Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita — Chapter 26
SiP 2 26.1
ब्रह्मोवाच ।। सुतवर्य महाप्राज्ञ शृणु संध्यातपो महत् ।। यच्छ्रुत्वा नश्यते पापसमूहस्तत्क्षणाद्ध्रुवम्
brahmovāca || sutavarya mahāprājña śṛṇu saṃdhyātapo mahat || yacchrutvā naśyate pāpasamūhastatkṣaṇāddhruvam
Brahmā said: O best of sons, greatly wise one, hear the great austerity of Sandhyā, on hearing which the whole mass of sin is surely destroyed that very moment.
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SiP 2 26.2
उपविश्य तपोभावं वसिष्ठे स्वगृहं गते ।। संध्यापि तपसो भावं ज्ञात्वा मोदमवाप ह निमीलिताक्ष्यास्तस्यास्तु प्रविश्य हृदयं हरः ।। दिव्यं ज्ञानं ददौ तस्यै वाचं दिव्ये च चक्षुषी नमोनमः कारणकारणाय दिव्यामृतज्ञानविभूतिदाय।। समस्तलोकांतरभूतिदाय प्रकाशरूपाय परात्पराय महेश्वर उवाच ।। प्रीतोस्मि तपसा भद्रे भवत्याः परमेण वै ।। स्तवेन च शुभप्राज्ञे वरं वरय सांप्रतम् महेश्वर उवाच ।। शृणु देवि च संध्ये त्वं त्वत्पापं भस्मतां गतम् ।। त्वयि त्यक्तो मया क्रोधः शुद्धा जाता तपःकरात् स च मेधातिथिर्यज्ञे मुने द्वादशवार्षिके ।। कृत्स्नप्रज्वलिते वह्नावचिरात् क्रियतां त्वया तपसा सत्समो नास्ति न भूतो न भविष्यति।। येन यज्ञस्समारब्धो ज्योतिष्टोमो महाविधिः
upaviśya tapobhāvaṃ vasiṣṭhe svagṛhaṃ gate || saṃdhyāpi tapaso bhāvaṃ jñātvā modamavāpa ha nimīlitākṣyāstasyāstu praviśya hṛdayaṃ haraḥ || divyaṃ jñānaṃ dadau tasyai vācaṃ divye ca cakṣuṣī namonamaḥ kāraṇakāraṇāya divyāmṛtajñānavibhūtidāya|| samastalokāṃtarabhūtidāya prakāśarūpāya parātparāya maheśvara uvāca || prītosmi tapasā bhadre bhavatyāḥ parameṇa vai || stavena ca śubhaprājñe varaṃ varaya sāṃpratam maheśvara uvāca || śṛṇu devi ca saṃdhye tvaṃ tvatpāpaṃ bhasmatāṃ gatam || tvayi tyakto mayā krodhaḥ śuddhā jātā tapaḥkarāt sa ca medhātithiryajñe mune dvādaśavārṣike || kṛtsnaprajvalite vahnāvacirāt kriyatāṃ tvayā tapasā satsamo nāsti na bhūto na bhaviṣyati|| yena yajñassamārabdho jyotiṣṭomo mahāvidhiḥ
When Vasiṣṭha, having sat down (and taught) the manner of the austerity, had gone to his own house, Sandhyā too, having understood the nature of the austerity, was filled with joy. And Hara, entering the heart of her whose eyes were closed, gave her divine knowledge, divine speech, and two divine eyes. "Homage, homage to the cause of causes, the giver of divine, immortal knowledge and power; to the giver of well-being to all the worlds and the regions between them; to him whose form is light, higher than the highest." Maheśvara said: I am pleased, good lady, by your supreme austerity, and by your hymn, O auspicious and wise one; now choose a boon. Maheśvara said: Listen, O goddess Sandhyā: your sin has gone to ashes; the anger I cast upon you has been given up (by me), and you have become pure through the performance of austerity. And that Medhātithi — at the sage's twelve-year sacrifice, when the fire is wholly ablaze, let it be done by you soon; in austerity there is none equal to the good, neither has been nor will be — he by whom the sacrifice, the Jyotiṣṭoma, the great rite, has been undertaken.
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SiP 2 26.3
ततस्सानंदमनसो वेषं कृत्वा तु यादृशम् ।। तपश्चर्तुं समारेभे बृहल्लोहिततीरगा
tatassānaṃdamanaso veṣaṃ kṛtvā tu yādṛśam || tapaścartuṃ samārebhe bṛhallohitatīragā
Then, her mind full of joy, having put on such a garb (as was fitting), she went to the bank of the Bṛhallohitā and began to perform austerity.
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SiP 2 26.4
यथोक्तं तु वशिष्ठेन मंत्रं तपसि साधनम् ।। मंत्रेण तेन सद्भक्त्या पूजयामास शंकरम्
yathoktaṃ tu vaśiṣṭhena maṃtraṃ tapasi sādhanam || maṃtreṇa tena sadbhaktyā pūjayāmāsa śaṃkaram
And with that mantra which Vasiṣṭha had declared to be the means in the austerity, she worshipped Śaṃkara with true devotion.
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SiP 2 26.5
एकान्तमनसस्तस्याः कुर्वंत्या सुमहत्तपः ।। शंभौ विन्यस्तचित्ताया गतमेकं चतुर्युगम्
ekāntamanasastasyāḥ kurvaṃtyā sumahattapaḥ || śaṃbhau vinyastacittāyā gatamekaṃ caturyugam
While she, single-minded, was performing that very great austerity, her thought fixed upon Śambhu, one set of four ages passed.
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SiP 2 26.6
प्रसन्नोभूत्तदा शंभुस्तपसा तेन तोषितः ।। अंतर्बहिस्तथाकाशे दर्शयित्वा निजं वपुः
prasannobhūttadā śaṃbhustapasā tena toṣitaḥ || aṃtarbahistathākāśe darśayitvā nijaṃ vapuḥ
Then Śambhu, gratified by that austerity, became well-pleased, and showed his own form within, without, and likewise in the sky.
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SiP 2 26.7
यद्रूपं चिंतयंती सा तेन प्रत्यक्षतां गतः
yadrūpaṃ ciṃtayaṃtī sā tena pratyakṣatāṃ gataḥ
In whatever form she was contemplating (him), in that (form) he became visible.
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SiP 2 26.8
अथ सा पुरतो दृष्ट्वा मनसा चिंतितं प्रभुम् ।। प्रसन्नवदनं शांतं मुमोदातीव शंकरम्
atha sā purato dṛṣṭvā manasā ciṃtitaṃ prabhum || prasannavadanaṃ śāṃtaṃ mumodātīva śaṃkaram
Then, seeing before her the Lord she had thought upon in her mind, Śaṃkara, of gracious face and tranquil, she rejoiced exceedingly.
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SiP 2 26.9
ससाध्वसमहं वक्ष्ये किं कथं स्तौमि वा हरम् ।। इति चिंतापरा भूत्वा न्यमीलयत चक्षुषी
sasādhvasamahaṃ vakṣye kiṃ kathaṃ staumi vā haram || iti ciṃtāparā bhūtvā nyamīlayata cakṣuṣī
"With trepidation — what shall I say, or how shall I praise Hara?" — thus becoming absorbed in thought, she closed her eyes.
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SiP 2 26.11
दिव्यज्ञानं दिव्यचक्षुर्दिव्या वाचमवाप सा ।। प्रत्यक्षं वीक्ष्य दुर्गेशं तुष्टाव जगतां पतिम्
divyajñānaṃ divyacakṣurdivyā vācamavāpa sā || pratyakṣaṃ vīkṣya durgeśaṃ tuṣṭāva jagatāṃ patim
She obtained divine knowledge, a divine eye, and divine speech; and seeing the Lord of Durgā before her eyes, she praised the Lord of the worlds.
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SiP 2 26.12
संध्योवाच ।। निराकारं ज्ञानगम्यं परं यन्नैव स्थूलं नापि सूक्ष्मं न चोच्चम् ।। अंतश्चिंत्यं योगिभिस्तस्य रूपं तस्मै तुभ्यं लोककर्त्रे नमोस्तु
saṃdhyovāca || nirākāraṃ jñānagamyaṃ paraṃ yannaiva sthūlaṃ nāpi sūkṣmaṃ na coccam || aṃtaściṃtyaṃ yogibhistasya rūpaṃ tasmai tubhyaṃ lokakartre namostu
Sandhyā said: That which is formless, attainable by knowledge, supreme, which is neither gross nor subtle nor lofty, whose form is to be contemplated inwardly by yogins — to that (being), to you, the maker of the worlds, let there be homage.
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SiP 2 26.13
सर्वं शांतं निर्मलं निर्विकारं ज्ञानागम्यं स्वप्रकाशेऽविकारम् ।। खाध्वप्रख्यं ध्वांतमार्गात्परस्तद्रूपं यस्य त्वां नमामि प्रसन्नम्
sarvaṃ śāṃtaṃ nirmalaṃ nirvikāraṃ jñānāgamyaṃ svaprakāśe'vikāram || khādhvaprakhyaṃ dhvāṃtamārgātparastadrūpaṃ yasya tvāṃ namāmi prasannam
He whose form is all-tranquil, stainless, changeless, unreachable by knowledge, unchanging in its self-luminosity, like the expanse of the sky, beyond the path of darkness — you, being gracious, I salute.
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SiP 2 26.14
एकं शुद्धं दीप्यमानं तथाजं चिदानंदं सहजं चाविकारि ।। नित्यानंदं सत्यभूतिप्रसन्नं यस्य श्रीदं रूपमस्मै नमस्ते
ekaṃ śuddhaṃ dīpyamānaṃ tathājaṃ cidānaṃdaṃ sahajaṃ cāvikāri || nityānaṃdaṃ satyabhūtiprasannaṃ yasya śrīdaṃ rūpamasmai namaste
He whose form is one, pure, shining, unborn, consciousness-and-bliss, innate and unchanging, eternally blissful, gracious with true power, and bestowing splendour — homage to you, to that (form).
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SiP 2 26.15
विद्याकारोद्भावनीयं प्रभिन्नं सत्त्वच्छंदं ध्येयमात्मस्वरूपम् ।। सारं पारं पावनानां पवित्रं तस्मै रूपं यस्य चैवं नमस्ते
vidyākārodbhāvanīyaṃ prabhinnaṃ sattvacchaṃdaṃ dhyeyamātmasvarūpam || sāraṃ pāraṃ pāvanānāṃ pavitraṃ tasmai rūpaṃ yasya caivaṃ namaste
To be brought forth in the shape of knowledge, distinct, delighting in purity, to be meditated upon, the very nature of the Self, the essence, the furthest shore, the purifier of purifiers — he whose form is thus, homage to you.
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SiP 2 26.16
यत्त्वाकारं शुद्धरूपं मनोज्ञं रत्नाकल्पं स्वच्छकर्पूरगौरम् ।। इष्टाभीती शूलमुंडे दधानं हस्तैर्नमो योगयुक्ताय तुभ्यम्
yattvākāraṃ śuddharūpaṃ manojñaṃ ratnākalpaṃ svacchakarpūragauram || iṣṭābhītī śūlamuṃḍe dadhānaṃ hastairnamo yogayuktāya tubhyam
But that form of yours which is pure, lovely, adorned with jewels, pale as clear camphor, bearing in its hands (the gestures of) boon-giving and fearlessness, the trident and the skull — homage to you, who are joined with yoga.
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SiP 2 26.17
गगनं भूर्दिशश्चैव सलिलं ज्योतिरेव च ।। पुनः कालश्च रूपाणि यस्य तुभ्यं नमोस्तु ते
gaganaṃ bhūrdiśaścaiva salilaṃ jyotireva ca || punaḥ kālaśca rūpāṇi yasya tubhyaṃ namostu te
Sky, earth and the quarters, water, and light too, and again time — these are your forms; homage be to you.
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SiP 2 26.18
प्रधानपुरुषौ यस्य कायत्वेन विनिर्गतौ ।। तस्मादव्यक्तरूपाय शंकराय नमोनमः
pradhānapuruṣau yasya kāyatvena vinirgatau || tasmādavyaktarūpāya śaṃkarāya namonamaḥ
From whom primordial matter (pradhāna) and spirit (puruṣa) came forth as (his) body — therefore, to Śaṃkara, whose form is unmanifest, homage upon homage.
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SiP 2 26.19
यो ब्रह्मा कुरुते सृष्टिं यो विष्णुः कुरुते स्थितिम् ।। संहरिष्यति यो रुद्रस्तस्मै तुभ्यं नमोनमः
yo brahmā kurute sṛṣṭiṃ yo viṣṇuḥ kurute sthitim || saṃhariṣyati yo rudrastasmai tubhyaṃ namonamaḥ
He who as Brahmā makes creation, he who as Viṣṇu makes maintenance, he who as Rudra will destroy — to him, to you, homage upon homage.
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SiP 2 26.21
यस्याऽपरं नो जगदुच्यते पदात् क्षितिर्दिशस्सूर्य इंदुर्मनौजः ।। बर्हिर्मुखा नाभितश्चान्तरिक्षं तस्मै तुभ्यं शंभवे मे नमोस्तु
yasyā'paraṃ no jagaducyate padāt kṣitirdiśassūrya iṃdurmanaujaḥ || barhirmukhā nābhitaścāntarikṣaṃ tasmai tubhyaṃ śaṃbhave me namostu
He from whose foot the world is called nothing other (than himself); (from whom come) earth, the quarters, sun, moon, mind and strength; (whose) mouth is the gods who eat the sacrificial grass, and from whose navel (comes) the mid-air — to him, to you, Śambhu, let my homage be.
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SiP 2 26.22
त्वं परः परमात्मा च त्वं विद्या विविधा हरः ।। सद्ब्रह्म च परं ब्रह्म विचारणपरायणः
tvaṃ paraḥ paramātmā ca tvaṃ vidyā vividhā haraḥ || sadbrahma ca paraṃ brahma vicāraṇaparāyaṇaḥ
You are the supreme, and the supreme Self; you, Hara, are knowledge in its many kinds; (you are) real brahman and the highest brahman, wholly given to (or: the goal of) reflection.
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SiP 2 26.23
यस्य नादिर्न मध्यं च नांतमस्ति जगद्यतः ।। कथं स्तोष्यामि तं देवं वाङ्मनोगोचरं हरम्।।
yasya nādirna madhyaṃ ca nāṃtamasti jagadyataḥ || kathaṃ stoṣyāmi taṃ devaṃ vāṅmanogocaraṃ haram||
He who has no beginning, no middle, and no end, and from whom the world (arises) — how shall I praise that god Hara, who is (beyond) the range of speech and mind?
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SiP 2 26.24
यस्य ब्रह्मादयो देव मुनयश्च तपोधनाः ।। न विप्रण्वंति रूपाणि वर्णनीयः कथं स मे
yasya brahmādayo deva munayaśca tapodhanāḥ || na vipraṇvaṃti rūpāṇi varṇanīyaḥ kathaṃ sa me
O god, whose forms Brahmā and the others, and the sages rich in austerity, do not (fully) know — how is he to be described by me?
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SiP 2 26.25
स्त्रिया मया ते किं ज्ञेया निर्गुणस्य गुणाः प्रभो ।। नैव जानंति यद्रूपं सेन्द्रा अपि सुरासुराः
striyā mayā te kiṃ jñeyā nirguṇasya guṇāḥ prabho || naiva jānaṃti yadrūpaṃ sendrā api surāsurāḥ
What can be known by me, a woman, of your qualities, O Lord, who are without qualities? — you whose form not even the gods and demons, together with Indra, know.
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SiP 2 26.26
नमस्तुभ्यं महेशान नमस्तुभ्यं तमोमय ।। प्रसीद शंभो देवेश भूयोभूयो नमोस्तु ते
namastubhyaṃ maheśāna namastubhyaṃ tamomaya || prasīda śaṃbho deveśa bhūyobhūyo namostu te
Homage to you, great Lord; homage to you, who consist of darkness. Be gracious, Śambhu, lord of gods; again and again let homage be to you.
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SiP 2 26.27
ब्रह्मोवाच ।। इत्याकर्ण्य वचस्तस्यास्संस्तुतः परमेश्वरः ।। सुप्रसन्नतरश्चाभूच्छंकरो भक्तवत्सलः
brahmovāca || ityākarṇya vacastasyāssaṃstutaḥ parameśvaraḥ || suprasannataraścābhūcchaṃkaro bhaktavatsalaḥ
Brahmā said: Having heard her words thus, the supreme Lord, praised (by her), Śaṃkara, fond of his devotees, became still more well pleased.
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SiP 2 26.28
अथ तस्याश्शरीरं तु वल्कलाजिनसंयुतम् ।। परिच्छन्नं जटाव्रातैः पवित्रे मूर्ध्नि राजितैः
atha tasyāśśarīraṃ tu valkalājinasaṃyutam || paricchannaṃ jaṭāvrātaiḥ pavitre mūrdhni rājitaiḥ
Then her body, clad in bark garments and a hide, was covered over by masses of matted hair shining on her pure head.
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SiP 2 26.29
हिमानीतर्जितांभोजसदृशं वदनं तदा ।। निरीक्ष्य कृपयाविष्टो हरः प्रोवाच तामिदम्
himānītarjitāṃbhojasadṛśaṃ vadanaṃ tadā || nirīkṣya kṛpayāviṣṭo haraḥ provāca tāmidam
Then, looking at her face, which was like a lotus struck by frost, Hara, filled with compassion, said this to her:
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SiP 2 26.31
येन ते विद्यते कार्यं वरेणास्मिन्मनोगतम् ।। तत्करिष्ये च भद्रं ते प्रसन्नोहं तव व्रतैः
yena te vidyate kāryaṃ vareṇāsminmanogatam || tatkariṣye ca bhadraṃ te prasannohaṃ tava vrataiḥ
Whatever purpose you have in mind here, (to be gained) by a boon — that I shall do; good fortune to you: I am pleased with your observances.
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SiP 2 26.32
ब्रह्मोवाच ।। इति श्रुत्वा महेशस्य प्रसन्नमनसस्तदा ।। संध्योवाच सुप्रसन्ना प्रणम्य च मुहुर्मुहुः
brahmovāca || iti śrutvā maheśasya prasannamanasastadā || saṃdhyovāca suprasannā praṇamya ca muhurmuhuḥ
Brahmā said: Having thus heard the great Lord, whose mind was pleased, Saṃdhyā, greatly delighted, bowing again and again, spoke:
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SiP 2 26.33
संध्योवाच ।। ।। यदि देयो वरः प्रीत्या वरयोग्यास्म्यहं यदि ।। यदि शुद्धास्म्यहं जाता तस्मात्पापान्महेश्वर
saṃdhyovāca || || yadi deyo varaḥ prītyā varayogyāsmyahaṃ yadi || yadi śuddhāsmyahaṃ jātā tasmātpāpānmaheśvara
Saṃdhyā said: If a boon is to be given out of affection, if I am worthy of a boon, if I have become purified of that sin, O great Lord —
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SiP 2 26.34
यदि देव प्रसव्रोऽसि तपसा मम सांप्रतम् ।। वृतस्तदायं प्रथमो वरो मम विधीयताम्
yadi deva prasavro'si tapasā mama sāṃpratam || vṛtastadāyaṃ prathamo varo mama vidhīyatām
if, O god, you are now pleased with my austerity, then let this first boon chosen by me be granted.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 26.35
उत्पन्नमात्रा देवेश प्राणिनोस्मिन्नभः स्थले ।। न भवंतु समेनैव सकामास्संभवंतु वै
utpannamātrā deveśa prāṇinosminnabhaḥ sthale || na bhavaṃtu samenaiva sakāmāssaṃbhavaṃtu vai
O lord of gods, let living beings in this region of the sky not be filled with desire the very moment they are born; let them become desirous (only later).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 2 26.36
यद्धि वृत्ता हि लोकेषु त्रिष्वपि प्रथिता यथा ।। भविष्यामि तथा नान्या वर एको वृतो मया
yaddhi vṛttā hi lokeṣu triṣvapi prathitā yathā || bhaviṣyāmi tathā nānyā vara eko vṛto mayā
For as I have conducted myself, so may I become renowned in all three worlds, and not otherwise: this is the one boon chosen by me.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 2 26.37
सकामा मम सृष्टिस्तु कुत्रचिन्न पतिष्यति ।। यो मे पतिर्भवेन्नाथ सोपि मेऽतिसुहृच्च वै
sakāmā mama sṛṣṭistu kutracinna patiṣyati || yo me patirbhavennātha sopi me'tisuhṛcca vai
And my creation, when filled with desire, shall nowhere fall (into ruin); and he who becomes my husband, O Lord, he too shall be a very dear friend to me.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 2 26.38
यो द्रक्ष्यति सकामो मां पुरुषस्तस्य पौरुषम् ।। नाशं गमिष्यति तदा स च क्लीबो भविष्यति ।
yo drakṣyati sakāmo māṃ puruṣastasya pauruṣam || nāśaṃ gamiṣyati tadā sa ca klībo bhaviṣyati |
The man who looks upon me with desire — his manhood shall then go to destruction, and he shall become impotent.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 26.39
ब्रह्मोवाच ।। इति श्रुत्वा वचस्तस्यश्शंकरो भक्तवत्सलः ।। उवाच सुप्रसन्नात्मा निष्पापायास्तयेरिते
brahmovāca || iti śrutvā vacastasyaśśaṃkaro bhaktavatsalaḥ || uvāca suprasannātmā niṣpāpāyāstayerite
Brahmā said: Having heard those words of hers, Śaṅkara, fond of his devotees, his mind well pleased, spoke to the sinless one when she had thus spoken:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 26.41
यद्यद्वृतं त्वया भद्रे दत्तं तदखिलं मया।। सुप्रसन्नेन तपसा तव संध्ये वरेण हि
yadyadvṛtaṃ tvayā bhadre dattaṃ tadakhilaṃ mayā|| suprasannena tapasā tava saṃdhye vareṇa hi
"Whatever you have chosen, good lady, all that is granted by me, well pleased by your austerity, O Sandhyā, indeed by way of a boon.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 26.42
प्रथमं शैशवो भावः कौमाराख्यो द्वितीयकः ।। तृतीयो यौवनो भावश्चतुर्थो वार्द्धकस्तथा
prathamaṃ śaiśavo bhāvaḥ kaumārākhyo dvitīyakaḥ || tṛtīyo yauvano bhāvaścaturtho vārddhakastathā
The first is the state of infancy, the second is called childhood; the third is the state of youth, and the fourth old age.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 26.43
तृतीये त्वथ संप्राप्ते वयोभागे शरीरिणः।। सकामास्स्युर्द्वितीयांतो भविष्यति क्वचित् क्वचित्
tṛtīye tvatha saṃprāpte vayobhāge śarīriṇaḥ|| sakāmāssyurdvitīyāṃto bhaviṣyati kvacit kvacit
When embodied beings reach the third portion of life, they will become subject to desire; (but) here and there it will happen at the end of the second.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 26.44
तपसा तव मर्यादा जगति स्थापिता मया ।। उत्पन्नमात्रा न यथा सकामास्स्युश्शरीरिणः
tapasā tava maryādā jagati sthāpitā mayā || utpannamātrā na yathā sakāmāssyuśśarīriṇaḥ
By your austerity a limit has been established by me in the world, so that embodied beings shall not be subject to desire as soon as they are born.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 26.45
त्वं च लोके सतीभावं तादृशं समवाप्नुहि ।। त्रिषु लोकेषु नान्यस्या यादृशं संभविष्यति
tvaṃ ca loke satībhāvaṃ tādṛśaṃ samavāpnuhi || triṣu lokeṣu nānyasyā yādṛśaṃ saṃbhaviṣyati
And you, obtain in the world such a state of chastity as shall not come to be for any other woman in the three worlds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 26.46
यः पश्यति सकामस्त्वां पाणिग्राहमृते तव ।। स सद्यः क्लीबतां प्राप्य दुर्बलत्वं गमिष्यति
yaḥ paśyati sakāmastvāṃ pāṇigrāhamṛte tava || sa sadyaḥ klībatāṃ prāpya durbalatvaṃ gamiṣyati
Whoever looks upon you with desire, apart from him who takes your hand (in marriage), he at once becoming impotent will fall into weakness.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 26.47
पतिस्तव महाभागस्तपोरूपसमन्वितः ।। सप्तकल्पांतजीवी च भविष्यति सह त्वया
patistava mahābhāgastaporūpasamanvitaḥ || saptakalpāṃtajīvī ca bhaviṣyati saha tvayā
Your husband will be greatly blessed, endowed with austerity and beauty, and will live, together with you, to the end of seven aeons.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 26.48
इति ते ये वरा मत्तः प्रार्थितास्ते कृता मया ।। अन्यच्च ते वदिष्यामि पूर्वजन्मनि संस्थितम्
iti te ye varā mattaḥ prārthitāste kṛtā mayā || anyacca te vadiṣyāmi pūrvajanmani saṃsthitam
Thus those boons which were asked of me by you have been granted by me; and I shall tell you something else, which stands (fixed) from a former birth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 26.49
अग्नौ शरीत्यागस्ते पूर्वमेव प्रतिश्रुतः ।। तदुपायं वदामि त्वां तत्कुरुष्व न संशयः
agnau śarītyāgaste pūrvameva pratiśrutaḥ || tadupāyaṃ vadāmi tvāṃ tatkuruṣva na saṃśayaḥ
Your abandonment of the body in the fire was promised beforehand; I shall tell you the means for that — do it, there is no doubt.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 26.51
एतच्छैलोपत्यकायां चंद्रभागानदीतटे ।। मेधातिथिर्महायज्ञं कुरुते तापसाश्रमे
etacchailopatyakāyāṃ caṃdrabhāgānadītaṭe || medhātithirmahāyajñaṃ kurute tāpasāśrame
On the lower slope of this mountain, on the bank of the river Candrabhāgā, Medhātithi is performing a great sacrifice in the hermitage of ascetics.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 26.52
तत्र गत्वा स्वयं छंदं मुनिभिर्न्नोपलक्षिता ।। मत्प्रसादाद्वह्निजाता तस्य पुत्री भविष्यसि
tatra gatvā svayaṃ chaṃdaṃ munibhirnnopalakṣitā || matprasādādvahnijātā tasya putrī bhaviṣyasi
Going there of your own will, unnoticed by the sages, by my grace you will be born from the fire and become his daughter.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 26.53
यस्ते वरो वाञ्छनीयः स्वामी मनसि कश्चन ।। तं निधाय निजस्वांते त्यज वह्नौ वपुः स्वकम्
yaste varo vāñchanīyaḥ svāmī manasi kaścana || taṃ nidhāya nijasvāṃte tyaja vahnau vapuḥ svakam
Whatever chosen one, whatever husband is desirable to you in your mind, having placed him in your own heart, abandon your own body in the fire.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 26.54
यदा त्वं दारुणं संध्ये तपश्चरसि पर्वते ।। यावच्चतुर्युगं तस्य व्यतीते तु कृते युगे
yadā tvaṃ dāruṇaṃ saṃdhye tapaścarasi parvate || yāvaccaturyugaṃ tasya vyatīte tu kṛte yuge
When you, Sandhyā, practise harsh austerity on the mountain — for as long as four ages — of that (span), when the Kṛta age has passed,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 2 26.55
त्रेतायाः प्रथमे भागे जाता दक्षस्य कन्यका ।। वाक्पाश्शीलसमापन्ना यथा योग्यं विवाहिताः
tretāyāḥ prathame bhāge jātā dakṣasya kanyakā || vākpāśśīlasamāpannā yathā yogyaṃ vivāhitāḥ
in the first portion of the Tretā the daughters of Dakṣa were born, endowed with speech and good character, and were married as was fitting.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 2 26.57
तन्मध्ये स ददौ कन्या विधवे सप्तविंशतिः ।। चन्द्रोऽन्यास्संपरित्यज्य रोहिण्यां प्रीतिमानभूत्। तद्धेतोर्हि यदा चन्द्रश्शप्तो दक्षेण कोपिना ।। तदा भवत्या निकटे सर्वे देवास्समागताः
tanmadhye sa dadau kanyā vidhave saptaviṃśatiḥ || candro'nyāssaṃparityajya rohiṇyāṃ prītimānabhūt| taddhetorhi yadā candraśśapto dakṣeṇa kopinā || tadā bhavatyā nikaṭe sarve devāssamāgatāḥ
Among them he gave twenty-seven daughters to the moon; the Moon, abandoning the others, became attached to Rohiṇī. For that reason, when the Moon was cursed by the angry Dakṣa, then all the gods came together near you.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 26.58
न दृष्टाश्च त्वया संध्ये ते देवा ब्रह्मणा सह ।। मयि विन्यस्तमनसा खं च दृष्ट्वा लभेत्पुनः
na dṛṣṭāśca tvayā saṃdhye te devā brahmaṇā saha || mayi vinyastamanasā khaṃ ca dṛṣṭvā labhetpunaḥ
And those gods, together with Brahmā, were not seen by you, Sandhyā, your mind being fixed on me; and seeing the sky, he obtained (it) again.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 2 26.59
चंद्रस्य शापमोक्षार्थं जाता चंद्रनदी तदा।। सृष्टा धात्रा तदैवात्र मेधातिथिरुपस्थितः
caṃdrasya śāpamokṣārthaṃ jātā caṃdranadī tadā|| sṛṣṭā dhātrā tadaivātra medhātithirupasthitaḥ
Then, for the sake of the release of the Moon from the curse, the river Candra(bhāgā) came into being, created by the Creator; at that very time Medhātithi arrived here.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 26.61
तत्र प्रज्वलितो वह्निस्तस्मिन्त्यज वपुः स्वकम् ।। सुपवित्रा त्वमिदानीं संपूर्णोस्तु पणस्तव
tatra prajvalito vahnistasmintyaja vapuḥ svakam || supavitrā tvamidānīṃ saṃpūrṇostu paṇastava
There a fire is blazing; in it abandon your own body. You are now well purified — let your pledge be fulfilled.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 26.62
एतन्मया स्थापितन्ते कार्यार्थं भो तपस्विनि।। तत्कुरुष्व महाभागे याहि यज्ञे महामुनेः । तस्याहितं च देवेशस्तत्रैवांतरधीयत
etanmayā sthāpitante kāryārthaṃ bho tapasvini|| tatkuruṣva mahābhāge yāhi yajñe mahāmuneḥ | tasyāhitaṃ ca deveśastatraivāṃtaradhīyata
This has been established by me for the accomplishment of your purpose, O ascetic woman; so do it, greatly blessed one — go to the sacrifice of the great sage." And the lord of gods, having done that which was good for her, vanished right there.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain