Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita — Chapter 72
SiP 2 72.1
नारद उवाच ।। विधे तात त्वया शैववर प्राज्ञाद्भुता कथा ।। वर्णिता करुणां कृत्वा प्रीतिर्मे वर्द्धिताधिकम्
nārada uvāca || vidhe tāta tvayā śaivavara prājñādbhutā kathā || varṇitā karuṇāṃ kṛtvā prītirme varddhitādhikam
Nārada said: O Vidhi, father, best of Śaiva ones, a wondrous tale has been recounted by you, O wise one, out of compassion; my delight has been increased all the more.
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SiP 2 72.2
विधे गते स्वकं धाम मयि वै दिव्यदर्शगे ।। ततः किमभवत्तात कृपया तद्वदाधुना यदि स्नेहः सुतायास्ते सुतां शिक्षय सादरम् ।। तपः कुर्याच्छंकरस्य सा भक्त्या स्थिरचेतसा सुतास्वप्नमथाकर्ण्य मेनकातो गिरीश्वरः ।। उवाच परमप्रीतः प्रियां सम्बोधयन्गिरा तत्राजगाम सुप्रीत्या कियद्गुणयुतः प्रभुः ।। तपः कर्तुं सतीप्रेमविरहाकुलमानसः
vidhe gate svakaṃ dhāma mayi vai divyadarśage || tataḥ kimabhavattāta kṛpayā tadvadādhunā yadi snehaḥ sutāyāste sutāṃ śikṣaya sādaram || tapaḥ kuryācchaṃkarasya sā bhaktyā sthiracetasā sutāsvapnamathākarṇya menakāto girīśvaraḥ || uvāca paramaprītaḥ priyāṃ sambodhayangirā tatrājagāma suprītyā kiyadguṇayutaḥ prabhuḥ || tapaḥ kartuṃ satīpremavirahākulamānasaḥ
O Vidhi, when I, who had had that divine vision, had gone to my own abode — what happened after that, father? Tell that now, of your grace. "If you have affection for your daughter, instruct her respectfully: let her perform austerity for Śaṃkara with devotion, with a steady mind." Then, having heard from Menakā the daughter's dream, the lord of the mountain, greatly pleased, spoke, informing his beloved with (this) speech. And the Lord, endowed with however many virtues, came there most gladly to perform austerity, his mind distressed by separation from his love for Satī.
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SiP 2 72.3
।। ब्रह्मोवाच ।। गते त्वयि मुने स्वर्गे कियत्काले गते सति ।। मेना प्राप्येकदा शैलनिकटं प्रणनाम सा
|| brahmovāca || gate tvayi mune svarge kiyatkāle gate sati || menā prāpyekadā śailanikaṭaṃ praṇanāma sā
Brahmā said: When you, O sage, had gone to heaven, and after some time had passed, Menā once approached the mountain and bowed to him.
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SiP 2 72.4
स्थित्वा सविनयम्प्राह स्वनाथं गिरिकामिनी ।। तत्र शैलाधिनाथं सा प्राणप्रियसुता सती
sthitvā savinayamprāha svanāthaṃ girikāminī || tatra śailādhināthaṃ sā prāṇapriyasutā satī
Standing there, the mountain's wife spoke humbly to her own lord, the sovereign lord of mountains — she whose daughter was dear to her as life, the virtuous woman.
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SiP 2 72.5
मेनोवाच ।। मुनिवाक्यं न बुद्धं मे सम्यङ् नारीस्वभावतः ।। विवाहं कुरु कन्यायास्सुन्दरेण वरेण ह
menovāca || munivākyaṃ na buddhaṃ me samyaṅ nārīsvabhāvataḥ || vivāhaṃ kuru kanyāyāssundareṇa vareṇa ha
Menā said: The sage's words are not well understood by me, by a woman's nature. Bring about the girl's marriage with a handsome bridegroom.
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SiP 2 72.6
सर्वथा हि भवेत्तत्रोद्वाहोऽपूर्वसुखावहः ।। वरश्च गिरिजायास्तु सुलक्षणकुलोद्भवः
sarvathā hi bhavettatrodvāho'pūrvasukhāvahaḥ || varaśca girijāyāstu sulakṣaṇakulodbhavaḥ
For in every way the wedding there should bring unprecedented happiness, and the bridegroom for the mountain's daughter should be one of good marks, born of a good family.
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SiP 2 72.7
प्राणप्रिया सुता मे हि सुखिता स्याद्यथा प्रिय ।। सद्वरं प्राप्य सुप्रीता तथा कुरु नमोऽस्तु ते
prāṇapriyā sutā me hi sukhitā syādyathā priya || sadvaraṃ prāpya suprītā tathā kuru namo'stu te
So that my daughter, dear to me as life, may be happy, O beloved, and, having obtained a good husband, well pleased — act so; homage be to you.
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SiP 2 72.8
ब्रह्मोवाच ।। इत्युक्ताश्रुमुखी मेना पत्यंघ्र्योः पतिता तदा ।। तामुत्थाप्य गिरिः प्राह यथावत्प्रज्ञसत्तमः
brahmovāca || ityuktāśrumukhī menā patyaṃghryoḥ patitā tadā || tāmutthāpya giriḥ prāha yathāvatprajñasattamaḥ
Brahmā said: Having spoken thus, Menā, her face in tears, then fell at her husband's feet; and the mountain, raising her up, spoke fittingly, best of the wise.
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SiP 2 72.9
हिमालय उवाच ।। शृणु त्वं मेनके देवि यथार्थं वच्मि तत्त्वतः।। भ्रमं त्यज मुनेर्वाक्यं वितथं न कदाचन
himālaya uvāca || śṛṇu tvaṃ menake devi yathārthaṃ vacmi tattvataḥ|| bhramaṃ tyaja munervākyaṃ vitathaṃ na kadācana
Himālaya said: Listen, O goddess Menakā; I speak the truth as it really is. Give up your confusion: the sage's word is never false.
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SiP 2 72.11
चेत्प्रसन्नः शिवः काल्याः पाणिं गृह्णाति मेनके ।। सर्वं भूयाच्छुभं नश्येन्नारदोक्तममंगलम्
cetprasannaḥ śivaḥ kālyāḥ pāṇiṃ gṛhṇāti menake || sarvaṃ bhūyācchubhaṃ naśyennāradoktamamaṃgalam
If Śiva, being pleased, takes Kālī's hand, O Menakā, then all would become auspicious, and the inauspiciousness spoken of by Nārada would perish.
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SiP 2 72.12
अमंगलानि सर्वाणि मंगलानि सदाशिवे ।। तस्मात्सुतां शिवप्राप्त्यै तपसे शिक्षय द्रुतम्
amaṃgalāni sarvāṇi maṃgalāni sadāśive || tasmātsutāṃ śivaprāptyai tapase śikṣaya drutam
In Sadāśiva all inauspicious things are auspicious. Therefore quickly instruct your daughter in austerity, for the attaining of Śiva.
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SiP 2 72.13
।। ब्रह्मोवाच ।। इत्याकर्ण्य गिरेर्वाक्यं मेना प्रीततराऽभवत् ।। सुतोपकंठमगमदुपदेष्टुं तदोरुचिम्
|| brahmovāca || ityākarṇya girervākyaṃ menā prītatarā'bhavat || sutopakaṃṭhamagamadupadeṣṭuṃ tadorucim
Brahmā said: Having heard the Mountain's words thus, Menā became very pleased; she went to her daughter's side to instruct her in that inclination (of his).
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SiP 2 72.14
सुताङ्गं सुकुमारं हि दृष्ट्वातीवाथ मेनका ।। विव्यथे नेत्रयुग्मे चाश्रुपूर्णेऽभवतां द्रुतम् ।।
sutāṅgaṃ sukumāraṃ hi dṛṣṭvātīvātha menakā || vivyathe netrayugme cāśrupūrṇe'bhavatāṃ drutam ||
But then, seeing her daughter's body so very tender, Menakā was pained, and her two eyes at once filled with tears.
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SiP 2 72.15
सुतां समुपदेष्टुं तन्न शशाक गिरिप्रिया ।। बुबुधे पार्वती तद्वै जननीङ्गितमाशु सा अथ सा कालिका देवी सर्वज्ञा परमेश्वरी ।। उवाच जननीं सद्यः समाश्वास्य पुनः पुनः
sutāṃ samupadeṣṭuṃ tanna śaśāka giripriyā || bubudhe pārvatī tadvai jananīṅgitamāśu sā atha sā kālikā devī sarvajñā parameśvarī || uvāca jananīṃ sadyaḥ samāśvāsya punaḥ punaḥ
The Mountain's beloved was unable to instruct her daughter in that. But Pārvatī quickly understood that hint of her mother's. Then that goddess Kālikā, all-knowing, the supreme mistress, comforting her mother again and again, at once spoke.
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SiP 2 72.17
पार्वत्युवाच ।। मातश्शृणु महाप्राज्ञेऽद्यतने ऽजमुहूर्तके ।। रात्रौ दृष्टो मया स्वप्नस्तं वदामि कृपां कुरु
pārvatyuvāca || mātaśśṛṇu mahāprājñe'dyatane 'jamuhūrtake || rātrau dṛṣṭo mayā svapnastaṃ vadāmi kṛpāṃ kuru
Pārvatī said: Mother, listen, greatly wise one — today, in the Brahmā-hour, at night, a dream was seen by me; I shall tell it — be gracious.
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SiP 2 72.18
विप्रश्चैव तपस्वी मां सदयः प्रीतिपूर्वकम् ।। उपादिदेश सुतपः कर्तुं मातश्शिवस्य वै
vipraścaiva tapasvī māṃ sadayaḥ prītipūrvakam || upādideśa sutapaḥ kartuṃ mātaśśivasya vai
A brahmin, an ascetic, compassionate, affectionately instructed me, mother, to perform excellent austerity for Śiva.
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SiP 2 72.19
ब्रह्मोवाच ।। तच्छ्रुत्वा मेनका शीघ्रं पतिमाहूय तत्र च ।। तत्स्वप्नं कथयामास सुता दृष्टमशेषतः ।।
brahmovāca || tacchrutvā menakā śīghraṃ patimāhūya tatra ca || tatsvapnaṃ kathayāmāsa sutā dṛṣṭamaśeṣataḥ ||
Brahmā said: Hearing that, Menakā quickly summoned her husband there and related in full that dream seen by her daughter.
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SiP 2 72.21
।। गिरीश्वर उवाच ।। हे प्रियेऽपररात्रान्ते स्वप्नो दृष्टो मयापि हि ।। तं शृणु त्वं महाप्रीत्या वच्म्यहं तं समादरात्
|| girīśvara uvāca || he priye'pararātrānte svapno dṛṣṭo mayāpi hi || taṃ śṛṇu tvaṃ mahāprītyā vacmyahaṃ taṃ samādarāt
The lord of the mountains said: O dear one, at the end of the last watch of the night a dream was seen by me too. Listen to it with great delight; I shall tell it with full respect.
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SiP 2 72.22
एकस्तपस्वी परमो नारदोक्तवरां गधृक् ।। पुरोपकंठं सुप्रीत्या तपः कर्तुं समागतः
ekastapasvī paramo nāradoktavarāṃ gadhṛk || puropakaṃṭhaṃ suprītyā tapaḥ kartuṃ samāgataḥ
A certain supreme ascetic, holding the boon spoken of by Nārada, came with great gladness to the outskirts of the city to perform austerity.
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SiP 2 72.23
गृहीत्वा स्वसुतां तत्रागमं प्रीततरोप्यहम् ।। मया ज्ञातस्स वै शम्भुर्नारदो क्तवरः प्रभुः
gṛhītvā svasutāṃ tatrāgamaṃ prītataropyaham || mayā jñātassa vai śambhurnārado ktavaraḥ prabhuḥ
Taking my own daughter, I too, greatly delighted, went there; and it was recognized by me that he was indeed Śambhu, the Lord, the boon spoken of by Nārada.
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SiP 2 72.24
सेवार्थं तस्य तनयामुपदिश्य तपस्विनः ।। तं वै प्रार्थितवांस्तस्यां न तदांगीचकार सः
sevārthaṃ tasya tanayāmupadiśya tapasvinaḥ || taṃ vai prārthitavāṃstasyāṃ na tadāṃgīcakāra saḥ
Having instructed my daughter for the sake of serving that ascetic, I asked him about her; but he did not then consent to it.
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SiP 2 72.25
अभूद्विवादस्तुमहान्सांख्यवेदान्तसंमतः ।। ततस्तदाज्ञया तत्र संस्थितासीत्सुता मम
abhūdvivādastumahānsāṃkhyavedāntasaṃmataḥ || tatastadājñayā tatra saṃsthitāsītsutā mama
There arose a very great dispute, agreeing with (the doctrines of) Sāṃkhya and Vedānta; then, by his permission, my daughter remained there.
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SiP 2 72.26
निधाय हृदि तं कामं सिषेवे भक्तितश्च सा ।। इति दृष्टं मया स्वप्नं प्रोक्तवांस्ते वरानने
nidhāya hṛdi taṃ kāmaṃ siṣeve bhaktitaśca sā || iti dṛṣṭaṃ mayā svapnaṃ proktavāṃste varānane
Setting that desire in her heart, she served (him) with devotion. Such is the dream seen by me, which I have told you, fair-faced one.
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SiP 2 72.27
ततो मेने कियत्कालं परीक्ष्यं तत्फलं प्रिये ।। योग्यमस्तीदमेवेह बुध्यस्व त्वं मम ध्रुवम्
tato mene kiyatkālaṃ parīkṣyaṃ tatphalaṃ priye || yogyamastīdameveha budhyasva tvaṃ mama dhruvam
Therefore, Menā, its result must be examined for some time, dear one. Know for certain from me that just this is fitting here.
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SiP 2 72.28
।। ब्रह्मोवाच ।। इत्युक्त्वा गिरिराजश्च मेनका वै मुनीश्वर ।। सन्तस्थतुः परीक्षन्तीं तत्फलं शुद्धचेतसौ
|| brahmovāca || ityuktvā girirājaśca menakā vai munīśvara || santasthatuḥ parīkṣantīṃ tatphalaṃ śuddhacetasau
Brahmā said: Having spoken thus, the king of mountains and Menakā, O lord of sages, remained, both pure-minded, examining that result (as it unfolded).
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SiP 2 72.29
इत्थम्व्यतीतेऽल्पदिने परमेशः सतां गतिः ।। सतीविरहसुव्यग्रो भ्रमन्सर्वत्र सूतिकृत्
itthamvyatīte'lpadine parameśaḥ satāṃ gatiḥ || satīvirahasuvyagro bhramansarvatra sūtikṛt
When a few days had thus passed, the Supreme Lord, the refuge of the good, greatly distressed by separation from Satī, wandering everywhere, the doer of (all) production—
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SiP 2 72.31
तपश्चकार स्वं तत्र पार्वती सेवने रता ।। सखीभ्यां सहिता नित्यं प्रसन्नार्थमभूत्तदा
tapaścakāra svaṃ tatra pārvatī sevane ratā || sakhībhyāṃ sahitā nityaṃ prasannārthamabhūttadā
Pārvatī performed her austerity there, devoted to his service; constantly accompanied by her two friends, she was then (engaged) for the sake of (his) becoming favourable.
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SiP 2 72.32
विद्धोऽऽपि मार्गणैश्शम्भुर्विकृतिं नाप स प्रभुः ।। प्रेषितेन सुरैस्स्वात्ममोहनार्थं स्मरेण वै
viddho''pi mārgaṇaiśśambhurvikṛtiṃ nāpa sa prabhuḥ || preṣitena suraissvātmamohanārthaṃ smareṇa vai
Though pierced by the arrows of Kāma, who had been sent by the gods to infatuate him, that Lord Śambhu underwent no alteration.
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SiP 2 72.33
दग्ध्वा स्मरं च तत्रैव स्ववह्निनयनेन सः ।। स्मृत्वा मम वचः क्रुद्धो मह्यमन्तर्दधे ततः
dagdhvā smaraṃ ca tatraiva svavahninayanena saḥ || smṛtvā mama vacaḥ kruddho mahyamantardadhe tataḥ
And having burnt Kāma right there with the fire of his own eye, recalling my words, he then, angry with me, vanished.
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SiP 2 72.34
ततः कालेन कियता विनाश्य गिरिजामदम् ।। प्रसादितस्सुतपसा प्रसन्नोऽभून्महेश्वरः
tataḥ kālena kiyatā vināśya girijāmadam || prasāditassutapasā prasanno'bhūnmaheśvaraḥ
Then after some time, having destroyed the pride of the mountain's daughter, Maheśvara, propitiated by her excellent austerity, became favourable.
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SiP 2 72.35
लौकिकाचारमाश्रित्य रुद्रो विष्णुप्रसादितः ।। कालीं विवाहयामास ततोऽभूद्बहुमंगलम्
laukikācāramāśritya rudro viṣṇuprasāditaḥ || kālīṃ vivāhayāmāsa tato'bhūdbahumaṃgalam
Following worldly custom, Rudra, entreated by Viṣṇu, married Kālī; thereupon there was much auspiciousness.
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SiP 2 72.36
इत्येतत्कथितं तात समासाच्चरितं विभोः ।। शंकरस्य परं दिव्यं किं भूयः श्रोतुमि च्छसि
ityetatkathitaṃ tāta samāsāccaritaṃ vibhoḥ || śaṃkarasya paraṃ divyaṃ kiṃ bhūyaḥ śrotumi cchasi
Thus, dear one, has the conduct of the Lord been told in brief — the supreme, divine (conduct) of Śaṅkara. What more do you wish to hear?
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