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## Second Chapter
Saluting the Self-Existent Lord, the Supreme Lord of the Gods, the Lord Tama, we begin the detailed introduction of this Purana. ||1||
Now, the wise Shrenik, whose mind is focused on the knowledge of Dharma, asked the Lord of the Ganadharas, Gautam Swami. ||2||
O Lord, I have heard this entire Purana from the mouth of the Self-Existent Lord, in its essence. Now, by your grace, I wish to hear it from the scriptures. ||3||
O Lord, you are our uncaused friend, you love us without any reason, and you are the uncaused physician for those who are tormented by the suffering of birth and death. ||4||
O Lord, the rays of your nails, falling on our heads, are like the pure water of the celestial Ganga, as if they are performing an endless abhisheka (consecration) upon us. ||5||
O Lord, the radiance of your body, obtained through intense penance, is all-pervading and shines even at an untimely hour, like the dense, brilliant light of the morning sun. ||6||
O Lord, just as the sun quickly awakens and opens the lotuses that were closed in the night, you have awakened and roused this entire world, which was asleep in the slumber of ignorance. ||7||
O Lord, the darkness of ignorance in the heart, which the moon cannot touch with its rays, and which the sun cannot touch with its rays, is effortlessly destroyed by you with the rays of your words. ||8||
O Lord, your seven great wisdoms, which are constantly increasing, are like the seven flames of fire, ignited by the burning of the fuel of karma. ||9||