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Shiva Purana — Vidyeshvara Samhita — Chapter 7

SiP 1 7.1

इति श्रीशिवमहापुराणे विद्येश्वरसंहितायां षष्ठो ऽध्यायः छप्तेर् ७ ईश्वर उवाच वत्सकाः स्वस्तिवः कच्चिद्वर्तते मम शासनात् जगच्च देवतावंशः स्वस्वकर्मणि किं नवा

iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe vidyeśvarasaṃhitāyāṃ ṣaṣṭho 'dhyāyaḥ chapter 7 īśvara uvāca vatsakāḥ svastivaḥ kaccidvartate mama śāsanāt jagacca devatāvaṃśaḥ svasvakarmaṇi kiṃ navā

Thus (ends) the sixth chapter in the Vidyeśvara-saṃhitā of the glorious Śiva-mahāpurāṇa. Chapter 7. The Lord said: Dear little ones, is it well with you? Does the world, and the lineage of the gods, go on by my command, each at its own task, or not?

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SiP 1 7.2

प्रागेव विदितं युद्धं ब्रह्मविष्ण्वोर्मयासुराः भवतामभितापेन पौनरुक्त्येन भाषितम्

prāgeva viditaṃ yuddhaṃ brahmaviṣṇvormayāsurāḥ bhavatāmabhitāpena paunaruktyena bhāṣitam

The battle of Brahmā and Viṣṇu was known to me already, O gods; through your distress it has been told over again.

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SiP 1 7.3

इति सस्मितया माध्व्या कुमारपरिभाषया समतोषयदंबायाः स पतिस्तत्सुरव्रजम्

iti sasmitayā mādhvyā kumāraparibhāṣayā samatoṣayadaṃbāyāḥ sa patistatsuravrajam

With such a smiling, honeyed, fatherly manner of speaking, the husband of the Mother satisfied that throng of gods.

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SiP 1 7.4

अथ युद्धांगणं गंतुं हरिधात्रोरधीश्वरः आज्ञापयद्गणेशानां शतं तत्रैव संसदि

atha yuddhāṃgaṇaṃ gaṃtuṃ haridhātroradhīśvaraḥ ājñāpayadgaṇeśānāṃ śataṃ tatraiva saṃsadi

Then the supreme lord of Hari and the Creator, in order to go to the battlefield, gave orders to a hundred of the chiefs of his hosts there in that very assembly.

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SiP 1 7.5

ततो वाद्यं बहुविधं प्रयाणाय परेशितुः गणेश्वराश्च संनद्धा नानावाहनभूषणाः

tato vādyaṃ bahuvidhaṃ prayāṇāya pareśituḥ gaṇeśvarāśca saṃnaddhā nānāvāhanabhūṣaṇāḥ

Then (there sounded) music of many kinds for the departure of the supreme Lord, and the lords of the hosts were armed and equipped, with various mounts and ornaments.

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SiP 1 7.6

प्रणवाकारमाद्यंतं पञ्चमंडलमंडितम् आरुरोह रथं भद्रमंबिकापतिरीश्वरः ससूनुगणमिंद्राद्याः सर्वेप्यनुययुः सुराः

praṇavākāramādyaṃtaṃ pañcamaṃḍalamaṃḍitam āruroha rathaṃ bhadramaṃbikāpatirīśvaraḥ sasūnugaṇamiṃdrādyāḥ sarvepyanuyayuḥ surāḥ

The Lord, Ambikā's husband, mounted the auspicious chariot, shaped like the praṇava from beginning to end and adorned with the five circles; and all the gods, Indra and the rest, followed along with their sons and hosts.

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SiP 1 7.7

चित्रध्वजव्यजनचामरपुष्पवर्षसंगतिनृत्यनिवहैरैपि वाद्यवर्गैः ॥ शिव्प्_१,७। ७अब्। संमानितः पशुपतिः परया च देव्या साकं तयोः समरभूमिमगात्ससैन्यः

citradhvajavyajanacāmarapuṣpavarṣasaṃgatinṛtyanivahairaipi vādyavargaiḥ // śivp_1,7. 7ab/ saṃmānitaḥ paśupatiḥ parayā ca devyā sākaṃ tayoḥ samarabhūmimagātsasainyaḥ

Honoured by bright banners, fans, chowries, showers of flowers, throngs of dancing, and also by bands of musicians, Paśupati, together with the supreme Goddess, went with his army to the battlefield of those two.

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SiP 1 7.8

समीक्ष्यं तु तयोर्युद्धं निगूढो ऽभ्रं समास्थितः समाप्तवाद्यनिर्घोषः शांतोरुगणनिःस्वनः

samīkṣyaṃ tu tayoryuddhaṃ nigūḍho 'bhraṃ samāsthitaḥ samāptavādyanirghoṣaḥ śāṃtorugaṇaniḥsvanaḥ

But in order to observe their fight he stationed himself hidden in a cloud, the noise of the music being ended and the great din of his hosts stilled.

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SiP 1 7.9

अथ ब्रह्माच्युतौ वीरौ हंतुकामौ परस्परम् माहेश्वरेण चा ऽस्त्रेण तथा पाशुपतेन च

atha brahmācyutau vīrau haṃtukāmau parasparam māheśvareṇa cā 'streṇa tathā pāśupatena ca

Then the two heroes, Brahmā and Acyuta, wishing to kill each other, (released) the Māheśvara weapon and likewise the Pāśupata.

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SiP 1 7.10

अस्त्रज्वालैरथो दग्धं ब्रह्मविष्ण्वोर्जगत्त्रयम् ईशोपि तं निरीक्ष्याथ ह्यकालप्रलयं भृशम्

astrajvālairatho dagdhaṃ brahmaviṣṇvorjagattrayam īśopi taṃ nirīkṣyātha hyakālapralayaṃ bhṛśam

Then the three worlds were burnt by the flames of Brahmā's and Viṣṇu's weapons; and the Lord, seeing that untimely dissolution grown fierce —

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SiP 1 7.11

महानलस्तंभविभीषणाकृतिर्बभूव तन्मध्यतले स निष्कलः

mahānalastaṃbhavibhīṣaṇākṛtirbabhūva tanmadhyatale sa niṣkalaḥ

— there arose a shape terrifying as a great pillar of fire, and in the midst of it he stood, the partless one.

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SiP 1 7.12

ते अस्त्रे चापि सज्वाले लोकसंहरणक्षमे निपतेतुः क्षणे नैव ह्याविर्भूते महानले

te astre cāpi sajvāle lokasaṃharaṇakṣame nipatetuḥ kṣaṇe naiva hyāvirbhūte mahānale

And those two flaming weapons, able to destroy the world, did not fall at all the moment the great fire appeared.

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SiP 1 7.13

दृष्ट्वा तदद्भुतं चित्रमस्त्रशांतिकरं शुभम् किमेतदद्भुताकारमित्यूचुश्च परस्परम्

dṛṣṭvā tadadbhutaṃ citramastraśāṃtikaraṃ śubham kimetadadbhutākāramityūcuśca parasparam

Seeing that wondrous, strange, auspicious thing that quieted the weapons, they said to each other, "What is this of marvellous form?"

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SiP 1 7.14

अतींद्रियमिदं स्तंभमग्निरूपं किमुत्थितम् अस्योर्ध्वमपि चाधश्चावयोर्लक्ष्यमेव हि

atīṃdriyamidaṃ staṃbhamagnirūpaṃ kimutthitam asyordhvamapi cādhaścāvayorlakṣyameva hi

"This pillar beyond the senses, having the form of fire — why has it arisen? Its top and its bottom too are surely to be found out by us both."

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SiP 1 7.15

इति व्यवसितौ वीरौ मिलितौ वीरमानिनौ तत्परौ तत्परीक्षार्थं प्रतस्थाते ऽथ सत्वरम्

iti vyavasitau vīrau militau vīramāninau tatparau tatparīkṣārthaṃ pratasthāte 'tha satvaram

So resolved, the two heroes, who thought themselves heroes, met, and intent on that, they set out at once to examine it.

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SiP 1 7.16

आवयोर्मिश्रयोस्तत्र कार्यमेकं न संभवेत् इत्युक्त्वा सूकरतनुर्विष्णुस्तस्यादिमीयिवान्

āvayormiśrayostatra kāryamekaṃ na saṃbhavet ityuktvā sūkaratanurviṣṇustasyādimīyivān

"If we two go together, one task there cannot be accomplished" — saying this, Viṣṇu, with the body of a boar, went to its lower end.

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SiP 1 7.17

तथा ब्रह्माहं सतनुस्तदंतं वीक्षितुं ययौ भित्त्वा पातालनिलयं गत्वा दूरतरं हरिः

tathā brahmāhaṃ satanustadaṃtaṃ vīkṣituṃ yayau bhittvā pātālanilayaṃ gatvā dūrataraṃ hariḥ

So too I, Brahmā, went with my body to look upon its (upper) end, while Hari, breaking through, went to the nether region, ever further.

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SiP 1 7.18

ना ऽपि श्यात्तस्य संस्थानं स्तंभस्यानलवर्चसः श्रांतः स सूकरहरीः प्राप पूर्वं रणांगणम्

nā 'pi śyāttasya saṃsthānaṃ staṃbhasyānalavarcasaḥ śrāṃtaḥ sa sūkaraharīḥ prāpa pūrvaṃ raṇāṃgaṇam

But no limit of that pillar, blazing like fire, was to be found; weary, that boar-Hari came back first to the field of battle.

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SiP 1 7.19

अथ गच्छंस्तु व्योम्ना च विधिस्तात पिता तव ददर्श केतकी पुष्पं किंचिद्विच्युतमद्भुतम्

atha gacchaṃstu vyomnā ca vidhistāta pitā tava dadarśa ketakī puṣpaṃ kiṃcidvicyutamadbhutam

Then, as he was going through the sky, the Ordainer (Brahmā) — dear child, your father — saw a certain wondrous ketakī flower that had fallen.

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SiP 1 7.20

अतिसौरभ्यमम्लानं बहुवर्षच्युतं तथा अन्वीक्ष्य च तयोः कृत्यं भगवान्परमेश्वरः

atisaurabhyamamlānaṃ bahuvarṣacyutaṃ tathā anvīkṣya ca tayoḥ kṛtyaṃ bhagavānparameśvaraḥ

(It was) most fragrant, unwithered, though fallen many years before; and the Lord, the Supreme Ruler, having observed what the two of them were doing,

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SiP 1 7.21

परिहासं तु कृतवान्कंपनाच्चलितं शिरः तस्मात्तावनुगृह्णातुं च्युतं केतकमुत्तमम्

parihāsaṃ tu kṛtavānkaṃpanāccalitaṃ śiraḥ tasmāttāvanugṛhṇātuṃ cyutaṃ ketakamuttamam

made a jest: from (his) shaking, his head moved, and from it the excellent ketaka fell, so as to favour those two.

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SiP 1 7.22

किं त्वं पतसि पुष्पेश पुष्पराट् केन वा धृतम् आदिमस्याप्रमेयस्य स्तंभमध्याच्च्युतश्चिरम्

kiṃ tvaṃ patasi puṣpeśa puṣparāṭ kena vā dhṛtam ādimasyāprameyasya staṃbhamadhyāccyutaściram

"Why are you falling, lord of flowers? King of flowers, by whom were you held? You have long since fallen from the middle of the pillar of the primal, immeasurable one."

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SiP 1 7.23

न संपश्यामि तस्मात्त्वं जह्याशामंतदर्शने अस्यां तस्य च सेवार्थं हंसमूर्तिरिहागतः

na saṃpaśyāmi tasmāttvaṃ jahyāśāmaṃtadarśane asyāṃ tasya ca sevārthaṃ haṃsamūrtirihāgataḥ

"I do not see (its end); therefore give up hope of seeing that end." For service of her (the ketakī) and of him, he came here in the form of a goose.

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SiP 1 7.24

इतः परं सखे मे ऽद्य त्वया कर्तव्यमीप्सितम् मया सह त्वया वाच्यमेतद्विष्णोश्च सन्निधौ

itaḥ paraṃ sakhe me 'dya tvayā kartavyamīpsitam mayā saha tvayā vācyametadviṣṇośca sannidhau

"Beyond this, friend, today what I desire is to be done by you: this is to be said by you along with me, in Viṣṇu's presence:

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SiP 1 7.25

स्तंभांतो वीक्षितो धात्रा तत्र साक्ष्यहमच्युत इत्युक्त्वा केतकं तत्र प्रणनाम पुनः नः असत्यमपि शस्तं स्यादापदीत्यनुशासनम्

staṃbhāṃto vīkṣito dhātrā tatra sākṣyahamacyuta ityuktvā ketakaṃ tatra praṇanāma punaḥ naḥ asatyamapi śastaṃ syādāpadītyanuśāsanam

'The end of the pillar was seen by the Creator; I am witness to it there, O Acyuta.'" Having said this, he then bowed again to the ketaka — for the teaching is that even an untruth may be commended in a time of distress.

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SiP 1 7.26

समीक्ष्य तत्रा ऽच्युतमायतश्रमं प्रनष्टहर्षं तु ननर्त हर्षात् उवाच चैनं परमार्थमच्युतं षंढात्तवादः स विधिस्ततो ऽच्युतम्

samīkṣya tatrā 'cyutamāyataśramaṃ pranaṣṭaharṣaṃ tu nanarta harṣāt uvāca cainaṃ paramārthamacyutaṃ ṣaṃḍhāttavādaḥ sa vidhistato 'cyutam

Seeing Acyuta there worn out with long toil and with his joy destroyed, he (Brahmā) danced for joy, and told him, Acyuta, the supreme truth — that Ordainer, whose speech came from an impotent one; then to Acyuta:

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SiP 1 7.27

स्तंभाग्रमेतत्समुदीक्षितं हरे तत्रैव साक्षी ननु केतकं त्विदम् ततो ऽवदत्तत्र हि केतकं मृषा तथेति तद्धातृवचस्तदंतिके

staṃbhāgrametatsamudīkṣitaṃ hare tatraiva sākṣī nanu ketakaṃ tvidam tato 'vadattatra hi ketakaṃ mṛṣā tatheti taddhātṛvacastadaṃtike

"This top of the pillar has been seen (by me), O Hari; and indeed this ketaka is witness to it there." Then the ketaka spoke there falsely, "So it is" — that word of the Creator's, in his presence.

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SiP 1 7.28

हरिश्च तत्सत्यमितीव चिंतयंश्चकार तस्मै विधये नमः स्वयम् षोडशैरुपचारैश्च पूजयामास तं विधिम्

hariśca tatsatyamitīva ciṃtayaṃścakāra tasmai vidhaye namaḥ svayam ṣoḍaśairupacāraiśca pūjayāmāsa taṃ vidhim

And Hari, thinking "that is true," himself made obeisance to that Ordainer, and worshipped that Ordainer with the sixteen services.

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SiP 1 7.29

विधिं प्रहर्तुं शठमग्निलिंगतः स ईश्वरस्तत्र बभूव साकृतिः समुत्थितः स्वामि विलोकनात्पुनः प्रकंपपाणिः परिगृह्य तत्पदम्

vidhiṃ prahartuṃ śaṭhamagniliṃgataḥ sa īśvarastatra babhūva sākṛtiḥ samutthitaḥ svāmi vilokanātpunaḥ prakaṃpapāṇiḥ parigṛhya tatpadam

To strike the deceitful Ordainer, the Lord took form there out of the fiery liṅga and rose up; and (Brahmā), at the sight of the Master, with trembling hand again clasped his foot,

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SiP 1 7.30

आद्यंतहीनवपुषि त्वयि मोहबुद्ध्या भूयाद्विमर्श इह नावति कामनोत्थः स त्वं प्रसीद करुणाकर कश्मलं नौ मृष्टं क्षमस्व विहितं भवतैव केल्या

ādyaṃtahīnavapuṣi tvayi mohabuddhyā bhūyādvimarśa iha nāvati kāmanotthaḥ sa tvaṃ prasīda karuṇākara kaśmalaṃ nau mṛṣṭaṃ kṣamasva vihitaṃ bhavataiva kelyā

"In you, whose body is without beginning or end, may there arise in us no deliberation here born of desire through a deluded mind. Be gracious, you who are the mine of compassion; forgive our sin, wiped away — for it was brought about by you yourself in play."

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SiP 1 7.31

ईश्वर उवाच वत्सप्रसन्नो ऽस्मि हरे यतस्त्वमीशत्वमिच्छन्नपि सत्यवाक्यम् ब्रूयास्ततस्ते भविता जनेषु साम्यं मया सत्कृतिरप्यलप्थाः

īśvara uvāca vatsaprasanno 'smi hare yatastvamīśatvamicchannapi satyavākyam brūyāstataste bhavitā janeṣu sāmyaṃ mayā satkṛtirapyalapthāḥ

The Lord said: Child, I am pleased, Hari, since you, though desiring lordship, would speak a true word; therefore among men you shall have equality with me, and you have obtained honour as well.

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SiP 1 7.32

इतः परं ते पृथगात्मनश्च क्षेत्रप्रतिष्ठोत्सवपूजनं च

itaḥ paraṃ te pṛthagātmanaśca kṣetrapratiṣṭhotsavapūjanaṃ ca

"Beyond this, (there shall be) for you, and separately for myself, the consecration of holy sites, festivals and worship."

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SiP 1 7.33

इति देवः पुरा प्रीतः सत्येन हरये परम् ददौ स्वसाम्यमत्यर्थं देवसंघे च पश्यति

iti devaḥ purā prītaḥ satyena haraye param dadau svasāmyamatyarthaṃ devasaṃghe ca paśyati

Thus the God, pleased of old at (his) truthfulness, gave to Hari the highest thing, equality with himself, abundantly, while the host of gods looked on.

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