Kalika Purana — Chapter 35

KaP 35.1

कालिकापुराणम् पञ्चत्रिंशोऽध्यायः शरभकायत्यागः अथ श्रीकालिका पुराण अध्याय ३५ ॥ मार्कण्डेय उवाच ।। ईश्वरः शारभं कायं यथा तत्याज यत्नतः । तन्मे निगदतो भूयः शृणुध्वं द्विजसत्तमाः

kālikāpurāṇam pañcatriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ śarabhakāyatyāgaḥ atha śrīkālikā purāṇa adhyāya 35 || mārkaṇḍeya uvāca || īśvaraḥ śārabhaṃ kāyaṃ yathā tatyāja yatnataḥ | tanme nigadato bhūyaḥ śṛṇudhvaṃ dvijasattamāḥ

Kālikāpurāṇa, thirty-fifth chapter: the abandoning of the śarabha body. Now Śrī Kālikā Purāṇa, chapter 35. Mārkaṇḍeya said: How the Lord with effort gave up the śarabha body—hear that from me as I tell it again, O best of the twice-born.

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KaP 35.2

हते यज्ञवराहे तु ब्रह्मा लोकपितामहः । उवाच शरभं गत्वा सामयुक्तं जगद्धितम्

hate yajñavarāhe tu brahmā lokapitāmahaḥ | uvāca śarabhaṃ gatvā sāmayuktaṃ jagaddhitam

When the sacrificial Boar had been slain, Brahmā, the grandfather of the worlds, went to the Śarabha and spoke, conciliatingly, for the good of the world:

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KaP 35.3

।। ब्रह्मोवाच ।। देहाभोगेन भवत:पूरितं भूरियोजनम् । उपसंहर तस्मात् त्वं कायं लोकभयङ्करम्

|| brahmovāca || dehābhogena bhavata:pūritaṃ bhūriyojanam | upasaṃhara tasmāt tvaṃ kāyaṃ lokabhayaṅkaram

Brahmā said: By the expanse of your body many leagues are filled up; therefore withdraw that body which terrifies the worlds.

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KaP 35.4

तव युद्धेन सकलं प्रणष्टं भुवनत्रयम् । आकाशं गन्तुं त्वां दृष्ट्वा विभेत्यद्य जनार्दनः । तस्मात् त्वमूर्धलोकानां हिताय त्यज वै तनुम्

tava yuddhena sakalaṃ praṇaṣṭaṃ bhuvanatrayam | ākāśaṃ gantuṃ tvāṃ dṛṣṭvā vibhetyadya janārdanaḥ | tasmāt tvamūrdhalokānāṃ hitāya tyaja vai tanum

By your fighting the whole triple world has been ruined; seeing you (about) to go into the sky, Janārdana now takes fright. Therefore, for the welfare of the upper worlds, do abandon this body.

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KaP 35.5

।। मार्कण्डेय उवाच ।। ततस्तस्य वचः श्रुत्वा सुरज्येष्ठस्य शङ्करः । तत्याज शारभं कायं तोयोपर्येव तत्क्षणात्

|| mārkaṇḍeya uvāca || tatastasya vacaḥ śrutvā surajyeṣṭhasya śaṅkaraḥ | tatyāja śārabhaṃ kāyaṃ toyoparyeva tatkṣaṇāt

Mārkaṇḍeya said: Then, hearing the words of him who is eldest of the gods, Śaṅkara at that very moment abandoned the śarabha body right upon the water.

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KaP 35.6

त्यक्तस्य तस्य देहस्य शङ्करेण महात्मना । अष्टौ पादा अष्टमूर्तेस्तेषु चाष्टसु भेजिरे

tyaktasya tasya dehasya śaṅkareṇa mahātmanā | aṣṭau pādā aṣṭamūrtesteṣu cāṣṭasu bhejire

Of that body abandoned by the great-souled Śaṅkara, the eight feet of the eight-formed one entered into those eight (forms).

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KaP 35.7

आद्यन्तु दक्षिणं पादमाकाशमगमद्द्द्रुतम् । तद्वामं मिहिरं भेजे पश्चाद् दक्षिणजं विधौ

ādyantu dakṣiṇaṃ pādamākāśamagamadddrutam | tadvāmaṃ mihiraṃ bheje paścād dakṣiṇajaṃ vidhau

The first, the right foot, went swiftly to the sky; its left one entered the sun; the hind right one (entered) into the moon.

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KaP 35.8

वामन्तु ज्वलनं भेजे पृष्ठाग्रं पद्गतं क्षितिम् । पृष्ठाग्रवामं सलिलं तत्पश्चाद् दक्षिणं तथा । ययौ वामपदं भेजे होतारं सर्वतोमुखम्

vāmantu jvalanaṃ bheje pṛṣṭhāgraṃ padgataṃ kṣitim | pṛṣṭhāgravāmaṃ salilaṃ tatpaścād dakṣiṇaṃ tathā | yayau vāmapadaṃ bheje hotāraṃ sarvatomukham

The left one entered fire; the foremost part of the back, going to the foot, (entered) the earth; the left of the back's front (entered) water, and then the right one behind that; going on, the left foot entered the priest (hotṛ), facing in all directions.

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KaP 35.9

एवं तस्याष्टमूर्तेस्तु अष्टमूर्तिषु तत्क्षणात् । अष्टौ पादास्तथा भेजुः स्वं स्वं तेजो ययुः पदम्

evaṃ tasyāṣṭamūrtestu aṣṭamūrtiṣu tatkṣaṇāt | aṣṭau pādāstathā bhejuḥ svaṃ svaṃ tejo yayuḥ padam

Thus the eight feet of that eight-formed one at once entered into the eight forms, and each went to its own radiance and station.

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KaP 35.10

मध्यं तु शारभं कायं शङ्करस्य महात्मनः । कपाली भैरवो भूतश्चण्डरूपी दुरासदः

madhyaṃ tu śārabhaṃ kāyaṃ śaṅkarasya mahātmanaḥ | kapālī bhairavo bhūtaścaṇḍarūpī durāsadaḥ

But the middle of the śarabha body of the great-souled Śaṅkara (became) Kapālin Bhairava, the being of fierce form, hard to approach.

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KaP 35.11

मस्तिष्कमेदसा युक्तं मांसं जुह्वति ते शुचौ । ब्रह्मकपालपात्रस्थं सुराभिर्देवपूजनम्

mastiṣkamedasā yuktaṃ māṃsaṃ juhvati te śucau | brahmakapālapātrasthaṃ surābhirdevapūjanam

They offer, in the pure (fire), flesh mixed with brain and fat; and the worship of the god is with liquors placed in a vessel of Brahmā's skull.

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KaP 35.12

बलिर्मनुष्यमांसेन पानं तु रुधिरं सदा । सुरया पारणं यज्ञे कपालोक्षटधारणम्

balirmanuṣyamāṃsena pānaṃ tu rudhiraṃ sadā | surayā pāraṇaṃ yajñe kapālokṣaṭadhāraṇam

The offering is with human flesh, and the drink always blood; in the sacrifice the breaking of the fast is with liquor, and the bearing of the skull-marks(?).

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KaP 35.13

व्याघ्रचर्मपरिधानं समलं त्रिवलीवृतम् । एवं कुर्वन्ति सततं कपालव्रतधारिणः । कपाली भैरवस्तेषां देव: पूज्यंस्तु नित्यशः

vyāghracarmaparidhānaṃ samalaṃ trivalīvṛtam | evaṃ kurvanti satataṃ kapālavratadhāriṇaḥ | kapālī bhairavasteṣāṃ deva: pūjyaṃstu nityaśaḥ

The garment is a tiger's skin, soiled, girt with a triple fold. Thus do those who keep the skull-vow act constantly; for them Kapālin Bhairava is the god always to be worshipped.

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KaP 35.14

महाभैरव रूप वर्णन श्मशान भैरवो योऽसौ यो महाभैरवाह्वयः

mahābhairava rūpa varṇana śmaśāna bhairavo yo'sau yo mahābhairavāhvayaḥ

Description of the form of Mahābhairava. He who is the Bhairava of the cremation ground, who is called Mahābhairava —

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KaP 35.15

बालसूर्यसमोद्योतः सदाष्टादशबाहुभिः । बिभ्राजमानो रक्ताक्षः सर्वदा नायिकाव्रजैः

bālasūryasamodyotaḥ sadāṣṭādaśabāhubhiḥ | bibhrājamāno raktākṣaḥ sarvadā nāyikāvrajaiḥ

— shining like the young sun, ever blazing with eighteen arms, red-eyed, always (surrounded) by throngs of female leaders (nāyikās),

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KaP 35.16

कालीप्रचण्डाप्रमुखैः क्रीडमानस्तु नित्यशः । सद्योदग्धनृमांसाशी गलल्लोललसद्भुजः

kālīpracaṇḍāpramukhaiḥ krīḍamānastu nityaśaḥ | sadyodagdhanṛmāṃsāśī galallolalasadbhujaḥ

constantly playing with Kālī, Pracaṇḍā and the rest, an eater of freshly burnt human flesh, with arms swinging and glistening and dripping,

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KaP 35.17

लोहिताहारविघसः प्रेताशनगतः सदा । स्थूलवक्त्रोऽथ लम्बोष्ठो ह्रस्वस्थलपदालयः । विनोदी वादनो लोके साट्टहासत्सु भैरवः

lohitāhāravighasaḥ pretāśanagataḥ sadā | sthūlavaktro'tha lamboṣṭho hrasvasthalapadālayaḥ | vinodī vādano loke sāṭṭahāsatsu bhairavaḥ

one who has the leavings of a bloody meal, always seated on a corpse-seat, thick-mouthed, with hanging lip, dwelling in low places and grounds; a sporter, a maker of noise in the world — that Bhairava is among those with loud laughter.

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KaP 35.18

एवं स च महादेवो महाभैरवरूपधृक् । मध्यशार भकायेन कार्य द महाभुजः

evaṃ sa ca mahādevo mahābhairavarūpadhṛk | madhyaśāra bhakāyena kārya da mahābhujaḥ

Thus that Mahādeva too, bearing the form of Mahābhairava, mighty-armed, accomplishing (his) task with the middle śarabha body —

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KaP 35.19

स जगाम ततो देवा हरस्य प्रमथान् प्रति । गणैः सार्धं तथाकाशे विक्रीडति स भैरवः

sa jagāma tato devā harasya pramathān prati | gaṇaiḥ sārdhaṃ tathākāśe vikrīḍati sa bhairavaḥ

then, O gods, he went toward Hara's attendants; and that Bhairava plays in the sky together with the hosts.

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KaP 35.20

स महाभैरवो देवः पूज्यमानो जगज्जनैः । अद्यापि कुरुते नित्यमिष्टकामस्य साधनम्

sa mahābhairavo devaḥ pūjyamāno jagajjanaiḥ | adyāpi kurute nityamiṣṭakāmasya sādhanam

That god Mahābhairava, worshipped by the people of the world, even today constantly brings about the fulfilment of desired wishes.

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KaP 35.21

चैत्र-शुक्लचतुर्दश्यां मध्वासवपयः फलैः । मांसैर्मत्स्यैः सरुधिरैः सकृद्यो भैरवं यजेत्

caitra-śuklacaturdaśyāṃ madhvāsavapayaḥ phalaiḥ | māṃsairmatsyaiḥ sarudhiraiḥ sakṛdyo bhairavaṃ yajet

Whoever on the fourteenth of the bright half of Caitra worships Bhairava even once with honey, liquor, milk and fruits, with flesh and fish along with blood —

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KaP 35.22

स सर्वकामान् संसाध्य भोगान् भुक्त्वा यथेष्टतः । प्रयाति शम्भुभवनमारुह्य वृषभं वरम्

sa sarvakāmān saṃsādhya bhogān bhuktvā yatheṣṭataḥ | prayāti śambhubhavanamāruhya vṛṣabhaṃ varam

he, having gained all his desires and enjoyed pleasures as he wished, mounts an excellent bull and goes to Śambhu's abode.

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KaP 35.23

एतद्वः कथितं सर्व यत्पृष्टोऽहं द्विजोत्तमैः । भवद्भिर्यच्च वोऽन्यद् वा रोचते पृच्छ मां तु तत्

etadvaḥ kathitaṃ sarva yatpṛṣṭo'haṃ dvijottamaiḥ | bhavadbhiryacca vo'nyad vā rocate pṛccha māṃ tu tat

All this that I was asked by you, best of the twice-born, has been told to you; and whatever else pleases you, ask me that.

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