Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita — Chapter 133
SiP 2 133.1
।। ब्रह्मोवाच ।। इत्युक्ता विभुना तेन निश्चयं परमं गताः ।। सन्नद्धास्तु तदा तत्र जग्मुश्च शिवमन्दिरम्
|| brahmovāca || ityuktā vibhunā tena niścayaṃ paramaṃ gatāḥ || sannaddhāstu tadā tatra jagmuśca śivamandiram
Brahmā said: Thus addressed by that lord, they came to a firm resolve, and then, fully armed, they went there to Śiva's palace.
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SiP 2 133.2
गणेशोऽपि तथा दृष्ट्वा ह्यायातान्गणसत्तमान् ।। युद्धाऽऽटोपं विधायैव स्थितांश्चैवाब्रवीदिदम् ब्रह्मोवाच ।। इत्येवं भर्त्सितास्ते तु दंडभूषितबाहवः ।। विविधान्यायुधान्येवं धृत्वा ते च समाययुः कल्पांतकरणे कालो दृश्यते च भयंकरः ।। यथा तथैव दृष्टस्स सर्वेषां प्रलयंकरः ।। ब्रह्मोवाच ।। इत्याकर्ण्य प्रभोर्वाक्यमज्ञात्वाऽज्ञानमोहितः ।। तदीयनिकटं तात सर्वैर्ऋषिवरैरयाम् यस्य यस्यायुधं यच्च तत्तत्सर्वं विशेषतः।। तद्गणेशोपरि बलात्समागत्य विमोचितम् एको बालोऽखिलं सैन्यं लोडयामास दुस्तरम् ।। यथा गिरिवरेणैव लोडितस्सागरः पुरा दर्शितं भुवने नाथ स्वमेव बलमद्भुतम्।। स्वतंत्रेण त्वया शंभो सर्वगर्वप्रहारिणा
gaṇeśo'pi tathā dṛṣṭvā hyāyātāngaṇasattamān || yuddhā''ṭopaṃ vidhāyaiva sthitāṃścaivābravīdidam brahmovāca || ityevaṃ bhartsitāste tu daṃḍabhūṣitabāhavaḥ || vividhānyāyudhānyevaṃ dhṛtvā te ca samāyayuḥ kalpāṃtakaraṇe kālo dṛśyate ca bhayaṃkaraḥ || yathā tathaiva dṛṣṭassa sarveṣāṃ pralayaṃkaraḥ || brahmovāca || ityākarṇya prabhorvākyamajñātvā'jñānamohitaḥ || tadīyanikaṭaṃ tāta sarvairṛṣivarairayām yasya yasyāyudhaṃ yacca tattatsarvaṃ viśeṣataḥ|| tadgaṇeśopari balātsamāgatya vimocitam eko bālo'khilaṃ sainyaṃ loḍayāmāsa dustaram || yathā girivareṇaiva loḍitassāgaraḥ purā darśitaṃ bhuvane nātha svameva balamadbhutam|| svataṃtreṇa tvayā śaṃbho sarvagarvaprahāriṇā
Gaṇeśa too, seeing the foremost of the gaṇas arrived in this way, made a show of battle-fury and said this to them as they stood there. || Brahmā said: || Thus rebuked, they, their arms adorned with clubs, took up various weapons and so came on. As Time is seen, terrifying, when he brings about the end of a kalpa, just so was he seen by all as the bringer of dissolution. || Brahmā said: || Hearing the lord's words, without understanding, deluded by ignorance, we went near him, dear one, along with all the best of the sages. Whatever weapon each one had, all of that in particular they came up by force and loosed upon Gaṇeśa. A single boy tossed about the whole army, hard to withstand, as the ocean was once churned by the best of mountains. "You have shown in the world, O lord, your own wondrous power — by you who are independent, O Śambhu, smiter of all pride."
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SiP 2 133.3
गणेश उवाच ।। आयांतु गणपास्सर्वे शिवाज्ञाप रिपालकाः ।। अहमेकश्च बालश्च शिवाज्ञापरिपालकः
gaṇeśa uvāca || āyāṃtu gaṇapāssarve śivājñāpa ripālakāḥ || ahamekaśca bālaśca śivājñāparipālakaḥ
Gaṇeśa said: Let all the gaṇa-lords come, they who carry out Śiva's command; and I, a single boy, also carry out Śiva's command.
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SiP 2 133.4
तथापि पश्यतां देवी पार्वती सूनुजं बलम् ।। शिवश्च स्वगणानां तु बलं पश्यतु वै पुनः
tathāpi paśyatāṃ devī pārvatī sūnujaṃ balam || śivaśca svagaṇānāṃ tu balaṃ paśyatu vai punaḥ
Even so, let the goddess Pārvatī behold her son's strength, and let Śiva in turn behold the strength of his own gaṇas.
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SiP 2 133.5
बलवद्बालयुद्धं च भवानीशिव पक्षयोः ।। भवद्भिश्च कृतं युद्धं पूर्वं युद्धविशारदैः
balavadbālayuddhaṃ ca bhavānīśiva pakṣayoḥ || bhavadbhiśca kṛtaṃ yuddhaṃ pūrvaṃ yuddhaviśāradaiḥ
And (let there be) a battle of the strong against a boy, on the sides of Bhavānī and of Śiva; battle has been waged before by you, who are practised in war.
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SiP 2 133.6
मया पूर्वं कृतं नैव बालोस्मि क्रियतेऽधुना ।। तथापि भवतां लज्जा गिरिजाशिवयोरिह
mayā pūrvaṃ kṛtaṃ naiva bālosmi kriyate'dhunā || tathāpi bhavatāṃ lajjā girijāśivayoriha
By me it was never done before; I am a boy, and now it is being done. Even so, the shame will be yours here before Girijā and Śiva.
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SiP 2 133.7
ममैवं तु भवेन्नैव वैपरीत्यं भविष्यति ।। ममैव भवतां लज्जा गिरिजाशिवयोरिह
mamaivaṃ tu bhavennaiva vaiparītyaṃ bhaviṣyati || mamaiva bhavatāṃ lajjā girijāśivayoriha
But for me it will not be so; the reverse will come about: the shame that is yours will be mine alone, here before Girijā and Śiva.
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SiP 2 133.8
एवं ज्ञात्वा च कर्त्तव्यः समरश्च गणेश्वराः ।। भवद्भिस्स्वामिनं दृष्ट्वा मया च मातरं तदा
evaṃ jñātvā ca karttavyaḥ samaraśca gaṇeśvarāḥ || bhavadbhissvāminaṃ dṛṣṭvā mayā ca mātaraṃ tadā
Knowing this, wage the battle, O lords of the gaṇas — you having regard for your master, and I then for my mother.
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SiP 2 133.9
क्रियते कीदृशं युद्धं भवितव्यं भवत्विति ।। तस्य वै वारणे कोऽपि न समर्थस्त्रिलोकके
kriyate kīdṛśaṃ yuddhaṃ bhavitavyaṃ bhavatviti || tasya vai vāraṇe ko'pi na samarthastrilokake
Whatever kind of battle is fought, let what must be, be. Indeed no one in the three worlds is able to hold him back.
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SiP 2 133.11
घर्षयन्तस्तथा दंतान् हुंकृत्य च पुनःपुनः।। पश्य पश्य ब्रुवंतश्च गणास्ते समुपागताः
gharṣayantastathā daṃtān huṃkṛtya ca punaḥpunaḥ|| paśya paśya bruvaṃtaśca gaṇāste samupāgatāḥ
Thus gnashing their teeth and roaring "hum" again and again, and saying "Look! Look!", those gaṇas came on.
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SiP 2 133.12
नंदी प्रथममागत्य धृत्वा पादं व्यकर्षयत् ।। धावन्भृंगी द्वितीयं च पादं धृत्वा गणस्य च
naṃdī prathamamāgatya dhṛtvā pādaṃ vyakarṣayat || dhāvanbhṛṃgī dvitīyaṃ ca pādaṃ dhṛtvā gaṇasya ca
Nandī, coming first, seized a foot and dragged it; and Bhṛṅgī, running up, seized the second foot of the gaṇa (Gaṇeśa).
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SiP 2 133.13
यावत्पादे विकर्षन्तौ तावद्धस्तेन वै गणः ।। आहत्य हस्तयोस्ताभ्यामुत्क्षिप्तौ पादकौ स्वयम्
yāvatpāde vikarṣantau tāvaddhastena vai gaṇaḥ || āhatya hastayostābhyāmutkṣiptau pādakau svayam
While the two were dragging at his feet, the gaṇa, striking with his hand, himself flung his two feet up out of their two hands.
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SiP 2 133.14
अथ देवीसुतो वीरस्सगृह्य परिघं बृहत्।। द्वारस्थितो गणपतिः सर्वानापोथयत्तदा
atha devīsuto vīrassagṛhya parighaṃ bṛhat|| dvārasthito gaṇapatiḥ sarvānāpothayattadā
Then the goddess's son, the hero, taking up a huge iron bar — Gaṇapati, standing at the door — pounded them all.
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SiP 2 133.15
केषांचित्पाणयो भिन्नाः केषांचित्पृष्ठ कानि च ।। केषांचिच्च शिरांस्येव केषांचिन्मस्तकानि च
keṣāṃcitpāṇayo bhinnāḥ keṣāṃcitpṛṣṭha kāni ca || keṣāṃcicca śirāṃsyeva keṣāṃcinmastakāni ca
Of some the hands were broken, of some the backs, of some the heads, and of some the skulls;
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SiP 2 133.16
केषांचिजानुनी तत्र केषांचित्स्कंधकास्तथा ।। सम्मुखे चागता ये वै ते सर्वे हृदये हताः
keṣāṃcijānunī tatra keṣāṃcitskaṃdhakāstathā || sammukhe cāgatā ye vai te sarve hṛdaye hatāḥ
of some, there, the two knees, and of some the shoulders; and those who came at him face to face were all struck in the chest.
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SiP 2 133.17
केचिच्च पतिताभूमौ केचिच्च विदिशो गताः ।। केषांचिच्चरणौ छिन्नौ केचिच्छर्वान्तिकं गताः
kecicca patitābhūmau kecicca vidiśo gatāḥ || keṣāṃciccaraṇau chinnau keciccharvāntikaṃ gatāḥ
Some fell to the ground, some went off in the intermediate directions; of some the feet were severed, and some went to Śarva's side.
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SiP 2 133.18
तेषां मध्ये तु कश्चिद्वै संग्रामे सम्मुखो न हि ।। सिंहं दृष्ट्वा यथा यांति मृगाश्चैव दिशो दश
teṣāṃ madhye tu kaścidvai saṃgrāme sammukho na hi || siṃhaṃ dṛṣṭvā yathā yāṃti mṛgāścaiva diśo daśa
Among them not one faced him in the fight; just as deer, on seeing a lion, run off in the ten directions,
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SiP 2 133.19
तथा ते च गणास्सर्वे गताश्चैव सहस्रशः।। परावृत्य तथा सोपि सुद्वारि समुपस्थितः
tathā te ca gaṇāssarve gatāścaiva sahasraśaḥ|| parāvṛtya tathā sopi sudvāri samupasthitaḥ
so too all those gaṇas fled by the thousand; and he, turning back, stood again at the fine doorway.
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SiP 2 133.21
एतस्मिन्समये चैव सरमेशसुरेश्वराः ।। प्रेरिता नारदेनेह देवास्सर्वे समागमन्
etasminsamaye caiva sarameśasureśvarāḥ || preritā nāradeneha devāssarve samāgaman
At this very time the lords of the gods, together with Rameśa (Viṣṇu), all the gods, urged on by Nārada, came here.
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SiP 2 133.22
समब्रुवंस्तदा सर्वे शिव स्य हितकाम्यया ।। पुरःस्थित्वा शिवं नत्वा ह्याज्ञां देहि प्रभो इति
samabruvaṃstadā sarve śiva sya hitakāmyayā || puraḥsthitvā śivaṃ natvā hyājñāṃ dehi prabho iti
Then they all spoke, out of desire for Śiva's good; standing before Śiva and bowing to him: "Give us your command, O lord."
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SiP 2 133.23
त्वं परब्रह्म सर्वेशस्सर्वे च तव सेवकाः ।। सृष्टेः कर्ता सदा भर्ता संहर्ता परमेश्वरः
tvaṃ parabrahma sarveśassarve ca tava sevakāḥ || sṛṣṭeḥ kartā sadā bhartā saṃhartā parameśvaraḥ
You are the supreme Brahman, the lord of all, and all are your servants; you are the maker of creation, ever its sustainer, and its destroyer, the supreme Lord.
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SiP 2 133.24
रजस्सत्त्वतमोरूपो लीलया निर्गुणः स्वतः ।। का लीला रचिता चाद्य तामिदानीं वद प्रभो
rajassattvatamorūpo līlayā nirguṇaḥ svataḥ || kā līlā racitā cādya tāmidānīṃ vada prabho
"(You are) of the form of rajas, sattva and tamas, yet by (your) play (you are) of yourself without qualities. And what play has been fashioned today? Tell it now, O Lord!"
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SiP 2 133.25
।। ब्रह्मोवाच ।। इत्याकर्ण्य वचस्तेषां मुनिश्रेष्ठ महेश्वरः ।। गणान् भिन्नाँस्तदा दृष्ट्वा तेभ्यस्सर्वं न्यवेदयत्
|| brahmovāca || ityākarṇya vacasteṣāṃ muniśreṣṭha maheśvaraḥ || gaṇān bhinnā~stadā dṛṣṭvā tebhyassarvaṃ nyavedayat
Brahmā said: Having heard their words thus, O best of sages, Maheśvara, seeing the attendants then broken (defeated), reported everything to them.
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SiP 2 133.26
अथ सर्वेश्वरस्तत्र शंकरो मुनिसत्तम ।। विहस्य गिरिजानाथो ब्रह्माणं मामुवाच ह
atha sarveśvarastatra śaṃkaro munisattama || vihasya girijānātho brahmāṇaṃ māmuvāca ha
Then, O best of sages, Śaṃkara, lord of all, the husband of Girijā, laughing there, said to Brahmā—to me:
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SiP 2 133.27
शिव उवाच ।। ब्रह्मञ्छृणु मम द्वारि बाल एकस्समास्थितः ।। महाबलो यष्टिपाणिर्गेहावेशनिवारकः
śiva uvāca || brahmañchṛṇu mama dvāri bāla ekassamāsthitaḥ || mahābalo yaṣṭipāṇirgehāveśanivārakaḥ
Śiva said: Listen, Brahmā! At my door a single boy stands, of great strength, with a staff in hand, blocking entry into the house.
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SiP 2 133.28
महाप्रहारकर्ताऽसौ मत्पार्षदविघातकः ।। पराजयः कृतस्तेन मद्गणानां बलादिह
mahāprahārakartā'sau matpārṣadavighātakaḥ || parājayaḥ kṛtastena madgaṇānāṃ balādiha
He deals mighty blows, he is the destroyer of my attendants; by force the defeat of my hosts has been brought about by him here.
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SiP 2 133.29
ब्रह्मन् त्वयैव गंतव्यं प्रसाद्योऽयं महाबलः ।। यथा ब्रह्मन्नयः स्याद्वै तथा कार्यं त्वया विधे
brahman tvayaiva gaṃtavyaṃ prasādyo'yaṃ mahābalaḥ || yathā brahmannayaḥ syādvai tathā kāryaṃ tvayā vidhe
Brahmā, you yourself must go; this greatly strong one must be conciliated. O Brahmā, O Vidhi, you must act in such a way that there may be a settlement.
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SiP 2 133.31
समायान्तं च मां दृष्ट्वा स गणेशो महाबली।। क्रोधं कृत्वा समभ्येत्य मम श्मश्रूण्यवाकिरत्
samāyāntaṃ ca māṃ dṛṣṭvā sa gaṇeśo mahābalī|| krodhaṃ kṛtvā samabhyetya mama śmaśrūṇyavākirat
And seeing me coming, that Gaṇeśa of great strength grew angry, approached, and tore out (a handful of) my beard-hairs.
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SiP 2 133.32
क्षम्यतां क्षम्यतां देव न युद्धार्थं समागतः ।। ब्राह्मणोहमनुग्राह्यः शांतिकर्तानुपद्रवः
kṣamyatāṃ kṣamyatāṃ deva na yuddhārthaṃ samāgataḥ || brāhmaṇohamanugrāhyaḥ śāṃtikartānupadravaḥ
"Forgive, forgive, O god! I have not come for battle. I am a brahmin, one to be shown favour, a maker of peace, doing no harm."
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SiP 2 133.33
इत्येवं ब्रुवति ब्रह्मंस्तावत्परिघमाददे ।। स गणेशो महावीरो बालोऽबालपराक्रमः
ityevaṃ bruvati brahmaṃstāvatparighamādade || sa gaṇeśo mahāvīro bālo'bālaparākramaḥ
While (I) was speaking thus, O Brahmā (i.e. O sage), that Gaṇeśa, the great hero, a boy whose valour was not that of a boy, at once took up an iron club.
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SiP 2 133.34
गृहीतपरिघं दृष्ट्वा तं गणेशं महाबलम् ।। पलायनपरो यातस्त्वहं द्रुततरं तदा
gṛhītaparighaṃ dṛṣṭvā taṃ gaṇeśaṃ mahābalam || palāyanaparo yātastvahaṃ drutataraṃ tadā
Seeing that greatly strong Gaṇeśa with the club taken up, I then went off, intent on flight, very swiftly.
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SiP 2 133.35
यात यात ब्रुवंतस्ते परिघेन हतास्तदा ।। स्वयं च पतिताः केचित्केचित्तेन निपातिताः
yāta yāta bruvaṃtaste parighena hatāstadā || svayaṃ ca patitāḥ kecitkecittena nipātitāḥ
As they were saying "Go, go!", they were then struck with the club; and some fell of themselves, some were knocked down by him.
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SiP 2 133.36
केचिच्च शिवसामीप्यं गत्वा तत्क्षणमात्रतः ।। शिवं विज्ञापयांचक्रुस्तद्वृत्तां तमशेषतः
kecicca śivasāmīpyaṃ gatvā tatkṣaṇamātrataḥ || śivaṃ vijñāpayāṃcakrustadvṛttāṃ tamaśeṣataḥ
And some, going into Śiva's presence in that very instant, informed Śiva of that whole affair without remainder.
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SiP 2 133.37
तथाविधांश्च तान् दृष्ट्वा तद्वृत्तांतं निशम्य सः ।। अपारमादधे कोपं हरो लीलाविशारदः
tathāvidhāṃśca tān dṛṣṭvā tadvṛttāṃtaṃ niśamya saḥ || apāramādadhe kopaṃ haro līlāviśāradaḥ
And seeing them in such a state and hearing that account, Hara, skilled in play, took on boundless wrath.
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SiP 2 133.38
इंद्रादिकान्देवगणान् षण्मुखप्रवरान् गणान् ।। भूतप्रेतपिशाचांश्च सर्वानादेशयत्तदा
iṃdrādikāndevagaṇān ṣaṇmukhapravarān gaṇān || bhūtapretapiśācāṃśca sarvānādeśayattadā
The hosts of gods headed by Indra, the attendant hosts led by the Six-faced one, and the bhūtas, pretas and piśācas—all these he then commanded.
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SiP 2 133.39
ते सर्वे च यथायोग्यं गतास्ते सर्वतो दिशम् ।। तं गणं हंतुकामा हि शिवाज्ञाता उदायुधाः
te sarve ca yathāyogyaṃ gatāste sarvato diśam || taṃ gaṇaṃ haṃtukāmā hi śivājñātā udāyudhāḥ
And all of them went, each as was fitting, in every direction, weapons raised, wishing indeed to kill that attendant, being so ordered by Śiva.
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SiP 2 133.41
हाहाकारो महानासीत्त्रैलोक्ये सचराचरे ।। त्रिलोकस्था जनास्सर्वे संशयं परमं गताः
hāhākāro mahānāsīttrailokye sacarācare || trilokasthā janāssarve saṃśayaṃ paramaṃ gatāḥ
A great cry of "Alas! Alas!" arose in the three worlds with all that moves and does not move; all the people dwelling in the three worlds fell into the utmost uncertainty.
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SiP 2 133.42
न यातं ब्रह्मणोऽप्यायुर्ब्रह्मांड क्षयमेति हि ।। अकाले च तथा नूनं शिवेच्छावशतः स्वयम्
na yātaṃ brahmaṇo'pyāyurbrahmāṃḍa kṣayameti hi || akāle ca tathā nūnaṃ śivecchāvaśataḥ svayam
"Brahmā's lifespan has not run out, yet the cosmic egg is going to destruction—and that out of season; surely (this happens) of itself by the force of Śiva's will."
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SiP 2 133.43
ते सर्वे चागतास्तत्र षण्मुखाद्याश्च ये पुनः ।। देवा व्यर्थायुधा जाता आश्चर्यं परमं गताः
te sarve cāgatāstatra ṣaṇmukhādyāśca ye punaḥ || devā vyarthāyudhā jātā āścaryaṃ paramaṃ gatāḥ
And all those gods who had come there, the Six-faced one and the rest, found their weapons useless and fell into the greatest astonishment.
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SiP 2 133.44
एतस्मिन्नन्तरे देवी जगदम्बा विबोधना ।। ज्ञात्वा तच्चरितं सर्वमपारं क्रोधमादधे
etasminnantare devī jagadambā vibodhanā || jñātvā taccaritaṃ sarvamapāraṃ krodhamādadhe
In this interval the Goddess, mother of the world, the awakener, knowing that whole course of events, took on boundless wrath.
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SiP 2 133.45
शक्तिद्वयं तदा तत्र तया देव्या मुनीश्वर ।। निर्मितं स्वगणस्यैव सर्वसाहाय्यहेतवे
śaktidvayaṃ tadā tatra tayā devyā munīśvara || nirmitaṃ svagaṇasyaiva sarvasāhāyyahetave
Then, O lord of sages, a pair of Śaktis was created there by that Goddess, for the sake of giving every help to her own attendant.
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SiP 2 133.46
एका प्रचंडरूपं च धृत्वातिष्ठन्महामुने ।। श्यामपर्वतसंकांशं विस्तीर्य मुखगह्वरम्
ekā pracaṃḍarūpaṃ ca dhṛtvātiṣṭhanmahāmune || śyāmaparvatasaṃkāṃśaṃ vistīrya mukhagahvaram
One (of them) stood there having assumed a fierce form, O great sage, resembling a dark mountain, spreading wide the cavern of her mouth.
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SiP 2 133.47
एका विद्युत्स्वरूपा च बहुहस्तसमन्विता ।। भयंकरा महादेवी दुष्टदंडविधायिनी
ekā vidyutsvarūpā ca bahuhastasamanvitā || bhayaṃkarā mahādevī duṣṭadaṃḍavidhāyinī
And one was of the nature of lightning, furnished with many arms, terrifying, a great goddess, an inflicter of punishment on the wicked.
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SiP 2 133.48
आयुधानि च सर्वाणि मोचितानि सुरैर्गणैः ।। गृहीत्वा स्वमुखे तानि ताभ्यां शीघ्रं च चिक्षिपे
āyudhāni ca sarvāṇi mocitāni surairgaṇaiḥ || gṛhītvā svamukhe tāni tābhyāṃ śīghraṃ ca cikṣipe
And all the weapons released by the gods and the (Śiva-)hosts—those they (the two Śaktis) seized and swiftly cast into their own mouths.
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SiP 2 133.49
देवायुधं न दृश्येत परिघः परितः पुनः ।। एवं ताभ्यां कृतं तत्र चरितं परमाद्भुतम्
devāyudhaṃ na dṛśyeta parighaḥ paritaḥ punaḥ || evaṃ tābhyāṃ kṛtaṃ tatra caritaṃ paramādbhutam
No weapon of the gods could be seen; (only) the iron club (was) all around again. Thus was a most wondrous deed done there by those two.
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SiP 2 133.51
एकेन निहतास्सर्वे शक्राद्या निर्जरास्तथा ।। शंकरस्य गणाश्चैव व्याकुलाः अभवंस्तदा
ekena nihatāssarve śakrādyā nirjarāstathā || śaṃkarasya gaṇāścaiva vyākulāḥ abhavaṃstadā
By one (of them) all were struck down, Śakra and the rest of the gods, and Śaṃkara's hosts as well; then they became bewildered.
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SiP 2 133.52
अथ सर्वे मिलित्वा ते निश्श्वस्य च मुहुर्मुहुः ।। परस्परं समूचुस्ते तत्प्रहारसमाकुलाः
atha sarve militvā te niśśvasya ca muhurmuhuḥ || parasparaṃ samūcuste tatprahārasamākulāḥ
Then all of them, gathering together and sighing again and again, spoke to one another, distressed by that beating.
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SiP 2 133.53
देवगणा ऊचुः ।। किं कर्तव्यं क्व गंतव्यं न ज्ञायंते दिशो दश ।। परिघं भ्रामयत्येष सव्यापसव्यमेव च
devagaṇā ūcuḥ || kiṃ kartavyaṃ kva gaṃtavyaṃ na jñāyaṃte diśo daśa || parighaṃ bhrāmayatyeṣa savyāpasavyameva ca
The hosts of gods said: What is to be done? Where are we to go? The ten directions are not (to be) known. This one whirls his club to the left and to the right.
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SiP 2 133.54
ब्रह्मोवाच ।। एतत्कालेऽप्सरश्रेष्ठाः पुष्पचन्दनपाणयः ।। ऋषयश्च त्वदाद्या हि येऽतियुद्धेतिलालसाः
brahmovāca || etatkāle'psaraśreṣṭhāḥ puṣpacandanapāṇayaḥ || ṛṣayaśca tvadādyā hi ye'tiyuddhetilālasāḥ
Brahmā said: At that time the foremost apsarases, with flowers and sandal paste in their hands, and the sages, beginning with yourself, who are exceedingly eager for battle—
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SiP 2 133.55
ते सर्वे च समाजग्मुर्युद्धसंदर्शनाय वै ।। पूरितो व्योम सन्मार्गस्तैस्तदा मुनिसत्तम
te sarve ca samājagmuryuddhasaṃdarśanāya vai || pūrito vyoma sanmārgastaistadā munisattama
—they all came together to witness the battle; the sky, the good path, was filled by them then, O best of sages.
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SiP 2 133.56
तास्ते दृष्ट्वा रणं तं वै महाविस्मयमागताः ।। ईदृशं परमं युद्धं न दृष्टं चैकदापि हि
tāste dṛṣṭvā raṇaṃ taṃ vai mahāvismayamāgatāḥ || īdṛśaṃ paramaṃ yuddhaṃ na dṛṣṭaṃ caikadāpi hi
Seeing that battle, they were struck with great amazement: such a supreme fight had never once been seen.
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SiP 2 133.57
पृथिवी कंपिता तत्र समुद्रसहिता तदा।। पर्वताः पतिताश्चैव चक्रुः संग्रामसंभवम्
pṛthivī kaṃpitā tatra samudrasahitā tadā|| parvatāḥ patitāścaiva cakruḥ saṃgrāmasaṃbhavam
There the earth, together with the ocean, was shaken then, and the mountains fell down and produced (further) commotion of the battle.
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SiP 2 133.58
द्यौर्ग्रहर्क्षगणैर्घूर्ण्णा सर्वे व्याकुलतां गताः ।। देवाः पलायितास्सर्वे गणाश्च सकलास्तदा
dyaurgraharkṣagaṇairghūrṇṇā sarve vyākulatāṃ gatāḥ || devāḥ palāyitāssarve gaṇāśca sakalāstadā
The heaven was set spinning with the hosts of planets and stars; all fell into confusion; all the gods fled then, and all the (Śiva-)hosts.
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SiP 2 133.59
केवलं षण्मुखस्तत्र नापलायत विक्रमी ।। महावीरस्तदा सर्वानावार्य पुरतः स्थितः
kevalaṃ ṣaṇmukhastatra nāpalāyata vikramī || mahāvīrastadā sarvānāvārya purataḥ sthitaḥ
Only the six-faced one, the valorous, did not flee there; that great hero, then holding all (of them) back, stood in front.
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SiP 2 133.61
शक्तिद्वयेन तद्युद्धे सर्वे च निष्फलीकृताः ।। सर्वास्त्राणि निकृत्तानि संक्षिप्तान्यमरैर्गणैः 2.4.15.६० ।। येऽव स्थिताश्च ते सर्वे शिवस्यांतिकमागताः ।। देवाः पलायितास्सर्वे गणाश्च सकलास्तदा
śaktidvayena tadyuddhe sarve ca niṣphalīkṛtāḥ || sarvāstrāṇi nikṛttāni saṃkṣiptānyamarairgaṇaiḥ 2.4.15.60 || ye'va sthitāśca te sarve śivasyāṃtikamāgatāḥ || devāḥ palāyitāssarve gaṇāśca sakalāstadā
In that battle all were made fruitless by the pair of Śaktis; all the missiles hurled by the gods and the hosts were cut down. And all those who had (still) stood came into Śiva's presence; all the gods fled then, and all the hosts.
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SiP 2 133.62
ते सर्वे मिलिताश्चैव मुहुर्नत्वा शिवं तदा ।। अब्रुवन्वचनं क्षिप्रं कोऽयं गणवरः प्रभो
te sarve militāścaiva muhurnatvā śivaṃ tadā || abruvanvacanaṃ kṣipraṃ ko'yaṃ gaṇavaraḥ prabho
Then all of them, assembled and bowing again and again to Śiva, quickly spoke these words: Who is this chief of the hosts, O Lord?
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SiP 2 133.63
पुरा चैव श्रुतं युद्धमिदानीं बहुधा पुनः ।। दृश्यते न श्रुतं दृष्टमीदृशं तु कदाचन
purā caiva śrutaṃ yuddhamidānīṃ bahudhā punaḥ || dṛśyate na śrutaṃ dṛṣṭamīdṛśaṃ tu kadācana
Formerly we have heard of battle, and now again (we see it) in many ways; such (a battle) as this has never been heard of or seen.
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SiP 2 133.64
किंचिद्विचार्यतां देव त्वन्यथा न जयो भवेत् ।। त्वमेव रक्षकस्स्वामिन्ब्रह्मांडस्य न संशयः
kiṃcidvicāryatāṃ deva tvanyathā na jayo bhavet || tvameva rakṣakassvāminbrahmāṃḍasya na saṃśayaḥ
Let something be considered, O God; otherwise there will be no victory. You alone, O Master, are the protector of the universe—there is no doubt.
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SiP 2 133.65
ब्रह्मोवाच ।। इत्येवं तद्वचः श्रुत्वा रुद्रः परमकोपनः।। कोपं कृत्वा च तत्रैव जगाम स्वगणैस्सह
brahmovāca || ityevaṃ tadvacaḥ śrutvā rudraḥ paramakopanaḥ|| kopaṃ kṛtvā ca tatraiva jagāma svagaṇaissaha
Brahmā said: Having thus heard their speech, Rudra, exceedingly wrathful, gave way to anger and went to that very place together with his hosts.
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SiP 2 133.66
देवसैन्यं च तत्सर्वं विष्णुना चक्रिणा सह ।। समुत्सवं महत्कृत्वा शिवस्यानुजगाम ह
devasainyaṃ ca tatsarvaṃ viṣṇunā cakriṇā saha || samutsavaṃ mahatkṛtvā śivasyānujagāma ha
And that whole army of the gods, along with Viṣṇu the discus-bearer, making a great festivity, followed after Śiva.
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SiP 2 133.67
एतस्मिन्नंतरे भक्त्या नमस्कृत्य महेश्वरम् ।। अब्रवीन्नारद त्वं वै देवदेवं कृतांजलिः
etasminnaṃtare bhaktyā namaskṛtya maheśvaram || abravīnnārada tvaṃ vai devadevaṃ kṛtāṃjaliḥ
In the meantime you, Nārada, having with devotion made obeisance to Maheśvara, spoke to the God of gods with folded hands.
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SiP 2 133.68
नारद उवाच ।। देवदेव महादेव शृणु मद्वचनं विभो।। त्वमेव सर्वगस्स्वामी नानालीलाविशारदः।
nārada uvāca || devadeva mahādeva śṛṇu madvacanaṃ vibho|| tvameva sarvagassvāmī nānālīlāviśāradaḥ|
Nārada said: God of gods, Mahādeva, hear my word, O mighty one. You alone are the all-pervading Lord, adept in manifold plays.
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SiP 2 133.69
त्वया कृत्वा महालीलां गणगर्वोऽपहारितः ।। अस्मै दत्त्वा बलं भूरि देवगर्वश्च शंकर
tvayā kṛtvā mahālīlāṃ gaṇagarvo'pahāritaḥ || asmai dattvā balaṃ bhūri devagarvaśca śaṃkara
By you, having enacted a great play, the pride of the gaṇas has been carried off; and by giving him abundant strength, the pride of the gods too, O Śaṃkara.
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SiP 2 133.71
इदानीं न कुरुष्वेश तां लीलां भक्तवत्सलः ।। स्वगणानमरांश्चापि सुसन्मान्याभिवर्द्धय
idānīṃ na kuruṣveśa tāṃ līlāṃ bhaktavatsalaḥ || svagaṇānamarāṃścāpi susanmānyābhivarddhaya
Now, O Lord, do not carry on that play, (you who are) tender to your devotees; honour well and exalt your own gaṇas and the immortals also.
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SiP 2 133.72
४। न खेलयेदानीं जहि ब्रह्मपदप्रद ।। इत्युक्त्वा नारद त्वं वै ह्यंतर्द्धानं गतस्तदा
4| na khelayedānīṃ jahi brahmapadaprada || ityuktvā nārada tvaṃ vai hyaṃtarddhānaṃ gatastadā
(...) do not play now; strike (him) down, O giver of Brahmā's station. Having spoken thus, you, Nārada, then vanished from sight.
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