अध्याय ७
श्लोक 1
इति रेवाखण्डे नर्मदामाहात्ये षष्ठो ऽध्यायः ॥ र्क्स् अध्याय ७ मार्कण्डेय उवाच: अन्यत्तीर्थं महापुण्यं सर्वपापप्रणाशनम् ।अश्वमेधसमुद्भूता नदी यत्र वराङ्गना
iti revākhaṇḍe narmadāmāhātye ṣaṣṭho 'dhyāyaḥ || rks adhyāya 7 mārkaṇḍeya uvāca: anyattīrthaṃ mahāpuṇyaṃ sarvapāpapraṇāśanam / aśvamedhasamudbhūtā nadī yatra varāṅganā
हिन्दी अर्थ
महर्षि भृगुके द्वारा कहे हुए इस “करुणाहृदय” नामक स्तोत्रका जो प्रतिदिन प्रातःकाल उठकर पाठ करता है, वह परम गतिको प्राप्त होता है। इस स्तोत्रसे सन्तुष्ट होकर भगवान् शिवने भृगुसे
English
Again there was the advent of a vast expanse of ocean- like water with horrible features in which mobile and immobile beings perished. The whole world was submerged in water. Darkness enveloped everything and there was no light at all. Brahma alone assumed the form of a Khadyota (Firefly, Glow- worm). For the period of a thousand divine years, he moved about in the great ocean enveloped in darkness. He then saw in the terrible expanse of ocean, the Lord asleep in the form of a tortoise. The excellent Lord, the incomprehensible, ex- tended to a thousand Yojanas. He resembled the twelve Adityas (Suns) in splendour. He had a thousand feet and eyes. On seeing him, Brahma was surprised and roused him slowly by means of auspicious hymns taken from the Vedic and Vedanga texts: "O Vacaspati (Lord of Speech), do wake up. O Supreme Being, obeisance to you. O Paramesvara (Supreme Lord), the entire universe is stationed in your belly. Hence, O Mahasattva (huge being of immense inner strength and good qualities), release what was withdrawn within by you. The night of Brahma has passed off. The day has dawned. O Lord of all worlds, have a view, whereby the universe can take birth."