Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita — Chapter 24
SiP 2 24.1
नारद उवाच।। विष्णुशिष्य महाप्राज्ञ विधे लोककर प्रभो ।। अद्भुतेयं कथा प्रोक्ता शिवलीलामृतान्विता
nārada uvāca|| viṣṇuśiṣya mahāprājña vidhe lokakara prabho || adbhuteyaṃ kathā proktā śivalīlāmṛtānvitā
Nārada said: O disciple of Viṣṇu, greatly wise Vidhi, maker of the worlds, lord — this wonderful story, filled with the nectar of Śiva's play, has been told.
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SiP 2 24.2
ततः किमभवत्तात चरितं तद्वदाधुना ।। अहं श्रद्धान्वितः श्रोतुं यदि शम्भुकथाश्रयम् तस्या भ्रूयुगलं वीक्ष्य संशयं मदनोकरोत् ।। उत्सादनं मत्कोदण्डं विधात्रास्यां निवेशितम् आरक्तपार्ष्णिपादाग्रप्रांतभागं पदद्वयम् ।। अनुरागमिवाऽनेन मित्रं तस्या मनोभवः नोवाच च तदा दक्षं कामो मोदभवात्ततः ।। विस्मृत्य दारुणं शापं विधिदत्तं विमोहितः
tataḥ kimabhavattāta caritaṃ tadvadādhunā || ahaṃ śraddhānvitaḥ śrotuṃ yadi śambhukathāśrayam tasyā bhrūyugalaṃ vīkṣya saṃśayaṃ madanokarot || utsādanaṃ matkodaṇḍaṃ vidhātrāsyāṃ niveśitam āraktapārṣṇipādāgraprāṃtabhāgaṃ padadvayam || anurāgamivā'nena mitraṃ tasyā manobhavaḥ novāca ca tadā dakṣaṃ kāmo modabhavāttataḥ || vismṛtya dāruṇaṃ śāpaṃ vidhidattaṃ vimohitaḥ
What happened after that, father? Tell that story now, if I, filled with faith, (may hear) what rests upon the tale of Śambhu. Seeing that pair of her brows, Madana felt doubt: "My bow, which destroys, has been placed by the creator upon her." Her two feet, with heels and toe-tips reddish at their edges — as though by this the mind-born one (saw) passion as his friend in her. And Kāma, out of the arising of joy, then said nothing to Dakṣa, being bewildered, having forgotten the terrible curse given by the creator.
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SiP 2 24.3
ब्रह्मोवाच ।। शंभौ गते निजस्थाने वेधस्यंतर्हिते मयि ।। दक्ष प्राहाथ कंदर्पं संस्मरन् मम तद्वचः ।।
brahmovāca || śaṃbhau gate nijasthāne vedhasyaṃtarhite mayi || dakṣa prāhātha kaṃdarpaṃ saṃsmaran mama tadvacaḥ ||
Brahmā said: When Śambhu had gone to his own place, and I, the creator, had vanished, then Dakṣa, recalling those words of mine, spoke to Kāma.
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SiP 2 24.4
दक्ष उवाच ।। मद्देहजेयं कंदर्प सद्रूपगुणसंयुता ।। एनां गृह्णीष्व भार्यार्थं भवतस्सदृशीं गुणैः
dakṣa uvāca || maddehajeyaṃ kaṃdarpa sadrūpaguṇasaṃyutā || enāṃ gṛhṇīṣva bhāryārthaṃ bhavatassadṛśīṃ guṇaiḥ
Dakṣa said: O Kāma, this (girl), born of my body, endowed with a good form and good qualities — take her as a wife; she is your equal in qualities.
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SiP 2 24.5
एषा तव महा तेजास्सर्वदा सहचारिणी ।। भविष्यति यथाकामं धर्मतो वशवर्तिनी
eṣā tava mahā tejāssarvadā sahacāriṇī || bhaviṣyati yathākāmaṃ dharmato vaśavartinī
She, O greatly splendid one, will be your constant companion, obedient to your will as you desire, in accordance with dharma.
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SiP 2 24.6
ब्रह्मोवाच ।। इत्युक्त्वा प्रददौ तस्यै देहस्वेदांबुसम्भवाम् ।। कंदर्प्पायाग्रतः कृत्वा नाम कृत्वा रतीति ताम्
brahmovāca || ityuktvā pradadau tasyai dehasvedāṃbusambhavām || kaṃdarppāyāgrataḥ kṛtvā nāma kṛtvā ratīti tām
Brahmā said: Having spoken thus, he gave to him (Kāma) her who had arisen from the water of the sweat of his body, having placed her before Kandarpa and having given her the name Rati.
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SiP 2 24.7
विवाह्य तां स्मरस्सोपि मुमोदातीव नारद ।। दक्षजां तनयां रम्यां मुनीनामपि मोहिनीम्
vivāhya tāṃ smarassopi mumodātīva nārada || dakṣajāṃ tanayāṃ ramyāṃ munīnāmapi mohinīm
And Smara, having married her, rejoiced exceedingly, Nārada — the lovely daughter born of Dakṣa, who bewilders even sages.
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SiP 2 24.8
अथ तां वीक्ष्य मदनो रत्याख्यां स्वस्त्रियं शुभाम् ।। आत्मा गुणेन विद्धोसौ मुमोह रतिरंजितः
atha tāṃ vīkṣya madano ratyākhyāṃ svastriyaṃ śubhām || ātmā guṇena viddhosau mumoha ratiraṃjitaḥ
Then Madana, gazing at that fair woman of his own named Rati, was himself pierced by (her) quality and, delighted by Rati, became infatuated.
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SiP 2 24.9
क्षणप्रदाऽभवत्कांता गौरी मृगदृशी मुदा ।। लोलापांग्यथ तस्यैव भार्या च सदृशी रतौ
kṣaṇapradā'bhavatkāṃtā gaurī mṛgadṛśī mudā || lolāpāṃgyatha tasyaiva bhāryā ca sadṛśī ratau
The fair-complexioned, doe-eyed beloved gave (him) joy in a moment, and then that wife of his, with restless glance-corners, was his equal in love-making.
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SiP 2 24.11
कटाक्षाणामाशुगतिं दृष्ट्वा तस्या द्विजोत्तम।। आशु गन्तुं निजास्त्राणां श्रद्दधे न च चारुताम्
kaṭākṣāṇāmāśugatiṃ dṛṣṭvā tasyā dvijottama|| āśu gantuṃ nijāstrāṇāṃ śraddadhe na ca cārutām
Seeing the swift course of her sidelong glances, O best of the twice-born, he no longer trusted in the swift flight of his own weapons, nor in their beauty.
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SiP 2 24.12
तस्याः स्वभावसुरभिधीरश्वासानिलं तथा ।। आघ्राय मदनः श्रद्धां त्यक्तवान् मलयांतिके
tasyāḥ svabhāvasurabhidhīraśvāsānilaṃ tathā || āghrāya madanaḥ śraddhāṃ tyaktavān malayāṃtike
And having smelled the breeze of her deep breathing, naturally fragrant, Madana gave up his faith in the Malaya region (i.e. in its sandal-scented winds).
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SiP 2 24.13
पूर्णेन्दुसदृशं वक्त्रं दृष्ट्वा लक्ष्मसुलक्षितम् ।। न निश्चिकाय मदनो भेदं तन्मुखचन्द्रयोः
pūrṇendusadṛśaṃ vaktraṃ dṛṣṭvā lakṣmasulakṣitam || na niścikāya madano bhedaṃ tanmukhacandrayoḥ
Seeing her face, like the full moon, well marked with a mark, Madana could not determine the difference between her face and the moon.
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SiP 2 24.14
सुवर्ण पद्मकलिकातुल्यं तस्याः कुचद्वयम् ।। रेजे चूचुकयुग्मेन भ्रमरेणेव वेष्टितम्
suvarṇa padmakalikātulyaṃ tasyāḥ kucadvayam || reje cūcukayugmena bhramareṇeva veṣṭitam
Her pair of breasts, equal to a golden lotus bud, shone, encircled by the pair of nipples as if by a bee.
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SiP 2 24.15
दृढपीनोन्नतं तस्यास्तनमध्यं विलंबिनीम् ।। आनाभिप्रतलं मालां तन्वीं चन्द्रायितां शुभाम्
dṛḍhapīnonnataṃ tasyāstanamadhyaṃ vilaṃbinīm || ānābhipratalaṃ mālāṃ tanvīṃ candrāyitāṃ śubhām
(He looked upon) the middle of her body, firm, full and raised, and the slender, lovely, moon-like garland hanging down as far as her navel.
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SiP 2 24.16
ज्यां पुष्पधनुषः कामः षट्पदावलिसंभ्रमाम् ।। विसस्मार च यस्मात्तां विसृज्यैनां निरीक्षते
jyāṃ puṣpadhanuṣaḥ kāmaḥ ṣaṭpadāvalisaṃbhramām || visasmāra ca yasmāttāṃ visṛjyaināṃ nirīkṣate
Kāma forgot the bowstring of his flower-bow, thronged with a row of bees; for, having released it, he (only) gazed at her.
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SiP 2 24.17
गम्भीरनाभिरंध्रांतश्चतुःपार्श्वत्वगादृतम् ।। आननाब्जेऽक्षणद्वंद्वमारक्तकफलं यथा
gambhīranābhiraṃdhrāṃtaścatuḥpārśvatvagādṛtam || ānanābje'kṣaṇadvaṃdvamāraktakaphalaṃ yathā
Within the cavity of her deep navel, honoured by the skin on all four sides, the pair of eyes in the lotus of her face was like a slightly reddened fruit.
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SiP 2 24.18
मध्येन वपुषा निसर्गाष्टापदप्रभा ।। रुक्मवेदीव ददृशे कामेन रमणी हि सा
madhyena vapuṣā nisargāṣṭāpadaprabhā || rukmavedīva dadṛśe kāmena ramaṇī hi sā
With her body slender at the waist, having by nature the sheen of gold, that charming woman appeared to Kāma like an altar of gold.
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SiP 2 24.19
रंभास्तंभायतं स्निग्धं यदूरुयुगलं मृदु ।। निजशक्तिसमं कामो वीक्षांचक्रे मनोहरम्
raṃbhāstaṃbhāyataṃ snigdhaṃ yadūruyugalaṃ mṛdu || nijaśaktisamaṃ kāmo vīkṣāṃcakre manoharam
Kāma gazed upon that pair of thighs of hers, long as plantain stems, smooth, soft, charming, equal to his own power.
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SiP 2 24.21
तस्याः करयुगं रक्तं नखरैः किंशुकोपमैः ।। वृत्ताभिरंगुलीभिश्च सूक्ष्माग्राभिर्मनोहरम्
tasyāḥ karayugaṃ raktaṃ nakharaiḥ kiṃśukopamaiḥ || vṛttābhiraṃgulībhiśca sūkṣmāgrābhirmanoharam
Her pair of hands was red, with nails resembling the kiṃśuka flower, and charming with rounded fingers whose tips were fine.
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SiP 2 24.22
तद्बाहुयुगुलं कांतं मृणालयुगलायतम् ।। मृदु स्निग्धं चिरं राजत्कांतिलोहप्रवालवत्
tadbāhuyugulaṃ kāṃtaṃ mṛṇālayugalāyatam || mṛdu snigdhaṃ ciraṃ rājatkāṃtilohapravālavat
That pair of arms of hers was lovely, long as a pair of lotus stalks, soft and smooth, shining long like coral of gleaming red metal.
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SiP 2 24.23
नीलनीरदसंकाशः केशपाशो मनोहरः ।। चमरीवाल भरवद्विभाति स्म स्मरप्रियः
nīlanīradasaṃkāśaḥ keśapāśo manoharaḥ || camarīvāla bharavadvibhāti sma smarapriyaḥ
Her charming mass of hair, resembling a dark cloud, shone like a thick bunch of yak-tail hair, dear to Smara.
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SiP 2 24.24
एतादृशीं रतिं नाम्ना प्रालेयाद्रिसमुद्भवाम्।। गंगामिव महादेवो जग्राहोत्फुल्ललोचनः
etādṛśīṃ ratiṃ nāmnā prāleyādrisamudbhavām|| gaṃgāmiva mahādevo jagrāhotphullalocanaḥ
Such was Rati by name, and Mahādeva, his eyes wide open, took her, born of the snow-mountain, as (he took) the Gaṅgā.
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SiP 2 24.25
चक्रपद्मां चारुबाहुं मृणालशकलान्विताम् ।। भ्रूयुग्मविभ्रमव्राततनूर्मिपरिराजिताम्
cakrapadmāṃ cārubāhuṃ mṛṇālaśakalānvitām || bhrūyugmavibhramavrātatanūrmiparirājitām
(He took her) who had the lotuses of the cakra (birds), lovely arms, was furnished with pieces of lotus-stalk, and was adorned all round with the fine waves that are the play of her two eyebrows,
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SiP 2 24.26
कटाक्षपाततुंगौघां स्वीयनेत्रोत्पलान्विताम् ।। तनुलोमांबुशैवालां मनोद्रुमविलासिनीम्
kaṭākṣapātatuṃgaughāṃ svīyanetrotpalānvitām || tanulomāṃbuśaivālāṃ manodrumavilāsinīm
who had a lofty flood in the falling of her sidelong glances, was furnished with the blue lotuses that are her eyes, whose water-weed was her fine down, who was the creeper playing on the tree of the mind,
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SiP 2 24.27
निम्ननाभिह्रदां क्षामां सर्वांगरमणीयिकाम् ।। सर्वलावण्यसदनां शोभमानां रमामिव
nimnanābhihradāṃ kṣāmāṃ sarvāṃgaramaṇīyikām || sarvalāvaṇyasadanāṃ śobhamānāṃ ramāmiva
whose pool was her deep navel, slender, lovely in every limb, the abode of all beauty, shining like Ramā (Lakṣmī),
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SiP 2 24.28
द्वादशाभरणैर्युक्तां शृंगारैः षोडशैर्युताम् ।। मोहनीं सर्वलोकानां भासयंतीं दिशो दश
dvādaśābharaṇairyuktāṃ śṛṃgāraiḥ ṣoḍaśairyutām || mohanīṃ sarvalokānāṃ bhāsayaṃtīṃ diśo daśa
(She was) endowed with the twelve ornaments and furnished with the sixteen adornments, bewitching to all the worlds, illumining the ten directions.
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SiP 2 24.29
इति तां मदनो वीक्ष्य रतिं जग्राह सोत्सुकः ।। रागादुपस्थितां लक्ष्मीं हृषीकेश इवोत्तमाम्
iti tāṃ madano vīkṣya ratiṃ jagrāha sotsukaḥ || rāgādupasthitāṃ lakṣmīṃ hṛṣīkeśa ivottamām
So, having beheld that Rati, Madana eagerly took her (in marriage), as Hṛṣīkeśa (took) the supreme Lakṣmī who had come to him out of love.
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SiP 2 24.31
तदा महोत्सवस्तात बभूव सुखवर्द्धनः ।। दक्षः प्रीततरश्चासीन्मुमुदे तनया मम
tadā mahotsavastāta babhūva sukhavarddhanaḥ || dakṣaḥ prītataraścāsīnmumude tanayā mama
Then, dear one, there was a great festival that increased joy; Dakṣa was exceedingly pleased, and my daughter rejoiced.
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SiP 2 24.32
कामोतीव सुखं प्राप्य सर्वदुःखक्षयं गतः ।। दक्षजापि रतिः कामं प्राप्य चापि जहर्ष ह
kāmotīva sukhaṃ prāpya sarvaduḥkhakṣayaṃ gataḥ || dakṣajāpi ratiḥ kāmaṃ prāpya cāpi jaharṣa ha
Kāma, having attained exceeding joy, came to the end of all sorrow; and Rati too, Dakṣa's daughter, having obtained Kāma, rejoiced indeed.
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SiP 2 24.33
रराज चेतयासार्द्धं भिन्नश्चारुवचः स्मरः ।। जीमूत इव संध्यायां सौदामन्या मनोज्ञया
rarāja cetayāsārddhaṃ bhinnaścāruvacaḥ smaraḥ || jīmūta iva saṃdhyāyāṃ saudāmanyā manojñayā
Smara shone together with her, uttering broken sweet words, like a raincloud at twilight with charming lightning.
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SiP 2 24.34
इति रतिपतिरुच्चैर्मोहयुक्तो रतिं तां हृदुपरि जगृहे वै योगदर्शीव विद्याम् ।। रतिरपि पतिमग्र्यं प्राप्य सा चापि रेजे हरिमिव कमला वै पूर्णचन्द्रोपमास्या
iti ratipatiruccairmohayukto ratiṃ tāṃ hṛdupari jagṛhe vai yogadarśīva vidyām || ratirapi patimagryaṃ prāpya sā cāpi reje harimiva kamalā vai pūrṇacandropamāsyā
Thus the lord of Rati, filled with intense infatuation, clasped that Rati upon his breast, as one who has the vision of yoga (grasps) knowledge; and she, Rati, having obtained the foremost husband, shone too, her face like the full moon, as Kamalā (shines) with Hari.
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