Narada Purana

पश्यन्ति निर्मलं शुद्धं तमीशानं भजाम्यहम्

Those who see the pure and spotless Lord, I worship Him.

स्थापयामास यो धर्मं कृतादौ तन्नमाम्यहम्

He who established dharma at the beginning of the age, I bow to Him.

न शक्यं तेन संख्यातुं कोट्यब्दैरपि तं भजे

He cannot be counted even in millions of ages; I worship Him.

देवासुराश्च मनवः कथं तं श्रुल्लको भजे

How can gods, demons, and Manus worship Him? I, insignificant, worship Him.

पवित्रतां प्रपद्यन्ते त कथं स्तौमि चाल्पधीः

Those who attain purity, how can I, of little understanding, praise Him?

पापिनस्तु विशुद्धाः स्युः शद्धा मोक्षमवान्पुयुः

Even sinners become purified; faith brings liberation and purification.

पश्यन्ति यं ज्ञानरुपं तमस्मि शरणं गतः

Those who see Him as the form of knowledge, to Him I have taken refuge.

तमादिदेवमजरं ज्ञानरुपं भजाम्यहम्

I worship that primeval, ageless God, the embodiment of knowledge.

सहस्रशीर्षकं देवं वन्दे भावात्मकं हरिम्

I salute Hari, the thousand-headed God, whose essence is feeling.

दशाङ्गुलं यो ऽत्स्यतिष्टत्तमीशमजरं भदे

He who stood measuring ten fingers, I worship that ageless Lord.

गुह्याद्गुह्यतमं देवं प्रणमामि पुनः पुनः

I bow again and again to the God who is most secret among secrets.

स्वपदं यो ददातीशस्तं वन्दे पुरुषोत्तमम्

I salute the Supreme Person who gives His own abode.

मुनीश्वरा नारदसंयुतास्तु सनन्दनाद्याः प्रपुदं प्रजग्मुः

The great sages, accompanied by Narada, Sanandana and others, attained His abode.

सर्वपापविशुद्धात्मा विष्णुलोकं स गच्छति

One whose soul is purified from all sins attains the realm of Vishnu.

तन्ममाख्याहि सनक सर्वज्ञो ऽस्ति यतो भवान्

Sanaka, tell me this, for you are all-knowing and thus qualified.

तेनेदमखिलं व्यात्पं जगत्स्थावरजङ्गमम्

By him, this entire universe, both immobile and mobile, has been pervaded.

गुणभेदमधिष्ठाय मूर्त्तित्रिकमवासृजत्

Assuming the distinctions of qualities, he manifested the triad of forms.

मध्येरुद्राख्यमीथानं जगदन्तकरं मुने

In the middle, O sage, is the seat called Rudra, which brings about the end of the world.

केचिद्विष्णुं सदा सत्यं ब्रह्माणं केचिदूचिरे

Some always declare Vishnu as the truth, while others speak of Brahma.

भावाभावस्वरुपा सा विद्याविद्येति गीयते

That which is the essence of existence and non-existence is sung as knowledge and ignorance.

तदा ह्यविद्या संसिद्धा भवेद्दुःखस्य साधनम्

Then, indeed, ignorance when perfected becomes the means of suffering.

सर्वैकभावना बुद्धिः सा विद्येत्यभिधीयते

The intellect absorbed in unity is called knowledge.

अभेदबुद्ध्या दृष्टा चेत्संसारक्षयकारिणी

If perceived with the intellect of non-difference, it brings about the destruction of worldly existence.

यस्माद्भिन्नमिदं सर्वं यच्चेङ्गेद्यच्चनेङ्गति

Because all this is different, whatever moves and whatever does not move.

अविद्योपाधियोगेनतथेदमखिलं जगत्

Through the association with the limiting adjunct of ignorance, thus is this entire world.

दाहशक्तिर्यथाङ्गारे स्वाश्रयं व्याप्य तिष्टति

Just as the power of burning remains pervading its own support, the ember.

भारतीत्यपरे चैनां गिरिजेत्यम्बिकेति च

Some call her Bhārati, others Girijā, and also Ambikā.

कौमारी वैष्णवी चेति वाराह्येन्द्री च शाम्भवी

She is also called Kaumārī, Vaiṣṇavī, Vārāhī, Indrī, and Śāmbhavī.

प्रकृतिश्च परा चेति वदन्ति परमर्षस्यः

The great sages declare her as Prakṛti and also as the Supreme.