Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita — Chapter 80
SiP 2 80.1
।। ब्रह्मोवाच ।। गतेषु तेषु देवेषु शक्रः सस्मार वै स्मरम् ।। पीडितस्तारकेनातिदेत्येन च दुरात्मना
|| brahmovāca || gateṣu teṣu deveṣu śakraḥ sasmāra vai smaram || pīḍitastārakenātidetyena ca durātmanā
Brahmā said: When those gods had gone, Śakra, sorely afflicted by the wicked-souled demon Tāraka, called Smara to mind.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 80.2
आगतस्तत्क्षणात्कामस्सवसंतो रतिप्रियः ।। सावलेपो युतो रत्या त्रैलोक्य विजयी प्रभुः यतो हितं प्रजायेत ततः को नु प्रियः परः ।। तस्मान्मित्रवरस्त्वं हि मत्कार्य्यं कर्तुमर्हसि क्षणेन भ्रंशयिष्यामि कटाक्षेण वरस्त्रियाः ।। देवर्षिदानवादींश्च नराणां गणना न मे तारकाख्यो महादैत्यो ब्रह्मणो वरमद्भुतम् ।। अभूदजेयस्संप्राप्य सर्वेषामपि दुःखदः इति कृत्वा कृती स्यास्त्वं सर्वं दुःखं विनंक्ष्यति ।। लोके स्थायी प्रतापस्ते भविष्यति न चान्यथा
āgatastatkṣaṇātkāmassavasaṃto ratipriyaḥ || sāvalepo yuto ratyā trailokya vijayī prabhuḥ yato hitaṃ prajāyeta tataḥ ko nu priyaḥ paraḥ || tasmānmitravarastvaṃ hi matkāryyaṃ kartumarhasi kṣaṇena bhraṃśayiṣyāmi kaṭākṣeṇa varastriyāḥ || devarṣidānavādīṃśca narāṇāṃ gaṇanā na me tārakākhyo mahādaityo brahmaṇo varamadbhutam || abhūdajeyassaṃprāpya sarveṣāmapi duḥkhadaḥ iti kṛtvā kṛtī syāstvaṃ sarvaṃ duḥkhaṃ vinaṃkṣyati || loke sthāyī pratāpaste bhaviṣyati na cānyathā
That instant Kāma came, with Spring, fond of Rati, proud, accompanied by Rati, the lord who conquers the three worlds. (Śakra said:) "From whom one's good arises, who is dearer than he? Therefore you, best of friends, ought to do my task." (Kāma said:) "In a moment, with the sidelong glance of a lovely woman, I will make gods, sages, demons and the rest fall — as for men, I do not count them." (Śakra said:) "The great demon named Tāraka, having obtained a wondrous boon from Brahmā, has become unconquerable and a giver of pain to all. By doing this you will be the accomplisher: all pain will perish, and your glory will endure in the world — it cannot be otherwise."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 2 80.3
प्रणामं च ततः कृत्वा स्थित्वा तत्पुरतस्स्मरः ।। महोन्नतमनास्तात सांजलिश्शक्रमब्रवीत्
praṇāmaṃ ca tataḥ kṛtvā sthitvā tatpuratassmaraḥ || mahonnatamanāstāta sāṃjaliśśakramabravīt
Then Smara, having made obeisance and standing before him, with mind greatly elated, my son, spoke to Śakra with folded hands:
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SiP 2 80.4
काम उवाच ।। किं कार्य्यं ते समुत्पन्नं स्मृतोऽहं केन हेतुना ।। तत्त्वं कथय देवेश तत्कर्तुं समुपागतः
kāma uvāca || kiṃ kāryyaṃ te samutpannaṃ smṛto'haṃ kena hetunā || tattvaṃ kathaya deveśa tatkartuṃ samupāgataḥ
Kāma said: What business has arisen for you? For what reason have I been called to mind? Tell me that truly, lord of gods; I have come to do it.
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SiP 2 80.5
।। ब्रह्मोवाच ।। तच्छ्रुत्वा वचनं तस्य कंदर्पस्य सुरेश्वरः ।। उवाच वचनं प्रीत्या युक्तं युक्तमिति स्तुवन्
|| brahmovāca || tacchrutvā vacanaṃ tasya kaṃdarpasya sureśvaraḥ || uvāca vacanaṃ prītyā yuktaṃ yuktamiti stuvan
Brahmā said: Hearing that speech of Kandarpa, the lord of the gods spoke words with pleasure, praising him with "Fitting, fitting!"
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SiP 2 80.6
।। शक्र उवाच।। तव साधु समारम्भो यन्मे कार्य्यमुपस्थितम्।। तत्कतुर्मुद्यतोऽसि त्वं धन्योऽसि मकरध्वज
|| śakra uvāca|| tava sādhu samārambho yanme kāryyamupasthitam|| tatkaturmudyato'si tvaṃ dhanyo'si makaradhvaja
Śakra said: Good is this undertaking of yours, since the business I have is at hand; you are ready to do it — you are blessed, O you whose banner is the sea-monster.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 80.7
प्रस्तुतं शृणु मद्वाक्यं कथयामि तवाग्रतः।। मदीयं चैव यत्कार्यं त्वदीयं तन्न चान्यथा
prastutaṃ śṛṇu madvākyaṃ kathayāmi tavāgrataḥ|| madīyaṃ caiva yatkāryaṃ tvadīyaṃ tanna cānyathā
Hear my words on the matter at hand; I shall speak them before you. And what business is mine is yours also, not otherwise.
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SiP 2 80.8
मित्राणि मम संत्येव बहूनि सुमहांति च ।। परं तु स्मर सन्मित्रं त्वत्तुल्यं न हि कुत्रचित्
mitrāṇi mama saṃtyeva bahūni sumahāṃti ca || paraṃ tu smara sanmitraṃ tvattulyaṃ na hi kutracit
I do indeed have friends, many and very great; but remember, Smara, a true friend equal to you there is nowhere.
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SiP 2 80.9
जयार्थं मे द्वयं तात निर्मितं वजमुत्तमम् ।। वज्रं च निष्फलं स्याद्वै त्वं तु नैव कदाचन
jayārthaṃ me dvayaṃ tāta nirmitaṃ vajamuttamam || vajraṃ ca niṣphalaṃ syādvai tvaṃ tu naiva kadācana
For the sake of victory, my son, two things were fashioned (for me): the excellent thunderbolt (and you); and the thunderbolt may prove fruitless, but you never.
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SiP 2 80.11
मम दुःखं समुत्पन्नमसाध्य चापि कालजम् ।। केनापि नैव तच्छक्यं दूरीकर्तुं त्वया विना
mama duḥkhaṃ samutpannamasādhya cāpi kālajam || kenāpi naiva tacchakyaṃ dūrīkartuṃ tvayā vinā
A sorrow has arisen for me, unmanageable and born of time; by no one at all can it be driven away, apart from you.
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SiP 2 80.12
दातुः परीक्षा दुर्भिक्षे रणे शूरस्य जायते ।। आपत्काले तु मित्रस्याशक्तौ स्त्रीणां कुलस्य हि
dātuḥ parīkṣā durbhikṣe raṇe śūrasya jāyate || āpatkāle tu mitrasyāśaktau strīṇāṃ kulasya hi
The testing of a giver comes in famine, of a hero in battle, of a friend in time of calamity, of women in (their) family's helplessness.
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SiP 2 80.13
विनये संकटे प्राप्तेऽवितथस्य परोक्षतः ।। सुस्नेहस्य तथा तात नान्यथा सत्यमीरितम्
vinaye saṃkaṭe prāpte'vitathasya parokṣataḥ || susnehasya tathā tāta nānyathā satyamīritam
(The testing) of the truthful is in discipline when danger has come, and of one of good affection behind one's back, my son; nothing else — the truth has been declared.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 2 80.14
प्राप्तायां वै ममापत्ताववार्यायां परेण हि ।। परीक्षा च त्वदीयाऽद्य मित्रवर्य भविष्यति
prāptāyāṃ vai mamāpattāvavāryāyāṃ pareṇa hi || parīkṣā ca tvadīyā'dya mitravarya bhaviṣyati
Now that a calamity has come upon me, one not to be warded off by another, today the testing of you too will take place, best of friends.
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SiP 2 80.15
न केवलं मदीयं च कार्य्यमस्ति सुखावहम् ।। किं तु सर्वसुरादीनां कार्य्यमेतन्न संशयः
na kevalaṃ madīyaṃ ca kāryyamasti sukhāvaham || kiṃ tu sarvasurādīnāṃ kāryyametanna saṃśayaḥ
And it is not only my own business that brings comfort; rather, this is the business of all the gods and the rest — there is no doubt.
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SiP 2 80.16
ब्रह्मोवाच ।। इत्येतन्मघवद्वाक्यं श्रुत्वा तु मकरध्वजाः ।। उवाच प्रेमगभीरं वाक्यं सुस्मितपूर्वकम्
brahmovāca || ityetanmaghavadvākyaṃ śrutvā tu makaradhvajāḥ || uvāca premagabhīraṃ vākyaṃ susmitapūrvakam
Brahmā said: Having heard this speech of Maghavan, he of the sea-monster banner spoke words deep with affection, prefaced by a smile.
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SiP 2 80.17
।। काम उवाच ।। किमर्थमित्थं वदसि नोत्तरं वच्म्यहं तव ।। उपकृत्कृत्रिमं लोके दृश्यते कथ्यते न च
|| kāma uvāca || kimarthamitthaṃ vadasi nottaraṃ vacmyahaṃ tava || upakṛtkṛtrimaṃ loke dṛśyate kathyate na ca
Kāma said: Why do you speak thus? I make you no reply. In the world a contrived favour is seen but not spoken of.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 2 80.18
सङ्कटे बहु यो ब्रूते स किं कार्य्यं करिष्यति ।। तथापि च महाराज कथयामि शृणु प्रभो
saṅkaṭe bahu yo brūte sa kiṃ kāryyaṃ kariṣyati || tathāpi ca mahārāja kathayāmi śṛṇu prabho
He who talks much in a crisis — what business will he accomplish? Still, great king, I shall speak; listen, lord.
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SiP 2 80.19
पदं ते कर्षितुं यो वै तपस्तपति दारुणम् ।। पातयिष्याम्यहं तं च शत्रुं ते मित्र सर्वथा
padaṃ te karṣituṃ yo vai tapastapati dāruṇam || pātayiṣyāmyahaṃ taṃ ca śatruṃ te mitra sarvathā
He who performs terrible austerity in order to drag down your station — I shall bring him down, that enemy of yours, friend, by every means.
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SiP 2 80.21
वज्रं तिष्ठतु दूरे वै शस्त्राण्यन्यान्यनेकशः ।। किं ते कार्यं करिष्यंति मयि मित्र उपस्थिते
vajraṃ tiṣṭhatu dūre vai śastrāṇyanyānyanekaśaḥ || kiṃ te kāryaṃ kariṣyaṃti mayi mitra upasthite
Let the thunderbolt stand far off, and the many other weapons as well: what business of yours will they accomplish, when I, your friend, am present?
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SiP 2 80.22
ब्रह्माणं वा हरिं वापि भ्रष्टं कुर्य्यां न संशयः ।। अन्येषां गणना नास्ति पातयेयं हरं त्वपि
brahmāṇaṃ vā hariṃ vāpi bhraṣṭaṃ kuryyāṃ na saṃśayaḥ || anyeṣāṃ gaṇanā nāsti pātayeyaṃ haraṃ tvapi
Brahmā or even Hari I could make to fall — no doubt of it; of the others there is no counting; I could bring down even Hara.
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SiP 2 80.23
पंचैव मृदवो बाणास्ते च पुष्पमया मम ।। चापस्त्रिधा पुष्पमयश्शिंजिनी भ्रमरार्ज्जिता ।। बलं सुदयिता मे हि वसंतः सचिवस्स्मृतः
paṃcaiva mṛdavo bāṇāste ca puṣpamayā mama || cāpastridhā puṣpamayaśśiṃjinī bhramarārjjitā || balaṃ sudayitā me hi vasaṃtaḥ sacivassmṛtaḥ
My arrows are just five, and soft, and made of flowers; my bow is threefold, made of flowers, its string composed of bees; my strength is indeed a lovely woman, and Spring is reckoned my minister.
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SiP 2 80.24
अहं पञ्चबलोदेवा मित्रं मम सुधानिधिः
ahaṃ pañcabalodevā mitraṃ mama sudhānidhiḥ
I am one whose strength is fivefold, O god; my friend is the store of nectar (the moon).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 2 80.25
सेनाधिपश्च शृंगारो हावभावाश्च सैनिकाः ।। सर्वे मे मृदवः शक्र अहं चापि तथाविधः
senādhipaśca śṛṃgāro hāvabhāvāśca sainikāḥ || sarve me mṛdavaḥ śakra ahaṃ cāpi tathāvidhaḥ
And my army's commander is Śṛṅgāra (Passion), and the amorous gestures (hāva) and expressions (bhāva) are my soldiers; all of mine are soft, Śakra, and I too am of that kind.
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SiP 2 80.26
यद्येन पूर्यते कार्य्यं धीमांस्तत्तेन योजयेत्।। मम योग्यं तु यत्कार्य्यं सर्वं तन्मे नियोजय
yadyena pūryate kāryyaṃ dhīmāṃstattena yojayet|| mama yogyaṃ tu yatkāryyaṃ sarvaṃ tanme niyojaya
By whatever means a task is accomplished, the wise man should apply that means to it; so whatever task is fit for me, appoint all of that to me.
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SiP 2 80.27
।। ब्रह्मोवाच ।। इत्येवं तु वचस्तस्य श्रुत्वा शक्रस्सुहर्षितः ।। उवाच प्रणमन्वाचा कामं कांतासुखावहम्
|| brahmovāca || ityevaṃ tu vacastasya śrutvā śakrassuharṣitaḥ || uvāca praṇamanvācā kāmaṃ kāṃtāsukhāvaham
Brahmā said: Having heard this speech of his, Śakra, greatly delighted, bowing, spoke with his voice to Kāma, who brings the pleasure of beloved women.
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SiP 2 80.28
शक्र उवाच ।। यत्कार्य्यं मनसोद्दिष्टं मया तात मनोभव ।। कर्त्तुं तत्त्वं समर्थोऽसि नान्यस्मात्तस्यसम्भवः
śakra uvāca || yatkāryyaṃ manasoddiṣṭaṃ mayā tāta manobhava || karttuṃ tattvaṃ samartho'si nānyasmāttasyasambhavaḥ
Śakra said: The task that has been indicated by my mind, dear Manobhava — you indeed are able to accomplish it; from no one else can it come about.
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SiP 2 80.29
शृणु काम प्रवक्ष्यामि यथार्थं मित्रसत्तम ।। यदर्थे च स्पृहा जाता तव चाद्य मनोभव
śṛṇu kāma pravakṣyāmi yathārthaṃ mitrasattama || yadarthe ca spṛhā jātā tava cādya manobhava
Listen, Kāma, best of friends, I shall tell (you) truly for what purpose this longing has arisen in you too today, O Manobhava.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 80.31
तेन संपीड्यते लोको नष्टा धर्मा ह्यनेकशः ।। दुःखिता निर्जरास्सर्वे ऋषयश्च तथाखिलाः
tena saṃpīḍyate loko naṣṭā dharmā hyanekaśaḥ || duḥkhitā nirjarāssarve ṛṣayaśca tathākhilāḥ
By him the world is oppressed, and the duties (dharmas) have perished in many ways; all the gods are afflicted, and likewise all the seers.
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SiP 2 80.32
देवैश्च सकलैस्तेन कृतं युद्धं यथाबलम् ।। सर्वेषां चायुधान्यत्र विफलान्यभवन्पुरा
devaiśca sakalaistena kṛtaṃ yuddhaṃ yathābalam || sarveṣāṃ cāyudhānyatra viphalānyabhavanpurā
And by all the gods war was waged with him according to their strength, and formerly the weapons of them all proved fruitless there.
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SiP 2 80.33
भग्नः पाशो जलेशस्य हरिं चक्रं सुदर्शनम् ।। तत्कुण्ठितमभूत्तस्य कण्ठे क्षिप्तं च विष्णुना
bhagnaḥ pāśo jaleśasya hariṃ cakraṃ sudarśanam || tatkuṇṭhitamabhūttasya kaṇṭhe kṣiptaṃ ca viṣṇunā
The noose of the lord of waters (Varuṇa) was broken; and Hari's discus Sudarśana, hurled by Viṣṇu at his neck, became blunted.
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SiP 2 80.34
एतस्य मरणं प्रोक्तं प्रजेशेन दुरात्मनः ।। शम्भोर्वीर्योद्भवाद्बालान्महायोगीश्वरस्य हि
etasya maraṇaṃ proktaṃ prajeśena durātmanaḥ || śambhorvīryodbhavādbālānmahāyogīśvarasya hi
The death of this evil-souled one has been declared by the Lord of creatures (Brahmā) to come from a boy born of Śambhu's seed, the great lord of yogins.
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SiP 2 80.35
एतत्कार्य्यं त्वया साधु कर्तव्यं सुप्रयत्नतः ।। ततस्स्यान्मित्रवर्य्याति देवानां नः परं सुखम्
etatkāryyaṃ tvayā sādhu kartavyaṃ suprayatnataḥ || tatassyānmitravaryyāti devānāṃ naḥ paraṃ sukham
This task must be well accomplished by you with great effort; then, O best of friends, there would be the highest happiness for us gods.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 80.36
ममापि विहितं तस्मात्सर्वलोकसुखावहम् ।। मित्रधर्मं हृदि स्मृत्वा कर्तुमर्हसि सांप्रतम्
mamāpi vihitaṃ tasmātsarvalokasukhāvaham || mitradharmaṃ hṛdi smṛtvā kartumarhasi sāṃpratam
For me too it has been ordained; therefore, bringing happiness to all the worlds, you ought now to do it, recalling in your heart the duty of a friend.
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SiP 2 80.37
शंभुस्स गिरिराजे हि तपः परममास्थितः ।। स प्रभुर्नापि कामेन स्वतंत्रः परमेश्वरः
śaṃbhussa girirāje hi tapaḥ paramamāsthitaḥ || sa prabhurnāpi kāmena svataṃtraḥ parameśvaraḥ
That Śambhu is engaged in supreme austerity on the king of mountains; that lord, the Supreme Lord, is independent and not (subject) to desire.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 80.38
तत्समीपे च देवाथ पार्वती स्वसखीयुता ।। सेवमाना तिष्ठतीति पित्राज्ञप्ता मया श्रुतम्
tatsamīpe ca devātha pārvatī svasakhīyutā || sevamānā tiṣṭhatīti pitrājñaptā mayā śrutam
And near him, O god, Pārvatī, accompanied by her companions, stands serving (him), commanded by her father — so I have heard.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 80.39
यथा तस्यां रुचिस्तस्य शिवस्य नियतात्मनः ।। जायते नितरां मार तथा कार्यं त्वया ध्रुवम्
yathā tasyāṃ rucistasya śivasya niyatātmanaḥ || jāyate nitarāṃ māra tathā kāryaṃ tvayā dhruvam
O Māra, you must certainly act in such a way that an intense liking for her arises in that Śiva of controlled self.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 80.41
ब्रह्मोवाच ।। इत्युक्तस्य तु कामो हि प्रफुल्लमुखपंकज ।। प्रेम्णोवाचेति देवेशं करिष्यामि न संशयः
brahmovāca || ityuktasya tu kāmo hi praphullamukhapaṃkaja || premṇovāceti deveśaṃ kariṣyāmi na saṃśayaḥ
Brahmā said: When he had been thus addressed, Kāma, his lotus-face beaming, said out of affection to the lord of gods, "I shall do it, there is no doubt."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 80.42
इत्युक्त्वा वचनं तस्मै तथेत्योमिति तद्वचः ।। अग्रहीत्तरसा कामः शिवमायाविमोहितः
ityuktvā vacanaṃ tasmai tathetyomiti tadvacaḥ || agrahīttarasā kāmaḥ śivamāyāvimohitaḥ
Having spoken this speech to him, saying "So be it, om," Kāma, deluded by Śiva's māyā, eagerly accepted that word (of his).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 80.43
यत्र योगीश्वरस्साक्षात्तप्यते परमं तपः ।। जगाम तत्र सुप्रीतस्सदारस्सवसंतकः
yatra yogīśvarassākṣāttapyate paramaṃ tapaḥ || jagāma tatra suprītassadārassavasaṃtakaḥ
Where the lord of yogins himself was performing supreme austerity, there he went, well pleased, with his wife and with Vasanta (Spring).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition