Texts

sūta uvāca / (1.1) Par.?

sa śiṣyaiḥ saṃvṛto dhīmān gururdvaipāyano muniḥ / (1.2) Par.?

jagāma vipulaṃ liṅgam oṅkāraṃ muktidāyakam // (1.3) Par.?

tatrābhyarcya mahādevaṃ śiṣyaiḥ saha mahāmuniḥ / (2.1) Par.?

provāca tasya māhātmyaṃ munīnāṃ bhāvitātmanām // (2.2) Par.?

idaṃ tad vimalaṃ liṅgam oṅkāraṃ nāma śobhanam / (3.1) Par.?

asya smaraṇamātreṇa mucyate sarvapātakaiḥ // (3.2) Par.?

etat parataraṃ jñānaṃ pañcāyatanam uttamam / (4.1) Par.?

sevitaṃ sūribhirnityaṃ vārāṇasyāṃ vimokṣadam // (4.2) Par.?

atra sākṣānmahādevaḥ pañcāyatanavigrahaḥ / (5.1) Par.?

ramate bhagavān rudro jantūnāmapavargadaḥ // (5.2) Par.?

yat tat pāśupataṃ jñānaṃ pañcārthamiti śabdyate / (6.1) Par.?

tadetad vimalaṃ liṅgam oṅkāre samavasthitam // (6.2) Par.?

śāntyatītā tathā śāntirvidyā caiva parā kalā / (7.1) Par.?

pratiṣṭhā ca nivṛttiśca pañcārthaṃ liṅgamaiśvaram // (7.2) Par.?

pañcānāmapi devānāṃ brahmādīnāṃ sadāśrayam / (8.1) Par.?

oṅkārabodhakaṃ liṅgaṃ pañcāyatanamucyate // (8.2) Par.?

saṃsmaredaiśvaraṃ liṅgaṃ pañcāyatanamavyayam / (9.1) Par.?

dehānte tatparaṃ jyotirānandaṃ viśate budhaḥ // (9.2) Par.?

atra devarṣayaḥ pūrvaṃ siddhā brahmarṣayastathā / (10.1) Par.?

upāsya devamīśānaṃ prāptavantaḥ paraṃ padam // (10.2) Par.?

matsyodaryāstaṭe puṇyaṃ sthānaṃ guhyatamaṃ śubham / (11.1) Par.?

gocarmamātraṃ viprendrā oṃkāreśvaram uttamam // (11.2) Par.?

kṛttivāseśvaraṃ liṅgaṃ madhyameśvaramuttamam / (12.1) Par.?

viśveśvaraṃ tathauṃkāraṃ kapardeśvarameva ca // (12.2) Par.?

etāni guhyaliṅgāni vārāṇasyāṃ dvijottamāḥ / (13.1) Par.?

na kaścidiha jānāti vinā śaṃbhoranugrahāt // (13.2) Par.?

evamuktvā yayau kṛṣṇaḥ pārāśaryo mahāmuniḥ / (14.1) Par.?

kṛttivāseśvaraṃ liṅgaṃ draṣṭuṃ devasya śūlinaḥ // (14.2) Par.?

samabhyarcya tathā śiṣyairmāhātmyaṃ kṛttivāsasaḥ / (15.1) Par.?

kathayāmāsa śiṣyebhyo bhagavān brahmavittamaḥ // (15.2) Par.?

asmin sthāne purā daityo hastī bhūtvā bhavāntikam / (16.1) Par.?

brāhmaṇān hantumāyāto ye 'tra nityamupāsate // (16.2) Par.?

teṣāṃ liṅgānmahādevaḥ prādurāsīt trilocanaḥ / (17.1) Par.?

rakṣaṇārthaṃ dvijaśreṣṭhā bhaktānāṃ bhaktavatsalaḥ // (17.2) Par.?

hatvā gajākṛtiṃ daityaṃ śūlenāvajñayā haraḥ / (18.1) Par.?

vāsas tasyākarot kṛttiṃ kṛttivāseśvarastataḥ // (18.2) Par.?

atra siddhiṃ parāṃ prāptā munayo munipuṅgavāḥ / (19.1) Par.?

tenaiva ca śarīreṇa prāptāstat paramaṃ padam // (19.2) Par.?

vidyā vidyeśvarā rudrāḥ śivā ye ca prakīrtitāḥ / (20.1) Par.?

kṛttivāseśvaraṃ liṅgaṃ nityamāvṛtya saṃsthitāḥ // (20.2) Par.?

jñātvā kaliyugaṃ ghoramadharmabahulaṃ janāḥ / (21.1) Par.?

kṛttivāsaṃ na muñcanti kṛtārthāste na saṃśayaḥ // (21.2) Par.?

janmāntarasahasreṇa mokṣo 'nyatrāpyate na vā / (22.1) Par.?

ekena janmanā mokṣaḥ kṛttivāse tu labhyate // (22.2) Par.?

ālayaḥ sarvasiddhānāmetat sthānaṃ vadanti hi / (23.1) Par.?

gopitaṃ devadevena mahādevena śaṃbhunā // (23.2) Par.?

yuge yuge hyatra dāntā brāhmaṇā vedapāragāḥ / (24.1) Par.?

upāsate mahādevaṃ japanti śatarudriyam // (24.2) Par.?

stuvanti satataṃ devaṃ tryambakaṃ kṛttivāsasam / (25.1) Par.?

dhyāyanti hṛdaye devaṃ sthāṇuṃ sarvāntaraṃ śivam // (25.2) Par.?

gāyanti siddhāḥ kila gītakāni ye vārāṇasyāṃ nivasanti viprāḥ / (26.1) Par.?

teṣāmathaikena bhavena muktir ye kṛttivāsaṃ śaraṇaṃ prapannāḥ // (26.2) Par.?

samprāpya loke jagatāmabhīṣṭaṃ sudurlabhaṃ viprakuleṣu janma / (27.1) Par.?

dhyāne samādhāya japanti rudraṃ dhyāyanti citte yatayo maheśam // (27.2) Par.?

ārādhayanti prabhumīśitāraṃ vārāṇasīmadhyagatā munīndrāḥ / (28.1) Par.?

yajanti yajñairabhisaṃdhihīnāḥ stuvanti rudraṃ praṇamanti śaṃbhum // (28.2) Par.?

namo bhavāyāmalayogadhāmne sthāṇuṃ prapadye giriśaṃ purāṇam / (29.1) Par.?

smarāmi rudraṃ hṛdaye niviṣṭaṃ jāne mahādevamanekarūpam // (29.2) Par.?

iti śrīkūrmapurāṇe ṣaṭsāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pūrvavibhāge triṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ // (30.1) Par.?