Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita — Chapter 76
SiP 2 76.1
भवान्युवाच ।। किमुक्तं गिरिराजाय त्वया योगिस्तपस्विना ।। तदुत्तरं शृणु विभो मत्तो ज्ञानिविशारद
bhavānyuvāca || kimuktaṃ girirājāya tvayā yogistapasvinā || taduttaraṃ śṛṇu vibho matto jñāniviśārada
Bhavānī said: What has been said by you, O yogin, O ascetic, to the king of mountains? Hear the answer to it from me, O mighty one, O expert among knowers.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 76.2
तपश्शक्त्यान्वितश्शम्भो करोषि विपुलं तपः ।। तव बुद्धिरियं जाता तपस्तप्तुं महात्मनः ।। काल्युवाच ।। यदुक्तं भवता योगिन्वचनं शंकर प्रभो ।। सा च किं प्रकृतिर्न स्यादतीतस्तां भवान्कथम् पराधीनस्सदा त्वं हि नानाकर्म्मकरो वशी ।। निर्विकारी कथं त्वं हि न लिप्तश्च मया कथम् ।। ब्रह्मोवाच ।। एवमुक्तो हिमवता शंकरो लोकशंकरः ।। विहस्य गिरिराजं तं प्राह याहीति सादरम् हरश्च ध्यानयोगेन परमात्मानमादरात् ।। निर्विघ्नेन स्वमनसा त्वासीच्चिंतयितुं स्थितः महादेवः पुनर्दृष्ट्वा तथा तां संयतेद्रियाम् ।। स्वसेवने रतां नित्यं सदयस्समचिंतयत् बभूवतुस्तौ सुप्रीतौ पार्वतीपरमेश्वरौ ।। चक्रतुर्देवकार्य्यं हि परोपकरणे रतौ
tapaśśaktyānvitaśśambho karoṣi vipulaṃ tapaḥ || tava buddhiriyaṃ jātā tapastaptuṃ mahātmanaḥ || kālyuvāca || yaduktaṃ bhavatā yoginvacanaṃ śaṃkara prabho || sā ca kiṃ prakṛtirna syādatītastāṃ bhavānkatham parādhīnassadā tvaṃ hi nānākarmmakaro vaśī || nirvikārī kathaṃ tvaṃ hi na liptaśca mayā katham || brahmovāca || evamukto himavatā śaṃkaro lokaśaṃkaraḥ || vihasya girirājaṃ taṃ prāha yāhīti sādaram haraśca dhyānayogena paramātmānamādarāt || nirvighnena svamanasā tvāsīcciṃtayituṃ sthitaḥ mahādevaḥ punardṛṣṭvā tathā tāṃ saṃyatedriyām || svasevane ratāṃ nityaṃ sadayassamaciṃtayat babhūvatustau suprītau pārvatīparameśvarau || cakraturdevakāryyaṃ hi paropakaraṇe ratau
O Śambhu, endowed with the power of austerity you perform vast austerity; this intention of yours, great soul, has arisen — to practise austerity.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 76.3
सा शक्तिः प्रकृतिर्ज्ञेया सर्वेषामपि कर्मणाम् ।। तया विरच्यते सर्वं पाल्यते च विनाश्यते
sā śaktiḥ prakṛtirjñeyā sarveṣāmapi karmaṇām || tayā viracyate sarvaṃ pālyate ca vināśyate
That power is to be known as the primal nature (prakṛti) of all actions whatsoever; by her everything is fashioned, and preserved, and destroyed.
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SiP 2 76.4
कस्त्वं का प्रकृतिस्सूक्ष्मा भगवंस्तद्विमृश्यताम् ।। विना प्रकृत्या च कथं लिंगरूपी महेश्वरः
kastvaṃ kā prakṛtissūkṣmā bhagavaṃstadvimṛśyatām || vinā prakṛtyā ca kathaṃ liṃgarūpī maheśvaraḥ
Who are you, and what is the subtle prakṛti? O Lord, let that be examined. And without prakṛti, how is Maheśvara in the form of the liṅga?
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SiP 2 76.5
अर्चनीयोऽसि वंद्योऽसि ध्येयोऽसि प्राणिनां सदा ।। प्रकृत्या च विचार्येति हृदा सर्वं तदुच्यताम्
arcanīyo'si vaṃdyo'si dhyeyo'si prāṇināṃ sadā || prakṛtyā ca vicāryeti hṛdā sarvaṃ taducyatām
You are to be worshipped, you are to be revered, you are ever to be meditated upon by living beings — and (this is so) together with prakṛti; considering thus in your heart, let all that be told.
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SiP 2 76.6
।। ब्रह्मोवाच ।। पार्वत्यास्तद्वचः श्रुत्वा महोतिकरणे रतः ।। सुविहस्य प्रसन्नात्मा महेशो वाक्यमब्रवीत्
|| brahmovāca || pārvatyāstadvacaḥ śrutvā mahotikaraṇe rataḥ || suvihasya prasannātmā maheśo vākyamabravīt
Brahmā said: Hearing that speech of Pārvatī, (he who is) intent on great benefit, Maheśa, laughing well, with a gracious mind, spoke these words.
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SiP 2 76.7
।। महेश्वर उवाच ।। तपसा परमेणेव प्रकृतिं नाशयाम्यहम् ।। प्रकृत्या रहितश्शम्भुरहं तिष्ठामि तत्त्वतः
|| maheśvara uvāca || tapasā parameṇeva prakṛtiṃ nāśayāmyaham || prakṛtyā rahitaśśambhurahaṃ tiṣṭhāmi tattvataḥ
Maheśvara said: By supreme austerity alone I destroy prakṛti; I, Śambhu, in truth abide free of prakṛti.
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SiP 2 76.8
तस्माच्च प्रकृतेस्सद्भिर्न कार्यस्संग्रहः क्वचित् ।। स्थातव्यं निर्विकारैश्च लोकाचार विवर्जितैः
tasmācca prakṛtessadbhirna kāryassaṃgrahaḥ kvacit || sthātavyaṃ nirvikāraiśca lokācāra vivarjitaiḥ
Therefore the good should nowhere form any attachment to Prakṛti; they should remain free of change, abandoning worldly custom.
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SiP 2 76.9
।। ब्रह्मोवाच ।। इत्युक्ता शम्भुना तात लौकिकव्यवहारतः ।। सुविहस्य हृदा काली जगाद मधुरं वचः
|| brahmovāca || ityuktā śambhunā tāta laukikavyavahārataḥ || suvihasya hṛdā kālī jagāda madhuraṃ vacaḥ
Brahmā said: Thus addressed by Śambhu, dear one, in worldly parlance, Kālī laughed well within her heart and spoke sweet words.
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SiP 2 76.11
०।। एतद्विचार्य वक्तव्यं तत्त्वतो हि यथातथम् ।। प्रकृत्या सर्वमेतच्च बद्धमस्ति निरंतरम्
0|| etadvicārya vaktavyaṃ tattvato hi yathātatham || prakṛtyā sarvametacca baddhamasti niraṃtaram
This should be said after reflection, truly and as it actually is: all this is bound by Prakṛti, without cease.
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SiP 2 76.12
तस्मात्त्वया न वक्तव्यं न कार्यं किंचिदेव हि ।। वचनं रचनं सर्वं प्राकृतं विद्धि चेतसा
tasmāttvayā na vaktavyaṃ na kāryaṃ kiṃcideva hi || vacanaṃ racanaṃ sarvaṃ prākṛtaṃ viddhi cetasā
Therefore nothing at all should be spoken by you, nor anything done; know in your mind that all speech and all composing is of Prakṛti's nature.
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SiP 2 76.13
यच्छृणोषि यदश्नासि यत्पश्यसि करोषि यत् ।। तत्सर्वं प्रकृतेः कार्यं मिथ्यावादो निरर्थकः
yacchṛṇoṣi yadaśnāsi yatpaśyasi karoṣi yat || tatsarvaṃ prakṛteḥ kāryaṃ mithyāvādo nirarthakaḥ
Whatever you hear, whatever you eat, whatever you see, whatever you do — all that is the work of Prakṛti; (any other) talk is false and pointless.
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SiP 2 76.14
प्रकृतेः परमश्चेत्त्वं किमर्थं तप्यसे तपः ।। त्वया शंभोऽधुना ह्यस्मिन्गिरौ हिमवति प्रभो
prakṛteḥ paramaścettvaṃ kimarthaṃ tapyase tapaḥ || tvayā śaṃbho'dhunā hyasmingirau himavati prabho
If you are beyond Prakṛti, for what purpose do you practise austerity, O Śambhu, now, here on this Himālaya mountain, O Lord?
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SiP 2 76.15
प्रकृत्या गिलितोऽसि त्वं न जानासि निजं हर ।। निजं जानासि चेदीश किमर्थं तप्यसे तपः
prakṛtyā gilito'si tvaṃ na jānāsi nijaṃ hara || nijaṃ jānāsi cedīśa kimarthaṃ tapyase tapaḥ
You have been swallowed by Prakṛti, Hara, and you do not know your own (nature); and if you do know your own, O Lord, for what purpose do you practise austerity?
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SiP 2 76.16
वाग्वादेन च किं कार्यं मम योगिस्त्वया सह ।। प्रत्यक्षे ह्यनुमानस्य न प्रमाणं विदुर्बुधाः
vāgvādena ca kiṃ kāryaṃ mama yogistvayā saha || pratyakṣe hyanumānasya na pramāṇaṃ vidurbudhāḥ
And what use to me is a war of words with you, O yogin? For when there is direct perception, the wise hold that inference is no valid means of knowledge.
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SiP 2 76.17
इंद्रियाणां गोचरत्वं यावद्भवति देहिनाम् ।। तावत्सर्वं विमंतव्यं प्राकृतं ज्ञानिभिर्धिया
iṃdriyāṇāṃ gocaratvaṃ yāvadbhavati dehinām || tāvatsarvaṃ vimaṃtavyaṃ prākṛtaṃ jñānibhirdhiyā
As far as things fall within the range of the senses of embodied beings, so far must all of it be judged by the knowers, with discernment, to be of Prakṛti.
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SiP 2 76.18
किं बहूक्तेन योगीश शृणु मद्वचनं परम् ।। सा चाहं पुरुषोऽसि त्वं सत्यं सत्यं न संशयः
kiṃ bahūktena yogīśa śṛṇu madvacanaṃ param || sā cāhaṃ puruṣo'si tvaṃ satyaṃ satyaṃ na saṃśayaḥ
What use is much speaking, O lord of yogins? Hear my highest word: I am She, and you are Puruṣa — truly, truly, there is no doubt.
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SiP 2 76.19
मदनुग्रहतस्त्वं हि सगुणो रूपवान्मतः ।। मां विना त्वं निरीहोऽसि न किंचित्कर्तुमर्हसि
madanugrahatastvaṃ hi saguṇo rūpavānmataḥ || māṃ vinā tvaṃ nirīho'si na kiṃcitkartumarhasi
It is by my grace that you are held to be possessed of qualities and of form; without me you are without impulse, and are able to do nothing.
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SiP 2 76.21
प्रकृतेः परमोऽसि त्वं यदि सत्यं वचस्तव ।। तर्हि त्वया न भेतव्यं समीपे मम शंकर
prakṛteḥ paramo'si tvaṃ yadi satyaṃ vacastava || tarhi tvayā na bhetavyaṃ samīpe mama śaṃkara
If you are beyond Prakṛti, if your word is true, then you need not be afraid in my presence, Śaṃkara.
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SiP 2 76.22
।। ब्रह्मोवाच ।। इत्याकर्ण्य वचस्तस्याः सांख्यशास्त्रोदितं शिवः ।। वेदांतमतसंस्थो हि वाक्यमूचे शिवां प्रति
|| brahmovāca || ityākarṇya vacastasyāḥ sāṃkhyaśāstroditaṃ śivaḥ || vedāṃtamatasaṃstho hi vākyamūce śivāṃ prati
Brahmā said: Having heard that speech of hers, uttered from the Sāṃkhya doctrine, Śiva, standing firm in the view of Vedānta, spoke a word to Śivā.
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SiP 2 76.23
श्रीशिव उवाच ।। इत्येवं त्वं यदि ब्रूषे गिरिजे सांख्यधारिणी ।। प्रत्यहं कुरु मे सेवामनिषिद्धां सुभाषिणि
śrīśiva uvāca || ityevaṃ tvaṃ yadi brūṣe girije sāṃkhyadhāriṇī || pratyahaṃ kuru me sevāmaniṣiddhāṃ subhāṣiṇi
Śrī Śiva said: If you speak thus, Girijā, as a holder of the Sāṃkhya (view), then do my service every day, unhindered, O sweet-spoken one.
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SiP 2 76.24
यद्यहं ब्रह्म निर्लिप्तो मायया परमेश्वरः ।। वेदांतवेद्यो मायेशस्त्वं करिष्यसि किं तदा
yadyahaṃ brahma nirlipto māyayā parameśvaraḥ || vedāṃtavedyo māyeśastvaṃ kariṣyasi kiṃ tadā
If I am Brahman, untouched by Māyā, the supreme Lord, to be known through Vedānta, the master of Māyā — then what will you do?
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SiP 2 76.25
।। ब्रह्मोवाच ।। इत्येवमुक्त्वा गिरिजां वाक्यमूचे गिरिं प्रभुः ।। भक्तानुरंजनकरो भक्तानुग्रहकारकः
|| brahmovāca || ityevamuktvā girijāṃ vākyamūce giriṃ prabhuḥ || bhaktānuraṃjanakaro bhaktānugrahakārakaḥ
Brahmā said: Having spoken thus to Girijā, the Lord — who delights his devotees and bestows grace on them — spoke a word to the mountain.
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SiP 2 76.26
शिव उवाच ।। अत्रैव सोऽहं तपसा परेण गिरे तव प्रस्थवरेऽतिरम्ये ।। चरामि भूमौ परमार्थभावस्वरूपमानंदमयं सुलोचयन्
śiva uvāca || atraiva so'haṃ tapasā pareṇa gire tava prasthavare'tiramye || carāmi bhūmau paramārthabhāvasvarūpamānaṃdamayaṃ sulocayan
Śiva said: Right here, O mountain, on your finest, most delightful tableland, I, by supreme austerity, wander on the ground, contemplating well that blissful (reality) whose own form is the being of the highest truth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 2 76.27
तपस्तप्तुमनुज्ञा मे दातव्या पर्वताधिप ।। अनुज्ञया विना किंचित्तपः कर्तुं न शक्यते
tapastaptumanujñā me dātavyā parvatādhipa || anujñayā vinā kiṃcittapaḥ kartuṃ na śakyate
Permission must be given me to perform austerity, O lord of mountains; without permission no austerity at all can be undertaken.
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SiP 2 76.28
।। ब्रह्मोवाच ।। एतच्छ्रुत्वा वचस्तस्य देवदेवस्य शूलिनः ।। प्रणम्य हिमवाञ्छंभुमिदं वचनमब्रवीत्
|| brahmovāca || etacchrutvā vacastasya devadevasya śūlinaḥ || praṇamya himavāñchaṃbhumidaṃ vacanamabravīt
Brahmā said: Hearing this speech of his, of the god of gods, the trident-bearer, Himavān bowed to Śambhu and spoke these words.
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SiP 2 76.29
हिमवानुवाच ।। त्वदीयं हि जगत्सर्वं सदेवासुरमानुषम् ।। किमप्यहं महादेव तुच्छो भूत्वा वदामि ते
himavānuvāca || tvadīyaṃ hi jagatsarvaṃ sadevāsuramānuṣam || kimapyahaṃ mahādeva tuccho bhūtvā vadāmi te
Himavān said: Indeed the whole world is yours, together with gods, demons and men; yet, O Mahādeva, insignificant as I am, I say something to you.
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SiP 2 76.31
शंकरेणाभ्यनुज्ञातस्स्वगृहं हिमवान्ययौ ।। सार्द्धं गिरिजया वै स प्रत्यहं दर्शने स्थितः
śaṃkareṇābhyanujñātassvagṛhaṃ himavānyayau || sārddhaṃ girijayā vai sa pratyahaṃ darśane sthitaḥ
Permitted by Śaṃkara, Himavān went to his own house; together with Girijā he was present daily for the sight (of Śiva).
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SiP 2 76.32
पित्रा विनापि सा काली सखीभ्यां सह नित्यशः ।। जगाम शंकराभ्याशं सेवायै भक्तितत्परा
pitrā vināpi sā kālī sakhībhyāṃ saha nityaśaḥ || jagāma śaṃkarābhyāśaṃ sevāyai bhaktitatparā
Even without her father, that Kālī went constantly with her two companions into Śaṃkara's presence, to serve him, intent on devotion.
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SiP 2 76.33
निषिषेध न तां कोऽपि गणो नंदीश्वरादिकः ।। महेशशासनात्तात तच्छासनकरश्शुचिः
niṣiṣedha na tāṃ ko'pi gaṇo naṃdīśvarādikaḥ || maheśaśāsanāttāta tacchāsanakaraśśuciḥ
No attendant, Nandīśvara or any other, forbade her, by Maheśa's command, dear one; each pure one carried out his command.
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SiP 2 76.34
सांख्यवेदांतमतयोश्शिवयोश्शि वदस्सदा ।। संवादः सुखकृच्चोक्तोऽभिन्नयोस्सुविचारतः
sāṃkhyavedāṃtamatayośśivayośśi vadassadā || saṃvādaḥ sukhakṛccokto'bhinnayossuvicārataḥ
Of the two, Śiva and Śivā, whose views are (respectively) Sāṃkhya and Vedānta, there was always a colloquy, O Śiva-like one; it is said to be pleasure-giving, since on careful reflection the two are not different.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 2 76.35
गिरिराजस्य वचनात्तनयां तस्य शंकरः ।। पार्श्वे समीपे जग्राह गौरवादपि गोपरः
girirājasya vacanāttanayāṃ tasya śaṃkaraḥ || pārśve samīpe jagrāha gauravādapi goparaḥ
At the mountain-king's word Śaṃkara accepted his daughter at his side, close by, even out of respect—he, the lord of speech (or: the protector).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 2 76.36
उवाचेदं वचः कालीं सखीभ्यां सह गोपतिः ।। नित्यं मां सेवतां यातु निर्भीता ह्यत्र तिष्ठतु
uvācedaṃ vacaḥ kālīṃ sakhībhyāṃ saha gopatiḥ || nityaṃ māṃ sevatāṃ yātu nirbhītā hyatra tiṣṭhatu
The lord spoke this word to Kālī together with her two companions: "Let her come to serve me daily; let her stay here without fear."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 76.37
एवमुक्त्वा तु तां देवीं सेवायै जगृहे हरः ।। निर्विकारो महायोगी नानालीलाकरः प्रभुः
evamuktvā tu tāṃ devīṃ sevāyai jagṛhe haraḥ || nirvikāro mahāyogī nānālīlākaraḥ prabhuḥ
Having spoken thus, Hara accepted that Goddess for (his) service—he who is without change, the great yogī, the lord who performs manifold plays.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 76.38
इदमेव महद्धैर्य्यं धीराणां सुतपस्विनाम् ।। विघ्रवन्त्यपि संप्राप्य यद्विघ्नैर्न विहन्यते
idameva mahaddhairyyaṃ dhīrāṇāṃ sutapasvinām || vighravantyapi saṃprāpya yadvighnairna vihanyate
This very thing is the great steadfastness of the firm ones who practise good austerity: that even on meeting with obstacles one is not struck down by the obstacles.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 76.39
ततः स्वपुरमायातो गिरिराट् परिचारकैः।। मुमोदातीव मनसि सप्रियस्स मुनीश्वर
tataḥ svapuramāyāto girirāṭ paricārakaiḥ|| mumodātīva manasi sapriyassa munīśvara
Then the mountain-king came to his own city with his attendants; he rejoiced exceedingly in his mind, together with his beloved, O lord of sages.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 76.41
काली सखीभ्यां सहिता प्रत्यहं चंद्रशेखरम् ।। सेवमाना महादेवं गमनागमने स्थिता
kālī sakhībhyāṃ sahitā pratyahaṃ caṃdraśekharam || sevamānā mahādevaṃ gamanāgamane sthitā
Kālī, accompanied by her two companions, daily serving the great god who bears the moon on his crest, kept to (this) going and coming.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 76.42
प्रक्षाल्य चरणौ शंभोः पपौ तच्चरणोदकम् ।। वह्निशौचैन वस्त्रेण चक्रे तद्गात्रमार्जनम्
prakṣālya caraṇau śaṃbhoḥ papau taccaraṇodakam || vahniśaucaina vastreṇa cakre tadgātramārjanam
Having washed Śambhu's two feet, she drank the water of those feet, and with a cloth purified by fire she wiped his body.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 76.43
षोडशेनोपचारेण संपूज्य विधिवद्धरम् ।। पुनःपुनः सुप्रणम्य ययौ नित्यं पितुर्गृहम्
ṣoḍaśenopacāreṇa saṃpūjya vidhivaddharam || punaḥpunaḥ supraṇamya yayau nityaṃ piturgṛham
Having duly worshipped Hara with the sixteenfold service, and bowing well again and again, she went every day to her father's house.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 76.44
एवं संसेवमानायां शंकरं ध्यानतत्परम् ।। व्यतीयाय महान्कालश्शिवाया मुनिसत्तम
evaṃ saṃsevamānāyāṃ śaṃkaraṃ dhyānatatparam || vyatīyāya mahānkālaśśivāyā munisattama
While Śivā thus served Śaṃkara, who was intent on meditation, a great length of time passed, O best of sages.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 76.45
कदाचित्सहिता काली सखीभ्यां शंकराश्रमे ।। वितेने सुंदरं गानं सुतालं स्मरवर्द्धनम्
kadācitsahitā kālī sakhībhyāṃ śaṃkarāśrame || vitene suṃdaraṃ gānaṃ sutālaṃ smaravarddhanam
Once Kālī, together with her two companions, in Śaṃkara's hermitage performed a beautiful song, well-measured, increasing love.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 76.46
कदाचित्कुशपुष्पाणि समिधं नयति स्वयम् ।। सखीभ्यां स्थानसंस्कारं कुर्वती न्यवसत्तदा
kadācitkuśapuṣpāṇi samidhaṃ nayati svayam || sakhībhyāṃ sthānasaṃskāraṃ kurvatī nyavasattadā
Sometimes she herself brought kuśa grass, flowers and firewood; with her two companions she stayed there doing the tidying of the place.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 76.47
कदाचिन्नियता गेहे स्थिता चन्द्रभृतो भ्रृशम् ।। वीक्षंती विस्मयामास सकामा चन्द्रशेखरम्
kadācinniyatā gehe sthitā candrabhṛto bhrṛśam || vīkṣaṃtī vismayāmāsa sakāmā candraśekharam
Sometimes, restrained, staying in the house of the moon-bearer, gazing intently and full of desire, she marvelled at the moon-crested one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 76.48
ततस्तप्तेन भूतेशस्तां निस्संगां परिस्थिताम् ।। सोऽचिंतयत्तदा वीक्ष्य भूतदेहे स्थितेति च
tatastaptena bhūteśastāṃ nissaṃgāṃ paristhitām || so'ciṃtayattadā vīkṣya bhūtadehe sthiteti ca
Then the lord of beings, (his mind) heated (with austerity), seeing her standing near without attachment, thought at that time: "She is settled in a body of the elements."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 2 76.49
नाग्रहीद्गिरिशः कालीं भार्यार्थे निकटे स्थिताम् ।। महालावण्यनिचयां मुनीनामपि मोहिनीम्
nāgrahīdgiriśaḥ kālīṃ bhāryārthe nikaṭe sthitām || mahālāvaṇyanicayāṃ munīnāmapi mohinīm
Giriśa did not take Kālī as a wife, though she stood close by—she who was a mass of great loveliness, bewitching even to sages.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 76.51
यदैवैषा तपश्चर्याव्रतं काली करिष्यति ।। तदा च तां ग्रहीष्यामि गर्वबीजविवर्जिताम्
yadaivaiṣā tapaścaryāvrataṃ kālī kariṣyati || tadā ca tāṃ grahīṣyāmi garvabījavivarjitām
"Just when this Kālī shall perform the vow of the practice of austerity, then I shall take her, freed of the seed of pride."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 76.52
।। ब्रह्मोवाच ।। इति संचिन्त्य भूतेशो द्रुतं ध्यानसमाश्रितः ।। महयोगीश्वरोऽभूद्वै महालीलाकरः प्रभुः
|| brahmovāca || iti saṃcintya bhūteśo drutaṃ dhyānasamāśritaḥ || mahayogīśvaro'bhūdvai mahālīlākaraḥ prabhuḥ
Brahmā said: Having thought thus, the lord of beings quickly resorted to meditation and became indeed the great lord of yogins, the lord who performs great play.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 76.53
ध्यानासक्तस्य तस्याथ शिवस्य परमात्मनः ।। हृदि नासीन्मुने काचिदन्या चिंता व्यवस्थिता
dhyānāsaktasya tasyātha śivasya paramātmanaḥ || hṛdi nāsīnmune kācidanyā ciṃtā vyavasthitā
Then, for that Śiva, the Supreme Self, absorbed in meditation, no other thought whatsoever remained fixed in his heart, O sage.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 76.54
काली त्वनुदिनं शंभुं सद्भक्त्या समसेवत ।। विचिंतयंती सततं तस्य रूपं महात्मनः
kālī tvanudinaṃ śaṃbhuṃ sadbhaktyā samasevata || viciṃtayaṃtī satataṃ tasya rūpaṃ mahātmanaḥ
But Kālī served Śambhu day after day with true devotion, constantly contemplating the form of that great-souled one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 76.55
हरो ध्यानपरः कालीं नित्यं प्रैक्षत सुस्थितम् ।। विस्मृत्य पूर्वचिंतां तां पश्यन्नपि न पश्यति
haro dhyānaparaḥ kālīṃ nityaṃ praikṣata susthitam || vismṛtya pūrvaciṃtāṃ tāṃ paśyannapi na paśyati
Hara, intent on meditation, looked at Kālī, who stood there steadily, every day; but having forgotten that earlier concern, though seeing (her) he did not see (her).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 76.56
एतस्मिन्नंतरे देवाश्शक्राद्या मुनयश्च ते ।। ब्रह्माज्ञया स्मरं तत्र प्रेषयामासुरादरात्
etasminnaṃtare devāśśakrādyā munayaśca te || brahmājñayā smaraṃ tatra preṣayāmāsurādarāt
In the meantime, the gods headed by Śakra and those sages, by Brahmā's command, respectfully sent Kāma there.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 76.57
तेन कारयितुं योगं काल्या रुद्रेण कामतः ।। महावीर्येणासुरेण तारकेण प्रपीडिताः
tena kārayituṃ yogaṃ kālyā rudreṇa kāmataḥ || mahāvīryeṇāsureṇa tārakeṇa prapīḍitāḥ
(They did so) in order to have him bring about, through desire, Kālī's union with Rudra — they being sorely oppressed by the mighty demon Tāraka.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 76.58
गत्वा तत्र स्मरस्सर्वमुपायमकरोन्निजम् ।। चुक्षुभे न हरः किञ्चित्तं च भस्मीचकार ह
gatvā tatra smarassarvamupāyamakaronnijam || cukṣubhe na haraḥ kiñcittaṃ ca bhasmīcakāra ha
Going there, Kāma applied every device of his own; Hara was not agitated in the least, and indeed reduced him to ashes.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 76.59
पार्वत्यपि विगर्वाभून्मुने तस्य निदेशतः ।। ततस्तपो महत्कृत्वा शिवं प्राप पतिं सती
pārvatyapi vigarvābhūnmune tasya nideśataḥ || tatastapo mahatkṛtvā śivaṃ prāpa patiṃ satī
Pārvatī too became free of pride, O sage, by his instruction; then, having performed great austerity, the virtuous lady obtained Śiva as her husband.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition