Shiva Purana — Shatarudra Samhita — Chapter 35
SiP 3 35.1
नन्दीश्वर उवाच ।। सनत्कुमार सर्वज्ञ शिवस्य परमात्मनः।। अवतारं शृणु विभोस्साधुवेषद्विजाह्वयम्
nandīśvara uvāca || sanatkumāra sarvajña śivasya paramātmanaḥ|| avatāraṃ śṛṇu vibhossādhuveṣadvijāhvayam
Nandīśvara said: Sanatkumāra, all-knowing one, hear of an incarnation of Śiva, the supreme Self, the pervading Lord — one bearing the name of a brahmin in the guise of a holy man.
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SiP 3 35.2
मेनाहिमालयोर्भक्तिं शिवे ज्ञात्वा महोत्तमाम् ।। चिन्तामापुस्तुरास्सर्वे मन्त्रयामासुरादरात्
menāhimālayorbhaktiṃ śive jñātvā mahottamām || cintāmāpusturāssarve mantrayāmāsurādarāt
Knowing the very great devotion to Śiva of Menā and Himālaya, all the gods fell into anxiety and respectfully took counsel together.
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SiP 3 35.3
एकान्तभक्त्या शैलश्चेत्कन्यां दास्यति शम्भवे ।। ध्रुवं निर्वाणतां सद्यः सम्प्राप्स्यति शिवस्य वै इति देववचः श्रुत्वा प्रोवाच च विचार्य्य तान् दण्डी छत्री दिब्यवासा बिभ्रत्तिलकमुज्ज्वलम्।। करे स्फटिकमालां च शालग्रामं गले दधत् न ते पात्रानुरूपश्च पार्वतीदानकर्म्मणि ।। महाजनः स्मेरमुखः श्रुति मात्राद्भविष्यति
ekāntabhaktyā śailaścetkanyāṃ dāsyati śambhave || dhruvaṃ nirvāṇatāṃ sadyaḥ samprāpsyati śivasya vai iti devavacaḥ śrutvā provāca ca vicāryya tān daṇḍī chatrī dibyavāsā bibhrattilakamujjvalam|| kare sphaṭikamālāṃ ca śālagrāmaṃ gale dadhat na te pātrānurūpaśca pārvatīdānakarmmaṇi || mahājanaḥ smeramukhaḥ śruti mātrādbhaviṣyati
"If the mountain gives his daughter to Śambhu with single-minded devotion, he will surely at once attain the state of extinction (liberation) that belongs to Śiva." Having heard this speech of the gods, (Bṛhaspati/the Guru) reflected and said to them: "Staff-bearer, umbrella-bearer, clad in divine garments, wearing a bright forehead-mark, with a crystal rosary in the hand and a śālagrāma stone on the neck — you are not fit persons for the business of (arranging) the giving of Pārvatī; the great public will be smiling-faced at the mere hearing of it."
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SiP 3 35.4
अनन्तरत्नाधारोऽसौ चेत्प्रयास्यति मोक्षताम् ।। रत्नगर्भाभिधा भूमिर्मिथ्यैव भविता ध्रुवम्
anantaratnādhāro'sau cetprayāsyati mokṣatām || ratnagarbhābhidhā bhūmirmithyaiva bhavitā dhruvam
If he, the support of endless jewels, goes to the state of release, then surely the earth's designation 'jewel-wombed' will become false.
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SiP 3 35.5
अस्थिरत्वम्परित्यज्य दिव्यरूपं विधाय सः ।। कन्यां शूलभृते दत्त्वा शिवालोकं गमिष्यति
asthiratvamparityajya divyarūpaṃ vidhāya saḥ || kanyāṃ śūlabhṛte dattvā śivālokaṃ gamiṣyati
Abandoning his immobility and assuming a divine form, he will give his daughter to the trident-bearer and go to Śiva's world.
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SiP 3 35.6
महादेवस्य सारूप्यं प्राप्य शम्भोरनुग्रहात् ।। तत्र भुक्त्वा महाभोगांस्ततो मोक्षमवाप्स्यति
mahādevasya sārūpyaṃ prāpya śambhoranugrahāt || tatra bhuktvā mahābhogāṃstato mokṣamavāpsyati
Attaining likeness of form with Mahādeva through Śambhu's grace, and having enjoyed great enjoyments there, he will thereafter obtain liberation.
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SiP 3 35.7
इत्यालोच्य सुरास्सर्वे जग्मुर्गुरुगृहं मुने ।। चक्रुर्निवेदनं गत्वा गुरवे स्वार्थसाधकाः
ityālocya surāssarve jagmurgurugṛhaṃ mune || cakrurnivedanaṃ gatvā gurave svārthasādhakāḥ
Having considered thus, all the gods went to the Guru's house, O sage; going there, seeking their own end, they made their petition to the Guru.
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SiP 3 35.8
देवा ऊचुः ।। गुरो हिमालयगृहं गच्छास्मत्कार्य्यसिद्धये ।। कृत्वा निंदां महेशस्य गिरिभक्तिं निवारय
devā ūcuḥ || guro himālayagṛhaṃ gacchāsmatkāryyasiddhaye || kṛtvā niṃdāṃ maheśasya giribhaktiṃ nivāraya
The gods said: O Guru, go to Himālaya's house for the accomplishment of our business; by disparaging Maheśa, put a stop to the mountain's devotion.
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SiP 3 35.9
स्वश्रद्धया सुतां दत्त्वा शिवाय स गिरिर्गुरो ।। लभेत मुक्तिमत्रैव धरण्यां स हि तिष्ठतु
svaśraddhayā sutāṃ dattvā śivāya sa girirguro || labheta muktimatraiva dharaṇyāṃ sa hi tiṣṭhatu
O Guru, that mountain, having given his daughter to Śiva out of his own faith, would obtain liberation right here; let him rather stay on the earth.
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SiP 3 35.11
गुरुरुवाच ।। कश्चिन्मध्ये च युष्माकं गच्छेच्छैलान्तिकं सुराः ।। सम्पादयेत्स्वाभिमतमहं तत्कर्तुमक्षमः
gururuvāca || kaścinmadhye ca yuṣmākaṃ gacchecchailāntikaṃ surāḥ || sampādayetsvābhimatamahaṃ tatkartumakṣamaḥ
The Guru said: Let someone from among you, O gods, go into the mountain's presence and accomplish what you desire; I am unable to do that.
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SiP 3 35.12
अथवा गच्छत सुरा ब्रह्मलोकं सवासवाः ।। तस्मै वृत्तं कथय स्वं स वः कार्यं करिष्यति
athavā gacchata surā brahmalokaṃ savāsavāḥ || tasmai vṛttaṃ kathaya svaṃ sa vaḥ kāryaṃ kariṣyati
Or else, gods, go with Vāsava (Indra) to Brahmā's world; tell him your own affair — he will do your business.
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SiP 3 35.13
।। नन्दीश्वर उवाच ।। तच्छ्रुत्वा ते समालोच्य जग्मुर्विधिसभां सुराः ।। सर्वं निवेदयामासुस्तद्वृत्तं पुरतो विधेः
|| nandīśvara uvāca || tacchrutvā te samālocya jagmurvidhisabhāṃ surāḥ || sarvaṃ nivedayāmāsustadvṛttaṃ purato vidheḥ
Nandīśvara said: Hearing that, the gods consulted and went to Vidhi's (Brahmā's) assembly, and reported the whole matter before Brahmā.
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SiP 3 35.14
अवोचत्तान्विधिः श्रुत्वा तद्वचः सुविचिंत्य वै ।। नाहं करिष्ये तन्निंदां दुःखदां कहरां सदा
avocattānvidhiḥ śrutvā tadvacaḥ suviciṃtya vai || nāhaṃ kariṣye tanniṃdāṃ duḥkhadāṃ kaharāṃ sadā
Brahmā, having heard their words and thought well, said to them: "I will not do that disparaging (of him), which is pain-giving and always harsh."
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SiP 3 35.15
सुरा गच्छत कैलासं संतोषयत शङ्करम्।। प्रस्थापयत तं देवं हिमालयगृहं प्रति
surā gacchata kailāsaṃ saṃtoṣayata śaṅkaram|| prasthāpayata taṃ devaṃ himālayagṛhaṃ prati
Gods, go to Kailāsa, please Śaṅkara; send that god off toward Himālaya's house.
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SiP 3 35.16
स गच्छेदथ शैलेशमात्मनिन्दां करोतु वै।। परनिन्दा विनाशाय स्वनिन्दा यशसे मता
sa gacchedatha śaileśamātmanindāṃ karotu vai|| paranindā vināśāya svanindā yaśase matā
Let him then go to the lord of mountains and disparage himself; disparaging another leads to ruin, but disparaging oneself is held to be for glory.
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SiP 3 35.17
नन्दीश्वर उवाच ।। ततस्ते प्रययुः शीघ्रं कैलासं निखिलास्सुराः।। सुप्रणम्य शिवं भक्त्या तद्द्रुतं निखिला जगुः
nandīśvara uvāca || tataste prayayuḥ śīghraṃ kailāsaṃ nikhilāssurāḥ|| supraṇamya śivaṃ bhaktyā taddrutaṃ nikhilā jaguḥ
Nandīśvara said: Then all the gods went swiftly to Kailāsa, and having bowed low to Śiva with devotion, they all quickly recited that (matter).
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SiP 3 35.18
तच्छ्रुत्वा देववचनं स्वीचकार महेश्वरः ।। देवान्सुयापयामास तानाश्वास्य विहस्य सः
tacchrutvā devavacanaṃ svīcakāra maheśvaraḥ || devānsuyāpayāmāsa tānāśvāsya vihasya saḥ
Hearing that speech of the gods, Maheśvara consented; smiling, he consoled them and sent them well on their way.
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SiP 3 35.19
ततः स भगवाञ्छम्भुर्महेशो भक्तवत्सलः ।। गन्तुमैच्छच्छैलमूलं मायेशो न विकारवान्
tataḥ sa bhagavāñchambhurmaheśo bhaktavatsalaḥ || gantumaicchacchailamūlaṃ māyeśo na vikāravān
Then that blessed Śambhu, Maheśa, fond of his devotees, wished to go to the foot of the mountain — the lord of māyā, himself without alteration.
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SiP 3 35.21
जपन्नाम हरेर्भक्त्या साधुवेषधरो द्विजः।। हिमाचलं जगामाशु बन्धुवर्गेस्समन्वितम्
japannāma harerbhaktyā sādhuveṣadharo dvijaḥ|| himācalaṃ jagāmāśu bandhuvargessamanvitam
Muttering the name of Hari with devotion, wearing the guise of a holy man, the brahmin quickly went to the Himālaya, (which was) attended by its host of kinsmen.
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SiP 3 35.22
तं च दृष्ट्वा समुत्तस्थौ सगणोऽपि हिमालयः ।। ननाम दण्डवद्भूमौ साष्टाङ्गं विधिपूर्वकम्
taṃ ca dṛṣṭvā samuttasthau sagaṇo'pi himālayaḥ || nanāma daṇḍavadbhūmau sāṣṭāṅgaṃ vidhipūrvakam
And seeing him, Himālaya too, together with his attendants, rose up, and bowed to the ground like a rod, with the eight limbs (touching), according to the prescribed manner.
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SiP 3 35.23
ततः पप्रच्छ शैलेशस्तं द्विजं को भवानिति ।। उवाच शीघ्रं विप्रेन्द्रस्स योग्यद्रिम्महादरात्
tataḥ papraccha śaileśastaṃ dvijaṃ ko bhavāniti || uvāca śīghraṃ viprendrassa yogyadrimmahādarāt
Then the lord of the mountains asked that brahmin, "Who are you?" That best of brahmins at once spoke to the worthy mountain with great respect.
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SiP 3 35.24
साधुद्विज उवाच ।। साधु द्विजाह्वः शैलाहं वैष्णवः परमार्थदृक् ।। परोपकारी सर्वज्ञः सर्वगामी गुरोर्बलात्
sādhudvija uvāca || sādhu dvijāhvaḥ śailāhaṃ vaiṣṇavaḥ paramārthadṛk || paropakārī sarvajñaḥ sarvagāmī gurorbalāt
The holy brahmin said: I am called Sādhu the brahmin, O mountain; I am a Vaiṣṇava who sees the highest truth, a helper of others, all-knowing, going everywhere by the power of my guru.
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SiP 3 35.25
मया ज्ञातं स्वविज्ञानात्स्वस्थाने शैलसत्तम।। तच्छृणु प्रीतितो वच्मि हित्वा दम्भन्तवांतिकम्
mayā jñātaṃ svavijñānātsvasthāne śailasattama|| tacchṛṇu prītito vacmi hitvā dambhantavāṃtikam
By my own knowledge I have learned, O best of mountains, (what is going on) in your own place. Hear it: out of affection I speak it, putting aside pretence, near you.
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SiP 3 35.26
शङ्कराय सुतान्दातुन्त्वमिच्छसि निजोद्भवाम् ।। इमाम्पद्मासमां रम्यामज्ञातकुलशीलिने
śaṅkarāya sutāndātuntvamicchasi nijodbhavām || imāmpadmāsamāṃ ramyāmajñātakulaśīline
You wish to give your own-born daughter, this lovely one who is like a lotus, to Śaṅkara, whose family and character are unknown.
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SiP 3 35.27
इयं मतिस्ते शैलेन्द्र न युक्ता मङ्गलप्रदा ।। निबोध ज्ञानिनां श्रेष्ठ नारायणकुलोद्भव
iyaṃ matiste śailendra na yuktā maṅgalapradā || nibodha jñānināṃ śreṣṭha nārāyaṇakulodbhava
This intention of yours, O lord of mountains, is not proper, not conducive to welfare. Understand, O best of the knowing, O you born of Nārāyaṇa's line!
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SiP 3 35.28
पश्य शैलाधिपत्वं च न तस्यैकोऽस्ति बान्धवः ।। बान्धवान्स्वान्प्रयत्नेन पृच्छ मेनां च स्वप्रियाम्
paśya śailādhipatvaṃ ca na tasyaiko'sti bāndhavaḥ || bāndhavānsvānprayatnena pṛccha menāṃ ca svapriyām
Consider your lordship over the mountains — and he has not a single kinsman. Ask your own kinsmen carefully, and Menā your beloved.
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SiP 3 35.29
सर्वान्संपृच्छ यत्नेन मेनादीन्पा र्वती विना ।। रोगिणे नौषधं शैल कुपथ्यं रोचते सदा
sarvānsaṃpṛccha yatnena menādīnpā rvatī vinā || rogiṇe nauṣadhaṃ śaila kupathyaṃ rocate sadā
Ask them all carefully, Menā and the rest, except Pārvatī: to a sick man, O mountain, medicine is not (pleasing) — unwholesome food is always what he likes.
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SiP 3 35.31
निराश्रयस्सदासङ्गो विरूपो निगुर्णोऽव्ययः ।। स्मशानवासी विकटो व्यालग्राही दिगम्बरः
nirāśrayassadāsaṅgo virūpo nigurṇo'vyayaḥ || smaśānavāsī vikaṭo vyālagrāhī digambaraḥ
(He is) without support, always without attachment, ill-formed, without qualities, undecaying, a dweller in cremation grounds, monstrous, a handler of snakes, naked (clad in the directions),
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SiP 3 35.32
विभूतिभूषणो व्यालवरावेष्टितमस्तकः ।। सर्वाश्रमपरिभ्रष्टस्त्वविज्ञातगतिस्सदा
vibhūtibhūṣaṇo vyālavarāveṣṭitamastakaḥ || sarvāśramaparibhraṣṭastvavijñātagatissadā
adorned with ashes, his head wreathed with the best of serpents, fallen away from all the stages of life, and his course is always unknown.
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SiP 3 35.33
ब्रह्मोवाच ।। इत्याद्युक्त्वा वचस्तथ्यं शिवनिन्दापरं स हि ।। जगाम स्वालयं शीघ्रन्नाना लीलाकरः शिवः
brahmovāca || ityādyuktvā vacastathyaṃ śivanindāparaṃ sa hi || jagāma svālayaṃ śīghrannānā līlākaraḥ śivaḥ
Brahmā said: Having spoken these and other true words that were devoted to disparaging Śiva, he — Śiva, the performer of manifold sports — quickly went to his own abode.
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SiP 3 35.34
तच्छ्रुत्वा विप्रवचनमभूताञ्च तनू तयोः ।। विपरीतानर्थपरे किं करिष्यावहे ध्रुवम्
tacchrutvā vipravacanamabhūtāñca tanū tayoḥ || viparītānarthapare kiṃ kariṣyāvahe dhruvam
Hearing that speech of the brahmin, the bodies of those two (grew thin/were dejected): "Since he is bent on the contrary and on harm, what shall we two surely do?"
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SiP 3 35.35
ततो रुद्रो महोतिं च कृत्वा भक्तमुदावहाम् ।। विवाहयित्वा गिरिजां देवकार्य्यं चकार सः
tato rudro mahotiṃ ca kṛtvā bhaktamudāvahām || vivāhayitvā girijāṃ devakāryyaṃ cakāra saḥ
Then Rudra, having made a great festival that brought joy to the devotees, and having married Girijā, accomplished the work of the gods.
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SiP 3 35.36
इति प्रोक्तस्तु ते तात साधुवेषो द्विजाह्वयः ।। शिवावतारो हि मया देवकार्य्यकरः प्रभो
iti proktastu te tāta sādhuveṣo dvijāhvayaḥ || śivāvatāro hi mayā devakāryyakaraḥ prabho
Thus, dear one, has the one named the brahmin in holy-man's guise been described to you by me — indeed an incarnation of Śiva, the doer of the gods' work, O lord.
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SiP 3 35.37
इदमाख्यानमनघं स्वर्ग्यमायुष्यमुत्तमम् ।। यः पठेच्छृणुयाद्वापि स सुखी गतिमाप्नुयात्
idamākhyānamanaghaṃ svargyamāyuṣyamuttamam || yaḥ paṭhecchṛṇuyādvāpi sa sukhī gatimāpnuyāt
This narrative is faultless, heaven-granting, life-giving, excellent; whoever recites or hears it becomes happy and would attain the (highest) goal.
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