Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita — Chapter 15
SiP 2 15.1
नारद उवाच ।। विधे विधे महाभाग धन्यस्त्वं सुरसत्तम ।। श्राविताद्याद्भुता शैवकथा परमपावनी
nārada uvāca || vidhe vidhe mahābhāga dhanyastvaṃ surasattama || śrāvitādyādbhutā śaivakathā paramapāvanī
Nārada said: O Vidhi, O Vidhi, greatly fortunate one, you are blessed, best of gods; today you have had (me) hear the wonderful, supremely purifying tale of Śiva.
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SiP 2 15.2
तत्राद्भुता महादिव्या लिंगोत्पत्तिः श्रुता शुभा ।। श्रुत्वा यस्याः प्रभावं च दुःखनाशो भवेदिह ब्रह्मोवाच ।। हंसस्य चोर्द्ध्वगमने गतिर्भवति निश्चला ।। तत्त्वातत्त्वविवेकोऽस्ति जलदुग्धविभागवत् नमस्कृत्य तदा शंभुं ज्ञानं प्राप्य हरेस्तदा ।। आनंदं परमं गत्वा सृष्टिं कर्तुं मनो दधे प्रादुर्भूतो भवानद्य शिवानुग्रहतो हरे ।। प्राप्तं शंकरसंभूत्या ह्यण्डं चैतन्यमावह तं दृष्ट्वा मे सिसृक्षोश्च ज्ञात्वा साधकमात्मनः ।। सर्गोऽवर्तत दुःखाढ्यस्तिर्यक्स्रोता न साधकः मयाज्ञप्ता अपि च ते संसारविमुखा बुधाः ।। शिवध्यानैकमनसो न सृष्टौ चक्रिरे मतिम् अवोचं पुनरेवेशं महारुद्रं महेश्वरम् ।। जन्ममृत्युभयाविष्टास्सृज देव प्रजा इति
tatrādbhutā mahādivyā liṃgotpattiḥ śrutā śubhā || śrutvā yasyāḥ prabhāvaṃ ca duḥkhanāśo bhavediha brahmovāca || haṃsasya corddhvagamane gatirbhavati niścalā || tattvātattvaviveko'sti jaladugdhavibhāgavat namaskṛtya tadā śaṃbhuṃ jñānaṃ prāpya harestadā || ānaṃdaṃ paramaṃ gatvā sṛṣṭiṃ kartuṃ mano dadhe prādurbhūto bhavānadya śivānugrahato hare || prāptaṃ śaṃkarasaṃbhūtyā hyaṇḍaṃ caitanyamāvaha taṃ dṛṣṭvā me sisṛkṣośca jñātvā sādhakamātmanaḥ || sargo'vartata duḥkhāḍhyastiryaksrotā na sādhakaḥ mayājñaptā api ca te saṃsāravimukhā budhāḥ || śivadhyānaikamanaso na sṛṣṭau cakrire matim avocaṃ punareveśaṃ mahārudraṃ maheśvaram || janmamṛtyubhayāviṣṭāssṛja deva prajā iti
There was heard the wonderful, greatly divine, auspicious origin of the liṅga, on hearing whose power the destruction of suffering comes about here. Brahmā said: And in the upward flight of the swan its motion is steady; there is discrimination between the real and the unreal, as in the separating of water and milk. Then, having bowed to Śambhu and then having obtained Hari's knowledge, having reached supreme bliss, I set my mind on performing creation. "You have appeared today, O Hari, through Śiva's grace; the egg that has come about from Śaṅkara's manifestation—bring consciousness (into it)." Seeing him, and knowing (him) to be a helper for me who wished to create, a creation arose that was full of suffering, with a horizontal current, not effective. And even those wise ones commanded by me, being averse to worldly existence, their minds fixed solely on meditation on Śiva, did not set their thought upon creation. Again I spoke to the Lord, Mahārudra, Maheśvara: "Create offspring, O god, who are beset by the fear of birth and death."
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SiP 2 15.3
अनंतरं च यज्जातं माहात्म्यं चरितं तथा ।। सृष्टेश्चैव प्रकारं च कथय त्वं विशेषतः
anaṃtaraṃ ca yajjātaṃ māhātmyaṃ caritaṃ tathā || sṛṣṭeścaiva prakāraṃ ca kathaya tvaṃ viśeṣataḥ
And tell in detail what happened next, and (his) greatness and deeds, and the manner of creation.
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SiP 2 15.4
ब्रह्मोवाच ।। सम्यक् पृष्टे च भवता यज्जातं तदनंतरम् ।। कथयिष्यामि संक्षेपाद्यथा पूर्वं श्रुतं मया
brahmovāca || samyak pṛṣṭe ca bhavatā yajjātaṃ tadanaṃtaram || kathayiṣyāmi saṃkṣepādyathā pūrvaṃ śrutaṃ mayā
Brahmā said: What happened after that, which you have rightly asked about, I shall relate in brief, as I heard it formerly.
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SiP 2 15.5
अंतर्हिते तदा देवे शिवरूपे सनातने ।। अहं विष्णुश्च विप्रेन्द्र अधिकं सुखमाप्तवान्
aṃtarhite tadā deve śivarūpe sanātane || ahaṃ viṣṇuśca viprendra adhikaṃ sukhamāptavān
When the god, eternal, in the form of Śiva, had then vanished, I and Viṣṇu, O best of brahmins, attained abundant happiness.
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SiP 2 15.6
मया च विष्णुना रूपं हंसवाराहयोस्तदा ।। संवृतं तु ततस्ताभ्यां लोकसर्गावनेच्छया
mayā ca viṣṇunā rūpaṃ haṃsavārāhayostadā || saṃvṛtaṃ tu tatastābhyāṃ lokasargāvanecchayā
And then by me and by Viṣṇu the forms of the swan and the boar were assumed—by those two, out of the wish to create and protect the world.
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SiP 2 15.7
नारद उवाच ।। विधे ब्रह्मन् महाप्राज्ञ संशयो हृदि मे महान् ।। कृपां कृत्वातुलां शीघ्रं तं नाशयितुमर्हसि
nārada uvāca || vidhe brahman mahāprājña saṃśayo hṛdi me mahān || kṛpāṃ kṛtvātulāṃ śīghraṃ taṃ nāśayitumarhasi
Nārada said: O Vidhi, O Brahman, greatly wise one, a great doubt is in my heart; showing incomparable kindness, you ought quickly to destroy it.
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SiP 2 15.8
हंसवाराहयो रूपं युवाभ्यां च धृतं कथम् ।। अन्यद्रूपं विहायैव किमत्र वद कारणम्
haṃsavārāhayo rūpaṃ yuvābhyāṃ ca dhṛtaṃ katham || anyadrūpaṃ vihāyaiva kimatra vada kāraṇam
How was the form of a swan and of a boar assumed by you two, leaving aside every other form? Tell the reason for this.
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SiP 2 15.9
सूत उवाच ।। इत्येतद्वचनं श्रुत्वा नारदस्य महात्मनः ।। स्मृत्वा शिवपदांभोजं ब्रह्मा सादरमब्रवीत्
sūta uvāca || ityetadvacanaṃ śrutvā nāradasya mahātmanaḥ || smṛtvā śivapadāṃbhojaṃ brahmā sādaramabravīt
Sūta said: Having heard this speech of the great-souled Nārada, Brahmā, recalling the lotus feet of Śiva, spoke respectfully.
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SiP 2 15.11
अज्ञानज्ञानयोस्तत्त्वं विवेचयति हंसकः।। हंसरूपं धृतं तेन ब्रह्मणा सृष्टिकारिणा
ajñānajñānayostattvaṃ vivecayati haṃsakaḥ|| haṃsarūpaṃ dhṛtaṃ tena brahmaṇā sṛṣṭikāriṇā
The swan discriminates the true nature of ignorance and knowledge; therefore the swan's form was assumed by that Brahmā, the maker of creation.
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SiP 2 15.12
विवेको नैव लब्धश्च यतो हंसो व्यलीयत ।। शिवस्वरूपतत्त्वस्य ज्योतिरूपस्य नारद
viveko naiva labdhaśca yato haṃso vyalīyata || śivasvarūpatattvasya jyotirūpasya nārada
And no discrimination at all was gained, wherefore the swan dissolved away. O Nārada, of the reality that is Śiva's own form, which is of the nature of light—
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SiP 2 15.13
सृष्टिप्रवृत्तिकामस्य कथं ज्ञानं प्रजायते ।। यतो लब्धो विवेकोऽपि न मया हंसरूपिणा
sṛṣṭipravṛttikāmasya kathaṃ jñānaṃ prajāyate || yato labdho viveko'pi na mayā haṃsarūpiṇā
—how should knowledge arise for one whose desire is engagement in creation, since not even discrimination was gained by me in the form of a swan?
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SiP 2 15.14
गमनेऽधो वराहस्य गतिर्भवति निश्चला ।। धृतं वाराहरूपं हि विष्णुना वनचारिणा
gamane'dho varāhasya gatirbhavati niścalā || dhṛtaṃ vārāharūpaṃ hi viṣṇunā vanacāriṇā
In going downward, the boar's motion is steady; hence the boar's form was indeed assumed by Viṣṇu, who roams the wilds.
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SiP 2 15.15
अथवा भवकल्पार्थं तद्रूपं हि प्रकल्पितम् ।। विष्णुना च वराहस्य भुवनावनकारिणा
athavā bhavakalpārthaṃ tadrūpaṃ hi prakalpitam || viṣṇunā ca varāhasya bhuvanāvanakāriṇā
Or else that form was devised for the sake of the coming-to-be of the kalpa, by Viṣṇu as the boar, the protector of the world.
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SiP 2 15.16
यद्दिनं हि समारभ्य तद्रूपं धृतवान्हरिः ।। तद्दिनं प्रति कल्पोऽसौ कल्पो वाराहसंज्ञकः
yaddinaṃ hi samārabhya tadrūpaṃ dhṛtavānhariḥ || taddinaṃ prati kalpo'sau kalpo vārāhasaṃjñakaḥ
From whatever day Hari assumed that form, from that day on this kalpa is the kalpa named Vārāha (Boar).
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SiP 2 15.17
तदिच्छा वा यदा जाता ताभ्यां रूपं हि धारणे ।। तद्दिनं प्रतिकल्पोऽसौ कल्पो वाराहसंज्ञक्
tadicchā vā yadā jātā tābhyāṃ rūpaṃ hi dhāraṇe || taddinaṃ pratikalpo'sau kalpo vārāhasaṃjñak
Or, when that wish arose in the two of them to assume forms—from that day this (period) is the kalpa named Vārāha.
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SiP 2 15.18
इति प्रश्नोत्तरं दत्तं प्रस्तुतं शृणु नारद ।। स्मृत्वा शिवपदांभोजं वक्ष्ये सृष्टिविधिं मुने
iti praśnottaraṃ dattaṃ prastutaṃ śṛṇu nārada || smṛtvā śivapadāṃbhojaṃ vakṣye sṛṣṭividhiṃ mune
Thus the answer to your question has been given; now hear the matter at hand, Nārada. Remembering Śiva's lotus feet, I shall declare the procedure of creation, O sage.
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SiP 2 15.19
अंतर्हिते महादेवे त्वहं लोकपितामहः ।। तदीयं वचनं कर्तुमध्यायन्ध्यानतत्परः
aṃtarhite mahādeve tvahaṃ lokapitāmahaḥ || tadīyaṃ vacanaṃ kartumadhyāyandhyānatatparaḥ
When Mahādeva had vanished, I, the grandfather of the worlds, intent on meditation, meditated in order to carry out his word.
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SiP 2 15.21
विष्णुश्चापि तदा तत्र प्रणिपत्य सदाशिवम् ।। उपदिश्य च मां तात ह्यंतर्धानमुपागतः
viṣṇuścāpi tadā tatra praṇipatya sadāśivam || upadiśya ca māṃ tāta hyaṃtardhānamupāgataḥ
And Viṣṇu too then, having bowed there to Sadāśiva and having instructed me, my dear, passed out of sight.
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SiP 2 15.22
ब्रह्माण्डाच्च बहिर्गत्वा प्राप्य शम्भोरनुग्रहम् ।। वैकुंठनगरं गत्वा तत्रोवास हरिस्सदा
brahmāṇḍācca bahirgatvā prāpya śambhoranugraham || vaikuṃṭhanagaraṃ gatvā tatrovāsa harissadā
And having gone outside the cosmic egg (brahmāṇḍa), having obtained Śambhu's grace, Hari went to the city of Vaikuṇṭha and dwelt there always.
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SiP 2 15.23
अहं स्मृत्वा शिवं तत्र विष्णुं वै सृष्टिकाम्यया ।। पूर्वं सृष्टं जलं यच्च तत्रांजलिमुदाक्षिपम्
ahaṃ smṛtvā śivaṃ tatra viṣṇuṃ vai sṛṣṭikāmyayā || pūrvaṃ sṛṣṭaṃ jalaṃ yacca tatrāṃjalimudākṣipam
There, remembering Śiva and Viṣṇu with the desire to create, I threw up a handful of that water which had earlier been created.
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SiP 2 15.24
अतोऽण्डमभवत्तत्र चतुर्विंशतिसंज्ञ कम् ।। विराड्रूपमभूद्विप्र जलरूपमपश्यतः
ato'ṇḍamabhavattatra caturviṃśatisaṃjña kam || virāḍrūpamabhūdvipra jalarūpamapaśyataḥ
From this there arose there an egg named 'the twenty-four'; O brahmin, as I looked upon (that) water-form, it became the Virāṭ form.
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SiP 2 15.25
ततस्संशयमापन्नस्तपस्तेपे सुदारुणम् ।। द्वादशाब्दमहं तत्र विष्णुध्यानपरायणः
tatassaṃśayamāpannastapastepe sudāruṇam || dvādaśābdamahaṃ tatra viṣṇudhyānaparāyaṇaḥ
Then, fallen into doubt, I performed very severe austerity there for twelve years, intent upon meditation on Viṣṇu.
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SiP 2 15.26
तस्मिंश्च समये तात प्रादुर्भूतो हरिस्स्वयम् ।। मामुवाच महाप्रीत्या मदंगं संस्पृशन्मुदा
tasmiṃśca samaye tāta prādurbhūto harissvayam || māmuvāca mahāprītyā madaṃgaṃ saṃspṛśanmudā
And at that time, my son, Hari himself appeared and, joyfully touching my body, spoke to me with great affection.
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SiP 2 15.27
।। विष्णुरुवाच ।। ।। वरं ब्रूहि प्रसन्नोऽस्मि नादेयो विद्यते तव ।। ब्रह्मञ्छंभुप्रसादेन सर्वं दातुं समर्थकः
|| viṣṇuruvāca || || varaṃ brūhi prasanno'smi nādeyo vidyate tava || brahmañchaṃbhuprasādena sarvaṃ dātuṃ samarthakaḥ
Viṣṇu said: Name your boon; I am pleased. There is nothing that may not be granted to you, O Brahmā; by Śambhu's grace I am able to give everything.
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SiP 2 15.28
ब्रह्मोवाच ।। ।। युक्तमेतन्महाभाग दत्तोऽहं शंभुना च ते ।। तदुक्तं याचते मेऽद्य देहि विष्णो नमोऽस्तु ते
brahmovāca || || yuktametanmahābhāga datto'haṃ śaṃbhunā ca te || taduktaṃ yācate me'dya dehi viṣṇo namo'stu te
Brahmā said: This is fitting, greatly fortunate one — I have been given over to you by Śambhu. What he said, that I now ask of you: grant it, O Viṣṇu; homage be to you.
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SiP 2 15.29
विराड्रूपमिदं ह्यंडं चतुर्विंशतिसंज्ञकम् ।। न चैतन्यं भवत्यादौ जडीभूतं प्रदृश्यते
virāḍrūpamidaṃ hyaṃḍaṃ caturviṃśatisaṃjñakam || na caitanyaṃ bhavatyādau jaḍībhūtaṃ pradṛśyate
This egg, the Virāṭ form, designated by the twenty-four (principles) — at the start there is no consciousness (in it); it appears to have become inert.
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SiP 2 15.31
इत्युक्ते च महाविष्णुश्शंभोराज्ञापरायणः ।। अनंतरूपमास्थाय प्रविवेश तदंडकम् ।।
ityukte ca mahāviṣṇuśśaṃbhorājñāparāyaṇaḥ || anaṃtarūpamāsthāya praviveśa tadaṃḍakam ||
And when this was said, the great Viṣṇu, devoted to Śambhu's command, assuming an endless form, entered that egg.
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SiP 2 15.32
सहस्रशीर्षा पुरुषस्सहस्राक्षः सहस्रपात् ।। स भूमिं सर्वतस्पृत्वा तदण्डं व्याप्तवानिति
sahasraśīrṣā puruṣassahasrākṣaḥ sahasrapāt || sa bhūmiṃ sarvataspṛtvā tadaṇḍaṃ vyāptavāniti
Thousand-headed, thousand-eyed, thousand-footed was the Puruṣa; having covered the earth on all sides, he pervaded that egg.
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SiP 2 15.33
प्रविष्टे विष्णुना तस्मिन्नण्डे सम्यक्स्तुतेन मे ।। सचेतनमभूदण्डं चतुर्विंशतिसंज्ञकम्
praviṣṭe viṣṇunā tasminnaṇḍe samyakstutena me || sacetanamabhūdaṇḍaṃ caturviṃśatisaṃjñakam
When Viṣṇu, well praised by me, had entered that egg, the egg designated by the twenty-four became endowed with consciousness.
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SiP 2 15.34
पातालादि समारभ्य सप्तलोकाधिपः स्वयम् ।। राजते स्म हरिस्तत्र वैराजः पुरुषः प्रभुः
pātālādi samārabhya saptalokādhipaḥ svayam || rājate sma haristatra vairājaḥ puruṣaḥ prabhuḥ
Beginning from Pātāla, as himself the lord of the seven worlds, Hari shone there as the Vairāja Puruṣa, the master.
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SiP 2 15.35
कैलासनगरं रम्यं सर्वोपरि विराजितम् ।। निवासार्थं निजस्यैव पंचवक्त्र श्चकार ह
kailāsanagaraṃ ramyaṃ sarvopari virājitam || nivāsārthaṃ nijasyaiva paṃcavaktra ścakāra ha
The five-faced one (Śiva) made the delightful city of Kailāsa, resplendent above all, for his own dwelling.
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SiP 2 15.36
ब्रह्मांडस्य तथा नाशे वैकुण्ठस्य च तस्य च ।। कदाचिदेव देवर्षे नाशो नास्ति तयोरिह
brahmāṃḍasya tathā nāśe vaikuṇṭhasya ca tasya ca || kadācideva devarṣe nāśo nāsti tayoriha
And so, when the cosmic egg is destroyed, of Vaikuṇṭha and of that (Kailāsa) — O divine seer, there is never any destruction of those two here.
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SiP 2 15.37
सत्यं पदमुपाश्रित्य स्थितोऽहं मुनिसत्तम ।। सृष्टिकामोऽभवं तात महादेवाज्ञया ह्यहम्
satyaṃ padamupāśritya sthito'haṃ munisattama || sṛṣṭikāmo'bhavaṃ tāta mahādevājñayā hyaham
Taking my station in the realm of Satya, I remained, O best of sages; and I became desirous of creating, my son, by the command of Mahādeva.
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SiP 2 15.38
सिसृक्षोरथ मे प्रादुरभवत्पापसर्गकः। अविद्यापंचकस्तात बुद्धिपूर्वस्तमोपमः
sisṛkṣoratha me prādurabhavatpāpasargakaḥ| avidyāpaṃcakastāta buddhipūrvastamopamaḥ
Then, as I wished to create, a sinful creation appeared — the fivefold ignorance, my son, headed by (false) intellect, resembling darkness.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 2 15.39
ततः प्रसन्नचित्तोऽहमसृजं स्थावराभिधम् ।। मुख्यसर्गं च निस्संगमध्यायं शंभुशासनात्
tataḥ prasannacitto'hamasṛjaṃ sthāvarābhidham || mukhyasargaṃ ca nissaṃgamadhyāyaṃ śaṃbhuśāsanāt
Then, with a serene mind, at Śambhu's command I created, while meditating, the creation called 'immobile', the primary creation, free of attachment.
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SiP 2 15.41
तं चासाधकमाज्ञाय पुनश्चिंतयतश्च मे ।। अभवत्सात्त्विकस्सर्ग ऊर्ध्वस्रोता इति द्रुतम्
taṃ cāsādhakamājñāya punaściṃtayataśca me || abhavatsāttvikassarga ūrdhvasrotā iti drutam
And recognizing that (creation) to be ineffectual, as I pondered again, there quickly arose the sāttvika creation called 'upward-streaming'.
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SiP 2 15.42
देवसर्गः प्रतिख्यातस्सत्योऽतीव सुखावहः ।। तमप्यसाधकं मत्वाऽचिंतयं प्रभुमात्मनः
devasargaḥ pratikhyātassatyo'tīva sukhāvahaḥ || tamapyasādhakaṃ matvā'ciṃtayaṃ prabhumātmanaḥ
It is proclaimed the creation of gods, true and exceedingly bringing happiness. Considering that too ineffectual, I meditated on my own Lord.
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SiP 2 15.43
प्रादुरासीत्ततस्सर्गो राजसः शंकराज्ञया ।। अवाक्स्रोता इति ख्यातो मानुषः परसाधकः
prādurāsīttatassargo rājasaḥ śaṃkarājñayā || avāksrotā iti khyāto mānuṣaḥ parasādhakaḥ
Then, by Śaṅkara's command, the rājasa creation appeared, known as 'downward-streaming', the human one, highly effectual.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 15.44
महादेवाज्ञया सर्गस्ततो भूतादिकोऽभवत् ।। इति पंचविधा सृष्टिः प्रवृत्ता वै कृता मया
mahādevājñayā sargastato bhūtādiko'bhavat || iti paṃcavidhā sṛṣṭiḥ pravṛttā vai kṛtā mayā
By Mahādeva's command there then arose the creation beginning with the elements. Thus the fivefold creation, called pravṛtta (the ongoing one), was indeed made by me.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 2 15.45
त्रयस्सर्गाः प्रकृत्याश्च ब्रह्मणः परिकीर्तिताः ।। तत्राद्यो महतस्सर्गो द्वितीयः सूक्ष्मभौतिकः
trayassargāḥ prakṛtyāśca brahmaṇaḥ parikīrtitāḥ || tatrādyo mahatassargo dvitīyaḥ sūkṣmabhautikaḥ
Three creations belonging to prakṛti and to Brahmā are declared. Among them the first is the creation of mahat, the second that of the subtle elemental (principles).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 15.46
वैकारिकस्तृतीयश्च इत्येते प्रकृतास्त्रयः ।। एवं चाष्टविधास्सर्गाः प्रकृतेर्वेकृतैः सह
vaikārikastṛtīyaśca ityete prakṛtāstrayaḥ || evaṃ cāṣṭavidhāssargāḥ prakṛtervekṛtaiḥ saha
And the third is the vaikārika (the creation of modification); these three are (called) prākṛta. Thus the creations are eightfold, (those) of prakṛti together with the vaikṛta ones.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 15.47
कौमारो नवमः प्रोक्तः प्राकृतो वैकृतश्च सः ।। एषामवांतरो भेदो मया वक्तुं न शक्यते
kaumāro navamaḥ proktaḥ prākṛto vaikṛtaśca saḥ || eṣāmavāṃtaro bhedo mayā vaktuṃ na śakyate
The Kaumāra is declared the ninth; it is both prākṛta and vaikṛta. The internal subdivisions of these cannot be told by me.
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SiP 2 15.48
अल्पत्वादुपयोगस्य वच्मि सर्गं द्विजात्मकम् ।। कौमारः सनकादीनां यत्र सर्गो महानभूत्
alpatvādupayogasya vacmi sargaṃ dvijātmakam || kaumāraḥ sanakādīnāṃ yatra sargo mahānabhūt
Since its use is slight, I (instead) speak of the creation consisting of the twice-born. The Kaumāra was that of Sanaka and the others, wherein a great creation took place.
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SiP 2 15.49
सनकाद्याः सुता मे हि मानसा ब्रह्मसंमिताः ।। महावैराग्यसंपन्ना अभवन्पंच सुव्रताः
sanakādyāḥ sutā me hi mānasā brahmasaṃmitāḥ || mahāvairāgyasaṃpannā abhavanpaṃca suvratāḥ
For Sanaka and the rest were my sons, born of my mind, equal to Brahmā; endowed with great dispassion, they were five, of excellent vows.
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SiP 2 15.51
प्रत्युत्तरं च तदनु श्रुत्वाहं मुनिसत्तम ।। अकार्षं क्रोधमत्युग्रं मोहमाप्तश्च नारद
pratyuttaraṃ ca tadanu śrutvāhaṃ munisattama || akārṣaṃ krodhamatyugraṃ mohamāptaśca nārada
And thereafter, having heard (their) reply, O best of sages, I gave way to most violent anger and fell into delusion, O Nārada.
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SiP 2 15.52
कुद्धस्य मोहितस्याथ विह्वलस्य मुने मम ।। क्रोधेन खलु नेत्राभ्यां प्रापतन्नश्रुबिंदवः ।।
kuddhasya mohitasyātha vihvalasya mune mama || krodhena khalu netrābhyāṃ prāpatannaśrubiṃdavaḥ ||
Then, O sage, as I was angered, deluded and overcome, drops of tears fell from my two eyes on account of that anger.
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SiP 2 15.53
तस्मिन्नवसरे तत्र स्मृतेन मनसा मया ।। प्रबोधितोहं त्वरितमागतेना हि विष्णुना
tasminnavasare tatra smṛtena manasā mayā || prabodhitohaṃ tvaritamāgatenā hi viṣṇunā
On that occasion, when he had been called to mind by me there in my thought, I was awakened by Viṣṇu, who came in haste.
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SiP 2 15.54
तपः कुरु शिवस्येति हरिणा शिक्षितोऽप्यहम् ।। तपोकारी महद्घोरं परमं मुनिसत्तम
tapaḥ kuru śivasyeti hariṇā śikṣito'pyaham || tapokārī mahadghoraṃ paramaṃ munisattama
Though instructed by Hari with the words 'Perform austerity for Śiva,' I performed austerity that was great, terrible and extreme, O best of sages.
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SiP 2 15.55
तपस्यतश्च सृष्ट्यर्थं भ्रुवोर्घ्राणस्य मध्यतः ।। अविमुक्ताभिधाद्देशात्स्वकीयान्मे विशेषतः
tapasyataśca sṛṣṭyarthaṃ bhruvorghrāṇasya madhyataḥ || avimuktābhidhāddeśātsvakīyānme viśeṣataḥ
And as I was practising austerity for the sake of creation, from between my brows and my nose, from that region of mine called Avimukta, in particular—
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SiP 2 15.56
त्रिमूर्तीनां महेशस्य प्रादुरासीद्घृणानिधिः ।। आर्द्धनारीश्वरो भूत्वा पूर्णाशस्सकलेश्वरः
trimūrtīnāṃ maheśasya prādurāsīdghṛṇānidhiḥ || ārddhanārīśvaro bhūtvā pūrṇāśassakaleśvaraḥ
—there appeared Maheśa, (highest) of the three forms, the treasury of compassion, becoming Ardhanārīśvara, whose desires are fulfilled, the lord of all.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 2 15.57
तमजं शंकरं साक्षात्तेजोराशिमुमापतिम् ।। सर्वज्ञं सर्वकर्तारं नीललोहितसंज्ञकम्
tamajaṃ śaṃkaraṃ sākṣāttejorāśimumāpatim || sarvajñaṃ sarvakartāraṃ nīlalohitasaṃjñakam
Him—the unborn Śaṃkara in person, the mass of splendour, the husband of Umā, all-knowing, the maker of all, bearing the name Nīlalohita—
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SiP 2 15.58
दृष्ट्वा नत्वा महाभक्त्या स्तुत्वाहं तु प्रहर्षितः ।। अवोचं देवदेवेशं सृज त्वं विविधाः प्रजाः
dṛṣṭvā natvā mahābhaktyā stutvāhaṃ tu praharṣitaḥ || avocaṃ devadeveśaṃ sṛja tvaṃ vividhāḥ prajāḥ
—having seen, bowed to and praised with great devotion, I, greatly delighted, said to the lord of the gods of gods: "Do you create the manifold creatures."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 15.59
श्रुत्वा मम वचस्सोथ देवदेवो महेश्वरः ।। ससर्ज स्वात्मनस्तुल्यान्रुद्रो रुद्रगणान्बहून
śrutvā mama vacassotha devadevo maheśvaraḥ || sasarja svātmanastulyānrudro rudragaṇānbahūna
Then, having heard my words, the god of gods Maheśvara, Rudra, created many hosts of Rudras equal to his own self.
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SiP 2 15.61
एवं श्रुत्वा महादेवो मद्वचः करुणानिधिः ।। प्रहस्योवाच मां सद्यः प्रहस्य मुनिसत्तम
evaṃ śrutvā mahādevo madvacaḥ karuṇānidhiḥ || prahasyovāca māṃ sadyaḥ prahasya munisattama
Having heard my speech thus, Mahādeva, the treasury of compassion, laughing, at once spoke to me, laughing (again), O best of sages.
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SiP 2 15.62
महादेव उवाच ।। जन्ममृत्युभयाविष्टा नाहं स्रक्ष्ये प्रजा विधे ।। अशोभनाः कर्मवशा विमग्ना दुःखवारिधौ
mahādeva uvāca || janmamṛtyubhayāviṣṭā nāhaṃ srakṣye prajā vidhe || aśobhanāḥ karmavaśā vimagnā duḥkhavāridhau
Mahādeva said: I shall not create creatures, O Vidhi (Brahmā), who are beset by the fear of birth and death, inauspicious, subject to their karma, sunk in the ocean of suffering.
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SiP 2 15.63
अहं दुःखोदधौ मग्ना उद्धरिष्यामि च प्रजाः ।। सम्यक्ज्ञानप्रदानेन गुरुमूर्तिपरिग्रहः
ahaṃ duḥkhodadhau magnā uddhariṣyāmi ca prajāḥ || samyakjñānapradānena gurumūrtiparigrahaḥ
I shall rather lift up the creatures sunk in the ocean of suffering, by bestowing right knowledge, taking on the form of a guru.
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SiP 2 15.64
त्वमेव सृज दुःखाढ्याः प्रजास्सर्वाः प्रजापते ।। मदाज्ञया न बद्धस्त्वं मायया संभविष्यसि
tvameva sṛja duḥkhāḍhyāḥ prajāssarvāḥ prajāpate || madājñayā na baddhastvaṃ māyayā saṃbhaviṣyasi
You alone create all the creatures, laden with suffering, O Prajāpati; by my command you will not become bound by māyā.
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SiP 2 15.65
ब्रह्मोवाच ।। इत्युक्त्वा मां स भगवान्सुश्रीमान्नीललोहितः ।। सगणः पश्यतो मे हि द्रुतमंतर्दधे हरः
brahmovāca || ityuktvā māṃ sa bhagavānsuśrīmānnīlalohitaḥ || sagaṇaḥ paśyato me hi drutamaṃtardadhe haraḥ
Brahmā said: Having spoken thus to me, that Lord, the greatly resplendent Nīlalohita, Hara, together with his hosts, swiftly vanished while I looked on.
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