Devi Bhagavata Purana — Skandha 11 — Chapter 4
DB 11 4.1
रुद्राक्षमाहात्म्यवर्णनम् नारद उवाच एवंभूतानुभावोऽयं रुद्राक्षो भवतानघ । वर्णितो महतां पूज्यः कारणं तत्र किं वद
rudrākṣamāhātmyavarṇanam nārada uvāca evaṃbhūtānubhāvo'yaṃ rudrākṣo bhavatānagha | varṇito mahatāṃ pūjyaḥ kāraṇaṃ tatra kiṃ vada
Description of the greatness of the rudrākṣa. Nārada said: This rudrākṣa, of such power, has been described by you, O sinless one, as worthy of honour by the great ones; tell (me) what the reason for that is.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 11 4.2
श्रीनारायण उवाच एवमेव पुरा पृष्टो भगवान् गिरिशः प्रभुः । षण्मुखेन च रुद्रस्तं यदुवाच शृणुष्व तत्
śrīnārāyaṇa uvāca evameva purā pṛṣṭo bhagavān giriśaḥ prabhuḥ | ṣaṇmukhena ca rudrastaṃ yaduvāca śṛṇuṣva tat
Śrī Nārāyaṇa said: Just so was the Lord Giriśa, the master, asked long ago by the six-faced one; hear what Rudra said to him.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 11 4.3
ईश्वर उवाच शृणु षण्मुख तत्त्वेन कथयामि समासतः । त्रिपुरो नाम दैत्यस्तु पुराऽऽसीत्सर्वदुर्जयः
īśvara uvāca śṛṇu ṣaṇmukha tattvena kathayāmi samāsataḥ | tripuro nāma daityastu purā''sītsarvadurjayaḥ
Īśvara said: Listen, six-faced one, I shall tell (you) truly and in brief. Formerly there was a demon named Tripura, unconquerable by all.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 11 4.4
जितास्तेन सुराः सर्वे बह्मविष्ण्वादिदेवताः । सर्वैस्तु कथिते तस्मिंस्तदाहं त्रिपुरं प्रति संहितायां एकादशस्कन्धे रुद्राक्षमाहाम्यवर्णनं नाम चतुर्थोऽध्यायः
jitāstena surāḥ sarve bahmaviṣṇvādidevatāḥ | sarvaistu kathite tasmiṃstadāhaṃ tripuraṃ prati saṃhitāyāṃ ekādaśaskandhe rudrākṣamāhāmyavarṇanaṃ nāma caturtho'dhyāyaḥ
By him were conquered all the gods, the deities beginning with Brahmā and Viṣṇu. When all of them had told (me) of him, then I, against Tripura— In the Saṃhitā, in the eleventh book, the fourth chapter, called "The Description of the Greatness of the Rudrākṣa."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
DB 11 4.5
अचिन्तयं महाशस्त्रमघोराख्यं मनोहरम् । सर्वदेवमयं दिव्यं ज्वलन्तं घोररूपि यत्
acintayaṃ mahāśastramaghorākhyaṃ manoharam | sarvadevamayaṃ divyaṃ jvalantaṃ ghorarūpi yat
—thought of the great weapon called Aghora, captivating, containing all the gods, divine, blazing, which has a terrible form.
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DB 11 4.6
त्रिपुरस्य वधार्थाय देवानां तारणाय च । सर्वविघ्नोपशमनमघोरास्त्रमचिन्तयम्
tripurasya vadhārthāya devānāṃ tāraṇāya ca | sarvavighnopaśamanamaghorāstramacintayam
For the killing of Tripura and for the deliverance of the gods, I thought of the Aghora weapon, which quells all obstacles.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 11 4.7
दिव्यवर्षसहस्रं तु चक्षुरुन्मीलितं मया । पश्चान्ममाकुलाक्षिभ्यः पतिता जलबिन्दवः
divyavarṣasahasraṃ tu cakṣurunmīlitaṃ mayā | paścānmamākulākṣibhyaḥ patitā jalabindavaḥ
For a thousand divine years my eye was kept open; afterwards, from my troubled eyes drops of water fell.
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DB 11 4.8
तत्राश्रुबिन्दुतो जाता महारुद्राक्षवृक्षकाः । ममाज्ञया महासेन सर्वेषां हितकाम्यया
tatrāśrubinduto jātā mahārudrākṣavṛkṣakāḥ | mamājñayā mahāsena sarveṣāṃ hitakāmyayā
There from the teardrops arose great rudrākṣa trees, by my command, O Mahāsena, out of the wish for the welfare of all.
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DB 11 4.9
बभूवुस्ते च रुद्राक्षा अष्टत्रिंशत्प्रभेदतः । सूर्यनेत्रसमुद्भूताः कपिला द्वादश स्मृताः
babhūvuste ca rudrākṣā aṣṭatriṃśatprabhedataḥ | sūryanetrasamudbhūtāḥ kapilā dvādaśa smṛtāḥ
And those rudrākṣas came to be with thirty-eight distinctions: those arisen from the sun-eye are held to be tawny, twelve (in kind);
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DB 11 4.10
सोमनेत्रोत्थिताः श्वेतास्ते षोडशविधाः क्रमात् । वह्निनेत्रोद्भवाः कृष्णा दश भेदा भवन्ति हि
somanetrotthitāḥ śvetāste ṣoḍaśavidhāḥ kramāt | vahninetrodbhavāḥ kṛṣṇā daśa bhedā bhavanti hi
those risen from the moon-eye are white, of sixteen kinds in order; and those arising from the fire-eye are black, and are indeed ten varieties.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 11 4.11
श्वेतवर्णश्च रुद्राक्षो जातितो ब्राह्म उच्यते । क्षात्रो रक्तस्तथा मिश्रो वैश्यः कृष्णस्तु शूद्रकः
śvetavarṇaśca rudrākṣo jātito brāhma ucyate | kṣātro raktastathā miśro vaiśyaḥ kṛṣṇastu śūdrakaḥ
The white-coloured rudrākṣa is called brahmin by birth; the red is kṣatriya, the mixed vaiśya, and the black is śūdra.
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DB 11 4.12
एकवक्त्रः शिवः साक्षाद्ब्रह्महत्यां व्यपोहति । द्विवक्त्रो देवदेव्यो स्याद्विविधं नाशयेदघम्
ekavaktraḥ śivaḥ sākṣādbrahmahatyāṃ vyapohati | dvivaktro devadevyo syādvividhaṃ nāśayedagham
The one-faced is Śiva himself; it removes the killing of a brahmin. The two-faced would be the God and the Goddess; it would destroy sin of both kinds.
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DB 11 4.13
त्रिवक्त्रस्त्वनलः साक्षात्स्त्रीहत्यां दहति क्षणात् । चतुर्वक्त्रः स्वयं ब्रह्मा नरहत्यां व्यपोहति
trivaktrastvanalaḥ sākṣātstrīhatyāṃ dahati kṣaṇāt | caturvaktraḥ svayaṃ brahmā narahatyāṃ vyapohati
The three-faced is Fire itself; it burns away the killing of a woman in an instant. The four-faced is Brahmā himself; it removes the killing of a man.
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DB 11 4.14
पञ्चवक्त्रः स्वयं रुद्रः कालाग्निर्नाम नामतः । अभक्ष्यभक्षणोद्भूतैरगम्यागमनोद्भवैः
pañcavaktraḥ svayaṃ rudraḥ kālāgnirnāma nāmataḥ | abhakṣyabhakṣaṇodbhūtairagamyāgamanodbhavaiḥ
The five-faced is Rudra himself, Kālāgni by name. From the sins arising from eating what should not be eaten and from going to women who should not be approached—
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DB 11 4.15
मुच्यते सर्वपापैस्तु पञ्चवक्त्रस्य धारणात् । षड्वक्त्रः कार्तिकेयस्तु स धार्यो दक्षिणे करे
mucyate sarvapāpaistu pañcavaktrasya dhāraṇāt | ṣaḍvaktraḥ kārtikeyastu sa dhāryo dakṣiṇe kare
—from all sins one is freed by wearing the five-faced. The six-faced is Kārtikeya; it should be worn on the right hand,
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DB 11 4.16
ब्रह्महत्यादिभिः पापैर्मुच्यते नात्र संशयः । सप्तवक्त्रो महाभागो ह्यनङ्गो नाम नामतः
brahmahatyādibhiḥ pāpairmucyate nātra saṃśayaḥ | saptavaktro mahābhāgo hyanaṅgo nāma nāmataḥ
(whereby) one is freed from the sins of brahmin-killing and the rest — there is no doubt here. The seven-faced is greatly blessed, Anaṅga by name.
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DB 11 4.17
तद्धारणान्मुच्यते हि स्वर्णस्तेयादिपातकैः । अष्टवक्त्रो महासेन साक्षाद्देवो विनायकः
taddhāraṇānmucyate hi svarṇasteyādipātakaiḥ | aṣṭavaktro mahāsena sākṣāddevo vināyakaḥ
By wearing that one is freed from the grave sins of stealing gold and the like. The eight-faced, O Mahāsena, is the god Vināyaka himself.
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DB 11 4.18
अन्तकूटं तूलकूटं स्वर्णकूटं तथैव च । दुष्टान्वयस्त्रियं वाथ संस्पृशंश्च गुरुस्त्रियम्
antakūṭaṃ tūlakūṭaṃ svarṇakūṭaṃ tathaiva ca | duṣṭānvayastriyaṃ vātha saṃspṛśaṃśca gurustriyam
Falsifying weights of grain, of cotton, and likewise of gold, or (approaching) a woman of a corrupt family, and touching the teacher's wife—
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DB 11 4.19
एवमादीनि पापानि हन्ति सर्वाणि धारणात् । विघ्नास्तस्य प्रणश्यन्ति याति चान्ते परं पदम्
evamādīni pāpāni hanti sarvāṇi dhāraṇāt | vighnāstasya praṇaśyanti yāti cānte paraṃ padam
—such sins as these, all of them, it destroys by being worn; his obstacles perish, and at the end he goes to the supreme state.
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DB 11 4.20
भवन्त्येते गुणाः सर्वे ह्यष्टवक्त्रस्य धारणात् । नववक्त्रो भैरवस्तु धारयेद्वामबाहुके
bhavantyete guṇāḥ sarve hyaṣṭavaktrasya dhāraṇāt | navavaktro bhairavastu dhārayedvāmabāhuke
All these qualities come about from wearing the eight-faced (rudrākṣa); but the nine-faced one is Bhairava — one should wear it on the left arm.
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DB 11 4.21
भुक्तिमुक्तिप्रदः प्रोक्तो मम तुल्यबलो भवेत् । भ्रूणहत्यासहस्राणि ब्रह्महत्याशतानि च
bhuktimuktipradaḥ prokto mama tulyabalo bhavet | bhrūṇahatyāsahasrāṇi brahmahatyāśatāni ca
It is declared to grant enjoyment and liberation, and (its wearer) becomes equal in power to me. Thousands of killings of embryos and hundreds of killings of brahmins —
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DB 11 4.22
सद्यः प्रलयमायान्ति नववक्त्रस्य धारणात् । दशवक्त्रस्तु देवेशः साक्षाद्देवो जनार्दनः
sadyaḥ pralayamāyānti navavaktrasya dhāraṇāt | daśavaktrastu deveśaḥ sākṣāddevo janārdanaḥ
— go at once to destruction through the wearing of the nine-faced (rudrākṣa). But the ten-faced one is the lord of gods, the god Janārdana himself.
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DB 11 4.23
ग्रहाश्चैव पिशाचाश्च वेताला ब्रह्मराक्षसाः । पन्नगाश्चोपशाम्यन्ति दशवक्त्रस्य धारणात्
grahāścaiva piśācāśca vetālā brahmarākṣasāḥ | pannagāścopaśāmyanti daśavaktrasya dhāraṇāt
Planets (malign influences), piśācas, vetālas, brahma-rākṣasas, and serpents are pacified by the wearing of the ten-faced (rudrākṣa).
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DB 11 4.24
वक्त्रैकादशरुद्राक्षो रुद्रैकादशकं स्मृतम् । शिखायां धारयेद्यो वै तस्य पुण्यफलं शृणु
vaktraikādaśarudrākṣo rudraikādaśakaṃ smṛtam | śikhāyāṃ dhārayedyo vai tasya puṇyaphalaṃ śṛṇu
The eleven-faced rudrākṣa is held to be the eleven Rudras. Hear the fruit of merit of him who wears it on the topknot.
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DB 11 4.25
अश्वमेधसहस्रस्य वाजपेयशतस्य च । गवां शतसहस्रस्य सम्यग्दत्तस्य यत्फलम्
aśvamedhasahasrasya vājapeyaśatasya ca | gavāṃ śatasahasrasya samyagdattasya yatphalam
Whatever fruit belongs to a thousand horse-sacrifices, to a hundred vājapeya rites, and to a hundred thousand cows properly given —
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DB 11 4.26
तत्फलं लभते शीघ्रं वक्त्रैकादशधारणात् । द्वादशास्यस्य रुद्राक्षस्यैव कर्णे तु धारणात्
tatphalaṃ labhate śīghraṃ vaktraikādaśadhāraṇāt | dvādaśāsyasya rudrākṣasyaiva karṇe tu dhāraṇāt
— that fruit he quickly obtains by wearing the eleven-faced one. And from wearing the twelve-faced rudrākṣa on the ear:
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DB 11 4.27
आदित्यास्तोषिता नित्यं द्वादशास्ये व्यवस्थिताः । गोभेधे चाश्वमेधे च यत्फलं तदवाप्नुयात्
ādityāstoṣitā nityaṃ dvādaśāsye vyavasthitāḥ | gobhedhe cāśvamedhe ca yatphalaṃ tadavāpnuyāt
The Ādityas, ever propitiated, are established in the twelve-faced one; whatever fruit there is in a cow-sacrifice and in a horse-sacrifice, that he would obtain.
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DB 11 4.28
शृङ्गिणां शस्त्रिणां चैव व्याघ्रादीनां भयं न हि । न च व्याधिभयं तस्य नैव चाधिः प्रकीर्तितः
śṛṅgiṇāṃ śastriṇāṃ caiva vyāghrādīnāṃ bhayaṃ na hi | na ca vyādhibhayaṃ tasya naiva cādhiḥ prakīrtitaḥ
He has no fear from horned beasts, from armed men, or from tigers and the like; nor is any fear of disease declared for him, nor any mental distress.
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DB 11 4.29
न च किञ्चिद्भयं तस्य न च व्याधिः प्रवर्तते । न कुतश्चिद्भयं तस्य सुखी चैवेश्वरो भवेत्
na ca kiñcidbhayaṃ tasya na ca vyādhiḥ pravartate | na kutaścidbhayaṃ tasya sukhī caiveśvaro bhavet
He has no fear of anything, nor does disease arise (in him); he has fear from no quarter, and he becomes happy and a lord.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 11 4.30
हस्त्यश्वमृगमार्जारसर्पमूषकदर्दुरान् । खरांश्च श्वशृगालांश्च हत्वा बहुविधानपि
hastyaśvamṛgamārjārasarpamūṣakadardurān | kharāṃśca śvaśṛgālāṃśca hatvā bahuvidhānapi
Even having killed elephants, horses, deer, cats, snakes, mice, frogs, donkeys, dogs and jackals, of many kinds,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 11 4.31
मुच्यते नात्र सन्देहो वक्त्रद्वादशधारणात् । वक्त्रत्रयोदशो वत्स रुद्राक्षो यदि लभ्यते
mucyate nātra sandeho vaktradvādaśadhāraṇāt | vaktratrayodaśo vatsa rudrākṣo yadi labhyate
one is released — there is no doubt here — by wearing the twelve-faced one. If, child, a thirteen-faced rudrākṣa is obtained,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 11 4.32
कार्तिकेयसमो ज्ञेयः सर्वकामार्थसिद्धिदः । रसो रसायनं चैव तस्य सर्वं प्रसिद्ध्यति
kārtikeyasamo jñeyaḥ sarvakāmārthasiddhidaḥ | raso rasāyanaṃ caiva tasya sarvaṃ prasiddhyati
it should be known as equal to Kārtikeya, granting the attainment of all desires and aims; mercury and elixirs — all this succeeds for him.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 11 4.33
तस्यैव सर्वभोग्यानि नात्र कार्या विचारणा । मातरं पितरं चैव भ्रातरं वा निहन्ति यः
tasyaiva sarvabhogyāni nātra kāryā vicāraṇā | mātaraṃ pitaraṃ caiva bhrātaraṃ vā nihanti yaḥ
All enjoyments are his alone — no deliberation is to be made about this. He who kills his mother, his father, or his brother
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 11 4.34
मुच्यते सर्वपापेभ्यो धारणात्तस्य षण्मुख । चतुर्दशास्यो रुद्राक्षो यदि लभ्येत पुत्रक
mucyate sarvapāpebhyo dhāraṇāttasya ṣaṇmukha | caturdaśāsyo rudrākṣo yadi labhyeta putraka
is freed from all sins by wearing it, O six-faced one. If, dear son, a fourteen-faced rudrākṣa is obtained,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 11 4.35
धारयेत्सततं मूर्ध्नि तस्य पिण्डः शिवस्य तु । किं मुने बहुनोक्तेन वर्णनेन पुनः पुनः
dhārayetsatataṃ mūrdhni tasya piṇḍaḥ śivasya tu | kiṃ mune bahunoktena varṇanena punaḥ punaḥ
he should wear it constantly on the head; that is the very embodiment of Śiva. What use, O sage, is much speaking, describing it again and again?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 11 4.36
पूज्यते सन्ततं देवैः प्राप्यते च परा गतिः । रुद्राक्ष एकः शिरसा धार्यो भक्त्या द्विजोत्तमैः
pūjyate santataṃ devaiḥ prāpyate ca parā gatiḥ | rudrākṣa ekaḥ śirasā dhāryo bhaktyā dvijottamaiḥ
He is constantly honoured by the gods and attains the highest goal. A single rudrākṣa should be worn on the head with devotion by the best of the twice-born.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 11 4.37
षड्विंशद्भिः शिरोमाला पञ्चाशद्धृदयेन तु । कलाक्षैर्बाहुवलये अर्काक्षैर्मणिबन्धनम्
ṣaḍviṃśadbhiḥ śiromālā pañcāśaddhṛdayena tu | kalākṣairbāhuvalaye arkākṣairmaṇibandhanam
With twenty-six a head-garland (is made), with fifty one for the heart; with sixteen beads an armlet, with twelve beads a wristband.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 11 4.38
अष्टोत्तरशतैर्माला पञ्चाशद्भिः षडानन । अथवा सप्तविंशत्या कृत्वा रुद्राक्षमालिकाम्
aṣṭottaraśatairmālā pañcāśadbhiḥ ṣaḍānana | athavā saptaviṃśatyā kṛtvā rudrākṣamālikām
A rosary of a hundred and eight, or of fifty, O six-faced one; or else having made a rudrākṣa garland of twenty-seven,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 11 4.39
धारणाद्वा जपाद्वापि ह्यनन्तं फलमश्नुते । अष्टोत्तरशतैर्माला रुद्राक्षैर्धार्यते यदि
dhāraṇādvā japādvāpi hyanantaṃ phalamaśnute | aṣṭottaraśatairmālā rudrākṣairdhāryate yadi
whether by wearing it or by muttering (mantras) with it, one enjoys endless fruit. If a garland of a hundred and eight rudrākṣas is worn,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 11 4.40
क्षणे क्षणेऽश्वमेधस्य फलं प्राप्नोति षण्मुख । त्रिःसप्तकुलमुद्धृत्य शिवलोके महीयते
kṣaṇe kṣaṇe'śvamedhasya phalaṃ prāpnoti ṣaṇmukha | triḥsaptakulamuddhṛtya śivaloke mahīyate
Moment by moment he gains the fruit of a horse-sacrifice, O six-faced one; having raised up thrice-seven generations (of his line), he is honoured in the world of Śiva.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition