Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita — Chapter 54
SiP 2 54.1
ब्रह्मोवाच ।। एवं प्रचलिते चास्मिन् वीरभद्रे गणान्विते ।। दुष्टचिह्नानि दक्षेण दृष्टानि विबुधैरपि
brahmovāca || evaṃ pracalite cāsmin vīrabhadre gaṇānvite || duṣṭacihnāni dakṣeṇa dṛṣṭāni vibudhairapi
Brahmā said: When Vīrabhadra, accompanied by the hosts, had thus set forth, evil signs were seen by Dakṣa and by the gods as well.
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SiP 2 54.2
उत्पाता विविधाश्चासन् वीरभद्रे गणान्विते ।। त्रिविधा अपि देवर्षे यज्ञविध्वंससूचकाः रीतैश्च पवनै रूर्द्ध्वं स दक्षाध्वरमंडपः।। दैवान्वितेन दक्षेण यः कृतो नूतनोद्भुतः सवैकुंठास्ततस्सर्वे तदा कुंठितशक्तयः ।। स्वस्वोपकंठमाकंठं लुलुठुः कमठा इव
utpātā vividhāścāsan vīrabhadre gaṇānvite || trividhā api devarṣe yajñavidhvaṃsasūcakāḥ rītaiśca pavanai rūrddhvaṃ sa dakṣādhvaramaṃḍapaḥ|| daivānvitena dakṣeṇa yaḥ kṛto nūtanodbhutaḥ savaikuṃṭhāstatassarve tadā kuṃṭhitaśaktayaḥ || svasvopakaṃṭhamākaṃṭhaṃ luluṭhuḥ kamaṭhā iva
Various portents occurred, O divine sage, when Vīrabhadra was accompanied by his hosts — portents of all three kinds, indicating the destruction of the sacrifice. And by the winds that (pavilion), Dakṣa's sacrificial pavilion, was (lifted) upward — the new and marvellous one that had been built by Dakṣa in company with the gods. Then all of them, Vaikuṇṭha (Viṣṇu) included, their powers blunted, rolled about each in his own vicinity, up to the neck, like tortoises.
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SiP 2 54.3
दक्षवामाक्षिबाहूरुविस्पंदस्समजायत ।। नानाकष्टप्रदस्तात सर्वथाऽशुभसूचकः
dakṣavāmākṣibāhūruvispaṃdassamajāyata || nānākaṣṭapradastāta sarvathā'śubhasūcakaḥ
A twitching arose in Dakṣa's left eye, arm and thigh, giving many kinds of pain, my son, and altogether indicating what is inauspicious.
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SiP 2 54.4
भूकंपस्समभूत्तत्र दक्षयागस्थले तदा ।। दक्षोपश्यच्च मध्याह्ने नक्षत्राण्यद्भुतानि च
bhūkaṃpassamabhūttatra dakṣayāgasthale tadā || dakṣopaśyacca madhyāhne nakṣatrāṇyadbhutāni ca
Then an earthquake occurred there at the site of Dakṣa's sacrifice, and Dakṣa saw the stars at midday — a marvel.
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SiP 2 54.5
दिशश्चासन्सुमलिनाः कर्बुरोभूद्दिवाकरः ।। परिवेषसहस्रेण संक्रांतश्च भयंकरः
diśaścāsansumalināḥ karburobhūddivākaraḥ || pariveṣasahasreṇa saṃkrāṃtaśca bhayaṃkaraḥ
The directions became very murky; the sun became mottled, and, encircled by a thousand haloes, terrifying.
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SiP 2 54.6
नक्षत्राणि पतंति स्म विद्युदग्निप्रभाणि च ।। नक्षत्राणामभूद्वक्रा गतिश्चाधोमुखी तदा
nakṣatrāṇi pataṃti sma vidyudagniprabhāṇi ca || nakṣatrāṇāmabhūdvakrā gatiścādhomukhī tadā
Stars were falling, with the brightness of lightning and fire; and the course of the stars then became crooked and turned downward.
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SiP 2 54.7
गृध्रा दक्ष शिरः स्पृष्ट्वा समुद्भूताः सहस्रशः।। आसीद्गृध्रपक्षच्छायैस्सच्छायो यागमंडपः
gṛdhrā dakṣa śiraḥ spṛṣṭvā samudbhūtāḥ sahasraśaḥ|| āsīdgṛdhrapakṣacchāyaissacchāyo yāgamaṃḍapaḥ
Then jackals howled on the sacrificial ground; and there was a rain of meteors, arisen from white scorpions.
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SiP 2 54.8
ववाशिरे यागभूमौ क्रोष्टारो नेत्रकस्तदा।। उल्कावृष्टिरभूत्तत्र श्वेतवृश्चिकसंभवा
vavāśire yāgabhūmau kroṣṭāro netrakastadā|| ulkāvṛṣṭirabhūttatra śvetavṛścikasaṃbhavā
Harsh winds blew there, accompanied by showers of dust; and locusts appeared, shaken by the whirling wind.
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SiP 2 54.9
खरा वाता ववुस्तत्र पांशुवृष्टिसमन्विताः।। शलभाश्च समुद्भूता विवर्तानिलकंपिताः
kharā vātā vavustatra pāṃśuvṛṣṭisamanvitāḥ|| śalabhāśca samudbhūtā vivartānilakaṃpitāḥ
Then Dakṣa and all the others vomited astonishing blood; and again and again they vomited lumps of flesh with splinters in them.
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SiP 2 54.11
वेमुर्दक्षादयस्सर्वे तदा शोणितमद्भुतम्।। वेमुश्च मांसखण्डानि सशल्यानि मुहुर्मुहुः
vemurdakṣādayassarve tadā śoṇitamadbhutam|| vemuśca māṃsakhaṇḍāni saśalyāni muhurmuhuḥ
Then Dakṣa and all the rest vomited blood, astonishingly; and again and again they vomited lumps of flesh with barbs (in them).
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SiP 2 54.12
सकंपाश्च बभूवुस्ते दीपा वातहता इव ।। दुःखिताश्चाभवन्सर्वे शस्त्रधाराहता इव
sakaṃpāśca babhūvuste dīpā vātahatā iva || duḥkhitāścābhavansarve śastradhārāhatā iva
And they became trembling, like lamps struck by the wind; and they all became stricken with pain, as though struck by the edges of weapons.
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SiP 2 54.13
तदा निनादजातानि बाष्पवर्षाणि तत्क्षणे ।। प्रातस्तुषारवर्षीणि पद्मानीव वनांतरे
tadā ninādajātāni bāṣpavarṣāṇi tatkṣaṇe || prātastuṣāravarṣīṇi padmānīva vanāṃtare
Then, in that very instant, showers of tears arose along with cries, like lotuses in the midst of a forest showering frost at dawn.
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SiP 2 54.14
दक्षाद्यक्षीणि जातानि ह्यकस्माद्विशदान्यपि ।। निशायां कमलाश्चैव कुमुदानीव संगवे
dakṣādyakṣīṇi jātāni hyakasmādviśadānyapi || niśāyāṃ kamalāścaiva kumudānīva saṃgave
And the eyes of Dakṣa and the rest suddenly became blanched, like lotuses at night and like white water-lilies in the forenoon.
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SiP 2 54.15
असृग्ववर्ष देवश्च तिमिरेणावृता दिशः ।। दिग्दाहोभूद्विशेषेण त्रासयन् सकलाञ्जनान्।।
asṛgvavarṣa devaśca timireṇāvṛtā diśaḥ || digdāhobhūdviśeṣeṇa trāsayan sakalāñjanān||
And the god (of rain) rained blood; the quarters were covered with darkness; and in particular there was a burning of the horizon, terrifying all people.
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SiP 2 54.16
एवं विधान्यरिष्टानि ददृशुर्विबुधादयः ।। भयमापेदिरेऽत्यंतं मुने विष्ण्वादिकास्तदा
evaṃ vidhānyariṣṭāni dadṛśurvibudhādayaḥ || bhayamāpedire'tyaṃtaṃ mune viṣṇvādikāstadā
Such were the evil omens that the gods and the others saw; and then, O sage, Viṣṇu and the rest were seized with extreme fear.
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SiP 2 54.17
भुवि ते मूर्छिताः पेतुर्हा हताः स्म इतीरयन् ।। तरवस्तीरसंजाता नदीवेगहता इव
bhuvi te mūrchitāḥ peturhā hatāḥ sma itīrayan || taravastīrasaṃjātā nadīvegahatā iva
They fell fainting to the ground, crying out "Alas, we are undone!" — like trees grown on a bank struck down by the river's flood.
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SiP 2 54.18
पतित्वा ते स्थिता भूमौ क्रूराः सर्पा हता इव ।। कंदुका इव ते भूयः पतिताः पुनरुत्थिताः
patitvā te sthitā bhūmau krūrāḥ sarpā hatā iva || kaṃdukā iva te bhūyaḥ patitāḥ punarutthitāḥ
Having fallen, they lay on the ground like fierce serpents slain; and again, like balls, having fallen they rose up once more.
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SiP 2 54.19
ततस्ते तापसंतप्ता रुरुदुः कुररी इव ।। रोदनध्वनिसंक्रातोरुक्तिप्रत्युक्तिका इव
tataste tāpasaṃtaptā ruruduḥ kurarī iva || rodanadhvanisaṃkrātoruktipratyuktikā iva
Then they, burned by the heat (of grief), wailed like female ospreys, as though (their) sounds of weeping were passing into speech and answering speech.
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SiP 2 54.21
एतस्मिन्नंतरे तत्र संजाता चाशरीरवाक् ।। श्रावयत्यखिलान् देवान्दक्षं चैव विशेषतः
etasminnaṃtare tatra saṃjātā cāśarīravāk || śrāvayatyakhilān devāndakṣaṃ caiva viśeṣataḥ
Meanwhile a bodiless voice arose there, making all the gods hear it, and Dakṣa in particular.
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SiP 2 54.22
आकाशवाण्युवाच ।। धिक् जन्म तव दक्षाद्य महामूढोसि पापधीः ।। भविष्यति महद्दुःखमनिवार्यं हरोद्भवम्
ākāśavāṇyuvāca || dhik janma tava dakṣādya mahāmūḍhosi pāpadhīḥ || bhaviṣyati mahadduḥkhamanivāryaṃ harodbhavam
The voice from the sky said: Fie on your birth, O Dakṣa! Today you are utterly deluded, sinful in mind. A great sorrow, unavoidable, arising from Hara, will come to pass.
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SiP 2 54.23
हाहापि नोत्र ये मूढास्तव देवादयस्थिताः ।। तेषामपि महादुःखं भविष्यति न संशयः
hāhāpi notra ye mūḍhāstava devādayasthitāḥ || teṣāmapi mahāduḥkhaṃ bhaviṣyati na saṃśayaḥ
And those fools here who do not even (cry) "alas" — your gods and the others who stand (with you) — for them too there will be great sorrow; there is no doubt.
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SiP 2 54.24
ब्रह्मोवाच ।। तच्छ्रुत्वाकाशवचनं दृष्ट्वारिष्टानि तानि च ।। दक्षः प्रापद्भयं चाति परे देवादयोपि ह
brahmovāca || tacchrutvākāśavacanaṃ dṛṣṭvāriṣṭāni tāni ca || dakṣaḥ prāpadbhayaṃ cāti pare devādayopi ha
Brahmā said: Hearing that voice from the sky and seeing those evil omens, Dakṣa was seized with extreme fear, and so too were the others, the gods and the rest.
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SiP 2 54.25
वेपमानस्तदा दक्षो विकलश्चाति चेतसि ।। अगच्छच्छरणं विष्णोः स्वप्रभोरिंदिरापतेः
vepamānastadā dakṣo vikalaścāti cetasi || agacchaccharaṇaṃ viṣṇoḥ svaprabhoriṃdirāpateḥ
Then Dakṣa, trembling and utterly distraught in mind, went for refuge to Viṣṇu, his own lord, the husband of Indirā (Lakṣmī).
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SiP 2 54.26
सुप्रणम्य भयाविष्टः संस्तूय च विचेतनः ।। अवोचद्देवदेवं तं विष्णुं स्वजनवत्सलम्
supraṇamya bhayāviṣṭaḥ saṃstūya ca vicetanaḥ || avocaddevadevaṃ taṃ viṣṇuṃ svajanavatsalam
Bowing low, filled with fear, and praising (him), out of his senses, he spoke to that god of gods, Viṣṇu, who is tender toward his own people.
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