Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita — Chapter 177
SiP 2 177.1
व्यास उवाच ।। श्रुत्वा काल्युक्तमीशानो किं चकार किमुक्तवान् ।। तत्त्वं वद महाप्राज्ञ परं कौतूहलं मम
vyāsa uvāca || śrutvā kālyuktamīśāno kiṃ cakāra kimuktavān || tattvaṃ vada mahāprājña paraṃ kautūhalaṃ mama
Vyāsa said: Having heard what Kālī said, what did the Lord do, what did he say? Tell the truth of it, greatly wise one; my curiosity is extreme.
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SiP 2 177.2
सनत्कुमार उवाच।। काल्युक्तं वचनं श्रुत्वा शंकरः परमेश्वरः ।। महालीलाकरश्शंभुर्जहासाश्वासयञ्च ताम् तदंगेषु च शस्त्रोघैस्ताडयामास कोपतः।। महारुद्रो विरूपाक्षो दुष्टदण्डस्सतां गति पूरयामास ककुभः शृंगनादेन च प्रभुः ।। स्वयं जगर्ज गिरिशस्त्रासयन्नसुरांस्तदा दांभिमुक्ताच्छराञ्शंभुश्शरांस्तत्प्रहितान्स च।। सहस्रशश्शरैरुग्रैश्चिच्छेद शतशस्तदा निष्क्रामतो हि तस्याशु प्रहस्य स्वनवत्ततः ।। चिच्छेद च शिरो भीम मसिनासोऽपतद्भुवि
sanatkumāra uvāca|| kālyuktaṃ vacanaṃ śrutvā śaṃkaraḥ parameśvaraḥ || mahālīlākaraśśaṃbhurjahāsāśvāsayañca tām tadaṃgeṣu ca śastroghaistāḍayāmāsa kopataḥ|| mahārudro virūpākṣo duṣṭadaṇḍassatāṃ gati pūrayāmāsa kakubhaḥ śṛṃganādena ca prabhuḥ || svayaṃ jagarja giriśastrāsayannasurāṃstadā dāṃbhimuktāccharāñśaṃbhuśśarāṃstatprahitānsa ca|| sahasraśaśśarairugraiściccheda śataśastadā niṣkrāmato hi tasyāśu prahasya svanavattataḥ || ciccheda ca śiro bhīma masināso'patadbhuvi
Sanatkumāra said: Having heard the words spoken by Kālī, Śaṅkara, the supreme Lord, Śambhu, the performer of great sport, laughed and reassured her. And in anger he struck at his limbs with floods of weapons — the great Rudra, the odd-eyed one, the chastiser of the wicked, the refuge of the good. And the Lord filled the quarters with the blast of his horn; the mountain-dweller himself roared, terrifying the Asuras then. Śambhu (loosed) arrows from (his bow), and those arrows which the other shot he cut apart by the thousand, by the hundred, with fierce arrows. Then, as he was rushing out, (Śiva) laughed loudly and swiftly cut off his fearsome head with his sword, and he fell to the ground.
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SiP 2 177.3
व्योमवाणीं समाकर्ण्य तत्त्वज्ञानविशारदः।। ययौ स्वयं च समरे स्वगणैस्सह शंकरः
vyomavāṇīṃ samākarṇya tattvajñānaviśāradaḥ|| yayau svayaṃ ca samare svagaṇaissaha śaṃkaraḥ
Having heard the voice from the sky, Śaṅkara, expert in the knowledge of reality, himself went to the battle together with his hosts,
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SiP 2 177.4
महावृषभमारूढो वीरभद्रादिसंयुतः ।। भैरवैः क्षेत्रपालैश्च स्वसमानैस्समन्वितः
mahāvṛṣabhamārūḍho vīrabhadrādisaṃyutaḥ || bhairavaiḥ kṣetrapālaiśca svasamānaissamanvitaḥ
mounted on the great bull, accompanied by Vīrabhadra and the others, attended by Bhairavas and Kṣetrapālas who were his own equals.
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SiP 2 177.5
रणं प्राप्तो महेशश्च वीररूपं विधाय च ।। विरराजाधिकं तत्र रुद्रो मूर्त इवांतकः
raṇaṃ prāpto maheśaśca vīrarūpaṃ vidhāya ca || virarājādhikaṃ tatra rudro mūrta ivāṃtakaḥ
And the Great Lord, having reached the battle and assumed a heroic form, shone forth exceedingly there — Rudra, like Death embodied.
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SiP 2 177.6
शंखचूडश्शिवं दृष्ट्वा विमानादवरुह्य सः ।। ननाम परया भक्त्या शिरसा दंडवद्भुवि
śaṃkhacūḍaśśivaṃ dṛṣṭvā vimānādavaruhya saḥ || nanāma parayā bhaktyā śirasā daṃḍavadbhuvi
Śaṅkhacūḍa, seeing Śiva, descended from his chariot and bowed with supreme devotion, head down, prostrate like a rod on the ground.
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SiP 2 177.7
तं प्रणम्य तु योगेन विमानमारुरोह सः ।। तूर्णं चकार सन्नाहं धनुर्जग्राह सेषुकम्
taṃ praṇamya tu yogena vimānamāruroha saḥ || tūrṇaṃ cakāra sannāhaṃ dhanurjagrāha seṣukam
But having bowed to him, by his yogic power he mounted the chariot; quickly he put on his armour and took up his bow with its arrows.
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SiP 2 177.8
शिवदानवयोर्युद्धं शतमब्दं बभूव ह ।। बाणवर्षमिवोग्रं तद्वर्षतोर्मोघयोस्तदा
śivadānavayoryuddhaṃ śatamabdaṃ babhūva ha || bāṇavarṣamivograṃ tadvarṣatormoghayostadā
The battle between Śiva and the Dānava went on for a hundred years, and the two tireless ones rained down a fierce rain, as it were, of arrows.
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SiP 2 177.9
शंखचूडो महावीरश्शरांश्चिक्षेप दारुणान्।। चिच्छेद शंकरस्तान्वै लीलया स्वशरोत्करैः
śaṃkhacūḍo mahāvīraśśarāṃścikṣepa dāruṇān|| ciccheda śaṃkarastānvai līlayā svaśarotkaraiḥ
Śaṅkhacūḍa, the great hero, hurled cruel arrows; Śaṅkara cut them apart in sport with masses of his own arrows.
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SiP 2 177.11
दानवो निशितं खड्गं चर्म चादाय वेगवान्।। वृषं जघान शिरसि शिवस्य वरवाहनम्
dānavo niśitaṃ khaḍgaṃ carma cādāya vegavān|| vṛṣaṃ jaghāna śirasi śivasya varavāhanam
The Dānava, swift-moving, took up a sharp sword and a shield, and struck the bull, Śiva's excellent mount, on the head.
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SiP 2 177.12
ताडिते वाहने रुद्रस्तं क्षुरप्रेण लीलया ।। खड्गं चिच्छेद तस्याशु चर्म चापि महोज्ज्वलम्
tāḍite vāhane rudrastaṃ kṣurapreṇa līlayā || khaḍgaṃ ciccheda tasyāśu carma cāpi mahojjvalam
When his mount was struck, Rudra with a razor-edged arrow, in sport, swiftly cut apart his sword and his brilliantly gleaming shield as well.
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SiP 2 177.13
छिन्नेऽसौ चर्मणि तदा शक्तिं चिक्षेप सोऽसुरः।। द्विधा चक्रे स्वबाणेन हरस्तां संमुखागताम्
chinne'sau carmaṇi tadā śaktiṃ cikṣepa so'suraḥ|| dvidhā cakre svabāṇena harastāṃ saṃmukhāgatām
When the shield was cut, then that Asura hurled a spear; Hara made it two with his own arrow as it came at his face.
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SiP 2 177.14
कोपाध्मातश्शंखचूडश्चक्रं चिक्षेप दानवः ।। मुष्टिपातेन तच्चाप्यचूर्णयत्सहसा हरः
kopādhmātaśśaṃkhacūḍaścakraṃ cikṣepa dānavaḥ || muṣṭipātena taccāpyacūrṇayatsahasā haraḥ
Swollen with rage, the Dānava Śaṅkhacūḍa hurled a discus; that too Hara at once pulverised with a blow of his fist.
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SiP 2 177.15
गदामाविध्य तरसा संचिक्षेप हरं प्रति ।। शंभुना सापि सहसा भिन्ना भस्मत्वमागता
gadāmāvidhya tarasā saṃcikṣepa haraṃ prati || śaṃbhunā sāpi sahasā bhinnā bhasmatvamāgatā
Whirling a mace, he hurled it forcefully at Hara; that too was at once shattered by Śambhu and reduced to ashes.
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SiP 2 177.16
ततः परशुमादाय हस्तेन दानवेश्वरः ।। धावति स्म हरं वेगाच्छंखचूडः क्रुधाकुलः
tataḥ paraśumādāya hastena dānaveśvaraḥ || dhāvati sma haraṃ vegācchaṃkhacūḍaḥ krudhākulaḥ
Then, taking up an axe in his hand, the lord of the Dānavas, Śaṅkhacūḍa, overcome with rage, rushed swiftly at Hara.
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SiP 2 177.17
समाहृत्य स्वबाणौघैरपातयत शंकरः ।। द्रुतं परशुहस्तं तं भूतले लीलयासुरम्
samāhṛtya svabāṇaughairapātayata śaṃkaraḥ || drutaṃ paraśuhastaṃ taṃ bhūtale līlayāsuram
Gathering (him in) with his own floods of arrows, Śaṅkara quickly, in sport, felled that axe-handed demon to the ground.
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SiP 2 177.18
ततः क्षणेन संप्राप्य संज्ञामारुह्य सद्रथम् ।। धृतदिव्यायुधशरो बभौ व्याप्याखिलं नभः
tataḥ kṣaṇena saṃprāpya saṃjñāmāruhya sadratham || dhṛtadivyāyudhaśaro babhau vyāpyākhilaṃ nabhaḥ
Then in a moment, regaining consciousness and mounting his fine chariot, holding divine weapons and arrows, he shone, filling the whole sky.
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SiP 2 177.19
आयांतं तं निरीक्ष्यैव डमरुध्वनि मादरात् ।। चकार ज्यारवं चापि धनुषो दुस्सहं हर
āyāṃtaṃ taṃ nirīkṣyaiva ḍamarudhvani mādarāt || cakāra jyāravaṃ cāpi dhanuṣo dussahaṃ hara
Just on seeing him coming, Hara made, with zest, the sound of the ḍamaru drum, and also the unbearable twang of his bow's string.
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SiP 2 177.21
त्याजितेभ महागर्वैर्महानादैर्वृषेश्वरः ।। पूरयामास सहसा खं गां वसुदिशस्तथा
tyājitebha mahāgarvairmahānādairvṛṣeśvaraḥ || pūrayāmāsa sahasā khaṃ gāṃ vasudiśastathā
With great roars that made elephants abandon their great pride, the lord of the bull suddenly filled the sky, the earth, and the eight directions.
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SiP 2 177.22
महाकालस्समुत्पत्या ताडयद्गां तथा नभः ।। कराभ्यां तन्निनादेन क्षिप्ता आसन्पुरारवाः
mahākālassamutpatyā tāḍayadgāṃ tathā nabhaḥ || karābhyāṃ tanninādena kṣiptā āsanpurāravāḥ
Mahākāla, springing up, struck the earth and likewise the sky with his two hands; by that noise the roars of (Tri)pura's cities were surpassed.
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SiP 2 177.23
अट्टाट्टहासमशिवं क्षेत्रपालश्चकार ह ।। भैरवोऽपि महानादं स चकार महाहवे
aṭṭāṭṭahāsamaśivaṃ kṣetrapālaścakāra ha || bhairavo'pi mahānādaṃ sa cakāra mahāhave
Kṣetrapāla let out an inauspicious peal of loud laughter, and Bhairava too made a great roar in that mighty battle.
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SiP 2 177.24
महाकोलाहलो जातो रणमध्ये भयंकरः।। वीरशब्दो बभूवाथ गणमध्ये समंततः
mahākolāhalo jāto raṇamadhye bhayaṃkaraḥ|| vīraśabdo babhūvātha gaṇamadhye samaṃtataḥ
A great terrifying uproar arose in the midst of the battle, and then the cry "Hero!" arose everywhere among the Gaṇas.
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SiP 2 177.25
संत्रेसुर्दानवास्सर्वे तैश्शब्दैर्भयदैः खरैः।। चुकोपातीव तच्छ्रुत्वा दानवेन्द्रो महाबलः
saṃtresurdānavāssarve taiśśabdairbhayadaiḥ kharaiḥ|| cukopātīva tacchrutvā dānavendro mahābalaḥ
All the Dānavas trembled at those harsh, fear-causing sounds; hearing that, the mighty lord of the Dānavas grew exceedingly angry.
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SiP 2 177.26
तिष्ठतिष्ठेति दुष्टात्मन्व्याजहार यदा हरः ।। देवैर्गणैश्च तैः शीघ्रमुक्तं जय जयेति च
tiṣṭhatiṣṭheti duṣṭātmanvyājahāra yadā haraḥ || devairgaṇaiśca taiḥ śīghramuktaṃ jaya jayeti ca
When Hara said, "Stand, stand, wicked-souled one!" the gods and those Gaṇas at once uttered "Victory, victory!"
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SiP 2 177.27
अथागत्य स दंभस्य तनयस्सुप्रतापवान् ।। शक्तिं चिक्षेप रुद्राय ज्वालामालातिभीषणाम्
athāgatya sa daṃbhasya tanayassupratāpavān || śaktiṃ cikṣepa rudrāya jvālāmālātibhīṣaṇām
Then that very valorous son of Dambha came and hurled at Rudra a spear most terrible with its garland of flames.
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SiP 2 177.28
वह्निकूटप्रभा यांती क्षेत्रपालेन सत्वरम् ।। निरस्तागत्य साजौ वै मुखोत्पन्नमहोल्कया
vahnikūṭaprabhā yāṃtī kṣetrapālena satvaram || nirastāgatya sājau vai mukhotpannamaholkayā
As it came on with the radiance of a mass of fire, it was quickly driven off in the battle by Kṣetrapāla, who came up with a great firebrand produced from his mouth.
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SiP 2 177.29
पुनः प्रववृते युद्धं शिवदानवयोर्महत् ।। चकंपे धरणी द्यौश्च सनगाब्धिजलाशया
punaḥ pravavṛte yuddhaṃ śivadānavayormahat || cakaṃpe dharaṇī dyauśca sanagābdhijalāśayā
Again the great battle between Śiva and the Dānava proceeded; the earth trembled, and the sky, along with the mountains, oceans, and lakes.
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SiP 2 177.31
ततश्शंभुस्त्रिशूलेन संकुद्धस्तं जघान ह ।। तत्प्रहारमसह्याशु कौ पपात स मूर्च्छितः
tataśśaṃbhustriśūlena saṃkuddhastaṃ jaghāna ha || tatprahāramasahyāśu kau papāta sa mūrcchitaḥ
Then Śambhu, greatly enraged, struck him with his trident; unable to bear that blow, he at once fell fainting to the ground.
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SiP 2 177.32
ततः क्षणेन संप्राप संज्ञां स च तदासुरः ।। आजघान शरै रुद्रं तान्सर्वानात्तकार्मुकः
tataḥ kṣaṇena saṃprāpa saṃjñāṃ sa ca tadāsuraḥ || ājaghāna śarai rudraṃ tānsarvānāttakārmukaḥ
Then in a moment that demon regained consciousness, and taking up his bow he struck Rudra and all of them with arrows.
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SiP 2 177.33
बाहूनागयुतं कृत्वा छादयामास शंकरम् ।। चक्रायुतेन सहसा शंखचूडः प्रतापवान्
bāhūnāgayutaṃ kṛtvā chādayāmāsa śaṃkaram || cakrāyutena sahasā śaṃkhacūḍaḥ pratāpavān
Making his arms ten thousand, the valorous Śaṅkhacūḍa suddenly covered Śaṅkara with ten thousand discs.
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SiP 2 177.34
ततो दुर्गापतिः क्रुद्धो रुद्रो दुर्गार्तिनाशनः ।। तानि चक्राणि चिच्छेद स्वशरैरुत्तमै द्रुतम्
tato durgāpatiḥ kruddho rudro durgārtināśanaḥ || tāni cakrāṇi ciccheda svaśarairuttamai drutam
Then the angered lord of Durgā, Rudra, destroyer of the pain of difficulties, quickly cut those discs apart with his own excellent arrows.
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SiP 2 177.35
ततो वेगेन सहसा गदामादाय दानवः ।। अभ्यधावत वै हंतुं बहुसेनावृतो हरम्
tato vegena sahasā gadāmādāya dānavaḥ || abhyadhāvata vai haṃtuṃ bahusenāvṛto haram
Then the Dānava, suddenly and swiftly taking up a mace, surrounded by a great army, ran at Hara to kill him.
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SiP 2 177.36
गदां चिच्छेद तस्याश्वापततः सोऽसिना हरः ।। शितधारेण संक्रुद्धो दुष्टगर्वापहारकः
gadāṃ ciccheda tasyāśvāpatataḥ so'sinā haraḥ || śitadhāreṇa saṃkruddho duṣṭagarvāpahārakaḥ
Hara, greatly enraged, remover of the pride of the wicked, cut his mace as it fell with a sharp-edged sword.
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SiP 2 177.37
छिन्नायां स्वगदायां च चुकोपातीव दानवः ।। शूलं जग्राह तेजस्वी परेषां दुस्सहं ज्वलत्
chinnāyāṃ svagadāyāṃ ca cukopātīva dānavaḥ || śūlaṃ jagrāha tejasvī pareṣāṃ dussahaṃ jvalat
When his own mace was cut, the Dānava grew exceedingly angry; the fiery one seized a blazing spear, unbearable to his foes.
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SiP 2 177.38
सुदर्शनं शूलहस्तमायांते दानवेश्वरम् ।। स्वत्रिशूलेन विव्याध हृदि तं वेगतो हरः
sudarśanaṃ śūlahastamāyāṃte dānaveśvaram || svatriśūlena vivyādha hṛdi taṃ vegato haraḥ
As the lord of the Dānavas, trident in hand, was coming on, Hara swiftly pierced that Sudarśana(-bearer?) in the heart with his own trident.
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SiP 2 177.39
त्रिशूलभिन्नहृदयान्निष्क्रांतः पुरुषः परः ।। तिष्ठतिष्ठेति चोवाच शंखचूडस्य वीर्यवान् इत्थं बहुतरं तत्र तस्य सैन्यं ननाश तत् ।। विद्रुताश्चापरे वीरा बहवो भयकातराः ।।
triśūlabhinnahṛdayānniṣkrāṃtaḥ puruṣaḥ paraḥ || tiṣṭhatiṣṭheti covāca śaṃkhacūḍasya vīryavān itthaṃ bahutaraṃ tatra tasya sainyaṃ nanāśa tat || vidrutāścāpare vīrā bahavo bhayakātarāḥ ||
From the heart split by the trident a supreme person came forth; and the valiant one said to Śaṅkhacūḍa, "Stand! Stand!" In this way much of his army there perished, and many other heroes fled, faint with fear.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 2 177.41
ततः कालीं चखादोग्रं दंष्ट्राक्षुण्णशिरोधरान् ।। असुरांस्तान् बहून् क्रोधात् प्रसार्य स्वमुखं तदा
tataḥ kālīṃ cakhādograṃ daṃṣṭrākṣuṇṇaśirodharān || asurāṃstān bahūn krodhāt prasārya svamukhaṃ tadā
Then the fierce Kālī, opening her mouth wide, devoured in anger many of those asuras, whose heads and necks were crushed by her fangs.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 2 177.42
क्षेत्रपालश्चखादान्यान्बहून्दैत्यान्क्रुधाकुलः ।। केचिन्नेशुर्भैरवास्त्रच्छिन्ना भिन्नास्तथापरे
kṣetrapālaścakhādānyānbahūndaityānkrudhākulaḥ || kecinneśurbhairavāstracchinnā bhinnāstathāpare
Kṣetrapāla, overcome with rage, devoured many other Daityas; some perished cut down by Bhairava's weapon, and others likewise were split apart.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 177.43
वीरभद्रोऽपरान्धीमान्बहून् क्रोधादनाशयत् ।। नन्दीश्वरो जघानान्यान्बहूनमरमर्दकान्
vīrabhadro'parāndhīmānbahūn krodhādanāśayat || nandīśvaro jaghānānyānbahūnamaramardakān
The wise Vīrabhadra destroyed many others in his anger; Nandīśvara slew many others, the crushers of the immortals.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 177.44
एवं बहुगणा वीरास्तदा संनह्य कोपतः ।। व्यनाशयन्बहून्दैत्यानसुरान् देव मर्दकान्
evaṃ bahugaṇā vīrāstadā saṃnahya kopataḥ || vyanāśayanbahūndaityānasurān deva mardakān
Thus the heroes of the many hosts, having then armed themselves in wrath, destroyed many Daityas and Asuras, the crushers of the gods.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition