Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita — Chapter 146
SiP 2 146.1
।। व्यास उवाच ।। सनत्कुमार सर्वज्ञ शैवप्रवर सन्मते ।। अद्भुतेयं कथा तात श्राविता परिमेशितुः
|| vyāsa uvāca || sanatkumāra sarvajña śaivapravara sanmate || adbhuteyaṃ kathā tāta śrāvitā parimeśituḥ
Vyāsa said: Sanatkumāra, all-knowing, foremost of Śaivas, of good mind — this wondrous tale of the supreme Lord has been made to be heard (by me), dear one.
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SiP 2 146.2
इदानीं रथनिर्माणं ब्रूहि देवमयं परम् ।। शिवार्थं यत्कृतं दिव्यं धीमता विश्वकर्मणा अस्ताद्रिरुद(दद्र?)याद्रिस्तु तावुभौ कूबरौ स्मृतौ ।। अधिष्ठानं महामेरुराश्रयाः केशराचलाः गंगाद्यास्सरित श्रेष्ठाः सर्वाभरणभूषिताः ।। चामरासक्तहस्ताग्रास्सर्वास्त्रीरूपशोभिताः एवं सम्यक्कृतस्तेन धीमता विश्वकर्मणा ।। सरथादिप्रकारो हि ब्रह्मविष्ण्वाज्ञया शुभः
idānīṃ rathanirmāṇaṃ brūhi devamayaṃ param || śivārthaṃ yatkṛtaṃ divyaṃ dhīmatā viśvakarmaṇā astādriruda(dadra?)yādristu tāvubhau kūbarau smṛtau || adhiṣṭhānaṃ mahāmerurāśrayāḥ keśarācalāḥ gaṃgādyāssarita śreṣṭhāḥ sarvābharaṇabhūṣitāḥ || cāmarāsaktahastāgrāssarvāstrīrūpaśobhitāḥ evaṃ samyakkṛtastena dhīmatā viśvakarmaṇā || sarathādiprakāro hi brahmaviṣṇvājñayā śubhaḥ
Now tell of the making of the chariot, supreme and composed of the gods, the divine (chariot) that was made for Śiva's sake by the wise Viśvakarman. The mountain of setting and the mountain of rising — those two are held to be its two shafts; great Meru its base, the Kesara mountains its supports; the Gaṅgā and the other best of rivers, adorned with every ornament, the tips of their hands grasping chowries, all resplendent in the forms of women. Thus was it well made by that wise Viśvakarman — the whole design of the chariot and the rest, auspicious, by the command of Brahmā and Viṣṇu.
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SiP 2 146.3
।। सूत उवाच।। इत्याकर्ण्य वचस्तस्य व्यासस्य स मुनीश्वरः ।। सनत्कुमारः प्रोवाच स्मृत्वा शिवपदांबुजम्
|| sūta uvāca|| ityākarṇya vacastasya vyāsasya sa munīśvaraḥ || sanatkumāraḥ provāca smṛtvā śivapadāṃbujam
Sūta said: Having heard this speech of that Vyāsa, that lord of sages, Sanatkumāra, called to mind the lotus feet of Śiva and spoke.
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SiP 2 146.4
।। सनत्कुमार उवाच ।। ।। शृणु व्यास महाप्राज्ञ रथादेर्निर्मितिं मुने ।। यथामति प्रवक्ष्येऽहं स्मृत्वा शिवपदाम्बुजम्
|| sanatkumāra uvāca || || śṛṇu vyāsa mahāprājña rathādernirmitiṃ mune || yathāmati pravakṣye'haṃ smṛtvā śivapadāmbujam
Sanatkumāra said: Hear, Vyāsa, greatly wise sage, the fashioning of the chariot and the rest; I shall declare it as far as my understanding goes, calling to mind the lotus feet of Śiva.
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SiP 2 146.5
अथ देवस्य रुद्रस्य निर्मितो विश्वकर्मणा ।। सर्वलोकमयो दिव्यो रथो यत्नेन सादरम्
atha devasya rudrasya nirmito viśvakarmaṇā || sarvalokamayo divyo ratho yatnena sādaram
Then, for the god Rudra, a divine chariot composed of all the worlds was fashioned by Viśvakarman with effort and with reverence.
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SiP 2 146.6
सर्वभूतमयश्चैव सौवर्णस्सर्वसंमतः ।। रथांगं दक्षिणं सूर्यस्तद्वामं सोम एव च
sarvabhūtamayaścaiva sauvarṇassarvasaṃmataḥ || rathāṃgaṃ dakṣiṇaṃ sūryastadvāmaṃ soma eva ca
(The chariot was) made of all beings, golden, approved by all. The sun was its right wheel, and the moon its left.
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SiP 2 146.9
दक्षिणं द्वादशारं हि षोडशारं तथोत्तरम् ।। अरेषु तेषु विप्रेन्द्र आदित्या द्वादशैव तु शशिनः षोडशारास्तु कला वामस्य सुव्रत ।। ऋक्षाणि तु तथा तस्य वामस्यैव विभूषणम् ८ ।। ऋतवो नेमयः षट् च तयोर्वै विप्रपुंगव ।। पुष्करं चांतरिक्षं वै रथनीडश्च मंदरः
dakṣiṇaṃ dvādaśāraṃ hi ṣoḍaśāraṃ tathottaram || areṣu teṣu viprendra ādityā dvādaśaiva tu śaśinaḥ ṣoḍaśārāstu kalā vāmasya suvrata || ṛkṣāṇi tu tathā tasya vāmasyaiva vibhūṣaṇam 8 || ṛtavo nemayaḥ ṣaṭ ca tayorvai viprapuṃgava || puṣkaraṃ cāṃtarikṣaṃ vai rathanīḍaśca maṃdaraḥ
The right (wheel) has twelve spokes, and the other sixteen spokes. In those spokes, O best of brahmins, are the twelve Ādityas; but the sixteen spokes of the left (wheel) are the phases (kalās) of the moon, O you of good vows. And the lunar asterisms are the ornament of that left (wheel). And their felloes are the six seasons, O bull among brahmins. The (chariot's) tray is the mid-air, and its chariot-box is Mount Mandara.
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SiP 2 146.11
वेगस्संवत्सरास्तस्य अयने चक्रसंगमौ ।। मुहूर्ता वंधुरास्तस्य शम्याश्चैव कलाः स्मृताः
vegassaṃvatsarāstasya ayane cakrasaṃgamau || muhūrtā vaṃdhurāstasya śamyāścaiva kalāḥ smṛtāḥ
Its speed is the years; the two solstices (ayanas) are the joinings of the wheels; the muhūrtas are its seats, and the kalās are held to be its yoke-pins.
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SiP 2 146.12
तस्य काष्ठाः स्मृता घोणाश्चाक्षदंडाः क्षणाश्च वै ।। निमेषाश्चानुकर्षश्च ईषाश्चानुलवाः स्मृताः
tasya kāṣṭhāḥ smṛtā ghoṇāścākṣadaṃḍāḥ kṣaṇāśca vai || nimeṣāścānukarṣaśca īṣāścānulavāḥ smṛtāḥ
The kāṣṭhās are held to be its nose-pieces, and the kṣaṇas its axle-shafts; the nimeṣas are the under-drag (anukarṣa), and the lavas are held to be the poles.
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SiP 2 146.13
द्यौर्वरूथं रथस्यास्य स्वर्गमोक्षावुभौ ध्वजौ ।। युगान्तकोटितौ तस्य भ्रमकामदुघौ स्मृतौ
dyaurvarūthaṃ rathasyāsya svargamokṣāvubhau dhvajau || yugāntakoṭitau tasya bhramakāmadughau smṛtau
The sky is the fender of this chariot; heaven and liberation are its two banners; and its two tips (koṭi) at the end of the yoke are held to be the whirling one (bhrama) and the wish-fulfilling cow (kāmadughā).
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SiP 2 146.14
ईषादंडस्तथा व्यक्तं वृद्धिस्तस्यैव नड्वलः ।। कोणास्तस्याप्यहंकारो भूतानि च बलं स्मृतम्
īṣādaṃḍastathā vyaktaṃ vṛddhistasyaiva naḍvalaḥ || koṇāstasyāpyahaṃkāro bhūtāni ca balaṃ smṛtam
The pole-shaft is the manifest (vyakta); its growth is the reed-frame (naḍvala); its corners are egoism, and the elements are held to be its strength.
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SiP 2 146.15
इन्द्रियाणि च तस्यैव भूषणानि समंततः ।। श्रद्धा च गतिरस्यैव रथस्य मुनिसत्तम
indriyāṇi ca tasyaiva bhūṣaṇāni samaṃtataḥ || śraddhā ca gatirasyaiva rathasya munisattama
And the senses are its ornaments all around; and faith is the motion of this chariot, O best of sages.
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SiP 2 146.16
तदानीं भूषणान्येव षडंगान्युपभूषणम् ।। पुराणन्यायमीमांसा धर्मशास्त्राणि सुव्रताः
tadānīṃ bhūṣaṇānyeva ṣaḍaṃgānyupabhūṣaṇam || purāṇanyāyamīmāṃsā dharmaśāstrāṇi suvratāḥ
Then the ornaments indeed; the six auxiliary sciences (Vedāṅgas) are the secondary ornaments; (so too) the Purāṇas, Nyāya, Mīmāṃsā and the Dharma treatises, O you of good vows.
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SiP 2 146.17
बलाशया वराश्चैव सर्वलक्षणसंयुताः ।। मंत्रा घं(घ?)टाः स्मृतास्तेषां वर्णपादास्तदाश्रमाः
balāśayā varāścaiva sarvalakṣaṇasaṃyutāḥ || maṃtrā ghaṃ(gha?)ṭāḥ smṛtāsteṣāṃ varṇapādāstadāśramāḥ
And the excellent (steeds?), reservoirs of strength, endowed with all (auspicious) marks; the mantras are said to be their bells, and the classes (varṇas) their feet, the stages of life (āśramas) (as well).
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SiP 2 146.18
अथो बन्धो ह्यनन्तस्तु सहस्रफणभूषितः ।। दिशः पादा रथस्यास्य तथा चोपदिशश्चह
atho bandho hyanantastu sahasraphaṇabhūṣitaḥ || diśaḥ pādā rathasyāsya tathā copadiśaścaha
Then the fastening is Ananta, adorned with a thousand hoods; the directions are the feet of this chariot, and likewise the intermediate directions here.
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SiP 2 146.19
पुष्कराद्याः पताकाश्च सौवर्णा रत्नभूषिताः ।। समुद्रास्तस्य चत्वारो रथकंबलिनस्स्मृताः
puṣkarādyāḥ patākāśca sauvarṇā ratnabhūṣitāḥ || samudrāstasya catvāro rathakaṃbalinassmṛtāḥ
And the golden banners, adorned with jewels, are Puṣkara and the rest; its four (banners?) are the oceans, said to be the chariot's blankets.
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SiP 2 146.21
तत्र तत्र कृतस्थानाः शोभयांचक्रिरे रथम् ।। आवहाद्यास्तथा सप्त सोपानं हैममुत्तमम्
tatra tatra kṛtasthānāḥ śobhayāṃcakrire ratham || āvahādyāstathā sapta sopānaṃ haimamuttamam
Stationed here and there, they made the chariot beautiful; and the seven (worlds) beginning with Āvaha are the excellent golden stairway.
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SiP 2 146.22
लोकालोकाचलस्तस्योपसोपानस्समंततः ।। विषयश्च तथा बाह्यो मानसादिस्तु शोभनः
lokālokācalastasyopasopānassamaṃtataḥ || viṣayaśca tathā bāhyo mānasādistu śobhanaḥ
The Lokāloka mountain is its lower stairway all around; and the outer region (viṣaya) is the beautiful (lake) Mānasa and the rest.
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SiP 2 146.23
पाशास्समंततस्तस्य सर्वे वर्षाचलास्स्मृताः ।। तलास्तस्य रथस्याऽथ सर्वे तलनिवासिनः
pāśāssamaṃtatastasya sarve varṣācalāssmṛtāḥ || talāstasya rathasyā'tha sarve talanivāsinaḥ
All the boundary-mountains (varṣācalas) are said to be its cords all around; and the floors of that chariot are all the dwellers of the nether regions (talas).
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SiP 2 146.24
सारथिर्भगवान्ब्रह्मा देवा रश्मिधराः स्मृताः ।। प्रतोदो ब्रह्मणस्तस्य प्रणवो ब्रह्मदैवतम्
sārathirbhagavānbrahmā devā raśmidharāḥ smṛtāḥ || pratodo brahmaṇastasya praṇavo brahmadaivatam
The charioteer is the Lord Brahmā; the gods are said to be the holders of the reins; the goad of that Brahmā is the praṇava (Oṃ), whose deity is Brahman.
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SiP 2 146.25
अकारश्च महच्छत्रं मंदरः पार्श्वदंडभाक् ।। शैलेन्द्रः कार्मुकं तस्य ज्या भुजंगाधिपस्स्वयम्
akāraśca mahacchatraṃ maṃdaraḥ pārśvadaṃḍabhāk || śailendraḥ kārmukaṃ tasya jyā bhujaṃgādhipassvayam
The syllable 'a' is the great parasol; Mandara serves as the side-pole; the lord of mountains is its bow, and the lord of serpents himself is the bowstring.
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SiP 2 146.26
घंटा सरस्वती देवी धनुषः श्रुतिरूपिणी ।। इषुर्विष्णुर्महातेजास्त्वग्निश्शल्यं प्रकीर्तितम्
ghaṃṭā sarasvatī devī dhanuṣaḥ śrutirūpiṇī || iṣurviṣṇurmahātejāstvagniśśalyaṃ prakīrtitam
The bell is the goddess Sarasvatī, taking the form of the Veda, (belonging) to the bow; the arrow is Viṣṇu of great splendour, and fire is declared to be its point.
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SiP 2 146.27
हयास्तस्य तथा प्रोक्ताश्चत्वारो निगमा मुने ।। ज्योतींषि भूषणं तेषामवशिष्टान्यतः परम्
hayāstasya tathā proktāścatvāro nigamā mune || jyotīṃṣi bhūṣaṇaṃ teṣāmavaśiṣṭānyataḥ param
And its horses are said to be the four Vedas, O sage; the heavenly lights are their ornament, and beyond that the rest.
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SiP 2 146.28
अनीकं विषसंभूतं वायवो वाजका स्मृताः ।। ऋषयो व्यासमुख्याश्च वाहवाहास्तथाभवन्
anīkaṃ viṣasaṃbhūtaṃ vāyavo vājakā smṛtāḥ || ṛṣayo vyāsamukhyāśca vāhavāhāstathābhavan
The army was produced from poison; the winds are said to be the drivers; and the seers headed by Vyāsa became the bearers of the carriage.
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SiP 2 146.29
स्वल्पाक्षरैस्संब्रवीमि किं बहूक्त्या मुनीश्वर ।। ब्रह्मांडे चैव यत्किंचिद्वस्तुतद्वै रथे स्मृतम्
svalpākṣaraissaṃbravīmi kiṃ bahūktyā munīśvara || brahmāṃḍe caiva yatkiṃcidvastutadvai rathe smṛtam
I tell it in few words — what use is much speaking, O lord of sages? Whatever thing there is in the cosmic egg, that is said to be in the chariot.
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