Shiva Purana — Shatarudra Samhita — Chapter 16
SiP 3 16.1
नन्दीश्वर उवाच ।। यक्षेश्वरावतारं च शृणु शंभोर्मुनीश्वर ।। गर्विणं गर्वहन्तारं सताम्भक्तिविवर्द्धनम्
nandīśvara uvāca || yakṣeśvarāvatāraṃ ca śṛṇu śaṃbhormunīśvara || garviṇaṃ garvahantāraṃ satāmbhaktivivarddhanam
Nandīśvara said: Hear also, O lord of sages, of Śambhu's incarnation as Yakṣeśvara — proud, destroyer of pride, increasing the devotion of the good.
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SiP 3 16.2
पुरा देवाश्च दैत्याश्च पीयूषार्थम्महाबलाः ।। क्षीरोदधिं ममन्थुस्ते सुकृत स्वार्थ सन्धयः
purā devāśca daityāśca pīyūṣārthammahābalāḥ || kṣīrodadhiṃ mamanthuste sukṛta svārtha sandhayaḥ
Formerly the gods and the demons, of great might, churned the ocean of milk for the sake of nectar, having made a pact for their own ends by a good deed.
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SiP 3 16.3
मथ्यमानेऽमृते पूर्वं क्षीराब्धेस्सुरदानवैः ।। अग्नेः समुत्थितं तस्माद्विषं कालानलप्रभम् तत्पपुः केवलन्देवा नासुराः कृपया हरेः ।। ततो बभूव सुमहद्रत्नं तेषां मिथोऽकदम् यक्षेश्वर उवाच ।। किमर्थं संस्थिता यूयमत्र सर्वे सुरा मिथः ।। किमु काष्ठाखिलम्ब्रूत कारणं मेनुपृच्छते अथासीत्तु नभोवाणी देवविस्मयहारिणी ।। यक्षोऽयं शंकरो देवाः सर्वगर्वापहारकः इत्थं स वर्णितः शम्भोरवतारः सुखावहः ।। यक्षेश्वराख्यस्सुखदस्सतान्तुष्टोऽभयंकरः
mathyamāne'mṛte pūrvaṃ kṣīrābdhessuradānavaiḥ || agneḥ samutthitaṃ tasmādviṣaṃ kālānalaprabham tatpapuḥ kevalandevā nāsurāḥ kṛpayā hareḥ || tato babhūva sumahadratnaṃ teṣāṃ mitho'kadam yakṣeśvara uvāca || kimarthaṃ saṃsthitā yūyamatra sarve surā mithaḥ || kimu kāṣṭhākhilambrūta kāraṇaṃ menupṛcchate athāsīttu nabhovāṇī devavismayahāriṇī || yakṣo'yaṃ śaṃkaro devāḥ sarvagarvāpahārakaḥ itthaṃ sa varṇitaḥ śambhoravatāraḥ sukhāvahaḥ || yakṣeśvarākhyassukhadassatāntuṣṭo'bhayaṃkaraḥ
When formerly the nectar was being churned from the milk-ocean by gods and demons, from it there arose out of fire a poison with the brilliance of the fire of time. The gods alone drank it, not the demons, through Hari's compassion. Then there arose a very great jewel, a cause of mutual quarrel among them. Yakṣeśvara said: For what purpose do you all stand here, O gods, facing one another? Tell (me) the whole matter — what is it? Tell the reason to me who ask. Then there was a voice from the sky that took away the gods' astonishment: This Yakṣa, O gods, is Śaṃkara, the remover of all pride. Thus has that incarnation of Śambhu been described, the bringer of happiness, called Yakṣeśvara, giver of joy, pleased with the good, granter of fearlessness.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 3 16.4
तं दृष्ट्वा निखिला देवा दैत्याश्च भयविह्वलाः ।। विद्रुत्य तरसा तात शंभोस्ते शरणं ययुः
taṃ dṛṣṭvā nikhilā devā daityāśca bhayavihvalāḥ || vidrutya tarasā tāta śaṃbhoste śaraṇaṃ yayuḥ
Seeing that (poison), all the gods and the demons, overcome with fear, fled in haste, dear one, and went to Śambhu for refuge.
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SiP 3 16.5
दृष्ट्वा तं शंकरं सर्वे सर्वदेवशिखामणिम् ।। प्रणम्य तुष्टुवुर्भक्त्या साच्युता नतमस्तकाः
dṛṣṭvā taṃ śaṃkaraṃ sarve sarvadevaśikhāmaṇim || praṇamya tuṣṭuvurbhaktyā sācyutā natamastakāḥ
Seeing that Śaṃkara, the crest-jewel of all the gods, they all, together with Acyuta, bowed with lowered heads and praised (him) with devotion.
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SiP 3 16.6
ततः प्रसन्नो भगवाच्छङ्करो भक्तवत्सलः ।। पपौ विषं महाघोरं सुरासुरगणार्दनम्
tataḥ prasanno bhagavācchaṅkaro bhaktavatsalaḥ || papau viṣaṃ mahāghoraṃ surāsuragaṇārdanam
Then the Lord Śaṅkara, gracious, fond of his devotees, drank the exceedingly dreadful poison that was tormenting the hosts of gods and demons.
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SiP 3 16.7
पतिं तं विषमं कण्ठे निदधे विषमुल्बणम् ।। रेजेतेनाति स विभुर्नीलकण्ठो बभूव ह
patiṃ taṃ viṣamaṃ kaṇṭhe nidadhe viṣamulbaṇam || rejetenāti sa vibhurnīlakaṇṭho babhūva ha
That Lord placed the harsh, fierce poison in his throat; by it he shone exceedingly, and the mighty one became Blue-throated.
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SiP 3 16.8
ततः सुरा सुरगणा ममन्थुः पुनरेव तम् ।। विषदाहविनिर्मुक्ताः शिवानुग्रहतोऽखिलाः
tataḥ surā suragaṇā mamanthuḥ punareva tam || viṣadāhavinirmuktāḥ śivānugrahato'khilāḥ
Then the gods, the hosts of gods, churned it once more, all of them freed from the burning of the poison by Śiva's grace.
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SiP 3 16.9
तातो बहूनि रत्नानि निस्सृतानि ततो मुने ।। अमृतं च पदार्थं हि सुरदानवयोर्मुने
tāto bahūni ratnāni nissṛtāni tato mune || amṛtaṃ ca padārthaṃ hi suradānavayormune
Then many jewels came forth from it, O sage, and also that substance, the nectar, (a cause of strife) between the gods and the demons, O sage.
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SiP 3 16.11
द्वन्द्वयुद्धम्बभूवाथ देवदानवयोर्मुने ।। तत्र राहुभयाच्चन्द्रो विदुद्राव तदर्दितः
dvandvayuddhambabhūvātha devadānavayormune || tatra rāhubhayāccandro vidudrāva tadarditaḥ
Then there was a duel between the gods and the demons, O sage; there the moon, tormented by him, fled in fear of Rāhu.
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SiP 3 16.12
जगाम सदनं शंभोः शरणम्भय विह्वलः ।। सुप्रणम्य च तुष्टाव पाहिपाहीति संवदन्
jagāma sadanaṃ śaṃbhoḥ śaraṇambhaya vihvalaḥ || supraṇamya ca tuṣṭāva pāhipāhīti saṃvadan
Overcome by fear, he went to Śambhu's abode for refuge, and having bowed low he praised (him), saying "Protect me, protect me!"
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SiP 3 16.13
ततस्सतामभयदः शंकरो भक्तवत्सलः ।। दध्रे शिरसि चन्द्रं स विभुश्शरणमागतम्
tatassatāmabhayadaḥ śaṃkaro bhaktavatsalaḥ || dadhre śirasi candraṃ sa vibhuśśaraṇamāgatam
Then Śaṃkara, giver of fearlessness to the good, fond of his devotees, the mighty one, placed on his head the moon who had come for refuge.
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SiP 3 16.14
अथागतस्तदा राहुस्तुष्टाव सुप्रणम्य तम् ।। शंकरं सकलाधीशं वाग्भिरिष्टाभिरादरात्
athāgatastadā rāhustuṣṭāva supraṇamya tam || śaṃkaraṃ sakalādhīśaṃ vāgbhiriṣṭābhirādarāt
Then Rāhu came and, bowing low, praised him — Śaṃkara, the lord of all — reverently with pleasing words.
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SiP 3 16.15
शंभुस्तन्मतमाज्ञाय तच्छिरांस्यच्युतेन ह ।। पुरा छिन्नानि वै केतुसंज्ञानि निदधे गले
śaṃbhustanmatamājñāya tacchirāṃsyacyutena ha || purā chinnāni vai ketusaṃjñāni nidadhe gale
Śambhu, knowing his mind, placed on (his) neck those heads, cut off long ago by Acyuta, which bear the name Ketu.
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SiP 3 16.16
ततो युद्धेऽसुराः सर्वे देवैश्चैव पराजिताः ।। पीत्वाऽमृतं सुरास्सर्व्वे जयम्प्रापुर्महाबलाः
tato yuddhe'surāḥ sarve devaiścaiva parājitāḥ || pītvā'mṛtaṃ surāssarvve jayamprāpurmahābalāḥ
Then in the battle all the demons were defeated by the gods; having drunk the nectar all the gods, of great strength, won the victory.
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SiP 3 16.17
विष्णुप्रभृतयः सर्व्वे बभूवुश्चातिगर्विताः ।। बलानि चांकुरंतोन्तश्शिवमायाविमोहिताः
viṣṇuprabhṛtayaḥ sarvve babhūvuścātigarvitāḥ || balāni cāṃkuraṃtontaśśivamāyāvimohitāḥ
Viṣṇu and all the rest became excessively proud, and their strength swelled within, they being deluded by Śiva's māyā.
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SiP 3 16.18
ततस्स शंकरो देवः सर्वाधीशोथ गर्वहा ।। यक्षो भूत्वा जगामाशु यत्र देवाः स्थिता मुने
tatassa śaṃkaro devaḥ sarvādhīśotha garvahā || yakṣo bhūtvā jagāmāśu yatra devāḥ sthitā mune
Then that god Śaṃkara, lord of all, destroyer of pride, became a Yakṣa and went swiftly to where the gods were standing, O sage.
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SiP 3 16.19
सर्वान्दृष्ट्वाच्युतमुखान्देवान्यक्षपतिस्स वै ।। महागर्वाढ्यमनसा महेशाः प्राह गर्वहा
sarvāndṛṣṭvācyutamukhāndevānyakṣapatissa vai || mahāgarvāḍhyamanasā maheśāḥ prāha garvahā
Seeing all the gods headed by Acyuta with minds filled with great pride, that lord of Yakṣas, the great lord, the destroyer of pride, spoke.
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SiP 3 16.21
देवा ऊचुः ।। अभूदत्र महान्देव रणः परमदारुणः ।। असुरा नाशितास्सर्वेऽवशिष्टा विद्रुता गताः
devā ūcuḥ || abhūdatra mahāndeva raṇaḥ paramadāruṇaḥ || asurā nāśitāssarve'vaśiṣṭā vidrutā gatāḥ
The gods said: There was here, O god, a very terrible great battle; all the demons were destroyed, and those who remained fled away.
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SiP 3 16.22
वयं सर्वे महावीरा दैत्यघ्ना बलवत्तराः ।। अग्रेस्माकं कियन्तस्ते दैत्य क्षुद्रबलास्सदा
vayaṃ sarve mahāvīrā daityaghnā balavattarāḥ || agresmākaṃ kiyantaste daitya kṣudrabalāssadā
We are all great heroes, slayers of the Daityas, exceedingly strong; before us, of what account are those Daityas, ever of paltry strength?
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SiP 3 16.23
नन्दीश्वर उवाच ।। इति श्रुत्वा वचस्तेषां सुराणां गर्वगर्भितम् ।। गर्वहासौ महादेवो यक्षरूपो वचोऽब्रवीत्
nandīśvara uvāca || iti śrutvā vacasteṣāṃ surāṇāṃ garvagarbhitam || garvahāsau mahādevo yakṣarūpo vaco'bravīt
Nandīśvara said: Having heard that pride-laden speech of theirs, of the gods, that Mahādeva, destroyer of pride, in the form of a Yakṣa, spoke these words.
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SiP 3 16.24
यक्षेश्वर उवाच ।। हे सुरा निखिला यूयं मद्वचश्शृणुतादरात् ।। यथार्थं वच्मि नासत्यं सर्वगर्वापहारकम्
yakṣeśvara uvāca || he surā nikhilā yūyaṃ madvacaśśṛṇutādarāt || yathārthaṃ vacmi nāsatyaṃ sarvagarvāpahārakam
The lord of Yakṣas said: O all you gods, hear my word with attention; I speak what is true, not falsehood, (a word) that removes all pride.
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SiP 3 16.25
गर्व्वमेनं न कुरुत कर्त्ता हर्त्ताऽपरः प्रभुः ।। विस्मृताश्च महेशानं कथयध्वम्वृथाबलाः
garvvamenaṃ na kuruta karttā harttā'paraḥ prabhuḥ || vismṛtāśca maheśānaṃ kathayadhvamvṛthābalāḥ
Do not indulge this pride; the maker and the destroyer is another, the Lord. And having forgotten the great Lord you speak, you whose strength is vain.
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SiP 3 16.26
युष्माकञ्चेत्स हि मदो जानतां स्वबलम्महत् ।। मत्स्थापितं तृणमिदं छिन्त स्वास्त्रैश्च तैस्सुराः
yuṣmākañcetsa hi mado jānatāṃ svabalammahat || matsthāpitaṃ tṛṇamidaṃ chinta svāstraiśca taissurāḥ
If that intoxication of yours (comes) from knowing your own strength to be great, then, O gods, cut this blade of grass set down by me with those weapons of yours.
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SiP 3 16.27
नन्दीश्वर उवाच ।। इत्युक्त्वैकतृणन्तेषां निचिक्षेप पुरस्ततः ।। जह्रे सर्वमदं यक्षरूप ईशस्सतांगतिः
nandīśvara uvāca || ityuktvaikatṛṇanteṣāṃ nicikṣepa purastataḥ || jahre sarvamadaṃ yakṣarūpa īśassatāṃgatiḥ
Nandīśvara said: Having said this, he cast down a single blade of grass before them; the Lord in Yakṣa form, the refuge of the good, took away all their pride.
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SiP 3 16.28
अथ सर्वे सुरा विष्णुप्रमुखा वीरमानिनः ।। कृत्वा स्वपौरुषन्तत्र स्वायुधानि विचिक्षिपुः
atha sarve surā viṣṇupramukhā vīramāninaḥ || kṛtvā svapauruṣantatra svāyudhāni vicikṣipuḥ
Then all the gods headed by Viṣṇu, thinking themselves heroes, exerting their manhood there, hurled their own weapons (at it).
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SiP 3 16.29
तत्रासन् विफलान्याशु तान्यस्त्राणि दिवौकसाम् ।। शिवप्रभावतस्तेषां मूढगर्वापहारिणः
tatrāsan viphalānyāśu tānyastrāṇi divaukasām || śivaprabhāvatasteṣāṃ mūḍhagarvāpahāriṇaḥ
There those weapons of the dwellers in heaven at once became fruitless, through the power of Śiva who takes away their foolish pride.
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SiP 3 16.31
कर्ता हर्त्ता तथा भर्त्ताऽयमेव परमेश्वरः ।। एतद्बलेन वलिनो जीवाः सर्वेऽन्यथा न हि
kartā harttā tathā bharttā'yameva parameśvaraḥ || etadbalena valino jīvāḥ sarve'nyathā na hi
This very Parameśvara is the creator, the destroyer, and likewise the sustainer; by his strength all living beings are strong—not otherwise.
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SiP 3 16.32
अस्य मायाप्रभावाद्वै मोहिताः स्वप्रभुं शिवम् ।। मदतो बुबुधु नैवाद्यापि बोधतनुम्प्रभुम्
asya māyāprabhāvādvai mohitāḥ svaprabhuṃ śivam || madato bubudhu naivādyāpi bodhatanumprabhum
Indeed by the power of his māyā they were deluded and, being intoxicated (with pride), did not recognize their own lord Śiva, the Lord whose body is consciousness, even now.
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SiP 3 16.33
नन्दीश्वर उवाच ।। इति श्रुत्वा नभोवाणीं बुबुधुस्ते गतस्मयाः ।। यक्षेश्वरम्प्रणेमुश्च तुष्टुवुश्च तमीश्वरम्
nandīśvara uvāca || iti śrutvā nabhovāṇīṃ bubudhuste gatasmayāḥ || yakṣeśvarampraṇemuśca tuṣṭuvuśca tamīśvaram
Nandīśvara said: Having heard the voice from the sky thus, they awoke, their arrogance gone; and they bowed to the lord of the Yakṣas and praised him, the Lord.
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SiP 3 16.34
देवा ऊचुः ।। देवदेव महादेव सर्वगर्वापहारक।। यक्षेश्वरमहालील माया तेत्यद्भुता प्रभो
devā ūcuḥ || devadeva mahādeva sarvagarvāpahāraka|| yakṣeśvaramahālīla māyā tetyadbhutā prabho
The gods said: O god of gods, great god, remover of all pride, O lord of the Yakṣas of great play, wondrous is this māyā of yours, O Lord!
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SiP 3 16.35
मोहिता माययाद्यापि तव यक्षस्वरूपिणः ।। सगर्वमभिभाषन्तस्त्वत्पुरो हि पृथङ्मयाः
mohitā māyayādyāpi tava yakṣasvarūpiṇaḥ || sagarvamabhibhāṣantastvatpuro hi pṛthaṅmayāḥ
Deluded by the māyā of you who bore the form of a Yakṣa, even now we spoke arrogantly before you, thinking ourselves separate.
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SiP 3 16.36
इदानीं ज्ञानमायातन्तवैव कृपया प्रभो।। कर्ता हर्ता च भर्ता च त्वमेवान्यो न शंकर
idānīṃ jñānamāyātantavaiva kṛpayā prabho|| kartā hartā ca bhartā ca tvamevānyo na śaṃkara
Now, by your grace alone, O Lord, knowledge has come (to us): you alone are creator, destroyer and sustainer, and no other, O Śaṃkara.
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SiP 3 16.37
त्वमेव सर्वशक्तीनां सर्वेषां हि प्रवर्तकः ।। निवर्तकश्च सर्वेशः परमात्माव्ययोऽद्वयः
tvameva sarvaśaktīnāṃ sarveṣāṃ hi pravartakaḥ || nivartakaśca sarveśaḥ paramātmāvyayo'dvayaḥ
You alone are the instigator of all powers and of all beings, and the withdrawer (of them), the lord of all, the supreme Self, imperishable, without a second.
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SiP 3 16.38
यक्षेश्वरस्वरूपेण सर्वेषां नो मदो हृतः ।। इतो मन्यामहे तत्तेनुग्रहो हि कृपालुना
yakṣeśvarasvarūpeṇa sarveṣāṃ no mado hṛtaḥ || ito manyāmahe tattenugraho hi kṛpālunā
By means of the form of the lord of the Yakṣas the intoxication of all of us has been taken away; from this we consider that this was a favour done by you, the compassionate one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 3 16.39
अथो स यक्षनाथोऽनुगृह्य वै सकलान् सुरान् ।। विबोध्य विविधैर्वाक्यैस्तत्रैवान्तरधीयत
atho sa yakṣanātho'nugṛhya vai sakalān surān || vibodhya vividhairvākyaistatraivāntaradhīyata
Then that lord of the Yakṣas, having shown favour to all the gods and instructed them with various words, vanished there itself.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 3 16.41
इदमाख्यानममलं सर्वगर्वापहारकम् ।। सतां सुशान्तिदन्नित्यं भुक्तिमुक्तिप्रदं नृणाम्
idamākhyānamamalaṃ sarvagarvāpahārakam || satāṃ suśāntidannityaṃ bhuktimuktipradaṃ nṛṇām
This spotless narrative removes all pride, ever gives good peace to the good, and grants enjoyment and liberation to men.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 3 16.42
य इदं शृणुयाद्भक्त्या श्रावयेद्वा सुधीः पुमान् ।। सर्वकामानवाप्नोति ततश्च लभते गतिम्
ya idaṃ śṛṇuyādbhaktyā śrāvayedvā sudhīḥ pumān || sarvakāmānavāpnoti tataśca labhate gatim
Whatever wise man hears this with devotion, or causes it to be heard, obtains all his desires, and thereafter attains (the highest) goal.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition