Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita — Chapter 70
SiP 2 70.1
।। ब्रह्मोवाच ।। ततो मेना पुरस्सा वै सुता भूत्वा महाद्युतिः ।। चकार रोदनं तत्र लौकिकीं गतिमाश्रिता
|| brahmovāca || tato menā purassā vai sutā bhūtvā mahādyutiḥ || cakāra rodanaṃ tatra laukikīṃ gatimāśritā
Brahmā said: Then, having become the daughter there before Menā, she of great radiance set up a crying there, adopting the way of the world.
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SiP 2 70.2
अरिष्टशय्यां परितस्सद्विसारिसुतेजसा ।। निशीथदीपा विहतत्विष आसन्नरं मुने अथ द्वारं समागत्य चकार सुमहोत्सवम्।। हिमाचलः प्रसन्नात्मा भिक्षुभ्यो द्रविणन्ददौ पूतो विभूषितश्चापि स बभूव तया गिरिः ।। संस्कारवत्येव गिरा मनीषीव हिमालयः
ariṣṭaśayyāṃ paritassadvisārisutejasā || niśīthadīpā vihatatviṣa āsannaraṃ mune atha dvāraṃ samāgatya cakāra sumahotsavam|| himācalaḥ prasannātmā bhikṣubhyo draviṇandadau pūto vibhūṣitaścāpi sa babhūva tayā giriḥ || saṃskāravatyeva girā manīṣīva himālayaḥ
All around the birth-bed, O sage, the midnight lamps became stripped of their brilliance by the excellent radiance streaming forth (from her). Then Himācala, coming to the door, held a very great festival; with gladdened heart he gave wealth to the mendicants; and that mountain became purified and adorned by her, as a wise man (is adorned) by refined speech — Himālaya (was adorned by her).
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SiP 2 70.3
श्रुत्वा तद्रोदनं रम्यं गृहस्थास्सर्वयोषितः ।। जहृषुस्सम्भ्रमात्तत्रागताः प्रीतिपुरस्सराः
śrutvā tadrodanaṃ ramyaṃ gṛhasthāssarvayoṣitaḥ || jahṛṣussambhramāttatrāgatāḥ prītipurassarāḥ
Hearing that lovely crying, the householders and all the women rejoiced, and came there in haste, with delight going before them.
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SiP 2 70.4
तच्छुद्धान्तचरः शीघ्रं शशंस भूभृते तदा ।। पार्वतीजन्म सुखदं देवकार्यकरं शुभम्
tacchuddhāntacaraḥ śīghraṃ śaśaṃsa bhūbhṛte tadā || pārvatījanma sukhadaṃ devakāryakaraṃ śubham
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SiP 2 70.5
तच्छुद्धान्तचरायाशु पुत्रीजन्म सुशंसते ।। सितातपत्रं नादेयमासीत्तस्य महीभृतः
tacchuddhāntacarāyāśu putrījanma suśaṃsate || sitātapatraṃ nādeyamāsīttasya mahībhṛtaḥ
To that attendant of his inner apartments who swiftly brought the good news of a daughter's birth, there was nothing that mountain-lord would not give — not even the white parasol (of royalty).
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SiP 2 70.6
गतस्तत्र गिरिः प्रीत्या सपुरोहितसद्विजः ।। ददर्श तनयां तान्तु शोभमानां सुभाससा
gatastatra giriḥ prītyā sapurohitasadvijaḥ || dadarśa tanayāṃ tāntu śobhamānāṃ subhāsasā
The Mountain went there with delight, together with his priest and the good brahmins, and beheld that daughter of his shining with lovely radiance.
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SiP 2 70.7
नीलोत्पलदल श्यामां सुद्युतिं सुमनोरमाम् ।। दृष्ट्वा च तादृशीं कन्यां मुमोदाति गिरीश्वरः
nīlotpaladala śyāmāṃ sudyutiṃ sumanoramām || dṛṣṭvā ca tādṛśīṃ kanyāṃ mumodāti girīśvaraḥ
Dark as the petal of a blue lotus, of fine lustre, most delightful to the mind — seeing such a girl, the lord of mountains rejoiced exceedingly.
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SiP 2 70.8
सर्वे च मुमुदुस्तत्र पौराश्च पुरुषाः स्त्रियः ।। तदोत्सवो महानासीन्नेदुर्वाद्यानि भूरिशः
sarve ca mumudustatra paurāśca puruṣāḥ striyaḥ || tadotsavo mahānāsīnnedurvādyāni bhūriśaḥ
And all rejoiced there, the townsfolk, men and women; then there was a great festival, and musical instruments sounded abundantly.
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SiP 2 70.9
बभूव मंगलं गानं ननृतुर्वारयोषितः ।। दानं ददौ द्विजातिभ्यो जातकर्मविधाय च
babhūva maṃgalaṃ gānaṃ nanṛturvārayoṣitaḥ || dānaṃ dadau dvijātibhyo jātakarmavidhāya ca
There was auspicious singing, the courtesans danced, and he gave gifts to the twice-born, having performed the birth-rite.
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SiP 2 70.11
अथो मुहूर्त्ते सुमते हिमवान्मुनिभिः सह।। नामाऽकरोत्सुतायास्तु कालीत्यादि सुखप्रदम्
atho muhūrtte sumate himavānmunibhiḥ saha|| nāmā'karotsutāyāstu kālītyādi sukhapradam
Then at an auspicious moment Himavān, together with the sages, gave his daughter names, "Kālī" and the rest, bestowers of happiness.
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SiP 2 70.12
दानं ददौ तदा प्रीत्या द्विजेभ्यो बहु सादरम् ।। उत्सवं कारयामास विविधं गानपूर्व्वकम्
dānaṃ dadau tadā prītyā dvijebhyo bahu sādaram || utsavaṃ kārayāmāsa vividhaṃ gānapūrvvakam
Then with delight he gave much in gifts to the twice-born, respectfully, and had a festival of many kinds held, with singing foremost.
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SiP 2 70.13
इत्थं कृत्वोत्सवं भूरि कालीं पश्यन्मुहुर्मुहुः ।। लेभे मुदं सपत्नीको बहुपुत्रोऽपि भूधरः
itthaṃ kṛtvotsavaṃ bhūri kālīṃ paśyanmuhurmuhuḥ || lebhe mudaṃ sapatnīko bahuputro'pi bhūdharaḥ
Having thus made a great festival, gazing again and again at Kālī, the mountain-bearer, with his wife, obtained joy, though he had many sons.
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SiP 2 70.14
तत्र सा ववृधे देवी गिरिराजगृहे शिवा ।। गंगेव वर्षासमये शरदीवाथ चन्द्रिका
tatra sā vavṛdhe devī girirājagṛhe śivā || gaṃgeva varṣāsamaye śaradīvātha candrikā
There in the house of the king of mountains that goddess Śivā grew, like the Gaṅgā in the rainy season, or like the moonlight in autumn.
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SiP 2 70.15
एवं सा कालिका देवी चार्वङ्गी चारुदर्शना।। दध्रे चानुदिनं रम्यां चन्द्रबिम्बकलामिव
evaṃ sā kālikā devī cārvaṅgī cārudarśanā|| dadhre cānudinaṃ ramyāṃ candrabimbakalāmiva
Thus that goddess Kālikā, of lovely limbs and lovely to look upon, took on delightful (growth) day by day, like the digit of the moon's orb.
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SiP 2 70.16
कुलोचितेन नाम्ना तां पार्वतीत्याजुहावहा। बन्धुप्रियां बन्धुजनः सौशील्यगुणसंयुताम्
kulocitena nāmnā tāṃ pārvatītyājuhāvahā| bandhupriyāṃ bandhujanaḥ sauśīlyaguṇasaṃyutām
By a name suited to her family her kinsfolk called her "Pārvatī" — her who was dear to her kin and endowed with the virtue of good character.
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SiP 2 70.17
उमेति मात्रा तपसे निषिद्धा कालिका च सा ।। पश्चादुमाख्यां सुमुखी जगाम भुवने मुने
umeti mātrā tapase niṣiddhā kālikā ca sā || paścādumākhyāṃ sumukhī jagāma bhuvane mune
And that Kālikā, being forbidden by her mother with the word "U-mā" (do not, O daughter) as she took to ascetic practice, afterwards the fair-faced one came to bear the name Umā in the world, O sage.
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SiP 2 70.18
दृष्टिः पुत्रवतोऽप्यद्रेस्तस्मिंस्तृप्तिं जगाम न ।। अपत्ये पार्वतीत्याख्ये सर्वसौभाग्य संयुते
dṛṣṭiḥ putravato'pyadrestasmiṃstṛptiṃ jagāma na || apatye pārvatītyākhye sarvasaubhāgya saṃyute
Though the Mountain had sons, his gaze found no satiety in that child named Pārvatī, endowed with every good fortune.
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SiP 2 70.19
मधोरनन्तपुष्पस्य चूते हि भ्रमरावलिः ।। विशेषसंगा भवति सहकारे मुनीश्वर
madhoranantapuṣpasya cūte hi bhramarāvaliḥ || viśeṣasaṃgā bhavati sahakāre munīśvara
For though there are endless blossoms in spring, the row of bees clings especially to the mango, to the sweet mango-tree, O lord of sages.
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SiP 2 70.21
प्रभामहत्या शिखयेव दीपो भुवनस्य च ।। त्रिमार्गयेव सन्मार्गस्तद्वद्गिरिजया गिरिः
prabhāmahatyā śikhayeva dīpo bhuvanasya ca || trimārgayeva sanmārgastadvadgirijayā giriḥ
As a lamp is (distinguished) by its great flame of light, and as the good path of the world is by the triple-streamed (Gaṅgā), so was the Mountain by the mountain-born daughter.
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SiP 2 70.22
कन्दुकैः कृत्रिमैः पुत्रैस्सखीमध्यगता च सा ।। गंगासैकतवेदीभिर्बाल्ये रेमे मुहुर्मुहुः
kandukaiḥ kṛtrimaiḥ putraissakhīmadhyagatā ca sā || gaṃgāsaikatavedībhirbālye reme muhurmuhuḥ
And she, in the midst of her girlfriends, with balls and with dolls, and with altars of Gaṅgā's sand, played again and again in her childhood.
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SiP 2 70.23
अथ देवी शिवा सा चोपदेशसमये मुने ।। पपाठ विद्यात्सुप्रीत्या यतचित्ता च सद्गुरोः
atha devī śivā sā copadeśasamaye mune || papāṭha vidyātsuprītyā yatacittā ca sadguroḥ
Then that goddess Śivā, O sage, at the time of instruction, with great delight and with concentrated mind, recited the branches of learning from a true teacher.
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SiP 2 70.24
प्राक्तना जन्मविद्यास्तां शरदीव प्रपेदिरे ।। हंसालिस्स्वर्णदी नक्तमात्मभासो महौषधिम्
prāktanā janmavidyāstāṃ śaradīva prapedire || haṃsālissvarṇadī naktamātmabhāso mahauṣadhim
The learning of her former births came to her as in autumn a flock of geese comes to the heavenly river, and by night the great herbs come to their own light.
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SiP 2 70.25
इत्थं सुवर्णिता लीला शिवायाः काचिदेव हि ।। अन्यलीलाम्प्रवक्ष्येऽहं शृणु त्वं प्रेमतो मुने
itthaṃ suvarṇitā līlā śivāyāḥ kācideva hi || anyalīlāmpravakṣye'haṃ śṛṇu tvaṃ premato mune
Thus has been well recounted only some part of Śivā's play; I shall now declare another of her plays — listen with love, O sage.
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