Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita — Chapter 55
SiP 2 55.1
दक्ष उवाच ।। देवदेव हरे विष्णो दीनबंधो कृपानिधे ।। मम रक्षा विधातव्या भवता साध्वरस्य च
dakṣa uvāca || devadeva hare viṣṇo dīnabaṃdho kṛpānidhe || mama rakṣā vidhātavyā bhavatā sādhvarasya ca
Dakṣa said: O god of gods, Hari, Viṣṇu, friend of the wretched, treasury of compassion! Protection must be provided by you for me and for my good sacrifice.
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SiP 2 55.2
रक्षकस्त्वं मखस्यैव मखकर्मा मखात्मकः ।। कृपा विधेया यज्ञस्य भंगो भवतु न प्रभो तस्मात्सर्वप्रयत्नेन माननीयो वृषध्वजः ।। अमानितान्महेशाच्च महद्भयमुपस्थितम् ।। दक्ष उवाच ।। भवद्बलेनैव मया यज्ञः प्रारंभितो महान् ।। सत्कर्मसिद्धये विष्णो प्रमाणं त्वं महाप्रभो ईश्वरस्य च यो भक्त्या शांतस्तद्गतमानसः ।। कर्मणो हि फलं तस्य प्रयच्छति तदा शिवः विनापि वीरभद्रेण नामैतच्चक्रमैश्वरम् ।। हत्वा गमिष्यत्यधुना सत्वरं हरसन्निधौ स्वर्गे वा भुवि पाताले यत्र कुत्रापि वा यतः ।। श्रीवीरभद्रशस्त्राणां गमनं न हि दुर्ल भम्
rakṣakastvaṃ makhasyaiva makhakarmā makhātmakaḥ || kṛpā vidheyā yajñasya bhaṃgo bhavatu na prabho tasmātsarvaprayatnena mānanīyo vṛṣadhvajaḥ || amānitānmaheśācca mahadbhayamupasthitam || dakṣa uvāca || bhavadbalenaiva mayā yajñaḥ prāraṃbhito mahān || satkarmasiddhaye viṣṇo pramāṇaṃ tvaṃ mahāprabho īśvarasya ca yo bhaktyā śāṃtastadgatamānasaḥ || karmaṇo hi phalaṃ tasya prayacchati tadā śivaḥ vināpi vīrabhadreṇa nāmaitaccakramaiśvaram || hatvā gamiṣyatyadhunā satvaraṃ harasannidhau svarge vā bhuvi pātāle yatra kutrāpi vā yataḥ || śrīvīrabhadraśastrāṇāṃ gamanaṃ na hi durla bham
You alone are the protector of the sacrifice, the performer of the sacrifice, the very self of the sacrifice; compassion must be shown, and let there be no breaking of the sacrifice, O Lord. — Therefore with every effort the bull-bannered one must be honoured; from the Great Lord unhonoured a great danger has arisen. — Dakṣa said: By your power alone has this great sacrifice been begun by me; for the accomplishment of the good rite, O Viṣṇu, you are the authority, O great lord. — And to him who through devotion to Īśvara is calm, his mind fixed on him, Śiva then grants the fruit of the rite. — Even without Vīrabhadra, this discus of the Lord by name, having slain (its victim), will now go swiftly into Hara's presence. — For in heaven, or on earth, or in the netherworld, wherever it may be, the passage of the weapons of Śrī Vīrabhadra is indeed not difficult.
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SiP 2 55.3
।। ब्रह्मोवाच ।। इत्थं बहुविधां दक्षः कृत्वा विज्ञप्तिमादरात् ।। पपात पादयोस्तस्य भयव्याकुलमानसः
|| brahmovāca || itthaṃ bahuvidhāṃ dakṣaḥ kṛtvā vijñaptimādarāt || papāta pādayostasya bhayavyākulamānasaḥ
Brahmā said: Having thus respectfully made his petition in many forms, Dakṣa, his mind distraught with fear, fell at his (Viṣṇu's) feet.
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SiP 2 55.4
उत्थाप्य तं ततो विष्णुर्दक्षं विक्लिन्नमानसम् ।। श्रुत्वा च तस्य तद्वाक्यं कुमतेरस्मरच्छिवम्
utthāpya taṃ tato viṣṇurdakṣaṃ viklinnamānasam || śrutvā ca tasya tadvākyaṃ kumaterasmaracchivam
Then Viṣṇu raised up Dakṣa, whose mind was melted (with distress), and hearing that speech of his, of (that man) of evil mind, he called Śiva to mind.
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SiP 2 55.5
स्मृत्वा शिवं महेशानं स्वप्रभुं परमेश्वरम् ।। अवदच्छिवतत्त्वज्ञो दक्षं सबोधयन्हरिः
smṛtvā śivaṃ maheśānaṃ svaprabhuṃ parameśvaram || avadacchivatattvajño dakṣaṃ sabodhayanhariḥ
Recalling Śiva, the great lord, his own master, the supreme lord, Hari, who knows the truth of Śiva, spoke to Dakṣa, instructing him.
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SiP 2 55.6
हरिरुवाच ।। शृणु दक्ष प्रवक्ष्यामि तत्त्वतः शृणु मे वचः ।। सर्वथा ते हितकरं महामंत्रसुखप्रदम्
hariruvāca || śṛṇu dakṣa pravakṣyāmi tattvataḥ śṛṇu me vacaḥ || sarvathā te hitakaraṃ mahāmaṃtrasukhapradam
Hari said: Listen, Dakṣa, I shall declare (it) as it truly is—hear my words, which are in every way for your benefit and grant the happiness of the great mantra.
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SiP 2 55.7
अवज्ञा हि कृता दक्ष त्वया तत्त्वमजानता ।। सकलाधीश्वरस्यैव शंकरस्य परात्मनः
avajñā hi kṛtā dakṣa tvayā tattvamajānatā || sakalādhīśvarasyaiva śaṃkarasya parātmanaḥ
For contempt has been shown by you, Dakṣa, not knowing the truth, toward Śaṃkara himself, the lord of all, the supreme Self.
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SiP 2 55.8
ईश्वरावज्ञया सर्वं कार्यं भवति सर्वथा ।। विफलं केवलं नैव विपत्तिश्च पदेपदे
īśvarāvajñayā sarvaṃ kāryaṃ bhavati sarvathā || viphalaṃ kevalaṃ naiva vipattiśca padepade
By contempt of the Lord every undertaking becomes wholly fruitless—and not only that, there is calamity at every step.
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SiP 2 55.9
अपूज्या यत्र पूज्यंते पूजनीयो न पूज्यते ।। त्रीणि तत्र भविष्यंति दारिद्र्यं मरणं भयम्
apūjyā yatra pūjyaṃte pūjanīyo na pūjyate || trīṇi tatra bhaviṣyaṃti dāridryaṃ maraṇaṃ bhayam
Where those unworthy of worship are worshipped and he who deserves worship is not worshipped, there three things will come to be: poverty, death, and fear.
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SiP 2 55.11
अद्यापि न वयं सर्वे प्रभवः प्रभवामहे ।। भवतो दुर्नयेनैव मया सत्यमुदीर्य्यते
adyāpi na vayaṃ sarve prabhavaḥ prabhavāmahe || bhavato durnayenaiva mayā satyamudīryyate
Even now none of us lords have any power; it is precisely through your bad conduct—the truth is being spoken by me.
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SiP 2 55.12
ब्रह्मोवाच ।। विष्णोस्तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा दक्षश्चिंतापरोऽभवत् ।। विवर्णवदनो भूत्वा तूष्णीमासीद्भुवि स्थितः
brahmovāca || viṣṇostadvacanaṃ śrutvā dakṣaściṃtāparo'bhavat || vivarṇavadano bhūtvā tūṣṇīmāsīdbhuvi sthitaḥ
Brahmā said: Hearing that speech of Viṣṇu, Dakṣa became absorbed in anxiety; his face turned pale, and he remained silent, standing on the ground.
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SiP 2 55.13
एतस्मिन्नंतरे वीरभद्रः सैन्यसमन्वितः ।। अगच्छदध्वरं रुद्रप्रेरितो गणनायकः
etasminnaṃtare vīrabhadraḥ sainyasamanvitaḥ || agacchadadhvaraṃ rudraprerito gaṇanāyakaḥ
In the meantime Vīrabhadra, the leader of the hosts, urged on by Rudra, came to the sacrifice together with his army.
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SiP 2 55.14
पृष्ठे केचित्समायाता गगने केचिदागताः।। दिशश्च विदिशः सर्वे समावृत्य तथापरे।।
pṛṣṭhe kecitsamāyātā gagane kecidāgatāḥ|| diśaśca vidiśaḥ sarve samāvṛtya tathāpare||
Some came up from behind, some came through the sky, and others likewise, having encircled all the directions and the intermediate directions.
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SiP 2 55.15
शर्वाज्ञया गणाः शूरा निर्भया रुद्रविक्रमाः ।। असंख्याः सिंहनादान्वै कुर्वंतो वीरसत्तमाः
śarvājñayā gaṇāḥ śūrā nirbhayā rudravikramāḥ || asaṃkhyāḥ siṃhanādānvai kurvaṃto vīrasattamāḥ
By Śarva's command the hosts, heroic, fearless, with the valour of Rudra, countless, best of heroes, were making lion-roars.
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SiP 2 55.16
तेन नादेन महता नादितं भुवनत्रयम् ।। रजसा चावृतं व्योम तमसा चावृता दिशः
tena nādena mahatā nāditaṃ bhuvanatrayam || rajasā cāvṛtaṃ vyoma tamasā cāvṛtā diśaḥ
By that great roar the three worlds were made to resound; the sky was covered with dust and the directions covered with darkness.
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SiP 2 55.17
सप्तद्वीपान्विता पृथ्वी चचालाति भयाकुला ।। सशैलकानना तत्र चुक्षुभुस्सकलाब्धयः
saptadvīpānvitā pṛthvī cacālāti bhayākulā || saśailakānanā tatra cukṣubhussakalābdhayaḥ
The earth with its seven continents trembled, greatly agitated with fear, along with its mountains and forests; there all the oceans were churned up.
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SiP 2 55.18
एवंभूतं च तत्सैन्यं लोकक्षयकरं महत् ।। दृष्ट्वा च विस्मितास्सर्वे बभूवुरमरादयः
evaṃbhūtaṃ ca tatsainyaṃ lokakṣayakaraṃ mahat || dṛṣṭvā ca vismitāssarve babhūvuramarādayaḥ
And seeing that army, being of such a kind, great, and world-destroying, all the gods and the rest became amazed.
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SiP 2 55.19
सैन्योद्योगमथालोक्य दक्षश्चासृङ्मुखाकुलः ।। दंडवत्पतितो विष्णुं सकलत्रोऽभ्यभाषत
sainyodyogamathālokya dakṣaścāsṛṅmukhākulaḥ || daṃḍavatpatito viṣṇuṃ sakalatro'bhyabhāṣata
Then, beholding the army's advance, Dakṣa, distressed, his face (bloodless / bloodied), fell prostrate like a staff and spoke to Viṣṇu together with his wife.
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SiP 2 55.21
विष्णो त्वं कर्मणां साक्षी यज्ञानां प्रतिपालकः ।। धर्मस्य वेदगर्भस्य ब्रह्मणस्त्वं महाप्रभो
viṣṇo tvaṃ karmaṇāṃ sākṣī yajñānāṃ pratipālakaḥ || dharmasya vedagarbhasya brahmaṇastvaṃ mahāprabho
O Viṣṇu, you are the witness of rites, the protector of sacrifices; you, great lord, are (the guardian) of dharma and of Brahman whose womb is the Veda.
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SiP 2 55.22
तस्माद्रक्षा विधातव्या यज्ञस्यास्य मम प्रभो ।। त्वदन्यः यस्समर्थोस्ति यतस्त्वं सकलप्रभुः
tasmādrakṣā vidhātavyā yajñasyāsya mama prabho || tvadanyaḥ yassamarthosti yatastvaṃ sakalaprabhuḥ
Therefore, O Lord, protection must be provided for this sacrifice of mine; who other than you is capable, since you are the lord of all?
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SiP 2 55.23
।। ब्रह्मोवाच ।। दक्षस्य वचनं श्रुत्वा विष्णुर्दीनतरं तदा ।। अवोचद्बोधयंस्तं वै शिवतत्त्वपराङ्मुखम्
|| brahmovāca || dakṣasya vacanaṃ śrutvā viṣṇurdīnataraṃ tadā || avocadbodhayaṃstaṃ vai śivatattvaparāṅmukham
Brahmā said: Hearing Dakṣa's very piteous speech, Viṣṇu then spoke, instructing him, who was averse to the truth of Śiva.
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SiP 2 55.24
विष्णुरुवाच ।। मया रक्षा विधातव्या तव यज्ञस्य दक्ष वै ।। ख्यातो मम पणः सत्यो धर्मस्य परिपालनम्
viṣṇuruvāca || mayā rakṣā vidhātavyā tava yajñasya dakṣa vai || khyāto mama paṇaḥ satyo dharmasya paripālanam
Viṣṇu said: Protection of your sacrifice must indeed be provided by me, Dakṣa; my vow is declared true—the preservation of dharma.
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SiP 2 55.25
तत्सत्यं तु त्वयोक्तं हि किं तत्तस्य व्यतिक्रमः ।। शृणु त्वं वच्म्यहं दक्ष क्रूरबुद्धिं त्यजाऽधुना
tatsatyaṃ tu tvayoktaṃ hi kiṃ tattasya vyatikramaḥ || śṛṇu tvaṃ vacmyahaṃ dakṣa krūrabuddhiṃ tyajā'dhunā
"That truth was indeed spoken by you—what is its transgression?" Listen, I will tell you, Dakṣa; abandon now your cruel mind.
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SiP 2 55.26
नैमिषे निमिषक्षेत्रे यज्जातं वृत्तमद्भुतम् ।। तत्किं न स्मर्यते दक्ष विस्मृतं किं कुबुद्धिना
naimiṣe nimiṣakṣetre yajjātaṃ vṛttamadbhutam || tatkiṃ na smaryate dakṣa vismṛtaṃ kiṃ kubuddhinā
In Naimiṣa, the field of Nimiṣa, that wondrous event which took place—is it not remembered, Dakṣa? Has it been forgotten by you, evil-minded one?
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SiP 2 55.27
रुद्रकोपाच्च को ह्यत्र समर्थो रक्षणे तव ।। न यस्याभिमतं दक्ष यस्त्वां रक्षति दुर्मतिः
rudrakopācca ko hyatra samartho rakṣaṇe tava || na yasyābhimataṃ dakṣa yastvāṃ rakṣati durmatiḥ
And who here is capable of protecting you from Rudra's wrath? Whoever, ill-minded, protects you when it is not approved by him, Dakṣa (will not succeed).
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SiP 2 55.28
किं कर्म किमकर्मेति तत्र पश्यसि दुर्मते ।। समर्थं केवलं कर्म न भविष्यति सर्वदा
kiṃ karma kimakarmeti tatra paśyasi durmate || samarthaṃ kevalaṃ karma na bhaviṣyati sarvadā
“What is action and what is inaction?” — is that what you see in this matter, dull-witted one? Action alone will not be effective always.
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SiP 2 55.29
स्वकर्मविद्धि तद्येन समर्थत्वेन जायते ।। न त्वन्यः कर्मणो दाता शं भवेदीश्वरं विना
svakarmaviddhi tadyena samarthatvena jāyate || na tvanyaḥ karmaṇo dātā śaṃ bhavedīśvaraṃ vinā
Know your own action to be that by which effectiveness comes to be; but there is no other giver of (the fruit of) action — welfare cannot come to be without the Lord.
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SiP 2 55.31
केवलं ज्ञानमाश्रित्य निरीश्वरपरा नराः ।। निरयं ते च गच्छंति कल्पकोटिशतानि च
kevalaṃ jñānamāśritya nirīśvaraparā narāḥ || nirayaṃ te ca gacchaṃti kalpakoṭiśatāni ca
Men who rely on knowledge alone and are devoted to (a doctrine) without a Lord — they too go to hell, for hundreds of tens of millions of aeons.
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SiP 2 55.32
पुनः कर्ममयैः पाशैर्वद्धा जन्मनि जन्मनि ।। निरयेषु प्रपच्यंते केवलं कर्मरूपिणः
punaḥ karmamayaiḥ pāśairvaddhā janmani janmani || nirayeṣu prapacyaṃte kevalaṃ karmarūpiṇaḥ
Bound again by fetters made of karma, birth after birth, they are cooked in the hells, they whose form is action alone.
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SiP 2 55.33
अयं रुद्रगणाधीशो वीरभद्रोऽरि मर्दनः ।। रुद्रकोपाग्निसंभूतः समायातोध्वरांगणे
ayaṃ rudragaṇādhīśo vīrabhadro'ri mardanaḥ || rudrakopāgnisaṃbhūtaḥ samāyātodhvarāṃgaṇe
This lord of Rudra's hosts, Vīrabhadra, the crusher of foes, born from the fire of Rudra's wrath, has come to the sacrificial enclosure.
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SiP 2 55.34
अयमस्मद्विनाशार्थमागतोस्ति न संशयः ।। अशक्यमस्य नास्त्येव किमप्यस्तु तु वस्तुतः
ayamasmadvināśārthamāgatosti na saṃśayaḥ || aśakyamasya nāstyeva kimapyastu tu vastutaḥ
He has come for our destruction, there is no doubt; there is nothing at all impossible for him — let it in fact be whatever it may.
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SiP 2 55.35
प्रज्वाल्यास्मानयं सर्वान् ध्रुवमेव महाप्रभुः ।। ततः प्रशांतहृदयो भविष्यति न संशयः
prajvālyāsmānayaṃ sarvān dhruvameva mahāprabhuḥ || tataḥ praśāṃtahṛdayo bhaviṣyati na saṃśayaḥ
Having burned us all up, this great lord will surely — no doubt of it — then become calm of heart.
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SiP 2 55.36
श्रीमहादेवशपथं समुल्लंघ्य भ्रमान्मया ।। यतः स्थितं ततः प्राप्यं मया दुःखं त्वया सह
śrīmahādevaśapathaṃ samullaṃghya bhramānmayā || yataḥ sthitaṃ tataḥ prāpyaṃ mayā duḥkhaṃ tvayā saha
Since through delusion I have transgressed the oath (sworn) by the glorious Mahādeva and remained (here), therefore suffering is to be got by me along with you.
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SiP 2 55.37
शक्तिर्मम तु नास्त्येव दक्षाद्यैतन्निवारणे ।। शपथोल्लंघनादेव शिवद्रोही यतोस्म्यहम्
śaktirmama tu nāstyeva dakṣādyaitannivāraṇe || śapathollaṃghanādeva śivadrohī yatosmyaham
But I have no power at all, O Dakṣa and the rest, to ward this off, since by the very transgression of the oath I am a betrayer of Śiva.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 55.38
कालत्रयेपि न यतो महेशद्रोहिणां सुखम् ।। ततोऽवश्यं मया प्राप्तं दुःखमद्य त्वया सह
kālatrayepi na yato maheśadrohiṇāṃ sukham || tato'vaśyaṃ mayā prāptaṃ duḥkhamadya tvayā saha
Since in none of the three times is there happiness for those who offend against Maheśa, therefore suffering has inevitably been obtained by me today along with you.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 55.39
सुदर्शनाभिधं चक्रमेतस्मिन्न लगिष्यति ।। शैवचक्रमिदं यस्मादशैवलयकारणम्
sudarśanābhidhaṃ cakrametasminna lagiṣyati || śaivacakramidaṃ yasmādaśaivalayakāraṇam
The discus named Sudarśana will not fasten upon him, since this discus is Śiva's and is the cause of the destruction of non-Śaivas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 55.41
शैवं शपथमुल्लंघ्य स्थितं मां चक्रमीदृशम् ।। असंहत्यैव सहसा कृपयैव स्थिरं परम्
śaivaṃ śapathamullaṃghya sthitaṃ māṃ cakramīdṛśam || asaṃhatyaiva sahasā kṛpayaiva sthiraṃ param
Such a discus as this, without striking at once at me who stand here having transgressed Śiva's oath, is utterly still — out of compassion alone.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 2 55.42
अतः परमिदं चक्रमपि न स्थास्यति ध्रुवम् गमिष्यत्यधुना शीघ्रं ज्वालामालासमाकुलम्
ataḥ paramidaṃ cakramapi na sthāsyati dhruvam gamiṣyatyadhunā śīghraṃ jvālāmālāsamākulam
Beyond this, this discus too will surely not remain; it will now go quickly, enveloped in a garland of flames.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 55.43
वीरभद्रः पूजितोपि शीघ्रमस्माभिरादरात् ।। महाक्रोधसमाक्रांतो नास्मान्संरक्षयिष्यति
vīrabhadraḥ pūjitopi śīghramasmābhirādarāt || mahākrodhasamākrāṃto nāsmānsaṃrakṣayiṣyati
Even though quickly worshipped by us with reverence, Vīrabhadra, overwhelmed by great wrath, will not protect us.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 55.44
अकांडप्रलयोऽस्माकमागतोद्य हि हा हहा ।। हा हा बत तवेदानीं नाशोस्माकमुपस्थितः
akāṃḍapralayo'smākamāgatodya hi hā hahā || hā hā bata tavedānīṃ nāśosmākamupasthitaḥ
An untimely destruction has come upon us today — alas, alas, alas! Alas, alas, woe! Now our ruin is at hand.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 55.45
शरण्योऽस्माकमधुना नास्त्येव हि जगत्त्रये ।। शंकरद्रोहिणो लोके कश्शरण्यो भविष्यति
śaraṇyo'smākamadhunā nāstyeva hi jagattraye || śaṃkaradrohiṇo loke kaśśaraṇyo bhaviṣyati
There is now no refuge for us at all in the three worlds; who in the world will be a refuge for one who offends against Śaṃkara?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 55.46
तनुनाशेपि संप्राप्यास्तैश्चापि यमयातनाः ।। तानैव शक्यते सोढुं बहुदुःखप्रदायिनीः
tanunāśepi saṃprāpyāstaiścāpi yamayātanāḥ || tānaiva śakyate soḍhuṃ bahuduḥkhapradāyinīḥ
Even at the body's destruction, Yama's tortures are to be undergone by them; those cannot be endured, giving as they do much suffering.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 2 55.47
शिवद्रोहिणमालोक्य दष्टदंतो यमः स्वयम् ।। तप्ततैलकटाहेषु पातयत्येव नान्यथा
śivadrohiṇamālokya daṣṭadaṃto yamaḥ svayam || taptatailakaṭāheṣu pātayatyeva nānyathā
Seeing one who offends against Śiva, Yama himself, biting his teeth, casts (him) into cauldrons of boiling oil — it cannot be otherwise.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 55.48
गन्तुमेवाहमुद्युक्तं सर्वथा शपथोत्तरम् ।। तथापि न गतश्शीघ्रं दुष्टसंसर्गपापतः
gantumevāhamudyuktaṃ sarvathā śapathottaram || tathāpi na gataśśīghraṃ duṣṭasaṃsargapāpataḥ
I was indeed altogether ready to go, following upon the oath; yet I did not go quickly, because of the sin of association with the wicked.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 55.49
यदद्य क्रियतेस्माभिः पलायनमितस्तदा ।। शार्वो ना कर्षकश्शस्त्रैरस्मानाकर्षयिष्यति
yadadya kriyatesmābhiḥ palāyanamitastadā || śārvo nā karṣakaśśastrairasmānākarṣayiṣyati
If today flight from here is made by us, then Śarva, the dragger-off, will drag us back with his weapons.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 2 55.51
यावतश्च गणास्संति श्रीरुद्रस्य त्रिशूलिनः ।। तावतामपि सर्वेषां शक्तिरेतादृशी धुवम्
yāvataśca gaṇāssaṃti śrīrudrasya triśūlinaḥ || tāvatāmapi sarveṣāṃ śaktiretādṛśī dhuvam
And as many hosts (gaṇas) as there are of the venerable Rudra who bears the trident, of all of them too the power is surely of this same kind.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 55.52
श्रीकालभैरवः काश्यां नखाग्रेणैव लीलया ।। पुरा शिरश्च चिच्छेद पंचमं ब्रह्मणो ध्रुवम्
śrīkālabhairavaḥ kāśyāṃ nakhāgreṇaiva līlayā || purā śiraśca ciccheda paṃcamaṃ brahmaṇo dhruvam
The venerable Kālabhairava, in Kāśī, with the mere tip of his nail, in sport, formerly cut off the fifth head of Brahmā — this is certain.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 55.53
एतदुक्त्वा स्थितो विष्णुरतित्रस्तमुखाम्बुजः ।। वीरभद्रोपि संप्राप तदैवाऽध्वरमंडपम्
etaduktvā sthito viṣṇuratitrastamukhāmbujaḥ || vīrabhadropi saṃprāpa tadaivā'dhvaramaṃḍapam
Having said this, Viṣṇu remained with his lotus-face greatly terrified; and Vīrabhadra too at that very moment reached the sacrificial pavilion.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 55.54
एवं ब्रुवति गोविन्द आगतं सैन्यसागरम् ।। वीरभद्रेण सहितं ददृशुश्च सुरादया
evaṃ bruvati govinda āgataṃ sainyasāgaram || vīrabhadreṇa sahitaṃ dadṛśuśca surādayā
While Govinda was speaking thus, the gods and the others saw the ocean of an army that had arrived together with Vīrabhadra.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition