Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita — Chapter 65

SiP 2 65.1

नारद उवाच ।। विधे प्राज्ञ वदेदानीं मेनोत्पत्तिं समादरात् ।। अपि शापं समाचक्ष्व कुरु संदेहभंजनम्

nārada uvāca || vidhe prājña vadedānīṃ menotpattiṃ samādarāt || api śāpaṃ samācakṣva kuru saṃdehabhaṃjanam

Nārada said: O wise Creator, now tell with full regard the birth of Menā; and also relate the curse—dispel (my) doubt.

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SiP 2 65.2

ब्रह्मोवाच ।। शृणु नारद सुप्रीत्या मेनोत्पत्तिं विवेकतः ।। मुनिभिः सह वक्ष्येहं सुतवर्य्य महाबुध एकस्मिन्समये तिस्रो भगिन्यस्ता मुनीश्वर ।। श्वेतद्वीपं विष्णुलोकं जग्मुर्दर्शनहेतवे सनत्कुमार उवाच ।। यूयं तिस्रो भगिन्यश्च मूढाः सद्वयुनोज्झिताः ।। अज्ञातश्रुतितत्त्वा हि पितृकन्या अपि ध्रुवम् वृषभानस्य वैश्यस्य कनिष्ठा च कलावती ।।। भविष्यति प्रिया राधा तत्सुता द्वापरान्ततः कलावतीसुता राधा साक्षाद्गोलोकवासिनी ।। गुप्तस्नेहनिबद्धा सा कृष्णपत्नी भविष्यति

brahmovāca || śṛṇu nārada suprītyā menotpattiṃ vivekataḥ || munibhiḥ saha vakṣyehaṃ sutavaryya mahābudha ekasminsamaye tisro bhaginyastā munīśvara || śvetadvīpaṃ viṣṇulokaṃ jagmurdarśanahetave sanatkumāra uvāca || yūyaṃ tisro bhaginyaśca mūḍhāḥ sadvayunojjhitāḥ || ajñātaśrutitattvā hi pitṛkanyā api dhruvam vṛṣabhānasya vaiśyasya kaniṣṭhā ca kalāvatī ||| bhaviṣyati priyā rādhā tatsutā dvāparāntataḥ kalāvatīsutā rādhā sākṣādgolokavāsinī || guptasnehanibaddhā sā kṛṣṇapatnī bhaviṣyati

Brahmā said: Listen, Nārada, with great affection, to the birth of Menā, discerningly; I shall tell it, best of sons, greatly wise one, along with (the story of) the sages. On one occasion those three sisters, O lord of sages, went to Śvetadvīpa, the world of Viṣṇu, for the sake of (its) sight. Sanatkumāra said: You three sisters are deluded, devoid of right knowledge; you do not know the truth of the Vedas, though indeed daughters of the Pitṛs. Kalāvatī, the youngest, will become the beloved Rādhā, the daughter of the Vaiśya Vṛṣabhānu, at the end of the Dvāpara (age). Rādhā, the daughter of Kalāvatī, is in very truth a dweller of Goloka; bound by a hidden love, she will become Kṛṣṇa's wife.

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SiP 2 65.3

दक्षनामा मम सुतो यः पुरा कथितो मुने ।। तस्य जाताः सुताः षष्टिप्रमितास्सृष्टिकारणाः

dakṣanāmā mama suto yaḥ purā kathito mune || tasya jātāḥ sutāḥ ṣaṣṭipramitāssṛṣṭikāraṇāḥ

O sage, my son named Dakṣa, of whom I spoke before—to him were born daughters, sixty in number, the causes of creation.

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SiP 2 65.4

तासां विवाहमकरोत्स वरैः कश्यपादिभिः ।। विदितं ते समस्तं तत्प्रस्तुतं शृणु नारद

tāsāṃ vivāhamakarotsa varaiḥ kaśyapādibhiḥ || viditaṃ te samastaṃ tatprastutaṃ śṛṇu nārada

He performed their marriage with bridegrooms such as Kaśyapa and others; all that is known to you. Listen, Nārada, to what is (now) begun.

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SiP 2 65.5

तासां मध्ये स्वधानाम्नीं पितृभ्यो दत्तवान्सुताम् ।। तिस्रोभवन्सुतास्तस्यास्सुभगा धर्ममूर्तयः

tāsāṃ madhye svadhānāmnīṃ pitṛbhyo dattavānsutām || tisrobhavansutāstasyāssubhagā dharmamūrtayaḥ

Among them he gave the daughter named Svadhā to the Pitṛs; she had three daughters, fortunate and embodiments of dharma.

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SiP 2 65.6

तासां नामानि शृणु मे पावनानि मुनीश्वर ।। सदा विघ्नहराण्येव महामंगलदानि च

tāsāṃ nāmāni śṛṇu me pāvanāni munīśvara || sadā vighnaharāṇyeva mahāmaṃgaladāni ca

Hear from me their purifying names, O lord of sages—names that always remove obstacles and bestow great auspiciousness.

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SiP 2 65.7

मेनानाम्नी सुता ज्येष्ठा मध्या धन्या कलावती।। अन्त्या एतास्सुतास्सर्वाः पितॄणाम्मानसोद्भवाः

menānāmnī sutā jyeṣṭhā madhyā dhanyā kalāvatī|| antyā etāssutāssarvāḥ pitṝṇāmmānasodbhavāḥ

The eldest daughter was named Menā, the middle Dhanyā, the last Kalāvatī; all these daughters were born from the mind of the Pitṛs.

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SiP 2 65.8

अयोनिजाः स्वधायाश्च लोकतस्तत्सुता मताः।।। आसाम्प्रोच्य सुनामानि सर्वान्कामाञ्जनो लभेत्

ayonijāḥ svadhāyāśca lokatastatsutā matāḥ||| āsāmprocya sunāmāni sarvānkāmāñjano labhet

Not born from a womb, they are held by the world to be Svadhā's daughters. By uttering their good names a person obtains all his desires.

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SiP 2 65.9

जगद्वंद्याः सदा लोकमातरः परमोददाः ।। योगिन्यः परमा ज्ञाननिधानास्तास्त्रिलोकगाः

jagadvaṃdyāḥ sadā lokamātaraḥ paramodadāḥ || yoginyaḥ paramā jñānanidhānāstāstrilokagāḥ

To be revered by the world always, mothers of the world, granting the highest, yoginīs, supreme, treasuries of knowledge, moving through the three worlds.

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SiP 2 65.11

कृत्वा प्रणामं विष्णोश्च संस्तुतिं भक्तिसंयुताः ।। तस्थुस्तदाज्ञया तत्र सुसमाजो महानभूत्

kṛtvā praṇāmaṃ viṣṇośca saṃstutiṃ bhaktisaṃyutāḥ || tasthustadājñayā tatra susamājo mahānabhūt

Having made obeisance and praise of Viṣṇu, full of devotion, they remained there by his command; a great fine assembly came about.

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SiP 2 65.12

तदैव सनकाद्यास्तु सिद्धा ब्रह्मसुता मुने ।। गतास्तत्र हरिं नत्वा स्तुत्वा तस्थुस्तदाज्ञया

tadaiva sanakādyāstu siddhā brahmasutā mune || gatāstatra hariṃ natvā stutvā tasthustadājñayā

At that very time, O sage, the Siddhas, sons of Brahmā, Sanaka and the others, went there, and having bowed to Hari and praised him, remained by his command.

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SiP 2 65.13

सनकाद्यान्मुनीन्दृष्ट्वोत्तस्थुस्ते सकला द्रुतम् ।। तत्रस्थान्संस्थितान्नत्वा देवाद्याँल्लोकवन्दितान्

sanakādyānmunīndṛṣṭvottasthuste sakalā drutam || tatrasthānsaṃsthitānnatvā devādyā~llokavanditān

Seeing the sages Sanaka and the others, all those (present) rose up quickly, and (they) bowed to the gods and others seated there, honored by the world.

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SiP 2 65.14

तिस्रो भगिन्यस्तांस्तत्र नोत्तस्थुर्मोहिता मुने ।। मायया दैवविवशाश्शङ्करस्य परात्मनः

tisro bhaginyastāṃstatra nottasthurmohitā mune || māyayā daivavivaśāśśaṅkarasya parātmanaḥ

The three sisters did not rise up to them there, being deluded, O sage—overcome by fate through the māyā of Śaṅkara, the supreme Self.

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SiP 2 65.15

मोहिनी सर्व लोकानां शिवमाया गरीयसी ।। तदधीनं जगत्सर्वं शिवेच्छा सा प्रकीर्त्यते

mohinī sarva lokānāṃ śivamāyā garīyasī || tadadhīnaṃ jagatsarvaṃ śivecchā sā prakīrtyate

The māyā of Śiva is deluding to all the worlds, and weighty; the whole world is subject to it; it is proclaimed to be Śiva's will.

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SiP 2 65.16

प्रारब्धं प्रोच्यते सैव तन्नामानि ह्यनेकशः ।। शिवेच्छया भवत्येव नात्र कार्या विचारणा

prārabdhaṃ procyate saiva tannāmāni hyanekaśaḥ || śivecchayā bhavatyeva nātra kāryā vicāraṇā

That same (māyā) is called prārabdha (destiny); indeed its names are many. Everything happens by Śiva's will; no debate is to be made about this.

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SiP 2 65.17

भूत्वा तद्वशगास्ता वै न चक्रुरपि तन्नतिम्।। विस्मितास्सम्प्रदृश्यैव संस्थितास्तत्र केवलम्

bhūtvā tadvaśagāstā vai na cakrurapi tannatim|| vismitāssampradṛśyaiva saṃsthitāstatra kevalam

Having become subject to it, they did not even make obeisance to them; merely astonished at the sight, they just remained sitting there.

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SiP 2 65.18

तादृशीं तद्गतिं दृष्ट्वा सनकाद्या मुनीश्वराः ।। ज्ञानिनोऽपि परं चक्रुः क्रोधं दुर्विषहं च ते

tādṛśīṃ tadgatiṃ dṛṣṭvā sanakādyā munīśvarāḥ || jñānino'pi paraṃ cakruḥ krodhaṃ durviṣahaṃ ca te

Seeing that behavior of theirs, the great sages Sanaka and the rest, though possessed of knowledge, gave way to extreme and unbearable anger.

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SiP 2 65.19

शिवेच्छामोहितस्तत्र सक्रोधस्ता उवाच ह ।। सनत्कुमारो योगीशश्शापन्दण्डकरं ददन्

śivecchāmohitastatra sakrodhastā uvāca ha || sanatkumāro yogīśaśśāpandaṇḍakaraṃ dadan

There, deluded by Śiva's will, Sanatkumāra, the lord of yogins, spoke to them in anger, pronouncing a curse that inflicted punishment.

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SiP 2 65.21

अभ्युत्थानं कृतं नो यन्नमस्कारोपि गर्वतः ।। मोहिता नरभावत्वात्स्वर्गाद्दूरा भवन्तु हि

abhyutthānaṃ kṛtaṃ no yannamaskāropi garvataḥ || mohitā narabhāvatvātsvargāddūrā bhavantu hi

"Since no rising up (to greet me) was done, nor even a salutation, out of pride — deluded (as you are), let you be far from heaven by reason of human birth."

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SiP 2 65.22

नरस्त्रियः सम्भवन्तु तिस्रोऽपि ज्ञानमोहिताः ।। स्वकर्मणः प्रभणावे लभध्वं फलमीदृशम्

narastriyaḥ sambhavantu tisro'pi jñānamohitāḥ || svakarmaṇaḥ prabhaṇāve labhadhvaṃ phalamīdṛśam

"Let the three of you be born as human women, deluded in knowledge. In the ripening of your own deed, receive such a fruit as this."

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

SiP 2 65.23

।। ब्रह्मोवाच ।। इत्याकर्ण्य च साध्व्यस्तास्तिस्रोऽपि चकिता भृशम् ।। पतित्वा पादयोस्तस्य समूचूर्नतमस्तकाः

|| brahmovāca || ityākarṇya ca sādhvyastāstisro'pi cakitā bhṛśam || patitvā pādayostasya samūcūrnatamastakāḥ

Brahmā said: And hearing this, those three virtuous women, greatly alarmed, fell at his feet and, with heads bowed, spoke.

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SiP 2 65.24

पितृतनया ऊचुः ।। मुनिवर्य्य दयासिन्धो प्रसन्नो भव चाधुना ।। त्वत्प्रणामं वयं मूढाः कुर्महे स्म न भावतः

pitṛtanayā ūcuḥ || munivaryya dayāsindho prasanno bhava cādhunā || tvatpraṇāmaṃ vayaṃ mūḍhāḥ kurmahe sma na bhāvataḥ

The daughters of the Fathers said: "Best of sages, ocean of compassion, be gracious now. We fools did not make our obeisance to you out of true feeling."

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SiP 2 65.25

प्राप्तं च तत्फलं विप्र न ते दोषो महामुने ।। अनुग्रहं कुरुष्वात्र लभेम स्वर्गतिम्पुनः

prāptaṃ ca tatphalaṃ vipra na te doṣo mahāmune || anugrahaṃ kuruṣvātra labhema svargatimpunaḥ

"And that fruit has been obtained, O brahmin; no fault is yours, great sage. Show favour in this matter, that we may attain the state of heaven again."

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SiP 2 65.26

ब्रह्मोवाच ।। श्रुत्वा तद्वचनं तात प्रोवाच स मुनिस्तदा ।। शापोद्धारं प्रसन्नात्मा प्रेरितः शिवमायया

brahmovāca || śrutvā tadvacanaṃ tāta provāca sa munistadā || śāpoddhāraṃ prasannātmā preritaḥ śivamāyayā

Brahmā said: Hearing that speech of theirs, my son, the sage then, his mind grown gracious, impelled by Śiva's māyā, declared the release from the curse.

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SiP 2 65.27

सनत्कुमार उवाच ।। पितॄणां तनयास्तिस्रः शृणुत प्रीतमानसाः ।। वचनं मम शोकघ्नं सुखदं सर्वदैव वः

sanatkumāra uvāca || pitṝṇāṃ tanayāstisraḥ śṛṇuta prītamānasāḥ || vacanaṃ mama śokaghnaṃ sukhadaṃ sarvadaiva vaḥ

Sanatkumāra said: "You three daughters of the Fathers, listen with glad minds to my word, which destroys grief and gives happiness to you always."

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SiP 2 65.28

विष्णोरंशस्य शैलस्य हिमाधारस्य कामिनी ।। ज्येष्ठा भवतु तत्कन्या भविष्यत्येव पार्वती

viṣṇoraṃśasya śailasya himādhārasya kāminī || jyeṣṭhā bhavatu tatkanyā bhaviṣyatyeva pārvatī

"Let the eldest become the wife of the mountain Himālaya, the support of snow, who is a portion of Viṣṇu; and her daughter will be Pārvatī."

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SiP 2 65.29

धन्या प्रिया द्वितीया तु योगिनी जनकस्य च ।। तस्याः कन्या महालक्ष्मीर्नाम्ना सीता भविष्यति

dhanyā priyā dvitīyā tu yoginī janakasya ca || tasyāḥ kanyā mahālakṣmīrnāmnā sītā bhaviṣyati

"And the second, Dhanyā, will be the beloved, a yoginī, of Janaka; and her daughter will be Mahālakṣmī, Sītā by name."

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SiP 2 65.31

मेनका योगिनी पत्या पार्वत्याश्च वरेण च ।। तेन देहेन कैलासं गमिष्यति परम्पदम्

menakā yoginī patyā pārvatyāśca vareṇa ca || tena dehena kailāsaṃ gamiṣyati parampadam

"Menakā, a yoginī, together with her husband and with Pārvatī's bridegroom, will go in that very body to Kailāsa, the highest state."

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SiP 2 65.32

धन्या च सीतया सीरध्वजो जनकवंशजः ।। जीवन्मुक्तो महायोगी वैकुण्ठं च गमिष्यति

dhanyā ca sītayā sīradhvajo janakavaṃśajaḥ || jīvanmukto mahāyogī vaikuṇṭhaṃ ca gamiṣyati

"And Dhanyā, with Sītā, (and) Sīradhvaja born in Janaka's line, liberated while living, a great yogin, will go to Vaikuṇṭha."

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SiP 2 65.33

कलावती वृषभानस्य कौतुकात्कन्यया सह ।। जीवन्मुक्ता च गोलोकं गमिष्यति न संशयः

kalāvatī vṛṣabhānasya kautukātkanyayā saha || jīvanmuktā ca golokaṃ gamiṣyati na saṃśayaḥ

"Kalāvatī, liberated while living, will out of delight go with Vṛṣabhānu's daughter to Goloka — there is no doubt."

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SiP 2 65.34

विना विपत्तिं महिमा केषां कुत्र भविष्यति ।। सुकर्मिणां गते दुःखे प्रभवेद्दुर्लभं सुखम्

vinā vipattiṃ mahimā keṣāṃ kutra bhaviṣyati || sukarmiṇāṃ gate duḥkhe prabhaveddurlabhaṃ sukham

"Without calamity, for whom and where would greatness come about? For those of good deeds, when sorrow has passed, hard-won happiness arises."

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SiP 2 65.35

यूयं पितॄणां तनयास्सर्वास्स्वर्गविलासिकाः ।। कर्मक्षयश्च युष्माकमभवद्विष्णुदर्शनात्

yūyaṃ pitṝṇāṃ tanayāssarvāssvargavilāsikāḥ || karmakṣayaśca yuṣmākamabhavadviṣṇudarśanāt

"You are all daughters of the Fathers, sporting in heaven; and the exhaustion of your karma came about from the sight of Viṣṇu."

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SiP 2 65.36

इत्युक्त्वा पुनरप्याह गतक्रोधो मुनीश्वरः ।। शिवं संस्मृत्य मनसा ज्ञानदं भुक्तिमुक्तिदम्

ityuktvā punarapyāha gatakrodho munīśvaraḥ || śivaṃ saṃsmṛtya manasā jñānadaṃ bhuktimuktidam

Having spoken thus, the lord of sages, his anger gone, spoke again, recalling in his mind Śiva, giver of knowledge, giver of enjoyment and liberation.

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SiP 2 65.37

अपरं शृणुत प्रीत्या मद्वचस्सुखदं सदा ।। धन्या यूयं शिवप्रीता मान्याः पूज्या ह्यभीक्ष्णशः

aparaṃ śṛṇuta prītyā madvacassukhadaṃ sadā || dhanyā yūyaṃ śivaprītā mānyāḥ pūjyā hyabhīkṣṇaśaḥ

"Hear further, with pleasure, my word, ever giving happiness: blessed are you, dear to Śiva, to be honoured and worshipped again and again."

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SiP 2 65.38

मेनायास्तनया देवी पार्वती जगदम्बिका ।। भविष्यति प्रिया शम्भोस्तपः कृत्वा सुदुस्सहम्

menāyāstanayā devī pārvatī jagadambikā || bhaviṣyati priyā śambhostapaḥ kṛtvā sudussaham

"Menā's daughter will be the goddess Pārvatī, mother of the world, and, having performed most unbearable austerity, will become Śambhu's beloved."

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SiP 2 65.39

धन्या सुता स्मृता सीता रामपत्नी भविष्यति ।। लौकिकाचारमाश्रित्य रामेण विहरिष्यति

dhanyā sutā smṛtā sītā rāmapatnī bhaviṣyati || laukikācāramāśritya rāmeṇa vihariṣyati

"Dhanyā's daughter, called Sītā, will become Rāma's wife; taking up worldly custom, she will take her pleasure with Rāma."

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SiP 2 65.41

ब्रह्मोवाच ।। इत्थमाभाष्य स मुनिर्भ्रातृभिस्सह संस्तुतः ।। सनत्कुमारो भगवाँस्तत्रैवान्तर्हितोऽभवत्

brahmovāca || itthamābhāṣya sa munirbhrātṛbhissaha saṃstutaḥ || sanatkumāro bhagavā~statraivāntarhito'bhavat

Brahmā said: Having spoken thus, that sage Sanatkumāra, the blessed one, praised together with his brothers, vanished right there.

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SiP 2 65.42

तिस्रो भगिन्यस्तास्तात पितॄणां मानसीः सुताः ।। गतपापास्सुखं प्राप्य स्वधाम प्रययुर्द्रुतम्

tisro bhaginyastāstāta pitṝṇāṃ mānasīḥ sutāḥ || gatapāpāssukhaṃ prāpya svadhāma prayayurdrutam

Those three sisters, my son, the mind-born daughters of the Fathers, their sin gone, having obtained happiness, went swiftly to their own abode.

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