Brahmanda Purana — Purva Bhaga — Chapter 26
BndP 1 26.1
ऋषय ऊचुः महादेवस्य महात्म्यं प्रभुत्वं च महात्मनः । श्रोतुमिच्छामहे सम्यगैश्वर्यगुणविस्तरम्
ṛṣaya ūcuḥ mahādevasya mahātmyaṃ prabhutvaṃ ca mahātmanaḥ / śrotumicchāmahe samyagaiśvaryaguṇavistaram
The seers said: We wish to hear fully the greatness of Mahādeva, and the lordship of that great one, and the full extent of his sovereign qualities.
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BndP 1 26.2
सूत उवाच पूर्वं त्रैलोक्यविजये विष्णुना समुदात्दृ तम् । बलिं बद्ध्वा महावीर्यं त्रैलोक्याधिपतिं पुरा
sūta uvāca pūrvaṃ trailokyavijaye viṣṇunā samudātdṛ tam / baliṃ baddhvā mahāvīryaṃ trailokyādhipatiṃ purā
Sūta said: Formerly, at the conquest of the three worlds, it was recounted by Viṣṇu, when of old he had bound Bali of great might, the lord of the three worlds.
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BndP 1 26.3
प्रनष्टेषु तु दैत्येषु प्रहृष्टे तु शचीपतौ । अथाजग्मुः प्रभुं द्रष्टुं सर्वे देवाः सनातनम्
pranaṣṭeṣu tu daityeṣu prahṛṣṭe tu śacīpatau / athājagmuḥ prabhuṃ draṣṭuṃ sarve devāḥ sanātanam
Now when the Daityas had perished and the husband of Śacī (Indra) was delighted, all the gods came to see the eternal Lord,
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BndP 1 26.4
यत्रास्ते विश्वरूपात्मा क्षीरोदस्य मसीपतः । सिद्धा ब्रह्मर्षयो यक्षा गन्धर्वाप्सरसां गणाः
yatrāste viśvarūpātmā kṣīrodasya masīpataḥ / siddhā brahmarṣayo yakṣā gandharvāpsarasāṃ gaṇāḥ
where he whose self is the universal form abides upon the milk-ocean, the lord of... — the Siddhas, the Brahman-seers, the Yakṣas, the hosts of Gandharvas and Apsarases,
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BndP 1 26.5
नागा देवर्षयश्चैव नद्यः सर्वे च पर्वताः । अभिगम्य महात्मानं स्तुवन्ति पुरुषं हरिम्
nāgā devarṣayaścaiva nadyaḥ sarve ca parvatāḥ / abhigamya mahātmānaṃ stuvanti puruṣaṃ harim
the Nāgas and the divine seers, the rivers and all the mountains, having approached the great-souled Person, Hari, praise him:
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BndP 1 26.6
त्वं धाता त्वं च कर्तासि त्वं लोकान्सृजसि प्रभो । त्वत्प्रसादाच्च कल्याणं प्राप्तं त्रैलोक्यमव्ययम्
tvaṃ dhātā tvaṃ ca kartāsi tvaṃ lokānsṛjasi prabho / tvatprasādācca kalyāṇaṃ prāptaṃ trailokyamavyayam
"You are the ordainer, and you are the maker; you create the worlds, O Lord; and by your grace the three worlds have obtained imperishable welfare.
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BndP 1 26.7
असुराश्च जिताः सर्वे बलिर्बद्धश्च वै त्वया । एवमुक्तः सुरैर्विष्णः सिद्धैश्च परमर्षिभिः
asurāśca jitāḥ sarve balirbaddhaśca vai tvayā / evamuktaḥ surairviṣṇaḥ siddhaiśca paramarṣibhiḥ
"And all the Asuras have been conquered, and Bali has been bound by you." Thus addressed by the gods, and by the Siddhas and the supreme seers, Viṣṇu
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BndP 1 26.8
प्रत्युवाच तदा देवान् सर्वांस्तान्पुरुषोत्तमः । श्रूयतामभिधास्यामि कारणं सुरसत्तमाः
pratyuvāca tadā devān sarvāṃstānpuruṣottamaḥ / śrūyatāmabhidhāsyāmi kāraṇaṃ surasattamāḥ
then replied to all those gods, that best of Persons: "Let it be heard; I shall tell the cause, O most excellent among gods.
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BndP 1 26.9
यः स्रष्टा सर्वभूतानां कालः कालकरः प्रभुः । येनाहं ब्रह्मणा सार्द्धं सृष्टा लोकाश्च मायया
yaḥ sraṣṭā sarvabhūtānāṃ kālaḥ kālakaraḥ prabhuḥ / yenāhaṃ brahmaṇā sārddhaṃ sṛṣṭā lokāśca māyayā
"He who is the creator of all beings, Time, the maker of time, the Lord, by whom I, together with Brahmā, and the worlds were created by (his) māyā —
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BndP 1 26.10
तस्यैव च प्रसादेन आदौ सिद्धत्वमागतः । पुरा तमसि चाव्यक्ते त्रैलोक्ये ग्रसिते मया
tasyaiva ca prasādena ādau siddhatvamāgataḥ / purā tamasi cāvyakte trailokye grasite mayā
"and by his grace alone I attained perfection in the beginning. Of old, when (all) lay in darkness and the unmanifest, the three worlds having been swallowed by me,
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BndP 1 26.11
उदरस्थेषु भूतेषु त्वेको ऽहं शयित स्तदा । सहस्रशीर्षा भूत्वा च सहस्राक्षः सहस्रपात्
udarastheṣu bhūteṣu tveko 'haṃ śayita stadā / sahasraśīrṣā bhūtvā ca sahasrākṣaḥ sahasrapāt
"the beings being (then) within my belly, I alone lay there, having become thousand-headed, thousand-eyed, thousand-footed,
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BndP 1 26.12
शङ्खचक्रगदापाणिः शयितो विमलेंऽभसि । एतस्मिन्नन्तरे दूरात्पश्यामि ह्यमितप्रभम्
śaṅkhacakragadāpāṇiḥ śayito vimaleṃ'bhasi / etasminnantare dūrātpaśyāmi hyamitaprabham
"with conch, discus and mace in my hands, lying in the spotless water. In this interval I see from afar one of measureless splendour,
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BndP 1 26.13
शतसूर्यप्रतीकाशं ज्वलन्तं स्वेन तेजसा । चतुर्वक्त्रं महायोगं पुरुषं काञ्चनप्रभम्
śatasūryapratīkāśaṃ jvalantaṃ svena tejasā / caturvaktraṃ mahāyogaṃ puruṣaṃ kāñcanaprabham
"resembling a hundred suns, blazing with his own radiance, four-faced, of great yoga, a Person with the lustre of gold,
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BndP 1 26.14
कृष्णाजिनधरं देवं कमण्डलुविभूषितम् । निमेषान्तरमात्रेण प्राप्तो ऽसौ पुरुषोत्तमः
kṛṣṇājinadharaṃ devaṃ kamaṇḍaluvibhūṣitam / nimeṣāntaramātreṇa prāpto 'sau puruṣottamaḥ
"a god wearing a black antelope skin, adorned with a water-pot. In the mere space of an eye-blink that supreme Person arrived.
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BndP 1 26.15
ततो मामब्रवीद्ब्रह्मा सर्वलोकनमस्कृतः । कस्त्वं कुतो वा कि चेह तिष्ठसे वद मे विभो
tato māmabravīdbrahmā sarvalokanamaskṛtaḥ / kastvaṃ kuto vā ki ceha tiṣṭhase vada me vibho
"Then Brahmā, to whom all the worlds bow, said to me: 'Who are you, or from where, and why do you stay here? Tell me, O mighty one.
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BndP 1 26.16
अहं कर्तास्मि लोकानां स्वयंभूर्विश्वतोमुखः । एवमुक्तस्तदा तेन ब्रह्मणाहमुवाच तम्
ahaṃ kartāsmi lokānāṃ svayaṃbhūrviśvatomukhaḥ / evamuktastadā tena brahmaṇāhamuvāca tam
"'I am the maker of the worlds, the self-existent one whose faces are turned everywhere.' Thus addressed then by that Brahmā, I said to him:
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BndP 1 26.17
अहं कर्त्ता हि लोकानां संहर्ता च पुनः पुनः । एवं संभाषमाणौ तु परस्परजयैषिणौ
ahaṃ karttā hi lokānāṃ saṃhartā ca punaḥ punaḥ / evaṃ saṃbhāṣamāṇau tu parasparajayaiṣiṇau
"'Indeed I am the maker of the worlds, and their destroyer again and again.' While the two were thus conversing, each seeking victory over the other,
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BndP 1 26.18
उत्तरां दिशमास्थाय ज्वालामद्राक्ष्व विष्ठिताम् । ज्वालां ततस्तामालोक्य विस्मितौ च तदानघाः
uttarāṃ diśamāsthāya jvālāmadrākṣva viṣṭhitām / jvālāṃ tatastāmālokya vismitau ca tadānaghāḥ
(We) beheld a flame standing fixed, occupying the northern quarter; and then, seeing that flame, we were amazed, O sinless ones.
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BndP 1 26.19
तेजसा च बलेनाथ शार्वं ज्योतिः कृताञ्जली । वर्द्धमानां तदा ज्वालामत्यन्तपरमाद्भुताम्
tejasā ca balenātha śārvaṃ jyotiḥ kṛtāñjalī / varddhamānāṃ tadā jvālāmatyantaparamādbhutām
And then, with (its) blazing energy and might, (we two) with palms joined (beheld) Śarva's radiance, that flame growing at that time, utterly and supremely wondrous.
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BndP 1 26.20
अभिदुद्राव तां ज्वालां ब्रह्मा चाहं च सत्वरौ । दिवं भूमिं च निर्भिद्य तिष्ठन्तं जवालमण्डलम्
abhidudrāva tāṃ jvālāṃ brahmā cāhaṃ ca satvarau / divaṃ bhūmiṃ ca nirbhidya tiṣṭhantaṃ javālamaṇḍalam
Brahmā and I, in haste, rushed toward that flame, toward the orb of flame standing there, splitting through heaven and earth.
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BndP 1 26.21
तस्या ज्वालस्य मध्ये तु पश्यावो विपुलप्रभम् । प्रादेशमात्रमव्यक्तं लिङ्गं परमदीप्तिमत्
tasyā jvālasya madhye tu paśyāvo vipulaprabham / prādeśamātramavyaktaṃ liṅgaṃ paramadīptimat
And in the middle of that flame we two see a liṅga of vast radiance, only a span in size, unmanifest, supremely brilliant.
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BndP 1 26.22
न च तत्काञ्चनं मध्ये नशैलं न च राजतम् । अनिर्देश्यमचिन्त्यं च लक्ष्यालक्ष्यं पुनः पुनः
na ca tatkāñcanaṃ madhye naśailaṃ na ca rājatam / anirdeśyamacintyaṃ ca lakṣyālakṣyaṃ punaḥ punaḥ
And it was not golden in the middle, nor of stone, nor of silver; indescribable and unthinkable, again and again visible and invisible.
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BndP 1 26.23
ज्वालामालासहस्राढ्यं विस्मयं परमद्भुतम् । महता तेजसायुक्तं वर्दभमानंभृशन्तथा
jvālāmālāsahasrāḍhyaṃ vismayaṃ paramadbhutam / mahatā tejasāyuktaṃ vardabhamānaṃbhṛśantathā
Rich with a thousand garlands of flame, a marvel, supremely wondrous, joined with great blazing energy, and thus growing exceedingly,
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BndP 1 26.24
ज्वालामालाततं न्यस्तं सर्वभूतभयङ्करम् । घोररूपिणमत्यर्थं भिन्दं तमिव रोदसी
jvālāmālātataṃ nyastaṃ sarvabhūtabhayaṅkaram / ghorarūpiṇamatyarthaṃ bhindaṃ tamiva rodasī
spread over with garlands of flame, set (there), terrifying to all beings, exceedingly dreadful in form, splitting apart, as it were, heaven and earth.
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BndP 1 26.25
ततो मामब्रवीद्ब्रह्मा अधो गच्छ त्वमाशु वै । अन्तमस्य विजानीवो लिङ्गस्य तु महात्मनः
tato māmabravīdbrahmā adho gaccha tvamāśu vai / antamasya vijānīvo liṅgasya tu mahātmanaḥ
Then Brahmā said to me: "Go you downward, quickly; let us two find out the end of this great liṅga.
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BndP 1 26.26
अहमूर्ध्वं गमिष्यामि यावदन्तो ऽस्य दृश्यते । तदा तु समयं कृत्वा गत उर्द्ध्वमधश्च हि
ahamūrdhvaṃ gamiṣyāmi yāvadanto 'sya dṛśyate / tadā tu samayaṃ kṛtvā gata urddhvamadhaśca hi
I shall go upward, until its end is seen." Then, having made this agreement, (we) went upward and downward.
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BndP 1 26.27
ततो वर्षसहस्रं तु ह्यहं पुनरधो गतः । न पश्यामि च तस्यान्तं भीतश्चाहं ततो ऽभवम्
tato varṣasahasraṃ tu hyahaṃ punaradho gataḥ / na paśyāmi ca tasyāntaṃ bhītaścāhaṃ tato 'bhavam
Then for a thousand years I went further down, and I do not see its end; and thereupon I became afraid.
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BndP 1 26.28
तथैव ब्रह्मा ह्यूध्व च न चान्तं तस्य लब्धवान् । समागतो मया सार्द्ध तत्रैव च महाभसि
tathaiva brahmā hyūdhva ca na cāntaṃ tasya labdhavān / samāgato mayā sārddha tatraiva ca mahābhasi
Just so Brahmā (went) upward, and he did not obtain its end; he came together with me in that very place, in the great water.
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BndP 1 26.29
ततो विस्मयमापन्नौ भीतौ तस्य महात्मनः । मायया मोहितौ तेन नष्टसंज्ञै व्यवस्थितौ
tato vismayamāpannau bhītau tasya mahātmanaḥ / māyayā mohitau tena naṣṭasaṃjñai vyavasthitau
Then the two of us, filled with amazement, afraid, deluded by the māyā of that great one, stood there with (our) senses lost.
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BndP 1 26.30
ततो ध्यानरतौ तत्र चेश्वरं सर्वतोमुखम् । प्रभवं निधनं चैव लौकानां प्रभुमव्ययम्
tato dhyānaratau tatra ceśvaraṃ sarvatomukham / prabhavaṃ nidhanaṃ caiva laukānāṃ prabhumavyayam
Then, intent on meditation there upon the Lord who faces all directions, the origin and the dissolution of the worlds, the imperishable master,
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BndP 1 26.31
प्रह्वाञ्जलिपुटौ भूत्वा तस्मै शर्वाय शूलिने । महाभैरवनादाय भीमरूपाय दंष्ट्रिणे । अव्यक्तायाथ महते नमस्कारं प्रकुर्वहे
prahvāñjalipuṭau bhūtvā tasmai śarvāya śūline / mahābhairavanādāya bhīmarūpāya daṃṣṭriṇe / avyaktāyātha mahate namaskāraṃ prakurvahe
bowing low with joined palms, we two make obeisance to him, to Śarva, the bearer of the trident, who roars the great terrible roar, of fearsome form, with tusks, to the unmanifest, to the great one.
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BndP 1 26.32
नमो ऽस्तु ते लोकसुरेश देव नमो ऽस्तु ते भूतपते महात्मन् । नमो ऽस्तु ते शाश्वतसिद्धयोगिने नमोस्तु ते सर्वजगत्प्रतिष्ठित
namo 'stu te lokasureśa deva namo 'stu te bhūtapate mahātman / namo 'stu te śāśvatasiddhayogine namostu te sarvajagatpratiṣṭhita
Homage be to you, O god, lord of the worlds and of the gods; homage be to you, great-souled lord of beings; homage be to you, eternal perfected yogin; homage be to you, established in the whole universe.
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BndP 1 26.33
परमेष्ठी परं ब्रह्म त्वक्षरं परमं पदम् । ज्येष्ठस्त्वं वामदेवश्च रुद्रः स्कन्दः शिवः प्रभुः
parameṣṭhī paraṃ brahma tvakṣaraṃ paramaṃ padam / jyeṣṭhastvaṃ vāmadevaśca rudraḥ skandaḥ śivaḥ prabhuḥ
(You are) Parameṣṭhin, the supreme Brahman, you are the imperishable, the highest station; you are the eldest, and Vāmadeva, Rudra, Skanda, Śiva, the master.
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BndP 1 26.34
त्वं य५स्त्वं वषट्कारस्त्वमोङ्कारः परन्तपः । स्वाहाकारो नमस्कारः संस्कारः सर्वकर्मणाम्
tvaṃ ya5stvaṃ vaṣaṭkārastvamoṅkāraḥ parantapaḥ / svāhākāro namaskāraḥ saṃskāraḥ sarvakarmaṇām
You are the sacrifice, you are the vaṣaṭ-call, you are the syllable Oṃ, the scorcher of foes; (you are) the svāhā-call, the obeisance, the consecration of all rites.
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BndP 1 26.35
स्वधाकारश्च यज्ञश्च व्रतानि नियमास्तथा । वेदा लोकाश्च देवाश्च भगवानेव सर्वशः
svadhākāraśca yajñaśca vratāni niyamāstathā / vedā lokāśca devāśca bhagavāneva sarvaśaḥ
And (you are) the svadhā-call, and the sacrifice, and the vows and the observances; the Vedas, the worlds and the gods — the Blessed One is all of it, in every way.
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BndP 1 26.39
आकाशस्य च शब्दस्त्वंभूतानां प्रभवाप्ययः । भूमौ गन्धो रसश्चाप्सु तेजोरूपं महेश्वरः ॥ ब्न्द्प्_१,२६।३६ ॥ वायोः स्पर्शश्च देवेश वपुश्चन्द्रमसस्तथा ॥ ब्न्द्प्_१,२६।३७ ॥बुद्धौ ज्ञानं च देवेश प्रकृतेर्बीजमेव च ॥ ब्न्द्प्_१,२६।३८ ॥ संहर्त्ता सर्वलोकानां कालो मृत्युमय्ॐऽतकः । त्वं धारयसि लोकांस्त्रींस्त्वमेव सृजसि प्रभो
ākāśasya ca śabdastvaṃbhūtānāṃ prabhavāpyayaḥ / bhūmau gandho rasaścāpsu tejorūpaṃ maheśvaraḥ // bndp_1,26.36 // vāyoḥ sparśaśca deveśa vapuścandramasastathā // bndp_1,26.37 //buddhau jñānaṃ ca deveśa prakṛterbījameva ca // bndp_1,26.38 // saṃharttā sarvalokānāṃ kālo mṛtyumayoṃ'takaḥ / tvaṃ dhārayasi lokāṃstrīṃstvameva sṛjasi prabho
And you are the sound of space, the arising and passing away of beings; (you are) scent in earth, and taste in the waters; Maheśvara is form in fire; and touch of the wind, O lord of gods, and likewise the body of the moon; and knowledge in the intellect, O lord of gods, and the seed of primal nature; (you are) the destroyer of all the worlds, Time, made of death, the Ender. You uphold the three worlds; you alone create, O master.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 26.40
पूर्वेण वदनेन त्वमिन्द्रत्वं प्रकरोषि वै । दक्षिणेन तु वक्त्रेण लोकान्संक्षिपसे पुनः
pūrveṇa vadanena tvamindratvaṃ prakaroṣi vai / dakṣiṇena tu vaktreṇa lokānsaṃkṣipase punaḥ
With your eastern face you bring about Indra-hood; but with your southern face you again draw the worlds together (destroy them).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 26.41
पश्चिमेन तु वक्त्रेण वरुणस्थो न संशयः । उत्तरेण तु वक्त्रेण सोमस्त्वं देवसत्तमः
paścimena tu vaktreṇa varuṇastho na saṃśayaḥ / uttareṇa tu vaktreṇa somastvaṃ devasattamaḥ
But with the western face you are Varuṇa, there is no doubt; and with the northern face you are Soma, best of gods.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 26.42
एकधा बहुधा देव लोकानां प्रभवाप्ययः । आदित्या वसवो रुद्रा मरुतश्च सहाश्विनः
ekadhā bahudhā deva lokānāṃ prabhavāpyayaḥ / ādityā vasavo rudrā marutaśca sahāśvinaḥ
In one form and in many forms, O god, (you are) the origin and dissolution of the worlds; the Ādityas, the Vasus, the Rudras, and the Maruts together with the Aśvins,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 26.43
साध्या विद्याधरा नागाश्चारणाश्च तपोधनाः । वालखिल्या महात्मानस्तपः सिद्धाश्च सुव्रताः
sādhyā vidyādharā nāgāścāraṇāśca tapodhanāḥ / vālakhilyā mahātmānastapaḥ siddhāśca suvratāḥ
the Sādhyas, the Vidyādharas, the Nāgas, the Cāraṇas whose wealth is austerity, the great-souled Vālakhilyas, and those perfected in austerity, firm in their vows,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 26.44
त्वत्तः प्रसूता देवेश ये चान्ये नियतव्रताः । उमा सीता सिनीवाली कुहूर्गायत्र्य एव च
tvattaḥ prasūtā deveśa ye cānye niyatavratāḥ / umā sītā sinīvālī kuhūrgāyatrya eva ca
are born from you, O lord of gods, and the others who are strict in their vows; and Umā, Sītā, Sinīvālī, Kuhū, and the Gāyatrīs,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 26.45
लक्ष्मीः कीर्त्तिर्धृतिर्मेधा लज्जा कान्तिर्वपुः स्वधा । तुष्टिः पुष्टिः क्रिया चैव वाचां देवी सरस्वती । त्वत्तः प्रसूता देवेश संध्या रात्रिस्तथैव च
lakṣmīḥ kīrttirdhṛtirmedhā lajjā kāntirvapuḥ svadhā / tuṣṭiḥ puṣṭiḥ kriyā caiva vācāṃ devī sarasvatī / tvattaḥ prasūtā deveśa saṃdhyā rātristathaiva ca
Lakṣmī, Kīrti, Dhṛti, Medhā, Lajjā, Kānti, Vapus, Svadhā, Tuṣṭi, Puṣṭi, and Kriyā, and Sarasvatī the goddess of speech — (all these) are born from you, O lord of gods, and likewise Twilight and Night.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 26.46
सूर्यायुतानामयुतप्रभाव नमो ऽस्तु ते चन्द्रसहस्रगौर । नमो ऽस्तु ते वज्रपिनाकधारिणे नमोस्तु ते देव हिरण्यवाससे
sūryāyutānāmayutaprabhāva namo 'stu te candrasahasragaura / namo 'stu te vajrapinākadhāriṇe namostu te deva hiraṇyavāsase
O you whose power is that of myriads upon myriads of suns, homage to you, white as a thousand moons; homage to you who bear the thunderbolt and the Pināka bow; homage to you, O god clothed in gold.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 26.47
नमोस्तु ते भस्मविभूषिताङ्ग नमो ऽस्तु ते कामशरीरनाशन । नमो ऽस्तु ते देव हिरण्यरेतसे नमो ऽस्तु ते देव हिरण्यवाससे
namostu te bhasmavibhūṣitāṅga namo 'stu te kāmaśarīranāśana / namo 'stu te deva hiraṇyaretase namo 'stu te deva hiraṇyavāsase
Homage to you whose limbs are adorned with ashes; homage to you, destroyer of Kāma's body; homage to you, O god whose seed is gold; homage to you, O god clothed in gold.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 26.48
नमो ऽस्तु ते देव हिरण्ययोने नमो ऽस्तु ते देव हिरण्यनाभ । नमो ऽस्तु ते देव हिरण्यरेतसे नमो ऽस्तु ते नेत्रसहस्रचित्र
namo 'stu te deva hiraṇyayone namo 'stu te deva hiraṇyanābha / namo 'stu te deva hiraṇyaretase namo 'stu te netrasahasracitra
Homage to you, O god of golden womb; homage to you, O god of golden navel; homage to you, O god whose seed is gold; homage to you, brilliant with a thousand eyes.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 26.49
नमो ऽस्तु ते देव हिरण्यवर्ण नमो ऽस्तु ते देव हिरण्यकेश । नमो ऽस्तु ते देव हिरण्यवीर नमो ऽस्तु ते देव हिरण्यदायिने
namo 'stu te deva hiraṇyavarṇa namo 'stu te deva hiraṇyakeśa / namo 'stu te deva hiraṇyavīra namo 'stu te deva hiraṇyadāyine
Homage to you, O god of golden colour; homage to you, O god of golden hair; homage to you, O golden hero god; homage to you, O god who gives gold.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 26.50
नमो ऽस्तु ते देव हिरण्यनाथ नमो ऽश्तुते देव हिरण्यनाद । नमो ऽस्तु ते देव पिनाकपाणे नमो ऽश्तुते ते शङ्कर नीलकण्ठ
namo 'stu te deva hiraṇyanātha namo 'śtute deva hiraṇyanāda / namo 'stu te deva pinākapāṇe namo 'śtute te śaṅkara nīlakaṇṭha
Homage to you, O god, lord of gold; homage to you, O god of golden sound; homage to you, O god with the Pināka in hand; homage to you, Śaṅkara, blue-throated one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 26.51
एवं संस्तूयमानस्तु व्यक्तो भूत्वा महामतिः । देवदेवो जगद्योनिः सूर्य कोटिसमप्रभः
evaṃ saṃstūyamānastu vyakto bhūtvā mahāmatiḥ / devadevo jagadyoniḥ sūrya koṭisamaprabhaḥ
Thus praised, the one of great mind became manifest — the god of gods, the womb of the world, whose radiance equals ten million suns.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 26.52
आबभाषे कृपाविष्टो महादेवो महाद्युतिः । वक्त्रकोटिसहस्रेण ग्रसमान इवांबरम्
ābabhāṣe kṛpāviṣṭo mahādevo mahādyutiḥ / vaktrakoṭisahasreṇa grasamāna ivāṃbaram
Filled with compassion, Mahādeva of great splendour spoke, as if devouring the sky with his ten million thousand faces,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 26.53
कंबुग्रीवः सुज ठरो नानाभूषणभूषितः । नानारत्नविचित्राङ्गो नानामाल्यानुलेपनः
kaṃbugrīvaḥ suja ṭharo nānābhūṣaṇabhūṣitaḥ / nānāratnavicitrāṅgo nānāmālyānulepanaḥ
conch-necked, well-bellied, adorned with various ornaments, his body variegated with many jewels, (wearing) many garlands and unguents,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 26.54
पिनाकपाणिर्भगवान्सुरपूज्यस्त्रिशूलधृक् । व्यालय ज्ञोपवीती च सुराणामभयङ्करः
pinākapāṇirbhagavānsurapūjyastriśūladhṛk / vyālaya jñopavītī ca surāṇāmabhayaṅkaraḥ
the Lord with the Pināka in hand, worshipped by the gods, bearing the trident, with a serpent for his sacred thread, giving safety to the gods,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 26.55
दुन्दुभिस्वरनिर्घोषः पर्जन्यनिनदोपमः । मुक्तो हासस्तदा तेन सर्वमापूरयञ्जगत्
dundubhisvaranirghoṣaḥ parjanyaninadopamaḥ / mukto hāsastadā tena sarvamāpūrayañjagat
his voice resounding like the sound of a drum, like the roar of a thundercloud; then a laugh was released by him, filling the whole world.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 26.56
तेन शब्देन महता चावां भीतौ महात्मनः । अथोवाच महादेवः प्रीतो ऽहं सुरसत्तमौ
tena śabdena mahatā cāvāṃ bhītau mahātmanaḥ / athovāca mahādevaḥ prīto 'haṃ surasattamau
And by that great sound we two were frightened, (though) great-souled; then Mahādeva said: "I am pleased, O best of gods, you two."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 26.57
पश्यतां च महायोगं भयं सर्व प्रमुच्यताम् । युवां प्रसूतौ गात्रेभ्यो मम पूर्वं सनातनौ
paśyatāṃ ca mahāyogaṃ bhayaṃ sarva pramucyatām / yuvāṃ prasūtau gātrebhyo mama pūrvaṃ sanātanau
"And let the two of you behold the great yoga; let all fear be released. You two were born long ago from my limbs, (and are) eternal."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 26.58
यं मे दक्षिणो बाहुर्ब्रह्मा लोकपितामहः । वामो बाहुश्च मे विष्णुर्नित्यं युद्धेष्वनिर्जितः
yaṃ me dakṣiṇo bāhurbrahmā lokapitāmahaḥ / vāmo bāhuśca me viṣṇurnityaṃ yuddheṣvanirjitaḥ
"He who is my right arm is Brahmā, the grandfather of the worlds; and my left arm is Viṣṇu, ever unconquered in battles."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 26.59
प्रीतो ऽहं युवयोः सम्यग्वरं दद्यां यथैप्सितम् । ततः प्रहृष्टमनसौ प्रणतौ पादयोः प्रभोः
prīto 'haṃ yuvayoḥ samyagvaraṃ dadyāṃ yathaipsitam / tataḥ prahṛṣṭamanasau praṇatau pādayoḥ prabhoḥ
"I am well pleased with you both; I would grant a boon as you wish." Then, with delighted minds, the two bowed at the feet of the Lord
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 26.60
अब्रूतां च महादेवं प्रसादाभिमुखं स्थितम् । यदि प्रीतिः समुत्पन्ना यदि देयो वरश्च ते । भक्तिर्भवतु नौ नित्यं त्वयि देव सुरेश्वर
abrūtāṃ ca mahādevaṃ prasādābhimukhaṃ sthitam / yadi prītiḥ samutpannā yadi deyo varaśca te / bhaktirbhavatu nau nityaṃ tvayi deva sureśvara
and said to Mahādeva, who stood turned toward them in favour: "If satisfaction has arisen (in you), and if a boon is to be given by you, let there be for us both constant devotion to you, O god, lord of the gods."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 26.61
देवदेव उवाच एवमस्तु महाभागौ सृजतां विपुलाः प्रजाः । एवमुक्त्वा स भगवांस्तत्रैवातरधाद्विभुः
devadeva uvāca evamastu mahābhāgau sṛjatāṃ vipulāḥ prajāḥ / evamuktvā sa bhagavāṃstatraivātaradhādvibhuḥ
The God of gods said: So be it, you two greatly fortunate ones; may you generate abundant offspring. Having said this, the mighty Lord vanished then and there.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 26.62
एष एव मयोक्तो वः प्रभावस्तस्य धीमतः । एतद्धि परमं ज्ञानमव्यक्तं शिवसंज्ञितम्
eṣa eva mayokto vaḥ prabhāvastasya dhīmataḥ / etaddhi paramaṃ jñānamavyaktaṃ śivasaṃjñitam
This is just what I have told you of the power of that wise one; for this is the supreme knowledge, unmanifest, called Śiva.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 26.63
एतत्सूक्ष्ममचिन्त्यं च पश्यन्ति ज्ञ३नचक्षुषः । तस्मै देवाधिदेवाय नमस्कारं प्रकुर्महे । महादेव नमस्ते ऽस्तु महेश्वर नमो ऽस्तु ते
etatsūkṣmamacintyaṃ ca paśyanti jña3nacakṣuṣaḥ / tasmai devādhidevāya namaskāraṃ prakurmahe / mahādeva namaste 'stu maheśvara namo 'stu te
This subtle and unthinkable (reality) those whose eye is knowledge perceive. To him, the God above gods, we make our obeisance. Homage be to you, Mahādeva; homage be to you, Maheśvara.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 26.64
सूत उवाच एतच्छ्रुत्वा गताः सर्वे सुराः स्वं स्वं निवेशनम् । नमस्कारं प्रकुर्वाणाः शङ्कराय महात्मने
sūta uvāca etacchrutvā gatāḥ sarve surāḥ svaṃ svaṃ niveśanam / namaskāraṃ prakurvāṇāḥ śaṅkarāya mahātmane
Sūta said: Having heard this, all the gods went each to his own abode, making obeisance to Śaṅkara, the great-souled one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 26.65
इमं स्तवं पठिद्यस्तु चेश्वरस्य महात्मनः । कामांश्च लभते सर्वान् पापेभ्यश्च प्रमुच्यते
imaṃ stavaṃ paṭhidyastu ceśvarasya mahātmanaḥ / kāmāṃśca labhate sarvān pāpebhyaśca pramucyate
And whoever recites this hymn of the great-souled Lord obtains all his desires and is freed from sins.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 26.66
एतत्सर्वं तदा तेन न विष्णुना प्रभविष्णुना । महादेवप्रसादेन ह्युक्तं ब्रह्म सनातनम् । एतद्वः सर्वमाख्यातं मया माहेश्वरं बलम्
etatsarvaṃ tadā tena na viṣṇunā prabhaviṣṇunā / mahādevaprasādena hyuktaṃ brahma sanātanam / etadvaḥ sarvamākhyātaṃ mayā māheśvaraṃ balam
All this was then spoken by him — not by Viṣṇu the mighty — as the eternal brahman, by the grace of Mahādeva. All this Māheśvara power has been declared to you by me.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain