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sūta uvāca / (1.1) Par.?

śākadvīpasya vistārād dviguṇena vyavasthitaḥ / (1.2) Par.?

kṣīrārṇavaṃ samāśritya dvīpaḥ puṣkarasaṃvṛtaḥ // (1.3) Par.?

eka evātra viprendrāḥ parvato mānasottaraḥ / (2.1) Par.?

yojanānāṃ sahasrāṇi sārdhaṃ pañcāśaducchritaḥ / (2.2) Par.?

tāvadeva ca vistīrṇaḥ sarvataḥ parimaṇḍalaḥ // (2.3) Par.?

sa eva dvīpaḥ paścārdhe mānasottarasaṃjñitaḥ / (3.1) Par.?

eka eva mahāsānuḥ saṃniveśād dvidhā kṛtaḥ // (3.2) Par.?

tasmin dvīpe smṛtau dvau tu puṇyau janapadau śubhau / (4.1) Par.?

aparau mānasasyātha parvatasyānumaṇḍalau / (4.2) Par.?

mahāvītaṃ smṛtaṃ varṣaṃ dhātakīkhaṇḍameva ca // (4.3) Par.?

svādūdakenodadhinā puṣkaraḥ parivāritaḥ / (5.1) Par.?

tasmin dvīpe mahāvṛkṣo nyagrodho 'marapūjitaḥ // (5.2) Par.?

tasmin nivasati brahmā viśvātmā viśvabhāvanaḥ / (6.1) Par.?

tatraiva muniśārdūlāḥ śivanārāyaṇālayaḥ // (6.2) Par.?

vasatyatra mahādevo haror'ddhaharir avyayaḥ / (7.1) Par.?

sampūjyamāno brahmādyaiḥ kumārādyaiśca yogibhiḥ / (7.2) Par.?

gandharvaiḥ kinnarairyakṣairīśvaraḥ kṛṣṇapiṅgalaḥ // (7.3) Par.?

svasthāstatra prajāḥ sarvā brahmaṇā sadṛśatviṣaḥ / (8.1) Par.?

nirāmayā viśokāśca rāgadveṣavivarjitāḥ // (8.2) Par.?

satyānṛte na tatrāstāṃ nottamādhamamadhyamāḥ / (9.1) Par.?

na varṇāśramadharmāśca na nadyo na ca parvatāḥ // (9.2) Par.?

pareṇa puṣkarasyātha sthito mahān / (10.1) Par.?

svādūdakasamudrastu samantād dvijasattamāḥ // (10.2) Par.?

pareṇa tasya mahatī dṛśyate lokasaṃsthitiḥ / (11.1) Par.?

kāñcanī dviguṇā bhūmiḥ sarvā caiva śilopamā // (11.2) Par.?

tasyāḥ pareṇa śailastu maryādātmātmamaṇḍalaḥ / (12.1) Par.?

prakāśaścāprakāśaśca lokālokaḥ sa ucyate // (12.2) Par.?

yojanānāṃ sahasrāṇi daśa tasyocchrayaḥ smṛtaḥ / (13.1) Par.?

tāvāneva ca vistāro lokāloko mahāgiriḥ // (13.2) Par.?

samāvṛtya tu taṃ śailaṃ sarvato vai tamaḥ sthitam / (14.1) Par.?

tamaścāṇḍakaṭāhena samantāt pariveṣṭitam // (14.2) Par.?

ete sapta mahālokāḥ pātālāḥ sapta kīrtitāḥ / (15.1) Par.?

brahmāṇḍasyaiṣa vistāraḥ saṃkṣepeṇa mayoditaḥ // (15.2) Par.?

aṇḍānāmīdṛśānāṃ tu koṭyo jñeyāḥ sahasraśaḥ / (16.1) Par.?

sarvagatvāt pradhānasya kāraṇasyāvyayātmanaḥ // (16.2) Par.?

aṇḍeṣveteṣu sarveṣu bhuvanāni caturdaśa / (17.1) Par.?

tatra tatra caturvaktrā rudrā nārāyaṇādayaḥ // (17.2) Par.?

daśottaramathaikaikamaṇḍāvaraṇasaptakam / (18.1) Par.?

samantāt saṃsthitaṃ viprā yatra yānti manīṣiṇaḥ // (18.2) Par.?

anantam ekam avyaktanādinidhanaṃ mahat / (19.1) Par.?

atītya vartate sarvaṃ jagat prakṛtirakṣaram // (19.2) Par.?

anantatvamanantasya yataḥ saṃkhyā na vidyate / (20.1) Par.?

tadavyaktamiti jñeyaṃ tad brahma paramaṃ padam // (20.2) Par.?

ananta eṣa sarvatra sarvasthāneṣu paṭhyate / (21.1) Par.?

tasya pūrvaṃ mayāpyuktaṃ yattanmāhātmyamavyayam // (21.2) Par.?

gataḥ sa eṣa sarvatra sarvasthāneṣu vartate / (22.1) Par.?

bhūmau rasātale caiva ākāśe pavane 'nale / (22.2) Par.?

arṇaveṣu ca sarveṣu divi caiva na saṃśayaḥ // (22.3) Par.?

tathā tamasi sattve ca eṣa eva mahādyutiḥ / (23.1) Par.?

anekadhā vibhaktāṅgaḥ krīḍate puruṣottamaḥ // (23.2) Par.?

maheśvaraḥ paro 'vyaktādaṇḍamavyaktasaṃbhavam / (24.1) Par.?

aṇḍād brahmā samutpannastena sṛṣṭamidaṃ jagat // (24.2) Par.?

iti śrīkūrmapurāṇe ṣaṭsāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pūrvavibhāge aṣṭacatvāriṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ // (25.1) Par.?