Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita — Chapter 106
SiP 2 106.1
मेनोवाच ।। निरीक्षिष्यामि प्रथमं मुने तं गिरिजापतिम् ।। कीदृशं शिवरूपं हि यदर्थे तप उत्तमम्
menovāca || nirīkṣiṣyāmi prathamaṃ mune taṃ girijāpatim || kīdṛśaṃ śivarūpaṃ hi yadarthe tapa uttamam
Menā said: First, O sage, I shall look upon him, the husband of the mountain's daughter. What sort is Śiva's form, for whose sake (she did) that supreme austerity?
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SiP 2 106.2
ब्रह्मोवाच ।। इत्यज्ञानपरा सा च दर्शनार्थं शिवस्य च ।। त्वया मुने समं सद्यश्चन्द्रशालां समागता अथ दृष्ट्वा वसुं तत्र तत्पतिं परमप्रभुम् ।। मेना प्रहर्षिता ह्यासीच्छिवोयमिति चाब्रवीत् ततोऽपि द्विगुणां शोभां दृष्ट्वा तस्य च साब्रवीत् ।। रुद्रोऽयं गिरिजास्वामी तद्वा नेति त्वमब्रवीः तन्मध्ये चैव वागीशं दृष्ट्वा सा प्राह मेनका ।। रुद्रोऽयं गिरिजास्वामी तदा नेति त्वमब्रवीः ।। ब्रह्मोवाच ।। इत्याकर्ण्य वचस्तस्य मेना मेने च तां शुभाम् ।। महाधनां भाग्यवती कुलत्रयसुखावहाम् तावदेव समायाता रुद्रसेना महाद्भुता ।। भूतप्रेतादिसंयुक्ता नानागणसमन्विता कपर्दिनं चन्द्रमौलिं दशहस्तं कपालि नम् ।। व्याघ्रचर्मोत्तरीयञ्च पिनाकवरपाणिनम्
brahmovāca || ityajñānaparā sā ca darśanārthaṃ śivasya ca || tvayā mune samaṃ sadyaścandraśālāṃ samāgatā atha dṛṣṭvā vasuṃ tatra tatpatiṃ paramaprabhum || menā praharṣitā hyāsīcchivoyamiti cābravīt tato'pi dviguṇāṃ śobhāṃ dṛṣṭvā tasya ca sābravīt || rudro'yaṃ girijāsvāmī tadvā neti tvamabravīḥ tanmadhye caiva vāgīśaṃ dṛṣṭvā sā prāha menakā || rudro'yaṃ girijāsvāmī tadā neti tvamabravīḥ || brahmovāca || ityākarṇya vacastasya menā mene ca tāṃ śubhām || mahādhanāṃ bhāgyavatī kulatrayasukhāvahām tāvadeva samāyātā rudrasenā mahādbhutā || bhūtapretādisaṃyuktā nānāgaṇasamanvitā kapardinaṃ candramauliṃ daśahastaṃ kapāli nam || vyāghracarmottarīyañca pinākavarapāṇinam
Brahmā said: So she, given over to ignorance, in order to see Śiva, at once came with you, O sage, to the moon-terrace. Then, seeing there a Vasu, his lord, the supreme master, Menā was greatly delighted and said, "This is Śiva." Then, seeing a splendour twice as great as that one's, she said, "This is Rudra, Girijā's husband," but you said, "No, it is not so." And in the midst of them, seeing the lord of speech, Menakā said, "This is Rudra, Girijā's husband," and then you said, "No." Brahmā said: Hearing his words, Menā thought her (daughter) blessed, possessed of great riches, fortunate, bringing happiness to three families. Just then arrived Rudra's most astonishing host, accompanied by bhūtas, pretas and the like, attended by various gaṇas—(and him) with matted locks, moon-crested, ten-armed, skull-bearing, with a tiger-skin as upper garment, and the excellent Pināka in his hand.
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SiP 2 106.3
शिवोऽपि च तदा तस्यां ज्ञात्वाहंकारमात्मनः ।। प्राह विष्णुं च मान्तात लीलाकृत्वाद्भुताम्प्रभुः तावद्ब्रह्मा समायातस्तेजसां गशिरुत्तमः ।। सर्षिवर्य्यसुतस्साक्षाद्धर्मपुंज इव स्तुतः
śivo'pi ca tadā tasyāṃ jñātvāhaṃkāramātmanaḥ || prāha viṣṇuṃ ca māntāta līlākṛtvādbhutāmprabhuḥ tāvadbrahmā samāyātastejasāṃ gaśiruttamaḥ || sarṣivaryyasutassākṣāddharmapuṃja iva stutaḥ
And Śiva then, recognising the egotism in her, the Lord, having done a wondrous piece of play, spoke to Viṣṇu and to me, dear one. Just then Brahmā arrived, the highest mass of radiances, with the sons of the foremost sages, praised as if he were the very heap of dharma in visible form.
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SiP 2 106.4
शिव उवाच ।। मदाज्ञया युवान्तातौ सदेवौ च पृथक्पृथक् ।। गच्छतं हि गिरिद्वारं वयं पश्चाद्व्रजेमहि
śiva uvāca || madājñayā yuvāntātau sadevau ca pṛthakpṛthak || gacchataṃ hi giridvāraṃ vayaṃ paścādvrajemahi
Śiva said: By my command, you two, dear ones, each with his gods, separately, go now to the mountain's gate; we shall come afterwards.
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SiP 2 106.5
ब्रह्मोवाच ।। इत्याकर्ण्य हरिस्सर्वानाहूयोवाच तन्मयाः ।। सुरास्सर्वे तथैवाशु गमनं चक्रुरुत्सुकाः
brahmovāca || ityākarṇya harissarvānāhūyovāca tanmayāḥ || surāssarve tathaivāśu gamanaṃ cakrurutsukāḥ
Brahmā said: Hearing this, Hari called all of them, absorbed in him as they were, and spoke; and all the gods likewise at once eagerly set out.
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SiP 2 106.6
स्थितां शिरोगृहे मेनां मुने विश्वेश्वर त्वया ।। तथैव दर्शयामास हृद्विभ्रंशो यथा भवेत्
sthitāṃ śirogṛhe menāṃ mune viśveśvara tvayā || tathaiva darśayāmāsa hṛdvibhraṃśo yathā bhavet
To Menā, who was standing in the upper chamber, O sage, O Viśveśvara — even so did (Hari) display (the procession) through you, in such a way that bewilderment of heart would arise.
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SiP 2 106.7
एतस्मिन्समये मेना सेनां च परमां शुभाम् ।। निरीक्षन्ती मुने दृष्ट्वा सामान्यं हर्षिताऽभवत्
etasminsamaye menā senāṃ ca paramāṃ śubhām || nirīkṣantī mune dṛṣṭvā sāmānyaṃ harṣitā'bhavat
At that moment Menā, gazing at the supremely lovely army, O sage, on seeing (only) an ordinary (part of it), became delighted.
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SiP 2 106.8
प्रथमं चैव गन्धर्वास्सुन्दरास्सुभगास्तदा ।। आयाताश्शुभवस्त्राढ्या नानालंकारभूषिताः
prathamaṃ caiva gandharvāssundarāssubhagāstadā || āyātāśśubhavastrāḍhyā nānālaṃkārabhūṣitāḥ
First of all came the Gandharvas, handsome and fortunate, richly clad in fine garments and adorned with various ornaments,
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SiP 2 106.9
नानावाहनसंयुक्ता नानावाद्यपरा यणा ।। पताकाभिर्विचित्राभिरप्सरोगणसंयुताः
nānāvāhanasaṃyuktā nānāvādyaparā yaṇā || patākābhirvicitrābhirapsarogaṇasaṃyutāḥ
provided with various vehicles, devoted to various kinds of music, (coming) with many-coloured banners and accompanied by troops of Apsarases.
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SiP 2 106.11
शिवस्य गणका एते न शिवोयं शिवापतिः ।। इत्येवं त्वं ततस्तां वै अवोच ऋषिसत्तम
śivasya gaṇakā ete na śivoyaṃ śivāpatiḥ || ityevaṃ tvaṃ tatastāṃ vai avoca ṛṣisattama
"These are Śiva's attendants; this is not Śiva, the husband of Śivā" — thus then did you speak to her, O best of sages.
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SiP 2 106.12
एवं श्रुत्वा तदा मेना विचारे तत्पराऽभवत् ।। इतश्चाभ्यधिको यो वै स च कीदृग्भविष्यति
evaṃ śrutvā tadā menā vicāre tatparā'bhavat || itaścābhyadhiko yo vai sa ca kīdṛgbhaviṣyati
Hearing this, Menā then became absorbed in reflection: "And he who is greater even than this — what sort will he be?"
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SiP 2 106.13
एतस्मिन्नन्तरे यक्षा मणिग्रीवादयश्च ये ।। तेषां सेना तया दृष्टा शोभादिद्विगुणीकृता
etasminnantare yakṣā maṇigrīvādayaśca ye || teṣāṃ senā tayā dṛṣṭā śobhādidviguṇīkṛtā
In the meantime the Yakṣas, Maṇigrīva and the others, (arrived); their army was seen by her, doubled in splendour and the rest.
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SiP 2 106.14
तत्पतिं च मणिग्रीवं दृष्ट्वा शोभान्वितं हि सा ।। अयं रुद्रश्शिवास्वामी मेना प्राहेति हर्षिता
tatpatiṃ ca maṇigrīvaṃ dṛṣṭvā śobhānvitaṃ hi sā || ayaṃ rudraśśivāsvāmī menā prāheti harṣitā
And seeing their lord Maṇigrīva endowed with splendour, Menā said in delight, "This is Rudra, the husband of Śivā!"
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SiP 2 106.15
नायं रुद्रश्शिवास्वामी सेवकोयं शिवस्य वै ।। इत्यवोचोगपत्न्यै त्वं तावद्वह्निस्स आगतः
nāyaṃ rudraśśivāsvāmī sevakoyaṃ śivasya vai || ityavocogapatnyai tvaṃ tāvadvahnissa āgataḥ
"This is not Rudra, the husband of Śivā; this one is a servant of Śiva" — thus you said to the mountain's wife; meanwhile Fire arrived.
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SiP 2 106.16
ततोऽपि द्विगुणां शोभां दृष्ट्वा तस्य च साब्रवीत् ।। रुद्रोऽयं गिरिजास्वामी तदा नेति त्वमब्रवीः
tato'pi dviguṇāṃ śobhāṃ dṛṣṭvā tasya ca sābravīt || rudro'yaṃ girijāsvāmī tadā neti tvamabravīḥ
Seeing his splendour twice as great even as that, she said, "This is Rudra, the husband of the mountain's daughter!" — and then you said, "No."
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SiP 2 106.17
तावद्यमस्समायातस्ततोऽपि द्विगुणप्रभः।। तं दृष्ट्वा प्राह सा मेना रुद्रोऽयमिति हर्षिता
tāvadyamassamāyātastato'pi dviguṇaprabhaḥ|| taṃ dṛṣṭvā prāha sā menā rudro'yamiti harṣitā
Then Yama arrived, twice as radiant even as that; seeing him, Menā said in delight, "This is Rudra!"
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SiP 2 106.18
नेति त्वमब्रवीस्तां वै तावन्निर्ऋतिरागतः ।। बिभ्राणो द्विगुणां शोभां शुभः पुण्यजनप्रभुः
neti tvamabravīstāṃ vai tāvannirṛtirāgataḥ || bibhrāṇo dviguṇāṃ śobhāṃ śubhaḥ puṇyajanaprabhuḥ
You said "No" to her; then Nirṛti arrived, bearing twice the splendour, auspicious, the lord of the puṇyajanas.
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SiP 2 106.19
तं दृष्ट्वा प्राह सा मेना रुद्रोऽयमिति हर्षिता ।। नेति त्वमब्रवीस्तां वै तावद्वरुण आगतः
taṃ dṛṣṭvā prāha sā menā rudro'yamiti harṣitā || neti tvamabravīstāṃ vai tāvadvaruṇa āgataḥ
Seeing him, Menā said in delight, "This is Rudra!" You said "No" to her; then Varuṇa arrived.
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SiP 2 106.21
तावद्वायुस्समायातस्ततोऽपि द्विगुणप्रभः ।। तं दृष्ट्वा प्राह सा मेना रुद्रोयमिति हर्षिता
tāvadvāyussamāyātastato'pi dviguṇaprabhaḥ || taṃ dṛṣṭvā prāha sā menā rudroyamiti harṣitā
Then Vāyu arrived, twice as radiant even as that; seeing him, Menā said in delight, "This is Rudra!"
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SiP 2 106.22
नेति त्वमब्रवीस्तां वै तावद्धनद आगतः ।। ततोऽपि द्विगुणां शोभां बिभ्राणो गुह्यकाधिपः
neti tvamabravīstāṃ vai tāvaddhanada āgataḥ || tato'pi dviguṇāṃ śobhāṃ bibhrāṇo guhyakādhipaḥ
You said "No" to her; then the Giver of Wealth arrived, the lord of the Guhyakas, bearing twice that splendour.
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SiP 2 106.23
तं दृष्ट्वा प्राह सा मेना रुद्रोऽयमिति हर्षिता ।। नेति त्वमब्रवीस्तां वै तावदीशान आगतः
taṃ dṛṣṭvā prāha sā menā rudro'yamiti harṣitā || neti tvamabravīstāṃ vai tāvadīśāna āgataḥ
Seeing him, Menā said in delight, "This is Rudra!" You said "No" to her; then Īśāna arrived.
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SiP 2 106.24
ततोऽपि द्विगुणां शोभां दृष्ट्वा तस्य च साब्रवीत् ।। रुद्रोऽयं गिरिजास्वामी तदा नेति त्वमब्रवीः
tato'pi dviguṇāṃ śobhāṃ dṛṣṭvā tasya ca sābravīt || rudro'yaṃ girijāsvāmī tadā neti tvamabravīḥ
Seeing his splendour twice as great even as that, she said, "This is Rudra, the husband of the mountain's daughter!" — and then you said, "No."
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SiP 2 106.25
तावदिन्द्रस्समायातस्ततोऽपि द्विगुणप्रभः ।। सर्वामरवरो नानादिव्यभस्त्रिदिवेश्वरः
tāvadindrassamāyātastato'pi dviguṇaprabhaḥ || sarvāmaravaro nānādivyabhastridiveśvaraḥ
Then Indra arrived, twice as radiant even as that, the best of all the immortals, of manifold divine lustre, lord of the third heaven.
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SiP 2 106.26
तं दृष्ट्वा शंकरस्सोऽयमिति सा प्राह मेनका ।। शक्रस्सुरपतिश्चायं नेति त्वं तदाब्रवीः
taṃ dṛṣṭvā śaṃkarasso'yamiti sā prāha menakā || śakrassurapatiścāyaṃ neti tvaṃ tadābravīḥ
Seeing him, Menakā said, "This is Śaṃkara!" "This is Śakra, the lord of the gods" — you said then, "No."
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SiP 2 106.27
तावच्चन्द्रस्समायातश्शोभा तद्द्विगुणा दधत ।। दृष्ट्वा तं प्राह रुद्रोऽयं तां तु नेति त्वमब्रवीः
tāvaccandrassamāyātaśśobhā taddviguṇā dadhata || dṛṣṭvā taṃ prāha rudro'yaṃ tāṃ tu neti tvamabravīḥ
Then the Moon arrived, bearing twice that splendour; seeing him she said, "This is Rudra!" — but you said "No" to her.
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SiP 2 106.28
तावत्सूर्यस्समायातश्शोभा तद्द्विगुणा दधत् ।। दृष्ट्वा तं प्राह सा सोयन्तांतु नेति त्वमब्रवीः
tāvatsūryassamāyātaśśobhā taddviguṇā dadhat || dṛṣṭvā taṃ prāha sā soyantāṃtu neti tvamabravīḥ
Just then the Sun arrived, bearing a splendour twice that (of the Moon). Seeing him, she said, "This is he!" — but you said, "No, not he."
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SiP 2 106.29
तावत्समागतास्तत्र भृग्वाद्याश्च मुनीश्वराः ।। तेजसो राशयस्सर्वे स्वशिष्यगणसंयुताः
tāvatsamāgatāstatra bhṛgvādyāśca munīśvarāḥ || tejaso rāśayassarve svaśiṣyagaṇasaṃyutāḥ
Just then there arrived Bhṛgu and the other lords among sages, all of them masses of radiance, accompanied by their own troops of disciples.
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SiP 2 106.32
१ ।। दृष्ट्वा सा तं तदा मेना महाहर्षवती मुने ।। सोऽयं शिवापतिः प्राह तां तु नेति त्वमब्रवीः
1 || dṛṣṭvā sā taṃ tadā menā mahāharṣavatī mune || so'yaṃ śivāpatiḥ prāha tāṃ tu neti tvamabravīḥ
Seeing him then, O sage, Menā, filled with great joy, said, "This is Śivā's husband!" — but you said, "No, not he."
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SiP 2 106.33
एतस्मिन्नन्तरे तत्र विष्णुर्देवस्समागतः।। सर्वशोभान्वितः श्रीमान्मेघश्यामश्चतुर्भुजः
etasminnantare tatra viṣṇurdevassamāgataḥ|| sarvaśobhānvitaḥ śrīmānmeghaśyāmaścaturbhujaḥ
In this interval the god Viṣṇu arrived there, endowed with every beauty, glorious, dark as a cloud, four-armed,
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SiP 2 106.34
कोटिकन्दर्प्यलावण्यः पीताम्बरधरस्स्वराट्।। राजीवलोचनश्शान्तः पक्षीन्द्रवरवाहनः।।
koṭikandarpyalāvaṇyaḥ pītāmbaradharassvarāṭ|| rājīvalocanaśśāntaḥ pakṣīndravaravāhanaḥ||
having the loveliness of ten million Kāmas, wearing a yellow garment, self-ruling, lotus-eyed, tranquil, mounted on the excellent lord of birds.
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SiP 2 106.35
शंखादिलक्षणैर्युक्तो मुकुटादिविभूषितः।। श्रीवत्सवक्षा लक्ष्मीशो ह्यप्रमेय प्रभान्वितः
śaṃkhādilakṣaṇairyukto mukuṭādivibhūṣitaḥ|| śrīvatsavakṣā lakṣmīśo hyaprameya prabhānvitaḥ
Furnished with the marks of the conch and the rest, adorned with a crown and other ornaments, bearing the Śrīvatsa on his chest, the lord of Lakṣmī, endowed indeed with immeasurable radiance.
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SiP 2 106.36
तं दृष्ट्वा चकिताक्ष्यासीन्महाहर्षेण साब्रवीत्।। सोऽयं शिवापतिः साक्षाच्छिवो वै नात्र संशयः
taṃ dṛṣṭvā cakitākṣyāsīnmahāharṣeṇa sābravīt|| so'yaṃ śivāpatiḥ sākṣācchivo vai nātra saṃśayaḥ
Seeing him her eyes grew startled, and with great joy she said: "This is Śivā's husband, Śiva himself in person; there is no doubt of it."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 106.37
अथ त्वं मेनकावाक्यमाकर्ण्योवाच ऊतिकृत्।। नायं शिवापतिरयं किन्त्वयं केशवो हरिः
atha tvaṃ menakāvākyamākarṇyovāca ūtikṛt|| nāyaṃ śivāpatirayaṃ kintvayaṃ keśavo hariḥ
Then you, hearing Menakā's words, spoke, O doer of help: "This is not Śivā's husband; rather this is Keśava, Hari,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 106.38
शंकरोखिलकार्य्यस्य ह्यधिकारी च तत्प्रियः ।। अतोऽधिको वरो ज्ञेयस्स शिवः पार्वतीपतिः
śaṃkarokhilakāryyasya hyadhikārī ca tatpriyaḥ || ato'dhiko varo jñeyassa śivaḥ pārvatīpatiḥ
who is indeed the appointed authority over all of Śaṅkara's work and is dear to him. Therefore the groom to be known as higher than he is that Śiva, the husband of Pārvatī.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 106.39
तच्छोभां वर्णितुं मेने मया नैव हि शक्यते ।। स एवाखिलब्रह्माण्डपतिस्सर्वेश्वरः स्वराट्
tacchobhāṃ varṇituṃ mene mayā naiva hi śakyate || sa evākhilabrahmāṇḍapatissarveśvaraḥ svarāṭ
His splendour, O Menā, cannot be described by me at all. He alone is the lord of all the universes, the ruler of all, self-sovereign."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 106.41
उवाच च प्रसन्नास्या प्रीतियुक्तेन चेतसा ।। स्वभाग्यमधिकं चापि वर्णयन्ती मुहुर्मुहुः
uvāca ca prasannāsyā prītiyuktena cetasā || svabhāgyamadhikaṃ cāpi varṇayantī muhurmuhuḥ
And with a serene face and a mind full of affection she spoke, describing again and again her own surpassing good fortune.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 106.42
मेनोवाच ।। धन्याहं सर्वथा जाता पार्वत्या जन्मनाधुना ।। धन्यो गिरीश्वरोप्यद्य सर्वं धन्यतमं मम
menovāca || dhanyāhaṃ sarvathā jātā pārvatyā janmanādhunā || dhanyo girīśvaropyadya sarvaṃ dhanyatamaṃ mama
Menā said: I have become blessed in every way now, through Pārvatī's birth; blessed too is the lord of the mountain today; everything of mine is most blessed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 106.43
येये दृष्ट्वा मया देवा नायकास्सुप्रभान्विताः ।। एतेषां यः पतिस्सोऽत्र पतिरस्या भविष्यति
yeye dṛṣṭvā mayā devā nāyakāssuprabhānvitāḥ || eteṣāṃ yaḥ patisso'tra patirasyā bhaviṣyati
Whichever gods, leaders endowed with fine radiance, have been seen by me — he who is the lord of these will here be her husband.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 106.44
अस्याः किं वर्ण्यते भाग्यमपि वर्षशतैरपि ।। वर्णितुं शक्यते नैव तत्प्रभुप्राप्तिदर्शनात
asyāḥ kiṃ varṇyate bhāgyamapi varṣaśatairapi || varṇituṃ śakyate naiva tatprabhuprāptidarśanāta
What can be said of her good fortune? Even in hundreds of years it cannot be described — from seeing that she obtains that Lord.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 106.45
ब्रह्मोवाच ।। इत्यवादीच्च सा मेना प्रेमनिर्भरमानसा ।। तावत्समागतो रुद्रोऽद्भुतोतिकारकः प्रभुः
brahmovāca || ityavādīcca sā menā premanirbharamānasā || tāvatsamāgato rudro'dbhutotikārakaḥ prabhuḥ
Brahmā said: Thus spoke Menā, her mind overflowing with love. Just then Rudra arrived, the Lord who works wondrous aid.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 106.47
अद्भुतात्मागणास्तात मेनागर्वापहारकाः ।। आत्मानं दर्शयन् मायानिर्लिप्तं निर्विकारकम् ४४६।। तमागतमभिप्रेत्य नारद त्वं मुने तदा ।। मेनामवोचः सुप्रीत्या दर्शयंस्तं शिवापतिम्
adbhutātmāgaṇāstāta menāgarvāpahārakāḥ || ātmānaṃ darśayan māyānirliptaṃ nirvikārakam 446|| tamāgatamabhipretya nārada tvaṃ mune tadā || menāmavocaḥ suprītyā darśayaṃstaṃ śivāpatim
His hosts were of wondrous form, my dear, carrying off Menā's pride; (and he came) showing himself untouched by māyā and free of change. Perceiving that he had come, O Nārada, O sage, you then spoke to Menā with great delight, pointing out to her that husband of Śivā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 2 106.48
।। नारद उवाच ।। अयं स शंकरस्साक्षाद्दृश्यतां सुन्दरि त्वया ।। यदर्थे शिवया तप्तं तपोऽति विपिने महत्
|| nārada uvāca || ayaṃ sa śaṃkarassākṣāddṛśyatāṃ sundari tvayā || yadarthe śivayā taptaṃ tapo'ti vipine mahat
Nārada said: This is that Śaṅkara himself — let him be looked upon by you, beautiful lady — he for whose sake Śivā practised great austerity in the forest.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 106.49
।। ब्रह्मोवाच ।। इत्युक्त्वा हर्षिता मेना तं ददर्श मुदा प्रभुम् ।। अद्भुताकृतिमीशानमद्भुतानुगमद्भुतम्
|| brahmovāca || ityuktvā harṣitā menā taṃ dadarśa mudā prabhum || adbhutākṛtimīśānamadbhutānugamadbhutam
Brahmā said: Having been told this, Menā, delighted, gazed with joy upon that Lord — Īśāna of wondrous form, with wondrous attendants, wondrous (himself).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 106.51
वात्यारूपधराः केचित्पताकामर्मरस्वना ।। वक्रतुंडास्तत्र केचिद्विरूपाश्चापरे तथा
vātyārūpadharāḥ kecitpatākāmarmarasvanā || vakratuṃḍāstatra kecidvirūpāścāpare tathā
Some bore the form of a whirlwind, sounding with the rustling of banners; some there had twisted mouths, and others likewise were misshapen.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 106.52
करालाः श्मश्रुलाः केचित्केचित्खञ्जा ह्यलोचनाः ।। दण्डपाशधराः केचित्केचिन्मुद्गरपाणयः
karālāḥ śmaśrulāḥ kecitkecitkhañjā hyalocanāḥ || daṇḍapāśadharāḥ kecitkecinmudgarapāṇayaḥ
Some were gaping-jawed and bearded, some lame and eyeless; some carried staves and nooses, some had mallets in their hands.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 106.53
विरुद्धवाहनाः केचिच्छृंगनादविवादिनः ।। डमरोर्वादिनः केचित्केचिद्गोमुखवादिनः
viruddhavāhanāḥ kecicchṛṃganādavivādinaḥ || ḍamarorvādinaḥ kecitkecidgomukhavādinaḥ
Some had contrary mounts; some disputed with blasts of horns; some were sounding ḍamaru-drums, and some were blowing gomukha horns.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 2 106.54
अमुखा विमुखाः केचित्केचिद्बहुमुखा गणाः ।। अकरा विकराः केचित्केचिद्बहुकरा गणाः
amukhā vimukhāḥ kecitkecidbahumukhā gaṇāḥ || akarā vikarāḥ kecitkecidbahukarā gaṇāḥ
Some of the hosts were faceless, some had misshapen faces, some had many faces; some were handless, some had deformed hands, some of the hosts had many hands.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 106.55
अनेत्रा बहुनेत्राश्च विशिराः कुशिरास्तथा ।। अकर्णा बहुकर्णाश्च नानावेषधरा गणाः
anetrā bahunetrāśca viśirāḥ kuśirāstathā || akarṇā bahukarṇāśca nānāveṣadharā gaṇāḥ
(Some were) eyeless and (some) many-eyed, headless and likewise ill-headed; earless and many-eared — the hosts wore all kinds of garb.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 106.56
इत्यादिविकृताकारा अनेके प्रबला गणाः ।। असंख्यातास्तथा तात महावीरा भयंकराः
ityādivikṛtākārā aneke prabalā gaṇāḥ || asaṃkhyātāstathā tāta mahāvīrā bhayaṃkarāḥ
Such were the many mighty hosts, of distorted forms, and they were beyond counting, dear one — great heroes, terrifying.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 106.57
अंगुल्या दर्शयँस्त्वं तां मुने रुद्रगणाँस्ततः ।। हरस्य सेवकान्पश्य हरं चापि वरानने
aṃgulyā darśaya~stvaṃ tāṃ mune rudragaṇā~stataḥ || harasya sevakānpaśya haraṃ cāpi varānane
Then, sage, you pointed out to her with your finger the hosts of Rudra: "Look, fair-faced one, at Hara's servants and at Hara too."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 106.58
असंख्यातान् गणान् दृष्ट्वा भूतप्रेतादिकान् मुने ।। तत्क्षणादभवत्सा वै मेनका त्राससंकुला
asaṃkhyātān gaṇān dṛṣṭvā bhūtapretādikān mune || tatkṣaṇādabhavatsā vai menakā trāsasaṃkulā
Seeing the countless hosts, the ghosts and spectres and the rest, O sage, that Menakā became in that instant filled with terror.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 106.59
तन्मध्ये शंकरं चैव निर्गुणं गुणवत्तरम् ।। वृषभस्थं पञ्चवक्त्रं त्रिनेत्रं भूतिभूषितम्
tanmadhye śaṃkaraṃ caiva nirguṇaṃ guṇavattaram || vṛṣabhasthaṃ pañcavaktraṃ trinetraṃ bhūtibhūṣitam
And in the midst of them Śaṃkara — attributeless yet richest in attributes, seated on the bull, five-faced, three-eyed, adorned with ash,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 106.61
शूलयुक्तं विरूपाक्षं विकृताकारमाकुलम् ।। गजचर्म वसानं हि वीक्ष्य त्रेसे शिवाप्रसूः
śūlayuktaṃ virūpākṣaṃ vikṛtākāramākulam || gajacarma vasānaṃ hi vīkṣya trese śivāprasūḥ
holding a trident, of ugly eyes, of distorted form, wild, and clad in an elephant's hide — seeing (him), Śivā's mother was afraid.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 106.62
चकितां कम्पसंयुक्तां विह्वलां विभ्रमद्धियम् ।। शिवोऽयमिति चांगुल्या दर्शयँस्तां त्वमब्रवीः
cakitāṃ kampasaṃyuktāṃ vihvalāṃ vibhramaddhiyam || śivo'yamiti cāṃgulyā darśaya~stāṃ tvamabravīḥ
Startled, trembling, overwhelmed, her mind reeling — to her you, pointing with your finger, said, "This is Śiva."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 106.63
त्वदीयं तद्वचः श्रुत्वा वाताहतलता इव ।। सा पपात द्रुतम्भूमौ मेना दुःखभरा सती
tvadīyaṃ tadvacaḥ śrutvā vātāhatalatā iva || sā papāta drutambhūmau menā duḥkhabharā satī
Hearing those words of yours, like a creeper struck by the wind, that good lady Menā, burdened with grief, fell at once to the ground.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 106.64
किमिदं विकृतं दृष्ट्वा वञ्चिताहं दुराग्रहे ।। इत्युक्त्वा मूर्च्छिता तत्र मेनका साऽभवत्क्षणात्
kimidaṃ vikṛtaṃ dṛṣṭvā vañcitāhaṃ durāgrahe || ityuktvā mūrcchitā tatra menakā sā'bhavatkṣaṇāt
"What is this distorted thing I see? I have been deceived, you stubborn wretch!" — having said this, that Menakā in an instant fell there into a swoon.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 106.65
अथ प्रयत्नैर्विविधैस्सखीभिरुपसेविता ।। लेभे संज्ञां शनै मेना गिरीश्वरप्रिया तदा
atha prayatnairvividhaissakhībhirupasevitā || lebhe saṃjñāṃ śanai menā girīśvarapriyā tadā
Then, tended by her companions with various efforts, Menā, the beloved of the mountain lord, slowly regained consciousness.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition