Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita — Chapter 22

SiP 2 22.1

सूत उवाच ।। इत्याकर्ण्य वचस्तस्य नेमिषारण्यवासिनः ।। पप्रच्छ च मुनिश्रेष्ठः कथां पापप्रणाशिनीम्

sūta uvāca || ityākarṇya vacastasya nemiṣāraṇyavāsinaḥ || papraccha ca muniśreṣṭhaḥ kathāṃ pāpapraṇāśinīm

Sūta said: Having thus heard that speech of his, the best of sages, the dweller in the Naimiṣa forest, asked further for the story that destroys sin.

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SiP 2 22.2

नारद उवाच ।। विधेविधे महा भाग कथां शंभोश्शुभावहाम् ।। शृण्वन् भवन्मुखांभोजान्न तृप्तोस्मि महाप्रभो ततस्सोपि मया पृष्टो विष्णुश्शैववरस्सुधीः ।। प्रीत्या मह्यं समाचख्यौ विस्तरान्मुनिसत्तम नाम्ना संध्या दिवक्षांता सायं संध्या जपंतिका ।। अतीव सुन्दरी सुभ्रूर्मुनिचेतोविमोहिनी न तादृशी देवलोके न मर्त्ये न रसातले ।। कालत्रयेपि वै नारी सम्पूर्णगुणशालिनी तं वीक्ष्य पुरुषं सर्वे दक्षाद्या मत्सुताश्च ते ।। औत्सुक्यं परमं जग्मुर्विस्मयाविष्टमानसाः प्रच्छन्नरूपो जंतूनां प्रविशन्हृदयं सदा ।। सुखहेतुः स्वयं भूत्वा सृष्टिं कुरु सनातनीम्

nārada uvāca || vidhevidhe mahā bhāga kathāṃ śaṃbhośśubhāvahām || śṛṇvan bhavanmukhāṃbhojānna tṛptosmi mahāprabho tatassopi mayā pṛṣṭo viṣṇuśśaivavarassudhīḥ || prītyā mahyaṃ samācakhyau vistarānmunisattama nāmnā saṃdhyā divakṣāṃtā sāyaṃ saṃdhyā japaṃtikā || atīva sundarī subhrūrmunicetovimohinī na tādṛśī devaloke na martye na rasātale || kālatrayepi vai nārī sampūrṇaguṇaśālinī taṃ vīkṣya puruṣaṃ sarve dakṣādyā matsutāśca te || autsukyaṃ paramaṃ jagmurvismayāviṣṭamānasāḥ pracchannarūpo jaṃtūnāṃ praviśanhṛdayaṃ sadā || sukhahetuḥ svayaṃ bhūtvā sṛṣṭiṃ kuru sanātanīm

Nārada said: O Vidhi, Vidhi, greatly blessed one, (tell) the auspicious story of Śaṃbhu; hearing it from the lotus of your mouth I am not sated, O great lord. Then he too, Viṣṇu, the wise, foremost of Śiva's devotees, was asked by me, and out of affection he related it to me at length, O best of sages: (she was) Saṃdhyā by name, ending the day, the evening twilight, murmuring (prayers), exceedingly beautiful, fair-browed, bewildering the minds of sages. There was no woman like her in the world of the gods, nor among mortals, nor in the netherworld, nor indeed in (any of) the three times — (she was) endowed with the full complement of virtues. Seeing that man, all of them, Dakṣa and the rest, those sons of mine, fell into the utmost eagerness, their minds filled with amazement. (He,) of hidden form, ever entering the hearts of creatures, becoming himself the cause of pleasure — carry out the eternal creation.

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SiP 2 22.3

अतः कथय तत्सर्वं शिवस्य चरितं शुभम् ।। सतीकीर्त्यन्वितं दिव्यं श्रोतुमिच्छामि विश्वकृत्

ataḥ kathaya tatsarvaṃ śivasya caritaṃ śubham || satīkīrtyanvitaṃ divyaṃ śrotumicchāmi viśvakṛt

Therefore tell all that auspicious deed-history of Śiva; I wish to hear the divine (account) joined with the glory of Satī, O maker of the universe.

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SiP 2 22.4

सती हि कथमुत्पन्ना दक्षदारेषु शोभना ।। कथं हरो मनश्चक्रे दाराहरणकर्मणि

satī hi kathamutpannā dakṣadāreṣu śobhanā || kathaṃ haro manaścakre dārāharaṇakarmaṇi

How indeed was the lovely Satī born among Dakṣa's wives, and how did Hara set his mind upon the act of taking a wife?

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SiP 2 22.5

कथं वा दक्षकोपेन त्यक्तदेहा सती पुरा ।। हिमवत्तनया जाता भूयो वाकाशमागता

kathaṃ vā dakṣakopena tyaktadehā satī purā || himavattanayā jātā bhūyo vākāśamāgatā

And how did Satī of old abandon her body through anger at Dakṣa, and, born as the daughter of Himavat, come again into view?

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SiP 2 22.6

पार्वत्याश्च तपोऽत्युग्रं विवाहश्च कथं त्वभूत् ।। कथमर्द्धशरीरस्था बभूव स्मरनाशिनः

pārvatyāśca tapo'tyugraṃ vivāhaśca kathaṃ tvabhūt || kathamarddhaśarīrasthā babhūva smaranāśinaḥ

And how was Pārvatī's most fierce austerity, and how did her marriage come about? How did she come to abide in half the body of the destroyer of Smara (Kāma)?

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SiP 2 22.7

एतत्सर्वं समाचक्ष्व विस्तरेण महामते ।। नान्योस्ति संशयच्छेत्ता त्वत्समो न भविष्यति

etatsarvaṃ samācakṣva vistareṇa mahāmate || nānyosti saṃśayacchettā tvatsamo na bhaviṣyati

Relate all this in detail, O greatly wise one; there is no other cutter of doubts, nor will there be one equal to you.

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SiP 2 22.8

ब्रह्मोवाच ।। शृणु त्वं च मुने सर्वं सतीशिवयशश्शुभम् ।। पावनं परमं दिव्यं गुह्याद्गुह्यतमं परम्

brahmovāca || śṛṇu tvaṃ ca mune sarvaṃ satīśivayaśaśśubham || pāvanaṃ paramaṃ divyaṃ guhyādguhyatamaṃ param

Brahmā said: Hear then, O sage, the whole auspicious glory of Satī and Śiva — purifying, supreme, divine, more secret than the secret, ultimate.

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SiP 2 22.9

एतच्छंभुः पुरोवाच भक्तवर्याय विष्णवे ।। पृष्टस्तेन महाभक्त्या परोपकृतये मुने ।।

etacchaṃbhuḥ purovāca bhaktavaryāya viṣṇave || pṛṣṭastena mahābhaktyā paropakṛtaye mune ||

This Śaṃbhu formerly told to Viṣṇu, the best of devotees, being asked by him with great devotion, for the benefit of others, O sage.

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SiP 2 22.11

अहं तत्कथयिष्यामि कथामेतां पुरातनीम् ।। शिवाशिवयशोयुक्तां सर्वकामफलप्रदाम्

ahaṃ tatkathayiṣyāmi kathāmetāṃ purātanīm || śivāśivayaśoyuktāṃ sarvakāmaphalapradām

I shall tell that ancient story, joined with the glory of Śivā and Śiva, granting the fruit of every desire.

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SiP 2 22.12

पुरा यदा शिवो देवो निर्गुणो निर्विकल्पकः ।। अरूपश्शक्तिरहितश्चिन्मात्रस्सदसत्परः

purā yadā śivo devo nirguṇo nirvikalpakaḥ || arūpaśśaktirahitaścinmātrassadasatparaḥ

Formerly, when the god Śiva was without attributes, without differentiation, formless, devoid of power (śakti), pure consciousness alone, beyond being and non-being —

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SiP 2 22.13

अभवत्सगुणस्सोपि द्विरूपश्शक्तिमान्प्रभुः ।। सोमो दिव्याकृतिर्विप्र निर्वि कारी परात्परः

abhavatsaguṇassopi dvirūpaśśaktimānprabhuḥ || somo divyākṛtirvipra nirvi kārī parātparaḥ

he too became possessed of attributes, of two forms, the Lord endowed with power, together with Umā, of divine shape, O brahmin, unchanging, higher than the highest.

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SiP 2 22.14

तस्य वामांगजो विष्णुर्ब्रह्माहं दक्षिणांगजः ।। रुद्रो हृदयतो जातोऽभवच्च मुनिसत्तम

tasya vāmāṃgajo viṣṇurbrahmāhaṃ dakṣiṇāṃgajaḥ || rudro hṛdayato jāto'bhavacca munisattama

From his left side Viṣṇu was born, I, Brahmā, from his right side, and Rudra came to be born from his heart, O best of sages.

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SiP 2 22.15

सृष्टिकर्ताभवं ब्रह्मा विष्णुः पालनकारकः ।। लयकर्ता स्वयं रुद्रस्त्रिधाभूतस्सदाशिवः

sṛṣṭikartābhavaṃ brahmā viṣṇuḥ pālanakārakaḥ || layakartā svayaṃ rudrastridhābhūtassadāśivaḥ

I, Brahmā, became the maker of creation; Viṣṇu the sustainer; Rudra himself the maker of dissolution — thus Sadāśiva became threefold.

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SiP 2 22.16

तमेवाहं समाराध्य ब्रह्मा लोकपितामहः।। प्रजा ससर्ज सर्वास्तास्सुरासुरनरादिकाः मरीचिमत्रिं पुलहं पुलस्त्यांगिरसौ क्रतुम् ।। वसिष्ठं नारदं दक्षं भृगुं चेति महाप्रभून्

tamevāhaṃ samārādhya brahmā lokapitāmahaḥ|| prajā sasarja sarvāstāssurāsuranarādikāḥ marīcimatriṃ pulahaṃ pulastyāṃgirasau kratum || vasiṣṭhaṃ nāradaṃ dakṣaṃ bhṛguṃ ceti mahāprabhūn

Having worshipped him alone, I, Brahmā, the grandfather of the worlds, brought forth all those creatures — gods, demons, men and the rest — and (also) Marīci, Atri, Pulaha, Pulastya, Aṅgiras, Kratu, Vasiṣṭha, Nārada, Dakṣa and Bhṛgu, those great lords.

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SiP 2 22.17

सृष्ट्वा प्रजापतीन् दक्षप्रमुखान्सुरसत्तमान् ।। अमन्यं सुप्रसन्नोहं निजं सर्वमहोन्नतम्

sṛṣṭvā prajāpatīn dakṣapramukhānsurasattamān || amanyaṃ suprasannohaṃ nijaṃ sarvamahonnatam

Having created the lords of creatures headed by Dakṣa, the best of the gods, I, greatly pleased, thought my own (work) altogether most exalted.

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SiP 2 22.19

ब्रह्माहं मानसान्पुत्रानसर्जं च यदा मुने ।। तदा मन्मनसो जाता चारुरूपा वरांगना

brahmāhaṃ mānasānputrānasarjaṃ ca yadā mune || tadā manmanaso jātā cārurūpā varāṃganā

And when I, Brahmā, had created the mind-born sons, O sage, then from my mind was born a lovely-formed, excellent woman.

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SiP 2 22.22

दृष्ट्वाहं तां समुत्थाय चिन्तयन्हृदि हृद्गतम्।। दक्षादयश्च स्रष्टारो मरीच्याद्याश्च मत्सुताः

dṛṣṭvāhaṃ tāṃ samutthāya cintayanhṛdi hṛdgatam|| dakṣādayaśca sraṣṭāro marīcyādyāśca matsutāḥ

Seeing her, I rose up, pondering in my heart what was in (my) heart — and so did the creators Dakṣa and the others, and my sons Marīci and the rest.

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SiP 2 22.23

एवं चिंतयतो मे हि ब्रह्मणो मुनिसत्तम ।। मानसः पुरुषो मंजुराविर्भूतो महाद्भुतः

evaṃ ciṃtayato me hi brahmaṇo munisattama || mānasaḥ puruṣo maṃjurāvirbhūto mahādbhutaḥ

As I, Brahmā, was thus pondering, O best of sages, a mind-born man, charming and most wondrous, appeared.

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SiP 2 22.24

कांचनीकृतजाताभः पीनोरस्कस्सुनासिकः ।। सुवृत्तोरुकटीजंघो नीलवेलितकेसरः

kāṃcanīkṛtajātābhaḥ pīnoraskassunāsikaḥ || suvṛttorukaṭījaṃgho nīlavelitakesaraḥ

With the sheen of refined gold, broad-chested, fine-nosed, with well-rounded thighs, hips and shanks, with dark curling hair.

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SiP 2 22.25

लग्नभ्रूयुगलो लोलः पूर्णचन्द्रनिभाननः ।। कपाटायतसद्वक्षो रोमराजीवराजितः

lagnabhrūyugalo lolaḥ pūrṇacandranibhānanaḥ || kapāṭāyatasadvakṣo romarājīvarājitaḥ

With eyebrows joined together, restless, his face like the full moon, with a fine chest broad as a door-panel, adorned with a line of body-hair.

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SiP 2 22.26

अभ्रमातंगकाकारः पीनो नीलसुवासकः ।। आरक्तपाणिनयनमुखपादकरोद्भवः

abhramātaṃgakākāraḥ pīno nīlasuvāsakaḥ || āraktapāṇinayanamukhapādakarodbhavaḥ

Shaped like a cloud-elephant, stout, finely clad in dark blue, with reddish palms, eyes, face, feet and hands.

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SiP 2 22.27

क्षीणमध्यश्चारुदन्तः प्रमत्तगजगंधनः।। प्रफुल्लपद्मपत्राक्षः केसरघ्राणतर्पणः

kṣīṇamadhyaścārudantaḥ pramattagajagaṃdhanaḥ|| praphullapadmapatrākṣaḥ kesaraghrāṇatarpaṇaḥ

Slender-waisted, with lovely teeth, smelling like an elephant in rut, his eyes like full-blown lotus petals, gratifying the nose with the scent of blossoms.

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SiP 2 22.28

कंबुग्रीवो मीनकेतुः प्रांशुर्मकरवाहनः ।। पंचपुष्पायुधो वेगी पुष्पकोदंडमंडितः

kaṃbugrīvo mīnaketuḥ prāṃśurmakaravāhanaḥ || paṃcapuṣpāyudho vegī puṣpakodaṃḍamaṃḍitaḥ

Conch-necked, having the fish as his banner, tall, riding a sea-monster, armed with five flower-arrows, swift, adorned with a bow of flowers.

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SiP 2 22.29

कांतः कटाक्षपातेन भ्रामयन्नयनद्वयम् ।। सुगंधिमारुतो तात शृंगाररससेवितः

kāṃtaḥ kaṭākṣapātena bhrāmayannayanadvayam || sugaṃdhimāruto tāta śṛṃgārarasasevitaḥ

Handsome, rolling his two eyes with the casting of sidelong glances, fragrant of breeze, dear one, attended by the sentiment of erotic love.

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SiP 2 22.31

अभवद्विकृतं तेषां मत्सुतानां मनो द्रुतम् ।। धैर्यं नैवालभत्तात कामाकुलितचेतसाम्

abhavadvikṛtaṃ teṣāṃ matsutānāṃ mano drutam || dhairyaṃ naivālabhattāta kāmākulitacetasām

The minds of those sons of mine were at once disturbed; they found no steadiness at all, dear one, their thoughts being agitated by desire.

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SiP 2 22.32

मां सोपि वेधसं वीक्ष्य स्रष्टारं जगतां पतिम् ।। प्रणम्य पुरुषः प्राह विनयानतकंधरः

māṃ sopi vedhasaṃ vīkṣya sraṣṭāraṃ jagatāṃ patim || praṇamya puruṣaḥ prāha vinayānatakaṃdharaḥ

And that man too, beholding me, the ordainer, the creator, the lord of the worlds, bowed and spoke, his neck bent in humility.

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SiP 2 22.33

पुरुष उवाच ।। किं करिष्याम्यहं कर्म ब्रह्मंस्तत्र नियोजय।। मान्योद्य पुरुषो यस्मादुचितः शोभितो विधे

puruṣa uvāca || kiṃ kariṣyāmyahaṃ karma brahmaṃstatra niyojaya|| mānyodya puruṣo yasmāducitaḥ śobhito vidhe

The man said: What work shall I do, O Brahmā? Appoint me to it. Since a man is honoured today (only) if he is fitting and adorned (with a function), O ordainer —

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SiP 2 22.34

अभिमानं च योग्यं च स्थानं पत्नी च या मम ।। तन्मे वद त्रिलोकेश त्वं स्रष्टा जगतां पतिः

abhimānaṃ ca yogyaṃ ca sthānaṃ patnī ca yā mama || tanme vada trilokeśa tvaṃ sraṣṭā jagatāṃ patiḥ

And what pride, and what proper station, and who is to be my wife — tell me that, O lord of the three worlds; you are the creator, the lord of the worlds.

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SiP 2 22.35

ब्रह्मोवाच ।। एवं तस्य वचः श्रुत्वा पुरुषस्य महात्मनः ।। क्षणं न किंचित्प्रावोचत्स स्रष्टा चातिविस्मितः

brahmovāca || evaṃ tasya vacaḥ śrutvā puruṣasya mahātmanaḥ || kṣaṇaṃ na kiṃcitprāvocatsa sraṣṭā cātivismitaḥ

Brahmā said: Hearing these words of that great-souled man, that creator, greatly astonished, said nothing for a moment.

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SiP 2 22.36

अतो मनस्सुसंयम्य सम्यगुत्सृज्य विस्मयम् ।। अवोचत्पुरुषं ब्रह्मा तत्कामं च समावहन्

ato manassusaṃyamya samyagutsṛjya vismayam || avocatpuruṣaṃ brahmā tatkāmaṃ ca samāvahan

Then, having well restrained his mind and wholly cast off amazement, Brahmā spoke to the man, and fulfilled that desire (of his).

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SiP 2 22.37

।। ब्रह्मोवाच ।। ।। अनेन त्वं स्वरूपेण पुष्पबाणैश्च पंचभिः ।। मोहयन् पुरुषान् स्त्रीश्च कुरु सृष्टिं सनातनीम्

|| brahmovāca || || anena tvaṃ svarūpeṇa puṣpabāṇaiśca paṃcabhiḥ || mohayan puruṣān strīśca kuru sṛṣṭiṃ sanātanīm

Brahmā said: With this form of yours and with the five flower-arrows, deluding men and women, carry on the everlasting creation.

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SiP 2 22.38

अस्मिञ्जीवाश्च देवाद्यास्त्रैलोक्ये सचराचरे ।। एते सर्वे भविष्यन्ति न क्षमास्त्यवलंबने

asmiñjīvāśca devādyāstrailokye sacarācare || ete sarve bhaviṣyanti na kṣamāstyavalaṃbane

In this triple world, with its moving and unmoving beings, the living creatures, the gods and the rest — all these will be (subject to you); they will have no power to resist.

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SiP 2 22.39

अहं वा वासुदेवो वा स्थाणुर्वा पुरुषोत्तमः ।। भविष्यामस्तव वशे किमन्ये प्राणधारकाः

ahaṃ vā vāsudevo vā sthāṇurvā puruṣottamaḥ || bhaviṣyāmastava vaśe kimanye prāṇadhārakāḥ

"Whether I, or Vāsudeva, or Sthāṇu, or Puruṣottama — we shall be in your power; what then of other creatures that bear breath?"

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SiP 2 22.41

त्वत्पुष्पबाणस्य सदा सुखलक्ष्यं मनोद्भुतम् ।। सर्वेषां प्राणिनां नित्यं सदा मदकरो भवान्

tvatpuṣpabāṇasya sadā sukhalakṣyaṃ manodbhutam || sarveṣāṃ prāṇināṃ nityaṃ sadā madakaro bhavān

That which arises in the mind is always an easy target for your flower-arrow; you are forever the one who intoxicates all living beings.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

SiP 2 22.42

इति ते कर्म कथितं सृष्टिप्रावर्तकं पुनः ।। नामान्येते वदिष्यंति सुता मे तव तत्त्वतः

iti te karma kathitaṃ sṛṣṭiprāvartakaṃ punaḥ || nāmānyete vadiṣyaṃti sutā me tava tattvataḥ

Thus has your task been told to you, that which sets creation in motion; and these my sons will pronounce your names truly.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SiP 2 22.43

ब्रह्मोवाच ।। इत्युक्त्वाहं सुरश्रेष्ठ स्वसुतानां मुखानि च।। आलोक्य स्वासने पाद्मे प्रोपविष्टोऽभवं क्षणम्

brahmovāca || ityuktvāhaṃ suraśreṣṭha svasutānāṃ mukhāni ca|| ālokya svāsane pādme propaviṣṭo'bhavaṃ kṣaṇam

Brahmā said: Having said this, O best of the gods, and having looked at the faces of my sons, I sat down for a moment upon my own lotus seat.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition