Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita — Chapter 97
SiP 2 97.1
।। वसिष्ठ उवाच ।। मनोर्वंशोद्भवो राजा सोऽनरण्यो नृपेश्वर ।। इन्द्रसावर्णिसंज्ञस्य चतुर्दशमितस्य हि
|| vasiṣṭha uvāca || manorvaṃśodbhavo rājā so'naraṇyo nṛpeśvara || indrasāvarṇisaṃjñasya caturdaśamitasya hi
Vasiṣṭha said: That king Anaraṇya, O lord of kings, was born in the lineage of the Manu named Indrasāvarṇi, the fourteenth (Manu).
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SiP 2 97.2
अनरण्यो नृपश्रेष्ठस्स प्तद्वीपमहीपतिः ।। शम्भुभक्तो विशेषेण मङ्गलारण्यजो बली दृष्ट्वा तं मुनिशार्दूलः सकामः संबभूव सः ।। तपत्स्वदत्तचित्तश्चाचिंतयद्दारसंग्रहम् सर्वे बभूववुराच्छन्ना गणास्तत्तेजसा मुने ।। रुरोद राजा सगणो दृष्ट्वा विप्रं जरातुरम् राजन्नेकनिमित्तेन सर्वसंपद्विनश्यति ।। सर्वं रक्षति तं त्यक्त्वा विना तं शरणागतम्
anaraṇyo nṛpaśreṣṭhassa ptadvīpamahīpatiḥ || śambhubhakto viśeṣeṇa maṅgalāraṇyajo balī dṛṣṭvā taṃ muniśārdūlaḥ sakāmaḥ saṃbabhūva saḥ || tapatsvadattacittaścāciṃtayaddārasaṃgraham sarve babhūvavurācchannā gaṇāstattejasā mune || ruroda rājā sagaṇo dṛṣṭvā vipraṃ jarāturam rājannekanimittena sarvasaṃpadvinaśyati || sarvaṃ rakṣati taṃ tyaktvā vinā taṃ śaraṇāgatam
Anaraṇya, best of kings, was lord of the earth with its seven continents, an especially devoted worshipper of Śambhu, mighty, born in (the line/region of) Maṅgalāraṇya. Seeing her, that tiger among sages became filled with desire; and, his mind given over while (she) practised austerity, he thought of taking a wife. All the attendants became overshadowed by his fiery power, O sage; the king with his retinue wept when he saw the brahmin afflicted with old age. O king, through a single cause all one's wealth is destroyed; (a man) protects everything by abandoning that one—except one who has come for refuge.
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SiP 2 97.3
भृगुं पुरोधसं कृत्वा शतं यज्ञांश्चकार सः ।। न स्वीचकार शक्रत्वं दीयमानं सुरैरपि
bhṛguṃ purodhasaṃ kṛtvā śataṃ yajñāṃścakāra saḥ || na svīcakāra śakratvaṃ dīyamānaṃ surairapi
Making Bhṛgu his household priest, he performed a hundred sacrifices; yet he did not accept the rank of Indra, though it was offered by the gods.
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SiP 2 97.4
बभूवश्शतपुत्राश्च राज्ञस्तस्य हिमालय ।। कन्यैका सुन्दरी नाम्ना पद्मा पद्मालया समा
babhūvaśśataputrāśca rājñastasya himālaya || kanyaikā sundarī nāmnā padmā padmālayā samā
That king had a hundred sons, O Himālaya, and one daughter, beautiful, Padmā by name, equal to her who dwells in the lotus (Lakṣmī).
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SiP 2 97.5
यस्स्नेहः पुत्रशतके कन्यायाञ्च ततोऽधिकः ।। नृपस्य तस्य तस्यां हि बभूव नगसत्तम
yassnehaḥ putraśatake kanyāyāñca tato'dhikaḥ || nṛpasya tasya tasyāṃ hi babhūva nagasattama
Whatever affection that king had for his hundred sons, greater than that, O best of mountains, was his affection for the girl.
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SiP 2 97.6
प्राणाधिकाः प्रियतमा महिष्यस्सर्वयोषितः ।। नृपस्य पत्न्यः पञ्चासन्सर्वास्सौभाग्यसंयुता
prāṇādhikāḥ priyatamā mahiṣyassarvayoṣitaḥ || nṛpasya patnyaḥ pañcāsansarvāssaubhāgyasaṃyutā
The king had five wives, dearer than life, most beloved, queens (chief) among all women, all endowed with good fortune.
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SiP 2 97.7
सा कन्या यौवनस्था च बभूव स्वपितुर्गृहे ।। पत्रं प्रस्थापयामास सुवरान यनायसः
sā kanyā yauvanasthā ca babhūva svapiturgṛhe || patraṃ prasthāpayāmāsa suvarāna yanāyasaḥ
That girl came into her youth in her own father's house; he sent out a letter to bring good suitors.
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SiP 2 97.8
एकदा पिप्पलादर्षिर्गर्न्तुं स्वाश्रममुत्सुकः ।। तपःस्थाने निर्जने च गन्धर्वं स ददर्श ह
ekadā pippalādarṣirgarntuṃ svāśramamutsukaḥ || tapaḥsthāne nirjane ca gandharvaṃ sa dadarśa ha
Once the sage Pippalāda, eager to go to his own hermitage, saw in a deserted place of austerity a gandharva.
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SiP 2 97.9
स्त्रीयुतं मग्नचित्तं च शृङ्गारे रससागरे ।। विहरन्तं महाप्रेम्णा कामशास्त्रविशारदम्
strīyutaṃ magnacittaṃ ca śṛṅgāre rasasāgare || viharantaṃ mahāpremṇā kāmaśāstraviśāradam
(He saw him) together with a woman, his mind sunk in the ocean of the sentiment of love, sporting with great passion, skilled in the treatises on desire.
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SiP 2 97.11
एवंवृत्तस्य तस्यैव पिप्पलादस्य सन्मुनेः।। कियत्कालो गतस्तत्र कामोन्मथितचेतसः
evaṃvṛttasya tasyaiva pippalādasya sanmuneḥ|| kiyatkālo gatastatra kāmonmathitacetasaḥ
Some time passed there for that very good sage Pippalāda, whose conduct was thus, his mind churned up by desire.
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SiP 2 97.12
एकदा पुष्पभद्रायां स्नातुं गच्छन्मुनीश्वरः ।। ददर्श पद्मां युवतीं पद्मामिव मनोरमाम्
ekadā puṣpabhadrāyāṃ snātuṃ gacchanmunīśvaraḥ || dadarśa padmāṃ yuvatīṃ padmāmiva manoramām
Once, as the lord of sages was going to bathe in the Puṣpabhadrā, he saw the young woman Padmā, charming like a lotus.
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SiP 2 97.13
केयं कन्येति पप्रच्छ समीपस्थाञ्जनान्मुनिः ।। जना निवेदयांचक्रुर्नत्वा शापनियन्त्रिताः
keyaṃ kanyeti papraccha samīpasthāñjanānmuniḥ || janā nivedayāṃcakrurnatvā śāpaniyantritāḥ
"Who is this maiden?" the sage asked the people standing nearby; and the people, bowing, informed him, compelled (as they were) by fear of a curse.
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SiP 2 97.14
जना ऊचुः ।। अनरण्यसुतेयं वै पद्मा नाम रमापरा।। वरारोहा प्रार्थ्यमाना नृपश्रेष्ठैर्गुणालया
janā ūcuḥ || anaraṇyasuteyaṃ vai padmā nāma ramāparā|| varārohā prārthyamānā nṛpaśreṣṭhairguṇālayā
The people said: This is indeed the daughter of Anaraṇya, Padmā by name, a second Ramā (Lakṣmī), of excellent hips, a treasury of virtues, sought in marriage by the best of kings.
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SiP 2 97.15
।। ब्रह्मोवाच ।। तच्छ्रुत्वा स मुनिर्वाक्यं जनानां तथ्यवादिनाम् ।। चुक्षोभातीव मनसि तल्लिप्सुर भवच्च सः
|| brahmovāca || tacchrutvā sa munirvākyaṃ janānāṃ tathyavādinām || cukṣobhātīva manasi tallipsura bhavacca saḥ
Brahmā said: Having heard that speech of the people, who spoke the truth, the sage was exceedingly agitated in mind, and he became desirous of obtaining her.
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SiP 2 97.16
मुनिः स्नात्वाभीष्टदेवं सम्पूज्य विधिवच्छिवम् ।। जगाम कामी भिक्षार्थमनरण्यसभां गिरे
muniḥ snātvābhīṣṭadevaṃ sampūjya vidhivacchivam || jagāma kāmī bhikṣārthamanaraṇyasabhāṃ gire
The sage, having bathed and duly worshipped Śiva, his chosen deity, went, filled with desire, to Anaraṇya's hall for the sake of alms, O mountain (Himālaya).
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SiP 2 97.17
राजा शीघ्रं मुनिं दृष्ट्वा प्रणनाम भयाकुलः ।। मधुपर्कादिकं दत्त्वा पूजयामास भक्तितः
rājā śīghraṃ muniṃ dṛṣṭvā praṇanāma bhayākulaḥ || madhuparkādikaṃ dattvā pūjayāmāsa bhaktitaḥ
The king, on seeing the sage, at once bowed down, agitated with fear, and having offered the honey-mixture and the rest, worshipped him with devotion.
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SiP 2 97.18
कामात्सर्वं गृहीत्वा च ययाचे कन्यकां मुनिः ।। मौनी बभूव नृपतिः किञ्चिनिर्वक्तुमक्षमः
kāmātsarvaṃ gṛhītvā ca yayāce kanyakāṃ muniḥ || maunī babhūva nṛpatiḥ kiñcinirvaktumakṣamaḥ
And the sage, out of desire, accepted everything and asked for the maiden; the king became silent, unable to utter anything.
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SiP 2 97.19
मुनिर्ययाचे कन्यां स तां देहीति नृपेश्वर ।। अन्यथा भस्मसात्सर्वं करिष्यामि क्षणेन च
muniryayāce kanyāṃ sa tāṃ dehīti nṛpeśvara || anyathā bhasmasātsarvaṃ kariṣyāmi kṣaṇena ca
The sage begged for the maiden: "Give her (to me), O lord of kings; otherwise I shall in an instant reduce everything to ashes."
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SiP 2 97.21
महिष्यो रुरुदुस्सर्वा इतिकर्त्तव्यताक्षमाः ।। मूर्च्छामाप महाराज्ञी कन्यामाता शुचाकुला
mahiṣyo rurudussarvā itikarttavyatākṣamāḥ || mūrcchāmāpa mahārājñī kanyāmātā śucākulā
All the queens wept, helpless as to what should be done; the chief queen, the maiden's mother, overcome with grief, fell into a swoon.
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SiP 2 97.22
बभूवुस्तनयास्सर्वे शोकाकुलि तमानसाः ।। सर्वं शोकाकुलं जातं नृपसम्बन्धि शैलप
babhūvustanayāssarve śokākuli tamānasāḥ || sarvaṃ śokākulaṃ jātaṃ nṛpasambandhi śailapa
All the sons became stricken in mind with sorrow; everything connected with the king became overwhelmed with grief, O lord of mountains.
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SiP 2 97.23
एतस्मिन्नन्तरे प्राज्ञो द्विजो गुरुरनुत्तमः ।। पुरोहितश्च मतिमानागतो नृपसन्निधिम्
etasminnantare prājño dvijo gururanuttamaḥ || purohitaśca matimānāgato nṛpasannidhim
In the meantime the wise brāhmaṇa, the unsurpassed preceptor, and the intelligent house-priest came into the king's presence.
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SiP 2 97.24
राजा प्रणम्य सम्पूज्य रुरोद च तयोः पुरः ।। सर्वं निवेदयांचक्रे पप्रच्छोचितमाशु तत्
rājā praṇamya sampūjya ruroda ca tayoḥ puraḥ || sarvaṃ nivedayāṃcakre papracchocitamāśu tat
The king, having bowed and worshipped (them), wept before the two; he reported everything and quickly asked what was proper in that (matter).
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SiP 2 97.25
अथ राज्ञो गुरुर्विप्रः पण्डितश्च पुरोहितः ।। अपि द्वौ शास्त्रनीतिज्ञौ बोधयामासतुर्नृपम्
atha rājño gururvipraḥ paṇḍitaśca purohitaḥ || api dvau śāstranītijñau bodhayāmāsaturnṛpam
Then the king's preceptor, the brāhmaṇa, and the learned house-priest — both of them knowers of the scriptures and of statecraft — instructed the king,
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SiP 2 97.26
शोकाकुलाश्च महिषीर्नृपबालाँश्च कन्यकाम् ।। उत्तमा नीतिमादृत्य सर्वेषां हितकारिणीम्
śokākulāśca mahiṣīrnṛpabālā~śca kanyakām || uttamā nītimādṛtya sarveṣāṃ hitakāriṇīm
and the grief-stricken queens, the king's sons, and the maiden, having recourse to the highest policy, which brings benefit to all.
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SiP 2 97.27
गुरुपुरोधसावूचतुः।। शृणु राजन्महाप्राज्ञ वचो नौ सद्धितावहम् ।। मा शुचः सपरीवारश्शास्त्रे कुरु मतिं सतीम्
gurupurodhasāvūcatuḥ|| śṛṇu rājanmahāprājña vaco nau saddhitāvaham || mā śucaḥ saparīvāraśśāstre kuru matiṃ satīm
The preceptor and the house-priest said: Hear, O king of great wisdom, our words, which bring true benefit; do not grieve, together with your retinue; fix your mind rightly on the scripture.
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SiP 2 97.28
अद्य वाब्ददिनान्ते वा दातव्या कन्यका नृप ।। पात्राय विप्रायान्यस्मै कस्मै चिद्वा विशेषतः
adya vābdadinānte vā dātavyā kanyakā nṛpa || pātrāya viprāyānyasmai kasmai cidvā viśeṣataḥ
Today, or at the end of a year's day, O king, the maiden must be given to a worthy recipient, a brāhmaṇa in particular, or else to some other whoever he may be.
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SiP 2 97.29
सत्पात्रं ब्राह्मणादन्यन्न पश्यावो जगत्त्रये ।। सुतां दत्त्वा च मुनये रक्ष स्वां सर्वसम्पदम्
satpātraṃ brāhmaṇādanyanna paśyāvo jagattraye || sutāṃ dattvā ca munaye rakṣa svāṃ sarvasampadam
We two see no worthy recipient other than a brāhmaṇa in the three worlds; so give your daughter to the sage and preserve all your wealth.
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SiP 2 97.31
वसिष्ठ उवाच ।। राजा प्राज्ञवचः श्रुत्वा विलप्य च मुहुर्मुहुः ।। कन्यां सालंकृतां कृत्वा मुनीन्द्राय ददौ किल
vasiṣṭha uvāca || rājā prājñavacaḥ śrutvā vilapya ca muhurmuhuḥ || kanyāṃ sālaṃkṛtāṃ kṛtvā munīndrāya dadau kila
Vasiṣṭha said: The king, having heard the words of the wise ones, and having lamented again and again, adorned the maiden and gave her, indeed, to the chief of sages.
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SiP 2 97.32
कान्तां गृहीत्वा स मुनिर्विवाह्य विधिवद्गिरे ।। पद्मां पद्मोपमां तां वै मुदितस्स्वालयं ययौ
kāntāṃ gṛhītvā sa munirvivāhya vidhivadgire || padmāṃ padmopamāṃ tāṃ vai muditassvālayaṃ yayau
Taking his beloved and marrying her according to the rules, O mountain, that sage, delighted, went to his own dwelling with that Padmā, who was like a lotus.
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SiP 2 97.33
राजा सर्वान्परित्यज्य दत्त्वा वृद्धाय चात्मजाम् ।। ग्लानिं चित्ते समाधाय जगाम तपसे वनम्
rājā sarvānparityajya dattvā vṛddhāya cātmajām || glāniṃ citte samādhāya jagāma tapase vanam
The king, abandoning all (his people) and having given his daughter to the old man, settling the dejection in his heart, went to the forest for austerity.
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SiP 2 97.34
तद्भार्य्यापि वनं याते प्राणनाथे तदा गिरे ।। भर्तुश्च दुहितुश्शोकात्प्राणांस्तत्याज सुन्दरी
tadbhāryyāpi vanaṃ yāte prāṇanāthe tadā gire || bhartuśca duhituśśokātprāṇāṃstatyāja sundarī
And when her lord of life had gone to the forest, O mountain, his wife too, the beautiful one, gave up her life from grief for her husband and her daughter.
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SiP 2 97.35
पूज्याः पुत्राश्च भृत्याश्च मूर्च्छामापुर्नृपं विना ।। शुशुचुः श्वाससंयुक्तं ज्ञात्वा सर्वेपरे जनाः
pūjyāḥ putrāśca bhṛtyāśca mūrcchāmāpurnṛpaṃ vinā || śuśucuḥ śvāsasaṃyuktaṃ jñātvā sarvepare janāḥ
The venerable elders, the sons, and the servants fell into a swoon at (being) without the king; and all the other people, on learning (of it), grieved with (heavy) sighing.
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SiP 2 97.36
अनरण्यो वनं गत्वा तपस्तप्त्वाति शंकरम् ।। समाराध्य ययौ भक्त्या शिवलोकमनामयम्
anaraṇyo vanaṃ gatvā tapastaptvāti śaṃkaram || samārādhya yayau bhaktyā śivalokamanāmayam
Anaraṇya, having gone to the forest and performed severe austerity, and having propitiated Śaṃkara with devotion, went to the disease-free world of Śiva.
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SiP 2 97.37
नृपस्य कीर्तिमान्नाम्ना ज्येष्ठपुत्रोथ धार्मिकः ।। पुत्रवत्पालयामास प्रजा राज्यं चकार ह
nṛpasya kīrtimānnāmnā jyeṣṭhaputrotha dhārmikaḥ || putravatpālayāmāsa prajā rājyaṃ cakāra ha
Then the king's eldest son, righteous, Kīrtimān by name, protected the subjects as (his own) children and ruled the kingdom.
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SiP 2 97.38
इति ते कथितं शैलानरण्यचरितं शुभम् ।। कन्यां दत्त्वा यथारक्षद्वंशं चाप्यखिलं धनम्
iti te kathitaṃ śailānaraṇyacaritaṃ śubham || kanyāṃ dattvā yathārakṣadvaṃśaṃ cāpyakhilaṃ dhanam
Thus the auspicious story of Anaraṇya has been told to you, O mountain — how, by giving his daughter, he preserved his lineage and all his wealth as well.
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SiP 2 97.39
शैलराज त्वमप्येवं सुतां दत्त्वा शिवाय च ।। रक्ष सर्वकुलं सर्वान्वशान्कुरु सुरानपि
śailarāja tvamapyevaṃ sutāṃ dattvā śivāya ca || rakṣa sarvakulaṃ sarvānvaśānkuru surānapi
O king of mountains, you too in this way, by giving your daughter to Śiva, protect your whole family and bring all (beings), even the gods, under your sway.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition