Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita — Chapter 30
SiP 2 30.1
नारद उवाच।। ब्रह्मन् विधे महाभाग धन्यस्त्वं शिवसक्तधीः।। कथितं सुचरित्रं ते शंकरस्य परात्मनः
nārada uvāca|| brahman vidhe mahābhāga dhanyastvaṃ śivasaktadhīḥ|| kathitaṃ sucaritraṃ te śaṃkarasya parātmanaḥ
Nārada said: O Brahmā, O Creator, greatly blessed one, you are fortunate, your mind fixed on Śiva; you have told the fine deeds of Śaṅkara, the supreme Self.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 30.2
निजाश्रमे गते कामे सगणे सरतौ ततः।। किमासीत्किमकार्षीस्त्वं तश्चरित्रं वदाधुना तं दृष्ट्वा तादृशमहं सुशरण्यं मुहुर्मुहुः ।। अस्तवं च पुनः प्रेम्णा बाष्पगद्गदया गिरा ब्रह्मोवाच ।। शृणु तात चरित्रं तत् तव माया विमोहिनी ।। तदधीनं जगत्सर्वं सुखदुःखादितत्परम् महामूढमतिश्चाद्य संजातोसि कथं विधे ।। वेदवक्तापि निखिललोककर्त्ता हि दुर्मतिः गर्वापहारी लोकेशस्सर्वदा दीनवत्सलः ।। एतादृशो हि यः स्वामी स्वपुत्रं मन्यसे हि तम् यदा हि सगुणो जातस्स्वेच्छया निर्गुणश्शिवः ।। मामुत्पाद्य ततस्त्वां च स्वशक्त्या सुविहारकृत् अवतीर्णा शिवा स्यात्सा सतीनाम प्रजेश्वर।। तदुत्पादनहेतोर्हि यत्नोतः कार्य एव वै
nijāśrame gate kāme sagaṇe saratau tataḥ|| kimāsītkimakārṣīstvaṃ taścaritraṃ vadādhunā taṃ dṛṣṭvā tādṛśamahaṃ suśaraṇyaṃ muhurmuhuḥ || astavaṃ ca punaḥ premṇā bāṣpagadgadayā girā brahmovāca || śṛṇu tāta caritraṃ tat tava māyā vimohinī || tadadhīnaṃ jagatsarvaṃ sukhaduḥkhāditatparam mahāmūḍhamatiścādya saṃjātosi kathaṃ vidhe || vedavaktāpi nikhilalokakarttā hi durmatiḥ garvāpahārī lokeśassarvadā dīnavatsalaḥ || etādṛśo hi yaḥ svāmī svaputraṃ manyase hi tam yadā hi saguṇo jātassvecchayā nirguṇaśśivaḥ || māmutpādya tatastvāṃ ca svaśaktyā suvihārakṛt avatīrṇā śivā syātsā satīnāma prajeśvara|| tadutpādanahetorhi yatnotaḥ kārya eva vai
When Kāma, with his host and with Rati, had gone to his own hermitage, what then happened, and what did you do? Tell that story now.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 30.3
ब्रह्मोवाच।। शृणु नारद सुप्रीत्या चरित्रं शशिमौलिनः।। यस्य श्रवणमात्रेण निर्विकारो भवेन्नरः
brahmovāca|| śṛṇu nārada suprītyā caritraṃ śaśimaulinaḥ|| yasya śravaṇamātreṇa nirvikāro bhavennaraḥ
Brahmā said: Listen, Nārada, with great gladness, to the deeds of the moon-crested one, by the mere hearing of which a man becomes free from perturbation.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 30.4
निजाश्रमं गते कामे परिवारसमन्विते।। यद्बभूव तदा जातं तच्चरित्रं निबोध मे
nijāśramaṃ gate kāme parivārasamanvite|| yadbabhūva tadā jātaṃ taccaritraṃ nibodha me
When Kāma, together with his retinue, had gone to his own hermitage, what came about then — learn that story from me.
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SiP 2 30.5
नष्टोभून्नारद मदो विस्मयोऽभूच्च मे हृदि ।। निरानंदस्य च मुनेऽपूर्णो निजमनोरथे
naṣṭobhūnnārada mado vismayo'bhūcca me hṛdi || nirānaṃdasya ca mune'pūrṇo nijamanorathe
My intoxication was destroyed, Nārada, and astonishment arose in my heart; and I was joyless, O sage, unfulfilled in my own desire.
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SiP 2 30.6
अशोचं बहुधा चित्ते गृह्णीयात्स कथं स्त्रियम् ।। निर्विकारी जितात्मा स शंकरो योगतत्परः
aśocaṃ bahudhā citte gṛhṇīyātsa kathaṃ striyam || nirvikārī jitātmā sa śaṃkaro yogatatparaḥ
I grieved much in my mind: how would he take a woman — that Śaṅkara who is unalterable, self-conquered, intent on yoga?
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SiP 2 30.7
इत्थं विचार्य बहुधा तदाहं विमदो मुने ।। हरिं तं सोऽस्मरं भक्त्या शिवात्मानं स्वदेहदम्
itthaṃ vicārya bahudhā tadāhaṃ vimado mune || hariṃ taṃ so'smaraṃ bhaktyā śivātmānaṃ svadehadam
Having thus reflected in many ways, I, my pride gone, O sage, then remembered with devotion that Hari, who is one in essence with Śiva and who gave me my body.
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SiP 2 30.8
अस्तवं च शुभस्तोत्रैर्दीनवाक्यसमन्वितैः।। तच्छ्रुत्वा भगवानाशु बभूवाविर्हि मे पुरा
astavaṃ ca śubhastotrairdīnavākyasamanvitaiḥ|| tacchrutvā bhagavānāśu babhūvāvirhi me purā
And I praised (him) with auspicious hymns joined with words of a wretched man. Hearing that, the Lord swiftly became manifest before me.
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SiP 2 30.9
चतुर्भुजोरविंदाक्षः शंरववार्ज गदाधरः।। लसत्पीत पटश्श्यामतनुर्भक्तप्रियो हरिः
caturbhujoraviṃdākṣaḥ śaṃravavārja gadādharaḥ|| lasatpīta paṭaśśyāmatanurbhaktapriyo hariḥ
Four-armed, lotus-eyed, bearing conch, discus, and mace, with a gleaming yellow garment and dark body — Hari, dear to his devotees.
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SiP 2 30.11
हरिराकर्ण्य तत्स्तोत्रं सुप्रसन्न उवाच माम् ।। दुःखहा निजभक्तानां ब्रह्माणं शरणं गतम्
harirākarṇya tatstotraṃ suprasanna uvāca mām || duḥkhahā nijabhaktānāṃ brahmāṇaṃ śaraṇaṃ gatam
Hari, hearing that hymn, well pleased, spoke to me — he who removes the sorrows of his own devotees — to Brahmā who had come for refuge.
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SiP 2 30.12
हरिरुवाच ।। विधे ब्रह्मन् महाप्राज्ञ धन्यस्त्वं लोककारक ।। किमर्थं स्मरणं मेऽद्य कृतं च क्रियते नुतिः
hariruvāca || vidhe brahman mahāprājña dhanyastvaṃ lokakāraka || kimarthaṃ smaraṇaṃ me'dya kṛtaṃ ca kriyate nutiḥ
Hari said: O Vidhi, O Brahmā, greatly wise one, blessed are you, maker of the worlds. For what purpose has remembrance of me been made today, and this praise offered?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 30.13
किं जातं ते महद्दुःखं मदग्रे तद्वदाधुना ।। शमयिष्यामि तत्सर्वं नात्र कार्य्या विचारणा
kiṃ jātaṃ te mahadduḥkhaṃ madagre tadvadādhunā || śamayiṣyāmi tatsarvaṃ nātra kāryyā vicāraṇā
What great sorrow has come upon you? Tell it now before me. I shall quiet all of it; no deliberation need be made about this.
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SiP 2 30.14
ब्रह्मोवाच ।। इति विष्णोर्वचश्श्रुत्वा किंचिदुच्छवसिताननः ।। अवोच वचनं विष्णुं प्रणम्य सुकृतांजलिः
brahmovāca || iti viṣṇorvacaśśrutvā kiṃciducchavasitānanaḥ || avoca vacanaṃ viṣṇuṃ praṇamya sukṛtāṃjaliḥ
Brahmā said: Having heard these words of Viṣṇu, my face somewhat brightened, and bowing, with palms well joined, I spoke (this) speech to Viṣṇu.
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SiP 2 30.15
ब्रह्मोवाच ।। देवदेव रमानाथ मद्वार्तां शृणु मानद ।। श्रुत्वा च करुणां कृत्वा हर दुःखं कमावह
brahmovāca || devadeva ramānātha madvārtāṃ śṛṇu mānada || śrutvā ca karuṇāṃ kṛtvā hara duḥkhaṃ kamāvaha
Brahmā said: O god of gods, lord of Ramā, hear my account, O giver of honour; and having heard it, show compassion, take away my grief and bring me happiness.
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SiP 2 30.16
रुद्रसंमोहनार्थं हि कामं प्रेषितवानहम् ।। परिवारयुतं विष्णो समारमधुबांधवम्
rudrasaṃmohanārthaṃ hi kāmaṃ preṣitavānaham || parivārayutaṃ viṣṇo samāramadhubāṃdhavam
For the sake of bewildering Rudra I sent Kāma, O Viṣṇu, together with his retinue, along with Rati and the friend of spring (the moon / Madhu's kinsman).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 2 30.17
चक्रुस्ते विविधोपायान् निष्फला अभवंश्च ते ।। अभवत्तस्य संमोहो योगिनस्समदर्शिनः
cakruste vividhopāyān niṣphalā abhavaṃśca te || abhavattasya saṃmoho yoginassamadarśinaḥ
They employed various devices, and they became fruitless: there was no bewilderment of him, the yogin who sees all alike.
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SiP 2 30.18
इत्याकर्ण्य वचो मे स हरिर्मां प्राह विस्मितः ।। विज्ञाताखिलदज्ञानी शिवतत्त्वविशारदः
ityākarṇya vaco me sa harirmāṃ prāha vismitaḥ || vijñātākhiladajñānī śivatattvaviśāradaḥ
Having heard this speech of mine, that Hari, astonished, said to me — he who knows all, who is without ignorance, expert in the truth of Śiva:
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SiP 2 30.19
।। विष्णुरुवाच ।। कस्माद्धेतोरिति मतिस्तव जाता पितामह ।। सर्वं विचार्य सुधिया ब्रह्मन् सत्यं हि तद्वद
|| viṣṇuruvāca || kasmāddhetoriti matistava jātā pitāmaha || sarvaṃ vicārya sudhiyā brahman satyaṃ hi tadvada
Viṣṇu said: From what cause did such a thought arise in you, O grandfather? Consider everything with a good mind, O Brahmā, and tell that truthfully.
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SiP 2 30.21
ययैव प्रेषितश्चाहं पापं कर्तुं समुद्यतः ।। आसं तच्छृणु देवेश वदामि तव शासनात्
yayaiva preṣitaścāhaṃ pāpaṃ kartuṃ samudyataḥ || āsaṃ tacchṛṇu deveśa vadāmi tava śāsanāt
Hear, O lord of gods, that very (cause) by which I was impelled and set out to do a sinful deed; I tell it at your command.
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SiP 2 30.22
सृष्टिप्रारंभसमये दश पुत्रा हि जज्ञिरे ।। दक्षाद्यास्तनया चैका वाग्भवाप्यतिसुन्दरी
sṛṣṭiprāraṃbhasamaye daśa putrā hi jajñire || dakṣādyāstanayā caikā vāgbhavāpyatisundarī
At the time of the beginning of creation ten sons were indeed born, Dakṣa and the rest, and one daughter, Vāgbhavā (born of speech), exceedingly beautiful.
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SiP 2 30.23
धर्मो वक्षःस्थलात्कामो मनसोन्योपि देहतः ।। जातास्तत्र सुतां दृष्ट्वा मम मोहो भवद्धरे
dharmo vakṣaḥsthalātkāmo manasonyopi dehataḥ || jātāstatra sutāṃ dṛṣṭvā mama moho bhavaddhare
Dharma from my chest, Kāma from my mind, and another from my body — they were born there; and seeing my daughter, infatuation arose in me, O Hari.
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SiP 2 30.24
कुदृष्ट्या तां समद्राक्ष तव मायाविमोहितः ।। तत्क्षणाद्धर आगत्य मामनिन्दत्सुतानपि
kudṛṣṭyā tāṃ samadrākṣa tava māyāvimohitaḥ || tatkṣaṇāddhara āgatya māmanindatsutānapi
I looked upon her with an evil eye, deluded by your māyā; that very instant Hara came and reproached me and my sons as well.
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SiP 2 30.25
धिक्कारं कृतवान् सर्वान्निजं मत्वा परप्रभुम् ।। ज्ञानिनं योगिनं नाथाभोगिनं विजितेन्द्रियम्
dhikkāraṃ kṛtavān sarvānnijaṃ matvā paraprabhum || jñāninaṃ yoginaṃ nāthābhoginaṃ vijitendriyam
He uttered contempt for all, taking himself to be the supreme lord — a knower, a yogin, O Lord, one free of enjoyments, with senses subdued.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 2 30.26
पुत्रो भूत्वा मम हरेऽनिन्दन्मां च समक्षतः ।। इति दुःखं महन्मे हि तदुक्तं तव सन्निधौ
putro bhūtvā mama hare'nindanmāṃ ca samakṣataḥ || iti duḥkhaṃ mahanme hi taduktaṃ tava sannidhau
Having become my son, O Hari, he censured me in the sight of all; such is my great grief, which has now been told in your presence.
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SiP 2 30.27
गृह्णीयाद्यदि पत्नीं स स्यां सुखी नष्टदुःखधी ।। एतदर्थं समायातुश्शरणं तव केशव
gṛhṇīyādyadi patnīṃ sa syāṃ sukhī naṣṭaduḥkhadhī || etadarthaṃ samāyātuśśaraṇaṃ tava keśava
If he would take a wife, I would be happy, my grieving thought destroyed; for this purpose I have come to your refuge, O Keśava.
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SiP 2 30.28
ब्रह्मोवाच ।। इत्याकर्ण्य वचो मे हि ब्रह्मणो मधुसूदनः ।। विहस्य मां द्रुतं प्राह हर्षयन्भवकारकम्
brahmovāca || ityākarṇya vaco me hi brahmaṇo madhusūdanaḥ || vihasya māṃ drutaṃ prāha harṣayanbhavakārakam
Brahmā said: Having thus heard my words, those of Brahmā, the slayer of Madhu laughed and quickly spoke to me, gladdening the maker of becoming (me, the creator).
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SiP 2 30.29
विष्णुरुवाच ।। विधे शृणु हि मद्वाक्यं सर्वं भ्रमनिवारणम् ।। सर्वं वेदागमादीनां संमतं परमार्थतः
viṣṇuruvāca || vidhe śṛṇu hi madvākyaṃ sarvaṃ bhramanivāraṇam || sarvaṃ vedāgamādīnāṃ saṃmataṃ paramārthataḥ
Viṣṇu said: O Vidhi, hear my word, which removes all confusion, wholly agreed upon by the Vedas, the Āgamas and the rest, in its highest sense.
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SiP 2 30.31
जडतां त्यज मन्दात्मन् कुरु त्वं नेदृशीं मतिम् ।। किं ब्रुवंत्यखिला वेदाः स्तुत्या तत्स्मर सद्धिया
jaḍatāṃ tyaja mandātman kuru tvaṃ nedṛśīṃ matim || kiṃ bruvaṃtyakhilā vedāḥ stutyā tatsmara saddhiyā
Give up your stupidity, O dull-minded one; do not hold such a notion. What do all the Vedas declare in their praise? Remember that with a sound mind.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 30.32
रुद्रं जानासि दुर्बुद्धे स्वसुतं परमेश्वरम् ।। वेदवक्तापि विज्ञानं विस्मृतं तेखिलं विधे
rudraṃ jānāsi durbuddhe svasutaṃ parameśvaram || vedavaktāpi vijñānaṃ vismṛtaṃ tekhilaṃ vidhe
O evil-minded one, you take Rudra, the supreme lord, to be your own son; though you are a speaker of the Vedas, all your discernment has been forgotten, O Vidhi.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 30.33
शंकरं सुरसामान्यं मत्वा द्रोहं करोषि हि ।। सुबुद्धिर्विगता तेद्याविर्भूता कुमतिस्तथा
śaṃkaraṃ surasāmānyaṃ matvā drohaṃ karoṣi hi || subuddhirvigatā tedyāvirbhūtā kumatistathā
Deeming Śaṅkara to be like an ordinary god, you commit an offence; your good understanding has departed today, and thus bad thinking has appeared.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 30.34
तत्त्वसिद्धांतमाख्यातं शृणु सद्बुद्धिमावह ।। यथार्थं निगमाख्यातं निर्णीय भवकारकम्
tattvasiddhāṃtamākhyātaṃ śṛṇu sadbuddhimāvaha || yathārthaṃ nigamākhyātaṃ nirṇīya bhavakārakam
The settled truth has been declared (to you); listen, and take on right understanding — (that which is) truly proclaimed in scripture, ascertained (and) productive of well-being.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 2 30.35
शिवस्सर्वस्वकर्ता हि भर्ता हर्ता परात्परः ।। परब्रह्म परेशश्च निर्गुणो नित्य एव च
śivassarvasvakartā hi bhartā hartā parātparaḥ || parabrahma pareśaśca nirguṇo nitya eva ca
Śiva is indeed the maker of all, the sustainer, the destroyer, higher than the highest; he is the supreme Brahman and the supreme lord, without qualities and eternal.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 30.36
अनिर्देश्यो निर्विकारी परमात्माऽद्वयोऽच्युतः ।। अनंतोंतकरः स्वामी व्यापकः परमेश्वरः
anirdeśyo nirvikārī paramātmā'dvayo'cyutaḥ || anaṃtoṃtakaraḥ svāmī vyāpakaḥ parameśvaraḥ
He is indescribable, free of change, the supreme Self, without a second, unfalling; endless, the maker of the end, the master, all-pervading, the highest lord.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 30.37
सृष्टिस्थितिविनाशानां कर्त्ता त्रिगुणभाग्विभुः ।। ब्रह्मविष्णुमहेशाख्यो रजस्सत्त्व तमःपरः
sṛṣṭisthitivināśānāṃ karttā triguṇabhāgvibhuḥ || brahmaviṣṇumaheśākhyo rajassattva tamaḥparaḥ
He is the maker of creation, preservation and destruction, partaking of the three qualities, the all-pervader; named Brahmā, Viṣṇu and Maheśa, (he is) beyond rajas, sattva and tamas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 30.38
मायाभिन्नो निरीहश्च मायो मायाविशारदः ।। सगुणोपि स्वतंत्रश्च निजानंदो विकल्पकः
māyābhinno nirīhaśca māyo māyāviśāradaḥ || saguṇopi svataṃtraśca nijānaṃdo vikalpakaḥ
He is distinct from māyā and without striving, yet possessed of māyā and skilled in māyā; though having qualities, he is independent, (resting) in his own bliss, the maker of distinctions.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 30.39
आत्मा रामो हि निर्द्वन्द्वो भक्ताधीनस्सुविग्रहः ।। योगी योगरतो नित्यं योगमार्गप्रदर्शकः
ātmā rāmo hi nirdvandvo bhaktādhīnassuvigrahaḥ || yogī yogarato nityaṃ yogamārgapradarśakaḥ
He is the Self, he takes delight (in himself), free of opposites, subject to his devotees, of fair form; a yogin, ever devoted to yoga, the one who shows the path of yoga.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 30.41
ईदृशं त्यज कुज्ञानं शरणं व्रज तस्य वै ।। भज सर्वात्मना शम्भुं सन्तुष्टश्शं विधास्यति
īdṛśaṃ tyaja kujñānaṃ śaraṇaṃ vraja tasya vai || bhaja sarvātmanā śambhuṃ santuṣṭaśśaṃ vidhāsyati
Abandon such wrong knowledge; go indeed to him for refuge. Worship Śambhu with your whole self; pleased, he will bring about your welfare.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 30.42
गृह्णीयाच्छंकरः पत्नीं विचारो हृदि चेत्तव ।। शिवामुद्दिश्य सुतपः कुरु ब्रह्मन् शिवं स्मरन्
gṛhṇīyācchaṃkaraḥ patnīṃ vicāro hṛdi cettava || śivāmuddiśya sutapaḥ kuru brahman śivaṃ smaran
If the thought is in your heart that Śaṃkara should take a wife, then, O brahman, perform excellent austerity directed toward Śivā, remembering Śiva.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 30.43
कुरु ध्यानं शिवायात्स्वं काममुद्दिश्य तं हृदि ।। सा चेत्प्रसन्ना देवेशी सर्वं कार्यं विधास्यति
kuru dhyānaṃ śivāyātsvaṃ kāmamuddiśya taṃ hṛdi || sā cetprasannā deveśī sarvaṃ kāryaṃ vidhāsyati
Meditate on Śivā, setting that desire of yours in your heart with her as its aim. If she, the mistress of the gods, is pleased, she will accomplish the whole business.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 30.44
कृत्वावतारं सगुणा यदि स्यान्मानुषी शिवा ।। कस्यचित्तनया लोके सा तत्पत्नी भवेद्ध्रुवम्
kṛtvāvatāraṃ saguṇā yadi syānmānuṣī śivā || kasyacittanayā loke sā tatpatnī bhaveddhruvam
If Śivā, taking on qualities by making a descent, should become a human woman, then in the world she would be someone's daughter, and would surely become his wife.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 30.45
दक्षमाज्ञापय ब्रह्मन् तपः कुर्य्यात्प्रयत्नतः ।। तामुत्पादयितुं पत्नीं शिवार्थं भक्तितत्स्वतः
dakṣamājñāpaya brahman tapaḥ kuryyātprayatnataḥ || tāmutpādayituṃ patnīṃ śivārthaṃ bhaktitatsvataḥ
O brahman, command Dakṣa: let him perform austerity with effort, out of his own devotion, in order to bring her forth as a wife for Śiva.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 30.46
भक्ताधीनौ च तौ तात सुविज्ञेयौ शिवाशिवौ ।। स्वेच्छया सगुणौ जातौ परब्रह्मस्वरूपिणौ
bhaktādhīnau ca tau tāta suvijñeyau śivāśivau || svecchayā saguṇau jātau parabrahmasvarūpiṇau
And those two, Śivā and Śiva, my son, are to be well understood as subject to their devotees; of their own will they have come to have qualities, (though) their true nature is the supreme Brahman.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 30.47
ब्रह्मोवाच ।। ।। इत्युक्त्वा तत्क्षणं मेशश्शिवं सस्मार स्वप्रभुम् ।। कृपया तस्य संप्राप्य ज्ञानमूचे च मां ततः
brahmovāca || || ityuktvā tatkṣaṇaṃ meśaśśivaṃ sasmāra svaprabhum || kṛpayā tasya saṃprāpya jñānamūce ca māṃ tataḥ
Brahmā said: Having spoken thus, at that moment the lord (Viṣṇu) remembered Śiva, his own master; and by his grace, having obtained knowledge, he then spoke to me.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 30.48
विष्णुरुवाच ।। विधे स्मर पुरोक्तं यद्वचनं शंकरेण च ।। प्रार्थितेन यदावाभ्यामुत्पन्नाभ्यां तदिच्छया
viṣṇuruvāca || vidhe smara puroktaṃ yadvacanaṃ śaṃkareṇa ca || prārthitena yadāvābhyāmutpannābhyāṃ tadicchayā
Viṣṇu said: O Ordainer, recall the words spoken formerly by Śaṃkara, when he was entreated by us two who had been brought forth by his will.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 30.49
विस्मृतं तव तत्सर्वं धन्या या शांभवी परा ।। तया संमोहितं सर्वं दुर्विज्ञेया शिवं विना
vismṛtaṃ tava tatsarvaṃ dhanyā yā śāṃbhavī parā || tayā saṃmohitaṃ sarvaṃ durvijñeyā śivaṃ vinā
All that has been forgotten by you. Blessed is she, the supreme power of Śambhu; by her everything is bewildered — she is hard to know apart from Śiva.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 30.51
उपादिदेश त्वां शम्भुस्सृष्टिकार्यं तदा प्रभुः ।। तत्पालनं च मां ब्रह्मन् सोमस्सूतिकरोऽव्ययः
upādideśa tvāṃ śambhussṛṣṭikāryaṃ tadā prabhuḥ || tatpālanaṃ ca māṃ brahman somassūtikaro'vyayaḥ
At that time Śambhu, the lord, instructed you in the work of creation, and me in its preservation, O brahman; (and) Soma, the imperishable, (in) the bringing forth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 2 30.52
तदा वां वेश्म संप्राप्तौ सांजली नतमस्तकौ ।। भव त्वमपि सर्वेशोऽवतारी गुणरूपधृक्
tadā vāṃ veśma saṃprāptau sāṃjalī natamastakau || bhava tvamapi sarveśo'vatārī guṇarūpadhṛk
Then we two, having reached your dwelling, with palms joined and heads bowed (said): 'You too, lord of all, become one who descends, bearing a form with qualities.'
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 30.53
इत्युक्तः प्राह स स्वामी विहस्य करुणान्वितः ।। दिवमुद्वीक्ष्य सुप्रीत्या नानालीलाविशारदः ।।
ityuktaḥ prāha sa svāmī vihasya karuṇānvitaḥ || divamudvīkṣya suprītyā nānālīlāviśāradaḥ ||
Addressed thus, that master, filled with compassion, laughed and spoke, looking up at the sky with great delight, he who is skilled in manifold play.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 30.54
मद्रूपं परमं विष्णो ईदृशं ह्यंगतो विधेः ।। प्रकटीभविता लोके नाम्ना रुद्रः प्रकीर्तितः
madrūpaṃ paramaṃ viṣṇo īdṛśaṃ hyaṃgato vidheḥ || prakaṭībhavitā loke nāmnā rudraḥ prakīrtitaḥ
O Viṣṇu, that supreme form of mine, of just this kind, will become manifest in the world from a limb of Brahmā, proclaimed by the name Rudra.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 30.55
पूर्णरूपस्स मे पूज्यस्सदा वां सर्वकामकृत् ।। लयकर्त्ता गुणाध्यक्षो निर्विशेषः सुयोगकृत्
pūrṇarūpassa me pūjyassadā vāṃ sarvakāmakṛt || layakarttā guṇādhyakṣo nirviśeṣaḥ suyogakṛt
He is my complete form, to be honoured by me, always fulfilling all the wishes of you two; the maker of dissolution, presiding over the qualities, without distinction, effecting the good union.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 30.56
त्रिदेवा अपि मे रूपं हरः पूर्णो विशेषतः ।। उमाया अपि रूपाणि भविष्यंति त्रिधा सुताः
tridevā api me rūpaṃ haraḥ pūrṇo viśeṣataḥ || umāyā api rūpāṇi bhaviṣyaṃti tridhā sutāḥ
The three gods too are my form; Hara in particular is the full (form). Umā's forms too will become, in three ways, daughters.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 2 30.57
लक्ष्मीर्नाम हरेः पत्नी ब्रह्मपत्नी सरस्वती ।। पूर्णरूपा सती नाम रुद्रपत्नी भविष्यति
lakṣmīrnāma hareḥ patnī brahmapatnī sarasvatī || pūrṇarūpā satī nāma rudrapatnī bhaviṣyati
Lakṣmī by name will be Hari's wife, Sarasvatī Brahmā's wife, and Satī by name, of full form, will be Rudra's wife.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 30.58
विष्णुरुवाच ।। इत्युक्त्वांतर्हितो जातः कृपां कृत्वा महेश्वरः ।। अभूतां सुखिनावावां स्वस्वकार्यपरायणौ
viṣṇuruvāca || ityuktvāṃtarhito jātaḥ kṛpāṃ kṛtvā maheśvaraḥ || abhūtāṃ sukhināvāvāṃ svasvakāryaparāyaṇau
Viṣṇu said: Having spoken thus, Maheśvara, having shown (his) grace, became invisible. And we two became happy, each intent upon his own task.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 30.59
समयं प्राप्य सस्त्रीकावावां ब्रह्मन्न शंकरः।। अवतीर्णस्स्वयं रुद्रनामा कैलाससंश्रयः
samayaṃ prāpya sastrīkāvāvāṃ brahmanna śaṃkaraḥ|| avatīrṇassvayaṃ rudranāmā kailāsasaṃśrayaḥ
When the time comes, O Brahmā, we two shall be with wives — and not (only we): Śaṃkara, having himself descended under the name Rudra, dwells on Kailāsa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 2 30.61
इत्युक्त्वांतर्दधे विष्णुः कृत्वा स करुणां परम् ।। प्राप्नुवं प्रमुदं चाथ ह्यधिकं गतमत्सरः।।
ityuktvāṃtardadhe viṣṇuḥ kṛtvā sa karuṇāṃ param || prāpnuvaṃ pramudaṃ cātha hyadhikaṃ gatamatsaraḥ||
Having said this, Viṣṇu vanished, having shown supreme compassion; and then I attained exceeding delight, my envy gone.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition