Shiva Purana — Shatarudra Samhita — Chapter 28
SiP 3 28.1
नन्दीश्वर उवाच ।। शृणु प्राज्ञ प्रवक्ष्यामि शिवस्य परमात्मनः ।। अवतारं पुरानन्दं यातिनाथाह्वयं मुने
nandīśvara uvāca || śṛṇu prājña pravakṣyāmi śivasya paramātmanaḥ || avatāraṃ purānandaṃ yātināthāhvayaṃ mune
Nandīśvara said: Listen, wise one; I shall declare, O sage, the ancient and joyful incarnation of Śiva, the supreme Self, named Yatinātha (Lord of Ascetics).
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SiP 3 28.2
अर्बुदाचलसंज्ञे तु पर्वते भिल्लवंशजः ।। आहुकश्च तदभ्याशे वसतिस्म मुनीश्वर
arbudācalasaṃjñe tu parvate bhillavaṃśajaḥ || āhukaśca tadabhyāśe vasatisma munīśvara
On the mountain called Arbudācala, O best of sages, there lived nearby one born of the Bhilla lineage, named Āhuka.
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SiP 3 28.3
तत्पत्नी ह्याहुका नाम बभूव किल सुव्रता ।। उभावपि महाशैवावास्तान्तौ शिवपूजकौ नन्दीश्वर उवाच ।। इत्युक्तस्स यतिस्तेन गमनाय मतिन्दधे ।। तावद्भिल्ल्या वचः प्रोक्तं स्वामिनं संविचार्य्य वै दुखितं तं यतिन्दृष्ट्वा भिल्ली सा दुःखितापि हि ।। धैर्यात्स्वदुःखं संहृत्य वचनं चेदमब्रवीत् त्वं सुता भीमराजस्य वैदर्भे नगरेऽनघे।। दमयन्ती च विख्याता भविष्यसि गुणान्विता इदमाख्यानमनघं सर्वकामफलप्रदम् ।। स्वर्ग्यं यशस्यमायुष्यं भक्तिवर्धनमुत्तमम्
tatpatnī hyāhukā nāma babhūva kila suvratā || ubhāvapi mahāśaivāvāstāntau śivapūjakau nandīśvara uvāca || ityuktassa yatistena gamanāya matindadhe || tāvadbhillyā vacaḥ proktaṃ svāminaṃ saṃvicāryya vai dukhitaṃ taṃ yatindṛṣṭvā bhillī sā duḥkhitāpi hi || dhairyātsvaduḥkhaṃ saṃhṛtya vacanaṃ cedamabravīt tvaṃ sutā bhīmarājasya vaidarbhe nagare'naghe|| damayantī ca vikhyātā bhaviṣyasi guṇānvitā idamākhyānamanaghaṃ sarvakāmaphalapradam || svargyaṃ yaśasyamāyuṣyaṃ bhaktivardhanamuttamam
His wife indeed was named Āhukā, and she was of good vows; both of them were great Śaivas, worshippers of Śiva. — Nandīśvara said: Thus addressed by him, the ascetic set his mind on going; then a word was spoken by the Bhilla woman, having well considered her husband. Seeing that ascetic distressed, the Bhilla woman, though herself distressed, out of firmness restrained her own grief and spoke this word: You are the daughter of King Bhīma in the Vaidarbha city, O sinless one, and you will become renowned as Damayantī, endowed with virtues. This tale is faultless, granting the fruit of all desires, leading to heaven, conferring fame and long life, the best, increasing devotion.
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SiP 3 28.4
कस्मिंश्चित्समये भिल्लः शिवभक्तिरतः सदा ।। आहारार्थं स्वपत्न्याश्च सुदूरं स गतो मुने
kasmiṃścitsamaye bhillaḥ śivabhaktirataḥ sadā || āhārārthaṃ svapatnyāśca sudūraṃ sa gato mune
At a certain time the Bhilla, ever devoted to Śiva's worship, went far away with his wife for the sake of food, O sage.
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SiP 3 28.5
एतस्मिन्नन्तरे तत्र गेहे भिल्लस्य शङ्करः।। भूत्वा यतिवपुः सायं परीक्षार्थं समाययौ
etasminnantare tatra gehe bhillasya śaṅkaraḥ|| bhūtvā yativapuḥ sāyaṃ parīkṣārthaṃ samāyayau
In the meanwhile Śaṅkara, having taken on the body of an ascetic, came there in the evening to the Bhilla's house in order to test (him).
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SiP 3 28.6
तस्मिन्नवसरे तत्राजगाम स गृहाधिपः ।। पूजनं च यतीशस्य चकार प्रेमतः सुधीः
tasminnavasare tatrājagāma sa gṛhādhipaḥ || pūjanaṃ ca yatīśasya cakāra premataḥ sudhīḥ
At that very moment the master of the house arrived there, and, wise-minded, he performed worship of the lord of ascetics out of affection.
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SiP 3 28.7
तद्भावस्य परीक्षार्थं यतिरूपस्स शंकरः।। महालीलातरः प्रीत्या भीतं प्रोवाच दीनगीः
tadbhāvasya parīkṣārthaṃ yatirūpassa śaṃkaraḥ|| mahālīlātaraḥ prītyā bhītaṃ provāca dīnagīḥ
In order to test his disposition, Śaṅkara in the form of an ascetic, greatly fond of play, kindly spoke to the frightened man with a pitiful voice.
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SiP 3 28.8
यतिनाथ उवाच ।। अद्य स्थलं निवासार्थं देहि मे प्रातरेव हि ।। यास्यामि सर्वथा भिल्ल स्वस्ति स्यात्तव सर्वदा
yatinātha uvāca || adya sthalaṃ nivāsārthaṃ dehi me prātareva hi || yāsyāmi sarvathā bhilla svasti syāttava sarvadā
Yatinātha said: Give me a place to stay today; in the very morning I shall certainly go, O Bhilla. May there be well-being for you always.
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SiP 3 28.9
भिल्ल उवाच ।। त्यम्प्रोक्तं त्वया स्वामिञ्शृणु मद्वचनं च ते ।। अति स्वल्पं स्थलं मे हि स्यान्निवासः कथन्तव
bhilla uvāca || tyamproktaṃ tvayā svāmiñśṛṇu madvacanaṃ ca te || ati svalpaṃ sthalaṃ me hi syānnivāsaḥ kathantava
The Bhilla said: What you have said is (well) spoken, my lord; but hear my word too: my place is very small indeed — how can there be lodging for you?
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SiP 3 28.11
भिल्ल्युवाच।। स्वामिन्देहि यतेःस्थानं विमुखं कुरु मातिथिम् ।। गृहधर्मं विचार्य्य त्वमन्यथा धर्मसंक्षयः
bhillyuvāca|| svāmindehi yateḥsthānaṃ vimukhaṃ kuru mātithim || gṛhadharmaṃ vicāryya tvamanyathā dharmasaṃkṣayaḥ
The Bhilla woman said: My lord, give the ascetic a place; do not turn the guest away. Consider the duty of a householder — otherwise there is destruction of dharma.
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SiP 3 28.12
स्थीयतान्ते गृहाभ्यंतः सुखेन यतिना सह ।। अहं बहिः स्थितिं कुर्य्यामायुधानि बृहन्त्यपि
sthīyatānte gṛhābhyaṃtaḥ sukhena yatinā saha || ahaṃ bahiḥ sthitiṃ kuryyāmāyudhāni bṛhantyapi
Let (him) stay inside the house comfortably together with the ascetic; I shall take my station outside, with the great weapons too.
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SiP 3 28.13
नन्दीश्वर उवाच।। तस्यास्तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा भिल्ल्या धर्मान्वितं शिवम् ।। स्वपत्न्या मनसा तेन भिल्लेन च विचारितम्
nandīśvara uvāca|| tasyāstadvacanaṃ śrutvā bhillyā dharmānvitaṃ śivam || svapatnyā manasā tena bhillena ca vicāritam
Nandīśvara said: Having heard that word of hers, of the Bhilla woman, which was auspicious and in accord with dharma, it was considered in his mind by that Bhilla, along with his wife.
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SiP 3 28.14
स्त्रियं बहिश्च निष्कास्य कथं स्थेयं मया बहे ।। यतेरन्यत्र गमनमधर्म्मकरमात्मनः
striyaṃ bahiśca niṣkāsya kathaṃ stheyaṃ mayā bahe || yateranyatra gamanamadharmmakaramātmanaḥ
"How should I stay outside after driving my wife out? And the ascetic's going elsewhere would be an act of unrighteousness on my part."
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SiP 3 28.15
द्वयमप्युचितं नैव सर्वथा गृहमेधिनः ।। यद्भावि तद्भवेदेव मया स्थेयं गृहाद्बहिः
dvayamapyucitaṃ naiva sarvathā gṛhamedhinaḥ || yadbhāvi tadbhavedeva mayā stheyaṃ gṛhādbahiḥ
"Neither of the two is at all proper for a householder. Whatever is to be will surely be; I must stay outside the house."
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SiP 3 28.16
इत्याग्रहन्तदा कृत्वा गृहान्तः स्थाय तौ मुदा ।। स्वायुधानि च संस्थाप्य भिल्लोऽतिष्ठद्गृहाद्बहिः
ityāgrahantadā kṛtvā gṛhāntaḥ sthāya tau mudā || svāyudhāni ca saṃsthāpya bhillo'tiṣṭhadgṛhādbahiḥ
Having thus insisted, the two stayed happily inside the house, and the Bhilla, having set his weapons in place, remained outside the house.
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SiP 3 28.17
रात्रौ तम्पशवः क्रूरा हिंसकाः समपीडयन् ।। तेनापि च यथाशक्ति कृतो यत्नो महांस्तदा
rātrau tampaśavaḥ krūrā hiṃsakāḥ samapīḍayan || tenāpi ca yathāśakti kṛto yatno mahāṃstadā
At night cruel, predatory beasts tormented him, and by him too a great effort was then made as far as he was able.
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SiP 3 28.18
एवं यत्नं प्रकुर्वाण स भिल्लो बलवानपि ।। प्रारब्धात्प्रेरितैर्हिंस्रैर्बलादासीच्च भक्षितः
evaṃ yatnaṃ prakurvāṇa sa bhillo balavānapi || prārabdhātpreritairhiṃsrairbalādāsīcca bhakṣitaḥ
Though that Bhilla was strong and was making such effort, he was forcibly devoured by the beasts of prey, driven on by his past karma.
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SiP 3 28.19
प्रातरुत्थाय स यतिर्दृष्ट्वा हिंस्रैश्च भक्षितम् ।। भिल्लं वने चरंतं वै दुःखितोऽभूदतीव हि
prātarutthāya sa yatirdṛṣṭvā hiṃsraiśca bhakṣitam || bhillaṃ vane caraṃtaṃ vai duḥkhito'bhūdatīva hi
In the morning the ascetic, having risen and seen the Bhilla devoured by the predators as they roamed in the forest, became exceedingly grieved.
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SiP 3 28.21
भिल्ल्युवाच ।। किमर्थं क्रियते दुःखं भद्रं जातं यतेऽधुना ।। धन्योयं कृतकृत्यश्च यज्जातो मृत्युरीदृशः
bhillyuvāca || kimarthaṃ kriyate duḥkhaṃ bhadraṃ jātaṃ yate'dhunā || dhanyoyaṃ kṛtakṛtyaśca yajjāto mṛtyurīdṛśaḥ
The Bhilla woman said: Why is grief being made? What has happened now is good, O ascetic. Blessed is he and his purpose fulfilled, in that such a death has come to him.
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SiP 3 28.22
अहं चैनं गमिष्यामि भस्म भूत्वानले यते ।। चितां कारय सुप्रीत्या स्त्रीणां धर्मः सनातनः
ahaṃ cainaṃ gamiṣyāmi bhasma bhūtvānale yate || citāṃ kāraya suprītyā strīṇāṃ dharmaḥ sanātanaḥ
"And I will go with him, becoming ash in the fire, O ascetic. Have a pyre prepared, gladly — this is the eternal law of women."
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SiP 3 28.23
इति तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा हितं मत्वा स्वयं यतिः ।। चितां व्यरचयत्सा हि प्रविवेश स्वधर्मतः
iti tadvacanaṃ śrutvā hitaṃ matvā svayaṃ yatiḥ || citāṃ vyaracayatsā hi praviveśa svadharmataḥ
Having heard those words of hers and judging (it) beneficial, the ascetic himself built the pyre, and she entered (it) according to her own law.
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SiP 3 28.24
एतस्मिन्नन्तरे साक्षात्पुरः प्रादुरभूच्छिवः ।। धन्ये धन्ये इति प्रीत्या प्रशंसस्तां हरोऽब्रवीत्
etasminnantare sākṣātpuraḥ prādurabhūcchivaḥ || dhanye dhanye iti prītyā praśaṃsastāṃ haro'bravīt
At that very moment Śiva appeared visibly before (them); "Blessed, blessed (woman)!" — thus, with affection, Hara praised her and spoke.
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SiP 3 28.25
हर उवाच ।। वरं ब्रूहि प्रसन्नोस्मि त्वदाचरणतोऽनघे ।। तवादेयं न वै किंचिद्वश्योऽहं ते विशेषतः
hara uvāca || varaṃ brūhi prasannosmi tvadācaraṇato'naghe || tavādeyaṃ na vai kiṃcidvaśyo'haṃ te viśeṣataḥ
Hara said: Ask for a boon; I am pleased with you because of your conduct, O faultless one. There is nothing at all that may not be given to you; I am especially subject to you.
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SiP 3 28.26
नन्दीश्वर उवाच ।। तच्छुत्वा शम्भुवचनं परमानन्ददायकम् ।। सुखं प्राप्तं विशेषेण न किंचित्स्मरणं ययौ
nandīśvara uvāca || tacchutvā śambhuvacanaṃ paramānandadāyakam || sukhaṃ prāptaṃ viśeṣeṇa na kiṃcitsmaraṇaṃ yayau
Nandīśvara said: Hearing that speech of Śambhu, which bestowed the highest bliss, she attained happiness in a special degree; she remembered nothing at all.
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SiP 3 28.27
तस्यास्तद्गतिमालक्ष्य सुप्रसन्नो हरोऽभवत् ।। उवाच च पुनः शम्भुर्वरं ब्रूहीति ताम्प्रभुः
tasyāstadgatimālakṣya suprasanno haro'bhavat || uvāca ca punaḥ śambhurvaraṃ brūhīti tāmprabhuḥ
Observing that state of hers, Hara became greatly pleased, and the Lord Śambhu spoke to her again: "Ask for a boon."
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SiP 3 28.28
शिव उवाच ।। अयं यतिश्च मद्रूपो हंसरूपो भविष्यति ।। परजन्मनि वां प्रीत्या संयोग कारयिष्यति
śiva uvāca || ayaṃ yatiśca madrūpo haṃsarūpo bhaviṣyati || parajanmani vāṃ prītyā saṃyoga kārayiṣyati
Śiva said: And this ascetic, who is of my own form, will become one in the form of a goose; in the next birth he will bring about your (two) union with affection.
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SiP 3 28.29
भिल्लश्च वीरसेनस्य नैषधे नगरे वरे ।। महान्पुत्रो नलो नाम भविष्यति न संशयः
bhillaśca vīrasenasya naiṣadhe nagare vare || mahānputro nalo nāma bhaviṣyati na saṃśayaḥ
And the Bhilla will become the great son of Vīrasena, named Nala, in the excellent city of the Niṣadhas — there is no doubt.
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SiP 3 28.31
युवां चोभौ मिलित्वा च राजभोगं सुविस्तरम् ।। भुक्त्वा मुक्तिं च योगीन्द्रेर्लप्स्येथे दुर्लभां ध्रुवम्
yuvāṃ cobhau militvā ca rājabhogaṃ suvistaram || bhuktvā muktiṃ ca yogīndrerlapsyethe durlabhāṃ dhruvam
And you two, having met and having enjoyed very extensive royal pleasures, will surely obtain from the lords of yogins liberation, which is hard to attain.
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SiP 3 28.32
नन्दीश्वर उवाच ।। इत्युक्त्वा च स्वयं शम्भुर्लिङ्गरूपोऽभवत्तदा ।। तस्मान्न चलितो धर्मादचलेश इति स्मृतः
nandīśvara uvāca || ityuktvā ca svayaṃ śambhurliṅgarūpo'bhavattadā || tasmānna calito dharmādacaleśa iti smṛtaḥ
Nandīśvara said: Having spoken thus, Śambhu himself then took the form of a liṅga; because he did not stir from (his) duty, he is remembered as Acaleśa ("the unmoving lord").
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SiP 3 28.33
स भिल्ल आहुकश्चापि वीरसेनसुतोऽभवत् ।। नैषधे नगरे तात नलनामा महानृपः
sa bhilla āhukaścāpi vīrasenasuto'bhavat || naiṣadhe nagare tāta nalanāmā mahānṛpaḥ
That Bhilla, named Āhuka, became the son of Vīrasena, O dear one — the great king named Nala in the city of the Niṣadhas.
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SiP 3 28.34
आहुका सा महाभिल्ली भीमस्य तनयाऽभवत् ।। वैदर्भे नगरे राज्ञो दमयन्तीति विश्रुता
āhukā sā mahābhillī bhīmasya tanayā'bhavat || vaidarbhe nagare rājño damayantīti viśrutā
That great Bhilla woman Āhukā became the daughter of King Bhīma in the Vaidarbha city, well known as Damayantī.
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SiP 3 28.35
यतिनाथाह्वयस्सोपि हंसरूपोऽभवच्छिवः ।। विवाहं कारयामास दमयन्त्या नलेन वै
yatināthāhvayassopi haṃsarūpo'bhavacchivaḥ || vivāhaṃ kārayāmāsa damayantyā nalena vai
And he who was called Yatinātha — he was Śiva — became the goose, and brought about the marriage of Damayantī with Nala.
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SiP 3 28.36
पूर्वसत्काररूपेण महापुण्येन शंकरः ।। हंसरूपं विधायैव ताभ्यां सुखमदात्प्रभुः
pūrvasatkārarūpeṇa mahāpuṇyena śaṃkaraḥ || haṃsarūpaṃ vidhāyaiva tābhyāṃ sukhamadātprabhuḥ
Because of the great merit of their former hospitality, the Lord Śaṃkara, having assumed the form of a goose, gave happiness to those two.
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SiP 3 28.37
शिवो हंसावतारो हि नानावार्ताविचक्षणः ।। दमयन्त्या नलस्यापि परमानन्ददायकः
śivo haṃsāvatāro hi nānāvārtāvicakṣaṇaḥ || damayantyā nalasyāpi paramānandadāyakaḥ
For Śiva, the goose-incarnation, skilled in various matters of report, was the giver of the highest bliss to Damayantī and to Nala as well.
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SiP 3 28.38
इदं चरितं परमं पवित्रं शिवावतारस्य पवित्रकीर्तेः ।। यतीशसंज्ञस्य महाद्भुतं हि हंसाह्वयस्यापि विमुक्तिदं हि
idaṃ caritaṃ paramaṃ pavitraṃ śivāvatārasya pavitrakīrteḥ || yatīśasaṃjñasya mahādbhutaṃ hi haṃsāhvayasyāpi vimuktidaṃ hi
This deed is supremely purifying — of the incarnation of Śiva of pure fame, of the one called Yatīśa (lord of ascetics) and also of the one named Haṃsa; it is greatly marvellous and indeed a giver of liberation.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 3 28.39
यतीशब्रह्महंसाख्यावतारचरितं शुभम् ।। शृणुयाच्छ्रावयेद्यो हि स लभेत परां गतिम्
yatīśabrahmahaṃsākhyāvatāracaritaṃ śubham || śṛṇuyācchrāvayedyo hi sa labheta parāṃ gatim
Whoever should hear or cause to be heard this auspicious account of the incarnations called Yatīśa, Brahman and Haṃsa, he would obtain the highest goal.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 3 28.41
श्रुत्वैतच्चचरितं शम्भोर्यतिहंसस्वरूपयोः ।। इह सर्वसुखम्भुक्त्वा सोऽन्ते शिवपुरं व्रजेत्
śrutvaitaccacaritaṃ śambhoryatihaṃsasvarūpayoḥ || iha sarvasukhambhuktvā so'nte śivapuraṃ vrajet
Having heard this deed of Śambhu in the forms of the ascetic and the goose, and having enjoyed all happiness here, he would in the end go to the city of Śiva.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition