Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita — Chapter 197
SiP 2 197.1
सनत्कुमार उवाच ।। शृणु व्यास सुसंप्रीत्या चरितं परमेशितुः ।। यथावधीत्स्वप्रियया दैत्यमुद्दिश्य संज्ञया
sanatkumāra uvāca || śṛṇu vyāsa susaṃprītyā caritaṃ parameśituḥ || yathāvadhītsvapriyayā daityamuddiśya saṃjñayā
Sanatkumāra said: Hear with great gladness, Vyāsa, the deed of the Supreme Lord — how, with respect to a demon named (thus), he slew (him) through his own beloved.
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SiP 2 197.2
आस्तां पुरा महादैत्यो विदलोत्पलसंज्ञकौ ।। अपुंवध्यौ महावीरौ सुदृप्तौ वरतो विधेः विचारयामासतुस्तौ कदा कुत्र शिवा च सा ।। भविष्यति विधेः प्राप्तोदयान्नाविति सर्वदा धृत्वा पारिषदीं मायामायातावंबिकांतिकम् ।। तावत्यंतं सुदुर्वृत्तावतिचंचलमानसौ अथ सर्वे सुराश्शम्भोर्वरान्प्राप्य तदाज्ञया।। स्वधामानि ययुः प्रीतास्तथा काशीनिवासिनः इमां यश्च पठेन्नित्यं शत्रुबाधानिवारिकाम् ।। सर्वान्कामानवाप्नोति ततो मुक्तिं लभेत ना
āstāṃ purā mahādaityo vidalotpalasaṃjñakau || apuṃvadhyau mahāvīrau sudṛptau varato vidheḥ vicārayāmāsatustau kadā kutra śivā ca sā || bhaviṣyati vidheḥ prāptodayānnāviti sarvadā dhṛtvā pāriṣadīṃ māyāmāyātāvaṃbikāṃtikam || tāvatyaṃtaṃ sudurvṛttāvaticaṃcalamānasau atha sarve surāśśambhorvarānprāpya tadājñayā|| svadhāmāni yayuḥ prītāstathā kāśīnivāsinaḥ imāṃ yaśca paṭhennityaṃ śatrubādhānivārikām || sarvānkāmānavāpnoti tato muktiṃ labheta nā
Formerly there were great demons named Vidala and Utpala, unslayable by a male, great heroes, much puffed up by a boon of Brahmā. The two deliberated: "When and where will that Śivā be, from the rising obtained of Brahmā's ordinance?" — thus continually. Assuming an illusory form of attendants, they came near Ambikā, the two being exceedingly ill-conducted and very fickle-minded. Then all the gods, having obtained boons from Śambhu, by his command went gladly to their own abodes, and so did the dwellers of Kāśī. And whoever constantly recites this (hymn) that wards off the harassment of enemies obtains all desires and thereafter a man attains liberation.
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SiP 2 197.3
तृणीकृतत्रिजगती पुरुषाभ्यां स्वदोर्ब लात् ।। ताभ्यां सर्वे सुरा ब्रह्मन् दैत्याभ्यां निर्जिता रणे
tṛṇīkṛtatrijagatī puruṣābhyāṃ svadorba lāt || tābhyāṃ sarve surā brahman daityābhyāṃ nirjitā raṇe
The three worlds were made as (worthless as) straw by the two men through the strength of their own arms; by those two demons, O brahmin, all the gods were vanquished in battle.
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SiP 2 197.4
ताभ्यां पराजिता देवा विधेस्ते शरणं गताः ।। नत्वा तं विधिवत्सर्वे कथयामासुरादरात
tābhyāṃ parājitā devā vidheste śaraṇaṃ gatāḥ || natvā taṃ vidhivatsarve kathayāmāsurādarāta
Defeated by those two, the gods went to Brahmā for refuge; and all of them, having bowed to him duly, told (their plight) with respect.
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SiP 2 197.5
इति ब्रह्मा ह्यवोचत्तान् देव्या वध्यौ च तौ ध्रुवम् ।। धैर्य्यं कुरुत संस्मृत्य सशिवं शिवमादरात्
iti brahmā hyavocattān devyā vadhyau ca tau dhruvam || dhairyyaṃ kuruta saṃsmṛtya saśivaṃ śivamādarāt
Thus Brahmā spoke to them: "Those two are certainly to be slain by the Goddess. Be firm, remembering with reverence Śiva together with Śivā."
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SiP 2 197.6
भक्तवत्सलनामासौ सशिवश्शंकरश्शिवः ।। शं करिष्यत्यदीर्घेण कालेन परमेश्वरः
bhaktavatsalanāmāsau saśivaśśaṃkaraśśivaḥ || śaṃ kariṣyatyadīrgheṇa kālena parameśvaraḥ
This Śiva, Śaṃkara together with Śivā, bearing the name 'fond of his devotees', the Supreme Lord, will bring about welfare in no long time.
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SiP 2 197.7
सनत्कुमार उवाच ।। इत्युक्त्वा तांस्ततो ब्रह्मा तूष्णीमासीच्छिवं स्मरन् ।। तेपि देवा मुदं प्राप्य स्वंस्वं धाम ययुस्तदा
sanatkumāra uvāca || ityuktvā tāṃstato brahmā tūṣṇīmāsīcchivaṃ smaran || tepi devā mudaṃ prāpya svaṃsvaṃ dhāma yayustadā
Sanatkumāra said: Having said this to them, Brahmā then fell silent, remembering Śiva; and those gods too, having obtained joy, went then each to his own abode.
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SiP 2 197.8
अथ नारददेवर्षिश्शिवप्रेरणया तदा ।। गत्वा तदीयभवनं शिवासौंदर्यमाजगौ
atha nāradadevarṣiśśivapreraṇayā tadā || gatvā tadīyabhavanaṃ śivāsauṃdaryamājagau
Then the divine sage Nārada, impelled by Śiva, went to their dwelling and sang of Śivā's beauty.
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SiP 2 197.9
श्रुत्वा तद्वचनं दैत्यावास्तां मायाविमोहितौ ।। देवीं परिजिहीर्षू तौ विषमेषु प्रपीडितौ
śrutvā tadvacanaṃ daityāvāstāṃ māyāvimohitau || devīṃ parijihīrṣū tau viṣameṣu prapīḍitau
Hearing his words, the two demons became deluded by illusion; desiring to carry off the Goddess, they were tormented by the arrows (of Kāma).
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SiP 2 197.11
एकस्मिन्समये शंभुर्विजहार सुलीलया ।। कौतुकेनैव चिक्रीडे शिवा कन्दुकलीलया
ekasminsamaye śaṃbhurvijahāra sulīlayā || kautukenaiva cikrīḍe śivā kandukalīlayā
At one time Śambhu was amusing himself in graceful play, and out of sheer merriment Śivā sported at the game of ball,
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SiP 2 197.12
सखीभिस्सह सुप्रीत्या कौतुकाच्छिवसन्निधौ
sakhībhissaha suprītyā kautukācchivasannidhau
together with her companions, with great delight, out of merriment, in Śiva's presence —
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SiP 2 197.13
उदंचंत्यंचदंगानां लाघवं परितन्वती ।। निश्वासामोदमुदितभ्रमराकुलितेक्षणा
udaṃcaṃtyaṃcadaṃgānāṃ lāghavaṃ paritanvatī || niśvāsāmodamuditabhramarākulitekṣaṇā
rising up, displaying all round the nimbleness of her moving limbs, her glances confused by bees made glad by the fragrance of her breath;
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SiP 2 197.14
भ्रश्यद्धम्मिल्लसन्माल्यस्वपुरीकृतभूमिका ।। स्विद्यत्कपोलपत्रालीस्रवदंबुकणोज्ज्वला
bhraśyaddhammillasanmālyasvapurīkṛtabhūmikā || svidyatkapolapatrālīsravadaṃbukaṇojjvalā
with the ground made her own city (i.e. strewn) by the fine garlands slipping from her loosening hair-knot, gleaming with the drops of moisture trickling from the rows of leaf-designs on her sweating cheeks;
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SiP 2 197.15
स्फुटच्चोलांशुकपथतिर्यदंगप्रभावृता ।। उल्लसत्कंदुकास्फालातिश्रोणितकराम्बुजा
sphuṭaccolāṃśukapathatiryadaṃgaprabhāvṛtā || ullasatkaṃdukāsphālātiśroṇitakarāmbujā
enveloped by the radiance of her limbs slanting out through the opening of her bursting bodice-cloth, her lotus-hands much reddened from striking the leaping ball;
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SiP 2 197.16
कंदुकानुगसद्दृष्टिनर्तितभ्रूलतांचला ।। मृडानी किल खेलंती ददृशे जगदम्बिका
kaṃdukānugasaddṛṣṭinartitabhrūlatāṃcalā || mṛḍānī kila khelaṃtī dadṛśe jagadambikā
with the tips of her creeper-like brows made to dance by her gaze following the ball — thus indeed Mṛḍānī, the Mother of the world, was seen at play.
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SiP 2 197.17
अंतरिक्षचराभ्यां च दितिजाभ्यां कटा क्षिता ।। क्रोडीकृताभ्यामिव वै समुपस्थितमृत्युना
aṃtarikṣacarābhyāṃ ca ditijābhyāṃ kaṭā kṣitā || kroḍīkṛtābhyāmiva vai samupasthitamṛtyunā
And she was eyed sidelong by the two sons of Diti moving in the sky, as though they were being taken into the lap by death that had come upon them,
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SiP 2 197.18
विदलोत्पलसंज्ञाभ्यां दृप्ताभ्यां वरतो विधेः ।। तृणीकृतत्रिजगती पुरुषाभ्यां स्वदोर्बलात्
vidalotpalasaṃjñābhyāṃ dṛptābhyāṃ varato vidheḥ || tṛṇīkṛtatrijagatī puruṣābhyāṃ svadorbalāt
by the two named Vidala and Utpala, arrogant through the boon of the Creator, two males who by the strength of their own arms had reduced the three worlds to a straw,
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SiP 2 197.19
देवीं तां संजिहीर्षंतौ विषमेषु प्रपीडितौ ।। दिव उत्तेरतुः क्षिप्रं मायां स्वीकृत्य शांबरीम्
devīṃ tāṃ saṃjihīrṣaṃtau viṣameṣu prapīḍitau || diva utteratuḥ kṣipraṃ māyāṃ svīkṛtya śāṃbarīm
who, wishing to carry off that Goddess, tormented by (Kāma's) cruel arrows, swiftly came down from the sky, having assumed the magic power of Śambara.
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SiP 2 197.21
अथ दुष्टनिहंत्रा वै सावज्ञेन हरेण तौ ।। विज्ञातौ च क्षणादास्तां चांचल्याल्लोचनोद्भवात्
atha duṣṭanihaṃtrā vai sāvajñena hareṇa tau || vijñātau ca kṣaṇādāstāṃ cāṃcalyāllocanodbhavāt
Then those two were recognized in an instant by Hara, the slayer of the wicked, with a contemptuous (glance), and they stood still because of the tremor arising from his eye.
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SiP 2 197.22
कटाक्षिताथ देवेन दुर्गा दुर्गतिघातिनी ।। दैत्याविमामिति गणौ नेति सर्वस्वरूपिणा
kaṭākṣitātha devena durgā durgatighātinī || daityāvimāmiti gaṇau neti sarvasvarūpiṇā
Then Durgā, destroyer of misfortune, was glanced at by the God who has all forms, (as if saying:) "These two are demons, not attendants."
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SiP 2 197.23
अथ सा नेत्रसंज्ञां स्वस्वामिनस्तां बुबोध ह ।। महाकौतुकिनस्तात शंकरस्य परेशितुः
atha sā netrasaṃjñāṃ svasvāminastāṃ bubodha ha || mahākautukinastāta śaṃkarasya pareśituḥ
Then she understood that signal of the eye of her own lord, of Śaṅkara the supreme ruler, greatly fond of sport, my son.
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SiP 2 197.24
ततो विज्ञाय संज्ञां तां सर्वज्ञार्द्धशरीरिणी ।। तेनैव कंदुकेनाथ युगपन्निर्जघान तौ
tato vijñāya saṃjñāṃ tāṃ sarvajñārddhaśarīriṇī || tenaiva kaṃdukenātha yugapannirjaghāna tau
Then, having understood that signal, she who is the half-body of the All-knowing struck them both down at once with that very ball.
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SiP 2 197.25
महाबलौ महादेव्या कंदुकेन समाहतौ ।। परिभ्रम्य परिभ्रम्य तौ दुष्टौ विनिपेततुः
mahābalau mahādevyā kaṃdukena samāhatau || paribhramya paribhramya tau duṣṭau vinipetatuḥ
Those two of great strength, struck by the great Goddess with the ball, spun round and round, and the two wicked ones fell down —
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SiP 2 197.26
वृन्तादिव फले पक्वे तालेनानिललोलिते ।। दंभोलिना परिहते शृंगे इव महागिरेः
vṛntādiva phale pakve tālenānilalolite || daṃbholinā parihate śṛṃge iva mahāgireḥ
like two ripe fruits from the stalk of a palm tree shaken by the wind, like two peaks of a great mountain shattered by the thunderbolt.
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SiP 2 197.27
तौ निपात्य महादैत्यावकार्यकरणोद्यतौ ।। ततः परिणतिं यातो लिंगरूपेण कंदुकः
tau nipātya mahādaityāvakāryakaraṇodyatau || tataḥ pariṇatiṃ yāto liṃgarūpeṇa kaṃdukaḥ
Having felled those two great demons who had set out to do an improper deed, the ball thereupon underwent transformation into the form of a liṅga.
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SiP 2 197.28
कंदुकेश्वरसंज्ञां च तल्लिंगमभवत्तदा।। ज्येष्ठेश्वरसमीपे तु सर्वदुष्टनिवारणम्
kaṃdukeśvarasaṃjñāṃ ca talliṃgamabhavattadā|| jyeṣṭheśvarasamīpe tu sarvaduṣṭanivāraṇam
And that liṅga then got the name Kaṇḍukeśvara; it stands near Jyeṣṭheśvara and wards off all the wicked.
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SiP 2 197.29
एतस्मिन्नेव समये हरिब्रह्मादयस्सुराः ।। शिवाविर्भावमाज्ञाय ऋषयश्च समाययुः
etasminneva samaye haribrahmādayassurāḥ || śivāvirbhāvamājñāya ṛṣayaśca samāyayuḥ
At this very time the gods, Hari, Brahmā and the rest, and the sages too, learning of Śiva's manifestation, came there.
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SiP 2 197.31
सांबिकं शंकरं दृष्ट्वा कृतांजलिपुटाश्च ते।। प्रणम्य तुष्टुवुर्भक्त्या वाग्भिरिष्टाभिरादरात्
sāṃbikaṃ śaṃkaraṃ dṛṣṭvā kṛtāṃjalipuṭāśca te|| praṇamya tuṣṭuvurbhaktyā vāgbhiriṣṭābhirādarāt
And seeing Śaṅkara together with Ambikā, they made cupped hands, bowed, and praised him with devotion, with reverence, in chosen words.
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SiP 2 197.32
सांबिकोऽपि शिवो व्यास क्रीडित्वा सुविहारवित्।। जगाम स्वालयं प्रीतस्सगणो भक्तवत्सलः
sāṃbiko'pi śivo vyāsa krīḍitvā suvihāravit|| jagāma svālayaṃ prītassagaṇo bhaktavatsalaḥ
And Śiva together with Ambikā, O Vyāsa, knowing well how to sport, having played, went pleased to his own abode with his attendants, he who is fond of his devotees.
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SiP 2 197.33
कंदुकेश्वरलिंगं च काश्यां दुष्टनिबर्हणम्।। भुक्तिमुक्तिप्रदं सर्वकामदं सर्वदा सताम् ।
kaṃdukeśvaraliṃgaṃ ca kāśyāṃ duṣṭanibarhaṇam|| bhuktimuktipradaṃ sarvakāmadaṃ sarvadā satām |
And the Kandukeśvara liṅga (stands) in Kāśī, destroyer of the wicked, granting enjoyment and liberation, always giving the good all they desire.
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SiP 2 197.34
इदमाख्यानमतुलं शृणुयाद्यो मुदान्वितः ।। श्रावयेद्वा पठेद्यश्च तस्य दुःखभयं कुतः
idamākhyānamatulaṃ śṛṇuyādyo mudānvitaḥ || śrāvayedvā paṭhedyaśca tasya duḥkhabhayaṃ kutaḥ
Whoever, filled with joy, should hear this incomparable tale, or have it heard, or recite it — for him, where is the fear of sorrow?
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SiP 2 197.35
इह सर्वसुखं भुक्त्वा नानाविधमनुत्तमम् ।। परत्र लभते दिव्यां गतिं वै देवदुर्लभाम्
iha sarvasukhaṃ bhuktvā nānāvidhamanuttamam || paratra labhate divyāṃ gatiṃ vai devadurlabhām
Having enjoyed here every pleasure of many kinds, unsurpassed, he obtains in the next world the divine course, hard for the gods to reach.
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SiP 2 197.36
इति तं वर्णितं तात चरितं परमाद्भुतम् ।। शिवयोर्भक्तवात्सल्यसूचकं शिवदं सताम्
iti taṃ varṇitaṃ tāta caritaṃ paramādbhutam || śivayorbhaktavātsalyasūcakaṃ śivadaṃ satām
Thus, my son, that supremely wonderful deed has been recounted, which shows the fondness of Śiva and (Pārvatī) for their devotees and gives welfare to the good.
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SiP 2 197.37
ब्रह्मोवाच ।। इत्युक्त्वामंत्र्य तं व्यासं तन्नुतो मद्वरात्मजः ।। ययौ विहायसा काशीं चरितं शशिमौलिनः
brahmovāca || ityuktvāmaṃtrya taṃ vyāsaṃ tannuto madvarātmajaḥ || yayau vihāyasā kāśīṃ caritaṃ śaśimaulinaḥ
Brahmā said: Having spoken thus and taken leave of Vyāsa, praised by him, the son (born) of my boon went through the air to Kāśī, (reciting?) the deeds of the moon-crested one.
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SiP 2 197.38
युद्धखंडमिदं प्रोक्तं मया ते मुनिसत्तम ।। रौद्रीयसंहितामध्ये सर्वकामफलप्रदम्
yuddhakhaṃḍamidaṃ proktaṃ mayā te munisattama || raudrīyasaṃhitāmadhye sarvakāmaphalapradam
This Yuddha-khaṇḍa (Section on the War), which bestows the fruit of all desires, has been declared by me to you, O best of sages, within the Raudra Saṃhitā.
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SiP 2 197.39
इयं हि संहिता रौद्री सम्पूर्णा वर्णिता मया ।। सदाशिवप्रियतरा भुक्तिमुक्तिफलप्रदा
iyaṃ hi saṃhitā raudrī sampūrṇā varṇitā mayā || sadāśivapriyatarā bhuktimuktiphalapradā
For this Raudra Saṃhitā has been recounted by me in full — very dear to Sadāśiva, bestowing the fruit of enjoyment and liberation.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 197.41
सूत उवाच ।। इति ब्रह्मसुतश्श्रुत्वा पित्रा शिवयशः परम् ।। शतनामाप्य शंभोश्च कृतार्थोऽभूच्छिवानुगः
sūta uvāca || iti brahmasutaśśrutvā pitrā śivayaśaḥ param || śatanāmāpya śaṃbhośca kṛtārtho'bhūcchivānugaḥ
Sūta said: Thus the son of Brahmā, having heard from his father the supreme glory of Śiva, and having obtained the hundred names of Śambhu, became fulfilled, a follower of Śiva.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 197.42
ब्रह्मनारदसम्वादः सम्पूर्णः कथितो मया ।। शिवस्सर्वप्रधानो हि किं भूयश्श्रोतुमिच्छसि
brahmanāradasamvādaḥ sampūrṇaḥ kathito mayā || śivassarvapradhāno hi kiṃ bhūyaśśrotumicchasi
The dialogue of Brahmā and Nārada has been told by me in full. Śiva is indeed supreme over all. What more do you wish to hear?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition