Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita — Chapter 165

SiP 2 165.1

सनत्कुमार उवाच।। अथान्यच्छंभुचरितं प्रेमतः शृणु वै मुने।। यस्य श्रवणमात्रेण शिवभक्तिर्दृढा भवेत्

sanatkumāra uvāca|| athānyacchaṃbhucaritaṃ premataḥ śṛṇu vai mune|| yasya śravaṇamātreṇa śivabhaktirdṛḍhā bhavet

Sanatkumāra said: Now hear with love, O sage, another deed of Śambhu, by the mere hearing of which devotion to Śiva becomes firm.

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SiP 2 165.2

शंखचूडाभिधो वीरो दानवो देवकंटकः।। यथा शिवेन निहतो रणमूर्ध्नि त्रिशूलतः तेष्वेको विप्रचित्तिस्तु महाबलपराक्रमः ।। तत्पुत्रो धार्मिको दंभो विष्णुभक्तो जितेन्द्रियः ।। सनत्कुमार उवाच ।। इति श्रुत्वा वचो विष्णुर्ब्रह्मादीनां दिवौकसाम् ।। उवाच विहसन्प्रेम्णा शरणागतवत्सलः गते हरौ दानवेन्द्रः कृत्वा तस्यै दिशे नमः ।। जगाम स्वगृहं सिद्धतदाः पूर्ण मनोरथः

śaṃkhacūḍābhidho vīro dānavo devakaṃṭakaḥ|| yathā śivena nihato raṇamūrdhni triśūlataḥ teṣveko vipracittistu mahābalaparākramaḥ || tatputro dhārmiko daṃbho viṣṇubhakto jitendriyaḥ || sanatkumāra uvāca || iti śrutvā vaco viṣṇurbrahmādīnāṃ divaukasām || uvāca vihasanpremṇā śaraṇāgatavatsalaḥ gate harau dānavendraḥ kṛtvā tasyai diśe namaḥ || jagāma svagṛhaṃ siddhatadāḥ pūrṇa manorathaḥ

How the hero named Śaṅkhacūḍa, a Dānava, a thorn to the gods, was slain by Śiva with the trident at the head of battle. Among them one was Vipracitti, of great strength and prowess; his son was Dambha, righteous, a devotee of Viṣṇu, with senses subdued. Sanatkumāra said: Having heard this speech of Brahmā and the other dwellers in heaven, Viṣṇu, who is tender to those who come for refuge, smiling, spoke with affection. When Hari had gone, the lord of the Dānavas, making obeisance toward that direction, went to his own house, his purpose accomplished, his wish fulfilled.

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SiP 2 165.3

तच्छंभुचरितं दिव्यं पवित्रं पापनाशनम् ।। शृणु व्यास सुसंप्रीत्या वच्मि सुस्नेहतस्तव

tacchaṃbhucaritaṃ divyaṃ pavitraṃ pāpanāśanam || śṛṇu vyāsa susaṃprītyā vacmi susnehatastava

Hear that divine deed of Śambhu, purifying, destroying sin, O Vyāsa, with full delight; I tell it out of great affection for you.

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SiP 2 165.4

मरीचेस्तनयो धातुः पुत्रो यः कश्यपो मुनिः ।। स धर्मिष्ठस्सृष्टिकर्त्ता विध्याज्ञप्तः प्रजापतिः

marīcestanayo dhātuḥ putro yaḥ kaśyapo muniḥ || sa dharmiṣṭhassṛṣṭikarttā vidhyājñaptaḥ prajāpatiḥ

He who was the sage Kaśyapa, son of Marīci, (who was) the son of the Creator—he was most devoted to dharma, a maker of creation, a Prajāpati commanded by Brahmā.

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SiP 2 165.5

दक्षः प्रीत्या ददौ तस्मै निजकन्यास्त्रयोदश।। तासां प्रसूतिः प्रसभं न कथ्या बहुविस्तृताः

dakṣaḥ prītyā dadau tasmai nijakanyāstrayodaśa|| tāsāṃ prasūtiḥ prasabhaṃ na kathyā bahuvistṛtāḥ

Dakṣa in affection gave him thirteen of his own daughters; their offspring cannot be told all at once, being very extensive.

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SiP 2 165.6

यत्र देवादिनिखिलं चराचरमभूज्जगत्।। विस्तरात्तत्प्रवक्तुं च कः क्षमोऽस्ति त्रिलोकके

yatra devādinikhilaṃ carācaramabhūjjagat|| vistarāttatpravaktuṃ ca kaḥ kṣamo'sti trilokake

From which arose the whole world, moving and unmoving, gods and all the rest; and who in the three worlds is able to relate that in detail?

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SiP 2 165.7

प्रस्तुतं शृणु वृत्तांतं शंभुलीलान्वितं च यत् ।। तदेव कथयाम्यद्य शृणु भक्तिप्र वर्द्धनम्

prastutaṃ śṛṇu vṛttāṃtaṃ śaṃbhulīlānvitaṃ ca yat || tadeva kathayāmyadya śṛṇu bhaktipra varddhanam

Hear the account here begun, that which is joined with the play of Śambhu; that very thing I now relate—hear it, (it is) an increaser of devotion.

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SiP 2 165.8

तासु कश्यपत्नीषु दनुस्त्वेका वरांगना ।। महारूपवती साध्वी पतिसौभाग्यवर्द्धिता

tāsu kaśyapatnīṣu danustvekā varāṃganā || mahārūpavatī sādhvī patisaubhāgyavarddhitā

Among those wives of Kaśyapa, Danu was one, a lovely woman, of great beauty, virtuous, made prosperous by her husband's favour.

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SiP 2 165.9

आसंस्तस्या दनोः पुत्रा बहवो बलवत्तराः ।। तेषां नामानि नोच्यंते विस्तारभयतो मुने

āsaṃstasyā danoḥ putrā bahavo balavattarāḥ || teṣāṃ nāmāni nocyaṃte vistārabhayato mune

That Danu had many sons, exceedingly strong; their names are not told, for fear of prolixity, O sage.

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SiP 2 165.11

नासीत्तत्तनयो वीरस्ततश्चिंतापरोऽभवत्।। शुक्राचार्यं गुरुं कृत्वा कृष्णमंत्रमवाप्य च

nāsīttattanayo vīrastataściṃtāparo'bhavat|| śukrācāryaṃ guruṃ kṛtvā kṛṣṇamaṃtramavāpya ca

He had no heroic son; thereupon he became filled with anxiety, and having made Śukrācārya his guru and obtained the Kṛṣṇa mantra,

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SiP 2 165.12

तपश्चकार परमं पुष्करे लक्षवर्षकम् ।। कृष्णमंत्रं जजापैव दृढं बद्धासनं चिरम्

tapaścakāra paramaṃ puṣkare lakṣavarṣakam || kṛṣṇamaṃtraṃ jajāpaiva dṛḍhaṃ baddhāsanaṃ ciram

he performed supreme austerity at Puṣkara for a hundred thousand years; he muttered the Kṛṣṇa mantra, seated firmly in a fixed posture for a long time.

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SiP 2 165.13

तपः प्रकुर्वतस्तस्य मूर्ध्नो निस्सृत्य प्रज्व लत् ।। विससार च सर्वत्र तत्तेजो हि सुदुस्सहम्

tapaḥ prakurvatastasya mūrdhno nissṛtya prajva lat || visasāra ca sarvatra tattejo hi sudussaham

As he performed the austerity, a blazing (radiance) issued from his head and spread everywhere—that splendour was indeed very hard to bear.

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SiP 2 165.14

तेन तप्तास्सुरास्सर्वे मुनयो मनवस्तथा ।। सुनासीरं पुरस्कृत्य ब्रह्माणं शरणं ययुः

tena taptāssurāssarve munayo manavastathā || sunāsīraṃ puraskṛtya brahmāṇaṃ śaraṇaṃ yayuḥ

Scorched by it, all the gods, the sages and the Manus too, putting Indra in front, went to Brahmā for refuge.

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SiP 2 165.15

प्रणम्य च विधातारं दातारं सर्वसंपदाम् ।। तुष्टुवुर्विकलाः प्रोचुः स्ववृत्तांतं विशेषतः

praṇamya ca vidhātāraṃ dātāraṃ sarvasaṃpadām || tuṣṭuvurvikalāḥ procuḥ svavṛttāṃtaṃ viśeṣataḥ

And having bowed to the Creator, the giver of all riches, they praised him, and, distressed, told their own situation in detail.

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SiP 2 165.16

तदाकर्ण्य विधातापि वैकुंठं तैर्ययौ सह ।। तदेव विज्ञापयितुं निखिलेन हि विष्णवे

tadākarṇya vidhātāpi vaikuṃṭhaṃ tairyayau saha || tadeva vijñāpayituṃ nikhilena hi viṣṇave

Hearing that, the Creator too went with them to Vaikuṇṭha, in order to report that very matter in full to Viṣṇu.

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SiP 2 165.17

तत्र गत्वा त्रिलोकेशं विष्णुं रक्षाकरं परम् ।। प्रणम्य तुष्टुवुस्सर्वे करौ बद्ध्वा विनम्रकाः

tatra gatvā trilokeśaṃ viṣṇuṃ rakṣākaraṃ param || praṇamya tuṣṭuvussarve karau baddhvā vinamrakāḥ

Going there, they all bowed to Viṣṇu, the lord of the three worlds, the supreme giver of protection, and praised (him), folding their hands and bending low.

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SiP 2 165.18

देवा ऊचुः ।। देवदेव न जानीमो जातं किं कारणं त्विह ।। संतप्तास्स कला जातास्तेजसा केन तद्वद

devā ūcuḥ || devadeva na jānīmo jātaṃ kiṃ kāraṇaṃ tviha || saṃtaptāssa kalā jātāstejasā kena tadvada

The gods said: God of gods, we do not know what has become the cause here; those parts (of the world) have become scorched — by whose fiery power? Tell that.

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SiP 2 165.19

तप्तात्मनां त्वमविता दीनबंधोऽनुजीविनाम् ।। रक्षरक्ष रमानाथ शरण्यश्शरणागतान्

taptātmanāṃ tvamavitā dīnabaṃdho'nujīvinām || rakṣarakṣa ramānātha śaraṇyaśśaraṇāgatān

You are the protector of those whose selves are burning, friend of the wretched, of those who live dependent (on you). Protect, protect, O lord of Ramā, O refuge, those who have come for refuge.

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SiP 2 165.21

।। विष्णुरुवाच ।। सुस्वस्था भवताव्यग्रा न भयं कुरुतामराः ।। नोपप्लवा भविष्यन्ते लयकालो न विद्यते

|| viṣṇuruvāca || susvasthā bhavatāvyagrā na bhayaṃ kurutāmarāḥ || nopaplavā bhaviṣyante layakālo na vidyate

Viṣṇu said: Be quite at ease, unagitated; do not be afraid, O immortals. There will be no calamities; the time of dissolution has not arrived.

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SiP 2 165.22

दानवो दंभनामा हि मद्भक्तः कुरुते तपः ।। पुत्रार्थी शमयिष्यामि तमहं वरदानतः

dānavo daṃbhanāmā hi madbhaktaḥ kurute tapaḥ || putrārthī śamayiṣyāmi tamahaṃ varadānataḥ

A demon named Dambha, who is my devotee, is performing austerity, desiring a son; I shall quiet him by granting a boon.

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SiP 2 165.23

सनत्कुमार उवाच ।। इत्युक्तास्ते सुरास्सर्वे धैर्यमालंब्य वै मुने ।। ययुर्ब्रह्मादयस्सुस्थास्स्वस्वधामानि सर्वशः

sanatkumāra uvāca || ityuktāste surāssarve dhairyamālaṃbya vai mune || yayurbrahmādayassusthāssvasvadhāmāni sarvaśaḥ

Sanatkumāra said: Thus addressed, all those gods, taking hold of firmness, O sage — Brahmā and the rest, being at ease — went each to his own abode, all of them.

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SiP 2 165.24

अच्युतोऽपि वरं दातुं पुष्करं संजगाम ह ।। तपश्चरति यत्रासौ दंभनामा हि दानवः

acyuto'pi varaṃ dātuṃ puṣkaraṃ saṃjagāma ha || tapaścarati yatrāsau daṃbhanāmā hi dānavaḥ

And Acyuta went to Puṣkara to grant the boon, where that demon named Dambha was performing austerity.

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SiP 2 165.25

तत्र गत्वा वरं ब्रूहीत्युवाच परिसांत्वयन् ।। गिरा सूनृतया भक्तं जपंतं स्वमनुं हरिः

tatra gatvā varaṃ brūhītyuvāca parisāṃtvayan || girā sūnṛtayā bhaktaṃ japaṃtaṃ svamanuṃ hariḥ

Going there, Hari, consoling (him) with truthful speech, said "Name your boon" to the devotee who was muttering his own mantra.

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SiP 2 165.26

तच्छ्रुत्वा वचनं विष्णोर्दृष्ट्वा तं च पुरः स्थितम् ।। प्रणनाम महाभक्त्या तुष्ट्वाव च पुनः पुनः

tacchrutvā vacanaṃ viṣṇordṛṣṭvā taṃ ca puraḥ sthitam || praṇanāma mahābhaktyā tuṣṭvāva ca punaḥ punaḥ

Hearing that speech of Viṣṇu and seeing him standing before (him), he bowed with great devotion and praised (him) again and again.

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SiP 2 165.27

दंभ उवाच ।। देवदेव नमस्तेऽस्तु पुंडरीकविलोचन ।। रमानाथ त्रिलोकेश कृपा कुरु ममोपरि

daṃbha uvāca || devadeva namaste'stu puṃḍarīkavilocana || ramānātha trilokeśa kṛpā kuru mamopari

Dambha said: God of gods, homage be to you, lotus-eyed one; lord of Ramā, lord of the three worlds, show favour to me.

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SiP 2 165.28

स्वभक्तं तनयं देहि महाबल पराक्रमम् ।। त्रिलोकजयिनं वीरमजेयं च दिवौकसाम्

svabhaktaṃ tanayaṃ dehi mahābala parākramam || trilokajayinaṃ vīramajeyaṃ ca divaukasām

Grant (me) a son who is your own devotee, of great strength and prowess, a hero who conquers the three worlds and is unconquerable by the dwellers in heaven.

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SiP 2 165.29

सनत्कुमार उवाच ।। इत्युक्तो दानवेन्द्रेण तं वरं प्रददौ हरिः ।। निवर्त्य चोग्रतपसस्ततस्सोंतरधान्मुने

sanatkumāra uvāca || ityukto dānavendreṇa taṃ varaṃ pradadau hariḥ || nivartya cogratapasastatassoṃtaradhānmune

Sanatkumāra said: Thus addressed by the lord of the demons, Hari granted him that boon; and having turned (him) back from his fierce austerity, he then vanished, O sage.

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SiP 2 165.31

कालेनाल्पेन तत्पत्नी सगर्भा भाग्यवत्यभूत् ।। रराज तेजासात्यंतं रोचयंती गृहांतरम्

kālenālpena tatpatnī sagarbhā bhāgyavatyabhūt || rarāja tejāsātyaṃtaṃ rocayaṃtī gṛhāṃtaram

In a short time his wife became pregnant and fortunate; she shone exceedingly with fiery splendour, illuminating the interior of the house.

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SiP 2 165.32

सुदामानाम गोपो यो कृष्णस्य पार्षदाग्रणीः ।। तस्या गर्भे विवेशासौ राधाशप्तश्च यन्मुने

sudāmānāma gopo yo kṛṣṇasya pārṣadāgraṇīḥ || tasyā garbhe viveśāsau rādhāśaptaśca yanmune

The cowherd named Sudāman, who was the foremost among Kṛṣṇa's attendants and who had been cursed by Rādhā, O sage — he entered into her womb.

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SiP 2 165.33

असूत समये साध्वी सुप्रभं तनयं ततः ।। जातकं सुचकारासौ पिताहूय मुनीन्बहून्

asūta samaye sādhvī suprabhaṃ tanayaṃ tataḥ || jātakaṃ sucakārāsau pitāhūya munīnbahūn

Then in due time the virtuous woman gave birth to a radiant son; and the father, summoning many sages, duly performed the birth rite.

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SiP 2 165.34

उत्सवस्सुमहानासीत्तस्मिञ्जाते द्विजोत्तम ।। नाम चक्रे पिता तस्य शंख चूडेति सद्दिने

utsavassumahānāsīttasmiñjāte dvijottama || nāma cakre pitā tasya śaṃkha cūḍeti saddine

When he was born there was a very great festival, O best of brahmins; and on an auspicious day the father gave him the name Śaṅkhacūḍa.

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SiP 2 165.35

पितुर्गेहे स ववृधे शुक्लपक्षे यथा शशी ।। शैशवेभ्यस्तविद्यस्तु स बभूव सुदीप्तिमान्

piturgehe sa vavṛdhe śuklapakṣe yathā śaśī || śaiśavebhyastavidyastu sa babhūva sudīptimān

He grew up in his father's house like the moon in the bright fortnight; having practised the sciences in childhood, he became very brilliant.

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SiP 2 165.36

स बालक्रीडया नित्यं पित्रोर्हर्षं ततान ह ।। प्रियो बभूव सर्वेषां कुलजानां विशेषतः

sa bālakrīḍayā nityaṃ pitrorharṣaṃ tatāna ha || priyo babhūva sarveṣāṃ kulajānāṃ viśeṣataḥ

By his childish play he constantly spread joy in his parents; he became dear to all, especially to those born in his family.

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