Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita — Chapter 7
SiP 2 7.1
ब्रह्मोवाच ।। सुप्ते नारायणे देवे नाभौ पंकजमुत्तमम् ।। आविर्बभूव सहसा बहव संकरेच्छया इति बुद्धिं समास्थाय कमलादवरोहयन् ।। नाले नालेगतस्तत्र वर्षाणां शतकं मुने
brahmovāca || supte nārāyaṇe deve nābhau paṃkajamuttamam || āvirbabhūva sahasā bahava saṃkarecchayā iti buddhiṃ samāsthāya kamalādavarohayan || nāle nālegatastatra varṣāṇāṃ śatakaṃ mune
Brahmā said: While the god Nārāyaṇa slept, an excellent lotus suddenly appeared in his navel, many, by Śaṃkara's will. Settling on this thought, they made (him) descend from the lotus; going down stalk by stalk there for a hundred years, O sage.
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SiP 2 7.2
अनंतयष्टिकायुक्तं कर्णिकारसमप्रभम् ।। अनंतयोजनायाममनंतोच्छ्रायसंयुतम् एतत्कमलपुष्पस्य पत्रारोहस्थलं ह्यधः ।। मत्कर्ता च स वै तत्र भविष्यति न संशयः तद्दृष्ट्वा सुन्दरं रूपं विस्मयं परमं गतः ।। कालाभं कांचनाभं च सर्वात्मानं चतुर्भुजम् विश्वात्मानं विधातारं धातारम्पंकजेक्षणम् ।। किमर्थं भाषसे मोहाद्वक्तुमर्हसि सत्वरम् नित्यं तेष्वणवो बद्धास्सृष्टक्रोधभयादयः ।। प्रभावाच्च भवानंगान्यनेकानीह लीलया मोहितं चाह मामत्र किमर्थं स्पर्द्धसेऽधुना ।। आगतस्तु तृतीयोऽत्र तिष्ठतां युद्धमावयोः कल्पो बभूव देवर्षे नराणां कालसंज्ञकः ।। बभ्राम बहुधा विष्णुः प्रभविष्णुरधोगतः
anaṃtayaṣṭikāyuktaṃ karṇikārasamaprabham || anaṃtayojanāyāmamanaṃtocchrāyasaṃyutam etatkamalapuṣpasya patrārohasthalaṃ hyadhaḥ || matkartā ca sa vai tatra bhaviṣyati na saṃśayaḥ taddṛṣṭvā sundaraṃ rūpaṃ vismayaṃ paramaṃ gataḥ || kālābhaṃ kāṃcanābhaṃ ca sarvātmānaṃ caturbhujam viśvātmānaṃ vidhātāraṃ dhātārampaṃkajekṣaṇam || kimarthaṃ bhāṣase mohādvaktumarhasi satvaram nityaṃ teṣvaṇavo baddhāssṛṣṭakrodhabhayādayaḥ || prabhāvācca bhavānaṃgānyanekānīha līlayā mohitaṃ cāha māmatra kimarthaṃ sparddhase'dhunā || āgatastu tṛtīyo'tra tiṣṭhatāṃ yuddhamāvayoḥ kalpo babhūva devarṣe narāṇāṃ kālasaṃjñakaḥ || babhrāma bahudhā viṣṇuḥ prabhaviṣṇuradhogataḥ
Furnished with endless stalks, shining like the karṇikāra, endless yojanas in extent and endless in height. This, below, is the place where the petals of this lotus-flower rise up; and my maker will surely be there, no doubt. Seeing that beautiful form he fell into utter amazement—dark as (the cloud of) time and golden-hued, the Self of all, four-armed, the Self of the universe, the ordainer, the sustainer, lotus-eyed. "Why do you speak thus out of delusion? You ought to say it quickly. In them the atoms are ever bound—creation, anger, fear and the rest. And by your power you (assume) many bodies here in sport. He said to me, bewildered here, 'Why do you now contend (with me)? A third one has come here—let him stand by; let there be a fight between us two.'" A kalpa, O divine sage, called Time for men, came about; Viṣṇu, the mighty lord, having gone below, wandered in many ways.
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SiP 2 7.3
कोटिसूर्यप्रतीकाशं सुंदर वचxसंयुतम् ।। अत्यद्भुतं महारम्यं दर्शनीयमनुत्तमम्
koṭisūryapratīkāśaṃ suṃdara vacaxsaṃyutam || atyadbhutaṃ mahāramyaṃ darśanīyamanuttamam
Resembling ten million suns, endowed with beautiful splendour, most wondrous, greatly delightful, worth seeing, unsurpassed.
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SiP 2 7.4
कृत्वा यत्नं पूर्ववत्स शंकरः परमेश्वरः ।। दक्षिणांगान्निजान्मां कैसाशीxश्शंभुरजीजनत्
kṛtvā yatnaṃ pūrvavatsa śaṃkaraḥ parameśvaraḥ || dakṣiṇāṃgānnijānmāṃ kaisāśīxśśaṃbhurajījanat
Making an effort as before, that Śaṃkara, the Supreme Lord—Śambhu—generated (them) from his own right side.
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SiP 2 7.6
एष पद्मात्ततो जज्ञे पुत्रोऽहं हेमगर्भकः ।। चतुर्मुखो रक्तवर्णस्त्रिपुड्रांकितमस्तकः
eṣa padmāttato jajñe putro'haṃ hemagarbhakaḥ || caturmukho raktavarṇastripuḍrāṃkitamastakaḥ
Then from that lotus was born this son, I, the golden-wombed one, four-faced, red in colour, my forehead marked with the tripuṇḍra.
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SiP 2 7.7
तन्मायामोहितश्चाहं नाविदं कमल विना ।। स्वदेहजनकं तात पितरं ज्ञानदुर्बलः
tanmāyāmohitaścāhaṃ nāvidaṃ kamala vinā || svadehajanakaṃ tāta pitaraṃ jñānadurbalaḥ
And I, deluded by his māyā, knew nothing but the lotus; weak in knowledge, (I did not know) the begetter of my own body, my father, dear one.
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SiP 2 7.8
कोहं वा कुत आयातः किं कार्य तु मदीयकम् ।। कस्य पुत्रोऽहमुत्पन्नः केनैव निर्मितोऽधुना
kohaṃ vā kuta āyātaḥ kiṃ kārya tu madīyakam || kasya putro'hamutpannaḥ kenaiva nirmito'dhunā
"Who am I? Whence have I come? What is my task? Whose son am I, born (of whom)? By whom indeed have I now been fashioned?"
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SiP 2 7.9
स मायामोहितं कृत्वा मां महेशो द्रुतं मुने ।। तन्नाभिपंकजादाविर्भावयामास लीलया इति संशयमापन्नं बुद्धिर्मां समपद्यत ।। किमर्थं मोहमायामि तज्ज्ञानं सुकरं खलु
sa māyāmohitaṃ kṛtvā māṃ maheśo drutaṃ mune || tannābhipaṃkajādāvirbhāvayāmāsa līlayā iti saṃśayamāpannaṃ buddhirmāṃ samapadyata || kimarthaṃ mohamāyāmi tajjñānaṃ sukaraṃ khalu
Having made me deluded by māyā, Maheśa quickly, O sage, caused (me) to appear in sport from the lotus of his navel. And a thought came to me thus fallen into doubt: "Why do I fall into delusion? Surely that knowledge is easy to gain."
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SiP 2 7.12
१।। न लब्धं तु मया तत्र कमलस्थानमुत्तमम् ।। संशयं च पुनः प्राप्तः कमले गन्तुमुत्सुकः
1|| na labdhaṃ tu mayā tatra kamalasthānamuttamam || saṃśayaṃ ca punaḥ prāptaḥ kamale gantumutsukaḥ
But I did not find there the excellent seat of the lotus; and I fell into doubt again, eager to go into the lotus.
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SiP 2 7.13
आरुरोहाथ कमलं नालमार्गेण वै मुने ।। कुड्मलं कमलस्याथ लब्धवान्न विमोहिताः
ārurohātha kamalaṃ nālamārgeṇa vai mune || kuḍmalaṃ kamalasyātha labdhavānna vimohitāḥ
Then he climbed the lotus by way of the stalk, O sage; but he did not reach the bud of the lotus — (we were) deluded.
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SiP 2 7.14
नालमार्गेण भ्रमतो गतं वर्षशतं पुनः ।। क्षणमात्र तदा तत्र ततस्तिष्ठन्विमोहितः
nālamārgeṇa bhramato gataṃ varṣaśataṃ punaḥ || kṣaṇamātra tadā tatra tatastiṣṭhanvimohitaḥ
A hundred years passed for (me) wandering by the way of the stalk; then (I) stayed there only a moment, deluded.
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SiP 2 7.15
तदा वाणी समुत्पन्ना तपेति परमा शुभा ।। शिवेच्छया परा व्योम्नो मोहविध्वंसिनी मुने
tadā vāṇī samutpannā tapeti paramā śubhā || śivecchayā parā vyomno mohavidhvaṃsinī mune
Then a voice arose, supreme and most auspicious, (saying) 'Practise austerity!' — the highest (voice) out of the sky, by Śiva's will, destroying delusion, O sage.
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SiP 2 7.16
तच्छ्रुत्वा व्योमवचनं द्वादशाब्दं प्रयत्नतः ।। पुनस्तप्तं तपो घोरं द्रष्टुं स्वजनकं तदा
tacchrutvā vyomavacanaṃ dvādaśābdaṃ prayatnataḥ || punastaptaṃ tapo ghoraṃ draṣṭuṃ svajanakaṃ tadā
Hearing that speech from the sky, dreadful austerity was again performed with effort for twelve years, in order to see his own father.
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SiP 2 7.17
तदा हि भगवान्विष्णुश्चतुर्बाहुस्सुलोचनः ।। मय्येवानुग्रहं कर्तुं द्रुतमाविर्बभूव ह
tadā hi bhagavānviṣṇuścaturbāhussulocanaḥ || mayyevānugrahaṃ kartuṃ drutamāvirbabhūva ha
Then indeed the blessed Viṣṇu, four-armed and fair-eyed, quickly became manifest, to show favour to me alone.
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SiP 2 7.18
शंखचक्रायुधकरो गदापद्मधरः परः ।। घनश्यामलसर्वांगः पीताम्बरधरः परः
śaṃkhacakrāyudhakaro gadāpadmadharaḥ paraḥ || ghanaśyāmalasarvāṃgaḥ pītāmbaradharaḥ paraḥ
With conch and discus as weapons in his hands, bearing mace and lotus, supreme; all his limbs dark as a rain-cloud, wearing a yellow garment, supreme;
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SiP 2 7.19
मुकुटादिमहाभूषः प्रसन्नमुखपंकजः ।। कोटिकंदर्पसंकाशस्सन्दष्टो मोहितेन सः
mukuṭādimahābhūṣaḥ prasannamukhapaṃkajaḥ || koṭikaṃdarpasaṃkāśassandaṣṭo mohitena saḥ
greatly ornamented with crown and the rest, with a serene lotus-face, like ten million Kāmas — he was bitten (i.e. pressed upon) by (me) who was deluded.
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SiP 2 7.21
तथाभूतमहं दृष्ट्वा सदसन्मयमात्मना ।। नारायणं महाबाहु हर्षितो ह्यभवं तदा
tathābhūtamahaṃ dṛṣṭvā sadasanmayamātmanā || nārāyaṇaṃ mahābāhu harṣito hyabhavaṃ tadā
Seeing Nārāyaṇa, the mighty-armed, in such a form, consisting of the existent and the non-existent by his own being, I then became delighted.
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SiP 2 7.22
मायया मोहितश्शम्भोस्तदा लीलात्मनः प्रभोः ।। अविज्ञाय स्वजनकं तमवोचं प्रहर्षितः
māyayā mohitaśśambhostadā līlātmanaḥ prabhoḥ || avijñāya svajanakaṃ tamavocaṃ praharṣitaḥ
Deluded at that moment by the māyā of Śambhu, the Lord whose nature is play, not recognizing my own father, I said to him, greatly delighted:
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SiP 2 7.23
ब्रह्मोवाच ।। कस्त्वं वदेति हस्तेन समुत्थाप्य सनातनम् ।। तदा हस्तप्रहारेण तीव्रेण सुदृढेन तु
brahmovāca || kastvaṃ vadeti hastena samutthāpya sanātanam || tadā hastaprahāreṇa tīvreṇa sudṛḍhena tu
Brahmā said: "Say, who are you?" — thus (I spoke), rousing the eternal one with my hand, with a hand-blow that was sharp and very hard.
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SiP 2 7.24
प्रबुद्ध्योत्थाय शयनात्समासीनः क्षणं वशी ।। ददर्श निद्राविक्लिन्ननीरजामललोचनः
prabuddhyotthāya śayanātsamāsīnaḥ kṣaṇaṃ vaśī || dadarśa nidrāviklinnanīrajāmalalocanaḥ
Awakening and rising from his couch, the self-controlled one, seated for a moment, looked — his spotless lotus-eyes moist with sleep —
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SiP 2 7.25
मामत्र संस्थितं भासाध्यासितो भगवान्हरिः ।। आह चोत्थाय ब्रह्माणं हसन्मां मधुरं सकृत्
māmatra saṃsthitaṃ bhāsādhyāsito bhagavānhariḥ || āha cotthāya brahmāṇaṃ hasanmāṃ madhuraṃ sakṛt
— at me standing there; and the blessed Hari, invested with radiance, rising up, smiling, spoke once sweetly to me, Brahmā:
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SiP 2 7.26
विष्णुरुवाच ।। स्वागतं स्वागतं वत्स पितामह महाद्युते ।। निर्भयो भव दास्येऽहं सर्वान्कामान्न संशयः
viṣṇuruvāca || svāgataṃ svāgataṃ vatsa pitāmaha mahādyute || nirbhayo bhava dāsye'haṃ sarvānkāmānna saṃśayaḥ
Viṣṇu said: Welcome, welcome, child, O grandfather of great brilliance. Be free of fear; I shall grant all your desires, there is no doubt.
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SiP 2 7.27
तस्य तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा स्मितपूर्वं सुरर्षभः ।। रजसा बद्धवैरश्च तमवोचं जनार्दनम्
tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā smitapūrvaṃ surarṣabhaḥ || rajasā baddhavairaśca tamavocaṃ janārdanam
Hearing that speech of his, preceded by a smile, I, the bull among gods, my enmity fixed by rajas, said to that Janārdana:
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SiP 2 7.28
ब्रह्मोवाच ।। भाषसे वत्स वत्सेति सर्वसंहारकारणम् ।। मामिहाति स्मितं कृत्वा गुरुश्शिष्यमिवानघ
brahmovāca || bhāṣase vatsa vatseti sarvasaṃhārakāraṇam || māmihāti smitaṃ kṛtvā guruśśiṣyamivānagha
Brahmā said: You address me here as "child, child," me who am the cause of the destruction of all — smiling so, like a teacher to a pupil, O sinless one;
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SiP 2 7.29
कर्तारं जगतां साक्षात्प्रकृतेश्च प्रवर्तकम् ।। सनातनमजं विष्णुं विरिंचिं विष्णुसंभवम्
kartāraṃ jagatāṃ sākṣātprakṛteśca pravartakam || sanātanamajaṃ viṣṇuṃ viriṃciṃ viṣṇusaṃbhavam
(me,) the maker of the worlds in person and the setter-in-motion of prakṛti, the eternal, the unborn, Viṣṇu, Viriñci, arisen from Viṣṇu.
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SiP 2 7.31
वेदो मां वक्ति नियमात्स्वयंभुवमजं विभुम् ।। पितामहं स्वराजं च परमेष्ठिनमुत्तमम्
vedo māṃ vakti niyamātsvayaṃbhuvamajaṃ vibhum || pitāmahaṃ svarājaṃ ca parameṣṭhinamuttamam
The Veda declares me, by its rule, to be the self-existent, unborn, all-pervading, the grandfather, the self-ruling, the supreme Parameṣṭhin.
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SiP 2 7.32
इत्याकर्ण्य हरिर्वाक्यं मम क्रुद्धो रमापतिः ।। सोऽपि मामाह जाने त्वां कर्तारमिति लोकतः
ityākarṇya harirvākyaṃ mama kruddho ramāpatiḥ || so'pi māmāha jāne tvāṃ kartāramiti lokataḥ
Hearing this speech of mine, Hari, the lord of Ramā, grew angry, and he too said to me: "I know you as a maker (only) by common report."
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SiP 2 7.33
विष्णुरुवाच ।। ।। कर्तुं धर्त्तुं भवानंगादवतीर्णो ममाव्ययात् ।। विस्मृतोऽसि जगन्नाथं नारायणमनामयम्
viṣṇuruvāca || || kartuṃ dharttuṃ bhavānaṃgādavatīrṇo mamāvyayāt || vismṛto'si jagannāthaṃ nārāyaṇamanāmayam
Viṣṇu said: You have descended from my imperishable body in order to create and to sustain; you have forgotten the Lord of the world, Nārāyaṇa, the flawless one.
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SiP 2 7.34
पुरुषं परमात्मानं पुरुहूतं पुरुष्टुतम् ।। विष्णुमच्युतमीशानं विश्वस्य प्रभवोद्भवम्
puruṣaṃ paramātmānaṃ puruhūtaṃ puruṣṭutam || viṣṇumacyutamīśānaṃ viśvasya prabhavodbhavam
(You have forgotten) the Person, the Supreme Self, the much-invoked, the much-praised, Viṣṇu, the unfalling, the Lord, the source and origin of the universe—
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SiP 2 7.35
नारायणं महाबाहुं सर्वव्याप कमीश्वरम् ।। मन्नाभिपद्मतस्त्वं हि प्रसूतो नात्र संशयः
nārāyaṇaṃ mahābāhuṃ sarvavyāpa kamīśvaram || mannābhipadmatastvaṃ hi prasūto nātra saṃśayaḥ
Nārāyaṇa, the mighty-armed, the all-pervading Lord. For you were born from the lotus of my navel—there is no doubt of it.
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SiP 2 7.36
तवापराधो नास्त्यत्र त्वयि मायाकृतं मम ।। शृणु सत्यं चतुर्वक्त्र सर्वदेवेश्वरो ह्यहम्
tavāparādho nāstyatra tvayi māyākṛtaṃ mama || śṛṇu satyaṃ caturvaktra sarvadeveśvaro hyaham
There is no fault of yours in this; what was done to you was my illusion. Hear the truth, four-faced one: I indeed am the Lord of all the gods.
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SiP 2 7.37
कर्ता हर्ता च भर्ता च न मयास्तिसमो विभुः ।। अहमेव परं ब्रह्म परं तत्त्वं पितामह
kartā hartā ca bhartā ca na mayāstisamo vibhuḥ || ahameva paraṃ brahma paraṃ tattvaṃ pitāmaha
(I am) the maker, the destroyer, and the sustainer; there is no all-pervading one equal to me. I alone am the supreme Brahman, the supreme reality, O grandfather.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 7.38
अहमेव परं ज्योतिः परमात्मा त्वहं विभुः ।। अद्य दृष्टं श्रुतं सर्वं जगत्यस्मिँश्चराचरम्
ahameva paraṃ jyotiḥ paramātmā tvahaṃ vibhuḥ || adya dṛṣṭaṃ śrutaṃ sarvaṃ jagatyasmi~ścarācaram
I alone am the supreme light; I am the Supreme Self, the all-pervader. All that has been seen and heard today in this world, moving and unmoving—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 7.39
तत्तद्विद्धि चतुर्वक्त्र सर्वं मन्मयमित्यथ ।। मया सृष्टं पुरा व्यक्तं चतुर्विंशतितत्त्वकम्
tattadviddhi caturvaktra sarvaṃ manmayamityatha || mayā sṛṣṭaṃ purā vyaktaṃ caturviṃśatitattvakam
know all that, four-faced one, to be made of me. By me formerly was created the manifest (world) consisting of twenty-four principles.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 7.41
सृष्टा बुद्धिर्मया तस्यामहंकारस्त्रिधा ततः ।। तन्मात्रं पंकजं तस्मान्मनोदेहेन्द्रियाणि च
sṛṣṭā buddhirmayā tasyāmahaṃkārastridhā tataḥ || tanmātraṃ paṃkajaṃ tasmānmanodehendriyāṇi ca
By me intellect was created; in it the ego, threefold; from that the subtle elements, the lotus (?), and from that mind, body, and the senses.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 2 7.42
आकाशादीनि भूतानि भौतिकानि च लीलया ।। इति बुद्ध्वा प्रजानाथ शरणं व्रज मे विधे
ākāśādīni bhūtāni bhautikāni ca līlayā || iti buddhvā prajānātha śaraṇaṃ vraja me vidhe
and the elements beginning with ether, and the things made of elements—(all this) in play. Knowing this, O lord of creatures, go to me for refuge, O ordainer.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 7.43
अहं त्वां सर्वदुःखेभ्यो रक्षिष्यामि न संशयः ।। ब्रह्मोवाच ।। इति श्रुत्वा वचस्तस्य ब्रह्मा क्रोधसमन्वितः ।। को वा त्वमिति संभर्त्स्माब्रुवं मायाविमोहितः
ahaṃ tvāṃ sarvaduḥkhebhyo rakṣiṣyāmi na saṃśayaḥ || brahmovāca || iti śrutvā vacastasya brahmā krodhasamanvitaḥ || ko vā tvamiti saṃbhartsmābruvaṃ māyāvimohitaḥ
I shall protect you from all sorrows—no doubt of it. Brahmā said: Hearing these words of his, Brahmā, filled with anger, deluded by illusion, spoke threateningly, saying "And who are you?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 7.44
किमर्थं भाषसे भूरि वह्वनर्थकरं वचः ।। नेश्वरस्त्वं परब्रह्म कश्चित्कर्ता भवेत्तव
kimarthaṃ bhāṣase bhūri vahvanarthakaraṃ vacaḥ || neśvarastvaṃ parabrahma kaścitkartā bhavettava
"To what purpose do you utter so much, many a useless word? You are not the Lord, not the supreme Brahman; there must be someone who made you."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 7.45
मायया मोहितश्चाहं युद्धं चक्रे सुदारुणम् ।। हरिणा तेन वै सार्द्धं शंकरस्य महाप्रभोः
māyayā mohitaścāhaṃ yuddhaṃ cakre sudāruṇam || hariṇā tena vai sārddhaṃ śaṃkarasya mahāprabhoḥ
And I, deluded by the illusion of Śaṅkara, the great Lord, waged a most terrible battle with that Hari.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 7.46
एवं मम हरेश्चासीत्संगरो रोमहर्षणः ।। प्रलयार्णवमध्ये तु रजसा बद्धवैरयोः
evaṃ mama hareścāsītsaṃgaro romaharṣaṇaḥ || pralayārṇavamadhye tu rajasā baddhavairayoḥ
Thus there was a hair-raising clash between me and Hari, in the midst of the ocean of dissolution, the two of us bound in enmity through (the quality of) passion.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 7.47
एतस्मिन्नंतरे लिंगमभवच्चावयोः पुरः।। विवादशमनार्थं हि प्रबोधार्थं तथाऽऽवयोः
etasminnaṃtare liṃgamabhavaccāvayoḥ puraḥ|| vivādaśamanārthaṃ hi prabodhārthaṃ tathā''vayoḥ
In that interval a liṅga appeared before the two of us, to quell our dispute and likewise to awaken us,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 7.48
ज्लामालासहस्राढ्यं कालानलशतोपमम्।। क्षयवृद्धि विनिर्मुक्तमादिमध्यांतवर्जितम्
jlāmālāsahasrāḍhyaṃ kālānalaśatopamam|| kṣayavṛddhi vinirmuktamādimadhyāṃtavarjitam
rich with thousands of garlands of flame, like a hundred fires of time, free from waning and waxing, devoid of beginning, middle, and end,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 7.49
अनौपम्यमनिर्देश्यमव्यक्तं विश्वसंभवम् ।। तस्य ज्वालासहस्रेण मोहितो भगवान्हरिः
anaupamyamanirdeśyamavyaktaṃ viśvasaṃbhavam || tasya jvālāsahasreṇa mohito bhagavānhariḥ
incomparable, indescribable, unmanifest, the source of the universe. Bewildered by its thousand flames, the Lord Hari (said):
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 7.51
कुत एवात्र संभूतः परीक्षावो ऽग्निसंभवम् ।। अधो गमिष्याम्यनलस्तंभस्यानुपमस्य च
kuta evātra saṃbhūtaḥ parīkṣāvo 'gnisaṃbhavam || adho gamiṣyāmyanalastaṃbhasyānupamasya ca
"Whence indeed has it arisen here? Let us two examine the origin of this fire. I shall go below the incomparable pillar of fire;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 7.52
परीक्षार्थं प्रजानाथ तस्य वै वायुवेगतः ।। भवानूर्द्ध्वं प्रयत्नेन गंतुमर्हति सत्वरम्
parīkṣārthaṃ prajānātha tasya vai vāyuvegataḥ || bhavānūrddhvaṃ prayatnena gaṃtumarhati satvaram
and for the sake of examining it, O lord of creatures, you ought to go swiftly upward with effort, with the speed of the wind."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 7.53
ब्रह्मोवाच ।। एवं व्याहृत्य विश्वात्मा स्वरूपमकरोत्तदा ।। वाराहमहप्याशु हंसत्वं प्राप्तवान्मुने ।।
brahmovāca || evaṃ vyāhṛtya viśvātmā svarūpamakarottadā || vārāhamahapyāśu haṃsatvaṃ prāptavānmune ||
Brahmā said: Having spoken thus, the Self of all then took on his own form, the boar's form; and I too at once attained the state of a goose, O sage.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 7.54
तदा प्रभृति मामाहुर्हंसहंसो विराडिति ।। हंसहंसेति यो ब्रूयात्स हंसोऽथ भविष्यति
tadā prabhṛti māmāhurhaṃsahaṃso virāḍiti || haṃsahaṃseti yo brūyātsa haṃso'tha bhaviṣyati
From that time on they call me "haṃsa, haṃsa, the vast one." And whoever should say "haṃsa, haṃsa" will himself become a haṃsa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 7.55
सुश्वे ह्यनलप्रख्यो विश्वतः पक्षसंयुतः ।। मनोनिलजवो भूत्वा गत्वोर्द्ध्वं चोर्द्ध्वतः पुरा
suśve hyanalaprakhyo viśvataḥ pakṣasaṃyutaḥ || manonilajavo bhūtvā gatvorddhvaṃ corddhvataḥ purā
(I became) pure white, fire-like, furnished with wings on all sides; having become swift as mind and wind, I went upward, higher and higher, then.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 2 7.56
नारायणोऽपि विश्वात्मा सुश्वेतो ह्यभवत्तदा।। दश योजनविस्तीर्णं शतयोजनमायतम्
nārāyaṇo'pi viśvātmā suśveto hyabhavattadā|| daśa yojanavistīrṇaṃ śatayojanamāyatam
Nārāyaṇa too, the Self of the universe, then became bright white — ten yojanas broad and a hundred yojanas long,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 7.57
मेरुपर्वतवर्ष्माणं गौरतीक्ष्णोग्रदंष्ट्रिणम् ।। कालादित्यसमाभासं दीर्घघोणं महास्वनम्
meruparvatavarṣmāṇaṃ gauratīkṣṇogradaṃṣṭriṇam || kālādityasamābhāsaṃ dīrghaghoṇaṃ mahāsvanam
having the bulk of Mount Meru, white, with sharp fierce tusks, with a radiance like the sun of doomsday, long-snouted, loud-voiced,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 7.58
ह्रस्वपादं विचित्रांगं जैत्रं दृढमनौपमम् ।। वाराहाकारमास्थाय गतवांस्तदधौ जवात्
hrasvapādaṃ vicitrāṃgaṃ jaitraṃ dṛḍhamanaupamam || vārāhākāramāsthāya gatavāṃstadadhau javāt
short-footed, of variegated body, victorious, firm, incomparable — assuming the form of a boar, he went swiftly downward from there.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 7.59
एवम्बर्षसहस्रं च चरन्विष्णुरधो गतः ।। तथाप्रभृति लोकेषु श्वेतवाराहसंज्ञकः
evambarṣasahasraṃ ca caranviṣṇuradho gataḥ || tathāprabhṛti lokeṣu śvetavārāhasaṃjñakaḥ
Travelling thus for a thousand years, Viṣṇu went downward; from then on he is known in the worlds as the White Boar.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 7.61
नापश्यदल्पमप्यस्य मूलं लिंगस्य सूकरः ।। तावत्कालं गतश्चोर्द्ध्वमहमप्यरिसूदन
nāpaśyadalpamapyasya mūlaṃ liṃgasya sūkaraḥ || tāvatkālaṃ gataścorddhvamahamapyarisūdana
The boar did not see even a little of the root of that liṅga; and for that same length of time I too went upward, O slayer of foes,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 7.62
सत्वरं सर्वयत्नेन तस्यान्तं ज्ञातुमिच्छया ।। श्रान्तो न दृष्ट्वा तस्यांतमहं कालादधोगतः
satvaraṃ sarvayatnena tasyāntaṃ jñātumicchayā || śrānto na dṛṣṭvā tasyāṃtamahaṃ kālādadhogataḥ
swiftly, with every effort, from the wish to know its end; and having grown weary and not seen its end, I came down after a (long) time.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 7.63
तथैव भगवान्विष्णुश्चांतं कमललोचनः ।। सर्वदेवनिभस्तूर्णमुत्थितस्स महावपुः
tathaiva bhagavānviṣṇuścāṃtaṃ kamalalocanaḥ || sarvadevanibhastūrṇamutthitassa mahāvapuḥ
In just the same way the lord Viṣṇu, the lotus-eyed, resembling all the gods, of great body, quickly rose up (having sought) the end;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 7.64
समागतो मया सार्द्धं प्रणिपत्य भवं मुहुः ।। मायया मोहितश्शंभोस्तस्थौ संविग्नमानसः
samāgato mayā sārddhaṃ praṇipatya bhavaṃ muhuḥ || māyayā mohitaśśaṃbhostasthau saṃvignamānasaḥ
he came together with me, and bowing again and again to Bhava, bewildered by Śambhu's māyā, he stood with agitated mind.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 7.65
पृष्ठतः पार्श्वतश्चैव ह्यग्रतः परमेश्वरम् ।। प्रणिपत्य मया सार्द्धं सस्मार किमिदं त्विति
pṛṣṭhataḥ pārśvataścaiva hyagrataḥ parameśvaram || praṇipatya mayā sārddhaṃ sasmāra kimidaṃ tviti
Bowing along with me to the Supreme Lord behind, at the side, and in front, he pondered: "What indeed is this?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 7.66
अनिर्देश्यं च तद्रूपमनाम कर्मवर्जितम् ।। अलिंगं लिंगतां प्राप्तं ध्यानमार्गेप्यगोचरम्
anirdeśyaṃ ca tadrūpamanāma karmavarjitam || aliṃgaṃ liṃgatāṃ prāptaṃ dhyānamārgepyagocaram
And that form was indescribable, nameless, devoid of action, without mark, (yet) having attained the state of a liṅga, not to be reached even by the path of meditation.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 7.67
स्वस्थं चित्तं तदा कृत्वा नमस्कार परायणो ।। बभूवतुरुभावावामहं हरिरपि ध्रुवम्
svasthaṃ cittaṃ tadā kṛtvā namaskāra parāyaṇo || babhūvaturubhāvāvāmahaṃ harirapi dhruvam
Then, having made our minds steady, both of us — I and Hari as well — became surely intent on paying homage.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 7.68
जानीवो न हि ते रूपं योऽसियोऽसि महाप्रभो ।। नमोऽस्तु ते महेशान रूपं दर्शय नौ त्वरन्
jānīvo na hi te rūpaṃ yo'siyo'si mahāprabho || namo'stu te maheśāna rūpaṃ darśaya nau tvaran
"We two do not know your form, whoever you may be, O great lord. Homage be to you, O great Īśāna; quickly show your form to us both."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 7.69
एवं शरच्छतान्यासन्नमस्कारं प्रकुर्वतोः ।। आवयोर्मुनिशार्दूल मदमास्थितयोस्तदा
evaṃ śaracchatānyāsannamaskāraṃ prakurvatoḥ || āvayormuniśārdūla madamāsthitayostadā
While the two of us were thus paying homage for a hundred autumns, O tiger among sages, we who had (formerly) been established in pride,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition