Shiva Purana — Vidyeshvara Samhita — Chapter 6
SiP 1 6.1
इति श्रीशिवमहापुराणे विद्येश्वरसंहितायां पञ्चमो ऽध्यायः छप्तेर् ६ नन्दिकेश्वर उवाच पुरा कदाचिद्योगींद्र विष्णुर्विषधरासनः सुष्वाप परया भूत्या स्वानुगैरपि संवृतः
iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe vidyeśvarasaṃhitāyāṃ pañcamo 'dhyāyaḥ chapter 6 nandikeśvara uvāca purā kadācidyogīṃdra viṣṇurviṣadharāsanaḥ suṣvāpa parayā bhūtyā svānugairapi saṃvṛtaḥ
Thus the fifth chapter in the Vidyeśvara Saṃhitā of the glorious Śiva Mahāpurāṇa. Chapter 6. Nandikeśvara said: Once formerly, O lord of yogins, Viṣṇu, whose couch is the serpent, was sleeping in supreme splendour, surrounded too by his attendants.
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SiP 1 6.2
यदृच्छया गतस्तत्र ब्रह्मा ब्रह्मविदांवरः अपृच्छत्पुंडरीकाक्षं शयनं सर्वसुन्दरम्
yadṛcchayā gatastatra brahmā brahmavidāṃvaraḥ apṛcchatpuṃḍarīkākṣaṃ śayanaṃ sarvasundaram
Brahmā, foremost among the knowers of Brahman, came there by chance and questioned the lotus-eyed one, who was lying on an all-beautiful bed:
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SiP 1 6.3
कस्त्वं पुरुषवच्छेषे दृष्ट्वा मामपि दृप्तवत् उत्तिष्ठ वत्स मां पश्य तव नाथमिहागतम्
kastvaṃ puruṣavaccheṣe dṛṣṭvā māmapi dṛptavat uttiṣṭha vatsa māṃ paśya tava nāthamihāgatam
"Who are you, that you lie there like an ordinary man, and even at the sight of me act as though arrogant? Get up, child, look at me, your master, who has come here.
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SiP 1 6.4
आगतं गुरुमाराध्यं दृष्ट्वा यो दृप्तवच्चरेत् द्रोहिणस्तस्य मूढस्य प्रायश्चित्तं विधीयते
āgataṃ gurumārādhyaṃ dṛṣṭvā yo dṛptavaccaret drohiṇastasya mūḍhasya prāyaścittaṃ vidhīyate
Whoever, seeing the venerable teacher arrived, behaves arrogantly — for that deluded offender an expiation is prescribed."
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SiP 1 6.5
इति श्रुत्वा वचः क्रुद्धो बहिः शांतवदाचरत् स्वस्ति ते स्वागतं वत्स तिष्ठ पीठमितो विश
iti śrutvā vacaḥ kruddho bahiḥ śāṃtavadācarat svasti te svāgataṃ vatsa tiṣṭha pīṭhamito viśa
Having heard this speech he was enraged, (yet) outwardly behaved as if calm: "Fortune to you, welcome, child; stay, sit here on this seat.
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SiP 1 6.6
किमु ते व्याग्रवद्वक्त्रं विभाति विषमेक्षणम् ब्रह्मोवाच वत्स विष्णो महामानमागतं कालवेगतः
kimu te vyāgravadvaktraṃ vibhāti viṣamekṣaṇam brahmovāca vatsa viṣṇo mahāmānamāgataṃ kālavegataḥ
Why does your face glow like a tiger's, with fierce eyes?" Brahmā said: "Child Viṣṇu, great arrogance has come (upon you) through the force of time.
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SiP 1 6.7
पितामहश्च जगतः पाता च तव वत्सक विष्णुरुवाच मत्स्थं जगदिदं वत्स मनुषे त्वं हि चोरवत्
pitāmahaśca jagataḥ pātā ca tava vatsaka viṣṇuruvāca matsthaṃ jagadidaṃ vatsa manuṣe tvaṃ hi coravat
And I am the grandfather of the world and its protector, my dear child." Viṣṇu said: "This world abides in me, child; but you think like a thief.
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SiP 1 6.8
मन्नाभिकमलाज्जातः पुत्रस्त्वं भाषसे वृथा नन्दिकेश्वर उवाच एवं हि वदतोस्तत्र मुग्धयोरजयोस्तदा
mannābhikamalājjātaḥ putrastvaṃ bhāṣase vṛthā nandikeśvara uvāca evaṃ hi vadatostatra mugdhayorajayostadā
You, born from the lotus of my navel, my son, speak in vain." Nandikeśvara said: as the two deluded, unvanquished ones were speaking thus there at that time —
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SiP 1 6.9
अहमेव बरो न त्वमहं प्रभुरहं प्रभुः परस्परं हंतुकामौ चक्रतुः समरोद्यमम्
ahameva baro na tvamahaṃ prabhurahaṃ prabhuḥ parasparaṃ haṃtukāmau cakratuḥ samarodyamam
"I alone am the superior one, not you; I am the lord, I am the lord" — wishing to kill each other, the two made ready for battle.
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SiP 1 6.10
युयुधाते ऽमरौ वीरौ हंसपक्षींद्रवाहनौ वैरंच्या वैष्णवाश्चैवं मिथो युयुधिरे तदा
yuyudhāte 'marau vīrau haṃsapakṣīṃdravāhanau vairaṃcyā vaiṣṇavāścaivaṃ mitho yuyudhire tadā
The two immortal heroes fought, mounted on the goose and on the lord of birds; and thus the followers of Virañca and of Viṣṇu likewise fought one another then.
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SiP 1 6.11
तावद्विमानगतयः सर्वा वै देवजातयः दिदृक्षवः समाजग्मुः समरं तं महाद्भुतम्
tāvadvimānagatayaḥ sarvā vai devajātayaḥ didṛkṣavaḥ samājagmuḥ samaraṃ taṃ mahādbhutam
Meanwhile all the classes of gods, riding in their celestial cars, came together wishing to see that greatly marvellous battle,
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SiP 1 6.12
क्षिपंतः पुष्पवर्षाणि पश्यंतः स्वैरमंबरे सुपर्णवाहनस्तत्र क्रुद्धो वै ब्रह्मवक्षसि
kṣipaṃtaḥ puṣpavarṣāṇi paśyaṃtaḥ svairamaṃbare suparṇavāhanastatra kruddho vai brahmavakṣasi
casting showers of flowers, watching at their ease in the sky. There the one whose mount is Garuḍa, enraged, at Brahmā's chest
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SiP 1 6.13
मुमोच बाणानसहानस्त्रांश्च विविधान्बहून् मुमोचा ऽथ विधिः क्रुद्धो विष्णोरुरसि दुःसहान्
mumoca bāṇānasahānastrāṃśca vividhānbahūn mumocā 'tha vidhiḥ kruddho viṣṇorurasi duḥsahān
loosed unendurable arrows and many missiles of various kinds. Then Vidhi (Brahmā), enraged, loosed at Viṣṇu's breast hard-to-bear
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SiP 1 6.14
बाणाननलसंकाशानस्त्रांश्च बहुशस्तदा तदाश्चर्यमिति स्पष्टं तयोः समरगोचरम्
bāṇānanalasaṃkāśānastrāṃśca bahuśastadā tadāścaryamiti spaṣṭaṃ tayoḥ samaragocaram
arrows resembling fire, and missiles many times over. "This is a marvel!" — plainly (so was) the scope of the battle of those two;
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SiP 1 6.15
समीक्ष्य दैवतगणाः शशंसुर्भृशमाकुलाः ततो विष्णुः सुसंक्रुद्धः श्वसन्व्यसनकर्शितः
samīkṣya daivatagaṇāḥ śaśaṃsurbhṛśamākulāḥ tato viṣṇuḥ susaṃkruddhaḥ śvasanvyasanakarśitaḥ
having observed it, the hosts of gods, exceedingly agitated, cried out. Then Viṣṇu, greatly enraged, hissing, worn down by the trouble,
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SiP 1 6.16
माहेश्वरास्त्रं मतिमान् संदधे ब्रह्मणोपरि ततो ब्रह्मा भृशं क्रुद्धः कंपयन्विश्वमेव हि
māheśvarāstraṃ matimān saṃdadhe brahmaṇopari tato brahmā bhṛśaṃ kruddhaḥ kaṃpayanviśvameva hi
the wise one, fitted the Māheśvara weapon (aimed) at Brahmā. Then Brahmā, exceedingly enraged, shaking the whole universe indeed,
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SiP 1 6.17
अस्त्रं पाशुपतं घोरं संदधे विष्णुवक्षसि ततस्तदुत्थितं व्योम्नि तपनायुतसन्निभम्
astraṃ pāśupataṃ ghoraṃ saṃdadhe viṣṇuvakṣasi tatastadutthitaṃ vyomni tapanāyutasannibham
fitted the terrible Pāśupata weapon at Viṣṇu's chest. Then it rose up in the sky, like ten thousand suns,
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SiP 1 6.18
सहस्रमुखमत्युग्रं चंडवातभयंकरम् अस्त्रद्वयमिदं तत्र ब्रह्मविष्ण्वोर्भयंकरम्
sahasramukhamatyugraṃ caṃḍavātabhayaṃkaram astradvayamidaṃ tatra brahmaviṣṇvorbhayaṃkaram
thousand-mouthed, exceedingly fierce, terrifying with violent wind: this pair of weapons there, of Brahmā and Viṣṇu, was terrifying.
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SiP 1 6.19
इत्थं बभूव समरो ब्रह्मविष्ण्वोः परस्परम् ततो देवगणाः सर्वे विषण्णा भृशमाकुलाः ऊचुः परस्परं तात राजक्षोभे यथा द्विजाः
itthaṃ babhūva samaro brahmaviṣṇvoḥ parasparam tato devagaṇāḥ sarve viṣaṇṇā bhṛśamākulāḥ ūcuḥ parasparaṃ tāta rājakṣobhe yathā dvijāḥ
In this way the battle of Brahmā and Viṣṇu with each other came about. Then all the hosts of gods, downcast and exceedingly agitated, said to one another, my dear, as twice-born men do in a disturbance of the kingdom:
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SiP 1 6.20
सृष्टिः स्थितिश्च संहारस्तिरो भावोप्यनुग्रहः यस्मात्प्रवर्तते तस्मै ब्रह्मणे च त्रिशूलिने
sṛṣṭiḥ sthitiśca saṃhārastiro bhāvopyanugrahaḥ yasmātpravartate tasmai brahmaṇe ca triśūline
"To that Brahman and bearer of the trident, from whom proceed creation, maintenance, dissolution, concealment, and grace as well —
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SiP 1 6.21
अशक्यमन्यैर्यदनुग्रहं विना तृणक्षयोप्यत्र यदृच्छया क्वचित्
aśakyamanyairyadanugrahaṃ vinā tṛṇakṣayopyatra yadṛcchayā kvacit
since without (his) grace even the perishing of a blade of grass here, by chance, anywhere, is impossible for others."
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SiP 1 6.22
इति देवाभयं कृत्वा विचिन्वंतः शिवक्षयम् जग्मुः कैलासशिखरं यत्रास्ते चंद्रशेखरः
iti devābhayaṃ kṛtvā vicinvaṃtaḥ śivakṣayam jagmuḥ kailāsaśikharaṃ yatrāste caṃdraśekharaḥ
Thus, having made (themselves) free of fear, the gods, seeking out Śiva's abode, went to the peak of Kailāsa, where the moon-crested one dwells.
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SiP 1 6.23
दृष्ट्वैवममरा हृष्टाः पदंतत्पारमेश्वरम् प्रणेमुः प्रणवाकारं प्रविष्टास्तत्र सद्मनि
dṛṣṭvaivamamarā hṛṣṭāḥ padaṃtatpārameśvaram praṇemuḥ praṇavākāraṃ praviṣṭāstatra sadmani
Seeing thus that supreme lordly abode, the immortals, delighted, bowed to it, which had the form of the praṇava, and entered there into the dwelling.
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SiP 1 6.24
तेपि तत्र सभामध्ये मंडपे मणिविष्टरे विराजमानमुमया ददृशुर्देवपुंगवम्
tepi tatra sabhāmadhye maṃḍape maṇiviṣṭare virājamānamumayā dadṛśurdevapuṃgavam
They too, there in the midst of the assembly hall, in the pavilion on a jewelled seat, saw the bull among gods shining together with Umā,
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SiP 1 6.25
सव्योत्तरेतरपदं तदर्हितकरां बुजम् स्वगणैः सर्वतो जुष्टं सर्वलक्षणलक्षितम्
savyottaretarapadaṃ tadarhitakarāṃ bujam svagaṇaiḥ sarvato juṣṭaṃ sarvalakṣaṇalakṣitam
(He sat) with one foot set over the other, his lotus-hand (raised) in the gesture of honouring him, attended on all sides by his own hosts, marked with all the auspicious signs.
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SiP 1 6.26
वीज्यमानं विशोषजैः स्त्रीजनैस्तीव्रभावनैः शस्यमानं सदावेदैरनुगृह्णंतमीश्वरम्
vījyamānaṃ viśoṣajaiḥ strījanaistīvrabhāvanaiḥ śasyamānaṃ sadāvedairanugṛhṇaṃtamīśvaram
— (him) being fanned by womenfolk born of ... , of intense devotion, being praised always by the Vedas, the Lord who bestows his grace.
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SiP 1 6.27
दृष्ट्वैवमीशममराः संतोषसलिलेक्षणाः दंडवद्दूरतो वत्स नमश्चक्रुर्महागणाः
dṛṣṭvaivamīśamamarāḥ saṃtoṣasalilekṣaṇāḥ daṃḍavaddūrato vatsa namaścakrurmahāgaṇāḥ
Seeing the Lord thus, the immortals, their eyes (filled with) the water of joy, made obeisance from afar like a rod (falling), dear child — (they and) the great hosts.
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SiP 1 6.28
तानवेक्ष्य पतिर्देवान्समीपे चाह्वयद्गणैः अथ संह्लादयन्देवान्देवो देवशिखामणिः अवोचदर्थगंभीरं वचनं मधुमंगलम्
tānavekṣya patirdevānsamīpe cāhvayadgaṇaiḥ atha saṃhlādayandevāndevo devaśikhāmaṇiḥ avocadarthagaṃbhīraṃ vacanaṃ madhumaṃgalam
Looking at those gods, the Lord had them called near by his attendants; then the God, the crest-jewel of gods, gladdening the gods, spoke words deep in meaning, sweet and auspicious.
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