Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita — Chapter 105
SiP 2 105.1
।। ब्रह्मोवाच ।। अथाकर्ण्य गिरीशश्च निजपुर्य्युपकण्ठतः ।। प्राप्तमीशं सर्वगं वै मुमुदेति हिमालयः
|| brahmovāca || athākarṇya girīśaśca nijapuryyupakaṇṭhataḥ || prāptamīśaṃ sarvagaṃ vai mumudeti himālayaḥ
Brahmā said: Then the Lord of mountains, Himālaya, hearing that the all-pervading Lord had arrived in the vicinity of his own city, rejoiced.
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SiP 2 105.2
अथ सम्भृतसम्भार स्सम्भाषां कर्तुमीश्वरम् ।। शैलान्प्रस्थापयामास ब्राह्मणानपि सर्वशः सुसूक्ष्माहतसत्पट्टवस्त्रशोभितविग्रहम् ।। सद्रत्नविलसन्मौलिं विहसन्तं शुचिप्रभम् सर्वे मुनिसुराद्याश्च गच्छन्तः प्रभुणा सह ।। गिरेः पुरं समुदिताः शशंसुर्बहु नारद अगमस्त्वं मुने तत्र प्रभुणा प्रेरितस्तदा।। मनसा शिवहृद्धेतुं पूर्णं कर्तुं तमिच्छता
atha sambhṛtasambhāra ssambhāṣāṃ kartumīśvaram || śailānprasthāpayāmāsa brāhmaṇānapi sarvaśaḥ susūkṣmāhatasatpaṭṭavastraśobhitavigraham || sadratnavilasanmauliṃ vihasantaṃ śuciprabham sarve munisurādyāśca gacchantaḥ prabhuṇā saha || gireḥ puraṃ samuditāḥ śaśaṃsurbahu nārada agamastvaṃ mune tatra prabhuṇā preritastadā|| manasā śivahṛddhetuṃ pūrṇaṃ kartuṃ tamicchatā
Then, having gathered the materials (of welcome), he sent forth the mountains and the brāhmaṇas in every direction to converse with the Lord — (the Lord) whose body was adorned with excellent, very fine, well-woven silk garments, whose crown glittered with fine jewels, who was smiling, of pure radiance. And all the sages, gods and the rest, going along with the Lord, rejoicing, praised the mountain's city much, O Nārada. You too went there then, O sage, sent by the Lord, who wished in his mind to make (you) fulfil the purpose in Śiva's heart.
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SiP 2 105.3
स्वयं जगाम सद्भक्त्या प्राणेप्सुन्द्रष्टुऽमीश्वरम् ।। भक्त्युद्रुतमनाश्शैलः प्रशंसन् स्वविधिम्मुदा
svayaṃ jagāma sadbhaktyā prāṇepsundraṣṭu'mīśvaram || bhaktyudrutamanāśśailaḥ praśaṃsan svavidhimmudā
He himself went with true devotion to see the Lord, dearer than life; the mountain, his mind melted with devotion, joyfully praising his own good fortune (lit. his own destiny/ordinance).
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SiP 2 105.4
देवसेनां तदा दृष्ट्वा हिमवान्वि स्मयं गतः ।। जगाम सम्मुखस्तत्र धन्योऽहमिति चिन्तयन्
devasenāṃ tadā dṛṣṭvā himavānvi smayaṃ gataḥ || jagāma sammukhastatra dhanyo'hamiti cintayan
Then, seeing the army of the gods, Himavān was struck with wonder, and went there to meet (them) face to face, thinking 'I am blessed.'
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SiP 2 105.5
देवा हि तद्बलं दृष्ट्वा विस्मयम्परमं गताः ।। आनन्दम्परमम्प्रापुर्देवाश्च गिरयस्तथा
devā hi tadbalaṃ dṛṣṭvā vismayamparamaṃ gatāḥ || ānandamparamamprāpurdevāśca girayastathā
And the gods, seeing that host (of the mountains), were struck with the utmost wonder; the gods and likewise the mountains attained the highest joy.
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SiP 2 105.6
पर्वतानां महासेना देवानां च तथा मुने ।। मिलित्वा विरराजेव पूर्वपश्चिमसागरौ
parvatānāṃ mahāsenā devānāṃ ca tathā mune || militvā virarājeva pūrvapaścimasāgarau
The great army of the mountains and likewise that of the gods, O sage, having met, shone as it were like the eastern and western oceans (joining).
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SiP 2 105.7
परस्परं मिलित्वा ते देवाश्च पर्वतास्तथा ।। कृतकृत्यन्तथात्मानम्मेनिरे परया मुदा
parasparaṃ militvā te devāśca parvatāstathā || kṛtakṛtyantathātmānammenire parayā mudā
Having met one another, the gods and likewise the mountains considered themselves to have accomplished their aim, with the greatest joy.
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SiP 2 105.8
अथेश्वरम्पुरो दृष्ट्वा प्रणनाम हिमालयः ।। सर्वे प्रणेमुर्गिरयो ब्राह्मणाश्च सदाशिवम्
atheśvarampuro dṛṣṭvā praṇanāma himālayaḥ || sarve praṇemurgirayo brāhmaṇāśca sadāśivam
Then, seeing the Lord before him, Himālaya bowed down; all the mountains and the brāhmaṇas bowed to Sadāśiva.
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SiP 2 105.9
वृषभस्थम्प्रसन्नास्यन्नानाभरणभूषितम् ।। दिव्यावयवलावण्यप्रकाशितदिगन्तरम्
vṛṣabhasthamprasannāsyannānābharaṇabhūṣitam || divyāvayavalāvaṇyaprakāśitadigantaram
(They saw him) seated on the bull, with gracious face, adorned with various ornaments, who lit up the horizons with the beauty of his divine limbs.
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SiP 2 105.11
० ।। भूषाभूताहियुक्तांगमद्भुतावयवप्रभम् ।। दिव्यद्युतिं सुरेशैश्च सेवितं करचामरैः
0 || bhūṣābhūtāhiyuktāṃgamadbhutāvayavaprabham || divyadyutiṃ sureśaiśca sevitaṃ karacāmaraiḥ
...whose limbs were entwined with serpents serving as ornaments, whose limbs shone wondrously, of divine lustre, attended by the lords of the gods with chowries in their hands.
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SiP 2 105.12
वामस्थिताच्युतन्दक्षभागस्थितविभुम्प्रभुम् ।। पृष्ठस्थितहरिं पृष्ठपार्श्वस्थितसुरादिकम्
vāmasthitācyutandakṣabhāgasthitavibhumprabhum || pṛṣṭhasthitahariṃ pṛṣṭhapārśvasthitasurādikam
...the mighty Lord, with Acyuta (Viṣṇu) standing on his left and the Lord (Brahmā) standing on his right side, with Hari standing behind, and the gods and others standing behind and at his sides.
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SiP 2 105.13
नानाविधिसुराद्यैश्च संस्तुतं लोकशंकरम् ।। स्वहेत्वात्ततनुम्ब्रह्मसर्वेशं वरदायकम्
nānāvidhisurādyaiśca saṃstutaṃ lokaśaṃkaram || svahetvāttatanumbrahmasarveśaṃ varadāyakam
...praised by the various gods, Brahmā and the rest, the benefactor of the worlds, the Brahman who has taken on a body for his own purpose, the Lord of all, the giver of boons.
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SiP 2 105.14
सगुणं निर्गुणं चापि भक्ताधीनं कृपाकरम्।। प्रकृतेः पुरुषस्यापि परं सच्चित्सुखात्मकम्
saguṇaṃ nirguṇaṃ cāpi bhaktādhīnaṃ kṛpākaram|| prakṛteḥ puruṣasyāpi paraṃ saccitsukhātmakam
...having qualities and also without qualities, subject to his devotees, the doer of compassion, beyond both Prakṛti and Puruṣa, whose nature is being, consciousness and bliss.
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SiP 2 105.15
प्रभोर्दक्षिणभागे तु ददर्श हरिमच्युतम् ।। विनतातनयारूढं नानाभूषणभूषितम् ।।
prabhordakṣiṇabhāge tu dadarśa harimacyutam || vinatātanayārūḍhaṃ nānābhūṣaṇabhūṣitam ||
But on the Lord's right side he saw Hari the imperishable, mounted on Vinatā's son (Garuḍa), adorned with manifold ornaments.
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SiP 2 105.16
प्रभोश्च वामभागे तु मुने मां सन्ददर्श ह ।। चतुर्मुखं महाशोभं स्वपरीवारसंयुतम्
prabhośca vāmabhāge tu mune māṃ sandadarśa ha || caturmukhaṃ mahāśobhaṃ svaparīvārasaṃyutam
And on the Lord's left side, O sage, he indeed saw me, four-faced, of great splendour, together with my own retinue.
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SiP 2 105.17
एतौ सुरेश्वरौ दृष्ट्वा शिवस्याति प्रियौ सदा ।। प्रणनाम गिरीशश्च सपरीवार आदरात्
etau sureśvarau dṛṣṭvā śivasyāti priyau sadā || praṇanāma girīśaśca saparīvāra ādarāt
Seeing these two lords of the gods, always exceedingly dear to Śiva, the lord of the mountain, with his retinue, bowed down reverently.
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SiP 2 105.18
तथा शिवस्य पृष्ठे च पार्श्वयोस्तु विराजितान् ।। देवादीन्प्रणनामासौ दृष्ट्वा गिरिवरेश्वरः
tathā śivasya pṛṣṭhe ca pārśvayostu virājitān || devādīnpraṇanāmāsau dṛṣṭvā girivareśvaraḥ
Likewise, seeing the gods and the rest shining behind Śiva and at his two sides, he, the lord of the best of mountains, bowed to them.
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SiP 2 105.19
शिवाज्ञया पुरो भूत्वा जगाम स्वपुरं गिरिः ।। शेषहर्यात्मभूश्शीघ्रं मुनिभिः निर्जरादिभिः
śivājñayā puro bhūtvā jagāma svapuraṃ giriḥ || śeṣaharyātmabhūśśīghraṃ munibhiḥ nirjarādibhiḥ
By Śiva's command the mountain went ahead to his own city, quickly, along with Śeṣa, Hari and the self-born (Brahmā), with the sages, the gods and the rest.
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SiP 2 105.21
रचिते शिखरे रम्ये संस्थाप्य देवतादिकम् ।। जगाम हिमवाँस्तत्र यत्रास्ति विधिवेदिका
racite śikhare ramye saṃsthāpya devatādikam || jagāma himavā~statra yatrāsti vidhivedikā
Having installed the deities and the rest on the lovely peak that had been prepared, Himavat went there where the sacrificial altar stood.
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SiP 2 105.22
कारयित्वा विशेषेण चतुष्कन्तो रणैर्युतम् ।। स्नानदानादिकं कृत्वा परीक्षामकरोत्तदा
kārayitvā viśeṣeṇa catuṣkanto raṇairyutam || snānadānādikaṃ kṛtvā parīkṣāmakarottadā
Having had a four-cornered pavilion furnished with archways specially made, and having performed the bathing, the gift-giving and the rest, he then made an inspection.
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SiP 2 105.23
स्वपुत्रान्प्रेषयामास शिवस्य निकटे तथा ।। हिमो विष्ण्वादिसम्पूर्णवर्गयुक्तस्य शैलराट्
svaputrānpreṣayāmāsa śivasya nikaṭe tathā || himo viṣṇvādisampūrṇavargayuktasya śailarāṭ
And so Hima, the king of mountains, sent his own sons into the presence of Śiva, who was attended by the whole complete company of Viṣṇu and the others.
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SiP 2 105.24
कर्तुमेच्छद्वराचारं महोत्सवपुरस्सरम् ।। महाहर्षयुतस्सर्वबन्धुयुग्घिमशैलराट्
kartumecchadvarācāraṃ mahotsavapurassaram || mahāharṣayutassarvabandhuyugghimaśailarāṭ
The Himālaya, king of mountains, filled with great joy and together with all his kinsmen, wished to carry out the wedding rite, preceded by a great festival.
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SiP 2 105.25
अथ ते गिरिपु त्राश्च तत्र गत्वा प्रणम्य तम् ।। सस्ववर्गं प्रार्थनान्तामूचुश्शैलेश्वरस्य वै
atha te giripu trāśca tatra gatvā praṇamya tam || sasvavargaṃ prārthanāntāmūcuśśaileśvarasya vai
Then those sons of the mountain, going there and bowing to him together with his own company, spoke out to the end the request of the lord of mountains.
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SiP 2 105.26
ततस्ते स्वालयं जग्मुश्शैलपुत्रास्तदाज्ञया ।। शैलराजाय संचख्युस्ते चायान्तीति हर्षिताः
tataste svālayaṃ jagmuśśailaputrāstadājñayā || śailarājāya saṃcakhyuste cāyāntīti harṣitāḥ
Then, by his command, those sons of the mountain went to their own dwelling, and delighted they announced to the king of mountains, "They are coming."
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SiP 2 105.27
अथ देवाः प्रार्थनान्तां गिरेः श्रुत्वातिहर्षिताः ।। मुने विष्ण्वादयस्सर्वे सेश्वरा मुमुदुर्भृशम्
atha devāḥ prārthanāntāṃ gireḥ śrutvātiharṣitāḥ || mune viṣṇvādayassarve seśvarā mumudurbhṛśam
Then the gods, having heard the mountain's request in full, were exceedingly delighted; O sage, all of them, Viṣṇu and the rest, along with the Lord, rejoiced greatly.
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SiP 2 105.28
कृत्वा सुवेषं सर्वेपि निर्जरा मुनयो गणाः ।। गमनं चक्रुरन्येपि प्रभुणा गिरिराड्गृहम्
kṛtvā suveṣaṃ sarvepi nirjarā munayo gaṇāḥ || gamanaṃ cakruranyepi prabhuṇā girirāḍgṛham
Having put on fine attire, all of them—the gods, the sages, the gaṇas—and others too, made their way with the Lord to the house of the king of mountains.
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SiP 2 105.29
तस्मिन्नवसरे मेना द्रष्टुकामाभवच्छिवम् ।। प्रभोराह्वाययामास मुने त्वां मुनिसत्तमम्
tasminnavasare menā draṣṭukāmābhavacchivam || prabhorāhvāyayāmāsa mune tvāṃ munisattamam
On that occasion Menā desired to see Śiva; she had you, O sage, best of sages, summoned concerning the Lord.
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SiP 2 105.31
त्वाम्प्रणम्य मुने मेना प्राह विस्मितमानसा ।। द्रष्टुकामा प्रभो रूपं शंकरस्य मदापहम्
tvāmpraṇamya mune menā prāha vismitamānasā || draṣṭukāmā prabho rūpaṃ śaṃkarasya madāpaham
Bowing to you, O sage, Menā, her mind filled with wonder, desiring to see the intoxication-removing form of Lord Śaṃkara, spoke.
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