Devi Bhagavata Purana — Skandha 1 — Chapter 10
DB 1 10.1
शिववरदानवर्णनम् ऋषय ऊचुः सूत पूर्वं त्वया प्रोक्तं व्यासेनामिततेजसा । कृत्वा पुराणमखिलं शुकायाध्यापितं शुभम्
śivavaradānavarṇanam ṛṣaya ūcuḥ sūta pūrvaṃ tvayā proktaṃ vyāsenāmitatejasā | kṛtvā purāṇamakhilaṃ śukāyādhyāpitaṃ śubham
The description of Śiva's granting of a boon. The sages said: Sūta, it was earlier told by you that Vyāsa of measureless splendour, having composed the whole Purāṇa, taught that auspicious (work) to Śuka.
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DB 1 10.2
व्यासेन तु तपस्तप्त्वा कथमुत्पादितः शुकः । विस्तरं ब्रूहि सकलं यच्छ्रुतं कृष्णतस्त्वया
vyāsena tu tapastaptvā kathamutpāditaḥ śukaḥ | vistaraṃ brūhi sakalaṃ yacchrutaṃ kṛṣṇatastvayā
But how was Śuka brought forth by Vyāsa, after he had performed austerity? Tell the whole matter at length, as you heard it from Kṛṣṇa (Dvaipāyana).
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DB 1 10.3
सूत उवाच प्रवक्ष्यामि शुकोत्पत्तिं व्यासात्सत्यवतीसुतात् । यथोत्पन्नः शुकः साक्षाद्योगिनां प्रवरो मुनिः
sūta uvāca pravakṣyāmi śukotpattiṃ vyāsātsatyavatīsutāt | yathotpannaḥ śukaḥ sākṣādyogināṃ pravaro muniḥ
Sūta said: I shall relate the birth of Śuka from Vyāsa, the son of Satyavatī — how Śuka was born, the sage who is directly the foremost of yogins.
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DB 1 10.4
मेरुशृङ्गे महारम्ये व्यासः सत्यवतीसुतः । तपश्चचार सोऽत्युग्रं पुत्रार्थं कृतनिश्चयः
meruśṛṅge mahāramye vyāsaḥ satyavatīsutaḥ | tapaścacāra so'tyugraṃ putrārthaṃ kṛtaniścayaḥ
On a most delightful peak of Meru, Vyāsa the son of Satyavatī, having made his resolve, performed exceedingly fierce austerity for the sake of a son.
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DB 1 10.5
जपन्नेकाक्षरं मन्त्रं वाग्बीजं नारदाच्छ्रुतम् । ध्यायन्परां महामायां पुत्रकामस्तपोनिधिः
japannekākṣaraṃ mantraṃ vāgbījaṃ nāradācchrutam | dhyāyanparāṃ mahāmāyāṃ putrakāmastaponidhiḥ
Muttering the one-syllable mantra, the seed-syllable of speech, heard from Nārada, and meditating on the supreme Mahāmāyā, that treasury of austerity desired a son.
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DB 1 10.6
अग्नेर्भूमेस्तथा वायोरन्तरिक्षस्य चाप्ययम् । वीर्येण सम्मितः पुत्रो मम भूयादिति स्म ह
agnerbhūmestathā vāyorantarikṣasya cāpyayam | vīryeṇa sammitaḥ putro mama bhūyāditi sma ha
"May a son be born to me who is equal in power to fire, to earth, to wind, and to the sky" — thus (he wished).
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DB 1 10.7
अतिष्ठत्स गताहारः शतसंवत्सरं प्रभुः । आराधयन्महादेवं तथैव च सदाशिवाम्
atiṣṭhatsa gatāhāraḥ śatasaṃvatsaraṃ prabhuḥ | ārādhayanmahādevaṃ tathaiva ca sadāśivām
That lord remained without food for a hundred years, propitiating Mahādeva and likewise Sadāśivā.
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DB 1 10.8
शक्तिः सर्वत्र पूज्येति विचार्य च पुनः पुनः । अशक्तो निन्द्यते लोके शक्तस्तु परिपूज्यते
śaktiḥ sarvatra pūjyeti vicārya ca punaḥ punaḥ | aśakto nindyate loke śaktastu paripūjyate
And reflecting again and again, "Śakti is to be worshipped everywhere" — the powerless one is blamed in the world, but the powerful one is fully honoured.
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DB 1 10.9
यत्र पर्वतशृङ्गे वै कर्णिकारवनाद्भुते । क्रीडन्ति देवताः सर्वे मुनयश्च तपोऽधिकाः
yatra parvataśṛṅge vai karṇikāravanādbhute | krīḍanti devatāḥ sarve munayaśca tapo'dhikāḥ
On that mountain peak, in the wondrous forest of karṇikāra trees, all the gods play, and the sages who are eminent in austerity;
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DB 1 10.10
आदित्या वसवो रुद्रा मरुतश्चाश्विनौ तथा । वसन्ति मुनयो यत्र ये चान्ये ब्रह्मवित्तमाः इति श्रीमद्देवीभागवते महायुराणेऽष्टादशसाहस्र्यां संहितायां प्रथमस्कन्धे शिववरदानवर्णनं नाम दशमोऽध्यायः
ādityā vasavo rudrā marutaścāśvinau tathā | vasanti munayo yatra ye cānye brahmavittamāḥ iti śrīmaddevībhāgavate mahāyurāṇe'ṣṭādaśasāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ prathamaskandhe śivavaradānavarṇanaṃ nāma daśamo'dhyāyaḥ
where dwell the Ādityas, the Vasus, the Rudras, the Maruts and the two Aśvins, and the sages, and others who are the greatest knowers of Brahman. — Thus, in the glorious Devībhāgavata, the great Purāṇa, the collection of eighteen thousand (verses), in the first book, the tenth chapter, called "The Description of Śiva's Granting of the Boon."
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DB 1 10.11
तत्र हेमगिरेः शृङ्गे संगीतध्वनिनादिते । तपश्चचार धर्मात्मा व्यासः सत्यवतीसुतः
tatra hemagireḥ śṛṅge saṃgītadhvaninādite | tapaścacāra dharmātmā vyāsaḥ satyavatīsutaḥ
There, on the peak of the golden mountain, resounding with the sound of song, Vyāsa, the son of Satyavatī, whose nature was righteous, performed austerity.
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DB 1 10.12
ततोऽस्य तेजसा व्याप्तं विश्वं सर्वं चराचरम् । अग्निवर्णा जटा जाता पाराशर्यस्य धीमतः
tato'sya tejasā vyāptaṃ viśvaṃ sarvaṃ carācaram | agnivarṇā jaṭā jātā pārāśaryasya dhīmataḥ
Then the whole universe, moving and unmoving, was pervaded by his heat; the matted locks of the wise son of Parāśara became the colour of fire.
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DB 1 10.13
ततोऽस्य तेज आलक्ष्य भयमाप शचीपतिः । तुरासाहं तदा दृष्ट्वा भयत्रस्तं श्रमातुरम्
tato'sya teja ālakṣya bhayamāpa śacīpatiḥ | turāsāhaṃ tadā dṛṣṭvā bhayatrastaṃ śramāturam
Then, observing his fiery power, the husband of Śacī became afraid; seeing Turāṣāh then trembling with fear and worn out with distress —
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DB 1 10.14
उवाच भगवान् रुद्रो मघवन्तं तथास्थितम् । शङ्कर उवाच कथमिन्द्राद्य भीतोऽसि किं दुःखं ते सुरेश्वर
uvāca bhagavān rudro maghavantaṃ tathāsthitam | śaṅkara uvāca kathamindrādya bhīto'si kiṃ duḥkhaṃ te sureśvara
the lord Rudra spoke to Maghavan, who stood thus. Śaṅkara said: How is it that you are afraid today, Indra? What is your trouble, lord of the gods?
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DB 1 10.15
अमर्षो नैव कर्तव्यस्तापसेषु कदाचन । तपश्चरन्ति मुनयो ज्ञात्वा मां शक्तिसंयुतम्
amarṣo naiva kartavyastāpaseṣu kadācana | tapaścaranti munayo jñātvā māṃ śaktisaṃyutam
Anger should never at all be directed at ascetics. The sages perform austerities knowing me to be joined with Śakti.
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DB 1 10.16
न त्वेतेऽहितमिच्छन्ति तापसाः सर्वथैव हि । इत्युक्तवचनः शक्रस्तमुवाच वृषध्वजम्
na tvete'hitamicchanti tāpasāḥ sarvathaiva hi | ityuktavacanaḥ śakrastamuvāca vṛṣadhvajam
And these ascetics do not in any way whatever wish (you) harm. Addressed with these words, Śakra said to him, the bull-bannered one:
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DB 1 10.17
कस्मात्तपस्यति व्यासः कोऽर्थस्तस्य मनोगतः । शिव उवाच पाराशर्यस्तु पुत्रार्थी तपश्चरति दुश्चरम्
kasmāttapasyati vyāsaḥ ko'rthastasya manogataḥ | śiva uvāca pārāśaryastu putrārthī tapaścarati duścaram
Why does Vyāsa perform austerity? What is the aim that is in his mind? Śiva said: The son of Parāśara, desiring a son, performs hard austerity.
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DB 1 10.18
पूर्णवर्षशतं जातं ददाम्यद्य सुतं शुभम् । सूत उवाच इत्युक्त्या वासवं रुद्रो दयया मुदिताननः
pūrṇavarṣaśataṃ jātaṃ dadāmyadya sutaṃ śubham | sūta uvāca ityuktyā vāsavaṃ rudro dayayā muditānanaḥ
A full hundred years have passed; today I shall give (him) an auspicious son. Sūta said: Having spoken thus to Vāsava, Rudra, his face gladdened out of compassion,
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DB 1 10.19
गत्वा ऋषिसमीपं तु तमुवाच जगद्गुरुः । उत्तिष्ठ वासवीपुत्र पुत्रस्ते भविता शुभः
gatvā ṛṣisamīpaṃ tu tamuvāca jagadguruḥ | uttiṣṭha vāsavīputra putraste bhavitā śubhaḥ
went to the sage's presence, and the teacher of the world said to him: Rise, son of Vasu's daughter; you shall have an auspicious son,
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DB 1 10.20
सर्वतेजोमयो ज्ञानी कीर्तिकर्ता तवानघ । अखिलस्य जनस्यात्र वल्लभस्ते सुतः सदा
sarvatejomayo jñānī kīrtikartā tavānagha | akhilasya janasyātra vallabhaste sutaḥ sadā
made wholly of splendour, a knower, one who will make your fame, O sinless one; here your son will always be dear to all people,
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DB 1 10.21
भविष्यति गुणैः पूर्णः सात्त्विकैः सत्यविक्रमः । सूत उवाच तदाकर्ण्य वचः श्लक्ष्णं कृष्णद्वैपायनस्तदा
bhaviṣyati guṇaiḥ pūrṇaḥ sāttvikaiḥ satyavikramaḥ | sūta uvāca tadākarṇya vacaḥ ślakṣṇaṃ kṛṣṇadvaipāyanastadā
he will be full of the sattvic virtues, of true valour. Sūta said: Hearing that gentle speech then, Kṛṣṇa Dvaipāyana,
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DB 1 10.22
शूलपाणिं नमस्कृत्य जगामाश्रममात्मनः । स गत्वाश्रममेवाशु बहुवर्षश्रमातुरः
śūlapāṇiṃ namaskṛtya jagāmāśramamātmanaḥ | sa gatvāśramamevāśu bahuvarṣaśramāturaḥ
having bowed to the trident-bearer, went to his own hermitage. Having quickly gone to the hermitage, worn out with the toil of many years,
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DB 1 10.23
अरणीसहितं गुह्यं ममन्थाग्निं चिकीर्षया । मन्थनं कुर्वतस्तस्य चित्ते चिन्ताभरस्तदा
araṇīsahitaṃ guhyaṃ mamanthāgniṃ cikīrṣayā | manthanaṃ kurvatastasya citte cintābharastadā
he churned out the hidden fire with the fire-sticks, wishing to make it; and while he was churning, a load of anxiety then arose in his mind
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DB 1 10.24
प्रादुर्बभूव सहसा सुतोत्पत्तौ महात्मनः । मन्थानारणिसंयोगान्मन्थनाच्च समुद्भवः
prādurbabhūva sahasā sutotpattau mahātmanaḥ | manthānāraṇisaṃyogānmanthanācca samudbhavaḥ
suddenly, concerning the begetting of a son, in that great one: "From the joining of the churning-stick and the fire-block, and from the churning, there is the arising
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DB 1 10.25
पावकस्य यथा तद्वत्कथं मे स्यात्सुतोद्भवः । पुत्रारणिस्तु या ख्याता सा ममाद्य न विद्यते
pāvakasya yathā tadvatkathaṃ me syātsutodbhavaḥ | putrāraṇistu yā khyātā sā mamādya na vidyate
"As (a son is born) of fire, just so — how shall the birth of a son come about for me? But that kindling-stick which is called the son-producer, that I do not possess today.
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DB 1 10.26
तरुणी रूपसम्पन्ना कुलोत्पन्ता पतिव्रता । कथं करोमि कान्तां च पादयोः शृङ्खलासमाम्
taruṇī rūpasampannā kulotpantā pativratā | kathaṃ karomi kāntāṃ ca pādayoḥ śṛṅkhalāsamām
Young, endowed with beauty, born of a good family, devoted to her husband — and how shall I make (myself) a wife, who is like a fetter on the feet?
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DB 1 10.27
पुत्रोत्पादनदक्षां च पातिव्रत्ये सदा स्थिताम् । पतिव्रतापि दक्षापि रूपवत्यपि कामिनी
putrotpādanadakṣāṃ ca pātivratye sadā sthitām | pativratāpi dakṣāpi rūpavatyapi kāminī
and skilled at bearing sons, ever steadfast in wifely fidelity — (yet) even a faithful wife, even a capable one, even a beautiful one, is a woman of desire,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
DB 1 10.28
सदा बन्धनरूपा च स्वेच्छासुखविधायिनी । शिवोऽपि वर्तते नित्यं कामिनीपाशसंयुतः
sadā bandhanarūpā ca svecchāsukhavidhāyinī | śivo'pi vartate nityaṃ kāminīpāśasaṃyutaḥ
and is always a form of bondage, and one who arranges pleasure as she herself wishes; even Śiva abides forever bound in the noose of a woman.
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DB 1 10.29
कथं करोम्यहं चात्र दुर्घटं च गृहाश्रमम् । एवं चिन्तयतस्तस्य घृताची दिव्यरूपिणी
kathaṃ karomyahaṃ cātra durghaṭaṃ ca gṛhāśramam | evaṃ cintayatastasya ghṛtācī divyarūpiṇī
How then shall I manage the householder's stage of life, so hard to bring off?" As he was thinking thus, Ghṛtācī, of divine form,
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DB 1 10.30
प्राप्ता दृष्टिपथं तत्र समीपे गगने स्थिता । तां दृष्ट्वा चञ्चलापाङ्गीं समीपस्थां वराप्सराम्
prāptā dṛṣṭipathaṃ tatra samīpe gagane sthitā | tāṃ dṛṣṭvā cañcalāpāṅgīṃ samīpasthāṃ varāpsarām
came into his line of sight there, standing nearby in the sky. Seeing her with her restless glances, that excellent apsaras standing close by,
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DB 1 10.31
पञ्चबाणपरीताङ्गस्तूर्णमासीद्धृतव्रतः । चिन्तयामास च तदा किं करोम्यद्य संकटे
pañcabāṇaparītāṅgastūrṇamāsīddhṛtavrataḥ | cintayāmāsa ca tadā kiṃ karomyadya saṃkaṭe
the keeper of the vow at once had his limbs beset by the five arrows (of Kāma); and then he reflected: "What shall I do now, in this strait?
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DB 1 10.32
धर्मस्य पुरतः प्राप्ते कामभावे दुरासदे । अङ्गीकरोमि यद्येनां वञ्चनार्थमिहागताम्
dharmasya purataḥ prāpte kāmabhāve durāsade | aṅgīkaromi yadyenāṃ vañcanārthamihāgatām
Since a state of desire, hard to withstand, has arisen in the presence of dharma — if I accept her, who has come here in order to deceive (me),
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DB 1 10.33
हसिष्यन्ति महात्मानस्तापसा मां तु विह्वलम् । तपस्तप्त्वा महाघोरं पूर्णवर्षशतं त्विह
hasiṣyanti mahātmānastāpasā māṃ tu vihvalam | tapastaptvā mahāghoraṃ pūrṇavarṣaśataṃ tviha
the great-souled ascetics will laugh at me for being overwhelmed: 'Having practised most terrible austerity here for a full hundred years,
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DB 1 10.34
दृष्ट्वाप्सरां च विवशः कथं जातो महातपाः । कामं निन्दापि भवतु यदि स्यादतुलं सुखम्
dṛṣṭvāpsarāṃ ca vivaśaḥ kathaṃ jāto mahātapāḥ | kāmaṃ nindāpi bhavatu yadi syādatulaṃ sukham
how has the great ascetic, on seeing an apsaras, become powerless?' Granted, let there be censure too, if there be incomparable happiness
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DB 1 10.35
गृहस्थाश्रमसम्भूतं सुखदं पुत्रकामदम् । स्वर्गदं च तथा प्रोक्तं ज्ञानिनां मोक्षदं तथा
gṛhasthāśramasambhūtaṃ sukhadaṃ putrakāmadam | svargadaṃ ca tathā proktaṃ jñānināṃ mokṣadaṃ tathā
that arises from the householder's stage of life, which gives pleasure and grants the desire for sons, and is likewise declared to grant heaven, and to the wise to grant liberation.
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DB 1 10.36
न भविष्यति तन्नूमनया देवकन्यया । नारदाच्च मया पूर्वं श्रुतमस्ति कथानकम् । यथोर्वशीवशो राजा पराभूतः पुरूरवाः
na bhaviṣyati tannūmanayā devakanyayā | nāradācca mayā pūrvaṃ śrutamasti kathānakam | yathorvaśīvaśo rājā parābhūtaḥ purūravāḥ
That will surely not come about with this daughter of the gods. And formerly I heard a tale from Nārada, how King Purūravas, in Urvaśī's power, was undone."
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