Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita — Chapter 149

SiP 2 149.1

व्यास उवाच ।। ब्रह्मपुत्र महाप्राज्ञ धन्यस्त्वं शैवसत्तम ।। किमकार्षुस्ततो देवा दग्धे च त्रिपुरेऽखिलाः

vyāsa uvāca || brahmaputra mahāprājña dhanyastvaṃ śaivasattama || kimakārṣustato devā dagdhe ca tripure'khilāḥ

Vyāsa said: O son of Brahmā, greatly wise, best of Śaivas, you are blessed. What then did all the gods do, when the three cities had been burned?

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SiP 2 149.2

मयः कुत्र गतो दग्धो पतयः कुत्र ते गताः ।। तत्सर्वं मे समाचक्ष्व यदि शंभुकथाश्रयम् अथ ब्रह्मापि संभीतो दृष्ट्वा रूपं च शांकरम् ।। तुष्टाव तुष्टहृदयो देवैस्सह समाहितः रक्षरक्ष महादेव भीतान्नस्सकलामरान् ।। दग्ध्वा च त्रिपुरं सर्वे कृतार्था अमराः कृ ताः सदाशिवाय रुद्राय जगतां पतये नमः ।। त्वयि भक्तिर्दृढा मेऽद्य वर्द्धमाना भवत्विति स्तवैरेतैश्च तुष्टोऽस्मि दास्यामि सर्वदा ध्रुवम्।। यदभीष्टतमं लोके पठतां शृण्वतां सुराः

mayaḥ kutra gato dagdho patayaḥ kutra te gatāḥ || tatsarvaṃ me samācakṣva yadi śaṃbhukathāśrayam atha brahmāpi saṃbhīto dṛṣṭvā rūpaṃ ca śāṃkaram || tuṣṭāva tuṣṭahṛdayo devaissaha samāhitaḥ rakṣarakṣa mahādeva bhītānnassakalāmarān || dagdhvā ca tripuraṃ sarve kṛtārthā amarāḥ kṛ tāḥ sadāśivāya rudrāya jagatāṃ pataye namaḥ || tvayi bhaktirdṛḍhā me'dya varddhamānā bhavatviti stavairetaiśca tuṣṭo'smi dāsyāmi sarvadā dhruvam|| yadabhīṣṭatamaṃ loke paṭhatāṃ śṛṇvatāṃ surāḥ

"Where did Maya go when (the city) was burnt? Where did those lords go? Tell me all that, if it belongs to the story of Śambhu." Then Brahmā too, greatly frightened at seeing Śaṅkara's form, yet with a gladdened heart and composed, praised (him) together with the gods: "Protect, protect us, Mahādeva, all us immortals who are afraid! By your burning of Tripura all the immortals have had their purpose fulfilled. Homage to Sadāśiva, to Rudra, to the lord of the worlds. May my firm devotion to you today go on increasing." (Śiva said:) "I am pleased with these praises; I shall always, without fail, grant whatever is most desired in the world to those who recite and to those who hear (them), O gods."

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SiP 2 149.3

सूत उवाच ।। इत्याकर्ण्य व्यासवाक्यं भगवान्भवकृत्सुतः ।। सनत्कुमारः प्रोवाच शिवपादयुगं स्मरन्

sūta uvāca || ityākarṇya vyāsavākyaṃ bhagavānbhavakṛtsutaḥ || sanatkumāraḥ provāca śivapādayugaṃ smaran

Sūta said: Having heard Vyāsa's words thus, the venerable son of Bhava's maker (Brahmā), Sanatkumāra, spoke, calling to mind the pair of Śiva's feet.

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SiP 2 149.4

सनत्कुमार उवाच ।। ।। शृणु व्यास महाबुद्धे पाराशर्यं महेशितुः ।। चरितं सर्वपापघ्नं लोकलीलानुसाररिणः

sanatkumāra uvāca || || śṛṇu vyāsa mahābuddhe pārāśaryaṃ maheśituḥ || caritaṃ sarvapāpaghnaṃ lokalīlānusārariṇaḥ

Sanatkumāra said: Hear, Vyāsa of great intellect, O son of Parāśara, the deeds of the Great Lord, destroying all sin, of him who conforms to the play of the world.

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SiP 2 149.5

महेश्वरेण सर्वस्मिंस्त्रिपुरे दैत्यसंकुले ।। दग्धे विशेषतस्तत्र विस्मितास्तेऽभवन्सुराः।।

maheśvareṇa sarvasmiṃstripure daityasaṃkule || dagdhe viśeṣatastatra vismitāste'bhavansurāḥ||

When the whole of Tripura, thronged with Daityas, had been burnt by Maheśvara, those gods were especially amazed at that.

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SiP 2 149.6

न किंचिदब्रुवन्देवाः सेन्द्रोपेंद्रादयस्तदा ।। महातेजस्विनं रुद्रं सर्वे वीक्ष्य ससंभ्रमाः

na kiṃcidabruvandevāḥ sendropeṃdrādayastadā || mahātejasvinaṃ rudraṃ sarve vīkṣya sasaṃbhramāḥ

The gods, with Indra and Upendra and the rest, said nothing then; all of them, seeing Rudra of great fiery splendour, were in agitation.

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SiP 2 149.7

महाभयंकरं रौद्रं प्रज्वलंतं दिशो दश ।। कोटिसूर्यप्रतीकाशं प्रलयानलसन्निभम्

mahābhayaṃkaraṃ raudraṃ prajvalaṃtaṃ diśo daśa || koṭisūryapratīkāśaṃ pralayānalasannibham

(seeing him) exceedingly terrifying, fierce, blazing in the ten directions, resembling ten million suns, like the fire of the world's dissolution,

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SiP 2 149.8

भयाद्देवं निरीक्ष्यैव देवीं च हिमवत्सुताम्।। बिभ्यिरे निखिला देवप्रमुखा स्तस्थुरानताः

bhayāddevaṃ nirīkṣyaiva devīṃ ca himavatsutām|| bibhyire nikhilā devapramukhā stasthurānatāḥ

out of fear, merely by looking at the God and at the Goddess, the daughter of Himavat, all headed by the gods were afraid and stood bowed down.

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SiP 2 149.9

दृष्ट्वानीकं तदा भीतं देवानामृषिपुंगवाः ।। न किंचिदूचुस्संतस्थुः प्रणेमुस्ते समंततः

dṛṣṭvānīkaṃ tadā bhītaṃ devānāmṛṣipuṃgavāḥ || na kiṃcidūcussaṃtasthuḥ praṇemuste samaṃtataḥ

Then the bulls among sages, seeing the host of the gods frightened, said nothing; they stood still and made obeisance from every side.

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SiP 2 149.11

विष्णुना च सभीतेन देवदेवं भवं हरम् ।। त्रिपुरारिं सगिरिजं भक्ताधीनं महेश्वरम्

viṣṇunā ca sabhītena devadevaṃ bhavaṃ haram || tripurāriṃ sagirijaṃ bhaktādhīnaṃ maheśvaram

And by Viṣṇu, who was likewise frightened, (was praised) the God of gods, Bhava, Hara, the foe of Tripura, together with the Mountain-born, Maheśvara who is subject to his devotees—

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SiP 2 149.12

।। ब्रह्मोवाच ।। देवदेव महादेव भक्तानुग्रहकारक ।। प्रसीद परमेशान सर्व देवहितप्रद

|| brahmovāca || devadeva mahādeva bhaktānugrahakāraka || prasīda parameśāna sarva devahitaprada

Brahmā said: God of gods, Mahādeva, bestower of grace on devotees, be gracious, supreme Lord, giver of welfare to all the gods.

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SiP 2 149.13

प्रसीद जगतां नाथ प्रसीदानंददायक ।। प्रसीद शंकर स्वामिन् प्रसीद परमेश्वर

prasīda jagatāṃ nātha prasīdānaṃdadāyaka || prasīda śaṃkara svāmin prasīda parameśvara

Be gracious, lord of the worlds; be gracious, giver of bliss; be gracious, Śaṅkara, master; be gracious, supreme Lord.

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SiP 2 149.14

ॐकाराय नमस्तुभ्यमाकारपरतारक ।। प्रसीद सर्वदेवेश त्रिपुरघ्न महेश्वर

oṃkārāya namastubhyamākāraparatāraka || prasīda sarvadeveśa tripuraghna maheśvara

Homage to you, to the syllable Om, O you who are beyond the letter A (?), the one who carries across. Be gracious, lord of all gods, slayer of Tripura, Maheśvara.

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SiP 2 149.15

नानावाच्याय देवाय वरणप्रिय शंकर ।। अगुणाय नमस्तुभ्यं प्रकृतेः पुरुषात्पर

nānāvācyāya devāya varaṇapriya śaṃkara || aguṇāya namastubhyaṃ prakṛteḥ puruṣātpara

To the God who is spoken of in many ways, O Śaṅkara who love (to be) chosen, homage to you who are without qualities, beyond Prakṛti and Puruṣa.

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SiP 2 149.16

निर्विकाराय नित्याय नित्यतृप्ताय भास्वते ।। निरंजनाय दिव्याय त्रिगु णाय नमोऽस्तु ते

nirvikārāya nityāya nityatṛptāya bhāsvate || niraṃjanāya divyāya trigu ṇāya namo'stu te

To the changeless, the eternal, the ever-content, the shining, the spotless, the divine, the one of the three qualities—homage to you.

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SiP 2 149.17

सगुणाय नमस्तुभ्यं स्वर्गेशाय नमोस्तु ते ।। सदाशिवाय शांताय महेशाय पिनाकिने

saguṇāya namastubhyaṃ svargeśāya namostu te || sadāśivāya śāṃtāya maheśāya pinākine

Homage to you who possess qualities, homage to you, lord of heaven, to Sadāśiva, the peaceful, to Maheśa, the bearer of the Pināka.

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SiP 2 149.18

सर्वज्ञाय शरण्याय सद्योजाताय ते नमः ।। वामदेवाय रुद्राय तदाप्यपुरुषाय च

sarvajñāya śaraṇyāya sadyojātāya te namaḥ || vāmadevāya rudrāya tadāpyapuruṣāya ca

Homage to you, the all-knowing, the refuge, to Sadyojāta, to Vāmadeva, to Rudra, and also to Tatpuruṣa.

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SiP 2 149.19

अघोराय सुसेव्याय भक्ताधीनाय ते नमः ।। ईशानाय वरेण्याय भक्तानंदप्रदायिने

aghorāya susevyāya bhaktādhīnāya te namaḥ || īśānāya vareṇyāya bhaktānaṃdapradāyine

Homage to you, to Aghora, to the one easily served, to the one subject to his devotees, to Īśāna, the most excellent, the giver of bliss to devotees.

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SiP 2 149.21

स्तुत्वैवं देवतास्सर्वा नमस्कारं पृथक्पृथक् ।। चक्रुस्ते परमप्रीता ब्रह्माद्यास्तु सदाशिवम्

stutvaivaṃ devatāssarvā namaskāraṃ pṛthakpṛthak || cakruste paramaprītā brahmādyāstu sadāśivam

Having praised (him) thus, all the deities beginning with Brahmā, supremely delighted, each made obeisance separately to Sadāśiva.

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SiP 2 149.22

अथ ब्रह्मा स्वयं देवं त्रिपुरारिं महेश्वरम् ।। तुष्टाव प्रणतो भूत्वा नतस्कंधः कृतांजलिः

atha brahmā svayaṃ devaṃ tripurāriṃ maheśvaram || tuṣṭāva praṇato bhūtvā nataskaṃdhaḥ kṛtāṃjaliḥ

Then Brahmā himself, bowing low with shoulders bent and palms joined, praised the God Maheśvara, the foe of Tripura.

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SiP 2 149.23

ब्रह्मोवाच ।। भगवन्देवदेवेश त्रिपुरान्तक शंकर ।। त्वयि भक्तिः परा मेऽस्तु महादेवानपायिनी

brahmovāca || bhagavandevadeveśa tripurāntaka śaṃkara || tvayi bhaktiḥ parā me'stu mahādevānapāyinī

Brahmā said: O Lord, God of gods' gods, destroyer of Tripura, Śaṅkara, may I have supreme, unfailing devotion to you, Mahādeva.

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SiP 2 149.24

सर्वदा मेऽस्तु सारथ्यं तव देवेश शंकर ।। अनुकूलो भव विभो सदा त्वं परमेश्वर

sarvadā me'stu sārathyaṃ tava deveśa śaṃkara || anukūlo bhava vibho sadā tvaṃ parameśvara

May the office of your charioteer always be mine, O lord of the gods, Śaṃkara. Be favorable, O mighty one, always, O supreme lord.

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SiP 2 149.25

सनत्कुमार उवाच ।। इति स्तुत्वा विधिश्शंभुं भक्तवत्सलमानतः ।। विरराम नतस्कंधः कृतांजलिरुदारधीः

sanatkumāra uvāca || iti stutvā vidhiśśaṃbhuṃ bhaktavatsalamānataḥ || virarāma nataskaṃdhaḥ kṛtāṃjalirudāradhīḥ

Sanatkumāra said: Having praised Śambhu, who is tender toward his devotees, in this way, the Ordainer (Brahmā), bowing, fell silent, with his shoulders bent, his palms joined, noble-minded.

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SiP 2 149.26

जनार्दनोऽपि भगवान् नमस्कृत्य महेश्वरम् ।। कृतांजलिपुटो भूत्वा तुष्टाव च महेश्वरम्

janārdano'pi bhagavān namaskṛtya maheśvaram || kṛtāṃjalipuṭo bhūtvā tuṣṭāva ca maheśvaram

Janārdana too, the Lord, having bowed to Maheśvara and made a cup of his joined palms, praised Maheśvara.

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SiP 2 149.27

विष्णुरुवाच ।। देवाधीश महेशान दीनबंधो कृपाकर ।। प्रसीद परमेशान कृपां कुरु नतप्रिय

viṣṇuruvāca || devādhīśa maheśāna dīnabaṃdho kṛpākara || prasīda parameśāna kṛpāṃ kuru natapriya

Viṣṇu said: O overlord of the gods, great ruler, kinsman of the wretched, mine of compassion, be gracious, O supreme ruler; show mercy, O you who love those who bow.

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SiP 2 149.28

निर्गुणाय नमस्तुभ्यं पुनश्च सगुणाय च ।। पुनः प्रकृतिरूपाय पुनश्च पुरुषाय च

nirguṇāya namastubhyaṃ punaśca saguṇāya ca || punaḥ prakṛtirūpāya punaśca puruṣāya ca

Homage to you as the one without qualities, and again as the one with qualities; again (homage) to you as the form of primal nature, and again as the puruṣa (person).

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SiP 2 149.29

पश्चाद्गुणस्वरूपाय नतो विश्वात्मने नमः ।। भक्तिप्रियाय शांताय शिवाय परमात्मने

paścādguṇasvarūpāya nato viśvātmane namaḥ || bhaktipriyāya śāṃtāya śivāya paramātmane

(I am) bowed to the one whose own form is thereafter the qualities; homage to the Self of all; (homage) to the lover of devotion, the tranquil one, Śiva, the supreme Self.

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SiP 2 149.31

सनत्कुमार उवाच ।। इत्युक्त्वा विररामासौ शैवप्रवरसत्तमः ।। सर्वे देवाः प्रणम्योचुस्ततस्तं परमेश्वरम्

sanatkumāra uvāca || ityuktvā virarāmāsau śaivapravarasattamaḥ || sarve devāḥ praṇamyocustatastaṃ parameśvaram

Sanatkumāra said: Having spoken thus, that best and foremost of Śiva's devotees fell silent. Then all the gods bowed and spoke to him, the supreme lord.

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SiP 2 149.32

देवा ऊचुः ।। देवनाथ महादेव करुणाकर शंकर।। प्रसीद जगतां नाथ प्रसीद परमेश्वर

devā ūcuḥ || devanātha mahādeva karuṇākara śaṃkara|| prasīda jagatāṃ nātha prasīda parameśvara

The gods said: O lord of the gods, great god, mine of compassion, Śaṃkara, be gracious, O lord of the worlds; be gracious, O supreme lord.

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SiP 2 149.33

प्रसीद सर्वकर्ता त्वं नमामस्त्वां वयं मुदा।। भक्तिर्दृढास्माकं नित्यं स्यादनपायिनी

prasīda sarvakartā tvaṃ namāmastvāṃ vayaṃ mudā|| bhaktirdṛḍhāsmākaṃ nityaṃ syādanapāyinī

Be gracious; you are the maker of all. We bow to you with joy. May our devotion be firm, constant, and never failing.

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SiP 2 149.34

सनत्कुमार उवाच।। इति स्तुतश्च देवेशो ब्रह्मणा हरिणामरैः।। प्रत्युवाच प्रसन्नात्मा शंकरो लोकशंकरः

sanatkumāra uvāca|| iti stutaśca deveśo brahmaṇā hariṇāmaraiḥ|| pratyuvāca prasannātmā śaṃkaro lokaśaṃkaraḥ

Sanatkumāra said: Thus praised by Brahmā, by Hari, and by the immortals, the lord of the gods, Śaṃkara, the benefactor of the worlds, with a well-pleased mind replied.

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SiP 2 149.35

शंकर उवाच ।। हे विधे हे हरे देवाः प्रसन्नोऽस्मि विशेषतः।। मनोऽभिलषितं ब्रूत वरं सर्वे विचा रतः

śaṃkara uvāca || he vidhe he hare devāḥ prasanno'smi viśeṣataḥ|| mano'bhilaṣitaṃ brūta varaṃ sarve vicā rataḥ

Śaṃkara said: O Ordainer, O Hari, O gods, I am especially pleased. Speak, all of you, after due reflection, the boon your minds desire.

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SiP 2 149.36

सनत्कुमारः उवाच ।। इत्युक्तं वचनं श्रुत्वा हरेण मुनिसत्तम ।। प्रत्यूचुस्सर्वदेवाश्च प्रसन्नेनान्तरात्मना

sanatkumāraḥ uvāca || ityuktaṃ vacanaṃ śrutvā hareṇa munisattama || pratyūcussarvadevāśca prasannenāntarātmanā

Sanatkumāra said: Having heard the words thus spoken by Hara, O best of sages, all the gods replied with a well-pleased inner self.

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SiP 2 149.37

सर्वे देवा ऊचुः।। यदि प्रसन्नो भगवन्यदि देयो वरस्त्वया।। देवदेवेश चास्मभ्यं ज्ञात्वा दासान्हि नस्सुरान्

sarve devā ūcuḥ|| yadi prasanno bhagavanyadi deyo varastvayā|| devadeveśa cāsmabhyaṃ jñātvā dāsānhi nassurān

All the gods said: O Lord, if you are pleased, and if a boon is to be granted by you to us, O god of gods, then knowing us gods to be indeed your servants—

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SiP 2 149.38

यदा दुःखं तु देवानां संभवेद्देवसत्तम ।। तदा त्वं प्रकटो भूत्वा दुःखं नाशय सर्वदा

yadā duḥkhaṃ tu devānāṃ saṃbhaveddevasattama || tadā tvaṃ prakaṭo bhūtvā duḥkhaṃ nāśaya sarvadā

—whenever suffering befalls the gods, O best of gods, then do you become manifest and destroy that suffering, always.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SiP 2 149.39

सनत्कुमार उवाच।। इत्युक्तो भगवानुद्रो ब्रह्मणा हरिणामरैः।। युगपत्प्राह तुष्टात्मा तथेत्यस्तु निरंतरम्

sanatkumāra uvāca|| ityukto bhagavānudro brahmaṇā hariṇāmaraiḥ|| yugapatprāha tuṣṭātmā tathetyastu niraṃtaram

Sanatkumāra said: Thus addressed by Brahmā, by Hari, and by the immortals, the Lord Rudra, his mind pleased, said at once, "Let it be so, unceasingly."

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SiP 2 149.41

इत्युक्त्वा शंकरः प्रीतो देवदुःखहरस्सदा ।। सर्वदेवप्रियं यद्वै तत्सर्वं च प्रदत्तवान्

ityuktvā śaṃkaraḥ prīto devaduḥkhaharassadā || sarvadevapriyaṃ yadvai tatsarvaṃ ca pradattavān

Having said this, Śaṃkara, pleased, ever the remover of the gods' suffering, granted all that was dear to all the gods.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition