Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita — Chapter 180
SiP 2 180.1
नारद उवाच ।। शंखचूडवधं श्रुत्वा चरितं शशिमौलिनः ।। अयं तृप्तोऽस्मि नो त्वत्तोऽमृतं पीत्वा यथा जनः
nārada uvāca || śaṃkhacūḍavadhaṃ śrutvā caritaṃ śaśimaulinaḥ || ayaṃ tṛpto'smi no tvatto'mṛtaṃ pītvā yathā janaḥ
Nārada said: Having heard of the slaying of Śaṅkhacūḍa, the deed of him who wears the moon as his crest, I am not sated by (what I have heard) from you, as a man is not (sated) after drinking nectar.
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SiP 2 180.2
ब्रह्मन्यच्चरितं तस्य महेशस्य महात्मनः ।। मायामाश्रित्य सल्लीलां कुर्वतो भक्तमोददाम् एतत्समस्तं सरहस्यमद्य ब्रवीहि मे ब्रह्मसुतप्रसादात् ।। स्कंदान्मया वै विदितं हि सम्यक् महेशपुत्रादमितावबोधात् गायन्हसन्प्ररुदन्नृत्यमानो विलेलिहानो घरघोरघोषः।। जातेन तेनाद्भुतदर्शनेन गौरीं भवोऽसौ स्मितपूर्वमाह तुष्टः पिनाकी तपसास्य सम्यग्वरप्रदानाय ययौ द्विजेन्द्र ।। तत्स्थानमासाद्य वृषध्वजोऽसौ जगाद दैत्यप्रवरं महेशः सनत्कुमार उवाच ।। इत्येवमुक्त्वा प्रददौ स तस्मै हिरण्यनेत्राय सुतं प्रसन्नः ।। हरस्तु गौर्य्या सहितो महात्मा भूतादिनाथस्त्रिपुरारिरुग्रः
brahmanyaccaritaṃ tasya maheśasya mahātmanaḥ || māyāmāśritya sallīlāṃ kurvato bhaktamodadām etatsamastaṃ sarahasyamadya bravīhi me brahmasutaprasādāt || skaṃdānmayā vai viditaṃ hi samyak maheśaputrādamitāvabodhāt gāyanhasanprarudannṛtyamāno vilelihāno gharaghoraghoṣaḥ|| jātena tenādbhutadarśanena gaurīṃ bhavo'sau smitapūrvamāha tuṣṭaḥ pinākī tapasāsya samyagvarapradānāya yayau dvijendra || tatsthānamāsādya vṛṣadhvajo'sau jagāda daityapravaraṃ maheśaḥ sanatkumāra uvāca || ityevamuktvā pradadau sa tasmai hiraṇyanetrāya sutaṃ prasannaḥ || harastu gauryyā sahito mahātmā bhūtādināthastripurārirugraḥ
O Brahmin, whatever deed there is of that great-souled Maheśa, who, resorting to māyā, performs his fine play that gives joy to devotees — tell me today the whole of it with its secret, by the favour of Brahmā's son. For by me it was well known indeed from Skanda, from the son of Maheśa of measureless understanding: singing, laughing, weeping, dancing, licking about, with a fierce roaring sound — when that (being) of wondrous appearance had been born, Bhava spoke to Gaurī with a smile beforehand; and Pinākin, pleased with his austerity, went to bestow the boon fully, O best of the twice-born; and having reached that place, that bull-bannered Maheśa spoke to the foremost of the Daityas. Sanatkumāra said: Having spoken thus, he, well pleased, granted him the son to Hiraṇyanetra; but Hara, the great-souled, together with Gaurī, lord of the Bhūtas and the rest, the terrible foe of Tripura...
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SiP 2 180.3
ब्रह्मोवाच ।। जलंधरवधं श्रुत्वा व्यासस्सत्यवतीसुतः ।। अप्राक्षीदिममेवार्थं ब्रह्मपुत्रं मुनीश्वरम्
brahmovāca || jalaṃdharavadhaṃ śrutvā vyāsassatyavatīsutaḥ || aprākṣīdimamevārthaṃ brahmaputraṃ munīśvaram
Brahmā said: Having heard of the slaying of Jalandhara, Vyāsa, the son of Satyavatī, asked this very matter of the son of Brahmā, the lord of sages.
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SiP 2 180.4
सनत्कुमारः प्रोवाच व्यासं सत्यवतीसुतम् ।। सुप्रशंस्य महेशस्य चरितं मंगलायनम्
sanatkumāraḥ provāca vyāsaṃ satyavatīsutam || supraśaṃsya maheśasya caritaṃ maṃgalāyanam
Sanatkumāra, having greatly praised the auspicious deed of Maheśa, spoke to Vyāsa, the son of Satyavatī.
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SiP 2 180.5
सनत्कुमार उवाच ।। शृणु व्यास महेशस्य चरितं मंगलायनम् ।। यथान्धको गाणपत्यं प्राप शंभोः परात्मनः
sanatkumāra uvāca || śṛṇu vyāsa maheśasya caritaṃ maṃgalāyanam || yathāndhako gāṇapatyaṃ prāpa śaṃbhoḥ parātmanaḥ
Sanatkumāra said: Hear, Vyāsa, the auspicious deed of Maheśa — how Andhaka obtained the lordship of the hosts from Śambhu, the supreme Self.
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SiP 2 180.6
कृत्वा परमसंग्रामं तेन पूर्वं मुनीश्वर ।। प्रसाद्य तं महेशानं सत्त्वभावात्पुनः पुनः
kṛtvā paramasaṃgrāmaṃ tena pūrvaṃ munīśvara || prasādya taṃ maheśānaṃ sattvabhāvātpunaḥ punaḥ
Having first waged a supreme battle with him, O lord of sages, and having propitiated that Maheśāna again and again out of a state of goodness—
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SiP 2 180.7
माहात्म्यमद्भुतं शंभोश्शरणागतरक्षिणः ।। सुभक्तवत्सलस्यैव नानालीलाविहारिणः
māhātmyamadbhutaṃ śaṃbhośśaraṇāgatarakṣiṇaḥ || subhaktavatsalasyaiva nānālīlāvihāriṇaḥ
—the wondrous greatness of Śambhu, protector of those who come for refuge, tender to good devotees, who sports in manifold plays.
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SiP 2 180.8
माहात्म्यमेतद्वृषभध्वजस्य श्रुत्वा मुनिर्गंधवतीसुतो हि ।। वचो महार्थं प्रणिपत्य भक्त्या ह्युवाच तं ब्रह्मसुतं मुनींद्रम्
māhātmyametadvṛṣabhadhvajasya śrutvā munirgaṃdhavatīsuto hi || vaco mahārthaṃ praṇipatya bhaktyā hyuvāca taṃ brahmasutaṃ munīṃdram
Having heard this greatness of the bull-bannered one, the sage, son of Gandhavatī, bowing down with devotion, spoke this weighty speech to him, the son of Brahmā, chief of sages.
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SiP 2 180.9
व्यास उवाच ।। को ह्यंधको वै भगवन्मुनीश कस्यान्वये वीर्यवतः पृथिव्याम् ।। जातो महात्मा बलवान् प्रधानः किमात्मकः कस्य सुतोंऽधकश्च
vyāsa uvāca || ko hyaṃdhako vai bhagavanmunīśa kasyānvaye vīryavataḥ pṛthivyām || jāto mahātmā balavān pradhānaḥ kimātmakaḥ kasya sutoṃ'dhakaśca
Vyāsa said: Who indeed was Andhaka, O lord, O lord of sages? In whose line was that great-souled, strong, eminent, valorous one born on earth? Of what nature was Andhaka, and whose son?
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SiP 2 180.11
गाणपत्यं कथं प्राप शंभोः परमतेजसः ।। सोंधको धन्य एवाति यो बभूव गणेश्वरः
gāṇapatyaṃ kathaṃ prāpa śaṃbhoḥ paramatejasaḥ || soṃdhako dhanya evāti yo babhūva gaṇeśvaraḥ
How did he obtain lordship of the hosts from Śambhu of supreme splendour? That Andhaka is exceedingly blessed, who became a lord of the hosts.
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SiP 2 180.12
।। ब्रह्मोवाच ।। व्यासस्य चैतद्वचनं निशम्य प्रोवाच स ब्रह्मसुतस्तदानीम् ।। महेश्वरोतीः परमाप्तलक्ष्मीस्संश्रोतुकामं जनकं शुकस्य
|| brahmovāca || vyāsasya caitadvacanaṃ niśamya provāca sa brahmasutastadānīm || maheśvarotīḥ paramāptalakṣmīssaṃśrotukāmaṃ janakaṃ śukasya
Brahmā said: Hearing this speech of Vyāsa, that son of Brahmā, who had attained the highest fortune, then spoke of the succours of Maheśvara to the father of Śuka, who desired to hear them.
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SiP 2 180.13
सनत्कुमार उवाच ।। पुराऽऽगतो भक्तकृपाकरोऽसौ कैलासतश्शैलसुता गणाढ्यः ।। विहर्तुकामः किल काशिकां वै स्वशैलतो निर्जरचक्रवर्ती
sanatkumāra uvāca || purā''gato bhaktakṛpākaro'sau kailāsataśśailasutā gaṇāḍhyaḥ || vihartukāmaḥ kila kāśikāṃ vai svaśailato nirjaracakravartī
Sanatkumāra said: Formerly that bestower of grace on devotees, the emperor of the gods, came from Kailāsa, from his own mountain, rich in hosts, together with the daughter of the mountain, wishing to sport in Kāśī.
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SiP 2 180.14
स राजधानीं च विधाय तस्यां चक्रं परोतीः सुखदा जनानाम् ।। तद्रक्षकं भैरवनामवीरं कृत्वा समं शैलजयाहि बह्वीः
sa rājadhānīṃ ca vidhāya tasyāṃ cakraṃ parotīḥ sukhadā janānām || tadrakṣakaṃ bhairavanāmavīraṃ kṛtvā samaṃ śailajayāhi bahvīḥ
And having made a capital there, he wrought supreme succours that give happiness to men; and having made the hero named Bhairava its protector, together with the mountain's daughter, (he wrought) many (such).
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SiP 2 180.15
स एकदा मंदरनामधेयं गतो नगे तद्वरसुप्रभावात् ।। तत्रापि मानागणवीरमुख्यैश्शिवासमेतो विजहार भूरि
sa ekadā maṃdaranāmadheyaṃ gato nage tadvarasuprabhāvāt || tatrāpi mānāgaṇavīramukhyaiśśivāsameto vijahāra bhūri
Once he went to the mountain named Mandara by the great power of that boon; there too, accompanied by Śivā, he sported much with the chief heroes of his proud hosts.
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SiP 2 180.16
पूर्वे दिशो मन्दर शैलसंस्था कपर्द्दिनश्चंडपराक्रमस्य।। चक्रे ततो नेत्रनिमीलनं तु सा पार्वती नर्मयुतं सलीलम्
pūrve diśo mandara śailasaṃsthā kaparddinaścaṃḍaparākramasya|| cakre tato netranimīlanaṃ tu sā pārvatī narmayutaṃ salīlam
Then Pārvatī, standing on the eastern side of Mount Mandara, playfully and in jest closed the eyes of the matted-haired one of fierce prowess.
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SiP 2 180.17
प्रवालहेमाब्जधृतप्रभाभ्यां कराम्बुजाभ्यां निमिमील नेत्रे।। हरस्य नेत्रेषु निमीलितेषु क्षणेन जातः सुमहांधकारः
pravālahemābjadhṛtaprabhābhyāṃ karāmbujābhyāṃ nimimīla netre|| harasya netreṣu nimīliteṣu kṣaṇena jātaḥ sumahāṃdhakāraḥ
With her two lotus-hands, which bore the radiance of coral and of golden lotuses, she closed his eyes; and when Hara's eyes were closed, in an instant a very great darkness arose.
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SiP 2 180.18
तत्स्पर्शयोगाच्च महेश्वरस्य करौ च तस्याः स्खलितं मदांभः।। शंभोर्ललाटे क्षणवह्नितप्तो विनिर्गतो भूरिजलस्य बिन्दुः
tatsparśayogācca maheśvarasya karau ca tasyāḥ skhalitaṃ madāṃbhaḥ|| śaṃbhorlalāṭe kṣaṇavahnitapto vinirgato bhūrijalasya binduḥ
And from the contact with Maheśvara, sweat trickled from her two hands; heated in an instant by the fire on Śambhu's forehead, a drop of the abundant water issued forth.
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SiP 2 180.19
गर्भो बभूवाथ करालवक्त्रो भयंकरः क्रोधपरः कृतघ्नः।। अन्धो विरूपी जटिलश्च कृष्णो नरेतरो वैकृतिकस्सुरोमा
garbho babhūvātha karālavaktro bhayaṃkaraḥ krodhaparaḥ kṛtaghnaḥ|| andho virūpī jaṭilaśca kṛṣṇo naretaro vaikṛtikassuromā
Then there came to be an embryo with gaping jaws, terrifying, given to rage, ungrateful, blind, deformed, matted-haired and black, not human (in form), monstrous, and covered with coarse hair.
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SiP 2 180.21
श्रीमहेश उवाच।। निमील्य नेत्राणि कृतं च कर्म बिभेषि साऽस्माद्दयिते कथं त्वम् ।। गौरी हरात्तद्वचनं निशम्य विहस्यमाना प्रमुमोच नेत्रे
śrīmaheśa uvāca|| nimīlya netrāṇi kṛtaṃ ca karma bibheṣi sā'smāddayite kathaṃ tvam || gaurī harāttadvacanaṃ niśamya vihasyamānā pramumoca netre
The Blessed Mahesa said: You closed your eyes and did the deed—how then, beloved, are you afraid of him? Gauri, hearing that speech from Hara, laughing, opened her eyes.
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SiP 2 180.22
जाते प्रकाशे सति घोररूपो जातोंधकारादपि नेत्रहीनः ।। तादृग्विधं तं च निरीक्ष्य भूतं पप्रच्छ गौरी पुरुषं महेशम्
jāte prakāśe sati ghorarūpo jātoṃdhakārādapi netrahīnaḥ || tādṛgvidhaṃ taṃ ca nirīkṣya bhūtaṃ papraccha gaurī puruṣaṃ maheśam
When light had come about, (there was) one of dreadful form, born of the darkness and moreover eyeless. And seeing that creature of such a kind, Gauri asked the Person, Mahesa.
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SiP 2 180.23
गौर्य्युवाच ।। कोयं विरूपो भगवन्हि जातो नावग्रतो घोरभयंकरश्च ।। वदस्व सत्यं मम किं निमित्तं सृष्टोऽथ वा केन च कस्य पुत्रः
gauryyuvāca || koyaṃ virūpo bhagavanhi jāto nāvagrato ghorabhayaṃkaraśca || vadasva satyaṃ mama kiṃ nimittaṃ sṛṣṭo'tha vā kena ca kasya putraḥ
Gauri said: Who is this deformed one that has arisen, O Lord, dreadful and terrifying, not (to be looked at) before (one)? Tell me the truth: for what purpose, or by whom was he created, and whose son (is he)?
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SiP 2 180.24
सनत्कुमार उवाच ।। श्रुत्वा हरस्तद्वचनं प्रियाया लीलाकरस्सृष्टिकृतोंऽधरूपाम् ।। लीलाकरायास्त्रिजगज्जनन्या विहस्य किंचिद्भगवानुवाच
sanatkumāra uvāca || śrutvā harastadvacanaṃ priyāyā līlākarassṛṣṭikṛtoṃ'dharūpām || līlākarāyāstrijagajjananyā vihasya kiṃcidbhagavānuvāca
Sanatkumara said: Hearing that speech of his beloved, Hara—the maker of play, who had produced the blind form—laughing, the Lord said something to her, the maker of play, the mother of the three worlds.
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SiP 2 180.25
महेश उवाच ।। शृण्वंबिके ह्यद्भुतवृत्तकारे उत्पन्न एषोऽद्भुतचण्डवीर्यः ।। निमीलिते चक्षुषि मे भवत्या स स्वेदजो मेंधकनामधेयः
maheśa uvāca || śṛṇvaṃbike hyadbhutavṛttakāre utpanna eṣo'dbhutacaṇḍavīryaḥ || nimīlite cakṣuṣi me bhavatyā sa svedajo meṃdhakanāmadheyaḥ
Mahesa said: Listen, Ambika, O doer of wondrous deeds: this one of wondrous and fierce valour has been born. When my eye was closed by you, he was born of my sweat; his name is Andhaka.
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SiP 2 180.26
त्वं चास्य कर्तास्ययथानुरूपं त्वया ससख्या दयया गणेभ्यः ।। स रक्षितव्यस्त्वयि तं हि वैकं विचार्य बुद्ध्या करणीयमार्ये
tvaṃ cāsya kartāsyayathānurūpaṃ tvayā sasakhyā dayayā gaṇebhyaḥ || sa rakṣitavyastvayi taṃ hi vaikaṃ vicārya buddhyā karaṇīyamārye
And you shall be his maker as is fitting; by you, together with your companions, out of compassion (he is to be entrusted) to the hosts. He is to be protected by you—having considered him, the one, with your intelligence, what is to be done should be done, O noble lady.
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SiP 2 180.27
सनत्कुमार उवाच ।। गौरी ततो भर्तृवचो निशम्य कारुण्यभावात्सहिता सखीभिः ।। नानाप्रकारैर्बहुभिर्ह्युपायैश्चकार रक्षां स्वसुतस्य यद्वत्
sanatkumāra uvāca || gaurī tato bhartṛvaco niśamya kāruṇyabhāvātsahitā sakhībhiḥ || nānāprakārairbahubhirhyupāyaiścakāra rakṣāṃ svasutasya yadvat
Sanatkumara said: Then Gauri, hearing her husband's words, out of a feeling of compassion, together with her companions, made protection for him by many means of various kinds, as (she would) for her own son.
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SiP 2 180.28
कालेऽथ तस्मिञ्शिशिरे प्रयातो हिरण्यनेत्रस्त्वथ पुत्रकामः।। स्वज्येष्ठबंधोस्तनयप्रतानं संवीक्ष्य चासीत्प्रियया नियुक्तः
kāle'tha tasmiñśiśire prayāto hiraṇyanetrastvatha putrakāmaḥ|| svajyeṣṭhabaṃdhostanayapratānaṃ saṃvīkṣya cāsītpriyayā niyuktaḥ
Then at that time, in the cool season, Hiranyanetra set out, desiring a son; for, having looked upon the extended line of sons of his own elder brother, he was urged on by his wife.
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SiP 2 180.29
अरण्यमाश्रित्य तपश्चकारासुरस्तदा कश्यपजस्सुतार्थम् ।। काष्ठोपमोऽसौ जितरोषदोषस्संदर्शनार्थं तु महेश्वरस्य
araṇyamāśritya tapaścakārāsurastadā kaśyapajassutārtham || kāṣṭhopamo'sau jitaroṣadoṣassaṃdarśanārthaṃ tu maheśvarasya
Then the demon, son of Kasyapa, resorting to the forest, performed austerity for the sake of a son. Like a log (of wood), he conquered the fault of anger, in order to obtain the sight of Mahesvara.
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SiP 2 180.31
महेश उवाच ।। हे दैत्यनाथ कुरु नेन्द्रियसंघपातं किमर्थमेतद्व्रतमाश्रितं ते ।। प्रब्रूहि कामं वरदो भवोऽहं यदिच्छसि त्वं सकलं ददामि
maheśa uvāca || he daityanātha kuru nendriyasaṃghapātaṃ kimarthametadvratamāśritaṃ te || prabrūhi kāmaṃ varado bhavo'haṃ yadicchasi tvaṃ sakalaṃ dadāmi
Mahesa said: O lord of the Daityas, do not bring about the collapse of the group of your senses. For what purpose has this vow been undertaken by you? Speak your desire—I, Bhava, am the giver of boons; whatever you wish, I give it all.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 180.32
सनत्कुमार उवाच ।। सरस्यमाकर्ण्य महेशवाक्यं ह्यतिप्रसन्नः कनकाक्षदैत्यः ।। कृतांजलिर्नम्रशिरा उवाच स्तुत्या च नत्वा विविधं गिरीशम्
sanatkumāra uvāca || sarasyamākarṇya maheśavākyaṃ hyatiprasannaḥ kanakākṣadaityaḥ || kṛtāṃjalirnamraśirā uvāca stutyā ca natvā vividhaṃ girīśam
Sanatkumara said: Hearing Mahesa's speech, sweet (to hear), the Daitya Kanakaksa, exceedingly pleased, with palms joined and head bowed, spoke, bowing to the Lord of the Mountain with manifold praise.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 180.33
।। हिरण्याक्ष उवाच ।। पुत्रस्तु मे चन्द्रललाट नास्ति सुवीर्यवान्दैत्यकुलानुरूपी ।। तदर्थमेतद्व्रतमास्थितोऽहं तं देहि देवेश सुवीर्यवंतम्
|| hiraṇyākṣa uvāca || putrastu me candralalāṭa nāsti suvīryavāndaityakulānurūpī || tadarthametadvratamāsthito'haṃ taṃ dehi deveśa suvīryavaṃtam
Hiranyaksa said: O Moon-browed one, I have no son of great valour, befitting the Daitya lineage. For that purpose I have undertaken this vow: give me him, O Lord of gods—one endowed with great valour.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 180.34
यस्माच्च मद्भ्रातुरनंतवीर्याः प्रह्लादपूर्वा अपि पंचपुत्राः ।। ममेह नास्तीति गतान्वयोऽहं को मामकं राज्यमिदं बुभूषेत्
yasmācca madbhrāturanaṃtavīryāḥ prahlādapūrvā api paṃcaputrāḥ || mameha nāstīti gatānvayo'haṃ ko māmakaṃ rājyamidaṃ bubhūṣet
Since my brother has five sons of endless valour, Prahlada and the rest, while I have none here, I am one whose line is gone. Who would wish to possess this kingdom of mine?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 180.35
राज्यं परस्य स्वबलेन हृत्वा भुंक्तेऽथवा स्वं पितुरेव दृष्टम् ।। च प्रोच्यते पुत्र इह त्वमुत्र पुत्री स तेनापिभवेत्पितासौ
rājyaṃ parasya svabalena hṛtvā bhuṃkte'thavā svaṃ pitureva dṛṣṭam || ca procyate putra iha tvamutra putrī sa tenāpibhavetpitāsau
Having seized another's kingdom by his own strength he enjoys it, or else his own, which was seen (i.e. held) by his father. And he is called a 'son' here; you (are) there a daughter—by that, even he would be a father.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 2 180.36
ऊर्द्ध्वं गतिः पुत्रवतां निरुक्ता मनीषिभिर्धर्मभृतां वरिष्ठैः ।। सर्वाणि भूतानि तदर्थमेवमतः प्रवर्तेत पशून् स्वतेजसः
ūrddhvaṃ gatiḥ putravatāṃ niruktā manīṣibhirdharmabhṛtāṃ variṣṭhaiḥ || sarvāṇi bhūtāni tadarthamevamataḥ pravarteta paśūn svatejasaḥ
An upward course for those who have sons has been declared by the wise, the best of the upholders of dharma. All beings (act) for that very purpose; therefore one should act (so as to beget) offspring from one's own vigour.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 2 180.37
निरन्वयस्याथ न संति लोकास्तदर्थमिच्छंति जनाः सुरेभ्यः ।। सदा समाराध्य सुरात्रिपंकजं याचंत इत्थं सुतमेकमेव
niranvayasyātha na saṃti lokāstadarthamicchaṃti janāḥ surebhyaḥ || sadā samārādhya surātripaṃkajaṃ yācaṃta itthaṃ sutamekameva
For one without progeny there are no worlds; for that reason people wish (for a son) from the gods. Constantly propitiating (Siva), (they honour) the lotus of the gods' feet, and thus beg for just one son.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 2 180.38
सनत्कुमार उवाच ।। एतद्भवस्तद्वचनं निशम्य कृपाकरो दैत्यनृपस्य तुष्टः।। तमाह दैत्यातप नास्ति पुत्रस्त्वद्वीर्यजः किंतु ददामि पुत्रम्
sanatkumāra uvāca || etadbhavastadvacanaṃ niśamya kṛpākaro daityanṛpasya tuṣṭaḥ|| tamāha daityātapa nāsti putrastvadvīryajaḥ kiṃtu dadāmi putram
Sanatkumara said: Hearing that speech of his, Bhava, the maker of compassion, pleased with the Daitya king, said to him: O scorcher of Daityas, there is no son born of your own vigour—but I shall give you a son.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 180.39
ममात्मजं त्वंधकनामधेयं त्वत्तुल्यवीर्यं त्वपराजितं च ।। वृणीष्व पुत्रं सकलं विहाय दुःखं प्रतीच्छस्व सुतं त्वमेव
mamātmajaṃ tvaṃdhakanāmadheyaṃ tvattulyavīryaṃ tvaparājitaṃ ca || vṛṇīṣva putraṃ sakalaṃ vihāya duḥkhaṃ pratīcchasva sutaṃ tvameva
My own son, named Andhaka, equal to you in valour and unconquered—choose him as your son; abandoning all sorrow, do you accept him as your son.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 180.41
नतो हरात्प्राप्य सुतं स दैत्यः प्रदक्षिणीकृत्य यथाक्रमेण ।। स्तोत्रैरनेकैरभिपूज्य रुद्रं तुष्टस्स्वराज्यं गतवान्महात्मा
nato harātprāpya sutaṃ sa daityaḥ pradakṣiṇīkṛtya yathākrameṇa || stotrairanekairabhipūjya rudraṃ tuṣṭassvarājyaṃ gatavānmahātmā
Bowed down, having obtained a son from Hara, that Daitya circumambulated (him) in due order, and having worshipped Rudra with many hymns, the great-souled one went, satisfied, to his own kingdom.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 180.42
ततस्तु पुत्रं गिरिशादवाप्य रसातलं चंडपराक्रमस्तु ।। इमां धरित्रीमनयत्स्वदेशं दैत्यो विजित्वा त्रिदशानशेषान्
tatastu putraṃ giriśādavāpya rasātalaṃ caṃḍaparākramastu || imāṃ dharitrīmanayatsvadeśaṃ daityo vijitvā tridaśānaśeṣān
Then, having recovered his son from Giriśa (Śiva), he of fierce valour — the daitya, having conquered the thirty gods without exception — carried off this earth to his own domain, Rasātala.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 180.43
ततस्तु देवेर्मुनिभिश्च सिद्धैः सर्वात्मकं यज्ञमयं करालम् ।। वाराहमाश्रित्य वपुः प्रधानमाराधितो विष्णुरनंतवीर्यः
tatastu devermunibhiśca siddhaiḥ sarvātmakaṃ yajñamayaṃ karālam || vārāhamāśritya vapuḥ pradhānamārādhito viṣṇuranaṃtavīryaḥ
Then, by all the gods and by the sages and the siddhas, Viṣṇu of endless might was propitiated, having taken on the boar body — that primary form, made of all selves, made of sacrifice, terrible.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 180.44
घोणाप्रहारैर्विविधैर्धरित्रीं विदार्य पातालतलं प्रविश्य ।। तुंडेन दैत्याञ्शतशो विचूर्ण्य दंष्ट्राभिरग्र्याभि अखंडिताभिः
ghoṇāprahārairvividhairdharitrīṃ vidārya pātālatalaṃ praviśya || tuṃḍena daityāñśataśo vicūrṇya daṃṣṭrābhiragryābhi akhaṃḍitābhiḥ
With manifold blows of his snout he tore open the earth, and entering the floor of Pātāla, crushing the daityas by hundreds with his muzzle and with his foremost, unbroken tusks —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 180.45
पादप्रहारैरशनिप्रकाशैरुन्मथ्य सैन्यानि निशाचराणाम् ।। मार्तंडकोटिप्रतिमेन पश्चात्सुदर्शनेनाद्भुतचंडतेजाः
pādaprahārairaśaniprakāśairunmathya sainyāni niśācarāṇām || mārtaṃḍakoṭipratimena paścātsudarśanenādbhutacaṃḍatejāḥ
— having churned up the armies of the night-roamers with kicks that flashed like thunderbolts, then, with the Sudarśana that was like a crore of suns, he of wondrous and fierce splendour
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 180.46
हिरण्यनेत्रस्य शिरो ज्वलंतं चिच्छेद दैत्यांश्च ददाह दुष्टान् ।। ततः प्रहृष्टो दितिजेन्द्रराजं स्वमंधकं तत्र स चाभ्यषिंचत्
hiraṇyanetrasya śiro jvalaṃtaṃ ciccheda daityāṃśca dadāha duṣṭān || tataḥ prahṛṣṭo ditijendrarājaṃ svamaṃdhakaṃ tatra sa cābhyaṣiṃcat
cut off the blazing head of Hiraṇyanetra and burned up the wicked daityas. Then, well pleased, he consecrated there his own Andhaka as king over the lords of Diti's sons.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 2 180.47
स्वस्थानमागत्य ततो धरित्रीं दृष्ट्वांकुरेणोद्धरतः प्रहृष्टः ।। भूमिं च पातालतलान्महात्मा पुपोष भागं त्वथ पूर्वकं तु
svasthānamāgatya tato dharitrīṃ dṛṣṭvāṃkureṇoddharataḥ prahṛṣṭaḥ || bhūmiṃ ca pātālatalānmahātmā pupoṣa bhāgaṃ tvatha pūrvakaṃ tu
Then, coming to his own place, delighted at seeing the earth being lifted up by his tusk-tip, the great-souled one nourished the earth (brought up) from the floor of Pātāla, and (restored) its former portion.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 2 180.48
देवैस्समस्तैर्मुनिभिःप्रहृष्टै रभिषुतः पद्मभुवा च तेन ।। ययौ स्वलोकं हरिरुग्रकायो वराहरूपस्तु सुकार्यकर्ता
devaissamastairmunibhiḥprahṛṣṭai rabhiṣutaḥ padmabhuvā ca tena || yayau svalokaṃ harirugrakāyo varāharūpastu sukāryakartā
Praised by all the gods and by the delighted sages, and by that lotus-born one, Hari of terrible body in the form of the boar, the doer of the good deed, went to his own world.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 180.49
हिरण्यनेत्रेऽथ हतेऽसुरेशे वराहरूपेण सुरेण देवाः ।। देवास्समस्ता मुनयश्च सर्वे परे च जीवास्सुखिनो बभूवुः
hiraṇyanetre'tha hate'sureśe varāharūpeṇa sureṇa devāḥ || devāssamastā munayaśca sarve pare ca jīvāssukhino babhūvuḥ
Now when Hiraṇyanetra, the lord of the asuras, had been slain by the god in the form of the boar, all the gods and all the sages and other living beings became happy.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition