Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita — Chapter 27

SiP 2 27.1

ब्रह्मोवाच ।। वरं दत्त्वा मुने तस्मिन् शंभावंतर्हिते तदा ।। संध्याप्यगच्छत्तत्रैव यत्र मेधातिथिर्मुनिः

brahmovāca || varaṃ dattvā mune tasmin śaṃbhāvaṃtarhite tadā || saṃdhyāpyagacchattatraiva yatra medhātithirmuniḥ

Brahmā said: When Śambhu, having granted the boon, O sage, had then vanished, Saṃdhyā too went to that very place where the sage Medhātithi was.

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SiP 2 27.2

तत्र शंभोः प्रसादेन न केनाप्युपलक्षिता ।। सस्मार वर्णिनं तं वै स्वोपदेशकरं तपः तच्छेषभागस्तस्यास्तु अहोरात्रांतमध्यगा ।। सा सायमभवत्संध्या पितृप्रीतिप्रदा सदा संप्राप्ते पञ्चमे वर्षे चन्द्रभागां तदा गुणैः ।। तापसारण्यमपि सा पवित्रमकरोत्सती

tatra śaṃbhoḥ prasādena na kenāpyupalakṣitā || sasmāra varṇinaṃ taṃ vai svopadeśakaraṃ tapaḥ taccheṣabhāgastasyāstu ahorātrāṃtamadhyagā || sā sāyamabhavatsaṃdhyā pitṛprītipradā sadā saṃprāpte pañcame varṣe candrabhāgāṃ tadā guṇaiḥ || tāpasāraṇyamapi sā pavitramakarotsatī

There, by Śambhu's grace, she was not noticed by anyone. She remembered that religious student who had instructed her in her own austerity. Let the remaining portion of it be hers — she who moves at the end (junction) of day and night: she became the evening twilight (saṃdhyā), ever bestowing pleasure on the ancestors. Then, when the fifth year had arrived, she by her virtues made even the Ascetics' Forest on the Candrabhāgā pure, that chaste woman.

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SiP 2 27.3

वसिष्ठेन पुरा सा तु वर्णीभूत्वा महामुने ।। उपदिष्टा तपश्चर्तुं वचनात्परमेष्ठिनः

vasiṣṭhena purā sā tu varṇībhūtvā mahāmune || upadiṣṭā tapaścartuṃ vacanātparameṣṭhinaḥ

Formerly, O great sage, she had been instructed by Vasiṣṭha — who had become a religious student — to perform austerity, at the word of the Supreme One (Brahmā).

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SiP 2 27.4

तमेव कृत्वा मनसा तपश्चर्योपदेशकम् ।। पतित्वेन तदा संध्या ब्राह्मणं ब्रह्मचारिणम्

tameva kṛtvā manasā tapaścaryopadeśakam || patitvena tadā saṃdhyā brāhmaṇaṃ brahmacāriṇam

Then Saṃdhyā, having made with her mind that very brahmin, the celibate student who had instructed her in the practice of austerity, her husband—

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SiP 2 27.5

समिद्धेग्नौ महायज्ञे मुनिभिर्नोपलक्षिता ।। दृष्टा शंभुप्रसादेन सा विवेश विधेः सुता

samiddhegnau mahāyajñe munibhirnopalakṣitā || dṛṣṭā śaṃbhuprasādena sā viveśa vidheḥ sutā

—unnoticed by the sages at the great sacrifice when the fire was kindled, she, the daughter of the Ordainer (Brahmā), entered (the fire), being seen (only) by Śambhu's grace.

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SiP 2 27.6

तस्याः पुरोडाशमयं शरीरं तत्क्षणात्ततः ।। दग्धं पुरोडाशगंधं तस्तार यदलक्षितम्

tasyāḥ puroḍāśamayaṃ śarīraṃ tatkṣaṇāttataḥ || dagdhaṃ puroḍāśagaṃdhaṃ tastāra yadalakṣitam

From that moment her body, made of sacrificial cake (puroḍāśa), was burnt, and it spread the scent of puroḍāśa, which was not noticed.

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SiP 2 27.7

वह्निस्तस्याः शरीरं तु दग्ध्वा सूर्यस्य मंडलम् ।। शुद्धं प्रवेशयामास शंभोरेवाज्ञया पुनः

vahnistasyāḥ śarīraṃ tu dagdhvā sūryasya maṃḍalam || śuddhaṃ praveśayāmāsa śaṃbhorevājñayā punaḥ

But the fire, having burnt her body, caused it, purified, to enter the disc of the sun once more, by the very command of Śambhu.

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SiP 2 27.8

सूर्यो त्र्यर्थं विभज्याथ तच्छरीरं तदा रथे ।। स्वकेशं स्थापयामास प्रीतये पितृदेवयोः

sūryo tryarthaṃ vibhajyātha taccharīraṃ tadā rathe || svakeśaṃ sthāpayāmāsa prītaye pitṛdevayoḥ

Then the Sun, dividing that body for a threefold purpose, placed it on his chariot as his own, for the pleasure of the ancestors and the gods.

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SiP 2 27.9

तदूर्द्ध्वभागस्तस्यास्तु शरीरस्य मुनीश्वर।। प्रातस्संध्याभवत्सा तु अहोरात्रादिमध्यगा

tadūrddhvabhāgastasyāstu śarīrasya munīśvara|| prātassaṃdhyābhavatsā tu ahorātrādimadhyagā

But the upper portion of that body of hers, O lord of sages, became the morning twilight, which occurs at the beginning-junction of day and night.

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SiP 2 27.11

०।। सूर्योदयात्तु प्रथमं यदा स्यादरुणोदयः ।। प्रातस्संध्या तदोदेति देवानां प्रीतिकारिणी

0|| sūryodayāttu prathamaṃ yadā syādaruṇodayaḥ || prātassaṃdhyā tadodeti devānāṃ prītikāriṇī

When, before sunrise, the dawn (aruṇodaya) occurs, then the morning twilight rises, giving pleasure to the gods.

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SiP 2 27.12

अस्तं गते ततः सूर्य्ये शोणपद्मनिभे सदा ।। उदेति सायं संध्यापि पितॄणां मोदकारिणी

astaṃ gate tataḥ sūryye śoṇapadmanibhe sadā || udeti sāyaṃ saṃdhyāpi pitṝṇāṃ modakāriṇī

Then, when the sun, ever resembling a red lotus, has set, the evening twilight too rises, giving joy to the ancestors.

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SiP 2 27.13

तस्याः प्राणास्तु मनसा शंभुनाथ दयालुना ।। दिव्येन तु शरीरेण चक्रिरे हि शरीरिणः

tasyāḥ prāṇāstu manasā śaṃbhunātha dayālunā || divyena tu śarīreṇa cakrire hi śarīriṇaḥ

But her vital breaths were, by the compassionate Lord Śambhu, through his mind, made to become embodied with a divine body.

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SiP 2 27.14

मुनेर्यज्ञावसाने तु संप्राप्ते मुनिना तु सा ।। प्राप्ता पुत्री वह्निमध्ये तप्तकांचनसुप्रभा

muneryajñāvasāne tu saṃprāpte muninā tu sā || prāptā putrī vahnimadhye taptakāṃcanasuprabhā

And when the end of the sage's sacrifice had come, she was obtained by the sage as a daughter in the midst of the fire, bright as heated gold.

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SiP 2 27.15

तां जग्राह तदा पुत्रीं मुनुरामोदसंयुतः ।। यज्ञार्थं तान्तु संस्नाप्य निजक्रोडे दधौ मुने

tāṃ jagrāha tadā putrīṃ munurāmodasaṃyutaḥ || yajñārthaṃ tāntu saṃsnāpya nijakroḍe dadhau mune

Then the sage, filled with delight, took up that daughter; and having bathed her for the sake of the sacrifice, he held her in his own lap, O sage.

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SiP 2 27.16

अरुंधती तु तस्यास्तु नाम चक्रे महामुनिः ।। शिष्यैः परिवृतस्तत्र महामोदमवाप ह

aruṃdhatī tu tasyāstu nāma cakre mahāmuniḥ || śiṣyaiḥ parivṛtastatra mahāmodamavāpa ha

The great sage gave her the name Arundhatī; surrounded there by his pupils, he attained great joy.

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SiP 2 27.17

विरुणद्धि यतो धर्मं सा कस्मादपि कारणात् ।। अतस्त्रिलोके विदितं नाम संप्राप तत्स्वयम्

viruṇaddhi yato dharmaṃ sā kasmādapi kāraṇāt || atastriloke viditaṃ nāma saṃprāpa tatsvayam

Since she does not obstruct (viruṇaddhi) dharma for any reason whatsoever, therefore she herself obtained that name, known in the three worlds.

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SiP 2 27.18

यज्ञं समाप्य स मुनिः कृतकृत्यभावमासाद्य संपदयुतस्तनया प्रलंभात् ।। तस्मिन्निजाश्रमपदे सह शिष्यवर्गैस्तामेव सततमसौ दयिते सुरर्षे

yajñaṃ samāpya sa muniḥ kṛtakṛtyabhāvamāsādya saṃpadayutastanayā pralaṃbhāt || tasminnijāśramapade saha śiṣyavargaistāmeva satatamasau dayite surarṣe

Having completed the sacrifice, that sage, reaching the state of one whose task is accomplished, endowed with prosperity through the gaining of a daughter, (dwelt) in that hermitage of his own together with his band of pupils, and she alone was ever dear to him, O divine sage.

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SiP 2 27.19

अथ सा ववृधे देवी तस्मिन्मुनिवराश्रमे ।। चन्द्रभागानदीतीरे तापसारण्यसंज्ञके

atha sā vavṛdhe devī tasminmunivarāśrame || candrabhāgānadītīre tāpasāraṇyasaṃjñake

Then that goddess grew up in that hermitage of the best of sages, on the bank of the river Candrabhāgā, in the place called the Ascetics' Forest.

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SiP 2 27.21

विवाहं कारयामासुस्तस्या ब्रह्मसुतेन वै ।। वसिष्ठेन ह्यरुंधत्या ब्रह्मविष्णुमहेश्वराः

vivāhaṃ kārayāmāsustasyā brahmasutena vai || vasiṣṭhena hyaruṃdhatyā brahmaviṣṇumaheśvarāḥ

Brahmā, Viṣṇu and Maheśvara brought about the marriage of that Arundhatī with Brahmā's son Vasiṣṭha.

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SiP 2 27.22

तद्विवाहे महोत्साहो वभूव सुखवर्द्धनः।। सर्वे सुराश्च मुनयस्सुखमापुः परं मुनो

tadvivāhe mahotsāho vabhūva sukhavarddhanaḥ|| sarve surāśca munayassukhamāpuḥ paraṃ muno

At that marriage there was great festivity, increasing happiness; and all the gods and sages attained the highest joy, O sage.

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SiP 2 27.23

ब्रह्मविष्णुमहेशानां करनिस्सृततोयतः ।। सप्तनद्यस्समुत्पन्नाश्शिप्राद्यास्सुपवित्रकाः

brahmaviṣṇumaheśānāṃ karanissṛtatoyataḥ || saptanadyassamutpannāśśiprādyāssupavitrakāḥ

From the water that flowed forth from the hands of Brahmā, Viṣṇu and Maheśa, seven rivers arose, the Śiprā and the rest, wholly purifying.

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SiP 2 27.24

अरुंधती महासाध्वी साध्वीनां प्रवरोत्तमा ।। वसिष्ठं प्राप्य संरेजे मेधातिथिसुता मुने

aruṃdhatī mahāsādhvī sādhvīnāṃ pravarottamā || vasiṣṭhaṃ prāpya saṃreje medhātithisutā mune

Arundhatī, the great chaste woman, the foremost and best among chaste women, the daughter of Medhātithi, having obtained Vasiṣṭha, shone forth, O sage.

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SiP 2 27.25

यस्याः पुत्रास्समुत्पन्नाः श्रेष्ठाश्शक्त्यादयश्शुभाः ।। वसिष्ठं प्राप्य तं कांतं संरेजे मुनिसत्तमाः

yasyāḥ putrāssamutpannāḥ śreṣṭhāśśaktyādayaśśubhāḥ || vasiṣṭhaṃ prāpya taṃ kāṃtaṃ saṃreje munisattamāḥ

She whose sons were born—the excellent, auspicious ones, Śakti and the rest, best of sages—having obtained Vasiṣṭha as her beloved, she shone forth.

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SiP 2 27.26

एवं संध्याचरित्रं ते कथितं मुनिसत्तम ।। पवित्रं पावनं दिव्यं सर्वकामफलप्रदम्

evaṃ saṃdhyācaritraṃ te kathitaṃ munisattama || pavitraṃ pāvanaṃ divyaṃ sarvakāmaphalapradam

Thus the story of Saṃdhyā has been told to you, O best of sages—holy, purifying, divine, granting the fruit of every desire.

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SiP 2 27.27

य इदं शृणुयान्नारी पुरुषो वा शुभव्रतः ।। सर्वान्कामानवाप्नोति नात्र कार्या विचारणा

ya idaṃ śṛṇuyānnārī puruṣo vā śubhavrataḥ || sarvānkāmānavāpnoti nātra kāryā vicāraṇā

Whatever woman or man of good vows may hear this obtains all desires; there is no need for doubt in this matter.

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