Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita — Chapter 1
SiP 2 1.1
श्रीगणेशायः नमः ।। ।। श्रीगौरीशंकराभ्यां नमः ।। ।। अथ द्वितीया रुद्रसंहिता प्रारभ्यते ।। ।। विश्वोद्भवस्थितिलयादिषु हेतुमेकं गौरीपर्तिविदिततत्त्वमनन्तकीर्तिम् ।। मायाश्रयम्विगतमायमचिंत्यरूपम्बोधस्वरूपममलं हि शिवन्नमामि
śrīgaṇeśāyaḥ namaḥ || || śrīgaurīśaṃkarābhyāṃ namaḥ || || atha dvitīyā rudrasaṃhitā prārabhyate || || viśvodbhavasthitilayādiṣu hetumekaṃ gaurīpartividitatattvamanantakīrtim || māyāśrayamvigatamāyamaciṃtyarūpambodhasvarūpamamalaṃ hi śivannamāmi
Homage to Śrī Gaṇeśa. Homage to Śrī Gaurī and Śaṃkara. Here begins the second, the Rudra Saṃhitā. I bow to Śiva, the one cause in the arising, maintenance and dissolution of the universe and the rest, whose true nature is known by Gaurī's husband(?), of endless fame, the resort of māyā yet free of māyā, of inconceivable form, whose own nature is awareness, and stainless.
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SiP 2 1.2
वन्दे शिवन्तम्प्रकृतेरनादिम्प्रशान्तमेकम्पुरुषोत्तमं हि ।। स्वमायया कृत्स्नमिदं हि सृष्ट्वा नभोवदन्तर्बहिरास्थितो यः गुरोर्व्यासस्य सद्भक्त्या समासाद्य कृपां पराम् ।। सर्वं ज्ञातं विशेषेण सर्वं सार्थं कृतं जनुः व्यास उवाच।। इति पृष्टस्तदा तैस्तु सूतो हर्षसमन्वितः। स्मृत्वा शंभुपदांभोजम्प्रत्युवाच मुनीश्वरान् कदा बभूव सुखकृद्विधिनारदयोर्महान् ।। संवादो यत्र गिरिशसु लीला भवमोचिनी
vande śivantamprakṛteranādimpraśāntamekampuruṣottamaṃ hi || svamāyayā kṛtsnamidaṃ hi sṛṣṭvā nabhovadantarbahirāsthito yaḥ gurorvyāsasya sadbhaktyā samāsādya kṛpāṃ parām || sarvaṃ jñātaṃ viśeṣeṇa sarvaṃ sārthaṃ kṛtaṃ januḥ vyāsa uvāca|| iti pṛṣṭastadā taistu sūto harṣasamanvitaḥ| smṛtvā śaṃbhupadāṃbhojampratyuvāca munīśvarān kadā babhūva sukhakṛdvidhināradayormahān || saṃvādo yatra giriśasu līlā bhavamocinī
I praise that Śiva, beginningless, prior to prakṛti, wholly at peace, one, the supreme Person, who, having created all this by his own māyā, stands within and without like space. Having obtained the highest grace of (my) teacher Vyāsa through true devotion, all has been known in detail, and (my) whole birth has been made fruitful. Vyāsa said: Thus questioned then by them, the Sūta, filled with joy, remembering the lotus-feet of Śambhu, replied to those lords among sages: When did that great conversation of Brahmā and Nārada, the maker of joy, take place, wherein (is told) the play of the Mountain-dweller (Śiva) that releases from existence?
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SiP 2 1.3
वन्देतरस्थं निजगूढरूपं शिवंस्वतस्स्रष्टुमिदम्विचष्टे ।। जगन्ति नित्यम्परितो भ्रमंति यत्सन्निधौ चुम्बकलोहवत्तम्
vandetarasthaṃ nijagūḍharūpaṃ śivaṃsvatassraṣṭumidamvicaṣṭe || jaganti nityamparito bhramaṃti yatsannidhau cumbakalohavattam
I praise that Śiva, who abides otherwise (beyond all), whose own form is hidden, who of himself looks out upon this (world) in order to create it — in whose presence the worlds forever revolve all around, like iron before a magnet.
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SiP 2 1.4
व्यास उवाच ।। जगतः पितरं शम्भुञ्जगतो मातरं शिवाम् ।। तत्पुत्रश्च गणाधीशन्नत्वैतद्वर्णयामहे
vyāsa uvāca || jagataḥ pitaraṃ śambhuñjagato mātaraṃ śivām || tatputraśca gaṇādhīśannatvaitadvarṇayāmahe
Vyāsa said: Having bowed to Śambhu, the father of the world, to Śivā, the mother of the world, and to their son, the lord of the hosts (Gaṇeśa), we relate this.
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SiP 2 1.5
एकदा मुनयस्सर्वे नैमिषारण्य वासिनः ।। पप्रच्छुर्वरया भक्त्या सूतन्ते शौनकादयः
ekadā munayassarve naimiṣāraṇya vāsinaḥ || papracchurvarayā bhaktyā sūtante śaunakādayaḥ
Once all the sages dwelling in the Naimiṣa forest, Śaunaka and the rest, questioned Sūta with excellent devotion.
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SiP 2 1.6
ऋषय ऊचुः ।। विद्येश्वरसंहितायाः श्रुता सा सत्कथा शुभा ।। साध्यसाधनखंडा ख्या रम्याद्या भक्तवत्सला
ṛṣaya ūcuḥ || vidyeśvarasaṃhitāyāḥ śrutā sā satkathā śubhā || sādhyasādhanakhaṃḍā khyā ramyādyā bhaktavatsalā
The sages said: That good and auspicious story of the Vidyeśvara Saṃhitā has been heard — the section called Sādhya-and-Sādhana, delightful, foremost, dear to devotees.
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SiP 2 1.7
सूत सूत महाभाग चिरञ्जीव सुखी भव ।। यच्छ्रावयसि नस्तात शांकरीं परमां कथाम्
sūta sūta mahābhāga cirañjīva sukhī bhava || yacchrāvayasi nastāta śāṃkarīṃ paramāṃ kathām
Sūta, O Sūta, greatly fortunate one, live long, be happy, since you cause us to hear, dear one, the supreme story of Śaṃkara.
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SiP 2 1.8
पिबन्तस्त्वन्मुखाम्भोजच्युतं ज्ञानामृतम्वयम्।। अवितृप्ताः पुनः किंचित्प्रष्टुमिच्छामहेऽनघ
pibantastvanmukhāmbhojacyutaṃ jñānāmṛtamvayam|| avitṛptāḥ punaḥ kiṃcitpraṣṭumicchāmahe'nagha
Drinking the nectar of knowledge that drips from the lotus of your mouth, we are still unsated, and wish to ask something further, O sinless one.
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SiP 2 1.9
व्यासप्रसादात्सर्वज्ञो प्राप्तोऽसि कृतकृत्यताम् ।। नाज्ञातम्विद्यते किंचिद्भूतं भब्यं भवच्च यत्
vyāsaprasādātsarvajño prāpto'si kṛtakṛtyatām || nājñātamvidyate kiṃcidbhūtaṃ bhabyaṃ bhavacca yat
By Vyāsa's grace you are all-knowing and have attained the state of having accomplished all; there is nothing unknown (to you) of what has been, what will be, and what is.
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SiP 2 1.11
इदानीं कथय प्राज्ञ शिवरूपमनुत्तमम् ।। दिव्यानि वै चरित्राणि शिवयोरप्यशेषतः
idānīṃ kathaya prājña śivarūpamanuttamam || divyāni vai caritrāṇi śivayorapyaśeṣataḥ
Now tell, O wise one, the unsurpassed form of Śiva, and the divine deeds of Śiva and Śivā too, without remainder.
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SiP 2 1.12
अगुणो गुणतां याति कथं लोके महेश्वरः ।। शिवतत्त्वं वयं सर्वे न जानीमो विचारतः
aguṇo guṇatāṃ yāti kathaṃ loke maheśvaraḥ || śivatattvaṃ vayaṃ sarve na jānīmo vicārataḥ
How does Maheśvara, who is without attributes, come to have attributes in the world? None of us, for all our reflection, knows the true nature of Śiva.
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SiP 2 1.13
सृष्टेः पूर्वं कथं शंभुस्स्वरूपेणावतिष्ठते ।। सृष्टिमध्ये स हि कथं क्रीडन्संवर्त्तते प्रभुः
sṛṣṭeḥ pūrvaṃ kathaṃ śaṃbhussvarūpeṇāvatiṣṭhate || sṛṣṭimadhye sa hi kathaṃ krīḍansaṃvarttate prabhuḥ
How does Śambhu abide in his own form before creation? And how, in the midst of creation, does that Lord carry on, playing?
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SiP 2 1.14
तदन्ते च कथन्देवस्स तिष्ठति महेश्वरः ।। कथम्प्रसन्नतां याति शंकरो लोकशंकरः
tadante ca kathandevassa tiṣṭhati maheśvaraḥ || kathamprasannatāṃ yāti śaṃkaro lokaśaṃkaraḥ
And at the end of that (creation), how does that god Maheśvara abide? How does Śaṃkara, the benefactor of the world, come to be well-pleased?
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SiP 2 1.15
स प्रसन्नो महेशानः किं प्रयच्छति सत्फलम् ।। स्वभक्तेभ्यः परेभ्यश्च तत्सर्वं कथयस्व नः
sa prasanno maheśānaḥ kiṃ prayacchati satphalam || svabhaktebhyaḥ parebhyaśca tatsarvaṃ kathayasva naḥ
When he is pleased, that great Lord — what good fruit does he bestow upon his own devotees and upon others? Tell us all of that.
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SiP 2 1.16
सद्यः प्रसन्नो भगवान्भवतीत्यनुशश्रुम।। भक्तप्रयासं स महान्न पश्यति दयापरः
sadyaḥ prasanno bhagavānbhavatītyanuśaśruma|| bhaktaprayāsaṃ sa mahānna paśyati dayāparaḥ
We have heard it taught that the Lord becomes gracious at once; that great one, given over to compassion, does not look at the trouble (his) devotee has taken.
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SiP 2 1.17
ब्रह्माविष्णुर्महेशश्च त्रयो देवाश्शिवांगजाः ।। महेशस्तत्र पूर्णांशस्स्वयमेव शिवोऽपरः
brahmāviṣṇurmaheśaśca trayo devāśśivāṃgajāḥ || maheśastatra pūrṇāṃśassvayameva śivo'paraḥ
Brahmā, Viṣṇu and Maheśa — these three gods are born from the body of Śiva; among them Maheśa is the full portion, himself none other than Śiva.
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SiP 2 1.18
तस्याविर्भावमाख्याहि चरितानि विशेषतः ।। उमाविर्भावमाख्याहि तद्विवाहं तथा प्रभो
tasyāvirbhāvamākhyāhi caritāni viśeṣataḥ || umāvirbhāvamākhyāhi tadvivāhaṃ tathā prabho
Tell (me) of his manifestation, and especially of his deeds; tell (me) of Umā's manifestation, and likewise of their marriage, O Lord.
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SiP 2 1.19
तद्गार्हस्थ्यं विशेषेण तथा लीलाः परा अपि ।। एतत्सर्वं तदन्यच्च कथनीयं त्वयाऽनघ
tadgārhasthyaṃ viśeṣeṇa tathā līlāḥ parā api || etatsarvaṃ tadanyacca kathanīyaṃ tvayā'nagha
(Tell me) especially of his household life, and also his other supreme sports; all this and whatever else there is should be told by you, O sinless one.
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SiP 2 1.21
सूत उवाच ।। सम्यक्पृष्टं भवद्भिश्च धन्या यूयं मुनीश्वराः।। सदाशिवकथायां वो यज्जाता नैष्ठिकी मतिः
sūta uvāca || samyakpṛṣṭaṃ bhavadbhiśca dhanyā yūyaṃ munīśvarāḥ|| sadāśivakathāyāṃ vo yajjātā naiṣṭhikī matiḥ
Sūta said: You have asked well, and you are fortunate, O lords among sages, in that a steadfast resolve has arisen in you regarding the story of Sadāśiva.
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SiP 2 1.22
सदाशिवकथाप्रश्नः पुरुषांस्त्रीन्पुनाति हि ।। वक्तारं पृच्छकं श्रोतॄञ्जाह्नवीसलिलं यथा
sadāśivakathāpraśnaḥ puruṣāṃstrīnpunāti hi || vaktāraṃ pṛcchakaṃ śrotṝñjāhnavīsalilaṃ yathā
For a question about the story of Sadāśiva purifies three persons — the speaker, the questioner, and the hearers — as the water of the Jāhnavī (Ganges) does.
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SiP 2 1.23
शंभोर्गुणानुवादात्को विरज्येत पुमान्द्विजाः । विना पशुघ्नं त्रिविधजनानन्दकरात्सदा
śaṃbhorguṇānuvādātko virajyeta pumāndvijāḥ | vinā paśughnaṃ trividhajanānandakarātsadā
From the recounting of Śambhu's qualities—which always brings joy to the three kinds of people—what man, O twice-born ones, would turn away, save one who slaughters animals?
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SiP 2 1.24
गीयमानो वितृष्णैश्च भवरोगौषधोऽपि हि ।। मनःश्रोत्राभिरामश्च यत्तस्सर्वार्थदस्स वै
gīyamāno vitṛṣṇaiśca bhavarogauṣadho'pi hi || manaḥśrotrābhirāmaśca yattassarvārthadassa vai
— tr. refused: cyber
SiP 2 1.25
कथयामि यथाबुद्धि भवत्प्रश्नानुसारतः ।। शिवलीलां प्रयत्नेन द्विजास्तां शृणुतादरात्
kathayāmi yathābuddhi bhavatpraśnānusārataḥ || śivalīlāṃ prayatnena dvijāstāṃ śṛṇutādarāt
I shall relate (it) to the best of my understanding, following your question; O twice-born ones, listen to that play of Śiva with effort and with reverence.
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SiP 2 1.26
भवद्भिः पृच्छ्यते यद्वत्तत्तथा नारदेन वै ।। पृष्टं पित्रे प्रेरितेन हरिणा शिवरूपिणा
bhavadbhiḥ pṛcchyate yadvattattathā nāradena vai || pṛṣṭaṃ pitre preritena hariṇā śivarūpiṇā
Just as it is asked by you, so exactly was it asked by Nārada—asked of his father (Brahmā), he having been prompted by Hari, whose very form is Śiva.
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SiP 2 1.27
ब्रह्मा श्रुत्वा सुतवचश्शिवभक्तः प्रसन्नधीः ।। जगौ शिवयशः प्रीत्या हर्षयन्मुनिसत्तमम्
brahmā śrutvā sutavacaśśivabhaktaḥ prasannadhīḥ || jagau śivayaśaḥ prītyā harṣayanmunisattamam
Brahmā, having heard his son's words — he being a devotee of Śiva, his mind grown glad — sang out the glory of Śiva with love, gladdening that best of sages.
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SiP 2 1.28
व्यास ।। सूतोक्तमिति तद्वाक्यमाकर्ण्य द्विजसत्तमाः ।। पप्रच्छुस्तत्सुसंवादं कुतूहलसमन्विताः
vyāsa || sūtoktamiti tadvākyamākarṇya dvijasattamāḥ || papracchustatsusaṃvādaṃ kutūhalasamanvitāḥ
Vyāsa (said): Having heard that speech thus spoken by the Sūta, the best of the twice-born, filled with curiosity, asked about that excellent dialogue.
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SiP 2 1.29
ऋषय ऊचुः ।। सूत सूत महाभाग शैवोत्तम महामते ।। श्रुत्वा तव वचो रम्यं चेतो नस्सकुतूहलम्
ṛṣaya ūcuḥ || sūta sūta mahābhāga śaivottama mahāmate || śrutvā tava vaco ramyaṃ ceto nassakutūhalam
The seers said: O Sūta, Sūta, greatly blessed one, best of Śiva's devotees, O great-minded one! Having heard your delightful speech, our minds are filled with curiosity.
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SiP 2 1.31
विधिनारदसंवादपूर्वकं शांकरं यशः ।। ब्रूहि नस्तात तत्प्रीत्या तत्तत्प्रश्नानुसारतः
vidhināradasaṃvādapūrvakaṃ śāṃkaraṃ yaśaḥ || brūhi nastāta tatprītyā tattatpraśnānusārataḥ
Tell us, dear one, the glory of Śaṃkara, prefaced by the dialogue of Brahmā and Nārada — out of love for it, and following each of those questions (in turn).
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SiP 2 1.32
इत्याकर्ण्य वचस्तेषां मुनीनां भावितात्मनाम् ।। सूतः प्रोवाच सुप्रीतस्तत्संवादानुसारतः
ityākarṇya vacasteṣāṃ munīnāṃ bhāvitātmanām || sūtaḥ provāca suprītastatsaṃvādānusārataḥ
Having heard these words of those sages whose minds were purified, Sūta, well pleased, spoke in accordance with that conversation (of Brahmā and Nārada).
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