Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita — Chapter 122
SiP 2 122.1
नारद उवाच ।। देवदेव प्रजानाथ ततः किमभवद्विधे ।। वदेदानीं कृपातस्तु शिवलीलासमन्वितम्
nārada uvāca || devadeva prajānātha tataḥ kimabhavadvidhe || vadedānīṃ kṛpātastu śivalīlāsamanvitam
Nārada said: God of gods, lord of creatures, what happened then, O Ordainer? Tell now, out of grace, (what followed,) together with Śiva's play.
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SiP 2 122.2
।। ब्रह्मोवाच ।। कृत्तिकाभिर्गृहीते वै तस्मिञ्शंभुसुते मुने ।। कश्चित्कालो व्यतीयाय बुबुधे न हिमाद्रिजा सभयं नापतत्क्षिप्रं स चेद्दंडं न चार्हति ।। शक्तौ राजा न शास्ता यः प्रजाबाध्यश्च भक्षकः ।। ब्रह्मोवाच ।। ईश्वरस्य वचः श्रुत्वा सभायां कंपिताश्च ते ।। परस्परं समालोक्य क्रमेणोचुः पुराः प्रभोः ।। संध्योवाच ।। अधुना कृत्तिकानां च वनं तम्पोष्य पुत्रकम् ।। तन्नाम चक्रुस्ताः प्रेम्णा कार्त्तिकश्चेति कौतुकात् ते सर्वे शिवदूताश्च नानाशस्त्रास्त्रपाणयः ।। कृत्तिकानां च भवनं वेष्टयामासुरुद्धताः प्रबभूव रहः क्रीडा पार्वतीशिवयोः पुरा ।। दृष्टस्य च सुरैश्शंभोर्वीर्यं भूमौ पपात ह भ्रातर्ये त्वां न जानंति ते नरा हतबुद्धयः ।। नाद्रियन्ते यथा भेकास्त्वेकवासाश्च पंकजान्
|| brahmovāca || kṛttikābhirgṛhīte vai tasmiñśaṃbhusute mune || kaścitkālo vyatīyāya bubudhe na himādrijā sabhayaṃ nāpatatkṣipraṃ sa ceddaṃḍaṃ na cārhati || śaktau rājā na śāstā yaḥ prajābādhyaśca bhakṣakaḥ || brahmovāca || īśvarasya vacaḥ śrutvā sabhāyāṃ kaṃpitāśca te || parasparaṃ samālokya krameṇocuḥ purāḥ prabhoḥ || saṃdhyovāca || adhunā kṛttikānāṃ ca vanaṃ tampoṣya putrakam || tannāma cakrustāḥ premṇā kārttikaśceti kautukāt te sarve śivadūtāśca nānāśastrāstrapāṇayaḥ || kṛttikānāṃ ca bhavanaṃ veṣṭayāmāsuruddhatāḥ prababhūva rahaḥ krīḍā pārvatīśivayoḥ purā || dṛṣṭasya ca suraiśśaṃbhorvīryaṃ bhūmau papāta ha bhrātarye tvāṃ na jānaṃti te narā hatabuddhayaḥ || nādriyante yathā bhekāstvekavāsāśca paṃkajān
Brahmā said: When that son of Śambhu had been taken by the Kṛttikās, O sage, some time passed, and the daughter of the Snowy Mountain did not know of it. ... Fear did not fall (upon him) quickly, and if he does not deserve punishment (?) — a king who, though able, does not chastise, is an oppressor of his subjects and a devourer (of them). Brahmā said: Hearing the Lord's word, they trembled in the assembly, and looking at one another they spoke in turn before the Lord. Sandhyā said: Now, since the Kṛttikās had nourished him as their little son, they lovingly and out of delight gave him the name "Kārttika." All those messengers of Śiva, with various weapons and missiles in their hands, arrogantly surrounded the dwelling of the Kṛttikās. Formerly there took place the secret love-play of Pārvatī and Śiva; and Śambhu being seen by the gods, his seed fell upon the ground. Brother, those men who do not know you are of ruined intelligence; they pay no regard (to you), just as frogs living in the same water pay no regard to the lotuses.
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SiP 2 122.3
तस्मिन्नवसरे दुर्गा स्मेराननसरोरुहा।। उवाच स्वामिनं शंभुं देवदेवेश्वरं प्रभुम्
tasminnavasare durgā smerānanasaroruhā|| uvāca svāminaṃ śaṃbhuṃ devadeveśvaraṃ prabhum
On that occasion Durgā, her lotus-face smiling, spoke to her husband Śambhu, the lord of the gods of gods, the master:
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SiP 2 122.4
पार्वत्युवाच ।। देवदेव महादेव शृणु मे वचनं शुभम् ।। पूर्वपुण्यातिभारेण त्वं मया प्राप्त ईश्वर
pārvatyuvāca || devadeva mahādeva śṛṇu me vacanaṃ śubham || pūrvapuṇyātibhāreṇa tvaṃ mayā prāpta īśvara
Pārvatī said: God of gods, Mahādeva, hear my auspicious words. Through the great weight of former merit you were obtained by me, O Lord.
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SiP 2 122.5
कृपया योगिषु श्रेष्ठो विहारैस्तत्परोऽभवः ।। रतिभंगः कृतो देवैस्तत्र मे भवता भव
kṛpayā yogiṣu śreṣṭho vihāraistatparo'bhavaḥ || ratibhaṃgaḥ kṛto devaistatra me bhavatā bhava
Out of compassion, (though) foremost among yogins, you became intent upon (love-)play; and there, O Bhava, my love-union was broken by you at the gods' (instance).
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SiP 2 122.6
भूमौ निपतितं वीर्यं नोदरे मम ते विभो ।। कुत्र यातं च तद्देव केन दैवेन निह्णुतम्
bhūmau nipatitaṃ vīryaṃ nodare mama te vibho || kutra yātaṃ ca taddeva kena daivena nihṇutam
Your seed fell on the ground, O mighty one, and not into my womb; and where has it gone, O God, and by what fate has it been concealed?
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SiP 2 122.7
कथं मत्स्वामिनो वीर्यममोघं ते महेश्वर ।। मोघं यातं च किं किंवा शिशुर्जातश्च कुत्रचित्
kathaṃ matsvāmino vīryamamoghaṃ te maheśvara || moghaṃ yātaṃ ca kiṃ kiṃvā śiśurjātaśca kutracit
How, O Maheśvara, could the seed of you, my lord, which is never fruitless, have gone to no purpose? Or has a child been born somewhere?
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SiP 2 122.8
ब्रह्मोवाच ।। पार्वतीवचनं श्रुत्वा प्रहस्य जगदीश्वरः ।। उवाच देवानाहूय मुनींश्चापि मुनीश्वर
brahmovāca || pārvatīvacanaṃ śrutvā prahasya jagadīśvaraḥ || uvāca devānāhūya munīṃścāpi munīśvara
Brahmā said: Hearing Pārvatī's words, the Lord of the world laughed and, summoning the gods and the sages too, spoke, O best of sages.
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SiP 2 122.9
।। महेश्वर उवाच ।। देवाः शृणुत मद्वाक्यं पार्वतीवचनं श्रुतम् ।। अमोघं कुत्र मे वीर्यं यातं केन च निह्नुतम्
|| maheśvara uvāca || devāḥ śṛṇuta madvākyaṃ pārvatīvacanaṃ śrutam || amoghaṃ kutra me vīryaṃ yātaṃ kena ca nihnutam
Maheśvara said: Gods, hear my words. You have heard Pārvatī's words. Where has my never-fruitless seed gone, and by whom has it been concealed?
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SiP 2 122.11
शंभोस्तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा समालोच्य परस्परम् ।। ऊचुस्सर्वे क्रमेणैव त्रस्तास्तु पुरतः प्रभोः
śaṃbhostadvacanaṃ śrutvā samālocya parasparam || ūcussarve krameṇaiva trastāstu purataḥ prabhoḥ
Hearing that speech of Śambhu, and looking at one another, they all, trembling, spoke one by one before the Lord.
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SiP 2 122.12
विष्णुरुवाच ।। ते मिथ्यावादिनस्संतु भारते गुरुदारिकाः ।। गुरुनिन्दारताश्शश्वत्त्वद्वीर्यं यैश्च निह्नुतम्
viṣṇuruvāca || te mithyāvādinassaṃtu bhārate gurudārikāḥ || gurunindāratāśśaśvattvadvīryaṃ yaiśca nihnutam
Viṣṇu said: Let those by whom your seed has been concealed become liars in Bharata, violators of their teachers' wives, and forever bent on reviling their teachers.
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SiP 2 122.13
ब्रह्मोवाच ।। त्वद्वीर्यं निह्नुतं येन पुण्यक्षेत्रे च भारते ।। स नाऽन्वितो भवेत्तत्र सेवने पूजने तव
brahmovāca || tvadvīryaṃ nihnutaṃ yena puṇyakṣetre ca bhārate || sa nā'nvito bhavettatra sevane pūjane tava
Brahmā said: He by whom your seed has been concealed in the holy land of Bharata—let him be one not endowed there with the serving and the worship of you.
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SiP 2 122.14
लोकपाला ऊचुः ।। त्वदवीर्यं निह्नुतं येन पापिना पतितभ्रमात् ।। भाजनं तस्य सोत्यन्तं तत्तपं कर्म संततिम्
lokapālā ūcuḥ || tvadavīryaṃ nihnutaṃ yena pāpinā patitabhramāt || bhājanaṃ tasya sotyantaṃ tattapaṃ karma saṃtatim
The world-guardians said: The sinner by whom, through the delusion of the fallen, your seed has been concealed—let him be utterly the vessel of that (loss of) austerity, action, and progeny.
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SiP 2 122.15
देवा ऊचुः ।। कृत्वा प्रतिज्ञां यो मूढो नाऽऽपादयति पूर्णताम् ।। भाजनं तस्य पापस्य त्वद्वीर्यं येन निह्नुतम्
devā ūcuḥ || kṛtvā pratijñāṃ yo mūḍho nā''pādayati pūrṇatām || bhājanaṃ tasya pāpasya tvadvīryaṃ yena nihnutam
The gods said: The fool who, having made a promise, does not bring it to fulfilment—of that sin he is the vessel by whom your seed has been concealed.
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SiP 2 122.16
देवपत्न्य ऊचुः ।। या निदति स्वभर्तारं परं गच्छति पूरुषम् ।। मातृबन्धुविहीना च त्वद्वीर्यं निह्नुतं यया
devapatnya ūcuḥ || yā nidati svabhartāraṃ paraṃ gacchati pūruṣam || mātṛbandhuvihīnā ca tvadvīryaṃ nihnutaṃ yayā
The wives of the gods said: She by whom your seed has been concealed—(let her be) one who reviles her own husband and goes to another man, and is bereft of mother and kin.
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SiP 2 122.17
।। ब्रह्मोवाच ।। देवानां वचनं श्रुत्वा देवदेवेश्वरो हरः ।। कर्म्मणां साक्षिणश्चाह धर्मादीन्सभयं वचः
|| brahmovāca || devānāṃ vacanaṃ śrutvā devadeveśvaro haraḥ || karmmaṇāṃ sākṣiṇaścāha dharmādīnsabhayaṃ vacaḥ
Brahmā said: Hearing the gods' speech, Hara, the lord of the gods of gods, spoke with fear (?) to Dharma and the others, the witnesses of deeds.
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SiP 2 122.18
श्रीशिव उवाच ।। देवैर्न निह्नुतं केन तद्वीर्यं निह्नुतं ध्रुवम् ।। तदमोघं भगवतो महेशस्य मम प्रभोः
śrīśiva uvāca || devairna nihnutaṃ kena tadvīryaṃ nihnutaṃ dhruvam || tadamoghaṃ bhagavato maheśasya mama prabhoḥ
Śrī Śiva said: It was not concealed by the gods; by someone that seed has certainly been concealed—that never-fruitless (seed) of me, the Blessed Maheśa, the Lord.
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SiP 2 122.19
यूयं च साक्षिणो विश्वे सततं सर्वकर्मणाम् ।। युष्माकं निह्नुतं किम्वा किं ज्ञातुं वक्तुमर्हथ
yūyaṃ ca sākṣiṇo viśve satataṃ sarvakarmaṇām || yuṣmākaṃ nihnutaṃ kimvā kiṃ jñātuṃ vaktumarhatha
And you are the witnesses of all deeds throughout the universe, constantly. Or has it been concealed by you? You ought to know and to say.
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SiP 2 122.21
ब्रह्मोवाच ।। रते तु तिष्ठतो वीर्यं पपात वसुधातले ।। मया ज्ञातममोघं तच्छंकरस्य प्रकोपतः
brahmovāca || rate tu tiṣṭhato vīryaṃ papāta vasudhātale || mayā jñātamamoghaṃ tacchaṃkarasya prakopataḥ
Brahmā said: While (you) were engaged in love-play the seed fell upon the surface of the earth; I knew that it was not fruitless, from Śaṅkara's great heat (of power).
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SiP 2 122.22
।। क्षितिरुवाच ।। वीर्यं सोढुमशक्ताहं तद्वह्नो न्यक्षिपं पुरा ।। अतोऽत्र दुर्वहं ब्रह्मन्नबलां क्षंतुमर्हसि
|| kṣitiruvāca || vīryaṃ soḍhumaśaktāhaṃ tadvahno nyakṣipaṃ purā || ato'tra durvahaṃ brahmannabalāṃ kṣaṃtumarhasi
The Earth said: I was unable to bear the seed, and so I formerly cast it into the fire; therefore it is hard to bear here, O Brahman—you should forgive a weak woman.
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SiP 2 122.23
वह्निरुवाच ।। वीर्यं सोढुमशक्तोहं तव शंकर पर्वते ।। कैलासे न्यक्षिपं सद्यः कपोतात्मा सुदुस्सहम्
vahniruvāca || vīryaṃ soḍhumaśaktohaṃ tava śaṃkara parvate || kailāse nyakṣipaṃ sadyaḥ kapotātmā sudussaham
Fire said: I was unable to bear your seed, O Śaṅkara; in the form of a dove I at once cast that most unbearable (seed) upon the mountain Kailāsa.
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SiP 2 122.24
।। गिरिरुवाच ।। वीर्यं सोढुमशक्तोऽहं तव शंकर लोकप ।। गंगायां प्राक्षिपं सद्यो दुस्सहं परमेश्वर
|| giriruvāca || vīryaṃ soḍhumaśakto'haṃ tava śaṃkara lokapa || gaṃgāyāṃ prākṣipaṃ sadyo dussahaṃ parameśvara
The Mountain said: I was unable to bear your seed, O Śaṅkara, guardian of the world; I at once cast the unbearable (seed) into the Gaṅgā, O Supreme Lord.
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SiP 2 122.25
।। गंगोवाच ।। वीर्यं सोढुमशक्ताहं तव शंकर लोकप ।। व्याकुलाऽति प्रभो नाथ न्यक्षिपं शरकानने
|| gaṃgovāca || vīryaṃ soḍhumaśaktāhaṃ tava śaṃkara lokapa || vyākulā'ti prabho nātha nyakṣipaṃ śarakānane
Gaṅgā said: I too was unable to bear your virility, Śaṃkara, guardian of the world; utterly distraught, O lord, O master, I cast it down in the reed-forest.
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SiP 2 122.26
।। वायुरुवाच ।। शरेषु पतितं वीर्यं सद्यो बालो बभूव ह ।। अतीव सुन्दरश्शम्भो स्वर्नद्याः पावने तटे
|| vāyuruvāca || śareṣu patitaṃ vīryaṃ sadyo bālo babhūva ha || atīva sundaraśśambho svarnadyāḥ pāvane taṭe
Vāyu said: The virility that fell among the reeds at once became a boy, exceedingly beautiful, O Śambhu, on the purifying bank of the heavenly river.
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SiP 2 122.27
सूर्य उवाच ।। रुदंतं बालकं दृष्ट्वा गममस्ताचलं प्रभो ।। प्रेरितः कालचक्रेण निशायां स्थातुमक्षमः विष्णुस्त्वं जगतां व्यापी नान्यो जातोसि शांभव ।। यथा न केषां व्याप्यं च तत्सर्वं व्यापकं नभः
sūrya uvāca || rudaṃtaṃ bālakaṃ dṛṣṭvā gamamastācalaṃ prabho || preritaḥ kālacakreṇa niśāyāṃ sthātumakṣamaḥ viṣṇustvaṃ jagatāṃ vyāpī nānyo jātosi śāṃbhava || yathā na keṣāṃ vyāpyaṃ ca tatsarvaṃ vyāpakaṃ nabhaḥ
The Sun said: Having seen the crying child, I went to the western mountain, O lord, driven by the wheel of time, unable to remain during the night. You are Viṣṇu, pervading the worlds; no other has been born, O son of Śambhu — just as there is nothing that is not pervaded, for the all-pervading sky pervades it all.
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SiP 2 122.28
चन्द्र उवाच ।। रुदंतं बालकं प्राप्य गृहीत्वा कृत्तिकागणः ।। जगाम स्वालयं शंभो गच्छन्बदरिकाश्रमम्
candra uvāca || rudaṃtaṃ bālakaṃ prāpya gṛhītvā kṛttikāgaṇaḥ || jagāma svālayaṃ śaṃbho gacchanbadarikāśramam
The Moon said: Having come upon the crying child and taken him up, the band of Kṛttikās went to their own dwelling, O Śambhu, on the way to the Badarikā hermitage.
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SiP 2 122.29
जलमुवाच ।। अमुं रुदंतमानीय स्तन्यपानेन ताः प्रभो ।। वर्द्धयामासुरीशस्य सुतं तव रविप्रभम्
jalamuvāca || amuṃ rudaṃtamānīya stanyapānena tāḥ prabho || varddhayāmāsurīśasya sutaṃ tava raviprabham
Water said: Having brought this crying (child), they reared him with the drinking of breast-milk, O lord — your son, the Lord's son, radiant as the sun.
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SiP 2 122.31
रात्रिरुवाच ।। न चक्रुर्बालकं ताश्च लोचनानामगोचरम् ।। प्राणेभ्योपि प्रीतिपात्रं यः पोष्टा तस्य पुत्रकः
rātriruvāca || na cakrurbālakaṃ tāśca locanānāmagocaram || prāṇebhyopi prītipātraṃ yaḥ poṣṭā tasya putrakaḥ
Night said: And they did not let the boy pass out of the range of their eyes; he was an object of affection dearer even than their own lives — the little son of him who nourishes (all).
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SiP 2 122.32
दिनमुवाच ।। यानि यानि च वस्त्राणि भूषणानि वराणि च ।। प्रशंसितानि स्वादूनि भोजयामासुरेव तम्
dinamuvāca || yāni yāni ca vastrāṇi bhūṣaṇāni varāṇi ca || praśaṃsitāni svādūni bhojayāmāsureva tam
Day said: Whatever garments and whatever choice ornaments there were, and whatever tasty things were praised, those very things they fed him.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 122.33
ब्रह्मोवाच ।। तेषां तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा संतुष्टः पुरसूदनः ।। मुदं प्राप्य ददौ प्रीत्या विप्रेभ्यो बहुदक्षिणाम्
brahmovāca || teṣāṃ tadvacanaṃ śrutvā saṃtuṣṭaḥ purasūdanaḥ || mudaṃ prāpya dadau prītyā viprebhyo bahudakṣiṇām
Brahmā said: Having heard that speech of theirs, the destroyer of the (three) cities was gratified; attaining joy, he gave with affection abundant gifts to the brahmins.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 122.34
पुत्रस्य वार्त्तां संप्राप्य पार्वती हृष्टमानसा ।। कोटिरत्नानि विप्रेभ्यो ददौ बहुधनानि च
putrasya vārttāṃ saṃprāpya pārvatī hṛṣṭamānasā || koṭiratnāni viprebhyo dadau bahudhanāni ca
Having received the news of her son, Pārvatī, with delighted mind, gave crores of jewels and much wealth to the brahmins.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 122.35
लक्ष्मी सरस्वती मेना सावित्री सर्वयोषितः ।। विष्णुस्सर्वे च देवाश्च ब्राह्मणेभ्यो ददुर्धनम्
lakṣmī sarasvatī menā sāvitrī sarvayoṣitaḥ || viṣṇussarve ca devāśca brāhmaṇebhyo dadurdhanam
Lakṣmī, Sarasvatī, Menā, Sāvitrī, all the women, and Viṣṇu and all the gods gave wealth to the brahmins.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 122.36
प्रेरितस्स प्रभुर्देवैर्मुनिभिः पर्वतैरथ ।। दूतान् प्रस्थापयामास स्वपुत्रो यत्र तान् गणान्
preritassa prabhurdevairmunibhiḥ parvatairatha || dūtān prasthāpayāmāsa svaputro yatra tān gaṇān
Urged by the gods, the sages, and then the mountains, that Lord sent off messengers, those hosts, to where his own son was.
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SiP 2 122.37
वीरभद्रं विशालाक्षं शंकुकर्णं कराक्रमम् ।। नन्दीश्वरं महाकालं वज्रदंष्ट्रं महोन्मदम्
vīrabhadraṃ viśālākṣaṃ śaṃkukarṇaṃ karākramam || nandīśvaraṃ mahākālaṃ vajradaṃṣṭraṃ mahonmadam
(He sent) Vīrabhadra, Viśālākṣa, Śaṅkukarṇa, Karākrama, Nandīśvara, Mahākāla, Vajradaṃṣṭra, Mahonmada,
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SiP 2 122.38
गोकर्णास्यं दधिमुखं ज्वलदग्निशिखोपमम् ।। लक्षं च क्षेत्रपालानां भूतानां च त्रिलक्षकम्
gokarṇāsyaṃ dadhimukhaṃ jvaladagniśikhopamam || lakṣaṃ ca kṣetrapālānāṃ bhūtānāṃ ca trilakṣakam
Gokarṇāsya, Dadhimukha, resembling a blazing tongue of flame, and a hundred thousand of the Kṣetrapālas and three hundred thousand of the Bhūtas,
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SiP 2 122.39
रुद्रांश्च भैरवांश्चैव शिवतुल्यपराक्रमान् ।। अन्यांश्च विकृताकारानसंख्यानपि नारद
rudrāṃśca bhairavāṃścaiva śivatulyaparākramān || anyāṃśca vikṛtākārānasaṃkhyānapi nārada
and the Rudras and the Bhairavas, whose might equalled Śiva's, and others too of misshapen form, countless, O Nārada.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 122.41
दृष्ट्वा तान् कृत्तिकास्सर्वा भयविह्नलमानसाः ।। कार्त्तिकं कथयामासुर्ज्वलंतं ब्रह्मतेजसा
dṛṣṭvā tān kṛttikāssarvā bhayavihnalamānasāḥ || kārttikaṃ kathayāmāsurjvalaṃtaṃ brahmatejasā
Seeing them, all the Kṛttikās, their minds overcome with fear, spoke to Kārttika, who was blazing with brahmic splendour.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 122.42
।। कृत्तिका ऊचुः ।। वत्स सैन्यान्यसंख्यानि वेष्टयामासुरालयम् ।। किं कर्तव्यं क्व गंतव्यं महाभयमुपस्थितम्
|| kṛttikā ūcuḥ || vatsa sainyānyasaṃkhyāni veṣṭayāmāsurālayam || kiṃ kartavyaṃ kva gaṃtavyaṃ mahābhayamupasthitam
The Kṛttikās said: Child, countless armies have surrounded our dwelling. What is to be done? Where are we to go? A great terror has come upon us.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 122.43
कार्तिकेय उवाच ।। भयं त्यजत कल्याण्यो भयं किं वा मयि स्थिते ।। दुर्निवार्योऽस्मि बालश्च मातरः केन वार्यते
kārtikeya uvāca || bhayaṃ tyajata kalyāṇyo bhayaṃ kiṃ vā mayi sthite || durnivāryo'smi bālaśca mātaraḥ kena vāryate
Kārtikeya said: Give up fear, O blessed ladies; what fear can there be while I stand here? I am hard to withstand, and (though) a child — mothers, by whom am I to be checked?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 122.44
।। ब्रह्मोवाच ।। एतस्मिन्नंतरे तत्र सैन्येन्द्रो नन्दिकेश्वरः ।। पुरतः कार्तिकेयस्योपविष्टस्समुवाच ह
|| brahmovāca || etasminnaṃtare tatra sainyendro nandikeśvaraḥ || purataḥ kārtikeyasyopaviṣṭassamuvāca ha
Brahmā said: Meanwhile, there the lord of the army, Nandikeśvara, seated before Kārtikeya, spoke thus:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 122.45
नन्दीश्वर उवाच ।। भ्रातः प्रवृत्तिं शृणु मे मातरश्च शुभावहाम् ।। प्रेरितोऽहं महेशेन संहर्त्रा शंकरेण च
nandīśvara uvāca || bhrātaḥ pravṛttiṃ śṛṇu me mātaraśca śubhāvahām || prerito'haṃ maheśena saṃhartrā śaṃkareṇa ca
Nandīśvara said: Brother, and you mothers, hear from me the news that brings good fortune. I have been sent by Maheśa, by the destroyer, by Śaṃkara.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 122.46
कैलासे सर्वदेवाश्च ब्रह्मविष्णुशिवादयः ।। सभायां संस्थितास्तात महत्युत्सवमंगले
kailāse sarvadevāśca brahmaviṣṇuśivādayaḥ || sabhāyāṃ saṃsthitāstāta mahatyutsavamaṃgale
On Kailāsa all the gods, Brahmā, Viṣṇu, Śiva and the rest, were assembled in the hall, dear one, at a great festive celebration.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 122.47
तदा शिवा सभायां वै शंकरं सर्व शंकरम् ।। सम्बोध्य कथयामास तवान्वेषणहेतुकम्
tadā śivā sabhāyāṃ vai śaṃkaraṃ sarva śaṃkaram || sambodhya kathayāmāsa tavānveṣaṇahetukam
Then Śivā (Pārvatī), in the assembly, addressing Śaṃkara, the benefactor of all, told (him) the reason for the search for you.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 122.48
पप्रच्छ ताञ्शिवो देवान् क्रमात्त्वत्प्राप्तिहेतवे ।। प्रत्युत्तरं ददुस्ते तु प्रत्येकं च यथोचितम्
papraccha tāñśivo devān kramāttvatprāptihetave || pratyuttaraṃ daduste tu pratyekaṃ ca yathocitam
Śiva questioned those gods in turn, for the sake of obtaining you; and they each gave an answer as was fitting.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 122.49
त्वामत्र कृत्तिकास्थाने कथयामासुरीश्वरम् ।। सर्वे धर्मादयो धर्माधर्मस्य कर्मसाक्षिणः
tvāmatra kṛttikāsthāne kathayāmāsurīśvaram || sarve dharmādayo dharmādharmasya karmasākṣiṇaḥ
They all — Dharma and the rest, the witnesses of the deeds of dharma and adharma — told Īśvara that you were here, in the place of the Kṛttikās.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 122.51
भूमिस्तदक्षिपद्वह्नौ वह्निश्चाद्रौ स भूधरः ।। गंगायां सोऽक्षिपद्वेगात् तरंगैश्शरकानने
bhūmistadakṣipadvahnau vahniścādrau sa bhūdharaḥ || gaṃgāyāṃ so'kṣipadvegāt taraṃgaiśśarakānane
Earth cast that (seed) into fire, and fire into the mountain; that mountain cast it into the Gaṅgā, and she, with her waves, cast it forcefully into the reed-forest.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 122.52
तत्र बालोऽभवस्त्वं हि देवकार्यकृति प्रभुः ।। तत्र लब्धः कृत्तिकाभिस्त्वं भूमिं गच्छ सांप्रतम्
tatra bālo'bhavastvaṃ hi devakāryakṛti prabhuḥ || tatra labdhaḥ kṛttikābhistvaṃ bhūmiṃ gaccha sāṃpratam
There you became a child, O Lord, doer of the gods' work; there you were found by the Kṛttikās. Now come to the earth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 122.53
तवाभिषेकं शंभुस्तु करिष्यति सुरैस्सह ।। लप्स्यसे सर्वशस्त्राणि तारकाख्यं हनिष्यसि
tavābhiṣekaṃ śaṃbhustu kariṣyati suraissaha || lapsyase sarvaśastrāṇi tārakākhyaṃ haniṣyasi
Śambhu, together with the gods, will perform your consecration; you will obtain all weapons, and you will slay the one named Tāraka.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 122.54
पुत्रस्त्वं विश्वसंहर्त्तुस्त्वां प्राप्तुञ्चाऽक्षमा इमाः ।। नाग्निं गोप्तुं यथा शक्तश्शुष्कवृक्षस्स्व कोटरे
putrastvaṃ viśvasaṃharttustvāṃ prāptuñcā'kṣamā imāḥ || nāgniṃ goptuṃ yathā śaktaśśuṣkavṛkṣassva koṭare
You are the son of the destroyer of the universe; these (women) are unable to hold you — just as a dry tree is not able to keep fire in its own hollow.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 122.55
दीप्तवांस्त्वं च विश्वेषु नासां गेहेषु शोभसे ।। यथा पतन्महाकूपे द्विजराजो न राजत
dīptavāṃstvaṃ ca viśveṣu nāsāṃ geheṣu śobhase || yathā patanmahākūpe dvijarājo na rājata
You blaze throughout the worlds, (yet) in their houses you do not shine — just as the moon, king of the twice-born, fallen into a great well, does not shine.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 122.56
करोषि च यथाऽलोकं नाऽऽच्छन्नोऽस्मासु तेजसा ।। यथा सूर्यः कलाछन्नो न भवेन्मानवस्य च
karoṣi ca yathā'lokaṃ nā''cchanno'smāsu tejasā || yathā sūryaḥ kalāchanno na bhavenmānavasya ca
And you make light, (yet) among us you are not covered over by (your own) splendour — just as the sun, when its parts are covered, would not exist for a man.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 2 122.58
योगीन्द्रो नाऽनुलिप्तश्च भागी चेत्परिपोषणे ।। नैव लिप्तो यथात्मा च कर्मयोगेषु जीविनाम्
yogīndro nā'nuliptaśca bhāgī cetparipoṣaṇe || naiva lipto yathātmā ca karmayogeṣu jīvinām
And the lord of yogins remains unsmeared, even if he partakes in the nourishing (of the body) — just as the Self is not tainted at all in the karma-yogas of living beings.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 2 122.59
विश्वारंभस्त्वमीशश्च नासु ते संभवेत् स्थितिः ।। गुणानां तेजसां राशिर्यथात्मानं च योगिनः
viśvāraṃbhastvamīśaśca nāsu te saṃbhavet sthitiḥ || guṇānāṃ tejasāṃ rāśiryathātmānaṃ ca yoginaḥ
You are the origin of the universe, and the Lord; among these (women) your abiding cannot come about — (you who are) a mass of qualities and splendours, as the Self is for yogins.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 2 122.61
कार्त्तिकेय उवाच ।। ।। भ्रातस्सर्वं विजानासि ज्ञानं त्रैकालिकं च यत् ।। ज्ञानी त्वं का प्रशंसा ते यतो मृत्युञ्जयाश्रितः
kārttikeya uvāca || || bhrātassarvaṃ vijānāsi jñānaṃ traikālikaṃ ca yat || jñānī tvaṃ kā praśaṃsā te yato mṛtyuñjayāśritaḥ
Kārttikeya said: Brother, you know everything, and that knowledge which pertains to the three times. You are a knower — what praise is there for you, since you have taken refuge with the Conqueror of Death?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 122.62
कर्मणां जन्म येषां वा यासु यासु योनिषु ।। तासु ते निर्वृतिं भ्रातः प्राप्नुवंतीह सांप्रतम्
karmaṇāṃ janma yeṣāṃ vā yāsu yāsu yoniṣu || tāsu te nirvṛtiṃ bhrātaḥ prāpnuvaṃtīha sāṃpratam
In whatever wombs there is the birth of (whose) deeds — in those, brother, they attain their release here and now.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 2 122.63
कृत्तिका ज्ञानवत्यश्च योगिन्यः प्रकृतेः कलाः ।। स्तन्येनासां वर्द्धितोऽहमुपकारेण संततम्
kṛttikā jñānavatyaśca yoginyaḥ prakṛteḥ kalāḥ || stanyenāsāṃ varddhito'hamupakāreṇa saṃtatam
And the Kṛttikās are endowed with knowledge, yoginīs, portions of Prakṛti; I have been raised by their milk, by their unceasing care.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 122.64
आसामहं पोष्यपुत्रो मदंशा योषितस्त्विमाः ।। तस्याश्च प्रकृतेरंशास्ततस्तत्स्वामिवीर्यजः
āsāmahaṃ poṣyaputro madaṃśā yoṣitastvimāḥ || tasyāśca prakṛteraṃśāstatastatsvāmivīryajaḥ
I am their foster-son; these women are portions of me, and portions of that Prakṛti — and therefore born of the potency of her lord.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 2 122.65
न मद्भंगो हे शैलेन्द्रकन्यया नन्दिकेश्वर ।। सा च मे धर्मतो माता यथेमास्सर्वसंमताः
na madbhaṃgo he śailendrakanyayā nandikeśvara || sā ca me dharmato mātā yathemāssarvasaṃmatāḥ
There is no breach on my part with the daughter of the lord of mountains, O Nandikeśvara; she too is by dharma my mother, just as these are, as all agree.
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SiP 2 122.66
शम्भुना प्रेषितस्त्वं च शंभोः पुत्रसमो महान् ।। आगच्छामि त्वया सार्द्धं द्रक्ष्यामि देवताकुलम्
śambhunā preṣitastvaṃ ca śaṃbhoḥ putrasamo mahān || āgacchāmi tvayā sārddhaṃ drakṣyāmi devatākulam
And you have been sent by Śambhu, and you are great, like a son to Śambhu; I shall come along with you, I shall see the host of the gods.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 122.67
इत्येवमुक्त्वा तं शीघ्रं संबोध्य कृत्तिकागणम् ।। कार्त्तिकेयः प्रतस्थे हि सार्द्धं शंकरपार्षदैः
ityevamuktvā taṃ śīghraṃ saṃbodhya kṛttikāgaṇam || kārttikeyaḥ pratasthe hi sārddhaṃ śaṃkarapārṣadaiḥ
Having spoken thus to him, and having quickly informed the company of the Kṛttikās, Kārttikeya set out together with Śaṃkara's attendants.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition