Shiva Purana — Shatarudra Samhita — Chapter 11
SiP 3 11.1
नंदीश्वर उवाच ।। एवमभ्यर्थितो देवैर्मतिं चक्रे कृपा लयः ।। महातेजो नृसिंहाख्यं संहर्त्तुं परमेश्वरः
naṃdīśvara uvāca || evamabhyarthito devairmatiṃ cakre kṛpā layaḥ || mahātejo nṛsiṃhākhyaṃ saṃharttuṃ parameśvaraḥ
Nandīśvara said: Thus entreated by the gods, the Supreme Lord, the abode of compassion, made up his mind to destroy the great fiery being called Nṛsiṃha.
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SiP 3 11.2
तदूर्द्ध्वं स्मृतवान्रुद्रो वीरभद्रम्महाबलम् ।। आत्मनो भैरवं रूपं प्राह प्रलयकारकम्
tadūrddhvaṃ smṛtavānrudro vīrabhadrammahābalam || ātmano bhairavaṃ rūpaṃ prāha pralayakārakam
Thereupon Rudra called to mind Vīrabhadra of great strength, his own Bhairava form, the agent of destruction, and spoke (to him).
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SiP 3 11.3
आजगाम ततस्सद्यो गणानामग्रणीर्हसन् ।। साट्टहासैर्गणवरैरुत्पतद्भिरितस्ततः स्वयं विज्ञापयामास किमत्र स्मृतिकारणम् ।। आज्ञापय जगत्स्वामिन् प्रसादः क्रियताम्मयि वामनेन बलिर्बद्धस्त्वया विक्रमता पुनः ।। त्वमेव सर्व्वभूतानां प्रभवः प्रभुरव्ययः यद्यद्विभूतिमत्सत्त्वं श्रीमदूर्जितमेव वा ।। तत्तद्विद्धि गणाध्यक्ष मम तेजोविजृम्भितम् प्रकृतिस्त्वं पुमान्रुद्रस्त्वयि वीर्य्यं समाहितम् ।। त्वन्नाभिपङ्कजाज्जातः पञ्च वक्त्रः पितामहः विस्मृतिः किं तदंशेन दंष्ट्रोत्पातनपीडितम् ।। वाराहविघ्नहस्तेऽद्य याक्रोशन्तारकारिणा स्थिरोद्य त्वक्षरो वीरो वीरो विश्वावकः प्रभुः ।। उपहन्ता ज्वरं भीमो मृगः पक्षी हिरण्मयः
ājagāma tatassadyo gaṇānāmagraṇīrhasan || sāṭṭahāsairgaṇavarairutpatadbhiritastataḥ svayaṃ vijñāpayāmāsa kimatra smṛtikāraṇam || ājñāpaya jagatsvāmin prasādaḥ kriyatāmmayi vāmanena balirbaddhastvayā vikramatā punaḥ || tvameva sarvvabhūtānāṃ prabhavaḥ prabhuravyayaḥ yadyadvibhūtimatsattvaṃ śrīmadūrjitameva vā || tattadviddhi gaṇādhyakṣa mama tejovijṛmbhitam prakṛtistvaṃ pumānrudrastvayi vīryyaṃ samāhitam || tvannābhipaṅkajājjātaḥ pañca vaktraḥ pitāmahaḥ vismṛtiḥ kiṃ tadaṃśena daṃṣṭrotpātanapīḍitam || vārāhavighnahaste'dya yākrośantārakāriṇā sthirodya tvakṣaro vīro vīro viśvāvakaḥ prabhuḥ || upahantā jvaraṃ bhīmo mṛgaḥ pakṣī hiraṇmayaḥ
Then at once the foremost of the hosts came, laughing, together with the best of the hosts who leapt about here and there with roars of laughter. He himself made known (his request): "What is the reason for summoning me here? Command me, Lord of the world; let favour be shown to me. Bali was bound by you as the Dwarf when you strode forth again; you alone are the origin of all beings, the imperishable Lord. Whatever being is possessed of power, of splendour, or of might — know each of these, O Lord of the hosts, as an expansion of my own energy. You are Nature, you are the Male, Rudra; in you is virility gathered. From the lotus of your navel was born the five-faced Grandfather. Is it forgetfulness that by a portion of him (something was) afflicted by the tearing out of the tusk? ... in the boar's obstructing hand today, which cried out with the doer of Tāraka('s deed) ... firm, imperishable, a hero, a hero, the lord who is the protector(?) of the universe, the fearsome slayer of fever, a beast, a bird, made of gold."
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SiP 3 11.4
नृसिंहरूपैरत्युग्रैः कोटिभिः परिवारितः ।। माद्यद्भिरभितो वीरैर्नृत्यद्भिश्च मुदान्वितैः
nṛsiṃharūpairatyugraiḥ koṭibhiḥ parivāritaḥ || mādyadbhirabhito vīrairnṛtyadbhiśca mudānvitaiḥ
Surrounded by ten million exceedingly terrible Man-Lion forms, on all sides by heroes exulting and dancing, filled with delight,
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SiP 3 11.5
क्रीडद्भिश्च महावीरैर्ब्रह्माद्यैः कन्दुकैरिव ।। अदृष्टपूर्वैरन्यैश्च वेष्टितो वीरवन्दितः
krīḍadbhiśca mahāvīrairbrahmādyaiḥ kandukairiva || adṛṣṭapūrvairanyaiśca veṣṭito vīravanditaḥ
and by great heroes playing with Brahmā and the others as if with balls; encircled by others never seen before, and honoured by heroes —
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SiP 3 11.6
कल्पान्तज्वलनज्वालो विलसल्लोचनत्रयः ।। अशस्त्रो हि जटाजूटी ज्वलद्बालेन्दुमण्डितः
kalpāntajvalanajvālo vilasallocanatrayaḥ || aśastro hi jaṭājūṭī jvaladbālendumaṇḍitaḥ
(he was) a flame of the fire of the world's end, his three eyes flashing, weaponless indeed, with a coil of matted hair, adorned with the blazing crescent moon,
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SiP 3 11.7
बालेन्दुवलया कारतीक्ष्णदंष्ट्रांकुरद्वयः ।। आखण्डलधनुःखण्डसंनिभभ्रूलतान्वितः
bālenduvalayā kāratīkṣṇadaṃṣṭrāṃkuradvayaḥ || ākhaṇḍaladhanuḥkhaṇḍasaṃnibhabhrūlatānvitaḥ
having a pair of sharp tusk-sprouts shaped like the crescent moon's arc, and eyebrow-creepers like a piece of Indra's bow,
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SiP 3 11.8
महाप्रचण्डहुङ्कारबधिरीकृतदिङ्मुखः ।। नीलमेघाञ्जन श्यामो भीषणः श्मश्रुलोद्भुतः
mahāpracaṇḍahuṅkārabadhirīkṛtadiṅmukhaḥ || nīlameghāñjana śyāmo bhīṣaṇaḥ śmaśrulodbhutaḥ
with the quarters of the sky deafened by his tremendously fierce roar, dark as a blue cloud or as collyrium, terrifying, awful with his beard,
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SiP 3 11.9
वाद्यखण्डमखण्डाभ्यां भ्रामयंस्त्रिशिखं मुहुः ।। वीरभद्रोऽपि भगवान्वरशक्तिविजृम्भितः
vādyakhaṇḍamakhaṇḍābhyāṃ bhrāmayaṃstriśikhaṃ muhuḥ || vīrabhadro'pi bhagavānvaraśaktivijṛmbhitaḥ
repeatedly whirling his trident with (his) ... — Vīrabhadra too, the blessed one, was swollen with the highest power.
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SiP 3 11.11
नन्दीश्वर उवाच ।। इत्याकर्ण्य महेशानो वीरभद्रोक्तमादरात् ।। विलोक्य वचनम्प्रीत्या प्रोवाच खल दण्डधृक्
nandīśvara uvāca || ityākarṇya maheśāno vīrabhadroktamādarāt || vilokya vacanamprītyā provāca khala daṇḍadhṛk
Nandīśvara said: Having thus respectfully heard what Vīrabhadra said, the great Lord, looking upon (him), spoke this word with affection, he the wielder of the rod (of punishment).
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SiP 3 11.12
।। शंकर उवाच ।। अकाले भयमुत्पन्नं देवानामपि भैरवम् ।। ज्वलितस्य नृसिंहाग्निश्शमयैनं दुरासदम्
|| śaṃkara uvāca || akāle bhayamutpannaṃ devānāmapi bhairavam || jvalitasya nṛsiṃhāgniśśamayainaṃ durāsadam
Śaṃkara said: Untimely fear, terrible, has arisen even for the gods. Quench this hard-to-approach blazing fire that is Nṛsiṃha.
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SiP 3 11.13
सान्त्वयन्बोधयादौ तं तेन किन्नोपशाम्यति ।। ततो मत्परमं भावं भैरवं सम्प्रदर्शय
sāntvayanbodhayādau taṃ tena kinnopaśāmyati || tato matparamaṃ bhāvaṃ bhairavaṃ sampradarśaya
First, soothing him, instruct him; if by that he does not become calm, then display to him my supreme form, the terrible one.
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SiP 3 11.14
सूक्ष्मं संहृत्य सूक्ष्मेण स्थूलं स्थूलेन तेजसा ।। वक्त्रमानाय कृत्तिं च वीरभद्र ममाज्ञया
sūkṣmaṃ saṃhṛtya sūkṣmeṇa sthūlaṃ sthūlena tejasā || vaktramānāya kṛttiṃ ca vīrabhadra mamājñayā
Withdrawing the subtle with the subtle, and the gross with gross fiery force, bring (his) head and hide, Vīrabhadra, by my command.
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SiP 3 11.15
नन्दीश्वर उवाच ।। इत्यादिष्टो गणाध्यक्षो प्रशान्तं वपुरास्थितः।। जगाम रंहसा तत्र यत्रास्ते नरकेसरी
nandīśvara uvāca || ityādiṣṭo gaṇādhyakṣo praśāntaṃ vapurāsthitaḥ|| jagāma raṃhasā tatra yatrāste narakesarī
Nandīśvara said: Thus commanded, the lord of the hosts, taking on a calm body, went swiftly there where the man-lion was.
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SiP 3 11.16
ततस्तम्बोधयामास वीरभद्रो हरो हरिम् ।। उवाच वाक्यमीशानः पितापुत्रमिवौरसम्
tatastambodhayāmāsa vīrabhadro haro harim || uvāca vākyamīśānaḥ pitāputramivaurasam
Then Vīrabhadra, Hara's (agent), sought to instruct Hari; the lord spoke words (to him) as a father to his own-born son.
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SiP 3 11.17
वीरभद्र उवाच ।। जगत्सुखाय भगवन्नवतीर्णोसि माधव ।। स्थित्यर्थं त्वं प्रयुक्तोऽसि परेशः परमेष्ठिना
vīrabhadra uvāca || jagatsukhāya bhagavannavatīrṇosi mādhava || sthityarthaṃ tvaṃ prayukto'si pareśaḥ parameṣṭhinā
Vīrabhadra said: O Lord Mādhava, you have descended for the world's welfare; you, the supreme lord, have been employed by Parameṣṭhin for the sake of (the world's) preservation.
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SiP 3 11.18
जन्तुचक्रं भगवता प्रच्छिन्नं मत्स्यरूपिणा ।। पुच्छेनैव समाबध्य भ्रमन्नेकार्णवे पुरा
jantucakraṃ bhagavatā pracchinnaṃ matsyarūpiṇā || pucchenaiva samābadhya bhramannekārṇave purā
Formerly, in the single ocean, the circle of creatures, cut off (from destruction), was bound fast by the Lord in fish-form with his very tail, as he moved about.
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SiP 3 11.19
बिभर्षि कर्मरूपेण वाराहेणोद्धृता मही ।। अनेन हरिरूपेण हिरण्यकशिपुर्हतः
bibharṣi karmarūpeṇa vārāheṇoddhṛtā mahī || anena harirūpeṇa hiraṇyakaśipurhataḥ
In tortoise form you bear (the earth); by the boar form the earth was lifted up; by this man-lion form Hiraṇyakaśipu has been slain.
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SiP 3 11.21
यदायदा हि लोकस्य दुःखं किञ्चित्प्रजायते ।। तदातदावतीर्णस्त्वं करिष्यसि निरामयम्
yadāyadā hi lokasya duḥkhaṃ kiñcitprajāyate || tadātadāvatīrṇastvaṃ kariṣyasi nirāmayam
For whenever any suffering arises for the world, then and then again you, having descended, will make it free of affliction.
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SiP 3 11.22
नाधिकस्त्वत्समोऽप्यस्ति हरे शिवपरायणः ।। त्वया वेदाश्च धर्माश्च शुभमार्गे प्रतिष्ठिताः
nādhikastvatsamo'pyasti hare śivaparāyaṇaḥ || tvayā vedāśca dharmāśca śubhamārge pratiṣṭhitāḥ
There is none greater than you, nor even your equal, O Hari, devoted to Śiva; by you the Vedas and the duties have been established on the auspicious path.
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SiP 3 11.23
यदर्थमवतारोऽयं निहतस्स हि दानवः ।। हिरण्यकशिपुश्चैव प्रह्लादोऽपि सुरक्षितः
yadarthamavatāro'yaṃ nihatassa hi dānavaḥ || hiraṇyakaśipuścaiva prahlādo'pi surakṣitaḥ
That for whose sake this descent (took place) — that dānava Hiraṇyakaśipu has indeed been slain, and Prahlāda too has been well protected.
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SiP 3 11.24
अतीव घोरं भगवन्नरसिंहवपुस्तव ।। उपसंहर विश्वात्मंस्त्वमेव मम सन्निधौ
atīva ghoraṃ bhagavannarasiṃhavapustava || upasaṃhara viśvātmaṃstvameva mama sannidhau
Lord, this man-lion body of yours is exceedingly dreadful; withdraw it yourself, O Self of all, in my presence.
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SiP 3 11.25
नन्दीश्वर उवाच ।। इत्युक्तो वीरभद्रेण नृसिंहः शान्तया गिरा ।। ततोऽधिकं महाघोरं कोपञ्चक्रे महामदः
nandīśvara uvāca || ityukto vīrabhadreṇa nṛsiṃhaḥ śāntayā girā || tato'dhikaṃ mahāghoraṃ kopañcakre mahāmadaḥ
Nandīśvara said: Thus addressed by Vīrabhadra in gentle speech, the man-lion, greatly intoxicated (with pride), grew angry more dreadfully still.
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SiP 3 11.26
उवाच च महाघोरं कठिनं वचनन्तदा ।। वीरभद्रम्महावीरं दंष्ट्राभिर्भीषयन्मुने
uvāca ca mahāghoraṃ kaṭhinaṃ vacanantadā || vīrabhadrammahāvīraṃ daṃṣṭrābhirbhīṣayanmune
And then he spoke a most dreadful, harsh speech, O sage, terrifying with his fangs Vīrabhadra, the great hero.
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SiP 3 11.27
नृसिंह उवाच ।। आगतोसि यतस्तत्र गच्छ त्वम्मा हितं वद ।। इदानीं संहरिष्यामि जगदेतच्चराचरम्
nṛsiṃha uvāca || āgatosi yatastatra gaccha tvammā hitaṃ vada || idānīṃ saṃhariṣyāmi jagadetaccarācaram
The man-lion said: Go back where you came from; do not speak to me of (my) good. Now I shall destroy this whole world, moving and unmoving.
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SiP 3 11.28
संहर्तुर्न हि संहारः स्वतो वा परतोऽपि वा ।। शासितम्मम सर्व्वत्र शास्ता कोऽपि न विद्यते
saṃharturna hi saṃhāraḥ svato vā parato'pi vā || śāsitammama sarvvatra śāstā ko'pi na vidyate
For the destroyer there is no destruction, whether from himself or from another; I am the ruler everywhere, and no ruler of mine exists at all.
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SiP 3 11.29
मत्प्रसादेन सकलमभयं हि प्रवर्त्तते ।। अहं हि सर्वशक्तीनां प्रवर्तकनिवर्तकः
matprasādena sakalamabhayaṃ hi pravarttate || ahaṃ hi sarvaśaktīnāṃ pravartakanivartakaḥ
By my grace everything indeed proceeds free of fear; for I am the setter-in-motion and the stopper of all powers.
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SiP 3 11.31
देवतापरमार्थज्ञं मामेव परमम्विदुः ।। मदंशाश्शक्तिसम्पन्ना ब्रह्मशक्रादयस्सुराः
devatāparamārthajñaṃ māmeva paramamviduḥ || madaṃśāśśaktisampannā brahmaśakrādayassurāḥ
Those who know the highest truth about the deities know me alone as supreme; the gods Brahmā, Śakra and the rest, endowed with power, are portions of me.
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SiP 3 11.32
मन्नाभिकमलाज्जातः पुरा ब्रह्मा जगत्करः ।। सर्वाधिकस्स्वतन्त्रश्च कर्ता हर्ताखिलेश्वरः
mannābhikamalājjātaḥ purā brahmā jagatkaraḥ || sarvādhikassvatantraśca kartā hartākhileśvaraḥ
From the lotus of my navel was born, of old, Brahmā, the maker of the world—supreme over all, independent, creator, destroyer, lord of all.
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SiP 3 11.33
इदन्तु मत्परं तेजः किं पुनः श्रोतुमिच्छसि ।। अतो मां शरणम्प्राप्य गच्छ त्वं विगतज्वरः
idantu matparaṃ tejaḥ kiṃ punaḥ śrotumicchasi || ato māṃ śaraṇamprāpya gaccha tvaṃ vigatajvaraḥ
But this is my supreme radiance; what more do you wish to hear? Therefore, having come to me for refuge, go your way, your fever gone.
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SiP 3 11.34
अवेहि परमं भावमिदम्भूतं गणेश्वर ।। मामकं सकलं विश्वं सदेवासुरमानुषम्
avehi paramaṃ bhāvamidambhūtaṃ gaṇeśvara || māmakaṃ sakalaṃ viśvaṃ sadevāsuramānuṣam
Know this to be (my) supreme nature that has come to be, O lord of the hosts: the whole universe, with gods, demons and men, is mine.
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SiP 3 11.35
कालोऽस्म्यहं लोकविनाशहेतुर्लोकान्समाहर्तुमहम्प्रवृत्तः ।। मृत्योर्मृत्युं विद्धि मां वीरभद्र जीवन्त्येते मत्प्रसादेन देवाः
kālo'smyahaṃ lokavināśaheturlokānsamāhartumahampravṛttaḥ || mṛtyormṛtyuṃ viddhi māṃ vīrabhadra jīvantyete matprasādena devāḥ
"I am Time, the cause of the destruction of the worlds; I have set out to gather in the worlds. Know me, Vīrabhadra, as the death of Death: these gods live by my grace."
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SiP 3 11.36
नन्दीश्वर उवाच ।। ।। साहङ्कारं वचः श्रुत्वा हरेरमितविक्रमः ।। विहस्योवाच सावज्ञन्ततो विस्फुरिताधरः
nandīśvara uvāca || || sāhaṅkāraṃ vacaḥ śrutvā hareramitavikramaḥ || vihasyovāca sāvajñantato visphuritādharaḥ
Nandīśvara said: Hearing Hari's arrogant speech, he of measureless valour laughed and then spoke contemptuously, his lip quivering.
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SiP 3 11.37
वीरभद्र उवाच ।। किन्न जानासि विश्वेशं संहर्तारम्पिनाकिनम् ।। असद्वादो विवादश्च विनाशस्त्वयि केवलः
vīrabhadra uvāca || kinna jānāsi viśveśaṃ saṃhartārampinākinam || asadvādo vivādaśca vināśastvayi kevalaḥ
Vīrabhadra said: Do you not know the Lord of the universe, the destroyer, the bearer of the Pināka? In you there is only false talk, wrangling, and ruin.
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SiP 3 11.38
तवान्योन्यावताराणि कानि शेषाणि साम्प्रतम् ।। कृतानि येन केनैव कथाशेषो भविष्यति
tavānyonyāvatārāṇi kāni śeṣāṇi sāmpratam || kṛtāni yena kenaiva kathāśeṣo bhaviṣyati
Which of your various incarnations are left now? Made by whoever (made them), (all of it) will end as mere story.
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SiP 3 11.39
दोषं तं वद येन त्वमवस्थामीदृशी गतः ।। तेन संहारदक्षेण दक्षिणाशेषमेष्यसि
doṣaṃ taṃ vada yena tvamavasthāmīdṛśī gataḥ || tena saṃhāradakṣeṇa dakṣiṇāśeṣameṣyasi
Tell that fault through which you have come to such a state; by that one skilled in destruction you will go to nothing but the southern quarter (the realm of death).
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SiP 3 11.41
जगत्त्रयीसर्जनार्थं शंकरं नीललोहितम् ।। ललाटेऽचिन्तयत्सोयन्तपस्युग्रे च संस्थितः
jagattrayīsarjanārthaṃ śaṃkaraṃ nīlalohitam || lalāṭe'cintayatsoyantapasyugre ca saṃsthitaḥ
For the sake of creating the three worlds he meditated on Śaṅkara, the blue-and-red one, upon (his own) forehead, and he remained in fierce austerity.
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SiP 3 11.42
तल्ललाटादभूच्छम्भुः सृष्ट्यर्थे तेन भूषणम् ।। अतोऽहं देवदेवस्य तस्य भैरवरूपिणः
tallalāṭādabhūcchambhuḥ sṛṣṭyarthe tena bhūṣaṇam || ato'haṃ devadevasya tasya bhairavarūpiṇaḥ
From that forehead Śambhu came forth for the purpose of creation; by him (came) the adornment. Therefore I, of that god of gods who has the form of Bhairava,
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SiP 3 11.43
त्वत्संहारे नियुक्तोऽस्मि विनयेन बलेन च ।। देवदेवेन रुद्रेण सकलप्रभुणा हरे
tvatsaṃhāre niyukto'smi vinayena balena ca || devadevena rudreṇa sakalaprabhuṇā hare
—I have been appointed to your destruction, with due instruction and with strength, by the god of gods Rudra, the lord of all, O Hari.
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SiP 3 11.44
एकं रक्षो विदार्यैव तच्छक्तिकलया युतः ।। अहंकारावलेपेन गर्जसि त्वमतन्द्रितः
ekaṃ rakṣo vidāryaiva tacchaktikalayā yutaḥ || ahaṃkārāvalepena garjasi tvamatandritaḥ
Having torn apart a single demon, and that endowed with (only) a fraction of his power, you roar tirelessly, smeared with egotism.
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SiP 3 11.45
उपकारो हि साधूनां सुखाय किल संमतः ।। उपकारो ह्यसाधूनामपकाराय केवलम्
upakāro hi sādhūnāṃ sukhāya kila saṃmataḥ || upakāro hyasādhūnāmapakārāya kevalam
A benefit done to the good is surely held to be for their happiness; but a benefit done to the bad serves only to do harm.
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SiP 3 11.46
यन्नृसिंह महेशानं पुनर्भूतं तु मन्यसे ।। तर्ह्यज्ञानी महागर्वी विकारी सर्वथा भवान्
yannṛsiṃha maheśānaṃ punarbhūtaṃ tu manyase || tarhyajñānī mahāgarvī vikārī sarvathā bhavān
Since, Nṛsiṃha, you think Maheśāna to be one who is (merely) born again, therefore you are ignorant, greatly proud, and in every way subject to change.
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SiP 3 11.47
न त्वं स्रष्टा न संहर्ता भर्तापि न नृसिंहक ।। परतन्त्रो विमूढात्मा न स्वतन्त्रो हि कुत्रचित्
na tvaṃ sraṣṭā na saṃhartā bhartāpi na nṛsiṃhaka || paratantro vimūḍhātmā na svatantro hi kutracit
You are not the creator, not the destroyer, nor even the sustainer, O little Nṛsiṃha; dependent on another, deluded in mind, you are nowhere independent.
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SiP 3 11.48
कुलालचक्रवच्छक्त्या प्रेरितोसि पिनाकिना ।। नानावतारकर्ता त्वं तदधीनस्सदा हरे
kulālacakravacchaktyā preritosi pinākinā || nānāvatārakartā tvaṃ tadadhīnassadā hare
Like a potter's wheel you are set in motion by the Pināka-bearer through (his) power; you are the maker of many incarnations, but always subject to him, O Hari.
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SiP 3 11.49
अद्यापि तव निक्षिप्तं कपालं कूर्मरूपिणः ।। हर हारलतामध्ये दग्धः कश्चिन्न बध्यते
adyāpi tava nikṣiptaṃ kapālaṃ kūrmarūpiṇaḥ || hara hāralatāmadhye dagdhaḥ kaścinna badhyate
Even today your skull, from when you had the form of the tortoise, lies cast away, O Hara, in the midst of the garland-creeper; (once) burnt, no one is bound (again).
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SiP 3 11.51
दग्धोसि पश्य शूलाग्रे विष्वक्सेनच्छलाद्भवान् ।। दक्षयज्ञे शिरश्छिन्नं मया तेजःस्वरूपिणा
dagdhosi paśya śūlāgre viṣvaksenacchalādbhavān || dakṣayajñe śiraśchinnaṃ mayā tejaḥsvarūpiṇā
You have been burnt—look—on the point of the trident, under the guise of Viṣvaksena; at Dakṣa's sacrifice your head was cut off by me, whose very form is fiery power.
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SiP 3 11.52
अद्यापि तव पुत्रस्य ब्रह्मणः पञ्चमं शिरः ।। छिन्नं न सज्जितं भूयो हरे तद्विस्मृतन्त्वया
adyāpi tava putrasya brahmaṇaḥ pañcamaṃ śiraḥ || chinnaṃ na sajjitaṃ bhūyo hare tadvismṛtantvayā
Even today the fifth head of your son Brahmā, once severed, has not been set back on again, O Hari; that too you have forgotten.
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SiP 3 11.53
निर्जितस्त्वं दधीचेन संग्रामे समरुद्गणः ।। कण्डूयमाने शिरसि कथं तद्विस्मृतन्त्वया
nirjitastvaṃ dadhīcena saṃgrāme samarudgaṇaḥ || kaṇḍūyamāne śirasi kathaṃ tadvismṛtantvayā
You were defeated in battle by Dadhīca, together with the host of Maruts; when your head is being scratched, how is it that you have forgotten that?
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SiP 3 11.54
चक्रं विक्रमतो यस्य चक्रपाणे तव प्रियम् ।। कुतः प्राप्तं कृतं केन त्वया तदपि विस्मृतम्
cakraṃ vikramato yasya cakrapāṇe tava priyam || kutaḥ prāptaṃ kṛtaṃ kena tvayā tadapi vismṛtam
The discus that is dear to you, O discus-handed one, whose valour (you boast of)—from where was it obtained, and by whom was it made? That too you have forgotten.
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SiP 3 11.55
ये मया सकला लोका गृहीतास्त्वं पयोनिधौ ।। निद्रापरवशश्शेषे स कथं सात्त्विको भवान्
ye mayā sakalā lokā gṛhītāstvaṃ payonidhau || nidrāparavaśaśśeṣe sa kathaṃ sāttviko bhavān
All those worlds were taken by me while you lay in the ocean of milk, helpless in the power of sleep: how then is your honour a being of sattva?
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SiP 3 11.56
त्वदादिस्तम्बपर्यन्तं रुद्रशक्तिविजृम्भितम् ।। शक्तिमानभितस्त्वं च ह्यनलात्त्वं विमोहितः
tvadādistambaparyantaṃ rudraśaktivijṛmbhitam || śaktimānabhitastvaṃ ca hyanalāttvaṃ vimohitaḥ
From you down to a clump of grass, (everything) is the unfolding of Rudra's power; you too are powerful on every side, yet you were bewildered by the fire.
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SiP 3 11.57
तत्तेजसो हि माहात्म्यं पुमान्द्र ष्टुन्न हि क्षमः ।। अस्थूला ये प्रपश्यन्ति तद्विष्णोः परमम्पदम्
tattejaso hi māhātmyaṃ pumāndra ṣṭunna hi kṣamaḥ || asthūlā ye prapaśyanti tadviṣṇoḥ paramampadam
For a man is not able to behold the greatness of that splendour; (only) those who are not gross perceive that highest station of Viṣṇu.
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SiP 3 11.58
द्यावापृथिव्या इन्द्राग्नेर्यमस्य वरुणस्य च ।। ध्वान्तोदरे शशांके च जनित्वा परमेश्वरः
dyāvāpṛthivyā indrāgneryamasya varuṇasya ca || dhvāntodare śaśāṃke ca janitvā parameśvaraḥ
Having been born of heaven and earth, of Indra and Agni, of Yama and of Varuṇa, and in the moon within the belly of darkness, the Supreme Lord—
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SiP 3 11.59
कालोसि त्वं महाकालः कालकालो महेश्वर ।। अतस्त्वमुग्रकलया मृत्योर्मृत्युर्भविष्यसि
kālosi tvaṃ mahākālaḥ kālakālo maheśvara || atastvamugrakalayā mṛtyormṛtyurbhaviṣyasi
You are Time, the great Time, the Time of Time, O Maheśvara; therefore, by your fierce portion, you will become the Death of Death.
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SiP 3 11.61
शास्ता शेषस्य जगतस्तत्त्वं नैव चतुर्मुखः ।। नान्ये च केवलं शम्भुस्सर्वशास्ता न संशयः
śāstā śeṣasya jagatastattvaṃ naiva caturmukhaḥ || nānye ca kevalaṃ śambhussarvaśāstā na saṃśayaḥ
The ruler of all the rest of the world—the four-faced one is truly not that, nor are the others; Śambhu alone is the ruler of all, there is no doubt.
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SiP 3 11.62
इत्थं सर्वं समालोक्य संहारात्मानमात्मना ।। न विनष्टन्त्वमात्मानं कुरु हे नृहरेऽबुध
itthaṃ sarvaṃ samālokya saṃhārātmānamātmanā || na vinaṣṭantvamātmānaṃ kuru he nṛhare'budha
Having thus surveyed all this, and (having seen) by yourself him whose very nature is destruction, do not make yourself destroyed, O ignorant Nṛhari!
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SiP 3 11.63
नो चेदिदानीं क्रोधस्य महाभैरवरूपिणः ।। वज्राशनिरिव स्थाणौ त्वयि मृत्युः पतिष्यति
no cedidānīṃ krodhasya mahābhairavarūpiṇaḥ || vajrāśaniriva sthāṇau tvayi mṛtyuḥ patiṣyati
If not, then right now the death (that comes) from the wrath of him whose form is the great Bhairava will fall upon you, like a thunderbolt upon a tree-stump.
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SiP 3 11.64
नन्दीश्वर उवाच।। इत्युक्त्वा वीरभद्रोपि विररामाकुतोभयः ।। दृष्ट्वा नृसिंहाभिप्रायं क्रोधमूर्त्तिश्शिवस्य सः
nandīśvara uvāca|| ityuktvā vīrabhadropi virarāmākutobhayaḥ || dṛṣṭvā nṛsiṃhābhiprāyaṃ krodhamūrttiśśivasya saḥ
Nandīśvara said: Having spoken thus, Vīrabhadra too, who feared nothing from any quarter, fell silent—he, the embodiment of Śiva's wrath, having discerned Nṛsiṃha's intention.
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