Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita — Chapter 50
SiP 2 50.1
।। नारद उवाच ।। मौनीभूता यदा सासीत्सती शंकरवल्लभा ।। चरित्रं किमभूत्तत्र विधे तद्वद चादरात्
|| nārada uvāca || maunībhūtā yadā sāsītsatī śaṃkaravallabhā || caritraṃ kimabhūttatra vidhe tadvada cādarāt
Nārada said: When she, Satī, the beloved of Śaṅkara, had become silent, what took place there? O Vidhi (Brahmā), tell that, and with care.
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SiP 2 50.2
।। ब्रह्मोवाच ।। मौनीभूता सती देवी स्मृत्वा स्वपतिमादरात ।। क्षितावुदीच्यां सहसा निषसाद प्रशांतधीः हं प्रिया परा शंभोर्देवी दैवतमस्य हि ।। अहादसून् सती केन सुदुष्टेन प्रकोपिता शस्त्रैरघ्नन्निजांगानि केचित्तत्र शुचाकुलाः ।। शिरोमुखानि देवर्षे सुतीक्ष्णैः प्राणनाशिभिः सुविचार्योदर्कफलं महोद्विग्नास्सुबुद्धयः ।। सुरविष्ण्वादयोभूवन् तन्नाशाद्रावणान्मुहुः
|| brahmovāca || maunībhūtā satī devī smṛtvā svapatimādarāta || kṣitāvudīcyāṃ sahasā niṣasāda praśāṃtadhīḥ haṃ priyā parā śaṃbhordevī daivatamasya hi || ahādasūn satī kena suduṣṭena prakopitā śastrairaghnannijāṃgāni kecittatra śucākulāḥ || śiromukhāni devarṣe sutīkṣṇaiḥ prāṇanāśibhiḥ suvicāryodarkaphalaṃ mahodvignāssubuddhayaḥ || suraviṣṇvādayobhūvan tannāśādrāvaṇānmuhuḥ
Brahmā said: Satī the goddess, having fallen silent, remembering her own husband with reverence, suddenly sat down upon the ground facing north, her mind stilled. (She was) the supreme beloved of Śambhu, and he was her very deity. Satī gave up her life-breaths — provoked by what utterly wicked man? Some there, overcome with grief, struck their own limbs with weapons — their heads and faces, O sage of the gods, with very sharp, life-destroying (blades). Having well considered the consequence to come, the gods, Viṣṇu and the rest, wise as they were, became greatly agitated and cried out again and again at her destruction.
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SiP 2 50.3
जलमाचम्य विधिवत् संवृता वाससा शुचिः ।। दृङ्निमील्य पतिं स्मृत्वा योगमार्गं समाविशत्
jalamācamya vidhivat saṃvṛtā vāsasā śuciḥ || dṛṅnimīlya patiṃ smṛtvā yogamārgaṃ samāviśat
Having sipped water according to the rule, wrapped in her garment, pure, she closed her eyes, remembered her husband, and entered upon the path of yoga.
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SiP 2 50.4
कृत्वासमानावनिलौ प्राणापानौ सितानना।। उत्थाप्योदानमथ च यत्नात्सा नाभिचक्रतः
kṛtvāsamānāvanilau prāṇāpānau sitānanā|| utthāpyodānamatha ca yatnātsā nābhicakrataḥ
Sipping water according to rule, wrapped in her garment, purified, closing her eyes and remembering her husband, she entered upon the path of yoga.
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SiP 2 50.5
हृदि स्थाप्योरसि धिया स्थितं कंठाद्भ्रुवोस्सती ।। अनिंदितानयन्मध्यं शंकरप्राणवल्लभा
hṛdi sthāpyorasi dhiyā sthitaṃ kaṃṭhādbhruvossatī || aniṃditānayanmadhyaṃ śaṃkaraprāṇavallabhā
Making the two breaths, prāṇa and apāna, equal, her face pale, she then with effort raised up the udāna from the navel-cakra,
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SiP 2 50.6
एवं स्वदेहं सहसा दक्षकोपाज्जिहासती ।। दग्धे गात्रे वायुशुचिर्धारणं योगमार्गतः
evaṃ svadehaṃ sahasā dakṣakopājjihāsatī || dagdhe gātre vāyuśucirdhāraṇaṃ yogamārgataḥ
and fixing it in the heart, then in the chest by (force of) mind, and (raising it) from the throat to the space between the brows — that blameless woman, the beloved of Śaṅkara's life, brought it to the middle (of the brows).
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SiP 2 50.7
ततस्स्वभर्तुश्चरणं चिंतयंती न चापरम् ।। अपश्यत्सा सती तत्र योगमार्गनिविष्टधीः
tatassvabhartuścaraṇaṃ ciṃtayaṃtī na cāparam || apaśyatsā satī tatra yogamārganiviṣṭadhīḥ
Thus wishing suddenly to abandon her own body because of Dakṣa's anger, purified by the (inner) wind, (she performed) the fixation (of breath) by the path of yoga, her body being burnt (thereby).
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SiP 2 50.8
हतकल्मषतद्देहः प्रापतच्च तदग्निना ।। भस्मसादभवत्सद्यो मुनिश्रेष्ठ तदिच्छया
hatakalmaṣataddehaḥ prāpatacca tadagninā || bhasmasādabhavatsadyo muniśreṣṭha tadicchayā
Then, thinking of her own husband's feet and of nothing else, Satī saw nothing there, her mind entered upon the path of yoga.
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SiP 2 50.9
तत्पश्यतां च खे भूमौ वादोऽभूत्सुमहांस्तदा ।। हाहेति सोद्भुतश्चित्रस्सुरादीनां भयावहः
tatpaśyatāṃ ca khe bhūmau vādo'bhūtsumahāṃstadā || hāheti sodbhutaścitrassurādīnāṃ bhayāvahaḥ
And that body of hers, its impurity destroyed, fell down by that fire and was at once reduced to ashes, O best of sages, by her own will.
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SiP 2 50.11
अहो त्वनात्म्यं सुमहदस्य दक्षस्य पश्यत ।। चराचरं प्रजा यस्य यत्पुत्रस्य प्रजापतेः
aho tvanātmyaṃ sumahadasya dakṣasya paśyata || carācaraṃ prajā yasya yatputrasya prajāpateḥ
And then, among those watching, in the sky and on the earth, there arose a very great outcry, 'Alas! Alas!' — astonishing, strange, and terrifying to the gods and the others.
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SiP 2 50.12
अहोद्य द्विमनाऽभूत्सा सती देवी मनस्विनी ।। वृषध्वजप्रियाऽभीक्ष्णं मानयोग्या सतां सदा
ahodya dvimanā'bhūtsā satī devī manasvinī || vṛṣadhvajapriyā'bhīkṣṇaṃ mānayogyā satāṃ sadā
"Oh, look at the very great heartlessness of this Dakṣa, whose offspring are (all things) moving and unmoving, and who is himself the son of the Prajāpati!
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SiP 2 50.13
सोयं दुर्मर्षहृदयो ब्रह्मधृक् स प्रजापतिः ।। महतीमपकीर्तिं हि प्राप्स्यति त्वखिले भवे
soyaṃ durmarṣahṛdayo brahmadhṛk sa prajāpatiḥ || mahatīmapakīrtiṃ hi prāpsyati tvakhile bhave
Oh, today that Satī, the high-minded goddess, the beloved of the bull-bannered one, ever worthy of the constant honour of the good, has become divided in mind!
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SiP 2 50.14
यत्स्वांगजां सुतां शंभुद्विट् न्यषे धत्समुद्यताम् ।। महानरकभोगी स मृतये नोऽपराधतः
yatsvāṃgajāṃ sutāṃ śaṃbhudviṭ nyaṣe dhatsamudyatām || mahānarakabhogī sa mṛtaye no'parādhataḥ
This same Prajāpati, hard-hearted and passing himself off as a brahmin, will indeed win great infamy in the whole world;
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SiP 2 50.15
वदत्येवं जने सत्या दृष्ट्वाऽसुत्यागमद्भुतम् ।। द्रुतं तत्पार्षदाः क्रोधादुदतिष्ठन्नुदायुधाः
vadatyevaṃ jane satyā dṛṣṭvā'sutyāgamadbhutam || drutaṃ tatpārṣadāḥ krodhādudatiṣṭhannudāyudhāḥ
for, hating Śambhu, he turned away his own daughter, born of his own body, when she had come forward. He shall be one who suffers a great hell for her death, which was through no fault of hers."
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SiP 2 50.16
द्वारि स्थिता गणास्सर्वे रसायुतमिता रुषा ।। शंकरस्य प्रभोस्ते वाऽकुध्यन्नतिमहाबलाः
dvāri sthitā gaṇāssarve rasāyutamitā ruṣā || śaṃkarasya prabhoste vā'kudhyannatimahābalāḥ
While the people were speaking thus, having seen Satī's astonishing abandonment of her life, her attendants swiftly rose up in anger with weapons upraised.
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SiP 2 50.17
हाहाकारमकुर्वंस्ते धिक्धिक् न इति वादिनः ।। उच्चैस्सर्वेऽसकृद्वीरःश्शंकरस्य गणाधिपाः
hāhākāramakurvaṃste dhikdhik na iti vādinaḥ || uccaissarve'sakṛdvīraḥśśaṃkarasya gaṇādhipāḥ
All the hosts of the lord Śaṅkara, sixty thousand in number, stationed at the gate, were enraged, and they, of exceedingly great strength, grew furious.
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SiP 2 50.18
हाहाकारेण महता व्याप्त मासीद्दिगन्तरम् ।। सर्वे प्रापन् भयं देवा मुनयोन्येपि ते स्थिताः
hāhākāreṇa mahatā vyāpta māsīddigantaram || sarve prāpan bhayaṃ devā munayonyepi te sthitāḥ
They raised a cry of "Alas! Alas!", saying "Shame, shame on us!" — all the chiefs of Śaṅkara's hosts, heroes, loudly and repeatedly.
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SiP 2 50.19
गणास्संमंत्र्य ते सर्वेऽभूवन् क्रुद्धा उदायुधाः ।। कुर्वन्तः प्रलयं वाद्यशस्त्रैर्व्याप्तं दिगंतरम्
gaṇāssaṃmaṃtrya te sarve'bhūvan kruddhā udāyudhāḥ || kurvantaḥ pralayaṃ vādyaśastrairvyāptaṃ digaṃtaram
With that great cry of "Alas!" the whole space between the quarters was filled; all the gods came to fear, and the sages too who were standing there.
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SiP 2 50.21
इत्थं ते विलयं प्राप्ता दाक्षायण्या समं तदा ।। गणायुते द्वे च तदा तदद्भुतमिवाभवत् ।।
itthaṃ te vilayaṃ prāptā dākṣāyaṇyā samaṃ tadā || gaṇāyute dve ca tadā tadadbhutamivābhavat ||
Having taken counsel together, all those hosts became enraged, weapons upraised, wreaking destruction; the space between the quarters was filled with the sound of their weapons.
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SiP 2 50.22
गणा नाशाऽवशिष्टा ये शंकरस्य महात्मनः ।। दक्षं तं क्रोधितं हन्तुं मुदा तिष्ठन्नुदायुधाः
gaṇā nāśā'vaśiṣṭā ye śaṃkarasya mahātmanaḥ || dakṣaṃ taṃ krodhitaṃ hantuṃ mudā tiṣṭhannudāyudhāḥ
In this way they came to destruction along with Dakṣa's daughter at that time — twenty thousand of the hosts — and that seemed a marvel.
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SiP 2 50.23
तेषामापततां वेगं निशम्य भगवान् भृगुः ।। यज्ञघ्नघ्नेन यजुषा दक्षिणाग्नौ जुहोन्मुने
teṣāmāpatatāṃ vegaṃ niśamya bhagavān bhṛguḥ || yajñaghnaghnena yajuṣā dakṣiṇāgnau juhonmune
Those hosts of the great-souled Śaṅkara who were left over from the destruction stood with weapons raised, gladly (eager) to slay that Dakṣa who had angered them.
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SiP 2 50.24
हूयमाने च भृगुणा समुत्पेतुर्महासुराः ।। ऋभवो नाम प्रबलवीरास्तत्र सहस्रशः
hūyamāne ca bhṛguṇā samutpeturmahāsurāḥ || ṛbhavo nāma prabalavīrāstatra sahasraśaḥ
And while Bhṛgu was making the oblation, great demons sprang up — mighty heroes called Ṛbhus, by the thousands, there.
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SiP 2 50.25
तैरलातायुधैस्तत्र प्रमथानां मुनीश्वर ।। अभूद्युद्धं सुविकटं शृण्वतां रोमहर्षणम्
tairalātāyudhaistatra pramathānāṃ munīśvara || abhūdyuddhaṃ suvikaṭaṃ śṛṇvatāṃ romaharṣaṇam
With them, whose weapons were firebrands, there came about a battle with the Pramathas, O lord of sages — a most terrible one, making the hair of those who hear it bristle.
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SiP 2 50.26
ऋभुभिस्तैर्महावीरैर्हन्यमानास्समन्ततः ।। अयत्नयानाः प्रमथा उशद्भिर्ब्रह्मतेजसा
ṛbhubhistairmahāvīrairhanyamānāssamantataḥ || ayatnayānāḥ pramathā uśadbhirbrahmatejasā
Struck on every side by those Ṛbhus, the great heroes blazing with brahminical fire, the Pramathas fled helplessly.
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SiP 2 50.27
एवं शिवगणास्ते वै हता विद्राविता द्रुतम् ।। शिवेच्छया महाशक्त्या तदद्भुतमिवाऽभवत्
evaṃ śivagaṇāste vai hatā vidrāvitā drutam || śivecchayā mahāśaktyā tadadbhutamivā'bhavat
Thus were those hosts of Śiva slain and swiftly put to flight — by Śiva's own will, by (his) great power; that seemed a marvel.
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SiP 2 50.28
तद्दृष्ट्वा ऋषयो देवाश्शक्राद्यास्समरुद्गणाः ।। विश्वेश्विनौ लोकपालास्तूष्णीं भूतास्तदाऽभवन्
taddṛṣṭvā ṛṣayo devāśśakrādyāssamarudgaṇāḥ || viśveśvinau lokapālāstūṣṇīṃ bhūtāstadā'bhavan
Seeing that, the sages and the gods headed by Śakra, together with the troops of Maruts, the Viśvas, the two Aśvins, and the guardians of the worlds, then fell silent.
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SiP 2 50.29
केचिद्विष्णुं प्रभुं तत्र प्रार्थयन्तस्समन्ततः ।। उद्विग्ना मन्त्रयंतश्च विप्राभावं मुहुर्मुहुः
kecidviṣṇuṃ prabhuṃ tatra prārthayantassamantataḥ || udvignā mantrayaṃtaśca viprābhāvaṃ muhurmuhuḥ
Some there, on all sides, prayed to Viṣṇu the Lord; and, agitated, they took counsel again and again about the brahmin's power.
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SiP 2 50.31
एवंभूतस्तदा यज्ञो विघ्नो जातो दुरात्मनः ।। ब्रह्मबंधोश्च दक्षस्य शंकरद्रोहिणो मुने
evaṃbhūtastadā yajño vighno jāto durātmanaḥ || brahmabaṃdhośca dakṣasya śaṃkaradrohiṇo mune
Such was the sacrifice of the evil-souled Dakṣa then — obstructed, that mere kinsman-of-brahmins (i.e. brahmin only in name), the hater of Śaṃkara, O sage.
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