Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita — Chapter 131
SiP 2 131.1
सूत उवाच ।। तारकारेरिति श्रुत्वा वृत्तमद्भुतमुत्तमम् ।। नारदस्सुप्रसन्नोथ पप्रच्छ प्रीतितो विधिम्
sūta uvāca || tārakāreriti śrutvā vṛttamadbhutamuttamam || nāradassuprasannotha papraccha prītito vidhim
Sūta said: Having thus heard the wondrous, excellent story of Tāraka's enemy, Nārada, well pleased, then asked Brahmā out of affection:
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SiP 2 131.2
।। नारद उवाच ।। देवदेव प्रजानाथ शिवज्ञाननिधे मया ।। श्रुतं कार्तिकसद्वृत्तममृतादपि चोत्तमम् एकस्मिन्नेव काले च जया च विजया सखी ।। पार्वत्या च मिलित्वा वै विचारे तत्पराभवत् विचार्येति च सा देवी वपुषो मलसंभवम् ।। पुरुषं निर्ममौ सा तु सर्वलक्षणसंयुतम् स्वद्वारि स्थापयित्वा तं गणेशं स्वसुतं शिवा ।। स्वयं च मज्जती सा वै संस्थितासीत्सखीयुता
|| nārada uvāca || devadeva prajānātha śivajñānanidhe mayā || śrutaṃ kārtikasadvṛttamamṛtādapi cottamam ekasminneva kāle ca jayā ca vijayā sakhī || pārvatyā ca militvā vai vicāre tatparābhavat vicāryeti ca sā devī vapuṣo malasaṃbhavam || puruṣaṃ nirmamau sā tu sarvalakṣaṇasaṃyutam svadvāri sthāpayitvā taṃ gaṇeśaṃ svasutaṃ śivā || svayaṃ ca majjatī sā vai saṃsthitāsītsakhīyutā
Nārada said: O god of gods, lord of creatures, treasury of the knowledge of Śiva, I have heard the good story of Kārtika(-born Kumāra), better even than nectar — how at one and the same time Jayā and her friend Vijayā, meeting with Pārvatī, became intent on a deliberation; and having thus deliberated, that goddess made from the dirt of her body a man endowed with every good mark; and Śivā, having set him, Gaṇeśa, her own son, at her own door, remained there while she herself was bathing, together with her friends.
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SiP 2 131.3
अधुना श्रोतुमिच्छामि गाणेशं वृत्तमुत्तमम् ।। तज्जन्मचरितं दिव्यं सर्वमंगलमंगलम्
adhunā śrotumicchāmi gāṇeśaṃ vṛttamuttamam || tajjanmacaritaṃ divyaṃ sarvamaṃgalamaṃgalam
Now I wish to hear the excellent story of Gaṇeśa, that divine tale of his birth, the auspiciousness of all that is auspicious.
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SiP 2 131.4
सूत उवाच ।। इत्याकर्ण्य वचस्तस्य नारदस्य महामुने ।। प्रसन्नमानसो ब्रह्मा प्रत्युवाच शिवं स्मरन्
sūta uvāca || ityākarṇya vacastasya nāradasya mahāmune || prasannamānaso brahmā pratyuvāca śivaṃ smaran
Sūta said: Having heard that speech of his, of Nārada, O great sage, Brahmā, with a pleased mind, replied, remembering Śiva:
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SiP 2 131.5
ब्रह्मोवाच ।। कल्पभेदाद्गणेशस्य जनिः प्रोक्ता विधेः परात्।। शनिदृष्टं शिरश्छिन्नं संचितं गजमाननम्
brahmovāca || kalpabhedādgaṇeśasya janiḥ proktā vidheḥ parāt|| śanidṛṣṭaṃ śiraśchinnaṃ saṃcitaṃ gajamānanam
Brahmā said: According to the difference of kalpas, the birth of Gaṇeśa has been told (differently) by the supreme ordinance: (in one account) his head was looked upon by Śani, was severed, and an elephant's face was fitted on.
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SiP 2 131.6
इदानीं श्वेतकल्पोक्ता गणेशोत्पत्तिरुच्यते ।। यत्र च्छिन्नं शिरस्तस्य शिवेन च कृपालुना
idānīṃ śvetakalpoktā gaṇeśotpattirucyate || yatra cchinnaṃ śirastasya śivena ca kṛpālunā
Now the origin of Gaṇeśa as told in the White Kalpa is related, in which his head was cut off by the compassionate Śiva.
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SiP 2 131.7
संदेहो नात्र कर्तव्यः शंकरस्सूतिकृन्मुने ।। स हि सर्वाधिपः शंभुर्निर्गुणस्सगुणो ऽपि हि
saṃdeho nātra kartavyaḥ śaṃkarassūtikṛnmune || sa hi sarvādhipaḥ śaṃbhurnirguṇassaguṇo 'pi hi
No doubt should be entertained here, O sage: Śaṃkara is the one who brings forth (all). For he, Śaṃbhu, is the ruler of all, without attributes and yet with attributes.
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SiP 2 131.8
तल्लीलयाखिलं विश्वं सृज्यते पाल्यते तथा ।। विनाश्यते मुनिश्रेष्ठ प्रस्तुतं शृणु चादरात्
tallīlayākhilaṃ viśvaṃ sṛjyate pālyate tathā || vināśyate muniśreṣṭha prastutaṃ śṛṇu cādarāt
By his play the whole universe is created and likewise maintained and destroyed, O best of sages. Now hear with attention the matter at hand.
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SiP 2 131.9
उद्वाहिते शिवे चात्र कैलासं च गते सति ।। कियता चैव कालेन जातो गणपतेर्भवः
udvāhite śive cātra kailāsaṃ ca gate sati || kiyatā caiva kālena jāto gaṇapaterbhavaḥ
When Śiva had been married here and had gone to Kailāsa, after some time the coming-into-being of Gaṇapati took place.
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SiP 2 131.11
रुद्रस्य च गणास्सर्वे शिवस्याज्ञापरायणाः ।। ते सर्वेप्यस्मदीयाश्च नन्दिभृंगिपुरस्सराः
rudrasya ca gaṇāssarve śivasyājñāparāyaṇāḥ || te sarvepyasmadīyāśca nandibhṛṃgipurassarāḥ
(Pārvatī said:) "And all the hosts of Rudra are devoted to Śiva's command; all of them are ours too, with Nandin and Bhṛṅgin at their head.
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SiP 2 131.12
प्रमथास्ते ह्यसंख्याता अस्मदीयो न कश्चन ।। द्वारि तिष्ठन्ति ते सर्वे शंकराज्ञापरायणाः
pramathāste hyasaṃkhyātā asmadīyo na kaścana || dvāri tiṣṭhanti te sarve śaṃkarājñāparāyaṇāḥ
Those Pramathas are countless, (yet) not one is ours; they all stand at the door, devoted to Śaṃkara's command."
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SiP 2 131.13
ते सर्वेप्यस्मदीयांश्च तथापि न मिलेन्मनः ।। एकश्चैवास्मदीयो हि रचनीयस्त्वयानघे
te sarvepyasmadīyāṃśca tathāpi na milenmanaḥ || ekaścaivāsmadīyo hi racanīyastvayānaghe
"They are all ours too, and yet the mind is not satisfied. One who is truly our own must be fashioned by you, O sinless one."
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SiP 2 131.14
ब्रह्मोवाच ।। इत्युक्त्वा पार्वती देवी सखीभ्यां सुन्दरं वचः ।। हितं मेने तदा तच्च कर्तुं स्माप्यध्यवस्यति
brahmovāca || ityuktvā pārvatī devī sakhībhyāṃ sundaraṃ vacaḥ || hitaṃ mene tadā tacca kartuṃ smāpyadhyavasyati
Brahmā said: The goddess Pārvatī, having spoken this fine speech to her two friends, then deemed it beneficial and resolved to do it.
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SiP 2 131.15
ततः कदाचिन्मज्जत्यां पार्वत्यां वै सदाशिवः ।। नंदिनं परिभर्त्स्याथ ह्याजगाम गृहांतरम्
tataḥ kadācinmajjatyāṃ pārvatyāṃ vai sadāśivaḥ || naṃdinaṃ paribhartsyātha hyājagāma gṛhāṃtaram
Then once, while Pārvatī was bathing, Sadāśiva, having rebuked Nandin, came into the inner part of the house.
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SiP 2 131.16
आयांतं शंकरं दृष्ट्वाऽसमये जगदंबिका ।। उत्तस्थौ मज्जती सा वै लज्जिता सुन्दरी तदा
āyāṃtaṃ śaṃkaraṃ dṛṣṭvā'samaye jagadaṃbikā || uttasthau majjatī sā vai lajjitā sundarī tadā
Seeing Śaṅkara coming at an untimely moment, the Mother of the world, bathing, rose up — that beautiful one, ashamed then.
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SiP 2 131.17
तस्मिन्नवसरे देवी कौतुकेनातिसंयुता ।। तदीयं तद्वचश्चैव हितं मेने सुखावहम्
tasminnavasare devī kautukenātisaṃyutā || tadīyaṃ tadvacaścaiva hitaṃ mene sukhāvaham
On that occasion the Goddess, filled with great curiosity, considered that (act) of his and that word of his to be beneficial and productive of happiness.
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SiP 2 131.18
एवं जाते सदा काले कदाचित्पार्वती शिवा ।। विचिंत्य मनसा चेति परमाया परेश्वरी
evaṃ jāte sadā kāle kadācitpārvatī śivā || viciṃtya manasā ceti paramāyā pareśvarī
While things went on thus all the time, once Pārvatī the auspicious one, the supreme Mistress of the highest, having reflected in her mind, (thought) thus:
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SiP 2 131.19
मदीयस्सेवकः कश्चिद्भवेच्छुभतरः कृती ।। मदाज्ञया परं नान्यद्रेखामात्रं चलेदिह
madīyassevakaḥ kaścidbhavecchubhataraḥ kṛtī || madājñayā paraṃ nānyadrekhāmātraṃ calediha
"Let there be some servant of mine, most excellent and capable, who by my command and by no other would not move here even by the breadth of a line."
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SiP 2 131.21
सर्वावयवनिर्द्दोषं सर्वावयव सुन्दरम् ।। विशालं सर्वशोभाढ्यं महाबलपराक्रमम्
sarvāvayavanirddoṣaṃ sarvāvayava sundaram || viśālaṃ sarvaśobhāḍhyaṃ mahābalaparākramam
(She made one) faultless in every limb, beautiful in every limb, large, endowed with every splendour, of great strength and valour.
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SiP 2 131.23
मत्पुत्रस्त्वं मदीयोसि नान्यः कश्चिदिहास्ति मे ।। एवमुक्तस्य पुरुषो नमस्कृत्य शिवां जगौ
matputrastvaṃ madīyosi nānyaḥ kaścidihāsti me || evamuktasya puruṣo namaskṛtya śivāṃ jagau
"You are my son, you are mine; there is no other here for me." The man, thus addressed, bowed to Śivā and spoke.
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SiP 2 131.24
।। गणेश उवाच ।। किं कार्यं विद्यते तेद्य करवाणि तवोदितम्।। इत्युक्ता सा तदा तेन प्रत्युवाच सुतं शिवा
|| gaṇeśa uvāca || kiṃ kāryaṃ vidyate tedya karavāṇi tavoditam|| ityuktā sā tadā tena pratyuvāca sutaṃ śivā
Gaṇeśa said: What task is there for you today? Let me do what you have said. Thus addressed by him, Śivā then replied to her son.
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SiP 2 131.25
शिवोवाच।। हे तात शृणु मद्वाक्यं द्वारपालो भवाद्य मे ।। मत्पुत्रस्त्वं मदीयोऽसि नान्यथा कश्चिदस्ति मे
śivovāca|| he tāta śṛṇu madvākyaṃ dvārapālo bhavādya me || matputrastvaṃ madīyo'si nānyathā kaścidasti me
Śivā said: O dear child, hear my word: be my doorkeeper from today. You are my son, you are mine; there is no one else for me in any way.
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SiP 2 131.26
विना मदाज्ञां मत्पुत्र नैवायान्म द्गृहान्तरम् ।। कोऽपि क्वापि हठात्तात सत्यमेतन्मयोदितम्
vinā madājñāṃ matputra naivāyānma dgṛhāntaram || ko'pi kvāpi haṭhāttāta satyametanmayoditam
Without my permission, my son, let no one at all enter my house by force, anywhere, dear child. This that I have said is the truth.
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SiP 2 131.27
ब्रह्मोवाच ।। इत्युक्त्वा च ददौ तस्मै यष्टिं चातिदृढां मुने ।। तदीयं रूपमालोक्य सुन्दरं हर्षमागता
brahmovāca || ityuktvā ca dadau tasmai yaṣṭiṃ cātidṛḍhāṃ mune || tadīyaṃ rūpamālokya sundaraṃ harṣamāgatā
Brahmā said: Having spoken thus, she gave him a very stout staff, O sage; and gazing at his beautiful form she became joyful.
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SiP 2 131.28
मुखमाचुंब्य सुप्रीत्यालिंग्य तं कृपया सुतम् ।। स्वद्वारि स्थापयामास यष्टिपाणिं गणाधिपम्
mukhamācuṃbya suprītyāliṃgya taṃ kṛpayā sutam || svadvāri sthāpayāmāsa yaṣṭipāṇiṃ gaṇādhipam
Kissing his face with great affection and embracing him — that son — with tenderness, she stationed the lord of the Gaṇas, staff in hand, at her own door.
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SiP 2 131.29
अथ देवीसुतस्तात गृहद्वारि स्थितो गणः ।। यष्टिपाणिर्महावीरः पार्वतीहितकाम्यया
atha devīsutastāta gṛhadvāri sthito gaṇaḥ || yaṣṭipāṇirmahāvīraḥ pārvatīhitakāmyayā
Then, dear one, the Goddess's son, the Gaṇa, stood at the door of the house, staff in hand, a great hero, out of desire for Pārvatī's welfare.
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SiP 2 131.31
एतस्मिन्नेव काले तु शिवो द्वारि समागतः ।। कौतुकी मुनिर्शादूल नानालीलाविशारदः
etasminneva kāle tu śivo dvāri samāgataḥ || kautukī munirśādūla nānālīlāviśāradaḥ
At just that time Śiva came to the door — one fond of sport, O tiger among sages, skilled in manifold play.
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SiP 2 131.32
उवाच च शिवेशं तमविज्ञाय गणाधिपः ।। मातुराज्ञां विना देव गम्यतां न त्वया धुना
uvāca ca śiveśaṃ tamavijñāya gaṇādhipaḥ || māturājñāṃ vinā deva gamyatāṃ na tvayā dhunā
And the lord of the Gaṇas, not recognising him, said to Śiva the lord: "O god, without my mother's permission you must not go (in) now.
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SiP 2 131.33
मज्जनार्थं स्थिता माता क्व यासीतो व्रजाधुना ।। इत्युक्त्वा यष्टिकां तस्य रोधनाय तदाग्रहीत्
majjanārthaṃ sthitā mātā kva yāsīto vrajādhunā || ityuktvā yaṣṭikāṃ tasya rodhanāya tadāgrahīt
"My mother has settled down for her bath; where are you going? Go away from here now!" Having said this, he then took up his staff to block him.
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SiP 2 131.34
तं दृष्ट्वा तु शिवः प्राह कं निषेधसि मूढधीः ।। मां न जानास्यसद्बुद्धे शिवोहमिति नान्यथा
taṃ dṛṣṭvā tu śivaḥ prāha kaṃ niṣedhasi mūḍhadhīḥ || māṃ na jānāsyasadbuddhe śivohamiti nānyathā
But seeing him, Śiva said: "Whom are you forbidding, you dull-witted one? You do not know me, O evil-minded one: I am Śiva, and none other."
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SiP 2 131.35
ताडितस्तेन यष्ट्या हि गणेशेन महेश्वरः ।। प्रत्युवाच स तं पुत्रं बहुलीलश्च कोपितः
tāḍitastena yaṣṭyā hi gaṇeśena maheśvaraḥ || pratyuvāca sa taṃ putraṃ bahulīlaśca kopitaḥ
Struck with the staff by that Gaṇeśa, Maheśvara — he of many sports — being angered, replied to that son.
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SiP 2 131.36
शिव उवाच ।। मुर्खोसि त्वं न जानासि शिवोहं गिरिजापतिः ।। स्वगृहं यामि रे बाल निषेधसि कथं हि माम्
śiva uvāca || murkhosi tvaṃ na jānāsi śivohaṃ girijāpatiḥ || svagṛhaṃ yāmi re bāla niṣedhasi kathaṃ hi mām
Śiva said: You are a fool, you do not know: I am Śiva, the husband of the daughter of the mountain. I am going into my own house, boy — why then do you forbid me?
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SiP 2 131.37
इत्युक्त्वा प्रविशंतं तं महेशं गणनायकः ।। क्रोधं कृत्वा ततो विप्र दंडेनाताडयत्पुनः
ityuktvā praviśaṃtaṃ taṃ maheśaṃ gaṇanāyakaḥ || krodhaṃ kṛtvā tato vipra daṃḍenātāḍayatpunaḥ
Having said this, as Maheśa was entering, the leader of the Gaṇas grew angry, O brahmin, and struck him again with his rod.
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SiP 2 131.38
ततश्शिवश्च संक्रुद्धो गणानाज्ञापयन्निजान् ।। को वायं वर्तते किंच क्रियते पश्यतां गणाः
tataśśivaśca saṃkruddho gaṇānājñāpayannijān || ko vāyaṃ vartate kiṃca kriyate paśyatāṃ gaṇāḥ
Then Śiva, greatly enraged, commanded his own Gaṇas: "Who is this fellow, and what is he doing? Look, O Gaṇas!"
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SiP 2 131.39
इत्युक्त्वा तु शिवस्तत्र स्थितः क्रुद्धो गृहाद्बहिः ।। भवाचाररतस्स्वामी बह्वद्भुतसुलीलकः
ityuktvā tu śivastatra sthitaḥ kruddho gṛhādbahiḥ || bhavācāraratassvāmī bahvadbhutasulīlakaḥ
Having said this, Śiva stood there outside the house, angry — the Lord devoted to the practice of existence(?), of many wondrous and lovely sports.
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SiP 2 131.122
वस्त्राणि च तदा तस्मै दत्त्वा सा विविधानि हि ।। नानालंकरणं चैव बह्वाशिषमनुत्तमाम्
vastrāṇi ca tadā tasmai dattvā sā vividhāni hi || nānālaṃkaraṇaṃ caiva bahvāśiṣamanuttamām
And then she, giving him garments of many kinds, and manifold ornaments too, and abundant blessing, unsurpassed —
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