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Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita — Chapter 103

SiP 2 103.1

ब्रह्मोवाच ।। अथ शम्भुः समाहूय नन्द्यादीन् सकलान्गणान् ।। आज्ञापयामास मुदा गन्तुं स्वेन च तत्र वै

brahmovāca || atha śambhuḥ samāhūya nandyādīn sakalāngaṇān || ājñāpayāmāsa mudā gantuṃ svena ca tatra vai

Brahmā said: Then Śambhu, summoning Nandin and all the other gaṇas, joyfully commanded (them) to go there along with him.

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SiP 2 103.2

।। शिव उवाच ।। अपि यूयं सह मया संगच्छध्वं गिरेः पुरम् ।। कियद्गणानिहास्थाप्य महोत्सवपुरस्सरम् सहस्रकोट्या गणपः पिप्पलो मुदितो ययौ ।। तथा संनादको वीरो गणेशो मुनिसत्तम काष्ठाङ्गुष्ठश्चतुष्षष्ट्या कोटीनां गणनायकः ।। विरूपाक्षस्सुकेशश्च वृषाभश्च सनातनः ब्रह्मविष्ण्विन्द्रसंकाशा अणिमादिगुणैर्युताः ।। सूर्य्यकोटिप्रतीकाशास्तत्र रेजुर्गणेश्वराः चण्ड्या सर्वे रुद्रगणाः पृष्ठतश्च कृतास्तदा।। कोट्येकादशसंख्याका रौद्ररुद्रप्रियाश्च ते शाकिन्यो यातुधानाश्च वेताला ब्रह्मराक्षसाः ।। भूतप्रेतपिशाचाश्च तथान्ये प्रमथादयः

|| śiva uvāca || api yūyaṃ saha mayā saṃgacchadhvaṃ gireḥ puram || kiyadgaṇānihāsthāpya mahotsavapurassaram sahasrakoṭyā gaṇapaḥ pippalo mudito yayau || tathā saṃnādako vīro gaṇeśo munisattama kāṣṭhāṅguṣṭhaścatuṣṣaṣṭyā koṭīnāṃ gaṇanāyakaḥ || virūpākṣassukeśaśca vṛṣābhaśca sanātanaḥ brahmaviṣṇvindrasaṃkāśā aṇimādiguṇairyutāḥ || sūryyakoṭipratīkāśāstatra rejurgaṇeśvarāḥ caṇḍyā sarve rudragaṇāḥ pṛṣṭhataśca kṛtāstadā|| koṭyekādaśasaṃkhyākā raudrarudrapriyāśca te śākinyo yātudhānāśca vetālā brahmarākṣasāḥ || bhūtapretapiśācāśca tathānye pramathādayaḥ

Śiva said: You too come along with me to the mountain('s) city, stationing some of the gaṇas here, with a great festival leading the way. — With a thousand crores the gaṇa-lord Pippala went, delighted; likewise the hero Saṃnādaka, lord of gaṇas, O best of sages; Kāṣṭhāṅguṣṭha, leader of gaṇas, with sixty-four crores; and Virūpākṣa and Sukeśa and the eternal Vṛṣābha. Resembling Brahmā, Viṣṇu and Indra, endowed with the powers beginning with aṇimā, shining like a crore of suns, the gaṇa-lords shone there. All the Rudra-gaṇas together with Caṇḍī were then placed behind — eleven crores in number, fierce and dear to Rudra — and the Śākinīs, the Yātudhānas, the Vetālas, the Brahmarākṣasas, the Bhūtas, Pretas and Piśācas, and likewise others, the Pramathas and the rest.

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SiP 2 103.3

ब्रह्मोवाच ।। अथ ते समनुज्ञप्ता गणेशा निर्ययुर्मुदा ।। स्वंस्वं बलमुपादाय तान् कथंचिद्वदाम्यहम्

brahmovāca || atha te samanujñaptā gaṇeśā niryayurmudā || svaṃsvaṃ balamupādāya tān kathaṃcidvadāmyaham

Brahmā said: Then those gaṇa-lords, having received permission, went forth with joy, each taking his own force; I shall describe them somehow.

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SiP 2 103.4

अभ्यगाच्छंखकर्णश्च गणकोट्या गणेश्वरः ।। शिवेन सार्द्धं संगन्तुं हिमाचलपुरम्प्रति

abhyagācchaṃkhakarṇaśca gaṇakoṭyā gaṇeśvaraḥ || śivena sārddhaṃ saṃgantuṃ himācalapuramprati

And Śaṅkhakarṇa, the lord of gaṇas, came with a crore of gaṇas, to go along with Śiva toward the city of Himācala.

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SiP 2 103.5

दशकोट्या केकराक्षो गणानां समहोत्सवः ।। अष्टकोट्या च विकृतो गणानां गणनायकः

daśakoṭyā kekarākṣo gaṇānāṃ samahotsavaḥ || aṣṭakoṭyā ca vikṛto gaṇānāṃ gaṇanāyakaḥ

Kekarākṣa with ten crores of gaṇas, in great festivity, and Vikṛta, leader of gaṇas, with eight crores of gaṇas.

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SiP 2 103.6

चतुष्कोट्या विशाखश्च गणानां गणनायकः।। पारिजातश्च नवभिः कोटिभिर्गणपुंगवः

catuṣkoṭyā viśākhaśca gaṇānāṃ gaṇanāyakaḥ|| pārijātaśca navabhiḥ koṭibhirgaṇapuṃgavaḥ

And Viśākha, leader of gaṇas, with four crores of gaṇas, and Pārijāta, bull among gaṇas, with nine crores.

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SiP 2 103.7

षष्टिस्सर्वान्तकः श्रीमान्तथैव विकृताननः ।। गणानान्दुन्दुभोष्टाभिः कोटिकोटिभिर्गणनायकः

ṣaṣṭissarvāntakaḥ śrīmāntathaiva vikṛtānanaḥ || gaṇānāndundubhoṣṭābhiḥ koṭikoṭibhirgaṇanāyakaḥ

The illustrious Sarvāntaka with sixty (crores), and likewise Vikṛtānana; the gaṇa-leader Dundubha with eight crores upon crores of gaṇas.

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SiP 2 103.8

पञ्चभिश्च कपालाख्यो गणेशः कोटिभिस्तथा ।। षड्भिस्सन्दारको वीरो गणानां कोटिभिर्मुने

pañcabhiśca kapālākhyo gaṇeśaḥ koṭibhistathā || ṣaḍbhissandārako vīro gaṇānāṃ koṭibhirmune

And the gaṇa-lord named Kapāla with five crores, and the hero Sandāraka with six crores of gaṇas, O sage.

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SiP 2 103.9

कोटिकोटिभिरेवेह कन्दुकः कुण्डकस्तथा ।। विष्टम्भो गणपोऽष्टाभिर्गणानां कोटिभिस्तथा

koṭikoṭibhireveha kandukaḥ kuṇḍakastathā || viṣṭambho gaṇapo'ṣṭābhirgaṇānāṃ koṭibhistathā

Here Kanduka and likewise Kuṇḍaka with crores upon crores; and the gaṇa-lord Viṣṭambha with eight crores of gaṇas.

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SiP 2 103.11

आवेशनस्तथाष्टाभिः कोटिभिर्गणनायकः ।। महाकेशस्सहस्रेण कोटीनां गणपो ययौ

āveśanastathāṣṭābhiḥ koṭibhirgaṇanāyakaḥ || mahākeśassahasreṇa koṭīnāṃ gaṇapo yayau

And Āveśana, leader of gaṇas, with eight crores; the gaṇa-lord Mahākeśa went with a thousand crores.

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SiP 2 103.12

कुण्डो द्वादशकोट्या हि तथा पर्वतको मुने।। अष्टाभिः कोटिभिर्वीरस्समगाच्चन्द्रतापनः

kuṇḍo dvādaśakoṭyā hi tathā parvatako mune|| aṣṭābhiḥ koṭibhirvīrassamagāccandratāpanaḥ

Kuṇḍa with twelve crores, and likewise Parvataka, O sage; the hero Candratāpana came with eight crores.

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SiP 2 103.13

कालश्च कालकश्चैव महाकालश्शतेन वै ।। कोटीनां गणनाथो हि तथैवाग्निकनामकः

kālaśca kālakaścaiva mahākālaśśatena vai || koṭīnāṃ gaṇanātho hi tathaivāgnikanāmakaḥ

Kāla and Kālaka and Mahākāla, lords of gaṇas, with a hundred crores, and likewise the one named Agnika.

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SiP 2 103.14

कोट्यग्निमुख एवागाद् गणानां गणनायकः ।। आदित्यमूर्द्धा कोट्या च तथा चैव घनावहः

koṭyagnimukha evāgād gaṇānāṃ gaṇanāyakaḥ || ādityamūrddhā koṭyā ca tathā caiva ghanāvahaḥ

Agnimukha, leader of gaṇas, came with a crore; and Ādityamūrdhan with a crore, and likewise Ghanāvaha.

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SiP 2 103.15

सन्नाहश्शतकोट्या हि कुमुदो गणपस्तथा ।। अमोघः कोकिलश्चैव शतकोट्या गणाधिपः

sannāhaśśatakoṭyā hi kumudo gaṇapastathā || amoghaḥ kokilaścaiva śatakoṭyā gaṇādhipaḥ

Sannāha with a hundred crores, and likewise the gaṇa-lord Kumuda; Amogha and Kokila, lords of gaṇas, with a hundred crores.

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SiP 2 103.16

सुमन्त्रः कोटिकोट्या च गणानां गणानायकः ।। काकपादोदरः कोटिषष्ट्या सन्तानकस्तथा

sumantraḥ koṭikoṭyā ca gaṇānāṃ gaṇānāyakaḥ || kākapādodaraḥ koṭiṣaṣṭyā santānakastathā

And Sumantra, leader of hosts among the hosts, with a koṭi of koṭis; and Kākapādodara with sixty koṭis, and likewise Santānaka.

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SiP 2 103.17

महाबलश्च नवभिर्मधुपिंगश्च कोकिलः ।। नीलो नवत्या कोटीनां पूर्णभद्रस्तथैव च

mahābalaśca navabhirmadhupiṃgaśca kokilaḥ || nīlo navatyā koṭīnāṃ pūrṇabhadrastathaiva ca

And Mahābala with nine (koṭis), and Madhupiṅga, and Kokila; Nīla with ninety koṭis, and Pūrṇabhadra likewise.

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SiP 2 103.18

सप्तकोट्या चतुर्वक्त्रः करणो विंशकोटिभिः ।। ययौ नवतिकोट्या तु गणेशानो हि रोमकः

saptakoṭyā caturvaktraḥ karaṇo viṃśakoṭibhiḥ || yayau navatikoṭyā tu gaṇeśāno hi romakaḥ

Caturvaktra (went) with seven koṭis, Karaṇa with twenty koṭis; and Romaka, the lord of hosts, went with ninety koṭis.

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SiP 2 103.19

यज्वाशश्शतमन्युश्च मेघमन्युश्च नारद ।। तावत्कोट्या ययुस्सर्वे गणेशा हि पृथक्पृथक्

yajvāśaśśatamanyuśca meghamanyuśca nārada || tāvatkoṭyā yayussarve gaṇeśā hi pṛthakpṛthak

Yajvā, Śatamanyu, and Meghamanyu, O Nārada — all these lords of hosts went, each separately, with that many koṭis.

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SiP 2 103.21

तालकेतुः षडास्यश्च चञ्च्वास्यश्च सनातनः ।। सम्वर्तकस्तथा चैत्रो लकुलीशस्स्वयम्प्रभुः

tālaketuḥ ṣaḍāsyaśca cañcvāsyaśca sanātanaḥ || samvartakastathā caitro lakulīśassvayamprabhuḥ

Tālaketu, Ṣaḍāsya, Cañcvāsya, Sanātana, and Saṃvartaka, Caitra, Lakulīśa, Svayamprabhu,

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SiP 2 103.22

लोकान्तकश्च दीप्तात्मा तथा दैत्यान्तको मुने ।। देवो भृंगिरिटिश्श्रीमान्देवदेवप्रियस्तथा

lokāntakaśca dīptātmā tathā daityāntako mune || devo bhṛṃgiriṭiśśrīmāndevadevapriyastathā

and Lokāntaka, Dīptātman, and Daityāntaka, O sage; the god Bhṛṅgiriṭi, the glorious one, and Devadevapriya,

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SiP 2 103.23

अशनिर्भानुकश्चैव चतुष्षष्ट्या सहस्रशः ।। ययुश्शिवविवाहार्थं शिवेन सहसोत्सवाः

aśanirbhānukaścaiva catuṣṣaṣṭyā sahasraśaḥ || yayuśśivavivāhārthaṃ śivena sahasotsavāḥ

Aśani and Bhānuka — (these) went with sixty-four thousands each, full of festive joy, together with Śiva, for the sake of Śiva's wedding.

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SiP 2 103.24

भूतकोटिसहस्रेण प्रमथाः कोटिभिस्त्रिभिः ।। वीरभद्रश्चतुष्षष्ट्या रोमजानान्त्रिकोटिभिः

bhūtakoṭisahasreṇa pramathāḥ koṭibhistribhiḥ || vīrabhadraścatuṣṣaṣṭyā romajānāntrikoṭibhiḥ

With a thousand koṭis of Bhūtas, the Pramathas with three koṭis, Vīrabhadra with sixty-four koṭis of Romajas and Āntrikas,

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SiP 2 103.25

कोटिकोटिसहस्राणां शतैर्विंशतिभिर्वृताः ।। तत्र जग्मुश्च नन्द्याद्या गणपाश्शंकरोत्सवे

koṭikoṭisahasrāṇāṃ śatairviṃśatibhirvṛtāḥ || tatra jagmuśca nandyādyā gaṇapāśśaṃkarotsave

surrounded by twenty hundreds of thousands of koṭis of koṭis — thither went the lords of hosts, Nandin and the rest, to Śaṅkara's festival.

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SiP 2 103.26

क्षेत्रपालो भैरवश्च कोटिकोटिगणैर्युतः ।। उद्वाहश्शंकरस्येत्याययौ प्रीत्या महोत्सवे

kṣetrapālo bhairavaśca koṭikoṭigaṇairyutaḥ || udvāhaśśaṃkarasyetyāyayau prītyā mahotsave

And Kṣetrapāla and Bhairava, joined by koṭis upon koṭis of hosts, came with delight to the great festival, (saying) "It is Śaṅkara's wedding!"

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SiP 2 103.27

एते चान्ये च गणपा असङ्ख्याता महाबलाः ।। तत्र जग्मुर्महाप्रीत्या सोत्साहाश्शंकरोत्सवे

ete cānye ca gaṇapā asaṅkhyātā mahābalāḥ || tatra jagmurmahāprītyā sotsāhāśśaṃkarotsave

These and other lords of hosts, countless and of great strength, went there with great delight and eagerness to Śaṅkara's festival.

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SiP 2 103.28

सर्वे सहस्रहस्ताश्च जटामुकुटधारिणः ।। चन्द्ररेखावतंसाश्च नीलकण्ठास्त्रिलोचनाः

sarve sahasrahastāśca jaṭāmukuṭadhāriṇaḥ || candrarekhāvataṃsāśca nīlakaṇṭhāstrilocanāḥ

All of them thousand-handed, wearing crowns of matted hair, with the crescent of the moon as their ear-ornament, blue-throated, three-eyed,

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SiP 2 103.29

रुद्राक्षाभरणास्सर्वे तथा सद्भस्मधारिणः ।। हारकुण्डलकेयूरमुकुटाद्यैरलंकृताः

rudrākṣābharaṇāssarve tathā sadbhasmadhāriṇaḥ || hārakuṇḍalakeyūramukuṭādyairalaṃkṛtāḥ

all of them adorned with rudrākṣa ornaments and likewise wearing holy ash, decorated with necklaces, earrings, armlets, crowns and the rest.

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SiP 2 103.31

पृथिवीचारिणः केचित् केचित्पातालचारिणः ।। केचिद्व्योमचराः केचित्सप्तस्वर्गचरा मुने

pṛthivīcāriṇaḥ kecit kecitpātālacāriṇaḥ || kecidvyomacarāḥ kecitsaptasvargacarā mune

Some move on the earth, some move in the netherworld, some move in the sky, and some move through the seven heavens, O sage.

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SiP 2 103.32

किम्बहूक्तेन देवर्षे सर्वलोकनिवासिनः ।। आययुस्स्वगणाश्शम्भोः प्रीत्या वै शङ्करोत्सवे

kimbahūktena devarṣe sarvalokanivāsinaḥ || āyayussvagaṇāśśambhoḥ prītyā vai śaṅkarotsave

What need of much speech, O divine sage: dwellers in every world came with their own hosts, out of love for Śambhu, to Śaṅkara's festival.

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SiP 2 103.33

इत्थं देवैर्गणैश्चान्यैस्सहितश्शङ्करः प्रभुः ।। ययौ हिमगिरिपुरं विवाहार्थं निजस्य वै

itthaṃ devairgaṇaiścānyaissahitaśśaṅkaraḥ prabhuḥ || yayau himagiripuraṃ vivāhārthaṃ nijasya vai

Thus the lord Śaṅkara, together with the gods and the hosts and others, went to the city of the Snow Mountain for his own wedding.

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SiP 2 103.34

यदाजगाम सर्वेशो विवाहार्थे सुरादिभिः ।। तदा तत्र ह्यभूद्वृत्तं तच्छृणु त्वं मुनीश्वर

yadājagāma sarveśo vivāhārthe surādibhiḥ || tadā tatra hyabhūdvṛttaṃ tacchṛṇu tvaṃ munīśvara

When the Lord of all came with the gods and the rest for the wedding, then what happened there — hear that, O best of sages.

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SiP 2 103.35

रुद्रस्य भगिनी भूत्वा चण्डी सूत्सवसंयुता।। तत्राजगाम सुप्रीत्या परेषां सुंभयावहा

rudrasya bhaginī bhūtvā caṇḍī sūtsavasaṃyutā|| tatrājagāma suprītyā pareṣāṃ suṃbhayāvahā

Becoming Rudra's sister, Caṇḍī, filled with festive joy, came there with great delight, bringing terror to (his) foes.

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SiP 2 103.36

प्रेतासनसमारूढा सर्पाभरणभूषिता।। पूर्णं कलशमादाय हैमं मूर्ध्नि महाप्रभम्

pretāsanasamārūḍhā sarpābharaṇabhūṣitā|| pūrṇaṃ kalaśamādāya haimaṃ mūrdhni mahāprabham

Mounted on a seat of corpses, adorned with serpents for ornaments, taking upon her head a full golden pot of great splendour,

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SiP 2 103.37

स्वपरीवारसंयुक्ता दीप्तास्या दीप्तलोचना।। कुतूहलम्प्रकुर्वन्ती जातहर्षा महाबला

svaparīvārasaṃyuktā dīptāsyā dīptalocanā|| kutūhalamprakurvantī jātaharṣā mahābalā

accompanied by her own retinue, with blazing face and blazing eyes, arousing wonder, filled with joy, of great strength.

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SiP 2 103.38

तत्र भूतगणा दिव्या विरूपः कोटिशो मुने ।। विराजन्ते स्म बहुशस्तथा नानाविधास्तदा

tatra bhūtagaṇā divyā virūpaḥ koṭiśo mune || virājante sma bahuśastathā nānāvidhāstadā

There, O sage, the divine hosts of spirits, misshapen, by the tens of millions, shone forth in great numbers, of many kinds, at that time.

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SiP 2 103.39

तैस्समेताग्रतश्चण्डी जगाम विकृतानना।। कुतूहलान्विता प्रीता प्रीत्युपद्रव कारिणी

taissametāgrataścaṇḍī jagāma vikṛtānanā|| kutūhalānvitā prītā prītyupadrava kāriṇī

Joined with them, Caṇḍī went in front, her face distorted, filled with curiosity, delighted, causing disturbance out of affection.

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SiP 2 103.41

तदा डमरुनिर्घोषैर्व्याप्तमासीज्जगत्त्रयम्।। भेरीझंकारशब्देन शंखानां निनदेन च

tadā ḍamarunirghoṣairvyāptamāsījjagattrayam|| bherījhaṃkāraśabdena śaṃkhānāṃ ninadena ca

Then the three worlds were filled with the noise of the ḍamaru drums, with the clanging sound of kettledrums, and with the blaring of conches.

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SiP 2 103.42

तथा दुन्दुभिनिर्घोषैश्शब्दः कोलाहलोऽभवत् ।। कुर्वञ्जगन्मंगलं च नाशयेन्मंगलेतरत्

tathā dundubhinirghoṣaiśśabdaḥ kolāhalo'bhavat || kurvañjaganmaṃgalaṃ ca nāśayenmaṃgaletarat

Likewise with the booming of the dundubhi drums there arose a tumultuous din, making auspiciousness for the world and destroying what is other than auspicious.

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SiP 2 103.43

गणानां पृष्ठतो भूत्वा सर्वे देवास्समुत्सुकाः ।। अन्वयुस्सर्वसिद्धाश्च लोकपालादिका मुने

gaṇānāṃ pṛṣṭhato bhūtvā sarve devāssamutsukāḥ || anvayussarvasiddhāśca lokapālādikā mune

Coming behind the gaṇas, all the gods, greatly eager, followed, and all the siddhas, and the guardians of the worlds and the rest, O sage.

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SiP 2 103.44

मध्ये व्रजन् रमेशोऽथ गरुडासनमाश्रितः ।। शुशुभे ध्रियमाणेन क्षत्रेण महता मुने

madhye vrajan rameśo'tha garuḍāsanamāśritaḥ || śuśubhe dhriyamāṇena kṣatreṇa mahatā mune

Then the lord of Ramā (Viṣṇu), going in the middle, seated upon Garuḍa, shone with a great parasol held (over him), O sage.

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SiP 2 103.45

चामरैर्वीज्यमानोऽसौ स्वगणैः परिवारितः ।। पार्षदैर्विलसद्भिश्च स्वभूषाविधिभूषितः

cāmarairvījyamāno'sau svagaṇaiḥ parivāritaḥ || pārṣadairvilasadbhiśca svabhūṣāvidhibhūṣitaḥ

He, fanned with yak-tail whisks, surrounded by his own troops and by his resplendent attendants, was adorned with his own manner of ornaments.

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SiP 2 103.46

तथाऽहमप्यशोभम्वै व्रजन्मार्गे विराजितः ।। वेदैर्मूर्तिधरैश्शास्त्रैः पुराणैरागमैस्तथा ।।

tathā'hamapyaśobhamvai vrajanmārge virājitaḥ || vedairmūrtidharaiśśāstraiḥ purāṇairāgamaistathā ||

So too did I shine, resplendent as I went along the road, (attended) by the Vedas in embodied form, by the treatises, the Purāṇas, and the Āgamas,

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SiP 2 103.47

सनकादिमहासिद्धैस्सप्रजापतिभिस्सुतैः ।। परिवारैस्संयुतो हि शिवसेवनतत्परः

sanakādimahāsiddhaissaprajāpatibhissutaiḥ || parivāraissaṃyuto hi śivasevanatatparaḥ

together with the great siddhas beginning with Sanaka, with the Prajāpatis and (my) sons, accompanied by (my) retinue, intent upon the service of Śiva.

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SiP 2 103.48

स्वसैन्यमध्यगश्शक्र ऐरावतगज स्थितः ।। नामाविभूषितोऽत्यन्तं व्रजन् रेजे सुरेश्वरः

svasainyamadhyagaśśakra airāvatagaja sthitaḥ || nāmāvibhūṣito'tyantaṃ vrajan reje sureśvaraḥ

Śakra, moving in the midst of his own army, mounted on the elephant Airāvata, exceedingly adorned, the lord of the gods shone as he went.

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SiP 2 103.49

तदा तु व्रजमानास्ते ऋषयो बहवश्च ते ।। विरेजुरतिसोत्कण्ठश्शिवस्योद्वाहनम्प्रति

tadā tu vrajamānāste ṛṣayo bahavaśca te || virejuratisotkaṇṭhaśśivasyodvāhanamprati

And then those many sages, as they went, shone forth, exceedingly eager for the wedding of Śiva.

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SiP 2 103.51

तुम्बुरुर्नारदो हाहा हूहूश्चेत्यादयो वराः ।। गन्धर्वाः किन्नरा जग्मुर्वाद्यानाध्माय हर्षिताः

tumbururnārado hāhā hūhūścetyādayo varāḥ || gandharvāḥ kinnarā jagmurvādyānādhmāya harṣitāḥ

Tumburu, Nārada, Hāhā, Hūhū and other excellent gandharvas and kinnaras went along, delighted, sounding their instruments.

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SiP 2 103.52

जगतो मातरस्सर्वा देवकन्याश्च सर्वशः ।। गायत्री चैव सावित्री लक्ष्मीरन्यास्सुरस्त्रियः

jagato mātarassarvā devakanyāśca sarvaśaḥ || gāyatrī caiva sāvitrī lakṣmīranyāssurastriyaḥ

All the mothers of the world and the maidens of the gods on every side, Gāyatrī and Sāvitrī, Lakṣmī and the other women of the gods —

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SiP 2 103.53

एताश्चान्याश्च देवानां पत्नयो भवमातरः ।। उद्वाहश्शंकरस्येति जग्मुस्सर्वा मुदान्विताः

etāścānyāśca devānāṃ patnayo bhavamātaraḥ || udvāhaśśaṃkarasyeti jagmussarvā mudānvitāḥ

these and other wives of the gods, mothers of the world, all went along filled with joy, (saying) "It is Śaṃkara's wedding!"

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SiP 2 103.54

शुद्धस्फटिकसंकाशो वृषभस्सर्वसुन्दरः ।। यो धर्म उच्यते वेदैश्शास्त्रैस्सिद्धमहर्षिभिः

śuddhasphaṭikasaṃkāśo vṛṣabhassarvasundaraḥ || yo dharma ucyate vedaiśśāstraissiddhamaharṣibhiḥ

The bull, resembling pure crystal, beautiful in every part, who is called Dharma by the Vedas, by the treatises, and by the siddhas and great sages —

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SiP 2 103.55

तमारूढो महादेवो वृषभं धर्मवत्सलः।। शुशुभेतीव देवर्षिसेवितस्सकलैर्व्रजन्

tamārūḍho mahādevo vṛṣabhaṃ dharmavatsalaḥ|| śuśubhetīva devarṣisevitassakalairvrajan

mounted upon that bull, the great god, fond of dharma, shone exceedingly as he went, attended by all the gods and sages.

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SiP 2 103.56

एभिस्समेतैस्सफलैमहर्षिभिर्बभौ महेशो बहुशोत्यलंकृतः।। हिमालयाह्वस्य धरस्य संव्रजन् पाणिग्रहार्थं सदनं शिवायाः

ebhissametaissaphalaimaharṣibhirbabhau maheśo bahuśotyalaṃkṛtaḥ|| himālayāhvasya dharasya saṃvrajan pāṇigrahārthaṃ sadanaṃ śivāyāḥ

Accompanied by these and by the fruitful great sages, Maheśa shone, richly and abundantly adorned, as he went to the house of the mountain named Himālaya to take the hand of Śivā.

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SiP 2 103.57

इत्युक्तं शम्भुचरितं गमनम्परमोत्सवम् ।। हिमालयपुरोद्भूतं सद्वृत्तं शृणु नारद

ityuktaṃ śambhucaritaṃ gamanamparamotsavam || himālayapurodbhūtaṃ sadvṛttaṃ śṛṇu nārada

Thus has been told the deed of Śambhu, his going forth, a supreme festival. Hear now, Nārada, the good happening that took place in Himālaya's city.

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