Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita — Chapter 33
SiP 2 33.1
नारद उवाच ।। ब्रह्मन्विधे महा प्राज्ञ वद नो वदतां वर ।। दक्षे गृहं गते प्रीत्या किमभूत्तदनंतरम्
nārada uvāca || brahmanvidhe mahā prājña vada no vadatāṃ vara || dakṣe gṛhaṃ gate prītyā kimabhūttadanaṃtaram
Nārada said: O Brahmā, O Vidhi, greatly wise, best of speakers, tell us: when Dakṣa had gone home with delight, what happened after that?
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SiP 2 33.2
ब्रह्मोवाच ।। दक्षः प्रजापतिर्गत्वा स्वाश्रमं हृष्टमानसः ।। सर्गं चकार बहुधा मानसं मम चाज्ञया अथ तस्यां स्वपत्न्यां च वीरिण्यां स प्रजापतिः ।। हर्यश्वसंज्ञानयुतं दक्षः पुत्रानजीजनत् इति निश्चित्य ते पुत्रास्सुधियश्चैकचेतसः ।। प्रणम्य तं परिक्रम्यायुर्मार्गमनिवर्तकम् उत्पातान् बहुशोऽपश्यत्तदैव स प्रजापतिः ।। विस्मितोभूत्स मे पुत्रो दक्षो मनसि दुःखितः शापं प्रत्यग्रहीश्च त्वं स मुने निर्विकारधीः ।। एष एव ब्रह्मसाधो सहते सोपि च स्वयम्
brahmovāca || dakṣaḥ prajāpatirgatvā svāśramaṃ hṛṣṭamānasaḥ || sargaṃ cakāra bahudhā mānasaṃ mama cājñayā atha tasyāṃ svapatnyāṃ ca vīriṇyāṃ sa prajāpatiḥ || haryaśvasaṃjñānayutaṃ dakṣaḥ putrānajījanat iti niścitya te putrāssudhiyaścaikacetasaḥ || praṇamya taṃ parikramyāyurmārgamanivartakam utpātān bahuśo'paśyattadaiva sa prajāpatiḥ || vismitobhūtsa me putro dakṣo manasi duḥkhitaḥ śāpaṃ pratyagrahīśca tvaṃ sa mune nirvikāradhīḥ || eṣa eva brahmasādho sahate sopi ca svayam
Brahmā said: Dakṣa the Prajāpati, going to his own hermitage with a gladdened mind, carried out creation in many ways, mental (creation), and by my command. Then upon that wife of his, Vīriṇī, that Prajāpati Dakṣa begot sons numbering ten thousand, named the Haryaśvas. Having so resolved, those sons, of good understanding and of one mind, having bowed to him and circumambulated him, (went) upon the path of life from which there is no returning. Just then that Prajāpati saw many portents; he, my son Dakṣa, was astonished and grieved in mind. And you, O sage, of unchanging mind, received his curse; this very one, O good brahmin, endures it, and he himself too (endures).
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SiP 2 33.3
तमबृंहितमालोक्य प्रजासर्गं प्रजापतिः ।। दक्षो निवेदयामास ब्रह्मणे जनकाय मे
tamabṛṃhitamālokya prajāsargaṃ prajāpatiḥ || dakṣo nivedayāmāsa brahmaṇe janakāya me
Seeing that the creation of offspring had not increased, the Prajāpati Dakṣa reported it to Brahmā, my father.
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SiP 2 33.4
दक्ष उवाच ।। ब्रह्मंस्तात प्रजानाथ वर्द्धन्ते न प्रजाः प्रभो ।। मया विरचितास्सर्वास्तावत्यो हि स्थिताः खलु
dakṣa uvāca || brahmaṃstāta prajānātha varddhante na prajāḥ prabho || mayā viracitāssarvāstāvatyo hi sthitāḥ khalu
Dakṣa said: O Brahmā, father, lord of creatures, O master, the creatures do not increase; all those fashioned by me indeed remain just so many.
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SiP 2 33.5
किं करोमि प्रजानाथ वर्द्धेयुः कथमात्मना ।। तदुपायं समाचक्ष्व प्रजाः कुर्यां न संशयः
kiṃ karomi prajānātha varddheyuḥ kathamātmanā || tadupāyaṃ samācakṣva prajāḥ kuryāṃ na saṃśayaḥ
What shall I do, O lord of creatures? How might they increase of themselves? Tell me the means to that, and I shall make creatures, without doubt.
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SiP 2 33.6
ब्रह्मोवाच ।। दक्ष प्रजापते तात शृणु मे परमं वचः ।। तत्कुरुष्व सुरश्रेष्ठ शिवस्ते शं करिष्यति
brahmovāca || dakṣa prajāpate tāta śṛṇu me paramaṃ vacaḥ || tatkuruṣva suraśreṣṭha śivaste śaṃ kariṣyati
Brahmā said: O Dakṣa, Prajāpati, my son, hear my supreme word; do that, O best of gods, and Śiva will bring you welfare.
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SiP 2 33.7
या च पञ्चजनस्यांग सुता रम्या प्रजापतेः ।। असिक्नी नाम पत्नीत्वे प्रजेश प्रतिगृह्यताम्
yā ca pañcajanasyāṃga sutā ramyā prajāpateḥ || asiknī nāma patnītve prajeśa pratigṛhyatām
And she who is the lovely daughter of the Prajāpati Pañcajana, dear one, named Asiknī — let her be accepted as wife, O lord of creatures.
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SiP 2 33.8
वामव्यवायधर्मस्त्वं प्रजासर्गमिमं पुनः ।। तद्विधायां च कामिन्यां भूरिशो भावयिष्यसि
vāmavyavāyadharmastvaṃ prajāsargamimaṃ punaḥ || tadvidhāyāṃ ca kāminyāṃ bhūriśo bhāvayiṣyasi
You, taking up the dharma of sexual union, will bring about this creation of offspring abundantly again upon that lawful (wedded) woman.
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SiP 2 33.9
ब्रह्मोवाच ।। ततस्समुत्पादयितुं प्रजा मैथुनधर्मतः ।। उपयेमे वीरणस्य निदेशान्मे सुतां ततः
brahmovāca || tatassamutpādayituṃ prajā maithunadharmataḥ || upayeme vīraṇasya nideśānme sutāṃ tataḥ
Brahmā said: Then, in order to produce offspring by the law of copulation, he married, at my direction, the daughter of Vīraṇa.
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SiP 2 33.11
अपृथग्धर्मशीलास्ते सर्व आसन् सुता मुने ।। पितृभक्तिरता नित्यं वेदमार्गपरायणाः
apṛthagdharmaśīlāste sarva āsan sutā mune || pitṛbhaktiratā nityaṃ vedamārgaparāyaṇāḥ
All those sons of his, O sage, were of undivided conduct in dharma, ever devoted to devotion to their father, intent upon the path of the Veda.
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SiP 2 33.12
पितृप्रोक्ताः प्रजासर्गकरणार्थं ययुर्दिशम् ।। प्रतीचीं तपसे तात सर्वे दाक्षायणास्सुताः
pitṛproktāḥ prajāsargakaraṇārthaṃ yayurdiśam || pratīcīṃ tapase tāta sarve dākṣāyaṇāssutāḥ
Bidden by their father for the sake of producing offspring, all the sons of Dakṣa went, my son, to the western quarter, for austerity.
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SiP 2 33.13
तत्र नारायणसरस्तीर्थं परमपावनम्।। गमो यत्र संजातो दिव्यसिन्धुसमुद्रयोः
tatra nārāyaṇasarastīrthaṃ paramapāvanam|| gamo yatra saṃjāto divyasindhusamudrayoḥ
There is the most purifying holy place, the Nārāyaṇa lake, where the meeting of the divine river and the ocean has come about.
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SiP 2 33.14
तदुपस्पर्शनादेव प्रोत्पन्नमतयोऽ भवन् ।। धर्मे पारमहंसे च विनिर्द्धूतमलाशयाः
tadupasparśanādeva protpannamatayo' bhavan || dharme pāramahaṃse ca vinirddhūtamalāśayāḥ
By the mere touching of that (water) their minds became awakened to the dharma of the supreme swans (renunciants), the impurity of their thoughts shaken off.
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SiP 2 33.15
प्रजाविवृद्धये ते वै तेपिर तत्र सत्तमाः ।। दाक्षायणा दृढात्मानः पित्रादेश सुयंत्रिताः
prajāvivṛddhaye te vai tepira tatra sattamāḥ || dākṣāyaṇā dṛḍhātmānaḥ pitrādeśa suyaṃtritāḥ
Those most excellent sons of Dakṣa, firm of self, well restrained by their father's command, performed austerity there for the increase of offspring.
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SiP 2 33.16
त्वं च तान् नारद ज्ञात्वा तपतस्सृष्टि हेतवे ।। अगमस्तत्र भूरीणि हार्दमाज्ञाय मापतेः
tvaṃ ca tān nārada jñātvā tapatassṛṣṭi hetave || agamastatra bhūrīṇi hārdamājñāya māpateḥ
And you, Nārada, knowing them practising austerity for the sake of creation, went there, having understood the many inward intentions of the Lord of Mā (Viṣṇu).
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SiP 2 33.17
अदृष्ट्वा तं भुवस्सृष्टि कथं कर्तुं समुद्यताः ।। हर्यश्वा दक्षतनया इत्यवोचस्तमादरात्
adṛṣṭvā taṃ bhuvassṛṣṭi kathaṃ kartuṃ samudyatāḥ || haryaśvā dakṣatanayā ityavocastamādarāt
"Without having seen him, how have you set out to carry out the creation of the earth?" — so you said, respectfully, to the Haryaśvas, the sons of Dakṣa.
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SiP 2 33.18
ब्रह्मोवाच ।। तन्निशम्याथ हर्यश्वास्ते त्वदुक्तमतंद्रिताः ।। औत्पत्तिकधियस्सर्वे स्वयं विममृशुर्भृशम्
brahmovāca || tanniśamyātha haryaśvāste tvaduktamataṃdritāḥ || autpattikadhiyassarve svayaṃ vimamṛśurbhṛśam
Brahmā said: Then, having heard that speech of yours, those Haryaśvas, undistracted, all of them possessing innate insight, pondered it deeply on their own.
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SiP 2 33.19
सुशास्त्रजनकादेशं यो न वेद निवर्तकम्।। स कथं गुणविश्रंभी कर्तुं सर्गमुपक्रमेत्
suśāstrajanakādeśaṃ yo na veda nivartakam|| sa kathaṃ guṇaviśraṃbhī kartuṃ sargamupakramet
He who does not know the good scripture, the father's instruction, and (the teaching) that turns one back — how should he, trusting in the qualities, undertake to bring about creation?
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SiP 2 33.21
नारद त्वं मनश्शंभोर्लोंकानन्यचरो मुने ।। निर्विकारो महेशानमनोवृत्तिकरस्तदा
nārada tvaṃ manaśśaṃbhorloṃkānanyacaro mune || nirvikāro maheśānamanovṛttikarastadā
Nārada, you were the mind of Śambhu, O sage, moving in the worlds in no other way, unchanging, effecting the mental activity of Maheśāna at that time.
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SiP 2 33.22
काले गते बहुतरे मम पुत्रः प्रजापतिः ।। नाशं निशम्य पुत्राणां नारदादन्वतप्यत
kāle gate bahutare mama putraḥ prajāpatiḥ || nāśaṃ niśamya putrāṇāṃ nāradādanvatapyata
When much time had passed, my son the Prajāpati, hearing of the destruction of his sons by Nārada, grieved thereafter.
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SiP 2 33.23
मुहुर्मुहुरुवाचेति सुप्रजात्वं शुचां पदम् ।। शुशोच बहुशो दक्षश्शिवमायाविमोहितः
muhurmuhuruvāceti suprajātvaṃ śucāṃ padam || śuśoca bahuśo dakṣaśśivamāyāvimohitaḥ
Again and again he said this: "Having good progeny is (only) a ground for sorrows." Dakṣa grieved much, bewildered by Śiva's māyā.
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SiP 2 33.24
अहमागत्य सुप्रीत्या सांत्वयं दक्षमात्मजम् ।। शांतिभावं प्रदर्श्यैव देवं प्रबलमित्युत
ahamāgatya suprītyā sāṃtvayaṃ dakṣamātmajam || śāṃtibhāvaṃ pradarśyaiva devaṃ prabalamityuta
I came with great affection, consoling Dakṣa my son, showing him the state of peace, (saying) that the God is indeed mighty.
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SiP 2 33.25
अथ दक्षः पंचजन्या मया स परिसांत्वितः ।। सबलाश्वाभिधान्् पुत्रान् सहस्रं चाप्यजीजनत्
atha dakṣaḥ paṃcajanyā mayā sa parisāṃtvitaḥ || sabalāśvābhidhān putrān sahasraṃ cāpyajījanat
Then that Dakṣa, thoroughly consoled by me, begot with Pañcajanī a thousand sons named the Savalāśvas.
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SiP 2 33.26
तेपि जग्मुस्तत्र सुताः पित्रादिष्टा दृढव्रताः ।। प्रजासर्गे अत्र सिद्धास्स्वपूर्वभ्रातरो ययुः
tepi jagmustatra sutāḥ pitrādiṣṭā dṛḍhavratāḥ || prajāsarge atra siddhāssvapūrvabhrātaro yayuḥ
Those sons too, firm in their vows, instructed by their father, went there; and having succeeded here in the creation of progeny, they went the way of their own elder brothers.
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SiP 2 33.27
तदुपस्पर्शनादेव नष्टाघा विमलाशयाः ।। तेपुर्महत्तपस्तत्र जपन्तो ब्रह्म सुव्रताः ।।
tadupasparśanādeva naṣṭāghā vimalāśayāḥ || tepurmahattapastatra japanto brahma suvratāḥ ||
By the mere touch of that (place) their sins were destroyed and their minds became pure; there, of good vows, they performed great austerity, muttering (the) Brahman.
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SiP 2 33.28
प्रजासर्गोद्यतांस्तान् वै ज्ञात्वा गत्वेति नारद ।। पूर्ववच्चागदो वाक्यं संस्मरन्नैश्वरीं गतिम्
prajāsargodyatāṃstān vai jñātvā gatveti nārada || pūrvavaccāgado vākyaṃ saṃsmarannaiśvarīṃ gatim
Knowing them to be intent on the creation of progeny, you went there, O Nārada, and spoke words as before, recalling the way of the Lord.
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SiP 2 33.29
भ्रातृपंथानमादिश्य त्वं मुने मोघदर्शनः ।। अयाश्चोर्द्ध्वगतिं तेऽपि भ्रातृमार्गं ययुस्सुताः
bhrātṛpaṃthānamādiśya tvaṃ mune moghadarśanaḥ || ayāścorddhvagatiṃ te'pi bhrātṛmārgaṃ yayussutāḥ
Having pointed out to them their brothers' path, you, O sage, whose seeing is not in vain, went on the upward course; and those sons too went their brothers' way.
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SiP 2 33.31
पूर्ववत्त्वत्कृतं दक्षश्शुश्राव चकितो भृशम् ।। पुत्रनाशं शुशोचाति पुत्रशोक विमूर्छितः
pūrvavattvatkṛtaṃ dakṣaśśuśrāva cakito bhṛśam || putranāśaṃ śuśocāti putraśoka vimūrchitaḥ
As before, Dakṣa heard of what you had done and was greatly shaken; swooning with grief for his sons, he grieved exceedingly over their loss.
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SiP 2 33.32
चुक्रोध तुभ्यं दक्षोसौ दुष्टोयमिति चाब्रवीत् ।। आगतस्तत्र दैवात्त्वमनुग्रहकरस्तदा
cukrodha tubhyaṃ dakṣosau duṣṭoyamiti cābravīt || āgatastatra daivāttvamanugrahakarastadā
That Dakṣa grew angry at you and said, "This one is wicked!" — and by fate you came there then, bestowing your grace.
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SiP 2 33.33
शोकाविष्टस्स दक्षो हि रोषविस्फुरिताधरः ।। उपलभ्य तमाहत्य धिग्धिक् प्रोच्य विगर्हयन्
śokāviṣṭassa dakṣo hi roṣavisphuritādharaḥ || upalabhya tamāhatya dhigdhik procya vigarhayan
That Dakṣa, seized by grief, his lip quivering with rage, on catching sight of him, assailed him, saying "Shame, shame!" and reviling him:
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SiP 2 33.34
दक्ष उवाच ।। किं कृतं तेऽधमश्रेष्ठ साधूनां साधुलिंगतः ।। भिक्षोमार्गोऽर्भकानां वै दर्शितस्साधुकारि नो
dakṣa uvāca || kiṃ kṛtaṃ te'dhamaśreṣṭha sādhūnāṃ sādhuliṃgataḥ || bhikṣomārgo'rbhakānāṃ vai darśitassādhukāri no
Dakṣa said: What have you done, O foremost of the base, wearing the marks of a holy man among the holy? The mendicant's path has indeed been shown to children — a fine benefactor you are to us!
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SiP 2 33.35
ऋणैस्त्रिभिरमुक्तानां लोकयोरुभयोः कृतः ।। विघातश्श्रेयसोऽमीषां निर्दयेन शठेन ते
ṛṇaistribhiramuktānāṃ lokayorubhayoḥ kṛtaḥ || vighātaśśreyaso'mīṣāṃ nirdayena śaṭhena te
By you, pitiless and deceitful, the welfare of these (boys) in both worlds has been destroyed, they being not yet released from the three debts.
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SiP 2 33.36
ऋणानि त्रीण्यपाकृत्य यो गृहात्प्रव्रजेत्पुमान्।। मातरं पितरं त्यक्त्वा मोक्षमिच्छन्व्रजत्यधः
ṛṇāni trīṇyapākṛtya yo gṛhātpravrajetpumān|| mātaraṃ pitaraṃ tyaktvā mokṣamicchanvrajatyadhaḥ
A man should go forth from the household after paying off the three debts; (but one who), abandoning mother and father, goes forth desiring liberation, goes downward.
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SiP 2 33.37
निर्दयस्त्वं सुनिर्लज्जश्शिशुधीभिद्यशोऽपहा।। हरेः पार्षदमध्ये हि वृथा चरसि मूढधीः
nirdayastvaṃ sunirlajjaśśiśudhībhidyaśo'pahā|| hareḥ pārṣadamadhye hi vṛthā carasi mūḍhadhīḥ
You are pitiless, utterly shameless, a corrupter of children's minds, a destroyer of good repute; dull-witted, you move about to no purpose among the attendants of Hari.
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SiP 2 33.38
मुहुर्मुहुरभद्रं त्वमचरो मेऽधमा ऽधम ।। विभवेद्भ्रमतस्तेऽतः पदं लोकेषु स्थिरम्
muhurmuhurabhadraṃ tvamacaro me'dhamā 'dhama || vibhavedbhramataste'taḥ padaṃ lokeṣu sthiram
Again and again you have done me harm, O basest of the base; therefore, as you wander, let there be for you no fixed place in the worlds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 2 33.39
शशापेति शुचा दक्षस्त्वां तदा साधुसंमतम्।। बुबोध नेश्वरेच्छां स शिवमायाविमोहितः
śaśāpeti śucā dakṣastvāṃ tadā sādhusaṃmatam|| bubodha neśvarecchāṃ sa śivamāyāvimohitaḥ
"Thus Dakṣa cursed you in grief at that time, though you are approved by the good; he did not understand the Lord's will, being deluded by Śiva's māyā."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition