Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita — Chapter 88
SiP 2 88.1
।। नारद उवाच ।। गतेषु तेषु देवेषु विधि विष्ण्वादिकेषु च ।। सर्वेषु मुनिषु प्रीत्या किं बभूव ततः परम्
|| nārada uvāca || gateṣu teṣu deveṣu vidhi viṣṇvādikeṣu ca || sarveṣu muniṣu prītyā kiṃ babhūva tataḥ param
Nārada said: When those gods had gone, Vidhi (Brahmā), Viṣṇu and the rest, and all the sages, with delight — what happened after that?
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SiP 2 88.2
किं कृतं शंभुना तात वरं दातुंसमागतः ।। कियत्कालेन च कथं तद्वद प्रीतिमावहन् सप्तर्षय ऊचुः ।। देवदेव महादेव करुणासागर प्रभो ।। जाता वयं सुधन्या हि त्वया यदधुना स्मृताः हृदा प्रणम्य तां ते तु ऋषयस्सप्त सुव्रताः।। सन्नता वचनं प्रोचुः पूजिताश्च विशेषतः। नारदः कूटवादी च परचित्तप्रमंथकः ।। तस्य वार्त्ताश्रवणतो हानिर्भवति सर्वथा प्रह्लादाय स्वोपदेशान्हिरण्यकशिपोः परम् ।। दत्त्वा दुखं ददौ चायं परबुद्धिप्रभेदकः तां तथैव स वै दोषं दत्त्वात्याक्षीत्स्वयं प्रभुः ।। ध्यायन्स्वरूप मकलमशोकमरमत्सुखी गुरूणां वचनं सत्यमिति यद्धृदये न धीः ।। इहामुत्रापि तेषां हि दुखं न च सुखं क्वचित् ।। ब्रह्मोवाच।। इत्युक्त्वा तान्प्रणम्याशु मुनीन्सा पर्वतात्मजा ।। विरराम शिवं स्मृत्वा निर्विकारेण चेतसा
kiṃ kṛtaṃ śaṃbhunā tāta varaṃ dātuṃsamāgataḥ || kiyatkālena ca kathaṃ tadvada prītimāvahan saptarṣaya ūcuḥ || devadeva mahādeva karuṇāsāgara prabho || jātā vayaṃ sudhanyā hi tvayā yadadhunā smṛtāḥ hṛdā praṇamya tāṃ te tu ṛṣayassapta suvratāḥ|| sannatā vacanaṃ procuḥ pūjitāśca viśeṣataḥ| nāradaḥ kūṭavādī ca paracittapramaṃthakaḥ || tasya vārttāśravaṇato hānirbhavati sarvathā prahlādāya svopadeśānhiraṇyakaśipoḥ param || dattvā dukhaṃ dadau cāyaṃ parabuddhiprabhedakaḥ tāṃ tathaiva sa vai doṣaṃ dattvātyākṣītsvayaṃ prabhuḥ || dhyāyansvarūpa makalamaśokamaramatsukhī gurūṇāṃ vacanaṃ satyamiti yaddhṛdaye na dhīḥ || ihāmutrāpi teṣāṃ hi dukhaṃ na ca sukhaṃ kvacit || brahmovāca|| ityuktvā tānpraṇamyāśu munīnsā parvatātmajā || virarāma śivaṃ smṛtvā nirvikāreṇa cetasā
What did Śambhu do, father, having come to grant a boon? And in how much time, and how? Tell that, bringing (me) delight. The seven sages said: God of gods, Mahādeva, ocean of compassion, lord, we have become truly fortunate, in that we are now remembered by you. Bowing to her with their hearts, those seven sages of good vows, humbled and especially honoured, spoke these words: Nārada is a crooked speaker and a churner of others' minds; from hearing his talk loss comes about in every way. Having given Prahlāda his own instructions, he then gave sorrow to Hiraṇyakaśipu, this splitter of others' minds. Having in just that way given her the fault, the lord himself abandoned (it), meditating on his own form, partless, sorrowless, passionless, happy. Those in whose heart there is no conviction that the word of the gurus is true — for them there is sorrow both here and hereafter, and nowhere any happiness. Brahmā said: Having said this and swiftly bowing to those sages, she, the mountain's daughter, fell silent, remembering Śiva with an unwavering mind.
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SiP 2 88.3
।। ब्रह्मोवाच ।। गतेषु तेषु देवेषु ब्रह्मादिषु निजाश्रमम् ।। तत्तपस्सु परीक्षार्थं समाधिस्थोऽभवद्भवः
|| brahmovāca || gateṣu teṣu deveṣu brahmādiṣu nijāśramam || tattapassu parīkṣārthaṃ samādhistho'bhavadbhavaḥ
Brahmā said: When those gods, Brahmā and the rest, had gone to their own hermitages, Bhava abode in samādhi in order to test her austerities.
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SiP 2 88.4
स्वात्मानमात्मना कृत्वा स्वात्मन्येव व्यचिंतयत् ।। परात्परतरं स्वस्थं निर्माय निरवग्रहम्
svātmānamātmanā kṛtvā svātmanyeva vyaciṃtayat || parātparataraṃ svasthaṃ nirmāya niravagraham
Making his own self by the self, he meditated within his own self alone, having formed (in thought) that which is higher than the highest, self-abiding, unconstrained.
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SiP 2 88.5
तद्वस्तुभूतो भगवानीश्वरो वृषभध्वजः ।। अविज्ञातगतिस्सूतिस्स हरः परमेश्वरः
tadvastubhūto bhagavānīśvaro vṛṣabhadhvajaḥ || avijñātagatissūtissa haraḥ parameśvaraḥ
Being that (very) reality, the blessed Lord, the bull-bannered, whose going is unknown, the begetter — he is Hara, the supreme Lord.
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SiP 2 88.6
ब्रह्मोवाच ।। गिरिजा हि तदा तात तताप परमं तपः।। तपसा तेन रुद्रोऽपि परं विस्मयमागतः
brahmovāca || girijā hi tadā tāta tatāpa paramaṃ tapaḥ|| tapasā tena rudro'pi paraṃ vismayamāgataḥ
Brahmā said: Then, dear one, Girijā performed supreme austerity; by that austerity even Rudra came to great amazement.
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SiP 2 88.7
समाधेश्चलितस्सोऽभूद्भक्ताधीनोऽपि नान्यथा ।। वसिष्ठादीन्मुनीन्सप्त सस्मार सूतिकृद्धरः
samādheścalitasso'bhūdbhaktādhīno'pi nānyathā || vasiṣṭhādīnmunīnsapta sasmāra sūtikṛddharaḥ
He was shaken from his meditation — even (a god) subject to his devotees (acts) not otherwise; Hara, the maker of the plan, called to mind the seven sages, Vasiṣṭha and the rest.
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SiP 2 88.8
सप्तापि मुनयश्शीघ्रमाययुस्स्मृति मात्रतः ।। प्रसन्नवदनाः सर्वे वर्णयंतो विधिं बहु
saptāpi munayaśśīghramāyayussmṛti mātrataḥ || prasannavadanāḥ sarve varṇayaṃto vidhiṃ bahu
All seven sages came swiftly, at the mere thought (of them), all with gladdened faces, praising his ordinance greatly.
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SiP 2 88.9
प्रणम्य तं महेशानं तुष्टुवुर्हर्षनिर्भराः ।। वाण्या गद्गदया बद्धकरा विनतकंधराः
praṇamya taṃ maheśānaṃ tuṣṭuvurharṣanirbharāḥ || vāṇyā gadgadayā baddhakarā vinatakaṃdharāḥ
Having bowed to that Great Lord, they praised him, brimming with joy, with faltering voice, hands folded, necks bent low.
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SiP 2 88.11
किमर्थं संस्मृता वाथ शासनं देहि तद्धि नः ।। स्वदाससदृशीं स्वामिन्कृपां कुरु नमोऽस्तु ते
kimarthaṃ saṃsmṛtā vātha śāsanaṃ dehi taddhi naḥ || svadāsasadṛśīṃ svāminkṛpāṃ kuru namo'stu te
"For what purpose have we been called to mind? Give us your command, then; O Lord, show us a favour befitting your own servants. Homage to you."
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SiP 2 88.12
।। ब्रह्मोवाच ।। इत्याकर्ण्य नीनां तु विज्ञप्तिं करुणानिधिः ।। प्रोवाच विहसन्प्रीत्या प्रोत्फुल्लनयनाम्बुजः
|| brahmovāca || ityākarṇya nīnāṃ tu vijñaptiṃ karuṇānidhiḥ || provāca vihasanprītyā protphullanayanāmbujaḥ
Brahmā said: Hearing thus the petition of the sages, the treasury of compassion, laughing, spoke with affection, the lotuses of his eyes wide open.
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SiP 2 88.13
।। महेश्वर उवाच ।। हे सप्तमुनयस्ताताश्शृणुतारं वचो मम ।। अस्मद्धितकरा यूयं सर्वज्ञानविचक्षणाः
|| maheśvara uvāca || he saptamunayastātāśśṛṇutāraṃ vaco mama || asmaddhitakarā yūyaṃ sarvajñānavicakṣaṇāḥ
Maheśvara said: O you seven sages, dear ones, hear this word of mine: you are doers of good to me, skilled in all knowledge.
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SiP 2 88.14
तपश्चरति देवेशी पार्वती गिरिजाऽधुना ।। गौरीशिखरसंज्ञे हि पार्वते दृढमानसा
tapaścarati deveśī pārvatī girijā'dhunā || gaurīśikharasaṃjñe hi pārvate dṛḍhamānasā
The goddess of the gods, Pārvatī the mountain's daughter, is now performing austerity on the peak called Gaurīśikhara, firm of mind.
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SiP 2 88.15
मां पतिं प्राप्तुकामा हि सा सखीसेविता द्विजाः ।। सर्वान्कामान्विहायान्यान्परं निश्चयमागता
māṃ patiṃ prāptukāmā hi sā sakhīsevitā dvijāḥ || sarvānkāmānvihāyānyānparaṃ niścayamāgatā
Desiring to obtain me as husband, O twice-born ones, she, attended by her companions, having abandoned all other desires, has come to a supreme resolve.
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SiP 2 88.16
तत्र गच्छत यूयं मच्छासनान्मुनिसत्तमाः।। परीक्षां दृढतायास्तत्कुरुत प्रेमचेतसः
tatra gacchata yūyaṃ macchāsanānmunisattamāḥ|| parīkṣāṃ dṛḍhatāyāstatkuruta premacetasaḥ
Go there, you best of sages, by my command, and make a test of the firmness of her loving heart.
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SiP 2 88.17
सर्वथा छलसंयुक्तं वचनीयं वचश्च वः ।। न संशयः प्रकर्तव्यश्शासनान्मम सुव्रताः
sarvathā chalasaṃyuktaṃ vacanīyaṃ vacaśca vaḥ || na saṃśayaḥ prakartavyaśśāsanānmama suvratāḥ
And your speech is in every way to be spoken with guile; no doubt is to be entertained (about it), by my command, O you of good vows.
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SiP 2 88.18
।।ब्रह्मोवाच ।। इत्याज्ञप्ताश्च मुनयो जग्मुस्तत्र द्रुतं हि ते ।। यत्र राजति सा दीप्ता जगन्माता नगात्मजा
||brahmovāca || ityājñaptāśca munayo jagmustatra drutaṃ hi te || yatra rājati sā dīptā jaganmātā nagātmajā
Brahmā said: Thus commanded, the sages went swiftly there, where that radiant one shone, the mother of the world, the mountain's daughter.
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SiP 2 88.19
तत्र दृष्ट्वा शिवा साक्षात्तपःसिद्धिरिवापरा।। मूर्ता परमतेजस्का विलसंती सुतेजसा
tatra dṛṣṭvā śivā sākṣāttapaḥsiddhirivāparā|| mūrtā paramatejaskā vilasaṃtī sutejasā
There they saw Śivā in person, like a second perfection-of-austerity embodied, of the highest brilliance, shining with her own splendour.
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SiP 2 88.21
।। ऋषय ऊचुः ।। शृणु शैलसुते देवी किमर्थं तप्यते तपः ।। इच्छसि त्वं सुरं कं च किं फलं तद्वदाधुना
|| ṛṣaya ūcuḥ || śṛṇu śailasute devī kimarthaṃ tapyate tapaḥ || icchasi tvaṃ suraṃ kaṃ ca kiṃ phalaṃ tadvadādhunā
The sages said: Listen, O goddess, daughter of the mountain — for what purpose is this austerity being performed? Which god do you desire, and what is the fruit (you seek)? Tell that now.
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SiP 2 88.22
ब्रह्मोवाच ।। इत्युक्ता सा शिवा देवी गिरींद्रतनया द्विजैः ।। प्रत्युवाच वचस्सत्यं सुगूढमपि तत्पुरः
brahmovāca || ityuktā sā śivā devī girīṃdratanayā dvijaiḥ || pratyuvāca vacassatyaṃ sugūḍhamapi tatpuraḥ
Brahmā said: Thus addressed by the twice-born ones, that goddess Śivā, daughter of the lord of mountains, replied with a true word, though it was well hidden, there before them.
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SiP 2 88.23
।। पार्वत्युवाच ।। मुनीश्वरास्संशृणुत मद्वाक्यं प्रीतितो हृदा ।। ब्रवीमि स्वविचारं वै चिंतितो यो धिया स्वया
|| pārvatyuvāca || munīśvarāssaṃśṛṇuta madvākyaṃ prītito hṛdā || bravīmi svavicāraṃ vai ciṃtito yo dhiyā svayā
Pārvatī said: O lords among sages, hear my words with a loving heart; I speak indeed my own deliberation, which was thought out by my own mind.
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SiP 2 88.24
करिष्यथ प्रहासं मे श्रुत्वा वाचो ह्यसंभवाः ।। संकोचो वर्णनाद्विप्रा भवत्येव करोमि किम्
kariṣyatha prahāsaṃ me śrutvā vāco hyasaṃbhavāḥ || saṃkoco varṇanādviprā bhavatyeva karomi kim
You will laugh at me on hearing words that are impossible; embarrassment does arise from the telling, O brahmins — what am I to do?
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SiP 2 88.25
इदं मनो हि सुदृढमवशं परकर्मकृत् ।। जलोपरि महाभित्तिं चिकीर्षति महोन्नताम्
idaṃ mano hi sudṛḍhamavaśaṃ parakarmakṛt || jalopari mahābhittiṃ cikīrṣati mahonnatām
This mind of mine is very firm, uncontrollable, doing what is another's work: it wishes to build a great, very lofty wall upon water.
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SiP 2 88.26
सुरर्षेश्शासनं प्राप्य करोमि सुदृढं तपः ।। रुद्रः पतिर्भवेन्मे हि विधायेति मनोरथम्
surarṣeśśāsanaṃ prāpya karomi sudṛḍhaṃ tapaḥ || rudraḥ patirbhavenme hi vidhāyeti manoratham
Having received the command of the divine sage, I perform a very firm austerity, having formed this wish: "May Rudra become my husband."
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SiP 2 88.27
अपक्षो मन्मनः पक्षी व्योम्नि उड्डीयते हठात् ।। तदाशां शंकरस्वामी पिपर्त्तु करुणानिधिः
apakṣo manmanaḥ pakṣī vyomni uḍḍīyate haṭhāt || tadāśāṃ śaṃkarasvāmī piparttu karuṇānidhiḥ
The bird that is my mind, though wingless, flies up forcibly into the sky; may Lord Śaṃkara, the treasury of compassion, fulfil that hope.
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SiP 2 88.28
।। ब्रह्मोवाच ।। इत्याकर्ण्य वचस्तस्या विहस्य मुनयश्च ते ।। संमान्य गिरिजां प्रीत्या प्रोचुश्छलवचो मृषा
|| brahmovāca || ityākarṇya vacastasyā vihasya munayaśca te || saṃmānya girijāṃ prītyā procuśchalavaco mṛṣā
Brahmā said: Hearing that speech of hers, those sages laughed, and honouring the mountain's daughter with affection, they spoke deceitful, false words.
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SiP 2 88.29
ऋषय ऊचुः ।। न ज्ञातं तस्य चरितं वृथापण्डितमानिनः ।। देवर्षेः कूरमनसः सुज्ञा भूत्वाप्यगात्मजे
ṛṣaya ūcuḥ || na jñātaṃ tasya caritaṃ vṛthāpaṇḍitamāninaḥ || devarṣeḥ kūramanasaḥ sujñā bhūtvāpyagātmaje
The seers said: (You) have not understood the conduct of that divine seer, who vainly fancies himself learned and is crooked of mind, O daughter of the mountain — though you have become wise (you have not known it).
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SiP 2 88.31
तत्र त्वं शृणु सद्बुध्या चेतिहासं सुशोभितम् ।। क्रमात्त्वां बोधयंतो हि प्रीत्या तमुपधारय
tatra tvaṃ śṛṇu sadbudhyā cetihāsaṃ suśobhitam || kramāttvāṃ bodhayaṃto hi prītyā tamupadhāraya
On that matter listen with sound judgement to this well-adorned old tale; for we, instructing you step by step out of affection, (tell it) — attend to it.
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SiP 2 88.32
ब्रह्मपुत्रो हि यो दक्षस्सुषुवे पितुराज्ञया ।। स्वपत्न्यामयुतं पुत्रानयुंक्त तपसि प्रियान्
brahmaputro hi yo dakṣassuṣuve piturājñayā || svapatnyāmayutaṃ putrānayuṃkta tapasi priyān
Dakṣa, who was indeed a son of Brahmā, begot by his father's command ten thousand sons upon his own wife, and set those dear ones to austerity.
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SiP 2 88.33
ते सुताः पश्चिमां दिशि नारायणसरो गताः ।। तपोर्थे ते प्रतिज्ञाय नारदस्तत्र वै ययौ
te sutāḥ paścimāṃ diśi nārāyaṇasaro gatāḥ || taporthe te pratijñāya nāradastatra vai yayau
Those sons went in the western direction to the Nārāyaṇa lake; when they had undertaken (austerity) for the sake of penance, Nārada went there.
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SiP 2 88.34
कूटोपदेशमाश्राव्य तत्र तान्नारदो मुनिः ।। तदाज्ञया च ते सर्वे पितुर्न गृहमाययुः
kūṭopadeśamāśrāvya tatra tānnārado muniḥ || tadājñayā ca te sarve piturna gṛhamāyayuḥ
Having caused the sage Nārada's deceitful instruction to be heard by them there, by his command none of them came to their father's house.
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SiP 2 88.35
तच्छ्रुत्वा कुपितो दक्षः पित्राश्वासितमानसः ।। उत्पाद्य पुत्रान्प्रायुंक्त सहस्रप्रमितांस्ततः
tacchrutvā kupito dakṣaḥ pitrāśvāsitamānasaḥ || utpādya putrānprāyuṃkta sahasrapramitāṃstataḥ
Hearing that, Dakṣa was angered; his mind then being consoled by his father, he begot sons a thousand in number and set them (to austerity).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 88.36
तेऽपि तत्र गताः पुत्रास्तपोर्थं पितुराज्ञया ।। नारदोऽपि ययौ तत्र पुनस्तत्स्वोपदेशकृत्
te'pi tatra gatāḥ putrāstaporthaṃ piturājñayā || nārado'pi yayau tatra punastatsvopadeśakṛt
Those sons too went there for austerity by their father's command; and Nārada also went there again, giving them that same teaching of his own.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 88.37
ददौ तदुपदेशं ते तेभ्यो भ्रातृपथं ययुः ।। आययुर्न पितुर्गेहं भिक्षुवृत्तिरताश्च ते
dadau tadupadeśaṃ te tebhyo bhrātṛpathaṃ yayuḥ || āyayurna piturgehaṃ bhikṣuvṛttiratāśca te
He gave them that instruction, and they went the way of their brothers; they did not come to their father's house, and they became devoted to the life of mendicants.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 88.38
इत्थं नारदसद्वृत्तिर्विश्रुत्ता शैलकन्यके ।। अन्यां शृणु हि तद्वृत्तिं वैराग्यकरणीं नृणाम्
itthaṃ nāradasadvṛttirviśruttā śailakanyake || anyāṃ śṛṇu hi tadvṛttiṃ vairāgyakaraṇīṃ nṛṇām
Thus, O daughter of the mountain, is Nārada's fine conduct renowned; now hear another exploit of his, one that produces detachment in men.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 88.39
विद्याधरश्चित्रकेतुर्यो बभूव पुराकरोत् ।। स्वोपदेशमयं दत्त्वा तस्मै शून्यं च तद्गृहम्
vidyādharaścitraketuryo babhūva purākarot || svopadeśamayaṃ dattvā tasmai śūnyaṃ ca tadgṛham
There was formerly a Vidyādhara named Citraketu — (Nārada) did (the same to him), giving him a teaching consisting of his own doctrine, and (made) his house empty.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 2 88.41
मुनिना निजविद्या यच्छ्राविता कर्णरोचना ।। स स्वगेहं विहायाशु भिक्षां चरति प्रायशः
muninā nijavidyā yacchrāvitā karṇarocanā || sa svagehaṃ vihāyāśu bhikṣāṃ carati prāyaśaḥ
Because his own doctrine, pleasing to the ear, was made to be heard by the sage, he quickly abandoned his own house and now mostly goes about begging.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 88.42
नारदो मलिनात्मा हि सर्वदो ज्ज्वलदेहवान् ।। जानीमस्तं विशेषेण वयं तत्सहवासिनः
nārado malinātmā hi sarvado jjvaladehavān || jānīmastaṃ viśeṣeṇa vayaṃ tatsahavāsinaḥ
Nārada is indeed foul of soul, though always possessing a shining body; we who dwell together with him know him especially well.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 88.43
बकं साधुं वर्णयंति न मत्स्यानत्ति सर्वथा ।। सहवासी विजानीयाच्चरित्रं सहवासिनाम्
bakaṃ sādhuṃ varṇayaṃti na matsyānatti sarvathā || sahavāsī vijānīyāccaritraṃ sahavāsinām
They describe the heron as a holy one — (as though) it did not eat fish at all; one who lives together (with someone) can know the character of those he lives with.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 88.44
लब्ध्वा तदुपदेशं हि त्वमपि प्राज्ञसंमता ।। वृथैव मूर्खीभूता तु तपश्चरसि दुष्करम्
labdhvā tadupadeśaṃ hi tvamapi prājñasaṃmatā || vṛthaiva mūrkhībhūtā tu tapaścarasi duṣkaram
You too, having received that teaching of his, though esteemed as wise, have become a fool and quite in vain practise this hard austerity.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 88.45
यदर्थमीदृशं बाले करोषि विपुलं तपः ।। सदोदासी निर्विकारो मदनारिर्नसंशयः
yadarthamīdṛśaṃ bāle karoṣi vipulaṃ tapaḥ || sadodāsī nirvikāro madanārirnasaṃśayaḥ
He for whose sake, O girl, you perform such vast austerity — the enemy of Kāma — is ever indifferent and without change, no doubt of it.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 88.46
अमंगलवपुर्धारी निर्लज्जोऽसदनोऽकुली ।। कुवेषी प्रेतभूतादिसंगी नग्नौ हि शूलभृत् ईदृशं हि वरं लब्ध्वा किं सुखं संभविष्यति ।। विचारं कुरु देवेशि त्वमेव गिरिजात्मजे
amaṃgalavapurdhārī nirlajjo'sadano'kulī || kuveṣī pretabhūtādisaṃgī nagnau hi śūlabhṛt īdṛśaṃ hi varaṃ labdhvā kiṃ sukhaṃ saṃbhaviṣyati || vicāraṃ kuru deveśi tvameva girijātmaje
He bears an inauspicious body, is shameless, houseless, without family, ill-clad, a companion of ghosts and goblins and the like, naked indeed, and bearing a trident. Having won such a husband, what happiness will come about? Consider it yourself, O queen of the gods, O daughter of the mountain.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 88.47
स धूर्तस्तव विज्ञानं विनाश्य निजमायया ।। मोहयामास सद्युक्त्या कारयामास वै तपः
sa dhūrtastava vijñānaṃ vināśya nijamāyayā || mohayāmāsa sadyuktyā kārayāmāsa vai tapaḥ
That rogue, having destroyed your discernment by his own magic, bewildered you with plausible arguments and made you perform austerity.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 88.49
प्रथमं दक्षजां साध्वी विवाह्य सुधिया सतीम् ।। निर्वाहं कृतवान्नैव मूढः किंचिद्दिनानि हि
prathamaṃ dakṣajāṃ sādhvī vivāhya sudhiyā satīm || nirvāhaṃ kṛtavānnaiva mūḍhaḥ kiṃciddināni hi
Earlier, having married the virtuous, chaste, right-minded Satī, Dakṣa's daughter, the fool did not maintain (her) at all, not even for a few days.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 88.51
एकलः परनिर्वाणो ह्यसंगोऽद्वय एव च ।। तेन नार्याः कथं देवि निर्वाहः संभविष्यति
ekalaḥ paranirvāṇo hyasaṃgo'dvaya eva ca || tena nāryāḥ kathaṃ devi nirvāhaḥ saṃbhaviṣyati
He is solitary, in supreme extinction, unattached and without a second; by him, O goddess, how shall a woman be maintained?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 88.52
अद्यापि शासनं प्राप्य गृहमायाहि दुर्मतिम् ।। त्यजास्माकं महाभागे भविष्यति च शं तव
adyāpi śāsanaṃ prāpya gṛhamāyāhi durmatim || tyajāsmākaṃ mahābhāge bhaviṣyati ca śaṃ tava
Even now, having received (this) instruction, go home; abandon your bad resolve, O greatly fortunate one, and there will be well-being for you.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 88.53
त्वद्योग्यो हि वरो विष्णुस्सर्वसद्गुणवान्प्रभुः ।। वैकुण्ठवासी लक्ष्मीशो नानाक्रीडाविशारदः
tvadyogyo hi varo viṣṇussarvasadguṇavānprabhuḥ || vaikuṇṭhavāsī lakṣmīśo nānākrīḍāviśāradaḥ
For the bridegroom worthy of you is Viṣṇu, the Lord, possessed of all good qualities, dweller in Vaikuṇṭha, husband of Lakṣmī, skilled in manifold sports.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 88.54
तेन ते कारयिष्यामो विवाहं सर्वसौख्यदम् ।। इतीदृशं त्यज हठं सुखिता भव पार्वति
tena te kārayiṣyāmo vivāhaṃ sarvasaukhyadam || itīdṛśaṃ tyaja haṭhaṃ sukhitā bhava pārvati
With him we shall have your marriage performed, which gives every happiness. So give up this stubbornness of yours and be happy, Pārvatī.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 88.55
ब्रह्मोवाच ।। इत्येदं वचनं श्रुत्वा पार्वती जगदम्बिका ।। विहस्य च पुनः प्राह मुनीन्ज्ञान विशारदान्
brahmovāca || ityedaṃ vacanaṃ śrutvā pārvatī jagadambikā || vihasya ca punaḥ prāha munīnjñāna viśāradān
Brahmā said: Having heard this speech, Pārvatī, the mother of the world, smiled and spoke again to the sages who were skilled in knowledge.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 88.56
पार्वत्युवाच ।। सत्यं भवद्भिः कथितं स्वज्ञानेन मुनीश्वराः ।। परंतु मे हठो नैव मुक्तो भवति वै द्विजाः
pārvatyuvāca || satyaṃ bhavadbhiḥ kathitaṃ svajñānena munīśvarāḥ || paraṃtu me haṭho naiva mukto bhavati vai dvijāḥ
Pārvatī said: What you have said out of your own knowledge is true, lords of sages; but my stubbornness, O twice-born, is simply not to be given up.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 88.57
स्वतनोः शैलजातत्वात्काठिन्यं सहजं स्थितम् ।। इत्थं विचार्य सुधिया मां निषेद्धुं न चार्हथ
svatanoḥ śailajātatvātkāṭhinyaṃ sahajaṃ sthitam || itthaṃ vicārya sudhiyā māṃ niṣeddhuṃ na cārhatha
Since my own body was born of a mountain, hardness is innate (in me). Reflecting thus with a good mind, you ought not to hold me back.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 88.58
सुरर्षेर्वचनं पथ्यं त्यक्ष्ये नैव कदाचन ।। गुरूणां वचनं पथ्यमिति वेदविदो विदुः
surarṣervacanaṃ pathyaṃ tyakṣye naiva kadācana || gurūṇāṃ vacanaṃ pathyamiti vedavido viduḥ
The word of the divine sage is salutary; I shall never abandon it. Those who know the Veda know that the word of elders is salutary.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 88.59
गुरूणां वचनं सत्यमिति येषां दृढा मतिः ।। तेषामिहामुत्र सुखं परमं नासुखं क्वचित्
gurūṇāṃ vacanaṃ satyamiti yeṣāṃ dṛḍhā matiḥ || teṣāmihāmutra sukhaṃ paramaṃ nāsukhaṃ kvacit
Those whose conviction is firm that the word of elders is true—for them there is supreme happiness here and hereafter, and nowhere any unhappiness.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 88.61
सर्वथा न परित्याज्यं गुरूणां वचनं द्विजाः।। गृहं वसेद्वा शून्यं स्यान्मे हठस्सुखदस्सदा
sarvathā na parityājyaṃ gurūṇāṃ vacanaṃ dvijāḥ|| gṛhaṃ vasedvā śūnyaṃ syānme haṭhassukhadassadā
In no way is the word of elders to be abandoned, O twice-born. Whether (my) house be inhabited or become empty, my stubbornness will always give me happiness.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 88.62
यद्भवद्भिस्सुभणितं वचनं मुनिसत्तमाः ।। तदन्यथा तद्विवेकं वर्णयामि समासतः
yadbhavadbhissubhaṇitaṃ vacanaṃ munisattamāḥ || tadanyathā tadvivekaṃ varṇayāmi samāsataḥ
As for the speech well spoken by you, O best of sages, it is otherwise; I shall set forth briefly the discrimination of that matter.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 88.63
गुणालयो विहारी च विष्णुस्सत्यं प्रकीर्तितः ।। सदाशिवोऽगुणः प्रोक्तस्तत्र कारण मुच्यते
guṇālayo vihārī ca viṣṇussatyaṃ prakīrtitaḥ || sadāśivo'guṇaḥ proktastatra kāraṇa mucyate
Viṣṇu is truly proclaimed to be an abode of qualities and one who sports; Sadāśiva is said to be without qualities—the reason for that is now told.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 88.64
शिवो ब्रह्माविकारः स भक्तहेतोर्धृताकृतिः ।। प्रभुतां लौकिकीं नैव संदर्शयितुमिच्छति।
śivo brahmāvikāraḥ sa bhaktahetordhṛtākṛtiḥ || prabhutāṃ laukikīṃ naiva saṃdarśayitumicchati|
Śiva is Brahman, unchanging; he has assumed a form for the sake of his devotees. He does not at all wish to display worldly lordliness.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 88.65
अतः परमहंसानां धार्यये सुप्रिया गतिः।। अवधूतस्वरूपेण परानंदेन शंभुना
ataḥ paramahaṃsānāṃ dhāryaye supriyā gatiḥ|| avadhūtasvarūpeṇa parānaṃdena śaṃbhunā
Hence the course most dear to the paramahaṃsas is upheld by Śambhu, who is supreme bliss, in the form of an avadhūta.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 2 88.66
भूषूणादिरुचिर्मायार्लिप्तानां ब्रह्मणो न च।। स प्रभुर्निर्गुणोऽजो निर्मायोऽलक्ष्यगतिर्विराट्
bhūṣūṇādirucirmāyārliptānāṃ brahmaṇo na ca|| sa prabhurnirguṇo'jo nirmāyo'lakṣyagatirvirāṭ
A taste for ornaments and the like belongs to those smeared with māyā, not to Brahman. That Lord is without qualities, unborn, free of māyā, of imperceptible course, all-pervading.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 2 88.67
धर्मजात्यादिभिश्शम्भुर्नानुगृह्णाति व द्विजाः ।। गुरोरनुग्रहेणैव शिवं जानामि तत्त्वतः
dharmajātyādibhiśśambhurnānugṛhṇāti va dvijāḥ || guroranugraheṇaiva śivaṃ jānāmi tattvataḥ
Śambhu does not show favour on account of religious observance, birth, and the like, O twice-born; only by the grace of my teacher do I know Śiva as he truly is.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 88.68
चेच्छिवस्स हि मे विप्रा विवाहं न करिष्यति ।। अविवाहा सदाहं स्यां सत्यं सत्यं वदाम्यहम्
cecchivassa hi me viprā vivāhaṃ na kariṣyati || avivāhā sadāhaṃ syāṃ satyaṃ satyaṃ vadāmyaham
If that Śiva will not marry me, O brahmins, I shall remain unmarried forever—truly, truly I say it.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 88.69
उदयति यदि भानुः पश्चिमे दिग्विभागे प्रचलति यदि मेरुश्शीततां याति वह्निः ।। विकसति यदि पद्मं पर्वताग्रे शिलायां न हि चलति हठो मे सत्यमेतद्ब्रवीमि
udayati yadi bhānuḥ paścime digvibhāge pracalati yadi meruśśītatāṃ yāti vahniḥ || vikasati yadi padmaṃ parvatāgre śilāyāṃ na hi calati haṭho me satyametadbravīmi
If the sun should rise in the western quarter, if Meru should move, if fire should become cold, if a lotus should bloom on rock at a mountain's peak—still my stubbornness does not waver: this I say truly.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 88.71
ऋषयोऽपीत्थमाज्ञाय गिरिजायास्सुनिश्चयम् ।। प्रोचुर्जयगिरं तत्र ददुश्चाशिषमुत्तमाम्
ṛṣayo'pītthamājñāya girijāyāssuniścayam || procurjayagiraṃ tatra daduścāśiṣamuttamām
The sages too, recognizing thus the firm resolve of the mountain's daughter, uttered a cry of victory there and gave (her) the highest blessing.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 88.72
अथ प्राणम्य तां देवीं मुनयो हृष्टमानसाः ।। शिवस्थानं द्रुतं जग्मुस्तत्परीक्षाकरा मुने
atha prāṇamya tāṃ devīṃ munayo hṛṣṭamānasāḥ || śivasthānaṃ drutaṃ jagmustatparīkṣākarā mune
Then, having bowed to that goddess, the sages, glad at heart, went quickly to Śiva's abode—they who had made that test of her, O sage.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 88.73
तत्र गत्वा शिवं नत्वा वृत्तांतं विनिवेद्य तम् ।। तदाज्ञां समनुप्राप्य स्वर्लोकं जग्मुरादरात्
tatra gatvā śivaṃ natvā vṛttāṃtaṃ vinivedya tam || tadājñāṃ samanuprāpya svarlokaṃ jagmurādarāt
Having gone there and bowed to Śiva and reported the matter to him, and having received his permission, they went respectfully to the heavenly world.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition