Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita — Chapter 43

SiP 2 43.1

ब्रह्मोवाच ।। एवं कृत्वा विहारं वै शंकरेण च सा सती ।। संतुष्टा साभवच्चाति विरागा समजायत

brahmovāca || evaṃ kṛtvā vihāraṃ vai śaṃkareṇa ca sā satī || saṃtuṣṭā sābhavaccāti virāgā samajāyata

Brahmā said: Having thus taken her pleasure with Śaṅkara, that Satī became exceedingly satisfied, and grew dispassionate.

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SiP 2 43.2

एकस्मिन्दिवसे देवी सती रहसि संगता ।। शिवं प्रणम्य सद्भक्त्या न्यस्योच्चैः सुकृतांजलिः ब्रह्मोवाच।। इत्यपृच्छत्स्म सद्भक्त्या शंकरं सा सती मुने ।। आदिशक्तिर्महेशानी जीवोद्धाराय केवलम् विहिताविहिताभेदात्तामनेकां विदुर्बुधाः ।। तयोर्बहुविधत्वाच्च तत्त्वं त्वन्यत्र वर्णितम् सदा भृत्यानुकूल्येन विधिना मे परात्मने ।। अर्पणं षोडशानां वै पाद्यादीनां तदर्चनम् कलौ प्रत्यक्षफलदा भक्तिस्सर्वयुगेष्वपि ।। तत्प्रभावादहं नित्यं तद्वशो नात्र संशयः शंकरोपि तदाकर्ण्य सतीं प्रश्नं प्रहृष्टधीः ।। वर्णयामास सुप्रीत्या जीवोद्धाराय कृत्स्नशः

ekasmindivase devī satī rahasi saṃgatā || śivaṃ praṇamya sadbhaktyā nyasyoccaiḥ sukṛtāṃjaliḥ brahmovāca|| ityapṛcchatsma sadbhaktyā śaṃkaraṃ sā satī mune || ādiśaktirmaheśānī jīvoddhārāya kevalam vihitāvihitābhedāttāmanekāṃ vidurbudhāḥ || tayorbahuvidhatvācca tattvaṃ tvanyatra varṇitam sadā bhṛtyānukūlyena vidhinā me parātmane || arpaṇaṃ ṣoḍaśānāṃ vai pādyādīnāṃ tadarcanam kalau pratyakṣaphaladā bhaktissarvayugeṣvapi || tatprabhāvādahaṃ nityaṃ tadvaśo nātra saṃśayaḥ śaṃkaropi tadākarṇya satīṃ praśnaṃ prahṛṣṭadhīḥ || varṇayāmāsa suprītyā jīvoddhārāya kṛtsnaśaḥ

One day the goddess Satī, meeting (him) in private, bowed to Śiva with true devotion and, making a fine gesture of reverence, placed her joined palms high (on her head). Brahmā said: Thus, O sage, that Satī questioned Śaṅkara with true devotion. (Śiva said:) The primal Śakti, the great sovereign lady, (exists) solely for the deliverance of living beings. Because of the distinction between what is prescribed and what is not prescribed, the wise know her as manifold; and since these two are of many kinds, that truth has been described elsewhere. Always, in accordance with (the disposition of) my servants, worship of me, the Supreme Self, by rule consists in the offering of the sixteen (services), beginning with water for the feet. In the Kali age devotion bears visible fruit, as it does in all the ages too; by its power I am forever subject to it — there is no doubt here. Śaṅkara too, hearing that question of Satī's, with delighted mind and great affection expounded it in full, for the deliverance of living beings.

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SiP 2 43.3

सुप्रसन्नं प्रभुं नत्वा सा दक्षतनया सती ।। उवाच सांजलिर्भक्त्या विनयावनता ततः

suprasannaṃ prabhuṃ natvā sā dakṣatanayā satī || uvāca sāṃjalirbhaktyā vinayāvanatā tataḥ

Having bowed to the well-pleased Lord, that Satī, the daughter of Dakṣa, then spoke with devotion, palms joined, bent low in humility.

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SiP 2 43.4

सत्युवाच ।। देवदेव महादेव करुणा सागर प्रभो ।। दीनोद्धर महायोगिन् कृपां कुरु ममोपरि

satyuvāca || devadeva mahādeva karuṇā sāgara prabho || dīnoddhara mahāyogin kṛpāṃ kuru mamopari

Satī said: God of gods, Mahādeva, ocean of compassion, Lord, uplifter of the wretched, great yogin, show grace toward me.

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SiP 2 43.5

त्वं परः पुरुषस्स्वामी रजस्सत्त्वतमः परः ।। निर्गुणस्सगुणस्साक्षी निर्विकारी महाप्रभुः

tvaṃ paraḥ puruṣassvāmī rajassattvatamaḥ paraḥ || nirguṇassaguṇassākṣī nirvikārī mahāprabhuḥ

You are the supreme Person, the Master, beyond rajas, sattva and tamas; without qualities, with qualities, the witness, changeless, the great Lord.

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SiP 2 43.6

धन्याहं ते प्रिया जाता कामिनी सुविहारिणी ।। जातस्त्वं मे पतिस्स्वामिन्भक्तिवात्सल्यतो हर

dhanyāhaṃ te priyā jātā kāminī suvihāriṇī || jātastvaṃ me patissvāminbhaktivātsalyato hara

Fortunate am I, who have become your beloved, your wife, your fair companion in pleasure; you, Lord, Hara, have become my husband out of tenderness for (my) devotion.

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SiP 2 43.7

कृतो बहुसमा नाथ विहारः परमस्त्वया ।। संतुष्टाहं महेशान निवृत्तं मे मनस्ततः

kṛto bahusamā nātha vihāraḥ paramastvayā || saṃtuṣṭāhaṃ maheśāna nivṛttaṃ me manastataḥ

For many years, O Lord, supreme pleasure has been taken by you (with me); I am satisfied, great Ruler, and my mind has thereby turned away (from it).

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SiP 2 43.8

ज्ञातुमिच्छामि देवेश परं तत्त्वं सुखावहम् ।। यं न संसारदुःखाद्वै तरेज्जीवोंजसा हर

jñātumicchāmi deveśa paraṃ tattvaṃ sukhāvaham || yaṃ na saṃsāraduḥkhādvai tarejjīvoṃjasā hara

I wish to know, O lord of the gods, the supreme reality that brings happiness, by which, O Hara, the living being would swiftly cross beyond the suffering of the round of birth.

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SiP 2 43.9

यत्कृत्वा विषयी जीवस्स लभेत्परमं पदम् ।। संसारी न भवेन्नाथ तत्त्वं वद कृपां कुरु

yatkṛtvā viṣayī jīvassa labhetparamaṃ padam || saṃsārī na bhavennātha tattvaṃ vada kṛpāṃ kuru

Having done which, that living being (though) attached to sense-objects would attain the highest state and would not remain bound to the round of birth — tell (me) that reality, O lord, show (me) grace.

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SiP 2 43.11

आकर्ण्य तच्छिवः स्वामी स्वेच्छयोपात्तविग्रहः ।। अवोचत्परमप्रीतस्सतीं योगविरक्तधीः

ākarṇya tacchivaḥ svāmī svecchayopāttavigrahaḥ || avocatparamaprītassatīṃ yogaviraktadhīḥ

Hearing that, Śiva the Lord, who had assumed a body by his own will, exceedingly pleased, his mind detached through yoga, spoke to Satī.

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SiP 2 43.12

।। शिव उवाच ।। शृणु देवि प्रवक्ष्यामि दाक्षायणि महेश्वरि ।। परं तत्त्वं तदेवानुशयी मुक्तो भवेद्यतः

|| śiva uvāca || śṛṇu devi pravakṣyāmi dākṣāyaṇi maheśvari || paraṃ tattvaṃ tadevānuśayī mukto bhavedyataḥ

Śiva said: Listen, Goddess, daughter of Dakṣa, great sovereign lady — I shall declare the supreme reality, for by it one who has taken refuge in it becomes liberated.

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SiP 2 43.13

परतत्त्वं विजानीहि विज्ञानं परमेश्वरी ।। द्वितीयं स्मरणं यत्र नाहं ब्रह्मेति शुद्धधीः

paratattvaṃ vijānīhi vijñānaṃ parameśvarī || dvitīyaṃ smaraṇaṃ yatra nāhaṃ brahmeti śuddhadhīḥ

Know the supreme reality (to be) discriminative knowledge, O supreme sovereign lady, wherein there is no second remembrance (i.e. no thought of another), (but) the pure-minded one (knows) "I am not (other than) Brahman."

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SiP 2 43.14

तद्दुर्लभं त्रिलोकेस्मिंस्तज्ज्ञाता विरलः प्रिये ।। यादृशो यस्सदासोहं ब्रह्मसाक्षात्परात्परः

taddurlabhaṃ trilokesmiṃstajjñātā viralaḥ priye || yādṛśo yassadāsohaṃ brahmasākṣātparātparaḥ

That is hard to obtain in these three worlds; one who knows it is rare, my dear — (namely, knowing) of what sort I am, who I am, that I am always the eternal one, directly Brahman, higher than the highest.

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SiP 2 43.15

तन्माता मम भक्तिश्च भुक्तिमुक्तिफलप्रदा ।। सुलभा मत्प्रसादाद्धि नवधा सा प्रकीर्तिता

tanmātā mama bhaktiśca bhuktimuktiphalapradā || sulabhā matprasādāddhi navadhā sā prakīrtitā

Its mother is devotion to me, which yields the fruits of both enjoyment and liberation; it is easy to obtain by my grace, and it has been proclaimed as ninefold.

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SiP 2 43.16

भक्तौ ज्ञाने न भेदो हि तत्कर्तुस्सर्वदा सुखम् ।। विज्ञानं न भवत्येव सति भक्तिविरोधिनः

bhaktau jñāne na bhedo hi tatkartussarvadā sukham || vijñānaṃ na bhavatyeva sati bhaktivirodhinaḥ

There is indeed no difference between devotion and knowledge, (for) to one who practises it there is happiness always; but discriminative knowledge simply does not arise for one who is opposed to devotion.

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SiP 2 43.17

भक्त्या हीनस्सदाहं वै तत्प्रभावाद्गृहेष्वपि ।। नीचानां जातिहीनानां यामि देवि न संशयः

bhaktyā hīnassadāhaṃ vai tatprabhāvādgṛheṣvapi || nīcānāṃ jātihīnānāṃ yāmi devi na saṃśayaḥ

By devotion I am ever won; by its power I go, O Goddess, even into the houses of the low and of those without caste — there is no doubt of it.

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SiP 2 43.18

सा भक्तिर्द्विविधा देवि सगुणा निर्गुणा मता ।। वैधी स्वाभाविकी या या वरा सा त्ववरा स्मृता

sā bhaktirdvividhā devi saguṇā nirguṇā matā || vaidhī svābhāvikī yā yā varā sā tvavarā smṛtā

That devotion is twofold, O Goddess, held to be with qualities and without qualities; the one that is prescribed (by rule) and the one that is spontaneous — of these the latter is reckoned superior, the former inferior.

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SiP 2 43.19

नैष्ठिक्या नैष्ठिकी भेदाद्द्विविधे द्विविधे हि ते ।। षड्विधा नैष्ठिकी ज्ञेया द्वितीयैकविधा स्मृता

naiṣṭhikyā naiṣṭhikī bhedāddvividhe dvividhe hi te || ṣaḍvidhā naiṣṭhikī jñeyā dvitīyaikavidhā smṛtā

Through the distinction of the constant (naiṣṭhikī) and the non-constant, each of those two is (again) twofold; the constant kind is to be known as sixfold, and the second is reckoned as of one kind.

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SiP 2 43.21

ते नवांगे उभे ज्ञेये वर्णिते मुनिभिः प्रिये ।। वर्णयामि नवांगानि प्रेमतः शृणु दक्षजे

te navāṃge ubhe jñeye varṇite munibhiḥ priye || varṇayāmi navāṃgāni premataḥ śṛṇu dakṣaje

Both of those are to be known as having nine parts, as the sages have described (them), my dear; I shall describe the nine parts out of love — listen, daughter of Dakṣa.

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SiP 2 43.22

श्रवणं कीर्तनं चैव स्मरणं सेवनं तथा ।। दास्यं तथार्चनं देवि वंदनं मम सर्वदा

śravaṇaṃ kīrtanaṃ caiva smaraṇaṃ sevanaṃ tathā || dāsyaṃ tathārcanaṃ devi vaṃdanaṃ mama sarvadā

Hearing, praising, remembering, and likewise serving; servitude, and worship, O Goddess, and salutation to me always;

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SiP 2 43.23

सख्यमात्मार्पणं चेति नवांगानि विदुर्बुधाः ।। उपांगानि शिवे तस्या बहूनि कथितानि वै

sakhyamātmārpaṇaṃ ceti navāṃgāni vidurbudhāḥ || upāṃgāni śive tasyā bahūni kathitāni vai

friendship, and the offering of oneself — these the wise know as the nine parts; and its subsidiary parts, O Śivā, have been declared to be many.

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SiP 2 43.24

शृणु देवि नवांगानां लक्षणानि पृथक्पृथक् ।। मम भक्तेर्मनो दत्त्वा भक्ति मुक्तिप्रदानि हि

śṛṇu devi navāṃgānāṃ lakṣaṇāni pṛthakpṛthak || mama bhaktermano dattvā bhakti muktipradāni hi

Listen, Goddess, to the marks of the nine parts of devotion to me, one by one, giving (me) your mind — for they bestow devotion and liberation.

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SiP 2 43.25

कथादेर्नित्यसम्मानं कुर्वन्देहादिभिर्मुदा ।। स्थिरासनेन तत्पानं यत्तच्छ्रवणमुच्यते

kathādernityasammānaṃ kurvandehādibhirmudā || sthirāsanena tatpānaṃ yattacchravaṇamucyate

Constantly honouring (my) stories and the like, doing so gladly with body and the rest, and drinking them in with a steady posture — that is called "hearing".

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SiP 2 43.26

हृदाकाशेन संपश्यञ् जन्मकर्माणि वै मम ।। प्रीत्याचोच्चारणं तेषामेतत्कीर्तनमुच्यते

hṛdākāśena saṃpaśyañ janmakarmāṇi vai mama || prītyācoccāraṇaṃ teṣāmetatkīrtanamucyate

Beholding my births and deeds in the space of the heart, and uttering them aloud with love — this is called "praising".

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SiP 2 43.27

व्यापकं देवि मां दृष्ट्वा नित्यं सर्वत्र सर्वदा ।। निर्भयत्वं सदा लोके स्मरणं तदुदाहृतम्

vyāpakaṃ devi māṃ dṛṣṭvā nityaṃ sarvatra sarvadā || nirbhayatvaṃ sadā loke smaraṇaṃ tadudāhṛtam

Seeing me, O Goddess, as all-pervading, constantly, everywhere, at all times, (and thus) fearlessness always in the world — that is declared to be "remembering".

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SiP 2 43.28

अरुणोदयमारभ्य सेवाकालेंचिता हृदा ।। निर्भयत्वं सदा लोके स्मरणं तदुदाहृतम्

aruṇodayamārabhya sevākāleṃcitā hṛdā || nirbhayatvaṃ sadā loke smaraṇaṃ tadudāhṛtam

Beginning from the break of dawn, with the heart set (on me) at the time of service ... (that) fearlessness always in the world is declared to be "remembering".

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SiP 2 43.29

सदा सेव्यानुकूल्येन सेवनं तद्धि गोगणैः ।। हृदयामृतभोगेन प्रियं दास्यमुदाहृतम्

sadā sevyānukūlyena sevanaṃ taddhi gogaṇaiḥ || hṛdayāmṛtabhogena priyaṃ dāsyamudāhṛtam

Constant service in accordance with (the wish of) the one to be served — that indeed is "serving"; and (service) dear (to him) through the enjoyment of the nectar of the heart is declared to be "servitude".

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SiP 2 43.31

मंत्रोच्चारणध्यानाभ्यां मनसा वचसा क्रमात् ।। यदष्टांगेन भूस्पर्शं तद्वै वंदनमुच्यते

maṃtroccāraṇadhyānābhyāṃ manasā vacasā kramāt || yadaṣṭāṃgena bhūsparśaṃ tadvai vaṃdanamucyate

By the utterance of a mantra and by meditation — with speech and with mind respectively — and the touching of the ground with the eight limbs: that indeed is called salutation (vandana).

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SiP 2 43.32

मंगलामंगलं यद्यत्करोतीतीश्वरो हि मे ।। सर्वं तन्मंगलायेति विश्वासः सख्यलक्षणम्

maṃgalāmaṃgalaṃ yadyatkarotītīśvaro hi me || sarvaṃ tanmaṃgalāyeti viśvāsaḥ sakhyalakṣaṇam

"Whatever the Lord does for me, auspicious or inauspicious, all of it is for (my) welfare" — such trust is the mark of friendship (sakhya).

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SiP 2 43.33

कृत्वा देहादिकं तस्य प्रीत्यै सर्वं तदर्पणम्।। निर्वाहाय च शून्यत्वं यत्तदात्मसमर्पणम्

kṛtvā dehādikaṃ tasya prītyai sarvaṃ tadarpaṇam|| nirvāhāya ca śūnyatvaṃ yattadātmasamarpaṇam

Having made the body and the rest (his), the offering of it all for his pleasure, and (one's own) emptiness as regards subsistence — that is self-surrender.

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SiP 2 43.34

नवांगानीति मद्भक्तेर्भुक्तिमुक्तिप्रदानि च ।। मम प्रियाणि चातीव ज्ञानोत्पत्तिकराणि च

navāṃgānīti madbhakterbhuktimuktipradāni ca || mama priyāṇi cātīva jñānotpattikarāṇi ca

These are the nine limbs of devotion to me, granting enjoyment and liberation, exceedingly dear to me, and producing the arising of knowledge.

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SiP 2 43.35

उपांगानि च मद्भक्तेर्बहूनि कथितानि वै ।। बिल्वादिसेवनादीनि समू ह्यानि विचारतः

upāṃgāni ca madbhakterbahūni kathitāni vai || bilvādisevanādīni samū hyāni vicārataḥ

Many sub-limbs of devotion to me have also been declared — the use of bilva leaves and the like, and so on — which are to be gathered by reflection.

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SiP 2 43.36

इत्थं सांगोपांगभक्तिर्मम सर्वोत्तमा प्रिये ।। ज्ञानवैराग्यजननी मुक्तिदासी विराजते

itthaṃ sāṃgopāṃgabhaktirmama sarvottamā priye || jñānavairāgyajananī muktidāsī virājate

Thus devotion to me, with its limbs and sub-limbs, is the highest of all, O dear one; it shines forth as the mother of knowledge and dispassion, with liberation as its handmaid.

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SiP 2 43.37

सर्वकर्मफलोत्पत्तिस्सर्वदा त्वत्समप्रिया ।। यच्चित्ते सा स्थिता नित्यं सर्वदा सोति मत्प्रियः

sarvakarmaphalotpattissarvadā tvatsamapriyā || yaccitte sā sthitā nityaṃ sarvadā soti matpriyaḥ

The arising of the fruit of all works is always as dear (to me) as you are; in whose mind she (devotion) stands constantly, he is always dear to me.

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SiP 2 43.38

त्रैलोक्ये भक्तिसदृशः पंथा नास्ति सुखावहः ।। चतुर्युगेषु देवेशि कलौ तु सुविशेषतः

trailokye bhaktisadṛśaḥ paṃthā nāsti sukhāvahaḥ || caturyugeṣu deveśi kalau tu suviśeṣataḥ

In the three worlds there is no path bringing happiness like devotion, in (any of) the four ages, O mistress of the gods — but in the Kali age most especially.

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SiP 2 43.39

कलौ तु ज्ञानवैरागो वृद्धरूपौ निरुत्सवौ ।। ग्राहकाभावतो देवि जातौ जर्जर तामति

kalau tu jñānavairāgo vṛddharūpau nirutsavau || grāhakābhāvato devi jātau jarjara tāmati

But in the Kali age knowledge and dispassion, in the form of old men, without festivity, have become utterly decrepit, O goddess, from the absence of any who would take them up.

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SiP 2 43.41

यो भक्तिमान्पुमाँल्लोके सदाहं तत्सहायकृत् ।। विघ्नहर्ता रिपुस्तस्य दंड्यो नात्र च संशयः

yo bhaktimānpumā~lloke sadāhaṃ tatsahāyakṛt || vighnahartā ripustasya daṃḍyo nātra ca saṃśayaḥ

Whatever man in the world possesses devotion, I am always his helper; the enemy who obstructs him is to be punished — there is no doubt of this.

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SiP 2 43.42

भक्तहेतोरहं देवि कालं क्रोधपरिप्लुतः अदहं वह्निना नेत्रभवेन निजरक्षकः

bhaktahetorahaṃ devi kālaṃ krodhapariplutaḥ adahaṃ vahninā netrabhavena nijarakṣakaḥ

For a devotee's sake, O goddess, I, flooded with anger, burned Kāla (Death) with the fire born of my eye, protecting my own.

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SiP 2 43.43

भक्तहेतोरहं देवि रव्युपर्यभवं किल। अतिक्रोधान्वितः शूलं गृहीत्वाऽन्वजयं पुरा

bhaktahetorahaṃ devi ravyuparyabhavaṃ kila| atikrodhānvitaḥ śūlaṃ gṛhītvā'nvajayaṃ purā

For a devotee's sake, O goddess, I rose up against the Sun, indeed: filled with excessive anger, taking my trident, I conquered (him) of old.

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SiP 2 43.44

भक्तहेतोरहं देवि रावणं सगणं क्रुधा ।। त्यजति स्म कृतो नैव पक्षपातो हि तस्य वै

bhaktahetorahaṃ devi rāvaṇaṃ sagaṇaṃ krudhā || tyajati sma kṛto naiva pakṣapāto hi tasya vai

For a devotee's sake, O goddess, I abandoned Rāvaṇa together with his troop in anger; no partiality at all was shown towards him.

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SiP 2 43.45

भक्तहेतोरहं देवि व्यासं हि कुमतिग्रहम् ।। काश्या न्यसारयत् क्रोधाद्दण्डयित्वा च नंदिना

bhaktahetorahaṃ devi vyāsaṃ hi kumatigraham || kāśyā nyasārayat krodhāddaṇḍayitvā ca naṃdinā

For a devotee's sake, O goddess, I had Vyāsa, seized by wrong-mindedness, driven out of Kāśī in anger, after he had been punished by Nandin.

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SiP 2 43.46

किं बहूक्तेन देवेशि भक्त्याधीनस्सदा ह्यहम् ।। तत्कर्तुं पुरुषस्यातिवशगो नात्र संशयः

kiṃ bahūktena deveśi bhaktyādhīnassadā hyaham || tatkartuṃ puruṣasyātivaśago nātra saṃśayaḥ

What need of much speaking, O mistress of the gods: I am always subject to devotion, and thereby wholly under the sway of the (devoted) man, to do (his bidding) — there is no doubt here.

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SiP 2 43.47

ब्रह्मोवाच ।। इत्थमाकर्ण्य भक्तेस्तु महत्त्वं दक्षजा सती ।। जहर्षातीव मनसि प्रणनाम शिवं मुदा

brahmovāca || itthamākarṇya bhaktestu mahattvaṃ dakṣajā satī || jaharṣātīva manasi praṇanāma śivaṃ mudā

Brahmā said: Having thus heard the greatness of devotion, Satī, the daughter of Dakṣa, rejoiced exceedingly in her mind and bowed to Śiva with delight.

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SiP 2 43.48

पुनः पप्रच्छ सद्भक्त्या तत्काण्डविषयं मुने ।। शास्त्रं सुखकरं लोके जीवोद्धारपरायणम्

punaḥ papraccha sadbhaktyā tatkāṇḍaviṣayaṃ mune || śāstraṃ sukhakaraṃ loke jīvoddhāraparāyaṇam

Again she asked, with true devotion, about the subject-matter of that section, O sage: the scripture that brings happiness in the world and is devoted to the deliverance of living beings;

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SiP 2 43.49

सयंत्रमंत्रशास्त्रं च तन्माहात्म्यं विशेषतः ।। अन्यानि धर्मवस्तूनि जीवोद्धारकराणि हि

sayaṃtramaṃtraśāstraṃ ca tanmāhātmyaṃ viśeṣataḥ || anyāni dharmavastūni jīvoddhārakarāṇi hi

and the scripture of yantras and mantras, and its greatness especially, and the other matters of dharma that bring about the deliverance of living beings.

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SiP 2 43.51

तत्र शास्त्रं सयंत्रं हि सपंचाङ्गं महेश्वरः ।। बभाषे महिमानं च तत्तद्दैववरस्य वै

tatra śāstraṃ sayaṃtraṃ hi sapaṃcāṅgaṃ maheśvaraḥ || babhāṣe mahimānaṃ ca tattaddaivavarasya vai

Thereupon Maheśvara spoke of the scripture together with yantras and with its five limbs, and of the greatness of each particular chief deity,

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SiP 2 43.52

सेतिहासकथं तेषां भक्तमाहात्म्यमेव च ।। सवर्णाश्रमधर्मांश्च नृपधर्मान् मुनीश्वर

setihāsakathaṃ teṣāṃ bhaktamāhātmyameva ca || savarṇāśramadharmāṃśca nṛpadharmān munīśvara

together with narratives of legend concerning them, and the greatness of devotees, and the duties of the castes and the stages of life, and the duties of kings, O lord of sages;

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SiP 2 43.53

सुतस्त्रीधर्ममाहात्म्यं वर्णाश्रममनश्वरम् ।। वैद्यशास्त्रं तथा ज्योतिश्शास्त्रं जीवसुखावहम्

sutastrīdharmamāhātmyaṃ varṇāśramamanaśvaram || vaidyaśāstraṃ tathā jyotiśśāstraṃ jīvasukhāvaham

the greatness of the duties of sons and wives, the imperishable (order of) class and stage of life, the science of medicine, and likewise the science of the stars which brings happiness to living beings,

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SiP 2 43.54

सामुद्रिकं परं शास्त्रमन्यच्छास्त्राणि भूरिशः ।। कृपां कृत्वा महे शानो वर्णयामास तत्त्वतः

sāmudrikaṃ paraṃ śāstramanyacchāstrāṇi bhūriśaḥ || kṛpāṃ kṛtvā mahe śāno varṇayāmāsa tattvataḥ

the supreme science of palmistry, and many other sciences besides — showing (his) grace, the great Lord expounded (them) as they truly are.

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SiP 2 43.55

इत्थं त्रिलोकसुखदौ सर्वज्ञौ च सतीशिवौ ।। लोकोपकारकरणधृतसद्गुणविग्रहौ

itthaṃ trilokasukhadau sarvajñau ca satīśivau || lokopakārakaraṇadhṛtasadguṇavigrahau

Thus Satī and Śiva, the two givers of happiness to the three worlds, the two all-knowing ones, whose bodies (are made of) the good qualities they assumed for the doing of benefit to the world,

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SiP 2 43.56

चिक्रीडाते बहुविधे कैलासे हिमवद्गिरौ ।। अन्यस्थलेषु च तदा परब्रह्मस्वरूपिणौ

cikrīḍāte bahuvidhe kailāse himavadgirau || anyasthaleṣu ca tadā parabrahmasvarūpiṇau

then sported in many ways on Kailāsa, on the Himālaya mountain, and in other places too, the two who have the supreme Brahman as their essential form.

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