Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita — Chapter 172
SiP 2 172.1
व्यास उवाच ।। विधितात महाबुद्धे मुने जीव चिरं समाः ।। कथितं सुमहच्चित्रं चरितं चन्द्रमौलिनः
vyāsa uvāca || vidhitāta mahābuddhe mune jīva ciraṃ samāḥ || kathitaṃ sumahaccitraṃ caritaṃ candramaulinaḥ
Vyāsa said: O father Vidhi (Sanatkumāra), of great intellect, O sage, may you live long years! A most great and wondrous deed of the moon-crested one has been told.
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SiP 2 172.2
शिवदूते गते तत्र शङ्खचूडश्च दानवः ।। किं चकार प्रतापी स तत्त्वं वद सुविस्तरम् निजसेनापतिं वीरं समाहूय समादृतः ।। आदिदेश स सनद्धस्संग्रामं कर्तुऽमुद्यतः रत्नेन्द्रं सारनिर्माणं विमानमभिरुह्य सः ।। गुरुवर्गं पुरस्कृत्य रणार्थं प्रययौ किल।।।।।। पुष्पभद्रानदीतीरे यत्राक्षयवटः शुभः ।। सिद्धाश्रमे च सिद्धानां सिद्धिक्षेत्रं सुसिद्धिदम्
śivadūte gate tatra śaṅkhacūḍaśca dānavaḥ || kiṃ cakāra pratāpī sa tattvaṃ vada suvistaram nijasenāpatiṃ vīraṃ samāhūya samādṛtaḥ || ādideśa sa sanaddhassaṃgrāmaṃ kartu'mudyataḥ ratnendraṃ sāranirmāṇaṃ vimānamabhiruhya saḥ || guruvargaṃ puraskṛtya raṇārthaṃ prayayau kila|||||| puṣpabhadrānadītīre yatrākṣayavaṭaḥ śubhaḥ || siddhāśrame ca siddhānāṃ siddhikṣetraṃ susiddhidam
When Śiva's messenger had gone there, what did that mighty dānava Śaṅkhacūḍa do? Tell the truth of it in full detail. — Respectfully summoning his heroic general, he, armed and ready to make war, gave his orders. Mounting a chariot made of the essence of the best of jewels, and placing his teachers' company in front, he set out for battle, they say — to where, on the bank of the river Puṣpabhadrā, is the auspicious undying banyan, and in the Siddha hermitage, the field of attainment of the Siddhas, granting good attainment.
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SiP 2 172.3
सनत्कुमार उवाच ।। अथ दूते गते तत्र शंखचूडः प्रतापवान् ।। उवाच तुलसीं वार्तां गत्वाभ्यंतरमेव ताम्
sanatkumāra uvāca || atha dūte gate tatra śaṃkhacūḍaḥ pratāpavān || uvāca tulasīṃ vārtāṃ gatvābhyaṃtarameva tām
Sanatkumāra said: Then, when the messenger had gone from there, the mighty Śaṅkhacūḍa went inside and told the news to Tulasī.
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SiP 2 172.4
शङ्खचूड उवाच ।। शम्भुदूतमुखाद्देवि युद्धायाहं समुद्यतः ।। तेन गच्छाम्यहं योद्धुं शासनं कुरु मे ध्रुवम्
śaṅkhacūḍa uvāca || śambhudūtamukhāddevi yuddhāyāhaṃ samudyataḥ || tena gacchāmyahaṃ yoddhuṃ śāsanaṃ kuru me dhruvam
Śaṅkhacūḍa said: O goddess, from the mouth of Śambhu's messenger (I have heard the challenge); I am set for battle. Therefore I go to fight — give me your firm instruction.
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SiP 2 172.5
इत्येवमुक्त्वा स ज्ञानी नानाबोधनतः प्रियाम्।। क्रीडां चकार हर्षेण तमनादृत्य शंकरम्
ityevamuktvā sa jñānī nānābodhanataḥ priyām|| krīḍāṃ cakāra harṣeṇa tamanādṛtya śaṃkaram
Having spoken thus, that knowing one, after instructing his beloved in various ways, joyfully made love (with her), disregarding Śaṅkara.
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SiP 2 172.6
तौ दम्पती चिक्रीडाते निमग्नौ सुखसागरे ।। नानाकामकलाभिश्च निशि चाटुशुतैरपि
tau dampatī cikrīḍāte nimagnau sukhasāgare || nānākāmakalābhiśca niśi cāṭuśutairapi
The two, husband and wife, played, immersed in an ocean of pleasure, with the many arts of love and with hundreds of endearments, through the night.
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SiP 2 172.7
ब्राह्मे मुहूर्त उत्थाय प्रातःकृत्यं विधाय च ।। नित्यकार्यं च कृत्वादौ ददौ दानमनंतकम्
brāhme muhūrta utthāya prātaḥkṛtyaṃ vidhāya ca || nityakāryaṃ ca kṛtvādau dadau dānamanaṃtakam
Rising at the hour of Brahmā, having performed the morning duties and first done the daily rites, he gave endless gifts.
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SiP 2 172.8
पुत्रं कृत्वा च राजेन्द्रं सर्वेषु दान वेषु च ।। पुत्रे समर्प्य भार्यां च स राज्यं सर्वसंपदम्
putraṃ kṛtvā ca rājendraṃ sarveṣu dāna veṣu ca || putre samarpya bhāryāṃ ca sa rājyaṃ sarvasaṃpadam
And having made his son the chief of kings in all the (?) gift-offices, and having entrusted to his son his wife, the kingdom and all his wealth,
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SiP 2 172.9
प्रियामाश्वासयामास स राजा रुदतीं पुनः ।। निषेधतीं च गमनं नाना वार्तां प्रकथ्य च
priyāmāśvāsayāmāsa sa rājā rudatīṃ punaḥ || niṣedhatīṃ ca gamanaṃ nānā vārtāṃ prakathya ca
that king again comforted his beloved, who was weeping and forbidding his going, telling her many things.
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SiP 2 172.11
शंखचूड उवाच।। अद्य सेनापते वीरास्सर्वे समरशालिनः ।। संनद्धाखिलकर्माणो निर्गच्छंतु रणाय च
śaṃkhacūḍa uvāca|| adya senāpate vīrāssarve samaraśālinaḥ || saṃnaddhākhilakarmāṇo nirgacchaṃtu raṇāya ca
Śaṅkhacūḍa said: Today, O commander, let all the heroes skilled in battle, with all their gear made ready, march out for war.
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SiP 2 172.12
दैत्याश्च दानवाः शूरा षडशीतिरुदा युधाः ।। कंकानां बलिनां शीघ्रं सेना निर्यांतु निर्भयाः
daityāśca dānavāḥ śūrā ṣaḍaśītirudā yudhāḥ || kaṃkānāṃ balināṃ śīghraṃ senā niryāṃtu nirbhayāḥ
And let the Daityas and the valiant Dānavas, eighty-six (in number), ready for combat, and the army of the mighty Kaṅkas, march out swiftly and fearlessly.
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SiP 2 172.13
पञ्चाशदसुराणां हि निर्गच्छंतु कुलानि वै ।। कोटिवीर्याणि युद्धार्थं शम्भुना देवपक्षिणा
pañcāśadasurāṇāṃ hi nirgacchaṃtu kulāni vai || koṭivīryāṇi yuddhārthaṃ śambhunā devapakṣiṇā
Let the fifty clans of the Asuras indeed march out, each of a crore's strength, to fight against Śambhu, the partisan of the gods.
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SiP 2 172.14
संनद्धानि च धौम्राणां कुलानि च शतं द्रुतम् ।। निर्गच्छंतु रणार्थं हि शम्भुना मम शासनात्
saṃnaddhāni ca dhaumrāṇāṃ kulāni ca śataṃ drutam || nirgacchaṃtu raṇārthaṃ hi śambhunā mama śāsanāt
And let the hundred clans of the Dhaumras, armed and ready, go forth at once for battle against Śambhu, by my command.
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SiP 2 172.15
कालकेयाश्च मौर्याश्च दौर्हृदाः कालकास्तथा ।। सज्जा निर्यान्तु युद्धाय रुद्रेण मम शासनात्
kālakeyāśca mauryāśca daurhṛdāḥ kālakāstathā || sajjā niryāntu yuddhāya rudreṇa mama śāsanāt
Let the Kālakeyas, the Mauryas, the Daurhṛdas, and likewise the Kālakas, being equipped, march out to fight against Rudra, by my command.
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SiP 2 172.16
सनत्कुमार उवाच ।। इत्याज्ञाप्यासुरपतिर्दानवेन्द्रो महाबलः ।। निर्जगाम महासैन्यः सहस्रैबहुभिर्वृतः
sanatkumāra uvāca || ityājñāpyāsurapatirdānavendro mahābalaḥ || nirjagāma mahāsainyaḥ sahasraibahubhirvṛtaḥ
Sanatkumāra said: Having thus given his orders, the lord of the Asuras, chief of the Dānavas, of great strength, went forth with his great army, surrounded by many thousands.
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SiP 2 172.17
तस्य सेनापतिश्चैव युद्धशास्त्रविशारदः ।। महारथो महावीरो रथिनां प्रवरो रणे
tasya senāpatiścaiva yuddhaśāstraviśāradaḥ || mahāratho mahāvīro rathināṃ pravaro raṇe
And his commander, well versed in the science of war, a great charioteer, a great hero, foremost among chariot-fighters in battle,
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SiP 2 172.18
त्रिलक्षाक्षौहिणीयुक्तो मांडल्यं च चकार ह ।। बहिर्बभूव शिबिराद्रणे वीरभयङ्करः
trilakṣākṣauhiṇīyukto māṃḍalyaṃ ca cakāra ha || bahirbabhūva śibirādraṇe vīrabhayaṅkaraḥ
joined by three hundred thousand akṣauhiṇīs, formed a circular array; and, terrifying to (enemy) heroes in battle, he took his place outside the camp.
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SiP 2 172.21
कपिलस्य ततः स्थानं पुण्यक्षेत्रे च भारते ।। पश्चिमोदधिपूर्वे च मलयस्य हि पश्चिमे
kapilasya tataḥ sthānaṃ puṇyakṣetre ca bhārate || paścimodadhipūrve ca malayasya hi paścime
Then (they came to) Kapila's abode, in the holy region within Bhārata, east of the western ocean and west of the Malaya (mountain),
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SiP 2 172.22
श्रीशैलोत्तरभागे च गंधमादनदक्षिणे ।। पंचयोजनविस्तीर्णं दैर्घ्ये शतगुणस्तथा
śrīśailottarabhāge ca gaṃdhamādanadakṣiṇe || paṃcayojanavistīrṇaṃ dairghye śataguṇastathā
to the north of Śrīśaila and south of Gandhamādana, five yojanas broad and a hundred times that in length.
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SiP 2 172.23
शुद्धस्फटिकसंकाशा भारते च सुपुण्यदा।। पुष्पभद्रा नदी रम्या जलपूर्णा सरस्वती
śuddhasphaṭikasaṃkāśā bhārate ca supuṇyadā|| puṣpabhadrā nadī ramyā jalapūrṇā sarasvatī
And in Bhārata (flows) the river Puṣpabhadrā, resembling pure crystal, bestowing great merit, lovely, full of water, (and also) the Sarasvatī,
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SiP 2 172.24
लवणोदधिप्रिया भार्या शश्वत्सौभाग्यसं युता ।। सरस्वतीसंश्रिता च निर्गता सा हिमालयात्
lavaṇodadhipriyā bhāryā śaśvatsaubhāgyasaṃ yutā || sarasvatīsaṃśritā ca nirgatā sā himālayāt
the beloved wife of the salt ocean, ever endowed with good fortune; joined with the Sarasvatī, she came forth from the Himālaya,
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SiP 2 172.25
गोमंतं वामतः कृत्वा प्रविष्टा पश्चिमोदधौ ।। तत्र गत्वा शंखचूडः शिव सेनां ददर्श ह
gomaṃtaṃ vāmataḥ kṛtvā praviṣṭā paścimodadhau || tatra gatvā śaṃkhacūḍaḥ śiva senāṃ dadarśa ha
and keeping Gomanta on her left, she entered the western ocean. Going there, Śaṅkhacūḍa beheld Śiva's army.
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