Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita — Chapter 148
SiP 2 148.2
सनत्कुमार उवाच ।। अथ शम्भुर्महादेवो रथस्थस्सर्वसंयुतः ।। त्रिपुरं सकलं दग्धुमुद्यतोऽभूत्सुरद्विषाम्।। शीर्षं स्थानकमास्थाय संधाय च शरोत्तमम् ।। सज्जं तत्कार्मुकं कृत्वा प्रत्यालीढं महाद्भुतम् परब्रह्मणि देवेश सर्वोपास्ये महेश्वरे ।। अन्यप्रसादतः कार्यं सिद्धिर्घटति नेति हि अथ सज्यं धनुः कृत्वा शर्वस्संधाय तं शरम् ।। पूज्य पाशुपतास्त्रं स त्रिपुरं समचिंतयत् तारकाक्षस्तु निर्दग्धो भ्रातृभ्यां सहितोऽभवत् ।। सस्मार स्वप्रभुं देवं शंकरं भक्तवत्सलम् अविरुद्धं तु देवानां रक्षितं शंभुतेजसा ।। विपत्कालेपि सद्भक्तं महेशशरणागतम्
sanatkumāra uvāca || atha śambhurmahādevo rathasthassarvasaṃyutaḥ || tripuraṃ sakalaṃ dagdhumudyato'bhūtsuradviṣām|| śīrṣaṃ sthānakamāsthāya saṃdhāya ca śarottamam || sajjaṃ tatkārmukaṃ kṛtvā pratyālīḍhaṃ mahādbhutam parabrahmaṇi deveśa sarvopāsye maheśvare || anyaprasādataḥ kāryaṃ siddhirghaṭati neti hi atha sajyaṃ dhanuḥ kṛtvā śarvassaṃdhāya taṃ śaram || pūjya pāśupatāstraṃ sa tripuraṃ samaciṃtayat tārakākṣastu nirdagdho bhrātṛbhyāṃ sahito'bhavat || sasmāra svaprabhuṃ devaṃ śaṃkaraṃ bhaktavatsalam aviruddhaṃ tu devānāṃ rakṣitaṃ śaṃbhutejasā || vipatkālepi sadbhaktaṃ maheśaśaraṇāgatam
Sanatkumāra said: Then Śambhu, the Great God, standing on his chariot with all (his equipment) assembled, made ready to burn the whole of Tripura, (the city) of the enemies of the gods. Taking his stance with head (erect), and fitting the finest arrow, he made that bow ready and drew it back — a great marvel. "O Lord of gods, since the highest Brahman, the Great Lord, is the one all men should worship, can a task be accomplished, can success come about, by the favour of another? Surely not." Then, having strung the bow, Śarva fitted that arrow, and, worshipping (Gaṇeśa), he directed the Pāśupata weapon in thought against Tripura. But Tārakākṣa, who was (about to be) burnt up together with his two brothers, remembered his own lord, the god Śaṃkara, who is fond of his devotees — (one) not hostile to the gods, guarded by Śambhu's power, a true devotee even in time of calamity, who had gone for refuge to Maheśa.
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SiP 2 148.3
निवेश्य दृढमुष्टौ च दृष्टिं दृष्टौ निवेश्य च।। अतिष्ठन्निश्चलस्तत्र शतं वर्षसहस्रकम्
niveśya dṛḍhamuṣṭau ca dṛṣṭiṃ dṛṣṭau niveśya ca|| atiṣṭhanniścalastatra śataṃ varṣasahasrakam
And fixing (the arrow) in his firm fist, and fixing his gaze upon his gaze, he stood there motionless for a hundred thousand years.
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SiP 2 148.4
ततोङ्गुष्ठे गणाध्यक्षस्स तु दैत्यनिशंस्थितः।। न लक्ष्यं विविशुस्तानि पुराण्यस्य त्रिशूलिनः
tatoṅguṣṭhe gaṇādhyakṣassa tu daityaniśaṃsthitaḥ|| na lakṣyaṃ viviśustāni purāṇyasya triśūlinaḥ
Then the Lord of the hosts (Gaṇeśa) stood on the thumb (of the bow?), positioned at the night(-time?) of the demons: those cities did not enter the aim of this bearer of the trident.
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SiP 2 148.5
ततोंतरिक्षादशृणोद्धनुर्बाणधरो हरः ।। मुंजकेशो विरूपाक्षो वाचं परमशोभनाम्
tatoṃtarikṣādaśṛṇoddhanurbāṇadharo haraḥ || muṃjakeśo virūpākṣo vācaṃ paramaśobhanām
Then Hara, holding bow and arrow, with muñja-grass-like hair and misshapen eyes, heard from the sky a most auspicious voice.
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SiP 2 148.6
भो भो न यावद्भगवन्नर्चितोऽसौ विनायकः।। पुराणि जगदीशेश सांप्रतं न हनिष्यति
bho bho na yāvadbhagavannarcito'sau vināyakaḥ|| purāṇi jagadīśeśa sāṃprataṃ na haniṣyati
"Ho, ho, Lord! So long as that Vināyaka is not worshipped, O ruler of the lord of the world, you will not destroy the cities now."
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SiP 2 148.7
एतच्छ्रुत्वा तु वचनं गजवक्त्रमपूजयत् ।। भद्रकालीं समाहूय ततोंधकनिषूदनः
etacchrutvā tu vacanaṃ gajavaktramapūjayat || bhadrakālīṃ samāhūya tatoṃdhakaniṣūdanaḥ
Hearing this speech, the slayer of Andhaka then summoned Bhadrakālī and worshipped the Elephant-faced one.
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SiP 2 148.8
तस्मिन् संपूजिते हर्षात्परितुष्टे पुरस्सरे ।। विनायके ततो व्योम्नि ददर्श भगवान्हरः
tasmin saṃpūjite harṣātparituṣṭe purassare || vināyake tato vyomni dadarśa bhagavānharaḥ
When that Vināyaka, the one who goes before, had been duly worshipped and was well pleased out of joy, then the Lord Hara saw in the sky
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SiP 2 148.9
पुराणि त्रीणि दैत्यानां तारकाणां महात्मनाम् ।। यथातथं हि युक्तानि केचिदित्थं वदंति ह
purāṇi trīṇi daityānāṃ tārakāṇāṃ mahātmanām || yathātathaṃ hi yuktāni keciditthaṃ vadaṃti ha
the three cities of the demons, of the great-souled sons of Tāraka, joined together just as they should be — thus indeed some relate.
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SiP 2 148.11
स स्वतंत्रः परं ब्रह्म सगुणो निर्गुणोऽपि ह ।। अलक्ष्यः सकलैस्स्वामी परमात्मा निरंजनः
sa svataṃtraḥ paraṃ brahma saguṇo nirguṇo'pi ha || alakṣyaḥ sakalaissvāmī paramātmā niraṃjanaḥ
He is independent, the highest Brahman, with qualities and yet also without qualities, unperceivable by all, the Master, the supreme Self, the stainless one.
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SiP 2 148.12
पंचदेवात्मकः पंचदेवोपास्यः परः प्रभुः ।। तस्योपास्यो न कोप्यस्ति स एवोपास्य आलयम्
paṃcadevātmakaḥ paṃcadevopāsyaḥ paraḥ prabhuḥ || tasyopāsyo na kopyasti sa evopāsya ālayam
He whose essence is the five gods, he who is worshipped by the five gods, the supreme Lord — for him there is no one to be worshipped; he alone is the object of worship, the abode (of all).
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SiP 2 148.13
अथ वा लीलया तस्य सर्वं संघटते मुने ।। चरितं देवदेवस्य वरदातुर्महेशितुः
atha vā līlayā tasya sarvaṃ saṃghaṭate mune || caritaṃ devadevasya varadāturmaheśituḥ
Or else, O sage, all this comes about through his play — the deeds of the God of gods, the granter of boons, the great Ruler.
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SiP 2 148.14
तस्मिस्थिते महादेवे पूजयित्वा गणाधिपम् ।। पुराणि तत्र कालेन जग्मुरेकत्वमाशु वै
tasmisthite mahādeve pūjayitvā gaṇādhipam || purāṇi tatra kālena jagmurekatvamāśu vai
While that Great God stood there, having worshipped the Lord of the hosts, in course of time the cities there quickly came to be one.
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SiP 2 148.15
एकीभावं मुने तत्र त्रिपुरे समुपागते ।। बभूव तुमुलो हर्षो देवादीनां महात्मनाम्
ekībhāvaṃ mune tatra tripure samupāgate || babhūva tumulo harṣo devādīnāṃ mahātmanām
When Tripura had there come to a state of oneness, O sage, there arose a tumultuous joy among the great-souled gods and the rest.
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SiP 2 148.16
ततो देवगणास्सर्वे सिद्धाश्च परमर्षयः ।। जयेति वाचो मुमुचुः स्तुवंतश्चाष्टमूर्तिनम्
tato devagaṇāssarve siddhāśca paramarṣayaḥ || jayeti vāco mumucuḥ stuvaṃtaścāṣṭamūrtinam
Then all the troops of gods, and the Siddhas and the great sages, uttered cries of "Victory!", praising him of the eight forms.
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SiP 2 148.17
अथाहेति तदा ब्रह्मा विष्णुश्च जगतां पतिः ।। समयोऽपि समायातो दैत्यानां वधकर्मणः
athāheti tadā brahmā viṣṇuśca jagatāṃ patiḥ || samayo'pi samāyāto daityānāṃ vadhakarmaṇaḥ
Then Brahmā and Viṣṇu, the lord of the worlds, said this: "The time too has arrived for the act of slaying the demons.
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SiP 2 148.18
तेषां तारकपुत्राणां त्रिपुराणां महेश्वर ।। देवकार्यं कुरु विभो एकत्वमपि चागतम्
teṣāṃ tārakaputrāṇāṃ tripurāṇāṃ maheśvara || devakāryaṃ kuru vibho ekatvamapi cāgatam
O Maheśvara, do the gods' work upon those three cities of Tāraka's sons, O mighty one; their oneness too has come about.
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SiP 2 148.19
यावन्न यान्ति देवेश विप्रयोगं पुराणि वै ।। तावद्बाणं विमुंचश्च त्रिपुरं भस्मसात्कुरु।
yāvanna yānti deveśa viprayogaṃ purāṇi vai || tāvadbāṇaṃ vimuṃcaśca tripuraṃ bhasmasātkuru|
O Lord of gods, so long as the cities do not come apart again, so long release the arrow and reduce Tripura to ashes.
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SiP 2 148.21
अथ देवो महादेवो वरलीलाविशारदः ।। केनापि कारणेनात्र सावज्ञं तदवैक्षत
atha devo mahādevo varalīlāviśāradaḥ || kenāpi kāraṇenātra sāvajñaṃ tadavaikṣata
Then the God, the Great God, skilled in the play of granting boons, for some reason looked upon that with disregard.
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SiP 2 148.22
पुरत्रयं विरूपाक्षः कर्तुं तद्भस्मसात्क्षणात् ।। समर्थः परमेशानो मीनातु च सतां गतिः
puratrayaṃ virūpākṣaḥ kartuṃ tadbhasmasātkṣaṇāt || samarthaḥ parameśāno mīnātu ca satāṃ gatiḥ
The Misshapen-eyed one, the supreme Lord, is able to make those three cities ashes in an instant — let (him) measure (it), he who is the refuge of the good.
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SiP 2 148.23
दग्धुं समर्थो देवेशो वीक्षणेन जगत्त्रयम् ।। अस्मद्यशो विवृद्ध्यर्थं शरं मोक्तुमिहार्हसि
dagdhuṃ samartho deveśo vīkṣaṇena jagattrayam || asmadyaśo vivṛddhyarthaṃ śaraṃ moktumihārhasi
The Lord of gods is able to burn the three worlds with a mere glance; (yet) for the increase of our glory you ought here to release the arrow.
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SiP 2 148.24
इति स्तुतोऽमरैस्सर्वैविष्ण्वादिविधिभिस्तदा ।। दग्धुं पुरत्रयं तद्वै बाणेनैच्छन्महेश्वरः
iti stuto'maraissarvaiviṣṇvādividhibhistadā || dagdhuṃ puratrayaṃ tadvai bāṇenaicchanmaheśvaraḥ
Thus praised by all the immortals, by Viṣṇu and the others in due order, Maheśvara then wished to burn the three cities with (a single) arrow.
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SiP 2 148.25
अभिलाख्यमुहूर्ते तु विकृष्य धनुरद्भुतम् ।। कृत्वा ज्यातलनिर्घोषं नादमत्यंतदुस्सहम्
abhilākhyamuhūrte tu vikṛṣya dhanuradbhutam || kṛtvā jyātalanirghoṣaṃ nādamatyaṃtadussaham
At the appointed moment, drawing the marvellous bow, making the twang of the bowstring on the palm and a roar exceedingly unbearable —
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SiP 2 148.26
आत्मनो नाम विश्राव्य समाभाष्य महासुरान् ।। मार्तंडकोटिवपुषं कांडमुग्रो मुमोच ह
ātmano nāma viśrāvya samābhāṣya mahāsurān || mārtaṃḍakoṭivapuṣaṃ kāṃḍamugro mumoca ha
— having proclaimed his own name and having addressed the great demons, the fierce one released the shaft whose body was (like) ten million suns.
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SiP 2 148.27
ददाह त्रिपुरस्थास्तान्दैत्यांस्त्रीन्विमलापहः ।। स आशुगो विष्णुमयो वह्निशल्यो महाज्वलन्
dadāha tripurasthāstāndaityāṃstrīnvimalāpahaḥ || sa āśugo viṣṇumayo vahniśalyo mahājvalan
That swift-going (arrow), made of Viṣṇu, with fire for its barb, blazing greatly, the remover of impurity, burned those three (hosts of) demons dwelling in the three cities.
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SiP 2 148.28
ततः पुराणि दग्धानि चतुर्जलधिमेखलाम् ।। गतानि युगपद्भूमिं त्रीणि दग्धानि भस्मशः
tataḥ purāṇi dagdhāni caturjaladhimekhalām || gatāni yugapadbhūmiṃ trīṇi dagdhāni bhasmaśaḥ
Then the cities were burned; the three, girdled by the four oceans, went to the earth all at once, burned to ashes.
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SiP 2 148.29
दैत्यास्तु शतशो दग्धास्तस्य बाणस्थवह्निना ।। हाहाकारं प्रकुर्वंतश्शिवपूजाव्यतिक्रमात्
daityāstu śataśo dagdhāstasya bāṇasthavahninā || hāhākāraṃ prakurvaṃtaśśivapūjāvyatikramāt
And the demons were burned by the hundred by the fire that lay in that arrow, crying out "alas, alas!" because of their transgression of the worship of Śiva.
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SiP 2 148.31
भक्त्या परमया युक्तः प्रलपन् विविधा गिरः ।। महादेवं समुद्वीक्ष्य मनसा तमुवाच सः
bhaktyā paramayā yuktaḥ pralapan vividhā giraḥ || mahādevaṃ samudvīkṣya manasā tamuvāca saḥ
Filled with the highest devotion, uttering words of many kinds, gazing up at Mahādeva, he addressed him in his mind.
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SiP 2 148.32
तारकाक्ष उवाच ।। भव ज्ञातोसि तुष्टोऽसि यद्यस्मान् सह बंधुभिः ।। तेन सत्येन भूयोऽपि कदा त्वं प्रदहिष्यसि
tārakākṣa uvāca || bhava jñātosi tuṣṭo'si yadyasmān saha baṃdhubhiḥ || tena satyena bhūyo'pi kadā tvaṃ pradahiṣyasi
Tārakākṣa said: O Bhava, you are known; if you are pleased with us together with our kinsmen, then by that truth, when will you burn (us) again?
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SiP 2 148.33
दुर्लभं लब्धमस्माभिर्यदप्राप्यं सुरासुरैः ।। त्वद्भावभाविता बुद्धिर्जातेजाते भवत्विति
durlabhaṃ labdhamasmābhiryadaprāpyaṃ surāsuraiḥ || tvadbhāvabhāvitā buddhirjātejāte bhavatviti
"We have obtained the hard-to-obtain, which is unattainable by gods and demons: may our mind, shaped by feeling for you, be so in birth after birth."
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SiP 2 148.34
इत्येवं विब्रुवंतस्ते दानवास्तेन वह्निना ।। शिवाज्ञयाद्भुतं दग्धा भस्मसादभवन्मुने
ityevaṃ vibruvaṃtaste dānavāstena vahninā || śivājñayādbhutaṃ dagdhā bhasmasādabhavanmune
As they were saying just this, those Dānavas, burned by that fire wondrously at Śiva's command, were reduced to ashes, O sage.
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SiP 2 148.35
अन्येऽपि बाला वृद्धाश्च दानवास्तेन वह्निना ।। शिवाज्ञया द्रुतं व्यास निर्दग्धा भस्मसात्कृताः
anye'pi bālā vṛddhāśca dānavāstena vahninā || śivājñayā drutaṃ vyāsa nirdagdhā bhasmasātkṛtāḥ
Others too, children and old men, the Dānavas, were quickly burned up by that fire at Śiva's command and reduced to ashes, O Vyāsa.
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SiP 2 148.36
स्त्रियो वा पुरुषा वापि वाहनानि च तत्र ये ।। सर्वे तेनाग्निना दग्धाः कल्पान्ते तु जगद्यथा
striyo vā puruṣā vāpi vāhanāni ca tatra ye || sarve tenāgninā dagdhāḥ kalpānte tu jagadyathā
Whether women or men, and the vehicles that were there — all were burned by that fire, as the world is at the end of an aeon.
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SiP 2 148.37
भर्तॄन्कंठगतान्हित्वा काश्चिद्दग्धा वरस्त्रियः ।। काश्चित्सुप्ताः प्रमत्ताश्च रतिश्रांताश्च योषितः
bhartṝnkaṃṭhagatānhitvā kāściddagdhā varastriyaḥ || kāścitsuptāḥ pramattāśca ratiśrāṃtāśca yoṣitaḥ
Some lovely women were burned leaving their husbands clasped about their necks; and some women were asleep, some heedless, some exhausted from love-making.
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SiP 2 148.38
अर्द्धदग्धा विबुद्धाश्च बभ्रमुर्मोहमूर्च्छिताः ।। तेन नासीत्सुसूक्ष्मोऽपि घोरत्रिपुरवह्निना
arddhadagdhā vibuddhāśca babhramurmohamūrcchitāḥ || tena nāsītsusūkṣmo'pi ghoratripuravahninā
Half-burned and awakened, they wandered about, fainting with bewilderment. By that terrible fire of the three cities there was not even the most minute (creature),
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SiP 2 148.39
अविदग्धो विनिर्मुक्तः स्थावरो जंगमोपि वा ।। वर्जयित्वा मयं दैत्यं विश्वकर्माणमव्ययम्
avidagdho vinirmuktaḥ sthāvaro jaṃgamopi vā || varjayitvā mayaṃ daityaṃ viśvakarmāṇamavyayam
whether standing or moving, that was left unburned and released — excepting the demon Maya, the imperishable maker of all.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 148.41
सन्निपातो हि येषां नो विद्यते नाशकारकः ।। दैत्यानामन्यसत्त्वानां भावाभावे कृताकृते
sannipāto hi yeṣāṃ no vidyate nāśakārakaḥ || daityānāmanyasattvānāṃ bhāvābhāve kṛtākṛte
For (some) there is no coming-together that brings about destruction — of demons or of other beings — in existence or non-existence, in the done or the undone.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 2 148.42
तस्माद्यत्नस्सुसंभाव्यः सद्भिः कर्तव्य एव हि ।। गर्हणात्क्षीयते लोको न तत्कर्म समाचरेत्
tasmādyatnassusaṃbhāvyaḥ sadbhiḥ kartavya eva hi || garhaṇātkṣīyate loko na tatkarma samācaret
Therefore effort is to be well conceived and indeed must be made by the good; the world dwindles through blame — one should not perform that (blameworthy) act.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 2 148.43
न संयोगो यथा तेषां भूयात्त्रिपुरवासिनाम् ।। मतमेतद्धि सर्वेषां दैवाद्यदि यतो भवेत्
na saṃyogo yathā teṣāṃ bhūyāttripuravāsinām || matametaddhi sarveṣāṃ daivādyadi yato bhavet
So that there should be no union (again) for those dwellers of the three cities — this is the view of all — if it should come about from fate, from whatever cause.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 2 148.44
ये पूजयंतस्तत्रापि दैत्या रुद्रं सबांधवाः ।। गाणपत्यं ययुस्सर्वे शिवपूजावि धेर्बलात्
ye pūjayaṃtastatrāpi daityā rudraṃ sabāṃdhavāḥ || gāṇapatyaṃ yayussarve śivapūjāvi dherbalāt
Those demons who even there, together with their kinsmen, went on worshipping Rudra — they all attained the state of (Śiva's) attendants, by the power of the observance of Śiva's worship.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition