Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita — Chapter 176
SiP 2 176.1
सनत्कुमार उवाच ।। सा च गत्वा हि संग्रामं सिंहनादं चकार ह ।। देव्याश्च तेन नादेन मूर्च्छामापुश्च दानवाः
sanatkumāra uvāca || sā ca gatvā hi saṃgrāmaṃ siṃhanādaṃ cakāra ha || devyāśca tena nādena mūrcchāmāpuśca dānavāḥ
Sanatkumāra said: And she, having gone to the battle, made a lion's roar; and by that roar of the Goddess the Dānavas fell into a swoon.
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SiP 2 176.2
अट्टाट्टहासमशिवं चकार च पुनः पुनः ।। तदा पपौ च माध्वीकं ननर्त रणमूर्द्धनि तं दृष्ट्वा प्रज्ज्वलंतं च प्रणम्य भुवि संस्थितः ।। ब्रह्मास्त्रेण दानवेन्द्रो विनिवारं चकार ह अत्तुं जगाम वेगेन शंखचूडं भयंकरी।। दिव्यास्त्रेण च रौद्रेण वारयामास दानवः गृहीत्वा दानवं देवी भ्रामयित्वा पुनःपुनः ।। ऊर्द्ध्वं च प्रापयामास महाकोपेन वेगतः
aṭṭāṭṭahāsamaśivaṃ cakāra ca punaḥ punaḥ || tadā papau ca mādhvīkaṃ nanarta raṇamūrddhani taṃ dṛṣṭvā prajjvalaṃtaṃ ca praṇamya bhuvi saṃsthitaḥ || brahmāstreṇa dānavendro vinivāraṃ cakāra ha attuṃ jagāma vegena śaṃkhacūḍaṃ bhayaṃkarī|| divyāstreṇa ca raudreṇa vārayāmāsa dānavaḥ gṛhītvā dānavaṃ devī bhrāmayitvā punaḥpunaḥ || ūrddhvaṃ ca prāpayāmāsa mahākopena vegataḥ
And again and again she raised a horrid roar of laughter. Then she drank mead and danced at the front of the battle. Seeing her blazing, (he) bowed and stood upon the ground; the lord of the dānavas warded (her) off with the brahmā-weapon. The terrifying one went swiftly to devour Śaṅkhacūḍa; but the dānava held (her) off with a divine, fierce (raudra) weapon. The goddess, seizing the dānava and whirling him round again and again, in great fury flung him swiftly upward.
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SiP 2 176.3
उग्रदंष्ट्रा चोग्रदंडा कोटवी च पपौ मधु ।। अन्याश्च देव्यस्तत्राजौ ननृतुर्मधु संपपुः
ugradaṃṣṭrā cogradaṃḍā koṭavī ca papau madhu || anyāśca devyastatrājau nanṛturmadhu saṃpapuḥ
Ugradaṃṣṭrā, Ugradaṇḍā, and Koṭavī drank the liquor; and other goddesses there in the battle danced and drank up the liquor.
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SiP 2 176.4
महान् कोलाहलो जातो गणदेवदले तदा।। जहृषुर्बहुगर्जंतस्सर्वे सुरगणादयः
mahān kolāhalo jāto gaṇadevadale tadā|| jahṛṣurbahugarjaṃtassarve suragaṇādayaḥ
Then a great uproar arose in the host of the Gaṇas and gods; all the troops of gods and the rest rejoiced, roaring loudly.
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SiP 2 176.5
दृष्ट्वा कालीं शंखचूडश्शीघ्रमाजौ समाययौ ।। दानवाश्च भयं प्राप्ता राजा तेभ्योऽभयं ददौ
dṛṣṭvā kālīṃ śaṃkhacūḍaśśīghramājau samāyayau || dānavāśca bhayaṃ prāptā rājā tebhyo'bhayaṃ dadau
Seeing Kālī, Śaṅkhacūḍa came swiftly into the battle; the Dānavas were seized by fear, and the king granted them safety.
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SiP 2 176.6
काली चिक्षेप वह्निं च प्रलयाग्निशिखोपमम्।। राजा जघान तं शीघ्रं वैष्णवांकितलीलया
kālī cikṣepa vahniṃ ca pralayāgniśikhopamam|| rājā jaghāna taṃ śīghraṃ vaiṣṇavāṃkitalīlayā
And Kālī hurled fire, like the flame of the fire of dissolution; the king quickly destroyed it by an effortless act marked with (the power of) Viṣṇu.
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SiP 2 176.7
नारायणास्त्रं सा देवी चिक्षेप तदुपर्यरम् ।। वृद्धिं जगाम तच्छस्त्रं दृष्ट्वा वामं च दानवम्
nārāyaṇāstraṃ sā devī cikṣepa taduparyaram || vṛddhiṃ jagāma tacchastraṃ dṛṣṭvā vāmaṃ ca dānavam
That goddess swiftly hurled the Nārāyaṇa-weapon upon him; and that weapon grew (in size) on seeing the adverse demon.
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SiP 2 176.8
तं दृष्ट्वा शंखचूडश्च प्रलयाग्निशिखोपमम्।। पपात दंडवद्भूमौ प्रणनाम पुनःपुनः
taṃ dṛṣṭvā śaṃkhacūḍaśca pralayāgniśikhopamam|| papāta daṃḍavadbhūmau praṇanāma punaḥpunaḥ
And Śaṅkhacūḍa, seeing it (the weapon), which was like the flame of the fire of universal dissolution, fell to the ground like a staff and bowed down again and again.
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SiP 2 176.9
निवृत्तिं प्राप तच्छ्स्त्रं दृष्ट्वा नम्रं च दानवम् ।। ब्रह्मास्त्रमथ सा देवी चिक्षेप मंत्रपूर्वकम्
nivṛttiṃ prāpa tacchstraṃ dṛṣṭvā namraṃ ca dānavam || brahmāstramatha sā devī cikṣepa maṃtrapūrvakam
That weapon turned back when it saw the demon bowed down; then the Goddess hurled the brahmā-weapon with (its) mantra.
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SiP 2 176.11
अथ क्रुद्धो दानवेन्द्रो धनुराकृष्य रंहसा ।। चिक्षेप दिव्यान्यस्त्राणि देव्यै वै मंत्रपूर्वकम्
atha kruddho dānavendro dhanurākṛṣya raṃhasā || cikṣepa divyānyastrāṇi devyai vai maṃtrapūrvakam
Then the lord of the Dānavas, enraged, drawing his bow swiftly, hurled divine weapons at the Goddess with mantras.
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SiP 2 176.12
आहारं समरे चक्रे प्रसार्य मुखमायतम् ।। जगर्ज साट्टहासं च दानवा भयमाययुः
āhāraṃ samare cakre prasārya mukhamāyatam || jagarja sāṭṭahāsaṃ ca dānavā bhayamāyayuḥ
She made a meal (of them) in the battle, stretching wide her broad mouth; and she roared with a loud laugh, and the Dānavas were seized with fear.
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SiP 2 176.13
काल्यै चिक्षेप शक्तिं स शतयोजनमायताम् ।। देवी दिव्यास्त्रजालेन शतखंडं चकार सा
kālyai cikṣepa śaktiṃ sa śatayojanamāyatām || devī divyāstrajālena śatakhaṃḍaṃ cakāra sā
He hurled at Kālī a spear a hundred yojanas long; the Goddess made it into a hundred pieces with a net of divine weapons.
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SiP 2 176.14
स च वैष्णवमस्त्रं च चिक्षेप चंडिकोपरि ।। माहेश्वरेण काली च विनिवारं चकार सा
sa ca vaiṣṇavamastraṃ ca cikṣepa caṃḍikopari || māheśvareṇa kālī ca vinivāraṃ cakāra sā
And he hurled the Vaiṣṇava weapon upon Caṇḍikā, and Kālī warded it off with the Māheśvara (weapon).
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SiP 2 176.15
एवं चिरतरं युद्धमन्योन्यं संबभूव ह।। प्रेक्षका अभवन्सर्वे देवाश्च दानवा अपि
evaṃ cirataraṃ yuddhamanyonyaṃ saṃbabhūva ha|| prekṣakā abhavansarve devāśca dānavā api
Thus the battle between the two went on for a very long time; all became spectators, both the gods and the Dānavas.
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SiP 2 176.16
अथ कुद्धा महादेवी काली कालसमा रणे।। जग्राह मन्त्रपूतं च शरं पाशुपतं रुषा
atha kuddhā mahādevī kālī kālasamā raṇe|| jagrāha mantrapūtaṃ ca śaraṃ pāśupataṃ ruṣā
Then the great Goddess Kālī, enraged, equal to Death in battle, angrily took up the Pāśupata arrow purified with mantras.
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SiP 2 176.17
क्षेपात्पूर्वं तन्निषेद्धुं वाग्बभूवाशरीरिणी।। न क्षिपास्त्रमिदं देवि शंखचूडाय वै रुषा
kṣepātpūrvaṃ tanniṣeddhuṃ vāgbabhūvāśarīriṇī|| na kṣipāstramidaṃ devi śaṃkhacūḍāya vai ruṣā
Before the throw, to prevent it, there came a bodiless voice: "Do not, O Goddess, hurl this weapon in anger at Śaṅkhacūḍa.
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SiP 2 176.18
मृत्युः पाशुपतान्नास्त्यमोघादपि च चंडिके।। शंखचूडस्य वीरस्योपायमन्यं विचारय
mṛtyuḥ pāśupatānnāstyamoghādapi ca caṃḍike|| śaṃkhacūḍasya vīrasyopāyamanyaṃ vicāraya
There is no death for him from the Pāśupata, unfailing though it is, O Caṇḍikā; consider some other means for the hero Śaṅkhacūḍa."
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SiP 2 176.19
इत्याकर्ण्य भद्रकाली न चिक्षेप तदस्त्रकम् ।। शतलक्षं दानवानां जघास लीलया क्षुधा
ityākarṇya bhadrakālī na cikṣepa tadastrakam || śatalakṣaṃ dānavānāṃ jaghāsa līlayā kṣudhā
Hearing this, Bhadrakālī did not hurl that weapon; out of hunger she devoured, in sport, ten million Dānavas.
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SiP 2 176.21
अथ क्रुद्धो दानवेन्द्रः खड्गं चिक्षेप सत्वरम् ।। ग्रीष्मसूर्योपमं तीक्ष्णधारमत्यंतभीकरम्
atha kruddho dānavendraḥ khaḍgaṃ cikṣepa satvaram || grīṣmasūryopamaṃ tīkṣṇadhāramatyaṃtabhīkaram
Then the enraged lord of the Dānavas swiftly hurled a sword, like the summer sun, sharp-edged, exceedingly terrible.
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SiP 2 176.22
सा काली तं समालोक्यायांतं प्रज्वलितं रुषा ।। प्रसार्य मुखमाहारं चक्रे तस्य च पश्यतः
sā kālī taṃ samālokyāyāṃtaṃ prajvalitaṃ ruṣā || prasārya mukhamāhāraṃ cakre tasya ca paśyataḥ
That Kālī, seeing it coming, blazing, in anger stretched wide her mouth and made a meal of it while he looked on.
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SiP 2 176.23
दिव्यान्यस्त्राणि चान्यानि चिच्छेद दानवेश्वरः ।। प्राप्तानि पूर्वतश्चक्रे शतखंडानि तानि च
divyānyastrāṇi cānyāni ciccheda dānaveśvaraḥ || prāptāni pūrvataścakre śatakhaṃḍāni tāni ca
And the lord of the Dānavas cut down the other divine weapons; those that reached him first he made into a hundred pieces.
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SiP 2 176.24
पुनरत्तुं महादेवी वेगतस्तं जगाम ह ।। सर्वसिद्धेश्वरः श्रीमानंतर्धानं चकार सः
punarattuṃ mahādevī vegatastaṃ jagāma ha || sarvasiddheśvaraḥ śrīmānaṃtardhānaṃ cakāra saḥ
The great Goddess rushed at him swiftly to devour him again; but he, the glorious lord of all Siddhas, made himself invisible.
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SiP 2 176.25
वेगेन मुष्टिना काली तमदृष्ट्वा च दानवम् ।। बभंज च रथं तस्य जघान किल सारथिम्
vegena muṣṭinā kālī tamadṛṣṭvā ca dānavam || babhaṃja ca rathaṃ tasya jaghāna kila sārathim
Kālī, not seeing that Dānava, with her fist forcefully smashed his chariot and killed his charioteer.
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SiP 2 176.26
अथागत्य द्रुतं मायी चक्रं चिक्षेप वेगतः ।। भद्रकाल्यै शंखचूडः प्रलयाग्निशिखो पमम्
athāgatya drutaṃ māyī cakraṃ cikṣepa vegataḥ || bhadrakālyai śaṃkhacūḍaḥ pralayāgniśikho pamam
Then the wielder of illusion came quickly and Śaṅkhacūḍa forcefully hurled at Bhadrakālī a discus like the flame of the fire of dissolution.
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SiP 2 176.27
सा देवी तं तदा चक्रं वामहस्तेन लीलया ।। जग्राह स्वमुखेनैवाहारं चक्रे रुषा द्रुतम्
sā devī taṃ tadā cakraṃ vāmahastena līlayā || jagrāha svamukhenaivāhāraṃ cakre ruṣā drutam
That Goddess then caught that discus playfully with her left hand, and in anger swiftly made a meal of it with her own mouth.
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SiP 2 176.28
मुष्ट्या जघान तं देवी महाकोपेन वेगतः ।। बभ्राम दानवेन्द्रोपि क्षणं मूर्च्छामवाप सः
muṣṭyā jaghāna taṃ devī mahākopena vegataḥ || babhrāma dānavendropi kṣaṇaṃ mūrcchāmavāpa saḥ
The Goddess struck him with her fist forcefully, in great fury; and the lord of the Dānavas reeled and for a moment fell into a swoon.
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SiP 2 176.29
क्षणेन चेतनां प्राप्य स चोत्तस्थौ प्रतापवान्।। न चक्रे बाहु युद्धं च मातृबुद्ध्या तया सह
kṣaṇena cetanāṃ prāpya sa cottasthau pratāpavān|| na cakre bāhu yuddhaṃ ca mātṛbuddhyā tayā saha
Regaining consciousness in a moment, that mighty one stood up, and he did not fight an arm-to-arm battle with her, regarding her as (his) mother.
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SiP 2 176.31
उत्पपात च वेगेन शंखचूडः प्रतापवान् ।। निपत्य च समुत्तस्था प्रणम्य भद्रकालिकाम्
utpapāta ca vegena śaṃkhacūḍaḥ pratāpavān || nipatya ca samuttasthā praṇamya bhadrakālikām
And the mighty Śaṅkhacūḍa sprang up swiftly, and having fallen down (in obeisance) he rose again, bowing to Bhadrakālikā.
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SiP 2 176.32
रत्नेन्द्रसारनिर्माणविमानं सुमनो हरम् ।। आरुरोह स हृष्टात्मा न भ्रान्तोपि महारणे
ratnendrasāranirmāṇavimānaṃ sumano haram || āruroha sa hṛṣṭātmā na bhrāntopi mahāraṇe
With a joyful heart he mounted his palanquin-chariot, built of the essence of the finest jewels and delightful (to the mind) — he who had not faltered even in the great battle.
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SiP 2 176.33
दानवानां हि क्षतजं सा पपौ कालिका क्षुधा ।। एतस्मिन्नंतरे तत्र वाग्वभूवाशरीरिणी
dānavānāṃ hi kṣatajaṃ sā papau kālikā kṣudhā || etasminnaṃtare tatra vāgvabhūvāśarīriṇī
For that Kālikā in her hunger drank the blood of the Dānavas. At that moment a bodiless voice arose there.
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SiP 2 176.34
लक्षं च दानवेन्द्राणामवशिष्टं रणेऽधुना ।। उद्धतं गुञ्जतां सार्द्धं ततस्त्वं भुंक्ष्व चेश्वरि
lakṣaṃ ca dānavendrāṇāmavaśiṣṭaṃ raṇe'dhunā || uddhataṃ guñjatāṃ sārddhaṃ tatastvaṃ bhuṃkṣva ceśvari
"A hundred thousand of the Dānava lords now remain in the battle, in high spirits; devour them, O Mistress, together with the buzzing ones."
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SiP 2 176.35
संग्रामे दानवेन्द्रं च हंतुं न कुरु मानसम् ।। अवध्योयं शंखचूडस्तव देवीति निश्चयम्
saṃgrāme dānavendraṃ ca haṃtuṃ na kuru mānasam || avadhyoyaṃ śaṃkhacūḍastava devīti niścayam
"But do not set your mind on killing the lord of the Dānavas in battle; this Śaṅkhacūḍa cannot be slain by you, O Goddess — that is certain."
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SiP 2 176.36
तच्छुत्वा वचनं देवी निःसृतं व्योममंडलात्।। दानवानां बहूनां च मांसं च रुधिरं तथा
tacchutvā vacanaṃ devī niḥsṛtaṃ vyomamaṃḍalāt|| dānavānāṃ bahūnāṃ ca māṃsaṃ ca rudhiraṃ tathā
Having heard that speech issuing from the vault of the sky, the Goddess (took) the flesh and likewise the blood of many Dānavas,
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SiP 2 176.37
भुक्त्वा पीत्वा भद्रकाली शंकरांतिकमाययौ ।। उवाच रणवृत्तांतं पौर्वापर्येण सक्रमम्
bhuktvā pītvā bhadrakālī śaṃkarāṃtikamāyayau || uvāca raṇavṛttāṃtaṃ paurvāparyeṇa sakramam
and having eaten and drunk, Bhadrakālī came into Śaṅkara's presence and told the account of the battle in order, from first to last.
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