Texts

ṛṣaya ūcuḥ / (1.1) Par.?

kathitaṃ narasiṃhasya māhātmyaṃ vistareṇa ca / (1.2) Par.?

punastasyaiva māhātmyamanyadvistarato vada // (1.3) Par.?

padmarūpamabhūdetatkathaṃ hemamayaṃ jagat / (2.1) Par.?

kathaṃ ca vaiṣṇavī sṛṣṭiḥ padmamadhye'bhavatpurā // (2.2) Par.?

sūta uvāca / (3.1) Par.?

śrutvā ca narasiṃhasya māhātmyaṃ ravinandanaḥ / (3.2) Par.?

vismayotphullanayanaḥ punaḥ papraccha keśavam // (3.3) Par.?

manuruvāca / (4.1) Par.?

kathaṃ pādme mahākalpe tava padmamayaṃ jagat / (4.2) Par.?

jalārṇavagatasyeha nābhau jātaṃ janārdana // (4.3) Par.?

prabhāvātpadmanābhasya svapataḥ sāgarāmbhasi / (5.1) Par.?

puṣkare ca kathaṃ bhūtā devāḥ sarṣigaṇāḥ purā // (5.2) Par.?

etadākhyāhi nikhilaṃ yogaṃ yogavidāṃ pate / (6.1) Par.?

śṛṇvatastasya me kīrtiṃ na tṛptirupajāyate // (6.2) Par.?

kiyatā caiva kālena śete vai puruṣottamaḥ / (7.1) Par.?

kiyantaṃ vā svapiti ca ko'sya kālasya saṃbhavaḥ // (7.2) Par.?

kiyatā vātha kālena hyuttiṣṭhati mahāyaśāḥ / (8.1) Par.?

kathaṃ cotthāya bhagavānsṛjate nikhilaṃ jagat // (8.2) Par.?

ke prajāpatayastāvadāsanpūrvaṃ mahāmune / (9.1) Par.?

kathaṃ nirmitavāṃścaiva citraṃ lokaṃ sanātanam // (9.2) Par.?

kathamekārṇave śūnye naṣṭasthāvarajaṅgame / (10.1) Par.?

dagdhe devāsuranare pranaṣṭoragarākṣase // (10.2) Par.?

naṣṭānilānale loke naṣṭākāśamahītale / (11.1) Par.?

kevalaṃ gahvarībhūte mahābhūtaviparyaye // (11.2) Par.?

vibhurmahābhūtapatirmahātejā mahākṛtiḥ / (12.1) Par.?

āste suravaraśreṣṭho vidhimāsthāya yogavit // (12.2) Par.?

śṛṇuyāṃ parayā bhaktyā brahmannetadaśeṣataḥ / (13.1) Par.?

vaktumarhasi dharmiṣṭha yaśo nārāyaṇātmakam // (13.2) Par.?

śraddhayā copaviṣṭānāṃ bhagavanvaktumarhasi // (14) Par.?

matsya uvāca / (15.1) Par.?

nārāyaṇasya yaśasaḥ śravaṇe yā tava spṛhā / (15.2) Par.?

tadvaṃśyānvayabhūtasya nyāyyaṃ ravikularṣabha // (15.3) Par.?

śṛṇuṣvādipurāṇeṣu vedebhyaśca yathā śrutam / (16.1) Par.?

brāhmaṇānāṃ ca vadatāṃ śrutvā vai sumahātmanām // (16.2) Par.?

yathā ca tapasā dṛṣṭvā bṛhaspatisamadyutiḥ / (17.1) Par.?

parāśarasutaḥ śrīmāngururdvaipāyano'bravīt // (17.2) Par.?

tatte'haṃ kathayiṣyāmi yathāśakti yathāśruti / (18.1) Par.?

yadvijñātuṃ mayā śakyamṛṣimātreṇa sattamāḥ // (18.2) Par.?

kaḥ samutsahate jñātuṃ paraṃ nārāyaṇātmakam / (19.1) Par.?

viśvāyanaśca yadbrahmā na vedayati tattvataḥ // (19.2) Par.?

tatkarma viśvavedānāṃ tadrahasyaṃ maharṣīṇām / (20.1) Par.?

tamīśaṃ sarvayajñānāṃ tattattvaṃ sarvadarśinām / (20.2) Par.?

tadadhyātmavidāṃ cintyaṃ narakaṃ ca vikarmiṇām // (20.3) Par.?

adhidaivaṃ ca yaddaivamadhiyajñaṃ susaṃjñitam / (21.1) Par.?

tadbhūtamadhibhūtaṃ ca tatparaṃ paramarṣīṇām // (21.2) Par.?

sa yajño vedanirdiṣṭastattapaḥ kavayo viduḥ / (22.1) Par.?

yaḥ kartā kārako buddhirmanaḥ kṣetrajña eva ca // (22.2) Par.?

praṇavaḥ puruṣaḥ śāstā ekaśceti vibhāvyate / (23.1) Par.?

prāṇaḥ pañcavidhaścaiva dhruva akṣara eva ca // (23.2) Par.?

kālaḥ pākaśca paktā ca draṣṭā svādhyāya eva ca / (24.1) Par.?

ucyate vividhairdevaiḥ sa evāyaṃ na tatparam // (24.2) Par.?

sa eva bhagavānsarvaṃ karoti vikaroti ca / (25.1) Par.?

so'smānkārayate sarvānso'tyeti vyākulīkṛtān // (25.2) Par.?

yajāmahe tamevādyaṃ tamevecchāma nirvṛtāḥ / (26.1) Par.?

yo vaktā yacca vaktavyaṃ yaccāhaṃ tadbravīmi vaḥ // (26.2) Par.?

śrūyate yacca vai śrāvyaṃ yaccānyatparijalpyate / (27.1) Par.?

yāḥ kathāścaiva vartante śrutayo vātha tatparāḥ / (27.2) Par.?

viśvaṃ viśvapatiryaśca sa tu nārāyaṇaḥ smṛtaḥ // (27.3) Par.?

yatsatyaṃ yadamṛtamakṣaraṃ paraṃ yadyadbhūtaṃ paramamidaṃ ca yadbhaviṣyat / (28.1) Par.?

yatkiṃcic caramacaraṃ yadasti cānyattatsarvaṃ puruṣavaraḥ prabhuḥ purāṇaḥ // (28.2) Par.?