed vaidikī śrutiḥ
One should meditate on him as bearing the Pināka bow, three-eyed, with matted hair, clad in a hide, seated on a lotus seat, gold in hue — (so runs) the Vedic teaching.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 44.43
एष योगः समुद्दिष्टः सबीजो मुनिसत्तमाः । तस्मात् सर्वान् परित्यज्य देवान् ब्रह्मपुरोगमान् । आराधयेद् विरूपाक्षमादिमध्यान्तसंस्थितम्
eṣa yogaḥ samuddiṣṭaḥ sabījo munisattamāḥ / tasmāt sarvān parityajya devān brahmapurogamān / ārādhayed virūpākṣamādimadhyāntasaṃsthitam
This yoga, the one with a seed (of support), has been set forth, O best of sages; therefore, abandoning all the gods with Brahmā at their head, one should worship the odd-eyed one, who abides in the beginning, the middle, and the end.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 44.44
भक्तियोगसमायुक्तः स्वधर्मनिरतः शुचिः । तादृशं रूपमास्थाय समायात्यन्तिकं शिवम्
bhaktiyogasamāyuktaḥ svadharmanirataḥ śuciḥ / tādṛśaṃ rūpamāsthāya samāyātyantikaṃ śivam
Joined with the yoga of devotion, devoted to his own duty, pure, he assumes such a form and attains the ultimate Śiva.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 44.45
एष योगः समुद्दिष्टः सबीजो ऽत्यन्तभावने । यथाविधि प्रकुर्वाणः प्राप्नुयादैश्वरं पदम्
eṣa yogaḥ samuddiṣṭaḥ sabījo 'tyantabhāvane / yathāvidhi prakurvāṇaḥ prāpnuyādaiśvaraṃ padam
This yoga has been declared, the one with seed, in (the practice of) the ultimate contemplation; one who performs it according to the rule would attain the state of the Lord.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
KuP 2 44.46
अत्राप्यशक्तो ऽथ हरं विष्णुं बह्माणमर्चयेत् । अथ चेदसमर्थः स्यात् तत्रापि मुनिपुङ्गवाः । ततो वाय्वग्निशक्रादीन् पूजयेद् भक्तिसंयुतः
atrāpyaśakto 'tha haraṃ viṣṇuṃ bahmāṇamarcayet / atha cedasamarthaḥ syāt tatrāpi munipuṅgavāḥ / tato vāyvagniśakrādīn pūjayed bhaktisaṃyutaḥ
If (one is) unable in this too, then let him worship Hara, Viṣṇu, (or) Brahmā; and if he should be incapable in that too, O best of sages, then let him, filled with devotion, worship Vāyu, Agni, Śakra and the rest.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 44.47
ये चान्ये भावने शुद्धे प्रागुक्ते भवतामिह । अथापि कथितो योगो निर्बोजश्च सबीजकः
ye cānye bhāvane śuddhe prāgukte bhavatāmiha / athāpi kathito yogo nirbojaśca sabījakaḥ
And the others (who are) in the pure contemplation earlier stated to you here — and moreover the yoga has been told (to you), both seedless and with seed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
KuP 2 44.48
ज्ञानं तदुक्तं निर्बोजं पूर्वं हि भवतां मया । विष्णुं रुद्रं विरञ्चिं च सबीजं भावयेद् बुधः । सथवाग्न्यादिकान् देवांस्तत्परः संयतेन्द्रियः
jñānaṃ taduktaṃ nirbojaṃ pūrvaṃ hi bhavatāṃ mayā / viṣṇuṃ rudraṃ virañciṃ ca sabījaṃ bhāvayed budhaḥ / sathavāgnyādikān devāṃstatparaḥ saṃyatendriyaḥ
That seedless knowledge was indeed told to you by me before; the wise man should contemplate, with seed, Viṣṇu, Rudra and Virañci, or else the gods beginning with Agni, being devoted to that and with his senses restrained.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 44.49
पूजयेत् पुरुषं विष्णुं चतुर्मूर्तिधरं हरिम् । अनादिनिधनं देवं वासुदेवं सनातनम्
pūjayet puruṣaṃ viṣṇuṃ caturmūrtidharaṃ harim / anādinidhanaṃ devaṃ vāsudevaṃ sanātanam
Let him worship the Person, Viṣṇu, Hari who bears four forms, the god without beginning or end, Vāsudeva the eternal,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 44.50
नारायणं जगद्योनिमाकाशं परमं पदम् । तल्लिङ्गधारी नियतं तद्भक्तस्तदपाश्रयः । एष एव विधिर्ब्राह्मे भावने चान्तिके मतः
nārāyaṇaṃ jagadyonimākāśaṃ paramaṃ padam / talliṅgadhārī niyataṃ tadbhaktastadapāśrayaḥ / eṣa eva vidhirbrāhme bhāvane cāntike mataḥ
Nārāyaṇa, the womb of the world, the ether, the supreme state — (he) constantly bearing his mark, devoted to him, taking refuge in him. This very same rule is held (to apply) in the contemplation of Brahmā and in the final one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 44.51
इत्येतत् कथितं ज्ञानं भावनासंश्रयं परम् । इन्द्रद्युम्नाय मुनये कथितं यन्मया पुरा
ityetat kathitaṃ jñānaṃ bhāvanāsaṃśrayaṃ param / indradyumnāya munaye kathitaṃ yanmayā purā
Thus this supreme knowledge, resting on contemplation, has been told — which was told by me long ago to the sage Indradyumna.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 44.52
अव्यक्तात्मकमेवेदं चेतनाचेतनं जगत् । तदीश्वरः परं ब्रह्म तस्माद् ब्रह्ममयं जगत्
avyaktātmakamevedaṃ cetanācetanaṃ jagat / tadīśvaraḥ paraṃ brahma tasmād brahmamayaṃ jagat
This world, conscious and unconscious, has the unmanifest as its essence; the Lord of that is the supreme Brahman; therefore the world is made of Brahman.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 44.53
सूत उवाच एतावदुक्त्वा भगवान् विरराम जनार्दनः । तुष्टुवुर्मुनयो विष्णुं शक्रेण सह माधवम्
sūta uvāca etāvaduktvā bhagavān virarāma janārdanaḥ / tuṣṭuvurmunayo viṣṇuṃ śakreṇa saha mādhavam
Sūta said: Having said this much, the Lord Janārdana fell silent; the sages, together with Śakra, praised Viṣṇu, Mādhava.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 44.54
मुनय ऊचुः नमस्ते कूर्मरूपाय विष्णवे परमात्मने । नारायणाय विश्वाय वासुदेवाय ते नमः
munaya ūcuḥ namaste kūrmarūpāya viṣṇave paramātmane / nārāyaṇāya viśvāya vāsudevāya te namaḥ
The sages said: Homage to you in the tortoise form, to Viṣṇu, the supreme Self; homage to you, Nārāyaṇa, the All, Vāsudeva.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 44.55
नमो नमस्ते कृष्णाय गोविन्दाय नमो नमः । माधवाय नमस्तुभ्यं नमो यज्ञेश्वराय च
namo namaste kṛṣṇāya govindāya namo namaḥ / mādhavāya namastubhyaṃ namo yajñeśvarāya ca
Homage, homage to you, Kṛṣṇa; homage, homage to Govinda; homage to you, Mādhava; and homage to the Lord of sacrifice.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 44.56
सहस्रशिरसे तुभ्यं सहस्राक्षाय ते नमः । नमः सहस्रहस्ताय सहस्रचरणाय च
sahasraśirase tubhyaṃ sahasrākṣāya te namaḥ / namaḥ sahasrahastāya sahasracaraṇāya ca
To you the thousand-headed, homage to you the thousand-eyed; homage to the thousand-handed and to the thousand-footed one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 44.57
ॐ नमो ज्ञानरूपाय परमात्मस्वरूपिणे । आनन्दाय नमस्तुभ्यं मायातीताय ते नमः
oṃ namo jñānarūpāya paramātmasvarūpiṇe / ānandāya namastubhyaṃ māyātītāya te namaḥ
Oṃ, homage to him whose form is knowledge, whose own nature is the supreme Self; homage to you, bliss; homage to you who are beyond māyā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 44.58
नमो गूढशरीराय निर्गुणाय नमो ऽस्तु ते । पुरुषाय पुराणाय सत्तामात्रस्वरूपिणे
namo gūḍhaśarīrāya nirguṇāya namo 'stu te / puruṣāya purāṇāya sattāmātrasvarūpiṇe
Homage to him whose body is hidden; homage be to you, the attributeless; to the Person, the ancient, whose own nature is mere being.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 44.59
नमः सांख्याय योगाय केवलाय नमो ऽस्तु ते । धर्मज्ञानाधिगम्याय निष्कलाय नमो नमः
namaḥ sāṃkhyāya yogāya kevalāya namo 'stu te / dharmajñānādhigamyāya niṣkalāya namo namaḥ
Homage to Sāṃkhya, to Yoga; homage be to you, the alone; to him who is to be reached by dharma and knowledge; homage, homage to the partless one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 44.60
नमोस्तु व्योमतत्त्वाय महायोगेश्वराय च । परावराणां प्रभवे वेदवेद्याय ते नमः
namostu vyomatattvāya mahāyogeśvarāya ca / parāvarāṇāṃ prabhave vedavedyāya te namaḥ
Homage be to the principle of space and to the great lord of yoga; homage to you, the source of the higher and the lower, to be known through the Vedas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 44.61
नमो बुद्धाय शुद्धाय नमो युक्ताय हेतवे । नमो नमो नमस्तुभ्यं मायिने वेधसे नमः
namo buddhāya śuddhāya namo yuktāya hetave / namo namo namastubhyaṃ māyine vedhase namaḥ
Homage to the awakened, to the pure; homage to the joined (in yoga), to the cause; homage, homage, homage to you; homage to the wielder of māyā, to the ordainer.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 44.62
नमो ऽस्तु ते वराहाय नारसिंहाय ते नमः । वामनाय नमस्तुभ्यं हृषीकेशाय ते नमः
namo 'stu te varāhāya nārasiṃhāya te namaḥ / vāmanāya namastubhyaṃ hṛṣīkeśāya te namaḥ
Homage be to you as the Boar; homage to you as the Man-lion; homage to you as the Dwarf; homage to you, Hṛṣīkeśa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 44.63
नमो ऽस्तु कालरुद्राय कालरूपाय ते नमः । स्वर्गापवर्गदात्रे च नमो ऽप्रतिहतात्मने
namo 'stu kālarudrāya kālarūpāya te namaḥ / svargāpavargadātre ca namo 'pratihatātmane
Homage be to Kālarudra; homage to you whose form is time; and to the giver of heaven and of release, homage to him whose self is unobstructed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 44.64
नमो योगाधिगम्याय योगिने योगदायिने । देवानां पतये तुभ्यं देवार्तिशमनाय ते
namo yogādhigamyāya yogine yogadāyine / devānāṃ pataye tubhyaṃ devārtiśamanāya te
Homage to him who is to be attained through yoga, to the yogin, the giver of yoga; to you, the lord of the gods, to you who quell the gods' distress.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 44.65
भगवंस्त्वत्प्रसादेन सर्वसंसारनाशनम् । अस्माभिर्विदितं ज्ञानं यज्ज्ञात्वामृतमश्नुते
bhagavaṃstvatprasādena sarvasaṃsāranāśanam / asmābhirviditaṃ jñānaṃ yajjñātvāmṛtamaśnute
O Lord, by your grace we have come to know that knowledge which destroys the whole round of rebirth, knowing which one attains immortality.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 44.66
श्रुतास्तु विविधा धर्मा वंशा मन्वन्तराणि च । सर्गश्च प्रतिसर्गश्च ब्रह्माण्यस्यास्य विस्तरः
śrutāstu vividhā dharmā vaṃśā manvantarāṇi ca / sargaśca pratisargaśca brahmāṇyasyāsya vistaraḥ
We have heard the various duties, the lineages and the manvantaras, the creation and the dissolution, and the full extent of this Brahman-realm.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 44.67
त्वं हि सर्वजगत्साक्षी विश्वो नारायणः परः । त्रातुमर्हस्यनन्तात्मंस्त्वमेव शरणं गतिः
tvaṃ hi sarvajagatsākṣī viśvo nārāyaṇaḥ paraḥ / trātumarhasyanantātmaṃstvameva śaraṇaṃ gatiḥ
For you are the witness of the whole world, the All, Nārāyaṇa, the supreme; you must protect (us), O you of endless self; you alone are the refuge and the goal.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 44.68
सूत उवाच एतद् वः कथितं विप्रा योगमोक्षप्रदायकम् । कौर्मं पुराणमखिलं यज्जगाद गदाधरः
sūta uvāca etad vaḥ kathitaṃ viprā yogamokṣapradāyakam / kaurmaṃ purāṇamakhilaṃ yajjagāda gadādharaḥ
Sūta said: This has been recounted to you, O brahmins, this entire Kūrma Purāṇa, giver of yoga and liberation, which the Wielder of the Mace declared.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 44.69
अस्मिन् पुराणे लक्ष्म्यास्तु संभवः कथितः पुरा । मोहायाशेषभूतानां वासुदेवेन योजनम्
asmin purāṇe lakṣmyāstu saṃbhavaḥ kathitaḥ purā / mohāyāśeṣabhūtānāṃ vāsudevena yojanam
In this Purāṇa the arising of Lakṣmī was told of old, and her union with Vāsudeva, for the bewilderment of all beings.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 44.70
प्रजापतीनां सर्गस्तु वर्णधर्माश्च वृत्तयः । धर्मार्थकाममोक्षाणां यथावल्लक्षणं शुभम्
prajāpatīnāṃ sargastu varṇadharmāśca vṛttayaḥ / dharmārthakāmamokṣāṇāṃ yathāvallakṣaṇaṃ śubham
And the creation of the Prajāpatis, the duties and the modes of livelihood of the classes, and the auspicious definition, as it is, of dharma, wealth, pleasure, and liberation;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 44.71
पितामहस्य विष्णोश्च महेशस्य च धीमतः । एकत्वं च पृथक्त्वं च विशेषश्चोपवर्णितः
pitāmahasya viṣṇośca maheśasya ca dhīmataḥ / ekatvaṃ ca pṛthaktvaṃ ca viśeṣaścopavarṇitaḥ
and the oneness, the separateness, and the distinction of the Grandfather (Brahmā), of Viṣṇu, and of the wise Maheśa have been described;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 44.72
भक्तानां लक्षणं प्रोक्तं समाचारश्च शोभनः । वर्णाश्रमाणां कथितं यथावदिह लक्षणम्
bhaktānāṃ lakṣaṇaṃ proktaṃ samācāraśca śobhanaḥ / varṇāśramāṇāṃ kathitaṃ yathāvadiha lakṣaṇam
the marks of the devotees have been declared, and (their) excellent conduct; here too the marks of the classes and life-stages have been told as they are;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 44.73
आदिसर्गस्ततः पश्चादण्डावरणसप्तकम् । हिरण्यगर्भसर्गश्च कीर्तितो मुनिपुङ्गवाः
ādisargastataḥ paścādaṇḍāvaraṇasaptakam / hiraṇyagarbhasargaśca kīrtito munipuṅgavāḥ
the first creation, and after that the sevenfold sheath of the egg, and the creation of Hiraṇyagarbha have been proclaimed, O foremost of sages;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 44.74
कालसंख्याप्रकथनं माहात्म्यं चेश्वरस्य च । ब्रह्मणः शयनं चाप्सु नामनिर्वचनं तथा
kālasaṃkhyāprakathanaṃ māhātmyaṃ ceśvarasya ca / brahmaṇaḥ śayanaṃ cāpsu nāmanirvacanaṃ tathā
the exposition of the reckoning of time, and the greatness of the Lord, and Brahmā's lying upon the waters, and likewise the etymology of (his) name;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 44.75
वराहवपुषा भूयो भूमेरुद्धरणं पुनः । मुख्यादिसर्गकथनं मुनिसर्गस्तथापरः
varāhavapuṣā bhūyo bhūmeruddharaṇaṃ punaḥ / mukhyādisargakathanaṃ munisargastathāparaḥ
again, the raising up of the earth with the boar's body; the account of the creation of the chief ones and the rest, and likewise the other creation, that of the sages;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 44.76
व्याख्यतो रुद्रसर्गश्च ऋषिसर्गश्च तापसः । धर्मस्य च प्रजासर्गस्तामसात् पूर्वमेव तु
vyākhyato rudrasargaśca ṛṣisargaśca tāpasaḥ / dharmasya ca prajāsargastāmasāt pūrvameva tu
the creation of Rudra has been explained, and the creation of the seers, the ascetic one, and the creation of offspring of Dharma, prior indeed to the dark (tāmasa) one;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
KuP 2 44.77
ब्रह्मविष्णुविवादः स्यादन्तर्देहप्रवेशनम् । पद्मोद्भवत्वं देवस्य मोहस्तस्य च धीमतः
brahmaviṣṇuvivādaḥ syādantardehapraveśanam / padmodbhavatvaṃ devasya mohastasya ca dhīmataḥ
then the dispute of Brahmā and Viṣṇu, the entering inside (his) body, the god's being born from the lotus, and the bewilderment of that wise one;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 44.78
दर्शनं च महेशस्य माहात्म्यं विष्णुनेरितम् । दिव्यदृष्टिप्रदानं च ब्रह्मणः परमेष्ठिनः
darśanaṃ ca maheśasya māhātmyaṃ viṣṇuneritam / divyadṛṣṭipradānaṃ ca brahmaṇaḥ parameṣṭhinaḥ
and the vision of Maheśa, his greatness as declared by Viṣṇu, and the granting of divine sight to Brahmā, the highest-placed;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 44.79
संस्तवो देवदेवस्य ब्रह्मणा परमेष्ठिना । प्रसादो गिरिशस्याथ वरदानं तथैव च
saṃstavo devadevasya brahmaṇā parameṣṭhinā / prasādo giriśasyātha varadānaṃ tathaiva ca
the hymn of praise to the God of gods by Brahmā the highest-placed, then the favour of Giriśa and likewise the granting of a boon;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 44.80
संवादो विष्णुना सार्धं शङ्करस्य महात्मनः । वरदानं तथापूर्वमन्तर्धानं पिनाकिनः
saṃvādo viṣṇunā sārdhaṃ śaṅkarasya mahātmanaḥ / varadānaṃ tathāpūrvamantardhānaṃ pinākinaḥ
the conversation of the great-souled Śaṅkara with Viṣṇu, and likewise the granting of a boon as before, and the vanishing of the Bearer of the Pināka;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 44.81
वधश्च कथितो विप्रा मधुकैटभयोः पुरा । अवतारो ऽथ देवस्य ब्रह्मणो नाभिपङ्कजात्
vadhaśca kathito viprā madhukaiṭabhayoḥ purā / avatāro 'tha devasya brahmaṇo nābhipaṅkajāt
and the slaying of Madhu and Kaiṭabha of old was told, O brahmins, and then the descent (manifestation) of the god Brahmā from the lotus of (Viṣṇu's) navel;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 44.82
एकीभावश्च देवस्य विष्णुना कथितस्ततः । विमोहो ब्रह्मणश्चाथ संज्ञालाभो हरेस्ततः
ekībhāvaśca devasya viṣṇunā kathitastataḥ / vimoho brahmaṇaścātha saṃjñālābho harestataḥ
then the god's becoming one with Viṣṇu was told, and then Brahmā's bewilderment, and then Hari's recovery of awareness;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 44.83
तपश्चरणमाख्यातं देवदेवस्य धीमतः । प्रादुर्भावो महेशस्य ललाटात् कथितस्ततः
tapaścaraṇamākhyātaṃ devadevasya dhīmataḥ / prādurbhāvo maheśasya lalāṭāt kathitastataḥ
the performance of austerity by the wise God of gods was related, and then the appearance of Maheśa from (his) forehead was told;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 44.84
रुद्राणां कथिता सृष्टिर्ब्रह्मणः प्रतिषेधनम् । भूतिश्च देवदेवस्य वरदानोपदेशकौ
rudrāṇāṃ kathitā sṛṣṭirbrahmaṇaḥ pratiṣedhanam / bhūtiśca devadevasya varadānopadeśakau
the creation of the Rudras was told, and Brahmā's forbidding (it), and the God of gods' prosperity (or manifestation), and the granting of a boon and the instruction;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
KuP 2 44.85
अन्तर्धानं च रुद्रस्य तपश्चर्याण्डजस्य च । दर्शनं देवदेवस्य नरनारीशरीरता
antardhānaṃ ca rudrasya tapaścaryāṇḍajasya ca / darśanaṃ devadevasya naranārīśarīratā
And the disappearance of Rudra, and the ascetic practice of the egg-born one; the appearing of the God of gods, and (his) taking on a body of man and woman.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
KuP 2 44.86
देव्या विभागकथनं देवदेवात् पिनाकिनः । देव्यास्तु पश्चात् कथितं दक्षपुत्रीत्वमेव च
devyā vibhāgakathanaṃ devadevāt pinākinaḥ / devyāstu paścāt kathitaṃ dakṣaputrītvameva ca
The account of the Goddess's separation from Pinākin, the God of gods; and afterwards the Goddess's becoming Dakṣa's daughter is told.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 44.87
हिमवद्दुहितृत्वं च देव्या माहात्म्यमेव च । दर्शनं दिव्यरूपस्य वैश्वरूपस्य दर्शनम्
himavadduhitṛtvaṃ ca devyā māhātmyameva ca / darśanaṃ divyarūpasya vaiśvarūpasya darśanam
And (her) being the daughter of Himavat, and the greatness of the Goddess; the vision of (his) divine form, and the vision of (his) universal form.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 44.88
नाम्नां सहस्रं कथितं पित्रा हिमवता स्वयम् । उपदेशो महादेव्या वरदानं तथैव च
nāmnāṃ sahasraṃ kathitaṃ pitrā himavatā svayam / upadeśo mahādevyā varadānaṃ tathaiva ca
The thousand names, recited by her father Himavat himself; and the instruction of the Great Goddess, and likewise the granting of a boon.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 44.89
भृग्वादीनां प्रजासर्गो राज्ञां वंशस्य विस्तरः । प्राचेतसत्वं दक्षस्य दक्षयज्ञविमर्दनम्
bhṛgvādīnāṃ prajāsargo rājñāṃ vaṃśasya vistaraḥ / prācetasatvaṃ dakṣasya dakṣayajñavimardanam
The creation of offspring by Bhṛgu and the others, the extent of the lineage of kings; Dakṣa's being the son of Pracetas, and the crushing of Dakṣa's sacrifice.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 44.90
दधीचस्य च दक्षस्य विवादः कथितस्तदा । ततश्च शापः कथितो मुनीनां मुनिपुङ्गवाः
dadhīcasya ca dakṣasya vivādaḥ kathitastadā / tataśca śāpaḥ kathito munīnāṃ munipuṅgavāḥ
And then the quarrel of Dadhīca and Dakṣa is told; and thereafter the curse of the sages, O best of sages.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 44.91
रुद्रागतिः प्रसादश्च अन्तर्धानं पिनाकिनः । पितामहस्योपदेशः कीर्त्यते रक्षणाय तु
rudrāgatiḥ prasādaśca antardhānaṃ pinākinaḥ / pitāmahasyopadeśaḥ kīrtyate rakṣaṇāya tu
The coming of Rudra and (his) favour, the disappearance of Pinākin; the instruction of the Grandfather (Brahmā) is proclaimed, for the sake of protection.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 44.92
दक्षस्य च प्रजासर्गः कश्यपस्य महात्मनः । हिरण्यकशिपोर्नाशो हिरण्याक्षवधस्तथा
dakṣasya ca prajāsargaḥ kaśyapasya mahātmanaḥ / hiraṇyakaśipornāśo hiraṇyākṣavadhastathā
And the creation of offspring by Dakṣa and by the great-souled Kaśyapa; the destruction of Hiraṇyakaśipu, and likewise the slaying of Hiraṇyākṣa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 44.93
ततश्च शापः कथितो देवदारुवनौकसाम् । निग्रहश्चान्धकस्याथ गाणपत्यमनुत्तमम्
tataśca śāpaḥ kathito devadāruvanaukasām / nigrahaścāndhakasyātha gāṇapatyamanuttamam
And then the curse of those dwelling in the Devadāru forest is told; and next the subduing of Andhaka, and (his) unsurpassed lordship over the Gaṇas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 44.94
प्रह्रादनिग्रहश्चाथ बलेः संयमनं ततः । बाणस्य निग्रहश्चाथ प्रसादस्तस्य शूलिनः
prahrādanigrahaścātha baleḥ saṃyamanaṃ tataḥ / bāṇasya nigrahaścātha prasādastasya śūlinaḥ
And then the subduing of Prahlāda, then the restraining of Bali; and next the subduing of Bāṇa, and the Trident-bearer's favour to him.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 44.95
ऋषीणां वंशविस्तारो राज्ञां वंशाः प्रकीर्तिताः । वसुदेवात् ततो विष्णोरुत्पत्तिः स्वेच्छया हरेः
ṛṣīṇāṃ vaṃśavistāro rājñāṃ vaṃśāḥ prakīrtitāḥ / vasudevāt tato viṣṇorutpattiḥ svecchayā hareḥ
The extension of the lineages of the seers, the lineages of kings are proclaimed; then the birth of Viṣṇu from Vasudeva, by Hari's own will.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 44.96
दर्शनं चोपमन्योर्वै तपश्चरणमेव च । वरलाभो महादेवं दृष्ट्वा साम्बं त्रिलोचनम्
darśanaṃ copamanyorvai tapaścaraṇameva ca / varalābho mahādevaṃ dṛṣṭvā sāmbaṃ trilocanam
And the vision of Upamanyu, and indeed (his) practice of austerity; the winning of a boon, having seen the Great God, the three-eyed one with Ambā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 44.97
कैलासगमनं चाथ निवासस्तत्र शार्ङ्गिणः । ततश्च कथ्यते भीतिर्द्वारिवत्या निवासिनाम्
kailāsagamanaṃ cātha nivāsastatra śārṅgiṇaḥ / tataśca kathyate bhītirdvārivatyā nivāsinām
And then the going to Kailāsa, and the dwelling there of the Bow-bearer; and thereafter the fear of the inhabitants of Dvāravatī is told.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 44.98
रक्षणं गरुडेनाथ जित्वा शत्रून् महाबलान् । नारादागमनं चैव यात्रा चैव गरुत्मतः
rakṣaṇaṃ garuḍenātha jitvā śatrūn mahābalān / nārādāgamanaṃ caiva yātrā caiva garutmataḥ
Then the protection (of them) by Garuḍa, having conquered the mighty enemies; and the coming of Nārada, and the journey of Garutmān.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 44.99
ततश्च कृष्णागमनं मुनीनामागतिस्ततः । नैत्यकं वासुदेवस्य शिवलिङ्गार्चनं तथा
tataśca kṛṣṇāgamanaṃ munīnāmāgatistataḥ / naityakaṃ vāsudevasya śivaliṅgārcanaṃ tathā
And then the coming of Kṛṣṇa, then the arrival of the sages; the daily observance of Vāsudeva, and likewise the worship of the Śiva-liṅga.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 44.100
मार्कण्डेयस्य च मुनेः प्रश्नः प्रोक्तस्ततः परम् । लिङ्गार्चननिमित्तं च लिङ्गस्यापि सलिङ्गिनः
mārkaṇḍeyasya ca muneḥ praśnaḥ proktastataḥ param / liṅgārcananimittaṃ ca liṅgasyāpi saliṅginaḥ
And after that the question of the sage Mārkaṇḍeya is set forth; and the reason for liṅga-worship, and of the liṅga together with him who bears the liṅga.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
KuP 2 44.101
यथात्म्यकथनं चाथ लिङ्गाविर्भाव एव च । ब्रह्मविष्णोस्तथा मध्ये कीर्तितो मुनिपुङ्गवाः
yathātmyakathanaṃ cātha liṅgāvirbhāva eva ca / brahmaviṣṇostathā madhye kīrtito munipuṅgavāḥ
And then the telling of (its) true nature, and the manifestation of the liṅga; it is proclaimed, O best of sages, as between Brahmā and Viṣṇu.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
KuP 2 44.102
मोहस्तयोस्तु कथितो गमनं चोर्ध्वतो ऽप्यधः । संस्तवो देवदेवस्य प्रसादः परमेष्ठिनः
mohastayostu kathito gamanaṃ cordhvato 'pyadhaḥ / saṃstavo devadevasya prasādaḥ parameṣṭhinaḥ
The bewilderment of those two is told, and (their) going upward and also downward; the hymn of praise to the God of gods, the favour of the Supreme One.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 44.103
अन्तर्धानं च लिङ्गस्य साम्बोत्पत्तिस्ततः परम् । कीर्तिता चानिरुद्धस्य समुत्पत्तिर्द्विजोत्तमाः
antardhānaṃ ca liṅgasya sāmbotpattistataḥ param / kīrtitā cāniruddhasya samutpattirdvijottamāḥ
And after that the disappearance of the liṅga, the birth of Sāmba; and the birth of Aniruddha is recounted, O best of the twice-born.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 44.104
कृष्णस्य गमने बुद्धिरृषीणामागतिस्तथा । अनुवशासितं च कृष्णेन वरदानं महात्मनः
kṛṣṇasya gamane buddhirṛṣīṇāmāgatistathā / anuvaśāsitaṃ ca kṛṣṇena varadānaṃ mahātmanaḥ
Kṛṣṇa's resolve to depart, and likewise the arrival of the seers; and the instruction given by Kṛṣṇa, the granting of a boon by the great-souled one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
KuP 2 44.105
गमनं चैव कृष्णस्य पार्थस्यापि च दर्शनम् । कृष्णद्वैपायनस्योक्ता युगधर्माः सनातनाः
gamanaṃ caiva kṛṣṇasya pārthasyāpi ca darśanam / kṛṣṇadvaipāyanasyoktā yugadharmāḥ sanātanāḥ
And Kṛṣṇa's departure, and also the sight of Pārtha (Arjuna); the eternal duties of the (four) ages were stated by Kṛṣṇa Dvaipāyana.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 44.106
अनुग्रहो ऽथ पार्थस्य वाराणसीगतिस्ततः । पाराशर्यस्य च मुनेर्व्यासस्याद्भुतकर्मणः
anugraho 'tha pārthasya vārāṇasīgatistataḥ / pārāśaryasya ca munervyāsasyādbhutakarmaṇaḥ
Then the favour (shown) to Pārtha, and thereafter the going to Vārāṇasī, and (that) of the sage Vyāsa, son of Parāśara, of wondrous deeds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
KuP 2 44.107
वारणस्याश्च माहात्म्यं तीर्थानां चैव वर्णनम् । तीर्थयात्रा च व्यासस्य देव्याश्चैवाथ दर्शनम् । उद्वासनं च कथितं वरदानं तथैव च
vāraṇasyāśca māhātmyaṃ tīrthānāṃ caiva varṇanam / tīrthayātrā ca vyāsasya devyāścaivātha darśanam / udvāsanaṃ ca kathitaṃ varadānaṃ tathaiva ca
And the greatness of Vārāṇasī, and the description of the sacred fords; and Vyāsa's pilgrimage to the fords, and then the sight of the Goddess; and the expulsion (from the city) was related, and likewise the granting of a boon.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
KuP 2 44.108
प्रयागस्य च माहात्म्यं क्षेत्राणामथ कीर्तिनम् । फलं च विपुलं विप्रा मार्कण्डेयस्य निर्गमः
prayāgasya ca māhātmyaṃ kṣetrāṇāmatha kīrtinam / phalaṃ ca vipulaṃ viprā mārkaṇḍeyasya nirgamaḥ
And the greatness of Prayāga, and then the proclaiming of the holy fields, and the abundant fruit (thereof), O brahmins; (and) the departure of Mārkaṇḍeya.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 44.109
भुवनानां स्वरूपं च ज्योतिषां च निवेशनम् । कीर्त्यन्ते चैव वर्षाणि नदीनां चैव निर्णयः
bhuvanānāṃ svarūpaṃ ca jyotiṣāṃ ca niveśanam / kīrtyante caiva varṣāṇi nadīnāṃ caiva nirṇayaḥ
And the nature of the worlds, and the placing of the heavenly lights; and the continents are proclaimed, and the determination of the rivers.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 44.110
पर्वतानां च कथनं स्थानानि च दिवौकसाम् । द्वीपानां प्रविभागश्च श्वेतद्वीपोपवर्णनम्
parvatānāṃ ca kathanaṃ sthānāni ca divaukasām / dvīpānāṃ pravibhāgaśca śvetadvīpopavarṇanam
And the account of the mountains, and the abodes of the sky-dwellers; and the division of the islands, and the description of Śvetadvīpa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 44.111
शयनं केशवस्याथ माहात्म्यं च महात्मनः । मन्वन्तराणां कथनं विष्णोर्माहात्म्यमेव च
śayanaṃ keśavasyātha māhātmyaṃ ca mahātmanaḥ / manvantarāṇāṃ kathanaṃ viṣṇormāhātmyameva ca
Then Keśava's lying down (in sleep), and the greatness of the Great Soul; the account of the Manu-intervals, and indeed the greatness of Viṣṇu.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 44.112
वेदशाखाप्रणयनं व्यासानां कथनं ततः । अवेदस्य च वेदानां कथनं मुनिपुङ्गवाः
vedaśākhāpraṇayanaṃ vyāsānāṃ kathanaṃ tataḥ / avedasya ca vedānāṃ kathanaṃ munipuṅgavāḥ
The composition of the branches of the Veda, then the account of the Vyāsas; and the account of what is not Veda and of the Vedas, O foremost of sages.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
KuP 2 44.113
योगेश्वराणां च कथा शिष्याणां चाथ कीर्तनम् । गीताश्च विविधागुह्या ईश्वरस्याथ कीर्तिताः
yogeśvarāṇāṃ ca kathā śiṣyāṇāṃ cātha kīrtanam / gītāśca vividhāguhyā īśvarasyātha kīrtitāḥ
And the story of the lords of yoga, and then the proclaiming of (their) disciples; and the various secret songs of the Lord were then proclaimed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 44.114
वर्णाश्रमाणामाचाराः प्रायश्चित्तविधिस्ततः । कपालित्वं च रुद्रस्य भिक्षाचरणमेव च
varṇāśramāṇāmācārāḥ prāyaścittavidhistataḥ / kapālitvaṃ ca rudrasya bhikṣācaraṇameva ca
The observances of the classes and the stages of life, then the rules of expiation; and Rudra's bearing of the skull, and his going about begging.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 44.115
पतिव्रतायाश्चाख्यानं तीर्थानां च विनिर्णयः । तथा मङ्कणकस्याथ निग्रहः कीर्त्यते द्विजाः
pativratāyāścākhyānaṃ tīrthānāṃ ca vinirṇayaḥ / tathā maṅkaṇakasyātha nigrahaḥ kīrtyate dvijāḥ
And the tale of the devoted wife, and the determination concerning the sacred fords; and likewise then the restraining of Maṅkaṇaka is proclaimed, O twice-born.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 44.116
वधश्च कथितो विप्राः कालस्य च समासतः । देवदारुवने शंभोः प्रवेशो माधवस्य च
vadhaśca kathito viprāḥ kālasya ca samāsataḥ / devadāruvane śaṃbhoḥ praveśo mādhavasya ca
And the slaying of Kāla was related in brief, O brahmins; and the entry of Śambhu and of Mādhava into the Devadāru forest.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 44.117
दर्शनं षट्कुलीयानां देवदेवस्य धीमतः । वरदानं च देवस्य नन्दिने तु प्रकीर्तितम्
darśanaṃ ṣaṭkulīyānāṃ devadevasya dhīmataḥ / varadānaṃ ca devasya nandine tu prakīrtitam
The sight of the wise God of gods by the men of the six families; and the granting of a boon by the God to Nandin has been proclaimed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
KuP 2 44.118
नैमित्तिकस्तु कथितः प्रतिसर्गस्ततः परम् । प्राकृतः प्रलयश्चोर्ध्वं सबीजो योग एव च
naimittikastu kathitaḥ pratisargastataḥ param / prākṛtaḥ pralayaścordhvaṃ sabījo yoga eva ca
And the occasional (dissolution) was related, and after that the re-creation; and beyond that the dissolution of primal matter, and yoga with its seed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 44.119
एवं ज्ञात्वा पुराणस्य संक्षेपं कीर्तयेत् तु यः । सर्वपापविनिर्मुक्तो ब्रह्मलोके महीयते
evaṃ jñātvā purāṇasya saṃkṣepaṃ kīrtayet tu yaḥ / sarvapāpavinirmukto brahmaloke mahīyate
He who, having thus learned it, recites the summary of the Purāṇa is freed from all sins and is honoured in the world of Brahmā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 44.120
एवमुक्त्वा श्रियं देवीमादाय पुरुषोत्तमः । संत्यज्य कूर्मसंस्थानं स्वस्थानं च जगाम ह
evamuktvā śriyaṃ devīmādāya puruṣottamaḥ / saṃtyajya kūrmasaṃsthānaṃ svasthānaṃ ca jagāma ha
Having spoken thus, the Supreme Person, taking the goddess Śrī and abandoning the form of the tortoise, went to his own abode.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 44.121
देवाश्च सर्वे मुनयः स्वानि स्थानानि भेजिरे । प्रणम्य पुरुषं विष्णुं गृहीत्वा ह्यमृतं द्विजाः
devāśca sarve munayaḥ svāni sthānāni bhejire / praṇamya puruṣaṃ viṣṇuṃ gṛhītvā hyamṛtaṃ dvijāḥ
And all the gods and the sages, having bowed to the Person Viṣṇu and taken the nectar, resorted to their own abodes, O twice-born.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 44.122
एतत् पुराणं परमं भाषितं कूर्मरूपिणा । साक्षाद् देवादिदेनेन विष्णुना विश्वयोनिना
etat purāṇaṃ paramaṃ bhāṣitaṃ kūrmarūpiṇā / sākṣād devādidenena viṣṇunā viśvayoninā
This supreme Purāṇa was spoken by him who took the form of a tortoise, directly by Viṣṇu himself, the first of the gods, the womb of the universe.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 44.123
यः पठेत् सततं मर्त्यो नियमेन समाहितः । सर्वपापविनिर्मुक्तो ब्रह्मलोके महीयते
yaḥ paṭhet satataṃ martyo niyamena samāhitaḥ / sarvapāpavinirmukto brahmaloke mahīyate
The mortal who recites it constantly, collected and observing the rule, is freed from all sins and is honoured in the world of Brahmā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 44.124
लिखित्वा चैव यो दद्याद् वैशाखे मासि सुव्रतः । विप्राय वेदविदुषे तस्य पुण्यं निबोधत
likhitvā caiva yo dadyād vaiśākhe māsi suvrataḥ / viprāya vedaviduṣe tasya puṇyaṃ nibodhata
And the man of good vows who, having written it out, gives it in the month of Vaiśākha to a brahmin learned in the Veda — hear of his merit.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 44.125
सर्वपापविनिर्मुक्तः सर्वैश्वर्यसमन्वितः । भुक्त्वा च विपुलान्स्वर्गे भोगान्दिव्यान्सुशोभनान्
sarvapāpavinirmuktaḥ sarvaiśvaryasamanvitaḥ / bhuktvā ca vipulānsvarge bhogāndivyānsuśobhanān
Freed from all sins, endowed with every lordship, and having enjoyed in heaven abundant, divine, most splendid pleasures —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 44.126
ततः स्वर्गात् परिभ्रष्टो विप्राणां जायते कुले । पूर्वसंस्कारमाहात्म्याद् ब्रह्मविद्यामवाप्नुयात्
tataḥ svargāt paribhraṣṭo viprāṇāṃ jāyate kule / pūrvasaṃskāramāhātmyād brahmavidyāmavāpnuyāt
then, fallen from heaven, he is born in a family of brahmins, and through the greatness of his former conditioning he would attain the knowledge of brahman.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 44.127
पठित्वाध्यायमेवैकं सर्वपापैः प्रमुच्यते । योर्ऽथं विचारयेत् सम्यक् स प्राप्नोति परं पदम्
paṭhitvādhyāyamevaikaṃ sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate / yor'thaṃ vicārayet samyak sa prāpnoti paraṃ padam
By reciting even a single chapter one is released from all sins; and he who rightly reflects on its meaning attains the highest state.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 44.128
अध्येतव्यमिदं नित्यं विप्रैः पर्वणि पर्वणि । श्रोतव्यं च द्विजश्रेष्ठा महापातकनाशनम्
adhyetavyamidaṃ nityaṃ vipraiḥ parvaṇi parvaṇi / śrotavyaṃ ca dvijaśreṣṭhā mahāpātakanāśanam
This is to be recited constantly by brahmins at each festival day, and it is to be heard, O best of the twice-born — it destroys the great sins.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 44.129
एकतस्तु पुराणानि सेतिहासानि कृत्स्नशः । एकत्र चेदं परममेतदेवातिरिच्यते
ekatastu purāṇāni setihāsāni kṛtsnaśaḥ / ekatra cedaṃ paramametadevātiricyate
On one side the Purāṇas together with the epic histories in their entirety, and on the other side this supreme (work): this very one exceeds (them).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 44.130
धर्मनैपुण्यकामानां ज्ञाननैपुण्यकामिनाम् । इदं पुराणं मुक्त्वैकं नास्त्यन्यत् साधनं परम्
dharmanaipuṇyakāmānāṃ jñānanaipuṇyakāminām / idaṃ purāṇaṃ muktvaikaṃ nāstyanyat sādhanaṃ param
For those who desire skill in dharma and those who desire skill in knowledge, apart from this one Purāṇa there is no other superior means.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 44.131
यथावदत्र भगवान् देवो नारायणो हरिः । कथ्यते हि यथा विष्णुर्न तथान्येषु सुव्रताः
yathāvadatra bhagavān devo nārāyaṇo hariḥ / kathyate hi yathā viṣṇurna tathānyeṣu suvratāḥ
For here the Lord, the god Nārāyaṇa, Hari, is told of as he truly is; as Viṣṇu (is spoken of here), not so in the others, O you of good vows.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 44.132
ब्राह्मी पौराणिकी चेयं संहिता पापनाशनी । अत्र तत् परमं ब्रह्म कीर्त्यते हि यथार्थतः
brāhmī paurāṇikī ceyaṃ saṃhitā pāpanāśanī / atra tat paramaṃ brahma kīrtyate hi yathārthataḥ
And this collection, belonging to Brahmā and to the Purāṇa tradition, destroys sin; for here that supreme brahman is proclaimed as it really is.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 44.133
तीर्थानां परमं तीर्थं तपसां च परं तपः । ज्ञानानां परमं ज्ञानं व्रतानां परमं व्रतम्
tīrthānāṃ paramaṃ tīrthaṃ tapasāṃ ca paraṃ tapaḥ / jñānānāṃ paramaṃ jñānaṃ vratānāṃ paramaṃ vratam
(It is) the highest of sacred fords, the highest austerity among austerities, the highest knowledge among knowledges, the highest vow among vows.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 44.134
नाध्येतव्यमिदं शास्त्रं वृषलस्य च सन्निधौ । यो ऽधीते स तु मोहात्मा स याति नरकान् बहून्
nādhyetavyamidaṃ śāstraṃ vṛṣalasya ca sannidhau / yo 'dhīte sa tu mohātmā sa yāti narakān bahūn
This treatise is not to be recited in the presence of a low-caste man; he who recites (it there) is deluded in mind and goes to many hells.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 44.135
श्राद्धे वा दैविके कार्ये श्रावणीयं द्विजातिभिः । यज्ञान्ते तु विशेषेण सर्वदोषविशोधनम्
śrāddhe vā daivike kārye śrāvaṇīyaṃ dvijātibhiḥ / yajñānte tu viśeṣeṇa sarvadoṣaviśodhanam
At a śrāddha or at a rite for the gods it should be made to be heard by the twice-born, and especially at the end of a sacrifice; it cleanses all faults.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 44.136
मुमुक्षूणामिदं शास्त्रमध्येतव्यं विशेषतः । श्रोतव्यं चाथ मन्तव्यं वेदार्थपरिबृंहणम्
mumukṣūṇāmidaṃ śāstramadhyetavyaṃ viśeṣataḥ / śrotavyaṃ cātha mantavyaṃ vedārthaparibṛṃhaṇam
By those who desire liberation this treatise is especially to be studied, and to be heard and then pondered; it is an amplification of the meaning of the Veda.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 44.137
ज्ञात्वा यथावद् विप्रेन्द्रान् श्रावयेद् भक्तिसंयुतान् । सर्वपापविनिर्मुक्तो ब्रह्मसायुज्यमाप्नुयात्
jñātvā yathāvad viprendrān śrāvayed bhaktisaṃyutān / sarvapāpavinirmukto brahmasāyujyamāpnuyāt
Having understood it properly, one should have it heard by the foremost brahmins who are full of devotion; freed from all sins, he would attain union with brahman.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 44.138
यो ऽश्रद्दधाने पुरुषे दद्याच्चाधार्मिके तथा । स प्रेत्य गत्वा निरयान् शुनां योनिं व्रजत्यधः
yo 'śraddadhāne puruṣe dadyāccādhārmike tathā / sa pretya gatvā nirayān śunāṃ yoniṃ vrajatyadhaḥ
But he who gives it to a man without faith, or to one who is unrighteous — he, after death, goes to the hells and then downward to birth among dogs.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 44.139
नमस्कृत्वा हरिं विष्णुं जगद्योनिं सनातनम् । अध्येतव्यमिदं शास्त्रं कृष्णद्वैपायनं तथा
namaskṛtvā hariṃ viṣṇuṃ jagadyoniṃ sanātanam / adhyetavyamidaṃ śāstraṃ kṛṣṇadvaipāyanaṃ tathā
After making obeisance to Hari, to Viṣṇu, the eternal womb of the world, and likewise to Kṛṣṇa Dvaipāyana, this treatise is to be studied.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 44.140
इत्याज्ञा देवदेवस्य विष्णोरमिततेजसः । पाराशर्यस्य विप्रर्षेर्व्यासस्य च महात्मनः
ityājñā devadevasya viṣṇoramitatejasaḥ / pārāśaryasya viprarṣervyāsasya ca mahātmanaḥ
Such is the command of the god of gods, Viṣṇu of measureless splendour, and of the brahmin seer, the son of Parāśara, the great-souled Vyāsa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 44.141
श्रुत्वा नारायणाद् दिव्यां नारदो भगवानृषिः । गौतमाय ददौ पूर्वं तस्माच्चैव पराशरः
śrutvā nārāyaṇād divyāṃ nārado bhagavānṛṣiḥ / gautamāya dadau pūrvaṃ tasmāccaiva parāśaraḥ
Having heard the divine (text) from Nārāyaṇa, the venerable seer Nārada gave it formerly to Gautama, and from him Parāśara (received it).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 44.142
पराशरो ऽपि भगवान गङ्गाद्वारे मुनीश्वराः । मुनिभ्यः कथयामास धर्मकामार्थमोक्षदम्
parāśaro 'pi bhagavāna gaṅgādvāre munīśvarāḥ / munibhyaḥ kathayāmāsa dharmakāmārthamokṣadam
And the venerable Parāśara too, O lords of sages, at the gateway of the Gaṅgā, recounted to the sages (this text) which bestows dharma, pleasure, wealth and liberation.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 44.143
ब्रह्मणा कथितं पूर्वं सनकाय च धीमते । सनत्कुमाराय तथा सर्वपापप्रणाशनम्
brahmaṇā kathitaṃ pūrvaṃ sanakāya ca dhīmate / sanatkumārāya tathā sarvapāpapraṇāśanam
It was told formerly by Brahmā to the wise Sanaka, and likewise to Sanatkumāra — (this text) which destroys all sins.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 44.144
सनकाद् भगवान् साक्षाद् देवलो योगवित्तमः । अवाप्तवान् पञ्चशिखो देवलादिदमुत्तमम्
sanakād bhagavān sākṣād devalo yogavittamaḥ / avāptavān pañcaśikho devalādidamuttamam
From Sanaka the venerable Devala, best of the knowers of yoga, (received it) directly; from Devala Pañcaśikha obtained this excellent (work).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 44.145
सनत्कुमाराद् भगवान् मुनिः सत्यवतीसुतः । लेभे पुराणं परमं व्यासः सर्वार्थसंचयम्
sanatkumārād bhagavān muniḥ satyavatīsutaḥ / lebhe purāṇaṃ paramaṃ vyāsaḥ sarvārthasaṃcayam
From Sanatkumāra the venerable sage, the son of Satyavatī, Vyāsa, obtained this supreme Purāṇa, the collection of all meanings.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 44.146
तस्माद् व्यासादहं श्रुत्वा भवतां पापनाशनम् । ऊचिवान् वै भवद्भिश्च दातव्यं धार्मिके जने
tasmād vyāsādahaṃ śrutvā bhavatāṃ pāpanāśanam / ūcivān vai bhavadbhiśca dātavyaṃ dhārmike jane
Having heard it from that Vyāsa, I have declared to you (this text) that destroys sin; and it should be given by you to a righteous person.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 44.147
तस्मै व्यासाय गुरवे सर्वज्ञाय महर्षये । पाराशर्याय शान्ताय नमो नारायणात्मने
tasmai vyāsāya gurave sarvajñāya maharṣaye / pārāśaryāya śāntāya namo nārāyaṇātmane
To that Vyāsa, the teacher, the all-knowing great seer, the son of Parāśara, the tranquil one, whose self is Nārāyaṇa — homage.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 44.148
यस्मात् संजायते कृत्सनं यत्र चैव प्रलीयते । नमस्तस्मै सुरेशाय विष्णवे कूर्मरूपिणे
yasmāt saṃjāyate kṛtsanaṃ yatra caiva pralīyate / namastasmai sureśāya viṣṇave kūrmarūpiṇe
From whom the whole (world) is born and in whom it is dissolved — homage to him, the lord of the gods, Viṣṇu in the form of the tortoise.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition