Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita — Chapter 66
SiP 2 66.1
नारद उवाच ।। विधे प्राज्ञ महाधीमन्वद मे वदतां वर ।। ततः परं किमभवच्चरितं विष्णुसद्गुरो
nārada uvāca || vidhe prājña mahādhīmanvada me vadatāṃ vara || tataḥ paraṃ kimabhavaccaritaṃ viṣṇusadguro
Nārada said: O Vidhi (Brahmā), wise one, of great intellect, tell me, O best of speakers: what happened after that, O true teacher of (the story of) Viṣṇu? — what deeds (followed)?
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SiP 2 66.2
अद्भुतेयं कथा प्रोक्ता मेना पूर्वगतिः शुभा ।। विवाहश्च श्रुतस्सम्यक्परमं चरितं वद तस्मिन्नवसरे देवा मुने विष्ण्वादयोऽखिलाः ।। मुनयश्च महात्मानः प्रजग्मुर्भूधरान्तिके पितृतोऽनादरं प्राप्य संस्मृत्य स्वपणं सती ।। जगाम स्वपदं त्यक्त्वा तच्छरीरं तदाम्बिका या च ब्रह्माण्डसंस्थाने जगज्जीवेषु या जगत् ।। आप्याययति ब्रह्मादितृणान्तं तां नमामहे
adbhuteyaṃ kathā proktā menā pūrvagatiḥ śubhā || vivāhaśca śrutassamyakparamaṃ caritaṃ vada tasminnavasare devā mune viṣṇvādayo'khilāḥ || munayaśca mahātmānaḥ prajagmurbhūdharāntike pitṛto'nādaraṃ prāpya saṃsmṛtya svapaṇaṃ satī || jagāma svapadaṃ tyaktvā taccharīraṃ tadāmbikā yā ca brahmāṇḍasaṃsthāne jagajjīveṣu yā jagat || āpyāyayati brahmāditṛṇāntaṃ tāṃ namāmahe
This wondrous tale has been told, the auspicious former course of Menā; and the marriage has been heard in full — now tell (me) the supreme story. On that occasion, O sage, all the gods with Viṣṇu at their head, and the great-souled sages, went into the presence of the mountain. Having met with disrespect from her father, and remembering her own vow, Satī went to her own abode, abandoning that body — she, the Mother. And she who abides within the cosmic egg, she who as the world (dwells) in the world's living beings, who nourishes (all) from Brahmā down to a blade of grass — to her we bow.
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SiP 2 66.3
मेनां विवाह्य स गिरिः कृतवान्किं ततः परम् ।। पार्वती कथमुत्पन्ना तस्यां वै जगदम्बिका
menāṃ vivāhya sa giriḥ kṛtavānkiṃ tataḥ param || pārvatī kathamutpannā tasyāṃ vai jagadambikā
After marrying Menā, what did that mountain do next? How was Pārvatī, the mother of the world, born of her?
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SiP 2 66.4
तपस्सुदुस्सहं कृत्वा कथं प्राप पतिं हरम् ।। एतत्सर्वं समाचक्ष्व विस्तराच्छांकरं यशः
tapassudussahaṃ kṛtvā kathaṃ prāpa patiṃ haram || etatsarvaṃ samācakṣva vistarācchāṃkaraṃ yaśaḥ
Having performed most difficult austerity, how did she obtain Hara as (her) husband? Relate all this at length — the glory of Śaṃkara.
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SiP 2 66.5
।। ब्रह्मोवाच ।। मुने त्वं शृणु सुप्रीत्या शांकरं सुयशः शुभम्।। यच्छ्रुत्वा ब्रह्महा शुद्ध्येत्सर्वान्कामानवाप्नुयात्
|| brahmovāca || mune tvaṃ śṛṇu suprītyā śāṃkaraṃ suyaśaḥ śubham|| yacchrutvā brahmahā śuddhyetsarvānkāmānavāpnuyāt
Brahmā said: Sage, listen with great delight to the auspicious, excellent glory of Śaṃkara, hearing which even a brahmin-slayer would be purified and would obtain all (his) desires.
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SiP 2 66.6
यदा मेनाविवाहन्तु कृत्वागच्छद्गिरिर्गृहम्।। तदा समुत्सवो जातस्त्रिषु लोकेषु नारद
yadā menāvivāhantu kṛtvāgacchadgirirgṛham|| tadā samutsavo jātastriṣu lokeṣu nārada
When, having completed the marriage with Menā, the mountain came home, then a great festival arose in the three worlds, O Nārada.
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SiP 2 66.7
हिमाचलोऽपि सुप्रीतश्चकार परमोत्सवम्।। भूसुरान्बंधुवर्गांश्च परानानर्च सद्धिया
himācalo'pi suprītaścakāra paramotsavam|| bhūsurānbaṃdhuvargāṃśca parānānarca saddhiyā
Himācala too, greatly pleased, made a supreme festival; with a good mind he honoured the brahmins, the circle of kinsmen, and others.
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SiP 2 66.8
सर्वे द्विजाश्च सन्तुष्टा दत्त्वाशीर्वचनं वरम् ।। ययुस्तस्मै स्वस्वधाम बंधुवर्गास्तथापरे
sarve dvijāśca santuṣṭā dattvāśīrvacanaṃ varam || yayustasmai svasvadhāma baṃdhuvargāstathāpare
And all the twice-born, satisfied, gave (him) an excellent word of blessing and went each to his own abode, and likewise the other kinsfolk.
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SiP 2 66.9
हिमाचलोऽपि सुप्रीतो मेनया सुखदे गृहे ।। रेमेऽन्यत्र च सुस्थाने नन्दनादिवनेष्वपि
himācalo'pi suprīto menayā sukhade gṛhe || reme'nyatra ca susthāne nandanādivaneṣvapi
Himācala too, greatly pleased, took pleasure with Menā in (his) delightful house, and elsewhere too in fine places, in the Nandana and other gardens.
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SiP 2 66.11
दृष्ट्वा तानागतान्देवान्प्रणनाम मुदा गिरिः ।। संमानं कृतवान्भक्त्या प्रशंसन्स्व विधिं महान्
dṛṣṭvā tānāgatāndevānpraṇanāma mudā giriḥ || saṃmānaṃ kṛtavānbhaktyā praśaṃsansva vidhiṃ mahān
Seeing those gods who had come, the mountain bowed with joy; the great one paid (them) honour with devotion, praising his own good fortune.
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SiP 2 66.12
साञ्जलिर्नतशीर्षो हि स तुष्टाव सुभक्तितः ।। रोमोद्गमो महानासीद्गिरेः प्रेमाश्रवोऽपतन्
sāñjalirnataśīrṣo hi sa tuṣṭāva subhaktitaḥ || romodgamo mahānāsīdgireḥ premāśravo'patan
With joined palms and bowed head he praised (them) with great devotion; the mountain's hair stood greatly on end, and tears of love fell.
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SiP 2 66.13
ततः प्रणम्य सुप्रीतो हिमशैलः प्रसन्नधीः ।। उवाच प्रणतो भूत्वा मुने विष्ण्वादिकान्सुरान्
tataḥ praṇamya suprīto himaśailaḥ prasannadhīḥ || uvāca praṇato bhūtvā mune viṣṇvādikānsurān
Then the Himālaya, greatly pleased and of serene mind, having bowed down, spoke, O sage, to Viṣṇu and the other gods.
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SiP 2 66.14
हिमाचल उवाच ।। अद्य मे सफलं जन्म सफलं सुमहत्तपः ।। अद्य मे सफलं ज्ञानमद्य मे सफलाः क्रियाः
himācala uvāca || adya me saphalaṃ janma saphalaṃ sumahattapaḥ || adya me saphalaṃ jñānamadya me saphalāḥ kriyāḥ
Himācala said: Today my birth has borne fruit, my very great austerity has borne fruit; today my knowledge has borne fruit, today my rites have borne fruit.
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SiP 2 66.15
धन्योऽहमद्य संजातो धन्या मे सकला क्षितिः ।। धन्यं कुलं तथा दारास्सर्वं धन्यं न संशयः
dhanyo'hamadya saṃjāto dhanyā me sakalā kṣitiḥ || dhanyaṃ kulaṃ tathā dārāssarvaṃ dhanyaṃ na saṃśayaḥ
Today I have become blessed, blessed is my whole land; blessed is (my) family and (my) wife — all is blessed, there is no doubt.
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SiP 2 66.16
यतः समागता यूयं मिलित्वा सर्व एकदा ।। मां निदेशयत प्रीत्योचितं मत्त्वा स्वसेवकम्
yataḥ samāgatā yūyaṃ militvā sarva ekadā || māṃ nideśayata prītyocitaṃ mattvā svasevakam
Since you have all come together at one time, command me with affection, considering me a fit servant of yours.
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SiP 2 66.17
।। ब्रह्मोवाच ।। इति श्रुत्वा महीध्रस्य वचनं ते सुरास्तदा ।। ऊचुर्हर्यादयः प्रीताः सिद्धिं मत्वा स्वकार्यतः
|| brahmovāca || iti śrutvā mahīdhrasya vacanaṃ te surāstadā || ūcurharyādayaḥ prītāḥ siddhiṃ matvā svakāryataḥ
Brahmā said: Hearing thus the mountain's speech, those gods, Hari and the rest, then, pleased, and reckoning the accomplishment of their own purpose, spoke.
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SiP 2 66.18
देवा ऊचुः ।। हिमाचल महाप्राज्ञ शृण्व स्मद्वचनं हितम् ।। यदर्थमागतास्सर्वे तद्ब्रूमः प्रीतितो वयम्
devā ūcuḥ || himācala mahāprājña śṛṇva smadvacanaṃ hitam || yadarthamāgatāssarve tadbrūmaḥ prītito vayam
The gods said: O Himācala, greatly wise one, hear our beneficial words; we tell with affection that for which we have all come.
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SiP 2 66.19
या पुरा जगदम्बोमा दक्षकन्याऽभवद्गिरे ।। रुद्रपत्नी हि सा भूत्वा चिक्रीडे सुचिरं भुवि
yā purā jagadambomā dakṣakanyā'bhavadgire || rudrapatnī hi sā bhūtvā cikrīḍe suciraṃ bhuvi
She who formerly was Umā, the mother of the world, became Dakṣa's daughter, O mountain; having become Rudra's wife, she sported on earth for a very long time.
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SiP 2 66.21
सा कथा विदिता लोके तवापि हिमभूधर।। एवं सति महालाभो भवेद्देवगणस्य हि
sā kathā viditā loke tavāpi himabhūdhara|| evaṃ sati mahālābho bhaveddevagaṇasya hi
That story is known in the world, and to you also, O snow-mountain. This being so, there would be a great gain for the host of gods,
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SiP 2 66.22
सर्वस्य भवतश्चापि स्युस्सर्वे ते वशास्सुराः
sarvasya bhavataścāpi syussarve te vaśāssurāḥ
and for you too, of everything: all those gods would be under (your) control.
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SiP 2 66.23
।।ब्रह्मोवाच।। इत्याकर्ण्य वचस्तेषां हर्यादीनां गिरीश्वरः।। तथास्त्विति प्रसन्नात्मा प्रोवाच न च सादरम्
||brahmovāca|| ityākarṇya vacasteṣāṃ haryādīnāṃ girīśvaraḥ|| tathāstviti prasannātmā provāca na ca sādaram
Brahmā said: Having heard that speech of them, of Hari and the others, the Lord of the mountain, his mind well pleased, said "So be it" — and not without respect.
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SiP 2 66.24
अथ ते च समादिश्य तद्विधिम्परमादरात्।। स्वयं जग्मुश्च शरणमुमायाश्शंकर स्त्रियः
atha te ca samādiśya tadvidhimparamādarāt|| svayaṃ jagmuśca śaraṇamumāyāśśaṃkara striyaḥ
Then, having instructed them in that procedure with the utmost care, Śaṃkara's women went themselves for refuge to Umā.
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SiP 2 66.25
सुस्थले मनसा स्थित्वा सस्मरुर्जगदम्बिकाम् ।। प्रणम्य बहुशस्तत्र तुष्टुवुः श्रद्धया सुराः
susthale manasā sthitvā sasmarurjagadambikām || praṇamya bahuśastatra tuṣṭuvuḥ śraddhayā surāḥ
Standing in a suitable place, they called to mind with their minds the Mother of the world; bowing down many times there, the gods praised (her) with faith.
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SiP 2 66.26
देवा ऊचुः ।। देव्युमे जगतामम्ब शिवलोकनिवासिनी ।। सदाशिवप्रिये दुर्गे त्वां नमामो महेश्वरि
devā ūcuḥ || devyume jagatāmamba śivalokanivāsinī || sadāśivapriye durge tvāṃ namāmo maheśvari
The gods said: O goddess Umā, mother of the worlds, dweller in Śiva's world, beloved of Sadāśiva, O Durgā, we bow to you, O great sovereign lady.
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SiP 2 66.27
श्रीशक्तिं पावनां शान्तां पुष्टिम्परमपावनीम्।। वयन्नामामहे भक्त्या महदव्यक्तरूपिणीम्
śrīśaktiṃ pāvanāṃ śāntāṃ puṣṭimparamapāvanīm|| vayannāmāmahe bhaktyā mahadavyaktarūpiṇīm
With devotion we bow to (you), the glorious Śakti, the purifying, the tranquil, Puṣṭi (Prosperity), supremely purifying, whose form is the great unmanifest.
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SiP 2 66.28
शिवां शिवकरां शुद्धां स्थूलां सूक्ष्मां परायणाम् ।। अन्तर्विद्यासुविद्याभ्यां सुप्रीतां त्वां नमामहे
śivāṃ śivakarāṃ śuddhāṃ sthūlāṃ sūkṣmāṃ parāyaṇām || antarvidyāsuvidyābhyāṃ suprītāṃ tvāṃ namāmahe
We bow to you, the auspicious one, the maker of auspiciousness, the pure, the gross and the subtle, the supreme resort, well pleased by the inner knowledge and the higher knowledge.
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SiP 2 66.29
त्वं श्रद्धा त्वं धृतिस्त्वं श्रीस्त्वमेव सर्वगोचरा ।। त्वन्दीधितिस्सूर्य्यगता स्वप्रपञ्चप्रकाशिनी
tvaṃ śraddhā tvaṃ dhṛtistvaṃ śrīstvameva sarvagocarā || tvandīdhitissūryyagatā svaprapañcaprakāśinī
You are faith, you are firmness, you are prosperity, you alone are the field of all perception; you are the ray that has entered the sun, illuminating your own manifold display.
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SiP 2 66.31
त्वं वार्ता सर्वजगतां त्वं त्रयी धर्मरूपिणी
tvaṃ vārtā sarvajagatāṃ tvaṃ trayī dharmarūpiṇī
You are the livelihood of all the worlds; you are the threefold (Veda), having dharma as your form.
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SiP 2 66.32
निद्रा त्वं सर्वभूतेषु क्षुधा तृप्तिस्त्वमेव हि।। तृष्णा कान्तिश्छविस्तुष्टिस्सर्वानन्दकरी सदा
nidrā tvaṃ sarvabhūteṣu kṣudhā tṛptistvameva hi|| tṛṣṇā kāntiśchavistuṣṭissarvānandakarī sadā
You are sleep in all beings; you indeed are hunger and satiety; (you are) thirst, loveliness, radiance, contentment, ever the giver of all joy.
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SiP 2 66.33
त्वं लक्ष्मीः पुण्यकर्तॄणां त्वं ज्येष्ठा पापिनां सदा ।। त्वं शान्तिः सर्वजगतां त्वं धात्री प्राणपोषिणी
tvaṃ lakṣmīḥ puṇyakartṝṇāṃ tvaṃ jyeṣṭhā pāpināṃ sadā || tvaṃ śāntiḥ sarvajagatāṃ tvaṃ dhātrī prāṇapoṣiṇī
You are Lakṣmī for the doers of good deeds; you are ever Jyeṣṭhā (misfortune) for sinners; you are the peace of all the worlds; you are the sustainer, nourisher of the breath of life.
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SiP 2 66.34
त्वन्तस्वरूपा भूतानां पञ्चानामपि सारकृत् ।। त्वं हि नीतिभृतां नीतिर्व्यवसायस्वरूपिणी
tvantasvarūpā bhūtānāṃ pañcānāmapi sārakṛt || tvaṃ hi nītibhṛtāṃ nītirvyavasāyasvarūpiṇī
You have the nature of that (highest reality); you are the maker of the essence of the five elements too; for you are the polity of those who uphold polity, having resolve as your form.
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SiP 2 66.35
गीतिस्त्वं सामवेदस्य ग्रन्थिस्त्वं यजुषां हुतिः ।। ऋग्वेदस्य तथा मात्राथर्वणस्य परा गतिः
gītistvaṃ sāmavedasya granthistvaṃ yajuṣāṃ hutiḥ || ṛgvedasya tathā mātrātharvaṇasya parā gatiḥ
You are the chant of the Sāmaveda, you are the knot(-text) of the Yajus formulas, the oblation; and likewise the metrical measure of the Ṛgveda, and the supreme goal of the Atharvan.
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SiP 2 66.36
समस्तगीर्वाणगणस्य शक्तिस्तमोमयी धातृगुणैकदृश्या ।। रजः प्रपंचात्तु भवैकरूपा या न श्रुता भव्यकरी स्तुतेह
samastagīrvāṇagaṇasya śaktistamomayī dhātṛguṇaikadṛśyā || rajaḥ prapaṃcāttu bhavaikarūpā yā na śrutā bhavyakarī stuteha
(She is) the power of the entire host of gods, made of darkness, to be seen as one with the quality of the Creator; but from the display of rajas she is of one form with Bhava — she who, unheard of, is the maker of what is to be, praised here.
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SiP 2 66.37
संसारसागरकरालभवाङ्गदुःखनिस्तारकारितरणिश्च निवीतहीना ।। अष्टाङ्गयोगपरिपालनकेलिदक्षां विन्ध्यागवासनिरतां प्रणमाम तां वै
saṃsārasāgarakarālabhavāṅgaduḥkhanistārakāritaraṇiśca nivītahīnā || aṣṭāṅgayogaparipālanakelidakṣāṃ vindhyāgavāsaniratāṃ praṇamāma tāṃ vai
And (she is) the boat that effects the crossing over of the sorrows of embodiment, dreadful (as) the ocean of transmigration, free of any covering; her who is skilled in the play of maintaining the eightfold yoga, who delights in dwelling on the heights of the Vindhya — to her indeed we bow.
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SiP 2 66.38
नासाक्षि वक्त्रभुजवक्षसि मानसे च धृत्या सुखानि वितनोषि सदैव जन्तोः ।। निद्रेति याति सुभगा जगती भवा नः सा नः प्रसीदंतु भवस्थितिपालनाय
nāsākṣi vaktrabhujavakṣasi mānase ca dhṛtyā sukhāni vitanoṣi sadaiva jantoḥ || nidreti yāti subhagā jagatī bhavā naḥ sā naḥ prasīdaṃtu bhavasthitipālanāya
In nose, eye, face, arm and chest, and in the mind, by (your) steadying you ever spread out pleasures for the creature. Being called "Sleep," the auspicious one goes forth, becoming the world for us — may she be gracious to us, for the preservation of the standing order of existence.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 2 66.39
ब्रह्मोवाच ।। इति स्तुत्वा महेशानीं जगदम्बामुमां सतीम् ।। सुप्रेयमनसः सर्वे तस्थुस्ते दर्शनेप्सवः
brahmovāca || iti stutvā maheśānīṃ jagadambāmumāṃ satīm || supreyamanasaḥ sarve tasthuste darśanepsavaḥ
Brahmā said: Having thus praised the great sovereign lady, Umā the virtuous, mother of the world, they all stood with hearts full of love, desiring to see (her).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 66.70
गायत्री त्वं वेदमाता त्वं सावित्री सरस्वती
gāyatrī tvaṃ vedamātā tvaṃ sāvitrī sarasvatī
You are Gāyatrī, you are the mother of the Vedas, you are Sāvitrī, Sarasvatī.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition