Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita — Chapter 183
SiP 2 183.1
सनत्कुमार उवाच ।। गतस्ततो मत्तगजेन्द्रगामी पीत्वा सुरां घूर्णितलोचनश्च ।। महानुभावो बहुसैन्ययुक्तः प्रचंडवीरो वरवीरयायी
sanatkumāra uvāca || gatastato mattagajendragāmī pītvā surāṃ ghūrṇitalocanaśca || mahānubhāvo bahusainyayuktaḥ pracaṃḍavīro varavīrayāyī
Sanatkumāra said: Then he went, moving like a maddened lord of elephants, having drunk liquor, his eyes rolling; of great presence, accompanied by a large army, a fierce warrior, marching against the best of heroes.
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SiP 2 183.2
ददर्श दैत्यः स्मरबाणविद्धो गुहां ततो वीरकरुद्धमार्गाम् ।। स्निग्धं यथा वीक्ष्य पतंगसंज्ञः दशाप्रदीपं च कृमिर्ह्युपेत्य भेरुंडजानाभिनयप्रवृत्ते मेदोवसामांससुपूयमध्ये ।। क्रव्यादसंघातसमाकुले तु भयंकरे शोणितकर्दमे तु नाराचमुख्यै निशितैश्च शूलैः परश्वधैस्तोमरमुद्गरैश्च ।। खड्गैर्गुडैः पर्वतपादपैश्च दिव्यैरथास्त्रैररपि दैत्यसंघैः ब्राह्मी ततो दंड करा विरुद्धा गौरी तदा क्रोधपरीतचेताः ।। नारायणी शंखगदासुचक्रधनुर्द्धरा पूरितबाहुदंडा हिरण्यनेत्रात्मज एव भूपश्चक्रे महाव्यूहमरं सुकर्मा।। संभाव्य विष्णुं च निरीक्ष्य याम्यां सुदारुणं तद्गिलनामधेयम् सनत्कुमार उवाच ।। एतद्वचो दूतमुखान्निशम्य कपालमाली तमुवाच कोपात् ।। ज्वलन्विषादेन महांस्त्रिनेत्रस्सतां गतिर्दुष्टमदप्रहर्ता
dadarśa daityaḥ smarabāṇaviddho guhāṃ tato vīrakaruddhamārgām || snigdhaṃ yathā vīkṣya pataṃgasaṃjñaḥ daśāpradīpaṃ ca kṛmirhyupetya bheruṃḍajānābhinayapravṛtte medovasāmāṃsasupūyamadhye || kravyādasaṃghātasamākule tu bhayaṃkare śoṇitakardame tu nārācamukhyai niśitaiśca śūlaiḥ paraśvadhaistomaramudgaraiśca || khaḍgairguḍaiḥ parvatapādapaiśca divyairathāstrairarapi daityasaṃghaiḥ brāhmī tato daṃḍa karā viruddhā gaurī tadā krodhaparītacetāḥ || nārāyaṇī śaṃkhagadāsucakradhanurddharā pūritabāhudaṃḍā hiraṇyanetrātmaja eva bhūpaścakre mahāvyūhamaraṃ sukarmā|| saṃbhāvya viṣṇuṃ ca nirīkṣya yāmyāṃ sudāruṇaṃ tadgilanāmadheyam sanatkumāra uvāca || etadvaco dūtamukhānniśamya kapālamālī tamuvāca kopāt || jvalanviṣādena mahāṃstrinetrassatāṃ gatirduṣṭamadaprahartā
Then the Daitya, pierced by the arrow of Desire, saw the cave, its path blocked by Vīraka — as a moth, seeing the glistening (flame), or a worm coming up to the lamp-wick — (a place) where the bheruṇḍa birds had begun their dancing gestures, amid fat, marrow, flesh and much pus, crowded with packs of flesh-eaters, terrifying, a mire of blood; with chief iron arrows and sharp spears, with axes, lances and mallets, with swords, with balls, with mountains and trees, and with divine missiles too, by the hosts of Daityas. Then Brāhmī, staff in hand, opposed (them), and Gaurī, her mind wholly seized by wrath, and Nārāyaṇī, bearing conch, mace, fine discus and bow, her staff-like arms filled (with weapons). And the son of Hiraṇyanetra, that king, skilled in action, formed a great swift battle array; having honoured Viṣṇu and looked to the southern quarter, most dreadful, named Tadgila. Sanatkumāra said: Hearing this speech from the mouth of the messenger, the wearer of the skull-garland said to him in anger — the great Three-eyed one, blazing with distress, the refuge of the good, the smiter of the arrogance of the wicked.
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SiP 2 183.3
तथा प्रदर्श्याशु पुनः पुनश्च संपीड्यमानोपि स वीरकेण ।। बभूव कामाग्निसुदग्धदेहोंऽधको महादैत्यपतिः स मूढः
tathā pradarśyāśu punaḥ punaśca saṃpīḍyamānopi sa vīrakeṇa || babhūva kāmāgnisudagdhadehoṃ'dhako mahādaityapatiḥ sa mūḍhaḥ
Having thus quickly displayed (his power) again and again, and though crushed by Vīraka, Andhaka, that great lord of the Daityas, became a fool, his body wholly burnt by the fire of desire.
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SiP 2 183.4
पाषाणवृक्षाशनितोयवह्निभुजंगशस्त्रास्त्रविभीषिकाभिः ।। संपीडितोऽसौ न पुनः प्रपीड्यः पृष्टश्च कस्त्वं समुपागतोसि
pāṣāṇavṛkṣāśanitoyavahnibhujaṃgaśastrāstravibhīṣikābhiḥ || saṃpīḍito'sau na punaḥ prapīḍyaḥ pṛṣṭaśca kastvaṃ samupāgatosi
Crushed by the terrors of stones, trees, thunderbolts, water, fire, serpents, weapons and missiles, he was not to be crushed again; and he was asked: "Who are you, and why have you come here?"
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SiP 2 183.5
निशम्य तद्गां स्वमतं स तस्मै चकार युद्धं स तु वीरकेण ।। मुहूर्तमाश्चर्यवदप्रमेयं संख्ये जितो वीरतरेण दैत्यः
niśamya tadgāṃ svamataṃ sa tasmai cakāra yuddhaṃ sa tu vīrakeṇa || muhūrtamāścaryavadaprameyaṃ saṃkhye jito vīratareṇa daityaḥ
Hearing that speech, he declared his own intention to him, and fought with Vīraka for a moment, wondrously and immeasurably; and the Daitya was defeated in the battle by the greater hero.
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SiP 2 183.6
ततस्तु संग्रामशिरो विहाय क्षुत्क्षामकंठस्तृषितो गतोऽभूत् ।। चूर्णीकृते खड्गवरे च खिन्ने पलायमानो गतविस्मयः सः
tatastu saṃgrāmaśiro vihāya kṣutkṣāmakaṃṭhastṛṣito gato'bhūt || cūrṇīkṛte khaḍgavare ca khinne palāyamāno gatavismayaḥ saḥ
Then, abandoning the front of the battle, his throat parched with hunger and thirsty, he went away; his fine sword ground to powder and himself exhausted, he fled, his arrogant wonder gone.
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SiP 2 183.7
चक्रुस्तदाजिं सह वीरकेण प्रह्लादमुख्या दितिजप्रधानाः ।। लज्जांकुशाकृष्टधियो बभूवुस्सुदारुणाः शस्त्रशतैरनेकैः
cakrustadājiṃ saha vīrakeṇa prahlādamukhyā ditijapradhānāḥ || lajjāṃkuśākṛṣṭadhiyo babhūvussudāruṇāḥ śastraśatairanekaiḥ
Then the chief sons of Diti, with Prahlāda at their head, joined battle with Vīraka; their minds dragged along by the goad of shame, they turned very dreadful with many hundreds of weapons.
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SiP 2 183.8
विरोचनस्तत्र चकार युद्धं बलिश्च बाणश्च सहस्रबाहुः ।। भजिः कुजंभस्त्वथ शंबरश्च वृत्रादयश्चाप्यथ वीर्यवंतः
virocanastatra cakāra yuddhaṃ baliśca bāṇaśca sahasrabāhuḥ || bhajiḥ kujaṃbhastvatha śaṃbaraśca vṛtrādayaścāpyatha vīryavaṃtaḥ
There Virocana fought, and Bali, and thousand-armed Bāṇa, Bhaji, Kujambha, and Śambara, and Vṛtra and the rest, all valiant.
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SiP 2 183.9
ते युद्ध्यमाना विजिताः समंताद्द्विधाकृता वै गणवीरकेण ।। शेषे हतानां बहुदानवानामुक्तं जयत्येव हि सिद्धसंघैः
te yuddhyamānā vijitāḥ samaṃtāddvidhākṛtā vai gaṇavīrakeṇa || śeṣe hatānāṃ bahudānavānāmuktaṃ jayatyeva hi siddhasaṃghaiḥ
As they fought they were vanquished on every side and cut in two by Vīraka the Gaṇa; and when many Dānavas had been slain, it was declared among the survivors by the hosts of Siddhas that he was victorious indeed.
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SiP 2 183.11
भग्नैस्तु दैत्यैर्भगवान् पिनाकी व्रतं महापाशुपतं सुघोरम् ।। प्रियेः मया यत्कृतपूर्वमासीद्दाक्षायणीं प्राह सुसांत्वयित्वा
bhagnaistu daityairbhagavān pinākī vrataṃ mahāpāśupataṃ sughoram || priyeḥ mayā yatkṛtapūrvamāsīddākṣāyaṇīṃ prāha susāṃtvayitvā
When the Daityas had been broken, the Lord bearing the Pināka, having thoroughly consoled the daughter of Dakṣa, spoke of the great Pāśupata vow, most terrible, which had formerly been performed by me, O beloved.
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SiP 2 183.12
शिव उवाच ।। तस्माद्बलं यन्मम तत्प्रणष्टं मर्त्यैरमर्त्यस्य यतः प्रपातः ।। पुण्यक्षयाही ग्रह एव जातो दिवानिशं देवि तव प्रसंगात्
śiva uvāca || tasmādbalaṃ yanmama tatpraṇaṣṭaṃ martyairamartyasya yataḥ prapātaḥ || puṇyakṣayāhī graha eva jāto divāniśaṃ devi tava prasaṃgāt
Śiva said: Therefore that strength of mine has perished, since there has been a downfall of the immortal at the hands of mortals; a seizure that destroys merit has arisen, day and night, O goddess, from association with you.
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SiP 2 183.13
उत्पाद्य दिव्यं परमाद्भुतं तु पुनर्वरं घोरतरं च गत्वा ।। तस्माद्व्रतं घोरतरं चरामि सुनिर्भयः सुन्दरि वै विशोका
utpādya divyaṃ paramādbhutaṃ tu punarvaraṃ ghorataraṃ ca gatvā || tasmādvrataṃ ghorataraṃ carāmi sunirbhayaḥ sundari vai viśokā
Having produced a divine, most wondrous (thing), and having gone again to a boon still more terrible — therefore I shall practise a most terrible vow, wholly fearless, O lovely one, and free of sorrow.
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SiP 2 183.14
सनत्कुमार उवाच ।। एतावदुक्त्वा वचनं महात्मा उपाद्य घोषं शनकैश्चकार ।। स तत्र गत्वा व्रतमुग्रदीप्तो गतो वनं पुण्यतमं सुघोरम्
sanatkumāra uvāca || etāvaduktvā vacanaṃ mahātmā upādya ghoṣaṃ śanakaiścakāra || sa tatra gatvā vratamugradīpto gato vanaṃ puṇyatamaṃ sughoram
Sanatkumāra said: Having spoken just this much, the great-souled one, raising a cry, made (it) softly. Having gone there, blazing fiercely with the vow, he went to a most holy, very dreadful forest.
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SiP 2 183.15
चर्तुं हि शक्यं तु सुरासुरैर्यत्र तादृशं वर्षसहस्रमात्रम् ।। सा पार्वती मंदरपर्वतस्था प्रतीक्ष्यमाणागमनं भवस्य
cartuṃ hi śakyaṃ tu surāsurairyatra tādṛśaṃ varṣasahasramātram || sā pārvatī maṃdaraparvatasthā pratīkṣyamāṇāgamanaṃ bhavasya
(a vow) such as could be practised by gods and demons (only) there, for the mere span of a thousand years. That Pārvatī, staying on Mount Mandara, waiting for the coming of Bhava —
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SiP 2 183.16
पतिव्रता शीलगुणोपपन्ना एकाकिनी नित्यमथो विभीता ।। गुहांतरे दुःखपरा बभूव संरक्षिता सा सुतवीरकेण
pativratā śīlaguṇopapannā ekākinī nityamatho vibhītā || guhāṃtare duḥkhaparā babhūva saṃrakṣitā sā sutavīrakeṇa
devoted to her husband, endowed with good conduct and virtues, alone and always afraid, she became sunk in sorrow within the cave, guarded by her son Vīraka.
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SiP 2 183.17
ततस्स दैत्यो वरदानमत्तस्तैर्योधमुख्यैस्सहितो गुहां ताम् ।। विभिन्नधैर्यः पुनराजगाम शिलीमुखैर्मारसमुद्भवैश्च
tatassa daityo varadānamattastairyodhamukhyaissahito guhāṃ tām || vibhinnadhairyaḥ punarājagāma śilīmukhairmārasamudbhavaiśca
Then that demon, drunk with the granting of the boon, together with those chief warriors, came again to that cave, his firmness broken, with arrows born of Māra (or: born of desire).
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SiP 2 183.18
अत्यद्भुतं तत्र चकार युद्धं हित्वा तदा भोजनपाननिद्राः ।। रात्रिं दिवं पंचशतानि पंच क्रुद्धस्स सैन्यैस्सह वीरकेण
atyadbhutaṃ tatra cakāra yuddhaṃ hitvā tadā bhojanapānanidrāḥ || rātriṃ divaṃ paṃcaśatāni paṃca kruddhassa sainyaissaha vīrakeṇa
There he made a most wondrous battle, giving up then food, drink and sleep; for five hundred nights and days, enraged, he (fought) with his armies against Vīraka.
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SiP 2 183.19
खड्गैस्सकुंतैस्सह भिंदिपालर्गदाभुशुंडीभिरथो प्रकांडैः ।। शिलीमुखैरर्द्धशशीभिरुग्रैर्वितस्तिभिः कूर्ममुखैर्ज्वलद्भिः
khaḍgaissakuṃtaissaha bhiṃdipālargadābhuśuṃḍībhiratho prakāṃḍaiḥ || śilīmukhairarddhaśaśībhirugrairvitastibhiḥ kūrmamukhairjvaladbhiḥ
With swords and with lances, together with bhindipālas, maces and bhuśuṇḍis, and with great shafts, with arrows, with fierce half-moon (arrows), with vitasti-length ones, with blazing tortoise-mouthed ones —
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SiP 2 183.21
न दीधितिर्भिन्नतनुः पपात द्वारं गुहाया पिहितं समस्तम् ।। तैरायुधैर्दैत्यभुजप्रयुक्तैर्गुहामुखे मूर्छित एव पश्चात्
na dīdhitirbhinnatanuḥ papāta dvāraṃ guhāyā pihitaṃ samastam || tairāyudhairdaityabhujaprayuktairguhāmukhe mūrchita eva paścāt
Not a ray (of light) fell; with his body pierced, the whole doorway of the cave was blocked — by those weapons hurled by the demon's arms — and afterwards he lay senseless at the cave's mouth.
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SiP 2 183.22
आच्छादितं वीरकमस्त्रजालैर्दैत्यैश्च सर्वैस्तु मुहूर्तमात्रम् ।। अपावृतं कर्तुमशक्यमासीन्निरीक्ष्य देवी दितिजान् सुघोरान्
ācchāditaṃ vīrakamastrajālairdaityaiśca sarvaistu muhūrtamātram || apāvṛtaṃ kartumaśakyamāsīnnirīkṣya devī ditijān sughorān
Vīraka was covered over by the nets of missiles and by all the demons for the space of a moment; it became impossible to make (the door) open again. Seeing the very dreadful sons of Diti,
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SiP 2 183.23
भयेन सस्मार पितामहं तु देवी सखीभिस्सहिता च विष्णुम् ।। सैन्यं च मद्वीरवरस्य सर्वं सस्मारयामास गुहांतरस्था
bhayena sasmāra pitāmahaṃ tu devī sakhībhissahitā ca viṣṇum || sainyaṃ ca madvīravarasya sarvaṃ sasmārayāmāsa guhāṃtarasthā
the goddess, out of fear, called to mind the Grandfather (Brahmā), and, together with her companions, Viṣṇu; and, staying within the cave, she had the whole army of my (?) best of heroes summoned to mind.
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SiP 2 183.24
ब्रह्मा तया संस्मृतमात्र एव स्त्रीरूपधारी भगवांश्च विष्णुः ।। इन्द्रश्च सर्वेः सह सैन्यकैश्च स्त्रीरूपमास्थाय समागतास्ते
brahmā tayā saṃsmṛtamātra eva strīrūpadhārī bhagavāṃśca viṣṇuḥ || indraśca sarveḥ saha sainyakaiśca strīrūpamāsthāya samāgatāste
Brahmā, the very moment he was called to mind by her, taking on a woman's form, and the Lord Viṣṇu, and Indra with all his troops — they came, having assumed a female form.
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SiP 2 183.25
भूत्वा स्त्रियस्ते विविशुस्तदानीं मुनीन्द्रसंघाश्च महानुभावाः ।। सिद्धाश्च नागास्त्वथ गुह्यकाश्च गुहांतरं पर्वतराजपुत्र्याः
bhūtvā striyaste viviśustadānīṃ munīndrasaṃghāśca mahānubhāvāḥ || siddhāśca nāgāstvatha guhyakāśca guhāṃtaraṃ parvatarājaputryāḥ
Having become women, they then entered — and the hosts of the great sages of mighty power, and the Siddhas, the Nāgas and the Guhyakas — the cave-interior of the daughter of the mountain king.
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SiP 2 183.26
यस्मात्सुराज्य सनसंस्थितानामंतः पुरे संगमनं विरुद्धम् ।। ततस्सहस्राणि नितंबिनीनामनंतसंख्यान्यपि दर्शयंत्यः
yasmātsurājya sanasaṃsthitānāmaṃtaḥ pure saṃgamanaṃ viruddham || tatassahasrāṇi nitaṃbinīnāmanaṃtasaṃkhyānyapi darśayaṃtyaḥ
Since for those established in (the service of) the king of gods entry within the inner apartments is forbidden, therefore, displaying thousands and even countless numbers of fair-hipped women —
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SiP 2 183.27
रूपाणि दिव्यानि महाद्भुतानि गौर्ये गुहायां तु सवीरकार्यैः ।। स्त्रियः प्रहृष्टा गिरिराजकन्या गुहांतरं पर्वतराजपुत्र्या
rūpāṇi divyāni mahādbhutāni gaurye guhāyāṃ tu savīrakāryaiḥ || striyaḥ prahṛṣṭā girirājakanyā guhāṃtaraṃ parvatarājaputryā
— divine, greatly wondrous forms — in Gaurī's cave, together with Vīraka's tasks (?), the delighted women (came) to the cave-interior of the mountain king's daughter, the daughter of the lord of mountains.
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SiP 2 183.28
स्त्रीभिस्सहस्रैश्च शतैरनेकैर्नेदुश्च कल्पांतरमेघघोषाः ।। भेर्य्यश्च संग्रामजयप्रदास्तु ध्मातास्सुशंखाः सुनितम्बिनीभिः
strībhissahasraiśca śatairanekairneduśca kalpāṃtarameghaghoṣāḥ || bheryyaśca saṃgrāmajayapradāstu dhmātāssuśaṃkhāḥ sunitambinībhiḥ
And with thousands of women and many hundreds, there resounded (drums) roaring like the clouds at the end of an aeon; and war-drums that bestow victory in battle, and fine conches, were blown by the fair-hipped ones.
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SiP 2 183.29
मूर्छां विहायाद्भुत चंडवीर्यस्स वीरको वै पुरतः स्थितस्तु ।। प्रगृह्य शस्त्राणि महारथानां तैरेव शस्त्रैर्दितिजं जघान
mūrchāṃ vihāyādbhuta caṃḍavīryassa vīrako vai purataḥ sthitastu || pragṛhya śastrāṇi mahārathānāṃ taireva śastrairditijaṃ jaghāna
Abandoning his swoon, that Vīraka, of wondrous and fierce valour, stood indeed in front; and seizing the weapons of the great chariot-warriors, with those very weapons he struck the son of Diti.
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SiP 2 183.31
विनिर्ययौ लांगलदण्डहस्ता व्योमालका कांचनतुल्यवर्णा ।। धारासहस्राकुलमुग्रवेगं बैडौजसी वज्रकरा तदानीम्
viniryayau lāṃgaladaṇḍahastā vyomālakā kāṃcanatulyavarṇā || dhārāsahasrākulamugravegaṃ baiḍaujasī vajrakarā tadānīm
There came forth (the goddess) with plough and staff in hand, with sky-(dark) locks, of colour like gold; and then Indra's (power), thunderbolt in hand, of fierce speed thick with a thousand streams,
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SiP 2 183.32
सहस्रनेत्रा युधि सुस्थिरा च सदुर्जया दैत्यशतैरधृष्या ।। वैश्वानरी शक्तिरसौम्यवक्त्रा याम्या च दंडोद्यतपाणिरुग्रा
sahasranetrā yudhi susthirā ca sadurjayā daityaśatairadhṛṣyā || vaiśvānarī śaktirasaumyavaktrā yāmyā ca daṃḍodyatapāṇirugrā
thousand-eyed, and firm in battle, hard to conquer, unassailable by hundreds of demons; and the power of Agni, with unlovely face; and Yama's (power), fierce, with staff raised in her hand;
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SiP 2 183.33
सुतीक्ष्णखङ्गोद्यतपाणिरूपा समाययौ नैर्ऋति घोरचापा ।। तोयालिका वारणपाशहस्ता विनिर्गता युद्धमभीप्समाना
sutīkṣṇakhaṅgodyatapāṇirūpā samāyayau nairṛti ghoracāpā || toyālikā vāraṇapāśahastā vinirgatā yuddhamabhīpsamānā
and (the power) of Nirṛti came, in form with a very sharp sword raised in her hand, with a dreadful bow; and Varuṇa's (power), with an elephant-noose in her hand, came out desiring battle.
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SiP 2 183.34
प्रचंडवातप्रभवा च देवी क्षुधावपुस्त्वंकुशपाणि रेव ।। कल्पान्तवह्निप्रतिमां गदां च पाणौ गृहीत्वा धनदोद्भवा च
pracaṃḍavātaprabhavā ca devī kṣudhāvapustvaṃkuśapāṇi reva || kalpāntavahnipratimāṃ gadāṃ ca pāṇau gṛhītvā dhanadodbhavā ca
And the goddess arisen from the violent wind, and (one) whose body is hunger, goad in hand indeed; and, taking in her hand a mace like the fire at the end of an aeon, she who sprang from the Bestower of Wealth (Kubera);
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SiP 2 183.35
याक्षेश्वरी तीक्ष्णमुखा विरूपा नखायुधा नागभयंकरी च ।। एतास्तथान्याश्शतशो हि देव्यः सुनिर्गताः संकुलयुद्धभूमिम्
yākṣeśvarī tīkṣṇamukhā virūpā nakhāyudhā nāgabhayaṃkarī ca || etāstathānyāśśataśo hi devyaḥ sunirgatāḥ saṃkulayuddhabhūmim
And the Yakṣa-lord's queen, sharp-faced, misshapen, armed with her nails, and terrifying as a serpent — these and hundreds of other goddesses came forth well onto the crowded battlefield.
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SiP 2 183.36
दृष्ट्वा च तत्सैन्यमनंतपारं विवर्णवर्णाश्च सुविस्मिताश्च ।। समाकुलास्संचकिताभयाद्वै देव्यो बभूबुर्हृददीनसत्त्वाः
dṛṣṭvā ca tatsainyamanaṃtapāraṃ vivarṇavarṇāśca suvismitāśca || samākulāssaṃcakitābhayādvai devyo babhūburhṛdadīnasattvāḥ
And seeing that army, endless and boundless, they became pale of hue and greatly astonished; the goddesses grew agitated and trembling out of fear, though their hearts' courage was not abject.
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SiP 2 183.37
चक्रुस्समाधाय मनस्समस्तास्ता देववध्वो विधिशक्तिमुख्याः।। सुसंमत त्वेन गिरीशपुत्र्याः सेनापतिर्वीरसुघोरवीर्यः
cakrussamādhāya manassamastāstā devavadhvo vidhiśaktimukhyāḥ|| susaṃmata tvena girīśaputryāḥ senāpatirvīrasughoravīryaḥ
All those wives of the gods, foremost among them Vidhiśakti, composed their minds (and made their resolve); by the full consent of the daughter of the Mountain Lord, (Vīraka) of fierce and dreadful valour became the commander of the army.
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SiP 2 183.38
चक्रुर्महायुद्धमभूतपूर्वं निधाय बुद्धौ दितिजाः प्रधानाः।। निवर्तनं मृत्युमथात्मनश्च नारीभिरन्ये वरदानसत्त्वाः
cakrurmahāyuddhamabhūtapūrvaṃ nidhāya buddhau ditijāḥ pradhānāḥ|| nivartanaṃ mṛtyumathātmanaśca nārībhiranye varadānasattvāḥ
The chief sons of Diti waged an unprecedented great battle, having settled in their minds either retreat or their own death (at the hands) of women; others (fought) with the strength of the boons granted them.
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SiP 2 183.39
अत्यद्भुतं तत्र चकार युद्धं गौरी तदानीं सहिता सखीभिः ।। कृत्वा रणे चाद्भुतबुद्धिशौण्डं सेनापतिं वीरकघोरवीर्यम्
atyadbhutaṃ tatra cakāra yuddhaṃ gaurī tadānīṃ sahitā sakhībhiḥ || kṛtvā raṇe cādbhutabuddhiśauṇḍaṃ senāpatiṃ vīrakaghoravīryam
Then Gaurī, together with her companions, waged an utterly astonishing battle there, having made Vīraka, of terrible valour and skilled in wondrous wisdom, the commander of the army in the fight.
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SiP 2 183.41
मुखं करालं विधिसेवयास्य तस्मिन् कृते भगवानाजगाम ।। कल्पान्तघोरार्कसहस्रकांतिकीर्णञ्च वै कुपितः कृत्ति वासाः
mukhaṃ karālaṃ vidhisevayāsya tasmin kṛte bhagavānājagāma || kalpāntaghorārkasahasrakāṃtikīrṇañca vai kupitaḥ kṛtti vāsāḥ
When his fearsome face had been made so by (Gaurī's?) ritual service, the Lord came, wrathful, clad in a hide, ablaze with the splendour of a thousand dreadful suns of the world's end.
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SiP 2 183.42
गते ततो वर्षसहस्रमात्रे तमागतं प्रेक्ष्य महेश्वरं च ।। चक्रुर्महायुद्धमतीवमात्रं नार्यः प्रहृष्टास्सह वीरकेण
gate tato varṣasahasramātre tamāgataṃ prekṣya maheśvaraṃ ca || cakrurmahāyuddhamatīvamātraṃ nāryaḥ prahṛṣṭāssaha vīrakeṇa
Then, when a full thousand years had passed, seeing that Maheśvara had come, the women, delighted, together with Vīraka waged an exceedingly great battle.
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SiP 2 183.43
प्रणम्य गौरी गिरिशं च मूर्ध्ना संदर्शयन् भर्तुरतीव शौर्यमम् ।। गौरी प्रयुद्धं च चकार हृष्टा हरस्ततः पर्वतराजपुत्रीम्
praṇamya gaurī giriśaṃ ca mūrdhnā saṃdarśayan bharturatīva śauryamam || gaurī prayuddhaṃ ca cakāra hṛṣṭā harastataḥ parvatarājaputrīm
And Gaurī, bowing with her head to Giriśa, displaying her husband's surpassing heroism, joyfully joined the fight; then Hara (took) the daughter of the mountain king —
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SiP 2 183.44
कंठे गृहीत्वा तु गुहां प्रविष्टो रमासहस्राणि विसर्जितानि ।। गौरी च सन्मानशतैः प्रपूज्य गुहामुखे वीरकमेव स्थापयन्
kaṃṭhe gṛhītvā tu guhāṃ praviṣṭo ramāsahasrāṇi visarjitāni || gaurī ca sanmānaśataiḥ prapūjya guhāmukhe vīrakameva sthāpayan
— and taking her by the neck he entered the cave; thousands of delights were let loose. And Gaurī, having honoured him with a hundred marks of respect, set Vīraka himself at the cave's mouth.
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SiP 2 183.45
ततो न गौरीं गिरिशं च दृष्ट्वाऽसुरेश्वरो नीतिविचक्षणो हि ।। द्रुतं स्वदूतं विधसाख्यमेव स प्रेषयामास शिवोपकंठम्
tato na gaurīṃ giriśaṃ ca dṛṣṭvā'sureśvaro nītivicakṣaṇo hi || drutaṃ svadūtaṃ vidhasākhyameva sa preṣayāmāsa śivopakaṃṭham
Then, not seeing Gaurī and Giriśa, the lord of the asuras, skilled in statecraft, swiftly sent his own messenger, named Vidhasa, to Śiva's presence.
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SiP 2 183.46
तैस्तैः प्रहारैरपि जर्ज रांगस्तस्मिन् रणे देवगणेरितैर्यः ।। जगाद वाक्यं तु सगर्वमुग्रं प्रविश्य शंभुं प्रणिपत्य मूर्ध्ना
taistaiḥ prahārairapi jarja rāṃgastasmin raṇe devagaṇeritairyaḥ || jagāda vākyaṃ tu sagarvamugraṃ praviśya śaṃbhuṃ praṇipatya mūrdhnā
He, his limbs battered by all those blows dealt by the hosts of gods in that battle, entered, bowed his head to Śambhu, and spoke words proud and harsh:
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SiP 2 183.47
दूत उवाच ।। संप्रेषितोहं विविशे गुहांतु ह्यषौऽन्धकस्त्वां समुवाच वाक्यम् ।। नार्या न कार्यं तव किंचिदस्तिविमुच नारीं तरुणीं सुरूपाम्
dūta uvāca || saṃpreṣitohaṃ viviśe guhāṃtu hyaṣau'ndhakastvāṃ samuvāca vākyam || nāryā na kāryaṃ tava kiṃcidastivimuca nārīṃ taruṇīṃ surūpām
The messenger said: Sent (by him) I have entered the cave; this Andhaka has spoken these words to you: "You have no business at all with a woman; release the young and beautiful woman.
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SiP 2 183.48
प्रायोभवास्तापसस्तज्जुषस्व क्षांतं मया यत्कमनीयमन्तः ।। मुनिर्विरोधव्य इति प्रचिंत्य न त्वं मुनिस्तापस किं तु शत्रुः
prāyobhavāstāpasastajjuṣasva kṣāṃtaṃ mayā yatkamanīyamantaḥ || munirvirodhavya iti praciṃtya na tvaṃ munistāpasa kiṃ tu śatruḥ
You have mostly been an ascetic — be content with that. What I inwardly found desirable I have pardoned, thinking 'an ascetic is not to be opposed.' But you are no ascetic, no penitent — rather an enemy,
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SiP 2 183.49
अतीव?? दैत्येषु महाविरोधी युध्यस्व वेगेन मया प्रमथ्य ।। नयामि पातालतलानुरूपं यमक्षयं तापस धूर्त हि त्वाम्
atīva?? daityeṣu mahāvirodhī yudhyasva vegena mayā pramathya || nayāmi pātālatalānurūpaṃ yamakṣayaṃ tāpasa dhūrta hi tvām
a great enemy among the Daityas beyond measure. Fight swiftly! Crushing you, I shall take you, you cheating ascetic, to Yama's abode, fit for the floor of the netherworld."
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SiP 2 183.51
शिव उवाच ।। व्यक्तं वचस्ते तदतीव चोग्रं प्रोक्तं हि तत्त्वं त्वरितं प्रयाहि ।। कुरुष्व युद्धं हि मया प्रसह्य यदि प्रशक्तोसि बलेन हि त्वम्
śiva uvāca || vyaktaṃ vacaste tadatīva cograṃ proktaṃ hi tattvaṃ tvaritaṃ prayāhi || kuruṣva yuddhaṃ hi mayā prasahya yadi praśaktosi balena hi tvam
Śiva said: Your speech is plain, and exceedingly harsh; indeed the truth has been spoken — go quickly. Do battle with me by force, if you are strong enough in power.
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SiP 2 183.52
यः स्यादशक्तो भुवि तस्य कोर्थो दारैर्धनैर्वा सुमनोहरैश्च ।। आयांतु दैत्याश्च बलेन मत्ता विचार्यमेवं तु कृतं मयै तत्
yaḥ syādaśakto bhuvi tasya kortho dārairdhanairvā sumanoharaiśca || āyāṃtu daityāśca balena mattā vicāryamevaṃ tu kṛtaṃ mayai tat
For one who is powerless on earth, what use are wives or wealth or lovely things? Let the Daityas come, drunk with their strength — this has been done by me only after such reflection.
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SiP 2 183.53
शरीरयात्रापि कुतस्त्वशक्तेः कुर्वन्तु यद्यद्विहितं तु तेषाम् ।। ममापि यद्यत्करणीयमस्ति तत्तत्त्करिष्यामि न संश योत्र
śarīrayātrāpi kutastvaśakteḥ kurvantu yadyadvihitaṃ tu teṣām || mamāpi yadyatkaraṇīyamasti tattattkariṣyāmi na saṃśa yotra
Whence even the sustaining of the body for one who is powerless? Let them do whatever is ordained for them; and whatever there is for me to do, that I shall do — there is no doubt in this.
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SiP 2 183.54
सनत्कुमार उवाच ।। एतद्वचस्तद्विधसोपि तस्माच्छ्रुत्वा हरान्निर्गत एव हृष्टः ।। प्रागात्ततो गर्जितहुंकृतानि कुर्वंस्ततोदैत्यपतेस्सकाशम्
sanatkumāra uvāca || etadvacastadvidhasopi tasmācchrutvā harānnirgata eva hṛṣṭaḥ || prāgāttato garjitahuṃkṛtāni kurvaṃstatodaityapatessakāśam
Sanatkumāra said: Hearing this speech from Hara, that Vidhasa went out from there well pleased; then he went to the lord of the Daityas, roaring and uttering menacing sounds along the way.
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