Shiva Purana — Shatarudra Samhita — Chapter 27
SiP 3 27.1
नन्दीश्वर उवाच ।। शृणु तात प्रवक्ष्यामि शिवस्य परमात्मनः ।। द्विजेश्वरावतारं च सशिवं सुखदं सताम्
nandīśvara uvāca || śṛṇu tāta pravakṣyāmi śivasya paramātmanaḥ || dvijeśvarāvatāraṃ ca saśivaṃ sukhadaṃ satām
Nandīśvara said: Listen, dear child, I shall relate the descent of Śiva, the supreme Self, as the lord of brahmins—auspicious, and granting happiness to the good.
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SiP 3 27.2
यः पूर्वं वर्णितस्तात भद्रायुर्नृपसत्तमः ।। यस्मिन्नृषभरूपेणानुग्रहं कृतवाञ्छिवः
yaḥ pūrvaṃ varṇitastāta bhadrāyurnṛpasattamaḥ || yasminnṛṣabharūpeṇānugrahaṃ kṛtavāñchivaḥ
He who was described before, my child, Bhadrāyus, the best of kings, to whom Śiva showed grace in the form of a bull—
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SiP 3 27.3
तद्धर्मस्य परीक्षार्थं पुनराविर्बभूव सः।। द्विजेश्वरस्वरूपेण तदेव कथयाम्यहम् अथाविदूरे तस्यैव द्रवन्तौ भयविह्वलौ ।। अन्वीयमानौ व्याघ्रेण रुदन्तौ तौ बभूवतुः व्याघ्रेणापहृतां नारीं वीक्ष्य विप्रोतिविस्मितः ।। लौकिकीं गतिमाश्रित्य रुरोदाति मुहुर्मुहुः अहो मे पौरुषं नष्टमद्य देवविपर्ययात् ।। अद्य कीर्तिश्च मे नष्टा पातकम्प्राप्तमुत्कटम् ब्राह्मण उवाच ।। आस्तां ब्रह्मवधं घोरमपि मद्यनिषेवणम् ।। तपसा विधमिष्यामि किं पुनः पारदारिकम् ततोम्बराद्द्रुतं पेतुर्द्दिव्याः कुसुमवृष्टयः ।। प्रणेदुर्देवतूर्य्याणि देव्यश्च ननृतुर्जगुः यद्ददासि पुनर्नाथ वरं स्वकृपया प्रभो ।। वृणेहं परमं त्यक्तो वरं हि वरदर्षभात् इदं चरित्रं परमं पवित्रं शिवावतारस्य पवित्रकीर्त्तेः ।। द्विजेशसंज्ञस्य महाद्भुतं हि शृण्वन्पठञ्शम्भुपदम्प्रयाति
taddharmasya parīkṣārthaṃ punarāvirbabhūva saḥ|| dvijeśvarasvarūpeṇa tadeva kathayāmyaham athāvidūre tasyaiva dravantau bhayavihvalau || anvīyamānau vyāghreṇa rudantau tau babhūvatuḥ vyāghreṇāpahṛtāṃ nārīṃ vīkṣya viprotivismitaḥ || laukikīṃ gatimāśritya rurodāti muhurmuhuḥ aho me pauruṣaṃ naṣṭamadya devaviparyayāt || adya kīrtiśca me naṣṭā pātakamprāptamutkaṭam brāhmaṇa uvāca || āstāṃ brahmavadhaṃ ghoramapi madyaniṣevaṇam || tapasā vidhamiṣyāmi kiṃ punaḥ pāradārikam tatombarāddrutaṃ peturddivyāḥ kusumavṛṣṭayaḥ || praṇedurdevatūryyāṇi devyaśca nanṛturjaguḥ yaddadāsi punarnātha varaṃ svakṛpayā prabho || vṛṇehaṃ paramaṃ tyakto varaṃ hi varadarṣabhāt idaṃ caritraṃ paramaṃ pavitraṃ śivāvatārasya pavitrakīrtteḥ || dvijeśasaṃjñasya mahādbhutaṃ hi śṛṇvanpaṭhañśambhupadamprayāti
To test his dharma, he appeared again in the form of a lord of brahmins; that very thing I shall now tell. Then, not far from him, two people came running, overcome with fear, pursued by a tiger, and weeping. Seeing the woman carried off by the tiger, the brahmin was utterly astonished, and taking up the way of ordinary men, he wept aloud again and again: "Alas, my manliness is destroyed today, through the reversal of fate; today my fame too is destroyed, and a grievous sin has come upon me." The brahmin said: "Let the terrible killing of a brahmin be, and even the drinking of liquor—these I shall destroy by austerity; how much more (easily) the offence of adultery." Then from the sky divine showers of flowers swiftly fell, the drums of the gods resounded, and the goddesses danced and sang. "Since you again grant a boon by your own grace, O Lord, O master, I choose the highest; for a boon is (rightly) taken from the best of boon-givers." This deed is supreme and purifying, of the descent of Śiva of pure fame, known as Dvijeśa, and greatly wonderful indeed; hearing and reciting it, one goes to Śambhu's abode.
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SiP 3 27.4
ऋषभस्य प्रभावेण शत्रूञ्जित्वा रणे प्रभुः ।। प्राप्तसिंहासनस्तात भद्रायुः संबभूव ह
ṛṣabhasya prabhāveṇa śatrūñjitvā raṇe prabhuḥ || prāptasiṃhāsanastāta bhadrāyuḥ saṃbabhūva ha
By the power of Ṛṣabha, having conquered his enemies in battle, the lord Bhadrāyus, my son, obtained the lion-throne.
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SiP 3 27.5
चन्द्रांगदस्य तनया सीमन्तिन्याः शुभांगजा ।। पत्नी तस्याभवद्ब्रह्मन्सुसाध्वी कीर्तिमालिनी
candrāṃgadasya tanayā sīmantinyāḥ śubhāṃgajā || patnī tasyābhavadbrahmansusādhvī kīrtimālinī
The daughter of Candrāṅgada, born of the fair body of Sīmantinī, became his wife, O brahmin — the very virtuous Kīrtimālinī.
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SiP 3 27.6
स भद्रायुः कदाचित्स्वप्रियया गहनं वनम् । प्राविशत्संविहारार्थं वसन्तसमये मुने
sa bhadrāyuḥ kadācitsvapriyayā gahanaṃ vanam | prāviśatsaṃvihārārthaṃ vasantasamaye mune
Once, O sage, that Bhadrāyus entered a dense forest with his beloved, in the springtime, for the sake of pleasure-taking.
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SiP 3 27.7
अथ तस्मिन्वने रम्ये विजहार स भूपतिः ।। शरणागतपालिन्या तमास्यप्रियया सह
atha tasminvane ramye vijahāra sa bhūpatiḥ || śaraṇāgatapālinyā tamāsyapriyayā saha
Then that king enjoyed himself in that lovely forest together with his beloved, who protected those who came for refuge.
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SiP 3 27.8
अथ तद्धर्मदृढतां प्रतीक्षन्परमेश्वरः ।। लीलां चकार तत्रैव शिवया सह शङ्करः
atha taddharmadṛḍhatāṃ pratīkṣanparameśvaraḥ || līlāṃ cakāra tatraiva śivayā saha śaṅkaraḥ
Then the Supreme Lord Śaṅkara, waiting to test the firmness of his righteousness, performed a sport right there together with Śivā.
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SiP 3 27.9
शिवा शिवश्च भूत्वोभौ तद्वने द्विजदम्पती।। व्याघ्रं मायामयं कृत्वाविर्भूतौ निजलीलया
śivā śivaśca bhūtvobhau tadvane dvijadampatī|| vyāghraṃ māyāmayaṃ kṛtvāvirbhūtau nijalīlayā
Both Śivā and Śiva, becoming a brahmin couple in that forest, and having made a tiger out of illusion, manifested themselves by their own sport.
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SiP 3 27.11
अथ विद्धौ च तौ तात भद्रायुः स महीपतिः ।। ददर्श क्रन्दमानौ हि शरण्यः क्षत्रियर्षभः
atha viddhau ca tau tāta bhadrāyuḥ sa mahīpatiḥ || dadarśa krandamānau hi śaraṇyaḥ kṣatriyarṣabhaḥ
Then, my son, that Bhadrāyus, lord of the earth, giver of refuge, bull among kṣatriyas, saw the two of them wounded and crying out.
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SiP 3 27.12
अथ तौ मुनिशार्दूलः स्वमायाद्विजदम्पती ।। भद्रायुषं महाराजमूचतुर्भयविह्वलौ
atha tau muniśārdūlaḥ svamāyādvijadampatī || bhadrāyuṣaṃ mahārājamūcaturbhayavihvalau
Then, O tiger among sages, those two — the brahmin couple (formed) of his own illusion — overwhelmed with fear, spoke to the great king Bhadrāyus.
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SiP 3 27.13
द्विजदम्पती ऊचतुः ।। पाहि पाहि महाराज नावुभौ धर्मवित्तम ।। एष आयाति शार्दूलो जग्धुमावां महाप्रभो
dvijadampatī ūcatuḥ || pāhi pāhi mahārāja nāvubhau dharmavittama || eṣa āyāti śārdūlo jagdhumāvāṃ mahāprabho
The brahmin couple said: Protect us, protect us both, great king, best of those who know dharma! This tiger is coming to devour us two, O great lord!
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SiP 3 27.14
एष हिंस्रः कालसमः सर्वप्राणिभयङ्करः ।। यावन्न खादति प्राप्य तावन्नौ रक्ष धर्मवित्
eṣa hiṃsraḥ kālasamaḥ sarvaprāṇibhayaṅkaraḥ || yāvanna khādati prāpya tāvannau rakṣa dharmavit
This violent one, equal to Death, terrifying to all living beings — before he reaches us and eats us, protect us two, O knower of dharma!
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SiP 3 27.15
नन्दीश्वर उवाच ।। इत्थमाक्रन्दितं श्रुत्वा तयोश्च नृपतीश्वरः ।। अति शीघ्रं महावीरः स यावद्धनुराददे
nandīśvara uvāca || itthamākranditaṃ śrutvā tayośca nṛpatīśvaraḥ || ati śīghraṃ mahāvīraḥ sa yāvaddhanurādade
Nandīśvara said: Hearing their lamentation thus, that lord of kings, the great hero, most swiftly — even as he took up his bow —
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SiP 3 27.16
तावदभ्येत्य शार्दूलस्त्वरमाणोतिमायिकः ।। स तस्य द्विजवर्य्यस्य मध्ये जग्राह तां वधूम्
tāvadabhyetya śārdūlastvaramāṇotimāyikaḥ || sa tasya dvijavaryyasya madhye jagrāha tāṃ vadhūm
in that very moment the tiger, hastening, full of great magic, came up and seized that wife from the midst of that best of brahmins.
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SiP 3 27.17
हे नाथनाथ हे कान्त हा शम्भो हा जगद्गुरो ।। इति रोरूयमाणां तां व्याघ्रो जग्रास भीषणः
he nāthanātha he kānta hā śambho hā jagadguro || iti rorūyamāṇāṃ tāṃ vyāghro jagrāsa bhīṣaṇaḥ
"O lord of lords, O husband, alas Śambhu, alas teacher of the world!" — as she wailed thus, the fearsome tiger devoured her.
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SiP 3 27.18
तावत्स राजा निशितैर्भल्लैर्व्याघ्रमताडयत् ।। न स तैर्विव्यथे किंचिद्गिरीन्द्र इव वृष्टिभिः
tāvatsa rājā niśitairbhallairvyāghramatāḍayat || na sa tairvivyathe kiṃcidgirīndra iva vṛṣṭibhiḥ
Meanwhile the king struck the tiger with sharp bhalla-arrows; but he was not pained by them at all, like the lord of mountains by rains.
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SiP 3 27.19
स शार्दूलो महासत्त्वो राज्ञः स्वैरकृतव्यथः ।। बलादाकृष्य तां नारीमपाक्रमत सत्वरः
sa śārdūlo mahāsattvo rājñaḥ svairakṛtavyathaḥ || balādākṛṣya tāṃ nārīmapākramata satvaraḥ
That tiger, of great strength, unhurt by the king's arrows, dragged the woman off by force and quickly departed.
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SiP 3 27.21
रुदित्वा चिरकालं च स विप्रो माययेश्वरः ।। भद्रायुषं महीपालं प्रोवाच मदहारकः
ruditvā cirakālaṃ ca sa vipro māyayeśvaraḥ || bhadrāyuṣaṃ mahīpālaṃ provāca madahārakaḥ
And the brahmin — the Lord through his illusion — having wept for a long time, spoke to Bhadrāyus, ruler of the earth, taking away his pride.
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SiP 3 27.22
द्विजेश्वर उवाच ।। राजन्क ते महास्त्राणि क्व ते त्राणं महद्धनुः ।। क्व ते द्वादशसाहस्रमहानागायुतम्बलम्
dvijeśvara uvāca || rājanka te mahāstrāṇi kva te trāṇaṃ mahaddhanuḥ || kva te dvādaśasāhasramahānāgāyutambalam
The lord of brahmins said: King, where are your great weapons? Where is your protection, your mighty bow? Where is your strength of twelve thousand great elephants and more?
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SiP 3 27.23
किन्ते खड्गेन शङ्खेन किं ते मंत्रास्त्रविद्यया ।। किं सत्त्वेन महास्त्राणां किं प्रभावेण भूयसा
kinte khaḍgena śaṅkhena kiṃ te maṃtrāstravidyayā || kiṃ sattvena mahāstrāṇāṃ kiṃ prabhāveṇa bhūyasā
What use is your sword, your conch? What use your knowledge of mantras and missiles? What use the potency of your great weapons, what use your abundant power?
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SiP 3 27.24
तत्सर्वं विफलं जातं यच्चान्यत्त्वयि तिष्ठति।। यस्त्वं वनौकसां घातं न निवारयितुं क्षमः
tatsarvaṃ viphalaṃ jātaṃ yaccānyattvayi tiṣṭhati|| yastvaṃ vanaukasāṃ ghātaṃ na nivārayituṃ kṣamaḥ
All that has become fruitless, and whatever else remains in you — since you are unable to prevent the slaughter of forest-dwellers.
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SiP 3 27.25
क्षत्रस्यायं परो धर्मो क्षताच्च परिरक्षणम् ।। तस्मिन्कुलोचिते धर्मे नष्टे त्वज्जीवितेन किम्
kṣatrasyāyaṃ paro dharmo kṣatācca parirakṣaṇam || tasminkulocite dharme naṣṭe tvajjīvitena kim
This is the highest dharma of the kṣatriya: protection from harm. When that dharma befitting your lineage is lost, what is the use of your life?
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SiP 3 27.26
आर्तानां शरणाप्तानां त्राणं कुर्वन्ति पार्थिवाः ।। प्राणैरर्थैश्च धर्मज्ञास्तद्विना च मृतोपमा
ārtānāṃ śaraṇāptānāṃ trāṇaṃ kurvanti pārthivāḥ || prāṇairarthaiśca dharmajñāstadvinā ca mṛtopamā
Kings give protection to the afflicted who have come for refuge; those who know the law (do so) with their lives and with their wealth, and without that they are like the dead.
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SiP 3 27.27
आर्तत्राणविहीनानां जीवितान्मरणं वरम्।। धनिनान्पानहीनानां गार्हस्थ्याद्भिक्षुता वरम्
ārtatrāṇavihīnānāṃ jīvitānmaraṇaṃ varam|| dhaninānpānahīnānāṃ gārhasthyādbhikṣutā varam
For those who fail to protect the afflicted, death is better than life; for the rich who lack drink, mendicancy is better than householder's life.
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SiP 3 27.28
वरं विषाशनं प्राज्ञैर्वरमग्निप्रवेशनम्।। कृपणानामनाथानां दीनानामपरक्षणात् ।।
varaṃ viṣāśanaṃ prājñairvaramagnipraveśanam|| kṛpaṇānāmanāthānāṃ dīnānāmaparakṣaṇāt ||
For the wise, eating poison is better, entering fire is better, than not protecting the wretched, the helpless, and the miserable.
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SiP 3 27.29
नन्दीश्वर उवाच ।। इत्थं विलपितं तस्य स्ववीर्य्यस्य च गर्हणम्।। निशम्य नृपतिः शोकादात्मन्येवमचिन्तयत्
nandīśvara uvāca || itthaṃ vilapitaṃ tasya svavīryyasya ca garhaṇam|| niśamya nṛpatiḥ śokādātmanyevamacintayat
Nandīśvara said: Having heard his lament thus, and the censure of his own valour, the king out of sorrow thought within himself in this way:
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SiP 3 27.31
धर्मः कुलोचितो नष्टो मन्दभाग्यस्य दुर्मतेः ।। नूनं मे सम्पदो राज्यमायुष्यं क्षयमेष्यति
dharmaḥ kulocito naṣṭo mandabhāgyasya durmateḥ || nūnaṃ me sampado rājyamāyuṣyaṃ kṣayameṣyati
"The law befitting my family has been lost by me, ill-fortuned and dull-witted; surely my fortunes, my kingdom, and my lifespan will come to ruin.
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SiP 3 27.32
अद्य चैनं द्विजन्मानं हतदारं शुचार्दितम् ।। हतशोकं करिष्यामि दत्त्वा प्राणानतिप्रियान्
adya cainaṃ dvijanmānaṃ hatadāraṃ śucārditam || hataśokaṃ kariṣyāmi dattvā prāṇānatipriyān
And today I shall make this twice-born, whose wife has been killed and who is tormented by grief, free of grief, by giving up my very dear life-breaths."
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SiP 3 27.33
इति निश्चित्य मनसा स भद्रायुर्नृपोत्तमः ।। पतित्वा पादयोस्तस्य बभाषे परिसान्त्वयन्
iti niścitya manasā sa bhadrāyurnṛpottamaḥ || patitvā pādayostasya babhāṣe parisāntvayan
Having so resolved in his mind, that Bhadrāyu, best of kings, fell at his feet and spoke, consoling him:
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SiP 3 27.34
भद्रायुरुवाच ।। कृपां कृत्वा मयि ब्रह्मन् क्षत्रबन्धौ हतौजसि ।। शोकन्त्यज महाप्राज्ञ दास्याम्यद्य तु वाञ्छितम्
bhadrāyuruvāca || kṛpāṃ kṛtvā mayi brahman kṣatrabandhau hataujasi || śokantyaja mahāprājña dāsyāmyadya tu vāñchitam
Bhadrāyu said: "Having shown compassion to me, O brahmin, a mere kinsman of the kṣatriyas whose strength is destroyed—abandon your grief, greatly wise one; today I shall give you what you wish.
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SiP 3 27.35
इदं राज्यमियं राज्ञी ममेदञ्च कलेवरम् ।। त्वदधीनमिदं सर्वं किन्तेऽभिलषितं वरम्
idaṃ rājyamiyaṃ rājñī mamedañca kalevaram || tvadadhīnamidaṃ sarvaṃ kinte'bhilaṣitaṃ varam
This kingdom, this queen, and this body of mine—all this is subject to you; what is the boon you desire?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 3 27.36
ब्राह्मण उवाच ।। किमादर्शेन चान्धस्य किं गृहेर्भैक्ष्यजीविनः ।। किम्पुस्तकेन मूढस्य निस्त्रीकस्य धनेन किम्
brāhmaṇa uvāca || kimādarśena cāndhasya kiṃ gṛherbhaikṣyajīvinaḥ || kimpustakena mūḍhasya nistrīkasya dhanena kim
The brahmin said: "What use is a mirror to a blind man? What use is a house to one who lives by begging? What use is a book to a fool, or wealth to a man without a wife?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 3 27.37
अतोऽहं हतपत्नीको भुक्तभोगो न कर्हिचित्।। इमान्तवाग्रमहिषीं कामये दीयतामिति
ato'haṃ hatapatnīko bhuktabhogo na karhicit|| imāntavāgramahiṣīṃ kāmaye dīyatāmiti
Therefore I, whose wife has been killed and who has (already) enjoyed enjoyments, (want) nothing at all: I desire this chief queen of yours—let her be given."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 3 27.38
भ० उ० ।। दाता रसान्तवित्तस्य राज्यस्य गजवाजिनाम्।। आत्मदेहस्य यस्यापि कलत्रस्य न कर्हिचित्
bha0 u0 || dātā rasāntavittasya rājyasya gajavājinām|| ātmadehasya yasyāpi kalatrasya na karhicit
Bhadrāyu said: "One may be a giver of wealth to its limit, of the kingdom, of elephants and horses, even of one's own body—but never of one's wife.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 3 27.39
परदारोपभोगेन यत्पापं समुपार्जितम् ।। न तत्क्षालयितुं शक्यं प्रायश्चित्तशतैरपि
paradāropabhogena yatpāpaṃ samupārjitam || na tatkṣālayituṃ śakyaṃ prāyaścittaśatairapi
The sin that is acquired by enjoying another's wife cannot be washed away even by hundreds of penances."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 3 27.41
तस्मात्प्रयच्छ भार्यां स्वामियां कामो न मेऽपरः ।। अरक्षणाद्भयार्तानां गन्तासि निरयन्ध्रुवम्
tasmātprayaccha bhāryāṃ svāmiyāṃ kāmo na me'paraḥ || arakṣaṇādbhayārtānāṃ gantāsi nirayandhruvam
"Therefore give me your wife; I have no other desire. By not protecting those stricken with fear, you will surely go to hell."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 3 27.42
नन्दीश्वर उवाच ।। इति विप्रगिरा भीतश्चिन्तयामास पार्थिवः ।। अरक्षणान्महापापं पत्नीदानन्ततो वरम्
nandīśvara uvāca || iti vipragirā bhītaścintayāmāsa pārthivaḥ || arakṣaṇānmahāpāpaṃ patnīdānantato varam
Nandīśvara said: Frightened by the brahmin's words, the king reflected: "Not protecting is a great sin; giving the wife is therefore better.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 3 27.43
अतः पत्नीं द्विजाग्र्याय दत्त्वा निर्मुक्तकिल्विषः ।। सद्यो वह्निं प्रवेक्ष्यामि कीर्तिश्च विदिता भवेत्
ataḥ patnīṃ dvijāgryāya dattvā nirmuktakilviṣaḥ || sadyo vahniṃ pravekṣyāmi kīrtiśca viditā bhavet
So, having given my wife to the foremost of the twice-born and being freed of guilt, I shall at once enter the fire, and my fame will become known."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 3 27.44
इति निश्चित्य मनसा समुज्ज्वाल्य हुताशनम् ।। तमाहूय द्विजं चक्रे पत्नीदानं सहोदकम्
iti niścitya manasā samujjvālya hutāśanam || tamāhūya dvijaṃ cakre patnīdānaṃ sahodakam
Having so resolved in his mind, he kindled the fire, and summoning that twice-born one, made the gift of his wife with water.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 3 27.45
स्वयं स्नातः शुचिर्भूत्वा प्रणम्य विबुधेश्वरान् ।। तमग्निं त्रिः परिक्रम्य शिवं दध्यौ समाहितः
svayaṃ snātaḥ śucirbhūtvā praṇamya vibudheśvarān || tamagniṃ triḥ parikramya śivaṃ dadhyau samāhitaḥ
Having himself bathed and become pure, and having bowed to the lords of the gods, he circled that fire three times and, concentrated, meditated on Śiva.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 3 27.46
तमथाग्निं पतिष्यन्तं स्वपदासक्तचेतसम् ।। प्रत्यषेधत विश्वेशः प्रादुर्भूतो द्विजेश्वरः
tamathāgniṃ patiṣyantaṃ svapadāsaktacetasam || pratyaṣedhata viśveśaḥ prādurbhūto dvijeśvaraḥ
Then, as he was about to fall into the fire, his mind fixed on His feet, the Lord of All, the lord of the twice-born, appeared and held him back.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 3 27.47
तमीश्वरं पञ्चमुखं त्रिनेत्रं पिनाकिनं चन्द्रकलावतंसम् ।। प्रलम्बपिंगासुजटाकलापं मध्याह्नसद्भास्करकोटितेजसम्
tamīśvaraṃ pañcamukhaṃ trinetraṃ pinākinaṃ candrakalāvataṃsam || pralambapiṃgāsujaṭākalāpaṃ madhyāhnasadbhāskarakoṭitejasam
(He saw) that Lord, five-faced, three-eyed, bearing the Pināka bow, with the crescent moon as his ornament, with a mass of hanging tawny fine matted locks, with the brilliance of ten million true midday suns,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 3 27.48
मृणालगौरं गजचर्मवाससं गंगातरङ्गोक्षितमौलिदेशकम् ।। नागेन्द्रहारावलिकण्ठभूषणं किरीटकाच्यंगदकंकणोज्ज्वलम्
mṛṇālagauraṃ gajacarmavāsasaṃ gaṃgātaraṅgokṣitamaulideśakam || nāgendrahārāvalikaṇṭhabhūṣaṇaṃ kirīṭakācyaṃgadakaṃkaṇojjvalam
(He was) white as a lotus-stalk, clothed in an elephant's hide, the region of his crown wetted by Gaṅgā's waves; his throat adorned with a necklace-string of the great serpent, gleaming with diadem, girdle and armlets.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 3 27.49
शूलासिखट्वांगकुठारचर्ममृगाभयाष्टांगपिनाकहस्तम् ।। वृषोपरिस्थं शितिकण्ठभूषणं प्रोद्भूतमग्रे स नृपो ददर्श
śūlāsikhaṭvāṃgakuṭhāracarmamṛgābhayāṣṭāṃgapinākahastam || vṛṣoparisthaṃ śitikaṇṭhabhūṣaṇaṃ prodbhūtamagre sa nṛpo dadarśa
With trident, sword, skull-staff, axe, shield, deer, the gesture of fearlessness, and the Pināka bow in his eight hands, seated upon the bull, adorned with a dark throat — thus arisen before him the king beheld (him).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 3 27.51
तत्राजग्मुः स्तूयमाना हरिर्ब्रह्मा तथासुराः ।। इन्द्रादयो नारदाद्या मुनयश्चापरेऽपि च
tatrājagmuḥ stūyamānā harirbrahmā tathāsurāḥ || indrādayo nāradādyā munayaścāpare'pi ca
There came, being praised, Hari, Brahmā, and likewise the gods, Indra and the rest, and the sages beginning with Nārada, and others too.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 3 27.52
तदोत्सवो महानासीत्तत्र भक्तिप्रवर्धनः।। सति पश्यति भूपाले भक्तिनम्रीकृताञ्जलौ
tadotsavo mahānāsīttatra bhaktipravardhanaḥ|| sati paśyati bhūpāle bhaktinamrīkṛtāñjalau
Then there was a great festival there, one that increased devotion, while the king looked on with his palms joined and bowed in devotion, together with the Goddess (Satī).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 3 27.53
तद्दर्शनानन्दविजृम्भिताशयः प्रवृद्धवाष्पाम्बुविलिप्तगात्रः ।। प्रहृष्टरोमा स हि गद्गदाक्षरस्तुष्टाव गीर्भिर्मुकुलीकृतांजलिः
taddarśanānandavijṛmbhitāśayaḥ pravṛddhavāṣpāmbuviliptagātraḥ || prahṛṣṭaromā sa hi gadgadākṣarastuṣṭāva gīrbhirmukulīkṛtāṃjaliḥ
His mind expanded with the joy of that vision, his body smeared with the swelling water of his tears, the hair on his body bristling, his syllables choked — he indeed praised (the Lord) with words, his palms joined like a bud.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 3 27.54
ततस्स भगवान्राज्ञा संस्तुतः परमेश्वरः ।। प्रसन्नः सह पार्वत्या तमुवाच दयानिधिः
tatassa bhagavānrājñā saṃstutaḥ parameśvaraḥ || prasannaḥ saha pārvatyā tamuvāca dayānidhiḥ
Then that Lord, the Supreme Ruler, praised by the king, being pleased, the treasury of compassion, spoke to him together with Pārvatī.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 3 27.55
राजंस्ते परितुष्टोहं भक्त्या त्वद्धर्मतोऽधिकम् ।। वरं ब्रूहि सपत्नीकम्प्रयच्छामि न संशयः
rājaṃste parituṣṭohaṃ bhaktyā tvaddharmato'dhikam || varaṃ brūhi sapatnīkamprayacchāmi na saṃśayaḥ
"O king, I am well pleased with you, by your devotion even more than by your righteousness. Ask a boon; along with my consort I shall grant it — there is no doubt."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 3 27.56
तव भावपरीक्षार्थं द्विजो भूत्वाहमागतः।। व्याघ्रेण या परिग्रस्ता साक्षाद्देवी शिवा हि सा
tava bhāvaparīkṣārthaṃ dvijo bhūtvāhamāgataḥ|| vyāghreṇa yā parigrastā sākṣāddevī śivā hi sā
"In order to test your disposition I came, having become a brahmin. She who was seized by the tiger is verily the Goddess Śivā herself.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 3 27.57
व्याघ्रो मायामयो यस्ते शरैरक्षत विग्रहः ।। धीरतान्द्रष्टुकामस्ते पत्नी याचितवानहम्
vyāghro māyāmayo yaste śarairakṣata vigrahaḥ || dhīratāndraṣṭukāmaste patnī yācitavānaham
"The tiger, made of illusion, whose body you wounded with arrows — wishing to see your steadfastness, I asked for your wife."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 3 27.58
नन्दीश्वर उवाच ।। इत्याकर्ण्य प्रभोर्वाक्यं स भद्रायुर्महीपतिः ।। पुन प्रणम्य संस्तूय स्वामिनं नतकोऽब्रवीत्
nandīśvara uvāca || ityākarṇya prabhorvākyaṃ sa bhadrāyurmahīpatiḥ || puna praṇamya saṃstūya svāminaṃ natako'bravīt
Nandīśvara said: Having heard thus the Lord's speech, that king Bhadrāyu, bowing again and praising the Master, said, bent low:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 3 27.59
भद्रायुरुवाच ।। एक एव वरो नाथ यद्भवान्परमेश्वरः।। भवतापप्रतप्तस्य मम प्रत्यक्षतां गतः
bhadrāyuruvāca || eka eva varo nātha yadbhavānparameśvaraḥ|| bhavatāpaprataptasya mama pratyakṣatāṃ gataḥ
Bhadrāyu said: There is only one boon, O Lord: that you, the Supreme Ruler, have become visible to me, who was scorched by the heat of worldly existence.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 3 27.61
वज्रबाहुः पिता मे हि सप त्नीको महेश्वर ।। सपत्नीकस्त्वहं नाथ सदा त्वत्पादसेवकः
vajrabāhuḥ pitā me hi sapa tnīko maheśvara || sapatnīkastvahaṃ nātha sadā tvatpādasevakaḥ
Vajrabāhu is indeed my father, together with his wife, O Great Lord; and I, together with my wife, O Lord, am ever a servant of your feet.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 3 27.62
वैश्यः पद्माकरो नाम तत्पुत्रस्सनयाभिधः।। सर्वानेतान्महेशान सदा त्वं पार्श्वगान्कुरु
vaiśyaḥ padmākaro nāma tatputrassanayābhidhaḥ|| sarvānetānmaheśāna sadā tvaṃ pārśvagānkuru
There is the merchant named Padmākara, and his son called Sunaya: all these, O Great Ruler, make ever attendants at your side.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 3 27.63
नन्दीश्वर उवाच ।। अथ राज्ञी च तत्पत्नी प्रमत्ता कीर्तिमालिनी ।। भक्त्या प्रसाद्य गिरिशं ययाचे वरमुत्तमम्
nandīśvara uvāca || atha rājñī ca tatpatnī pramattā kīrtimālinī || bhaktyā prasādya giriśaṃ yayāce varamuttamam
Nandīśvara said: Then the queen, his wife, the woman Kīrtimālinī, having propitiated the Mountain-Lord with devotion, asked for the highest boon.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 3 27.64
सत्युवाच ।। चन्द्रांगदो मम पिता माता सीमन्तिनी च मे ।। तयोर्याचे महादेव त्वत्पाश्वे सन्निधिं मुदा
satyuvāca || candrāṃgado mama pitā mātā sīmantinī ca me || tayoryāce mahādeva tvatpāśve sannidhiṃ mudā
The lady said: Candrāṅgada is my father and Sīmantinī is my mother; for those two, O Mahādeva, I ask with joy a dwelling at your side.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 3 27.65
नन्दीश्वर उवाच ।। एवमस्त्विति गौरीशः प्रसन्नो भक्तवत्सलः।। तयोः कामवरन्दत्त्वा क्षणादन्तर्हितोऽभवत्
nandīśvara uvāca || evamastviti gaurīśaḥ prasanno bhaktavatsalaḥ|| tayoḥ kāmavarandattvā kṣaṇādantarhito'bhavat
Nandīśvara said: "So be it" — Gaurī's lord, pleased, fond of his devotees, having given the two the boon of their desire, in an instant became invisible.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 3 27.66
भद्रायुरपि सुप्रीत्या प्रसादम्प्राप्य शूलिनः ।। सहितः कीर्तिमालिन्या बुभुजे विषयान्बहून्
bhadrāyurapi suprītyā prasādamprāpya śūlinaḥ || sahitaḥ kīrtimālinyā bubhuje viṣayānbahūn
Bhadrāyu too, having obtained with great delight the favour of the Trident-bearer, together with Kīrtimālinī enjoyed many objects of pleasure.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 3 27.67
कृत्वा वर्षायुतराज्यमव्याहतपराक्रमः।। राज्यं विक्षिप्य तनये जगाम शिवसन्निधिम्
kṛtvā varṣāyutarājyamavyāhataparākramaḥ|| rājyaṃ vikṣipya tanaye jagāma śivasannidhim
Having ruled for ten thousand years, his valour unobstructed, he handed over the kingdom to his son and went to the presence of Śiva.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 3 27.68
चन्द्रांगदोपि राजेन्द्रो राज्ञी सीमन्तिनी च सा।। भक्त्या संपूज्य गिरिशं जग्मतुः शाम्भवं पदम्
candrāṃgadopi rājendro rājñī sīmantinī ca sā|| bhaktyā saṃpūjya giriśaṃ jagmatuḥ śāmbhavaṃ padam
Candrāṅgada too, that best of kings, and the queen Sīmantinī, having worshipped the Mountain-Lord with devotion, went to Śambhu's abode.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 3 27.69
द्विजेश्वरावतारस्ते वर्णितः परमो मया ।। महेश्वरस्य भद्रायुपरमानन्ददः प्रभो
dvijeśvarāvatāraste varṇitaḥ paramo mayā || maheśvarasya bhadrāyuparamānandadaḥ prabho
This supreme incarnation of Maheśvara as the best of brahmins has been recounted by me to you, O Lord — (the incarnation) that gave the highest bliss to Bhadrāyu.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 3 27.71
य इदं शृणुयान्नित्यं श्रावयेद्वा समाहितः।। न श्चोतति स्वधर्मात्स परत्र लभते गतिम्
ya idaṃ śṛṇuyānnityaṃ śrāvayedvā samāhitaḥ|| na ścotati svadharmātsa paratra labhate gatim
Whoever hears this constantly, or, with a collected mind, causes it to be heard, does not slip from his own duty, and he attains a (good) course in the next world.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition