Shiva Purana — Vidyeshvara Samhita — Chapter 10
SiP 1 10.1
इति श्रीशिवमहापुराणे विद्येश्वरसंहितायां नवमो ऽध्यायः छप्तेर् १० ब्रह्मविष्णू ऊचतुः सर्गादिपञ्चकृत्यस्य लक्षणं ब्रूहि नौ प्रभो शिव उवाच मत्कृत्यबोधनं गुह्यं कृपया प्रब्रवीमि वाम्
iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe vidyeśvarasaṃhitāyāṃ navamo 'dhyāyaḥ chapter 10 brahmaviṣṇū ūcatuḥ sargādipañcakṛtyasya lakṣaṇaṃ brūhi nau prabho śiva uvāca matkṛtyabodhanaṃ guhyaṃ kṛpayā prabravīmi vām
Thus the ninth chapter in the glorious Śiva Mahāpurāṇa, in the Vidyeśvara Saṃhitā. Chapter 10. Brahmā and Viṣṇu said: Tell us, O Lord, the definition of the fivefold act, beginning with creation. Śiva said: Out of compassion I shall declare to you both the secret teaching about my acts.
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SiP 1 10.2
सृष्टिः स्थितिश्च संहारस्तिरोभावो ऽप्यनुग्रहः पञ्चैव मे जगत्कृत्यं नित्यसिद्धमजाच्युतौ
sṛṣṭiḥ sthitiśca saṃhārastirobhāvo 'pyanugrahaḥ pañcaiva me jagatkṛtyaṃ nityasiddhamajācyutau
Creation, maintenance, dissolution, concealment, and also grace—these five alone are my work with regard to the world, eternally accomplished, O Unborn One and O Acyuta.
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SiP 1 10.3
सर्गः संसारसंरंभस्तत्प्रतिष्ठा स्थितिर्मता संहारो मर्दनं तस्य तिरोभावस्तदुत्क्रमः
sargaḥ saṃsārasaṃraṃbhastatpratiṣṭhā sthitirmatā saṃhāro mardanaṃ tasya tirobhāvastadutkramaḥ
Creation is the setting in motion of the round of transmigration; its being made firm is held to be maintenance; dissolution is the crushing of it; concealment is its passing beyond.
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SiP 1 10.4
तन्मोक्षो ऽनुग्रहस्तन्मे कृत्यमेवं हि पञ्चकम् कृत्यमेतद्वहत्यन्यस्तूष्णीं गोपुरबिंबवत्
tanmokṣo 'nugrahastanme kṛtyamevaṃ hi pañcakam kṛtyametadvahatyanyastūṣṇīṃ gopurabiṃbavat
Grace is the liberation from that. Thus these five are my work. Another carries out this work, while (I remain) silent, like the figure carved on a gate-tower.
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SiP 1 10.5
सर्गादि यच्चतुष्कृत्यं संसारपरिजृंभणम् पञ्चमं मुक्तिहेतुर्वै नित्यं मयि च सुस्थिरम्
sargādi yaccatuṣkṛtyaṃ saṃsāraparijṛṃbhaṇam pañcamaṃ muktiheturvai nityaṃ mayi ca susthiram
The four acts beginning with creation are the expansion of transmigration; the fifth is indeed the cause of liberation, and it rests eternally and firmly in me.
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SiP 1 10.6
तदिदं पञ्चभूतेषु दृश्यते मामकैर्जनैः सृष्टिर्भूमौ स्थितिस्तोये संहारः पावके तथा
tadidaṃ pañcabhūteṣu dṛśyate māmakairjanaiḥ sṛṣṭirbhūmau sthitistoye saṃhāraḥ pāvake tathā
This same (fivefold work) is seen by my people in the five elements: creation in earth, maintenance in water, and dissolution in fire,
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SiP 1 10.7
तिरोभावो ऽनिले तद्वदनुग्रह इहाम्बरे सृज्यते धरया सर्वमद्भिः सर्वं प्रवर्धते
tirobhāvo 'nile tadvadanugraha ihāmbare sṛjyate dharayā sarvamadbhiḥ sarvaṃ pravardhate
concealment in wind, and likewise grace here in ether. Everything is brought forth by the earth; everything grows by the waters;
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SiP 1 10.8
अर्द्यते तेजसा सर्वं वायुना चापनीयते व्योम्नानुगृह्यते सर्वं ज्ञेयमेवं हि सूरिभिः
ardyate tejasā sarvaṃ vāyunā cāpanīyate vyomnānugṛhyate sarvaṃ jñeyamevaṃ hi sūribhiḥ
everything is afflicted by fire and carried away by the wind; everything is favoured by space—thus it is to be known by the wise.
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SiP 1 10.9
पञ्चकृत्यमिदं बोढुं ममास्ति मुखपञ्चकम् चतुर्दिक्षु चतुर्वक्त्रं तन्मध्ये पञ्चमं मुखम्
pañcakṛtyamidaṃ boḍhuṃ mamāsti mukhapañcakam caturdikṣu caturvaktraṃ tanmadhye pañcamaṃ mukham
To bear this fivefold work I have five faces: four faces in the four directions, and in their midst a fifth face.
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SiP 1 10.10
युवाभ्यां तपसा लब्धमेतत्कृत्यद्वयं सुतौ सृष्टिस्थित्यभीधं भाग्यं मत्तः प्रीतादतिप्रियम्
yuvābhyāṃ tapasā labdhametatkṛtyadvayaṃ sutau sṛṣṭisthityabhīdhaṃ bhāgyaṃ mattaḥ prītādatipriyam
By you two this pair of acts has been obtained through austerity, my sons—the good fortune called creation and maintenance, most dear, (received) from me when pleased.
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SiP 1 10.11
तथा रुद्रमहेशाभ्यामन्यत्कृत्यद्वयं परम् अनुग्रहाख्यं केनापि लब्धुं नैव हि शक्यते
tathā rudramaheśābhyāmanyatkṛtyadvayaṃ param anugrahākhyaṃ kenāpi labdhuṃ naiva hi śakyate
Likewise the other pair of acts belongs to Rudra and Maheśa; but the supreme one named grace can by no means be obtained by anyone.
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SiP 1 10.12
तत्सर्वं पौर्विकं कर्म युवाभ्यां कालविस्मृतम् न तद्रुद्र महेशाभ्यां विस्मृतं कर्म तादृशम्
tatsarvaṃ paurvikaṃ karma yuvābhyāṃ kālavismṛtam na tadrudra maheśābhyāṃ vismṛtaṃ karma tādṛśam
All that former work has been forgotten by you two in the course of time; but such work has not been forgotten by Rudra and Maheśa.
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SiP 1 10.13
रूपे वेशे च कृत्ये च वाहने चासने तथा आयुधादौ च मत्साम्यमस्माभिस्तत्कृते कृतम्
rūpe veśe ca kṛtye ca vāhane cāsane tathā āyudhādau ca matsāmyamasmābhistatkṛte kṛtam
In form, in dress, in function, in mount and in seat, and in weapons and the rest, likeness to me was made by us for their sake.
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SiP 1 10.14
मद्ध्यानविरहाद्वत्सौ मौढ्यं वामेवमागतम् मज्ज्ञाने सति नैवं स्यान्मानं रूपे महेशवत्
maddhyānavirahādvatsau mauḍhyaṃ vāmevamāgatam majjñāne sati naivaṃ syānmānaṃ rūpe maheśavat
Through the absence of meditation on me, my children, this delusion has come upon you two; if there were knowledge of me, there would be no such pride in (your) form, as with Maheśa.
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SiP 1 10.15
तस्मान्मज्ज्ञानसिद्ध्यर्थं मंत्रम्ॐकारनामकम् इतः परं प्रजपतं मामकं मानभंजनम्
tasmānmajjñānasiddhyarthaṃ maṃtramoṃkāranāmakam itaḥ paraṃ prajapataṃ māmakaṃ mānabhaṃjanam
Therefore, in order to attain knowledge of me, from now on recite my mantra named Oṃkāra, which shatters pride.
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SiP 1 10.16
उपादिशं निजं मंत्रम्ॐकारमुरुमंगलम् ॐकारो मन्मुखाज्जज्ञे प्रथमं मत्प्रबोधकः
upādiśaṃ nijaṃ maṃtramoṃkāramurumaṃgalam oṃkāro manmukhājjajñe prathamaṃ matprabodhakaḥ
I taught (them) my own mantra, the Oṃkāra, of great auspiciousness. The Oṃkāra was born first from my mouth, revealing me.
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SiP 1 10.17
वाचको ऽयमहं वाच्यो मंत्रो ऽयं हि मदात्मकः तदनुस्मरणं नित्यं ममानुस्मरणं भवेत्
vācako 'yamahaṃ vācyo maṃtro 'yaṃ hi madātmakaḥ tadanusmaraṇaṃ nityaṃ mamānusmaraṇaṃ bhavet
This (Om) is the word that signifies, I am what is signified; for this mantra consists of me. Constant remembrance of it will be remembrance of me.
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SiP 1 10.18
अकारौत्तरात्पूर्वमुकारः पश्चिमाननात् मकारो दक्षिणमुखाद्बिंदुः प्राङ्मुखतस्तथा
akārauttarātpūrvamukāraḥ paścimānanāt makāro dakṣiṇamukhādbiṃduḥ prāṅmukhatastathā
The sound a (came) from the northern face, u from the western face, m from the southern face, and likewise the bindu from the eastward-facing one,
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SiP 1 10.19
नादो मध्यमुखादेवं पञ्चधा ऽसौ विजृंभितः एकीभूतः पुनस्तद्वदोमित्येकाक्षरो भवेत्
nādo madhyamukhādevaṃ pañcadhā 'sau vijṛṃbhitaḥ ekībhūtaḥ punastadvadomityekākṣaro bhavet
and the nāda from the middle face. Thus it unfolded in five ways; becoming one again in the same manner, it becomes the single syllable "Om."
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SiP 1 10.20
नामरूपात्मकं सर्वं वेदभूतकुलद्वयम् व्याप्तमेतेन मंत्रेण शिवशक्त्योश्च बोधकः
nāmarūpātmakaṃ sarvaṃ vedabhūtakuladvayam vyāptametena maṃtreṇa śivaśaktyośca bodhakaḥ
All that consists of name and form, and the twofold multitude of the Vedas and the elements, is pervaded by this mantra; and it makes known both Śiva and Śakti.
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SiP 1 10.21
अस्मात्पञ्चाक्षरं जज्ञे बोधकं सकलस्यतत् आकारादिक्रमेणैव नकारादियथाक्रमम्
asmātpañcākṣaraṃ jajñe bodhakaṃ sakalasyatat ākārādikrameṇaiva nakārādiyathākramam
From this was born the five-syllabled (mantra), which makes everything known, just in the sequence beginning with a, corresponding in order to (the syllables) beginning with na.
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SiP 1 10.22
अस्मात्पञ्चाक्षराज्जाता मातृकाः पञ्चभेदतः तस्माच्छिरश्चतुर्वक्त्रात्त्रिपाद्गाय त्रिरेव हि
asmātpañcākṣarājjātā mātṛkāḥ pañcabhedataḥ tasmācchiraścaturvaktrāttripādgāya trireva hi
From this five-syllabled (mantra) the mātṛkās were born in five divisions; from that, the head(-mantra) from the four faces, and indeed the three-footed Gāyatrī.
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SiP 1 10.23
वेदः सर्वस्ततो जज्ञे ततो वै मंत्रकोटयः तत्तन्मंत्रेण तत्सिद्धिः सर्वसिद्धिरितो भवेत्
vedaḥ sarvastato jajñe tato vai maṃtrakoṭayaḥ tattanmaṃtreṇa tatsiddhiḥ sarvasiddhirito bhavet
From that arose the whole Veda, and from that indeed crores of mantras. By each particular mantra comes its particular attainment; from this one, all attainment comes.
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SiP 1 10.24
अनेन मंत्रकंदेन भोगो मोक्षश्च सिद्ध्यति सकला मंत्रराजानः साक्षाद्भोगप्रदाः शुभाः
anena maṃtrakaṃdena bhogo mokṣaśca siddhyati sakalā maṃtrarājānaḥ sākṣādbhogapradāḥ śubhāḥ
By this root of mantras both enjoyment and liberation are accomplished; all the king-mantras are auspicious and directly bestow enjoyment.
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SiP 1 10.25
नंदिकेश्वर उवाच पुनस्तयोस्तत्र तिरः पटं गुरुः प्रकल्प्य मंत्रं च समादिशत्परम् निधाय तच्छीर्ष्णि करांबुजं शनैरुदङ्मुखं संस्थितयोः सहांबिकः
naṃdikeśvara uvāca punastayostatra tiraḥ paṭaṃ guruḥ prakalpya maṃtraṃ ca samādiśatparam nidhāya tacchīrṣṇi karāṃbujaṃ śanairudaṅmukhaṃ saṃsthitayoḥ sahāṃbikaḥ
Nandikeśvara said: Then, having set up a cloth as a screen there before those two, the guru, together with the Goddess, taught the supreme mantra, laying his lotus-hand gently on the head of each of the two who sat facing north.
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SiP 1 10.26
त्रिरुच्चार्याग्रहीन्मंत्रं यंत्रतंत्रोक्तिपूर्वकम् शिष्यौ च तौ दक्षिणायामात्मानं च समर्पयत्
triruccāryāgrahīnmaṃtraṃ yaṃtrataṃtroktipūrvakam śiṣyau ca tau dakṣiṇāyāmātmānaṃ ca samarpayat
Having uttered it three times he imparted the mantra, preceded by the declaration of its yantra and tantra; and those two disciples offered even themselves as the fee.
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SiP 1 10.27
प्रबद्धहस्तौ किल तौ तदंतिके तमेव देवं जगतुर्जगद्गुरुम्
prabaddhahastau kila tau tadaṃtike tameva devaṃ jagaturjagadgurum
With hands joined, those two, in his presence, addressed that very god, the teacher of the world.
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SiP 1 10.28
ब्रह्माच्युतावूचतुः नमो निष्कलरूपाय नमो निष्कलतेजसे नमः सकलनाथाय नमस्ते सकलात्मने
brahmācyutāvūcatuḥ namo niṣkalarūpāya namo niṣkalatejase namaḥ sakalanāthāya namaste sakalātmane
Brahmā and Acyuta said: Homage to him whose form is without parts, homage to the partless radiance; homage to the lord of the partite, homage to you whose self is the partite.
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SiP 1 10.29
नमः प्रणववाच्याय नमः प्रणवलिंगिने नमः सृष्ट्यादिकर्त्रे च नमः पञ्चमुखायते
namaḥ praṇavavācyāya namaḥ praṇavaliṃgine namaḥ sṛṣṭyādikartre ca namaḥ pañcamukhāyate
Homage to him who is signified by the praṇava, homage to him whose mark is the praṇava; homage to the maker of creation and the rest, and homage to the five-faced one.
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SiP 1 10.30
पञ्चब्रह्मस्वरूपाय पञ्च कृत्यायते नमः आत्मने ब्रह्मणे तुभ्यमनंतगुणशक्तये
pañcabrahmasvarūpāya pañca kṛtyāyate namaḥ ātmane brahmaṇe tubhyamanaṃtaguṇaśaktaye
Homage to you whose own form is the five brahmans, who perform the five acts; to you, the Self, the brahman, whose qualities and powers are endless.
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SiP 1 10.31
सकलाकलरूपाय शंभवे गुरवे नमः इति स्तुत्वा गुरुं पद्यैर्ब्रह्मा विष्णुश् च नेमतुः
sakalākalarūpāya śaṃbhave gurave namaḥ iti stutvā guruṃ padyairbrahmā viṣṇuś ca nematuḥ
"Homage to Śambhu, the guru, whose form is both with parts and without parts." Having praised the guru thus with verses, Brahmā and Viṣṇu bowed.
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SiP 1 10.32
ईश्वर उवाच वत्सकौ सर्वतत्त्वं च कथितं दर्शितं च वाम् जपतं प्रणवं मंत्रं देवीदिष्टं मदात्मकम्
īśvara uvāca vatsakau sarvatattvaṃ ca kathitaṃ darśitaṃ ca vām japataṃ praṇavaṃ maṃtraṃ devīdiṣṭaṃ madātmakam
Īśvara said: Dear children, the whole truth has been told and shown to you two. Recite the praṇava mantra, taught by the Goddess, which consists of me.
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SiP 1 10.33
ज्ञानं च सुस्थिरं भाग्यं सर्वं भवति शाश्वतम् आर्द्रायां च चतुर्दश्यां तज्जाप्यं त्वक्षयं भवेत्
jñānaṃ ca susthiraṃ bhāgyaṃ sarvaṃ bhavati śāśvatam ārdrāyāṃ ca caturdaśyāṃ tajjāpyaṃ tvakṣayaṃ bhavet
Knowledge becomes firm, and fortune, everything, becomes lasting. And when it is recited on Ārdrā and on the fourteenth, it becomes inexhaustible.
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SiP 1 10.34
सूर्यगत्या महार्द्रायामेकं कोटिगुणं भवेत् मृगशीर्षांतिमो भागः पुनर्वस्वादिमस्तथा
sūryagatyā mahārdrāyāmekaṃ koṭiguṇaṃ bhavet mṛgaśīrṣāṃtimo bhāgaḥ punarvasvādimastathā
By the sun's course, on the great Ārdrā a single (recitation) becomes multiplied a crore-fold; likewise the final portion of Mṛgaśiras and the first of Punarvasu
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SiP 1 10.35
आर्द्रासमः सदा ज्ञेयः पूजाहोमादितर्पणे दर्शनं तु प्रभाते च प्रातःसंगवकालयोः
ārdrāsamaḥ sadā jñeyaḥ pūjāhomāditarpaṇe darśanaṃ tu prabhāte ca prātaḥsaṃgavakālayoḥ
are always to be known as equal to Ārdrā, in worship, oblation and the rest, and in tarpaṇa; but the viewing (is to be done) at daybreak, and in the morning and saṃgava periods.
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SiP 1 10.36
चतुर्दशी तथा ग्राह्या निशीथव्यापिनी भवेत् प्रदोषव्यापिनी चैव परयुक्ता प्रशस्यते
caturdaśī tathā grāhyā niśīthavyāpinī bhavet pradoṣavyāpinī caiva parayuktā praśasyate
Likewise the fourteenth is to be adopted (when) it extends over midnight; and the one extending over the evening twilight, joined with the following (tithi), is commended.
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SiP 1 10.37
लिंगं बेरं च मेतुल्यं यजतां लिंगमुत्तमम् तस्माल्लिंगं परं पूज्यं बेरादपि मुमुक्षुभिः
liṃgaṃ beraṃ ca metulyaṃ yajatāṃ liṃgamuttamam tasmālliṃgaṃ paraṃ pūjyaṃ berādapi mumukṣubhiḥ
The liṅga and the (anthropomorphic) image are equal to me, (but) for those who sacrifice the liṅga is the best; therefore the liṅga is to be worshipped as higher than the image, even by those who seek liberation.
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SiP 1 10.38
लिंगम्ॐकारमंत्रेण बेरं पञ्चाक्षरेण तु स्वयमेव हि द्रव्यैः प्रतिष्ठाप्यं परैरपि
liṃgamoṃkāramaṃtreṇa beraṃ pañcākṣareṇa tu svayameva hi dravyaiḥ pratiṣṭhāpyaṃ parairapi
The liṅga (is to be consecrated) with the oṃkāra mantra, but the image with the five-syllable (mantra); (it is) to be installed by oneself with (the proper) materials, or else by others.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 1 10.39
पूजयेदुपचारैश्च मत्पदं सुलभं भवेत् इति शास्य तथा शिष्यौ तत्रैवां ऽतर्हितः शिवः
pūjayedupacāraiśca matpadaṃ sulabhaṃ bhavet iti śāsya tathā śiṣyau tatraivāṃ 'tarhitaḥ śivaḥ
And one should worship (it) with the (ritual) services; (thus) my station becomes easy to attain. Having thus instructed the two disciples, Śiva vanished right there.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition