Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita — Chapter 147
SiP 2 147.1
सनत्कुमार उवाच ।। ईदृग्विधं महादिव्यं नानाश्चर्यमयं रथम् ।। संनह्य निगमानश्वांस्तं ब्रह्मा प्रार्पयच्छिवम्
sanatkumāra uvāca || īdṛgvidhaṃ mahādivyaṃ nānāścaryamayaṃ ratham || saṃnahya nigamānaśvāṃstaṃ brahmā prārpayacchivam
Sanatkumāra said: Having harnessed the Vedas as horses to that chariot, so greatly divine and full of many marvels, Brahmā presented it to Śiva.
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SiP 2 147.2
शंभवेऽसौ निवेद्याधिरोपयामास शूलिनम् ।। बहुशः प्रार्थ्य देवेशं विष्ण्वादिसुरसमतम् अभीषुहस्तो भगवानुद्यम्य च हयांस्तदा ।। स्थापयामास देवस्य पचनाद्वैरथं वरम् नैष्ठिकं द्वादशाब्दं वा तदर्थं वर्षकत्रयम् ।। शुश्रूषां कारयेद्यस्तु स पशुत्वाद्विमुच्यते नानायुधाढ्याः परमप्रकाशा महोत्सवश्शंभुजयं वदंतः ।। ययुः पुरस्तस्य महेश्वरस्य तदेन्द्रपद्मोद्भवविष्णुमुख्याः समावृत्य महादेवं तदापुस्ते पिनाकिनम् ।। दग्धुं समर्था मनसा क्षणेन सचराचरम्
śaṃbhave'sau nivedyādhiropayāmāsa śūlinam || bahuśaḥ prārthya deveśaṃ viṣṇvādisurasamatam abhīṣuhasto bhagavānudyamya ca hayāṃstadā || sthāpayāmāsa devasya pacanādvairathaṃ varam naiṣṭhikaṃ dvādaśābdaṃ vā tadarthaṃ varṣakatrayam || śuśrūṣāṃ kārayedyastu sa paśutvādvimucyate nānāyudhāḍhyāḥ paramaprakāśā mahotsavaśśaṃbhujayaṃ vadaṃtaḥ || yayuḥ purastasya maheśvarasya tadendrapadmodbhavaviṣṇumukhyāḥ samāvṛtya mahādevaṃ tadāpuste pinākinam || dagdhuṃ samarthā manasā kṣaṇena sacarācaram
Offering it to Śambhu, he made the Trident-bearer mount it, having again and again entreated the Lord of gods, who is honoured by Viṣṇu and the other gods. Then the Lord (Brahmā), reins in hand, raising up the horses, set in place the god's excellent chariot for driving. Whoever, as a lifelong observance, performs (this) service for twelve years, or for half of that, three years, is released from the state of a beast. Rich in various weapons, supremely radiant, in great festival, proclaiming Śambhu's victory, they went before that Maheśvara — Indra, the lotus-born (Brahmā), Viṣṇu and the chief ones. Then they, surrounding the Great God, the bearer of the Pināka, who was able in a moment to burn with his mind (the world) with all that moves and does not move.
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SiP 2 147.3
ततस्तस्मिन्रथे दिव्ये रथप्राकारसंयुते ।। सर्वदेवमयः शंभुरारुरोह महाप्रभुः
tatastasminrathe divye rathaprākārasaṃyute || sarvadevamayaḥ śaṃbhurāruroha mahāprabhuḥ
Then Śambhu, the great Lord, who consists of all the gods, mounted that divine chariot equipped with the chariot's rampart.
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SiP 2 147.4
ऋषिभिः स्तूयमानश्च देवगंधर्वपन्नगैः ।। विष्णुना ब्रह्मणा चापि लोकपालैर्बभूव ह
ṛṣibhiḥ stūyamānaśca devagaṃdharvapannagaiḥ || viṣṇunā brahmaṇā cāpi lokapālairbabhūva ha
And he came to be praised by the seers, by the gods, gandharvas and serpents, and also by Viṣṇu, by Brahmā, and by the guardians of the world-regions.
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SiP 2 147.5
उपावृतश्चाप्सरसां गणैर्गीतविशारदः ।। शुशुभे वरदश्शम्भुस्स तं प्रेक्ष्य च सारथिम्
upāvṛtaścāpsarasāṃ gaṇairgītaviśāradaḥ || śuśubhe varadaśśambhussa taṃ prekṣya ca sārathim
Surrounded by troops of apsarases, skilled in song, the boon-giving Śambhu shone forth; and he, looking at that charioteer —
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SiP 2 147.6
तस्मिन्नारोऽहतिरथं कल्पितं लोकसंभृतम् ।। शिरोभिः पतिता भूमौ तुरगा वेदसंभवाः
tasminnāro'hatirathaṃ kalpitaṃ lokasaṃbhṛtam || śirobhiḥ patitā bhūmau turagā vedasaṃbhavāḥ
When he mounted that chariot, which was fashioned and composed of the worlds, the horses born from the Vedas fell to the ground on their heads.
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SiP 2 147.7
चचाल वसुधा चेलुस्सकलाश्च महीधराः ।। चकंपे सहसा शेषोऽसोढा तद्भारमातुरः
cacāla vasudhā celussakalāśca mahīdharāḥ || cakaṃpe sahasā śeṣo'soḍhā tadbhāramāturaḥ
The earth shook and all the mountains trembled; Śeṣa suddenly quaked, distressed, unable to bear that weight.
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SiP 2 147.8
अथाधः स रथस्यास्य भगवान्धरणीधरः ।। वृषेन्द्ररूपी चोत्थाय स्थापयामास वै क्षणम्
athādhaḥ sa rathasyāsya bhagavāndharaṇīdharaḥ || vṛṣendrarūpī cotthāya sthāpayāmāsa vai kṣaṇam
Then the Lord who bears the earth, rising up beneath this chariot in the form of the lord of bulls, held it steady for a moment.
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SiP 2 147.9
क्षणांतरे वृषेन्द्रोऽपि जानुभ्यामगमद्धराम् ।। रथारूढमहेशस्य सुतेजस्सोढुमक्षमः
kṣaṇāṃtare vṛṣendro'pi jānubhyāmagamaddharām || rathārūḍhamaheśasya sutejassoḍhumakṣamaḥ
In the space of a moment the lord of bulls too went down to the earth on his knees, unable to bear the great fiery energy of Maheśa who had mounted the chariot.
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SiP 2 147.11
ततोऽसौ नोदयामास मनोमारुतरंहसः ।। ब्रह्मा हयान्वेदमयान्नद्धान्रथवरे स्थितः
tato'sau nodayāmāsa manomārutaraṃhasaḥ || brahmā hayānvedamayānnaddhānrathavare sthitaḥ
Then he, Brahmā, standing on the excellent chariot, drove on the horses made of the Vedas, harnessed there, swift as mind and wind,
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SiP 2 147.12
पुराण्युद्दिश्य वै त्रीणि तेषां खस्थानि तानि हि।। अधिष्ठिते महेशे तु दानवानां तरस्विनाम्
purāṇyuddiśya vai trīṇi teṣāṃ khasthāni tāni hi|| adhiṣṭhite maheśe tu dānavānāṃ tarasvinām
aiming indeed at those three cities of theirs, which stood in the sky. But when Maheśa was seated (in the chariot), of the mighty dānavas —
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SiP 2 147.13
अथाह भगवान्रुद्रो देवानालोक्य शंकरः।। पशूनामाधिपत्यं मे धद्ध्वं हन्मि ततोऽसुरान्
athāha bhagavānrudro devānālokya śaṃkaraḥ|| paśūnāmādhipatyaṃ me dhaddhvaṃ hanmi tato'surān
Then the Lord Rudra, Śaṃkara, looking at the gods, said: "Grant me lordship over the beasts; then I shall slay the asuras.
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SiP 2 147.14
पृथक्पशुत्वं देवानां तथान्येषां सुरोत्तमाः।। कल्पयित्वैव वध्यास्ते नान्यथा दैत्यसत्तमाः
pṛthakpaśutvaṃ devānāṃ tathānyeṣāṃ surottamāḥ|| kalpayitvaiva vadhyāste nānyathā daityasattamāḥ
O best of gods, only when the state of being a beast has been assigned separately to the gods and likewise to the others can those foremost of Daityas be slain — not otherwise."
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SiP 2 147.15
सनत्कुमार उवाच ।। इति श्रुत्वा वचस्तस्य देवदेवस्य धीमतः ।। विषादमगमन्सर्वे पशुत्वं प्रतिशंकिताः
sanatkumāra uvāca || iti śrutvā vacastasya devadevasya dhīmataḥ || viṣādamagamansarve paśutvaṃ pratiśaṃkitāḥ
Sanatkumāra said: Hearing that speech of his, of the wise God of gods, they all fell into dejection, alarmed at (becoming) beasts.
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SiP 2 147.16
तेषां भावमथ ज्ञात्वा देवदेवोऽम्बिकापतिः ।। विहस्य कृपया देवाञ्छंभुस्तानिदमब्रवीत्
teṣāṃ bhāvamatha jñātvā devadevo'mbikāpatiḥ || vihasya kṛpayā devāñchaṃbhustānidamabravīt
Then the God of gods, the husband of Ambikā, Śambhu, knowing their state of mind, laughed and out of compassion said this to the gods:
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SiP 2 147.17
शंभुरुवाच ।। मा वोऽस्तु पशुभावेऽपि पातो विबुधसत्तमाः ।। श्रूयतां पशुभावस्य विमोक्षः क्रियतां च सः
śaṃbhuruvāca || mā vo'stu paśubhāve'pi pāto vibudhasattamāḥ || śrūyatāṃ paśubhāvasya vimokṣaḥ kriyatāṃ ca saḥ
Śambhu said: Let there be no fall for you, O best of the wise ones, even in the condition of a beast. Hear the release from the condition of a beast, and let it be performed.
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SiP 2 147.18
यौ वै पाशुपतं दिव्यं चरिष्यति स मोक्ष्यति ।। पशुत्वादिति सत्यं वः प्रतिज्ञातं समाहिताः
yau vai pāśupataṃ divyaṃ cariṣyati sa mokṣyati || paśutvāditi satyaṃ vaḥ pratijñātaṃ samāhitāḥ
Whoever will practise the divine Pāśupata (observance), he shall be released from the state of a beast — this is truly promised to you; be attentive.
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SiP 2 147.19
ये चाप्यन्ये करिष्यंति व्रतं पाशुपतं मम ।। मोक्ष्यंति ते न संदेहः पशुत्वात्सुरसत्तमाः
ye cāpyanye kariṣyaṃti vrataṃ pāśupataṃ mama || mokṣyaṃti te na saṃdehaḥ paśutvātsurasattamāḥ
And whatever others will perform my Pāśupata vow, they too shall be released from the state of a beast — there is no doubt, O best of gods.
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SiP 2 147.21
तस्मात्परमिदं दिव्यं चरिष्यथ सुरोत्तमाः ।। पशुत्वान्मोक्ष्यथ तदा यूयमत्र न संशयः
tasmātparamidaṃ divyaṃ cariṣyatha surottamāḥ || paśutvānmokṣyatha tadā yūyamatra na saṃśayaḥ
Therefore you shall practise this supreme divine (observance), O best of gods; then you will be released from the state of a beast — in this there is no doubt.
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SiP 2 147.22
सनत्कुमार उवाच ।। इत्याकर्ण्य वचस्तस्य महेशस्य परात्मनः ।। तथेति चाब्रुवन्देवा हरिब्रह्मादयस्तथा
sanatkumāra uvāca || ityākarṇya vacastasya maheśasya parātmanaḥ || tatheti cābruvandevā haribrahmādayastathā
Sanatkumāra said: Having heard that speech of his, of Maheśa the supreme Self, the gods, Hari, Brahmā and the rest, said, "So be it."
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SiP 2 147.23
तस्माद्वै पशवस्सर्वे देवासुरवराः प्रभोः ।। रुद्रः पशुपतिश्चैव पशुपाशविमोचकः
tasmādvai paśavassarve devāsuravarāḥ prabhoḥ || rudraḥ paśupatiścaiva paśupāśavimocakaḥ
Therefore indeed all of them — the gods and the foremost of asuras — are the beasts (paśu) of the Lord; and Rudra is Paśupati, the loosener of the beasts' bonds.
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SiP 2 147.24
तदा पक्षुपतीत्येतत्तस्य नाम महेशितुः ।। प्रसिद्धमभवद्वध्वा सर्वलोकेषु शर्मदम्
tadā pakṣupatītyetattasya nāma maheśituḥ || prasiddhamabhavadvadhvā sarvalokeṣu śarmadam
Then this name "Paśupati" of that great Lord became renowned in all the worlds, bestowing welfare.
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SiP 2 147.25
मुदा जयेति भाषंतस्सर्वे देवर्षयस्तदा ।। अमुदंश्चाति देवेशो ब्रह्मा विष्णुः परेऽपि च
mudā jayeti bhāṣaṃtassarve devarṣayastadā || amudaṃścāti deveśo brahmā viṣṇuḥ pare'pi ca
Then all the gods and sages joyfully cried "Victory!", and the lord of gods rejoiced greatly, as did Brahmā, Viṣṇu and the others.
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SiP 2 147.26
तस्मिंश्च समये यच्च रूपं तस्य महात्मनः ।। जातं तद्वर्णितुं शक्यं न हि वर्षशतैरपि
tasmiṃśca samaye yacca rūpaṃ tasya mahātmanaḥ || jātaṃ tadvarṇituṃ śakyaṃ na hi varṣaśatairapi
And the form of that great one which came into being at that moment — that is not able to be described even in hundreds of years.
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SiP 2 147.27
एवं विधो महेशानो महेशान्यखिलेश्वरः ।। जगाम त्रिपुरं हंतुं सर्वेषां सुखदायकः
evaṃ vidho maheśāno maheśānyakhileśvaraḥ || jagāma tripuraṃ haṃtuṃ sarveṣāṃ sukhadāyakaḥ
Of such a kind, the great Lord Maheśa, ruler of all, giver of happiness to all, went to slay Tripura.
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SiP 2 147.28
तं देवदेवं त्रिपुरं निहंतुं तदानु सर्वे तु रविप्रकाशाः ।। गजैर्हयैस्सिंहवरै रथैश्च वृषैर्ययुस्तेऽमरराजमुख्याः
taṃ devadevaṃ tripuraṃ nihaṃtuṃ tadānu sarve tu raviprakāśāḥ || gajairhayaissiṃhavarai rathaiśca vṛṣairyayuste'mararājamukhyāḥ
Then all those chiefs among the kings of the immortals, radiant as the sun, went after that God of gods in order to slay Tripura — on elephants, on horses, on great lions, on chariots and on bulls.
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SiP 2 147.29
हलैश्च शालैर्मुशलैर्भुशुण्डैर्गिरीन्द्रकल्पैर्गिरिसंनिभाश्च।। नानायुधैस्संयुतबाहवस्ते ततो नु हृष्टाः प्रययुस्सुरेशाः
halaiśca śālairmuśalairbhuśuṇḍairgirīndrakalpairgirisaṃnibhāśca|| nānāyudhaissaṃyutabāhavaste tato nu hṛṣṭāḥ prayayussureśāḥ
With plows, with śāla-trunks, with pestles, with bhuśuṇḍi weapons as huge as mighty mountains — and themselves resembling mountains, their arms fitted with weapons of many kinds — those lords of the gods then marched forth, delighted.
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SiP 2 147.31
जहृषुर्मुनयस्सर्वे दंडहस्ता जटाधराः ।। ववृषुः पुष्पवर्षाणि खेचरा सिद्धचारणाः
jahṛṣurmunayassarve daṃḍahastā jaṭādharāḥ || vavṛṣuḥ puṣpavarṣāṇi khecarā siddhacāraṇāḥ
All the sages rejoiced, staffs in hand, wearing matted locks; the sky-travellers, the siddhas and the cāraṇas, rained down showers of flowers.
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SiP 2 147.32
पुत्रत्रयं च विप्रेन्द्रा व्रजन्सर्वे गणेश्वराः ।। तेषां संख्या च कः कर्तुं समर्थो वच्मि कांश्चन
putratrayaṃ ca viprendrā vrajansarve gaṇeśvarāḥ || teṣāṃ saṃkhyā ca kaḥ kartuṃ samartho vacmi kāṃścana
And the three sons, O best of brahmins, and all the lords of the gaṇas went along; and who is able to make a count of them? I shall name a few.
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SiP 2 147.33
गणेश्वरैर्देवगणैश्च भृङ्गी समावृतस्सर्वगणेन्द्रवर्यः ।। जगाम योगांस्त्रिपुरं निहंतुं विमानमारुह्य यथा महेन्द्रः
gaṇeśvarairdevagaṇaiśca bhṛṅgī samāvṛtassarvagaṇendravaryaḥ || jagāma yogāṃstripuraṃ nihaṃtuṃ vimānamāruhya yathā mahendraḥ
Surrounded by the lords of the gaṇas and by the troops of the gods, Bhṛṅgī, the foremost of all chiefs of gaṇas, mounting an aerial car like Mahendra, went to slay Tripura.
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SiP 2 147.34
केशो विगतवासश्च महाकेशो महाज्वरः ।। सोमवल्लीसवर्णश्च सोमदस्सनकस्तथा
keśo vigatavāsaśca mahākeśo mahājvaraḥ || somavallīsavarṇaśca somadassanakastathā
Keśa and Vigatavāsas, Mahākeśa, Mahājvara, Somavallīsavarṇa, Somada and Sanaka,
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SiP 2 147.35
सोमधृक् सूर्यवर्चाश्च सूर्यप्रेषणकस्तथा ।। सूर्याक्षस्सूरिनामा च सुरस्सुन्दर एव च
somadhṛk sūryavarcāśca sūryapreṣaṇakastathā || sūryākṣassūrināmā ca surassundara eva ca
Somadhṛk and Sūryavarcas, and likewise Sūryapreṣaṇaka, Sūryākṣa, and he named Sūri, and Sura and Sundara,
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SiP 2 147.36
प्रस्कंदः कुन्दरश्चंडः कंपनश्चातिकंपनः ।। इन्द्रश्चेन्द्रजवश्चैव यंता हिमकरस्तथा
praskaṃdaḥ kundaraścaṃḍaḥ kaṃpanaścātikaṃpanaḥ || indraścendrajavaścaiva yaṃtā himakarastathā
Praskanda, Kundara, Caṇḍa, Kampana and Atikampana, Indra and Indrajava, Yantā and likewise Himakara,
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SiP 2 147.37
शताक्षश्चैव पंचाक्षः सहस्राक्षो महोदरः ।। सतीजहुश्शतास्यश्च रंकः कर्पूरपूतनः
śatākṣaścaiva paṃcākṣaḥ sahasrākṣo mahodaraḥ || satījahuśśatāsyaśca raṃkaḥ karpūrapūtanaḥ
Śatākṣa and Pañcākṣa, Sahasrākṣa, Mahodara, Satījahu and Śatāsya, Raṅka, Karpūrapūtana,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 2 147.38
द्विशिखस्त्रिशिखश्चैव तथाहंकारकारकः।। अजवक्त्रोऽष्टवक्त्रश्च हयवक्त्रोऽर्द्धवक्त्रकः
dviśikhastriśikhaścaiva tathāhaṃkārakārakaḥ|| ajavaktro'ṣṭavaktraśca hayavaktro'rddhavaktrakaḥ
Dviśikha and Triśikha, and likewise Ahaṃkārakāraka, Ajavaktra and Aṣṭavaktra, Hayavaktra and Ardhavaktraka —
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SiP 2 147.39
इत्याद्या गणपा वीरा बहवोऽपरिमेयकाः ।। प्रययुः परिवार्येशं लक्ष्यलक्षणवर्जिताः
ityādyā gaṇapā vīrā bahavo'parimeyakāḥ || prayayuḥ parivāryeśaṃ lakṣyalakṣaṇavarjitāḥ
These and many other heroic lords of gaṇas, beyond measure, beyond any mark or description, marched forth surrounding the Lord.
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SiP 2 147.41
दग्धुं जगत्सर्वमिदं समर्थाः किंत्वत्र दग्धुं त्रिपुरं पिनाकी ।। रथेन किं चात्र शरेण तस्य गणैश्च किं देवगणैश्च शम्भोः
dagdhuṃ jagatsarvamidaṃ samarthāḥ kiṃtvatra dagdhuṃ tripuraṃ pinākī || rathena kiṃ cātra śareṇa tasya gaṇaiśca kiṃ devagaṇaiśca śambhoḥ
They were capable of burning up this whole world; yet it was Pinākī who was to burn Tripura here. And what need here of his chariot, of his arrow, of the gaṇas, and of Śambhu's troops of gods?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 2 147.42
स एव दग्धुं त्रिपुराणि तानि देवद्विषां व्यास पिनाकपाणिः ।। स्वयं गतस्तत्र गणैश्च सार्द्धं निजैस्सुराणामपि सोऽद्भुतोतिः
sa eva dagdhuṃ tripurāṇi tāni devadviṣāṃ vyāsa pinākapāṇiḥ || svayaṃ gatastatra gaṇaiśca sārddhaṃ nijaissurāṇāmapi so'dbhutotiḥ
It was he himself, the bearer of the Pināka, O Vyāsa, who went there in person together with his own gaṇas and with the gods too, to burn those three cities of the enemies of the gods — he whose aid is wondrous.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 147.43
किं तत्र कारणं चान्यद्वच्मि ते ऋषिसत्तम ।। लोकेषु ख्यापनार्थं वै यशः परमलापहम्
kiṃ tatra kāraṇaṃ cānyadvacmi te ṛṣisattama || lokeṣu khyāpanārthaṃ vai yaśaḥ paramalāpaham
What other reason there was for that, I shall tell you, O best of sages: it was indeed for the proclaiming in the worlds of (his) fame, which removes the utmost impurity.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 2 147.44
अन्यच्च कारणं ह्येतद्दुष्टानां प्रत्ययाय वै।। सर्वेष्वपि च देवेषु यस्मान्नान्यो विशिष्यते
anyacca kāraṇaṃ hyetadduṣṭānāṃ pratyayāya vai|| sarveṣvapi ca deveṣu yasmānnānyo viśiṣyate
And this too is another reason: for the convincing of the wicked, since among all the gods none other is more excellent.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition