Shiva Purana — Shatarudra Samhita — Chapter 36
SiP 3 36.1
नन्दीश्वर उवाच ।। सनत्कुमार सर्वज्ञ शिवस्य परमात्मनः ।। अवतारं शृणु विभोरश्वत्थामाह्वयं परम्
nandīśvara uvāca || sanatkumāra sarvajña śivasya paramātmanaḥ || avatāraṃ śṛṇu vibhoraśvatthāmāhvayaṃ param
Nandīśvara said: O Sanatkumāra, all-knowing one, hear of the supreme incarnation, called Aśvatthāman, of Śiva the supreme Self, the all-pervading one.
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SiP 3 36.2
बृहस्पतेर्महाबुद्धेर्देवर्षेरंशतो मुने ।। भरद्वाजात्समुत्पन्नो द्रोणोऽयोनिज आत्मवान्
bṛhaspatermahābuddherdevarṣeraṃśato mune || bharadvājātsamutpanno droṇo'yonija ātmavān
From a portion of Bṛhaspati, the divine sage of great intelligence, O sage, there was born from Bharadvāja Droṇa, not womb-born, self-possessed.
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SiP 3 36.3
धनुर्भृतां वरः शूरो विप्रर्षिस्सर्वशास्त्रवित् ।। बृहत्कीर्तिर्महातेजा यः सर्वास्त्रविदुत्तमः तच्छ्रुत्वा शम्भुवचनं द्रोणः प्राहाथ सन्नतः।। स्वांशजन्तनयन्देहि सर्वाजेयम्महाबलम् विनाश्य पाण्डवसुताञ्छिक्षितानपि यत्नतः ।। कृष्णादिभिर्महावीरैरनिवार्य्यबलः परैः यद्यप्यस्त्रं ब्रह्मशिरस्त्वमोघञ्चाप्रतिक्रियम् ।। शैवास्त्रतेजसा सद्यस्समशाम्यन्महामुने अथ द्रौणिः प्रसन्नात्मा पाण्डवान्कृष्णमेव च ।। नानावरान्ददौ प्रीत्या सोऽश्वत्थामानुगृह्य च
dhanurbhṛtāṃ varaḥ śūro viprarṣissarvaśāstravit || bṛhatkīrtirmahātejā yaḥ sarvāstraviduttamaḥ tacchrutvā śambhuvacanaṃ droṇaḥ prāhātha sannataḥ|| svāṃśajantanayandehi sarvājeyammahābalam vināśya pāṇḍavasutāñchikṣitānapi yatnataḥ || kṛṣṇādibhirmahāvīrairanivāryyabalaḥ paraiḥ yadyapyastraṃ brahmaśirastvamoghañcāpratikriyam || śaivāstratejasā sadyassamaśāmyanmahāmune atha drauṇiḥ prasannātmā pāṇḍavānkṛṣṇameva ca || nānāvarāndadau prītyā so'śvatthāmānugṛhya ca
(He was) the best of bowmen, a hero, a brahmin-sage knowing all the sciences, of vast fame, of great splendour, the foremost of all who know the weapons. Hearing that speech of Śambhu, Droṇa then, bowing low, said: "Give (me) as son one born of your own portion, unconquerable by all, of great strength, so that, having destroyed the sons of the Pāṇḍavas though they are carefully trained, his strength may be unstoppable by the great heroes, Kṛṣṇa and the rest, and by enemies." Although the Brahmaśiras weapon is unfailing and irresistible, it was at once quelled by the fiery power of the Śaiva weapon, O great sage. Then Droṇa's son, with a gracious mind, gave out of affection many boons to the Pāṇḍavas and to Kṛṣṇa himself — he, having favoured (them), Aśvatthāman.
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SiP 3 36.4
धनुर्वेदे च वेदे च निष्णातं यं विदुर्बुधाः।। वरिष्ठं चित्रकर्माणं द्रोणं स्वकुलवर्धनम्
dhanurvede ca vede ca niṣṇātaṃ yaṃ vidurbudhāḥ|| variṣṭhaṃ citrakarmāṇaṃ droṇaṃ svakulavardhanam
Droṇa, whom the wise knew as thoroughly versed in the science of archery and in the Veda, the most excellent, of wondrous deeds, the increaser of his own lineage —
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SiP 3 36.5
कौरवाणां स आचर्य्यं आसीत्स्वबलतो द्विज ।। महारथिषु विख्यातः षट्सु कौरवमध्यतः
kauravāṇāṃ sa ācaryyaṃ āsītsvabalato dvija || mahārathiṣu vikhyātaḥ ṣaṭsu kauravamadhyataḥ
By his own strength he was the teacher of the Kauravas, O twice-born; among the six great chariot-warriors he was renowned in the midst of the Kauravas.
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SiP 3 36.6
साहाय्यार्थं कौरवाणां स तेपे विपुलन्तपः ।। शिवमुद्दिश्य पुत्रार्थं द्रोणाचार्य्यो द्विजोत्तमः
sāhāyyārthaṃ kauravāṇāṃ sa tepe vipulantapaḥ || śivamuddiśya putrārthaṃ droṇācāryyo dvijottamaḥ
For the sake of helping the Kauravas, and for the sake of a son, that Droṇa the teacher, best of the twice-born, performed vast austerity with Śiva as its object.
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SiP 3 36.7
ततः प्रसन्नो भगवाच्छंकरो भक्तवत्सलः।। आविर्बभूव पुरतो द्रोणस्य मुनिसत्तम
tataḥ prasanno bhagavācchaṃkaro bhaktavatsalaḥ|| āvirbabhūva purato droṇasya munisattama
Then the Lord Śaṃkara, fond of his devotees, being pleased, appeared before Droṇa, O best of sages.
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SiP 3 36.8
तन्दृष्ट्वा स द्विजो द्रोणस्तुष्टावाशु प्रणम्य तम् ।। महाप्रसन्नहृदयो नतकस्सुकृताञ्जलिः
tandṛṣṭvā sa dvijo droṇastuṣṭāvāśu praṇamya tam || mahāprasannahṛdayo natakassukṛtāñjaliḥ
Seeing him, that twice-born Droṇa at once bowed to him and praised him, his heart greatly delighted, his neck bent, his palms rightly joined.
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SiP 3 36.9
तस्य स्तुत्या च तपसा सन्तुष्टः शंकर प्रभुः।। वरम्ब्रूहीति चोवाच द्रोणन्तं भक्तवत्सलः
tasya stutyā ca tapasā santuṣṭaḥ śaṃkara prabhuḥ|| varambrūhīti covāca droṇantaṃ bhaktavatsalaḥ
Pleased by his praise and his austerity, the Lord Śaṃkara, fond of his devotees, said to that Droṇa, "Ask a boon."
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SiP 3 36.11
तच्छ्रुत्वा द्रोणवचनं शम्भुः प्रोचे तथास्त्विति ।। अभूदन्तर्हितस्तात कौतुकी सुखकृन्मुने
tacchrutvā droṇavacanaṃ śambhuḥ proce tathāstviti || abhūdantarhitastāta kautukī sukhakṛnmune
Hearing that speech of Droṇa, Śambhu said, "So be it," and became invisible, dear one — he who delights (in play) and brings happiness, O sage.
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SiP 3 36.12
द्रोणोऽपगच्छत्स्वन्धाम महाहृष्टो गतभ्रमः ।। स्वपत्न्यै कथयामास तद्वृतं सकलं मुदा
droṇo'pagacchatsvandhāma mahāhṛṣṭo gatabhramaḥ || svapatnyai kathayāmāsa tadvṛtaṃ sakalaṃ mudā
Droṇa went away to his own dwelling, greatly delighted, his confusion gone; and he joyfully told his wife all that had happened.
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SiP 3 36.13
अथावसरमासाद्य रुद्रः सर्वान्तकः प्रभुः ।। स्वांशेन तनयो जज्ञे द्रोणस्य स महाबलः।
athāvasaramāsādya rudraḥ sarvāntakaḥ prabhuḥ || svāṃśena tanayo jajñe droṇasya sa mahābalaḥ|
Then, when the occasion arrived, Rudra, the Lord who ends all, was born by a portion of himself as the son of Droṇa, that one of great strength.
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SiP 3 36.14
अश्वत्थामेति विख्यातस्तस्य बभूव क्षितौ मुने ।। प्रवीरः कंजपत्राक्षश्शत्रुपक्षक्षयङ्करः
aśvatthāmeti vikhyātastasya babhūva kṣitau mune || pravīraḥ kaṃjapatrākṣaśśatrupakṣakṣayaṅkaraḥ
He became renowned on earth as Aśvatthāman, O sage — a great hero, with eyes like lotus petals, a destroyer of the enemy's side.
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SiP 3 36.15
यो भारते रणे ख्यातः पितुराज्ञामवाप्य च ।। सहायकृद्बभूवात कौरवाणां महाबलः
yo bhārate raṇe khyātaḥ piturājñāmavāpya ca || sahāyakṛdbabhūvāta kauravāṇāṃ mahābalaḥ
He who was famed in the Bhārata war, and who, having received his father's command, became a helper of the Kauravas, he of great strength.
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SiP 3 36.16
यमाश्रित्य महावीरं कौरवास्सुम हाबलाः ।। भीष्मादयो बभूवुस्तेऽजेया अपि दिवौकसाम्
yamāśritya mahāvīraṃ kauravāssuma hābalāḥ || bhīṣmādayo babhūvuste'jeyā api divaukasām
Relying on him, that great hero, the mighty Kauravas, Bhīṣma and the rest, became unconquerable even by the dwellers in heaven.
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SiP 3 36.17
यद्भयात्पाण्डवास्सर्वे कौरवाञ्जेतुमक्षमाः ।। आसन्नष्टामहावीरा अपि सर्वे च कोविदाः
yadbhayātpāṇḍavāssarve kauravāñjetumakṣamāḥ || āsannaṣṭāmahāvīrā api sarve ca kovidāḥ
Out of fear of whom all the Pāṇḍavas were unable to conquer the Kauravas, and were downcast, though they were all great heroes and skilled.
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SiP 3 36.18
कृष्णोपदेशतश्शम्भोस्तपः कृत्वातिदारुणम् ।। प्राप्य चास्त्रं शम्भुवराज्जिग्ये तानर्जुनस्ततः
kṛṣṇopadeśataśśambhostapaḥ kṛtvātidāruṇam || prāpya cāstraṃ śambhuvarājjigye tānarjunastataḥ
Then, at Kṛṣṇa's instruction, Arjuna performed exceedingly terrible austerity to Śambhu, and having obtained the weapon by Śambhu's boon, he conquered them.
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SiP 3 36.19
अश्वत्थामा महावीरो महादेवांशजो मुने ।। तदापि तद्भक्तिवशः स्वप्रतापमदर्शयत्
aśvatthāmā mahāvīro mahādevāṃśajo mune || tadāpi tadbhaktivaśaḥ svapratāpamadarśayat
Aśvatthāman, the great hero, born of a portion of Mahādeva, O sage — even then, under the power of devotion to him, he displayed his own valour.
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SiP 3 36.21
पुत्रशोकेन विकलमापतन्तं तमर्जुनम् ।। रथेनाच्युतवंतं हि दृष्ट्वा स च पराद्रवत्
putraśokena vikalamāpatantaṃ tamarjunam || rathenācyutavaṃtaṃ hi dṛṣṭvā sa ca parādravat
Seeing that Arjuna, distraught with grief for his son, rushing upon (him) with his chariot and accompanied by Acyuta, he too fled.
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SiP 3 36.22
अस्त्रं ब्रह्मशिरो नाम तदुपर्य्यसृजत्स हि ।। ततः प्रादुरभूत्तेजः प्रचण्डं सर्वतो दिशम्
astraṃ brahmaśiro nāma taduparyyasṛjatsa hi || tataḥ prādurabhūttejaḥ pracaṇḍaṃ sarvato diśam
He indeed released upon him the weapon called Brahmaśiras; thereupon a fierce blaze appeared in every direction.
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SiP 3 36.23
प्राणापदमभिप्रेक्ष्य सोर्जुनः क्लेशसंयुतः ।। उवाच कृष्णं विक्लान्तो नष्टतेजा महाभयः
prāṇāpadamabhiprekṣya sorjunaḥ kleśasaṃyutaḥ || uvāca kṛṣṇaṃ viklānto naṣṭatejā mahābhayaḥ
Perceiving the peril to his life, that Arjuna, beset with distress, exhausted, his lustre lost, in great fear, spoke to Kṛṣṇa.
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SiP 3 36.24
अर्जुन उवाच ।। किमिदं स्वित्कुतो वेति कृष्ण कृष्ण न वेद्म्यहम् ।। सर्वतोमुखमायाति तेजश्चेदं सुदु्स्सहम्
arjuna uvāca || kimidaṃ svitkuto veti kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇa na vedmyaham || sarvatomukhamāyāti tejaścedaṃ sudussaham
Arjuna said: What is this, and from where? Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa, I do not know. This blaze, facing every direction, comes on, most hard to endure.
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SiP 3 36.25
नन्दीश्वर उवाच ।। श्रुत्वार्जुनवचश्चेदं स कृष्णश्शैवसत्तमः ।। दध्यौ शिवं सदारं च प्रत्याहार्जुनमादरात्
nandīśvara uvāca || śrutvārjunavacaścedaṃ sa kṛṣṇaśśaivasattamaḥ || dadhyau śivaṃ sadāraṃ ca pratyāhārjunamādarāt
Nandīśvara said: Hearing this speech of Arjuna, that Kṛṣṇa, best of Śiva's devotees, meditated on Śiva together with his consort, and respectfully answered Arjuna.
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SiP 3 36.26
कृष्ण उवाच ।। वेत्थेदन्द्रोणपुत्रस्य ब्राह्ममस्त्रं महोल्बणम् ।। न ह्यस्यान्यतमं किञ्चिदस्त्रं प्रत्यवकर्शनम्
kṛṣṇa uvāca || vetthedandroṇaputrasya brāhmamastraṃ maholbaṇam || na hyasyānyatamaṃ kiñcidastraṃ pratyavakarśanam
Kṛṣṇa said: Know this to be Droṇa's son's Brahmā-weapon, exceedingly terrible; for there is no other weapon whatsoever that can draw it back.
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SiP 3 36.27
शिवं स्मर द्रुतं शम्भुं स्वप्रभुम्भक्तरक्षकम् ।। येन दत्तं हि ते स्वास्त्रं सर्वकार्य्यकरम्परम्
śivaṃ smara drutaṃ śambhuṃ svaprabhumbhaktarakṣakam || yena dattaṃ hi te svāstraṃ sarvakāryyakaramparam
Remember Śiva quickly, Śambhu, your own lord, the protector of devotees, by whom indeed your own weapon was given to you, the supreme accomplisher of every task.
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SiP 3 36.28
जह्यस्त्रतेज उन्नद्धन्त्वन्तच्छैवास्त्रतेजसा ।। इत्युक्त्वा च स्वयं कृष्णश्शिवन्दध्यौ तदर्थकः
jahyastrateja unnaddhantvantacchaivāstratejasā || ityuktvā ca svayaṃ kṛṣṇaśśivandadhyau tadarthakaḥ
Destroy the swollen power of that weapon by the power of the Śaiva weapon." And having said this, Kṛṣṇa himself, with that purpose, meditated on Śiva.
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SiP 3 36.29
तच्छ्रुत्वा कृष्णवचनं पार्थस्स्मृत्वा शिवं हृदि ।। स्पृष्ट्वापस्तं प्रणम्याशु चिक्षेपास्त्रन्ततो मुने
tacchrutvā kṛṣṇavacanaṃ pārthassmṛtvā śivaṃ hṛdi || spṛṣṭvāpastaṃ praṇamyāśu cikṣepāstrantato mune
Hearing that speech of Kṛṣṇa, Pārtha, remembering Śiva in his heart, touching water and bowing to him, at once thereupon hurled the weapon, O sage.
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SiP 3 36.31
मंस्था मा ह्येतदाश्चर्य्यं सर्वचित्रमये शिवे ।। यस्स्वशक्त्याखिलं विश्वं सृजत्यवति हन्त्यजः
maṃsthā mā hyetadāścaryyaṃ sarvacitramaye śive || yassvaśaktyākhilaṃ viśvaṃ sṛjatyavati hantyajaḥ
Do not consider this a marvel in Śiva, who consists of all wonders, who, unborn, by his own power creates, preserves and destroys the entire universe.
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SiP 3 36.32
अश्वत्थामा ततो ज्ञात्वा वृत्तमेतच्छिवांशजः ।। शैवन्न विव्यथे किञ्चिच्छिवेच्छातुष्टधीर्मुने
aśvatthāmā tato jñātvā vṛttametacchivāṃśajaḥ || śaivanna vivyathe kiñcicchivecchātuṣṭadhīrmune
Then Aśvatthāman, born of a portion of Śiva, knowing this event, was not pained in the least by the Śaiva (weapon), his mind content with Śiva's will, O sage.
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SiP 3 36.33
अथ द्रौणिरिदं विश्वं कृत्स्नं कर्तुमपाण्डवम्।। उत्तरागर्भगं बालं नाशितुम्मन आदधे
atha drauṇiridaṃ viśvaṃ kṛtsnaṃ kartumapāṇḍavam|| uttarāgarbhagaṃ bālaṃ nāśitummana ādadhe
Then Drauṇi set his mind on destroying the child in Uttarā's womb, so as to make this whole world without a Pāṇḍava.
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SiP 3 36.34
ब्रह्मास्त्रमनिवार्य्यं तदन्यैरस्त्रैर्महाप्रभम् ।। उत्तरागर्भमुद्दिश्य चिक्षेप स महाप्रभुः
brahmāstramanivāryyaṃ tadanyairastrairmahāprabham || uttarāgarbhamuddiśya cikṣepa sa mahāprabhuḥ
That brahma-weapon, unstoppable by other weapons, of great brilliance, that mighty lord hurled, aiming at Uttarā's womb.
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SiP 3 36.35
ततश्च सोत्तरा जिष्णुवधूर्विकलमानसा ।। कृष्णन्तुष्टाव लक्ष्मीशन्दह्यमाना तदस्त्रतः
tataśca sottarā jiṣṇuvadhūrvikalamānasā || kṛṣṇantuṣṭāva lakṣmīśandahyamānā tadastrataḥ
And then that Uttarā, the wife of Jiṣṇu's (son), her mind unhinged, burning from that weapon, praised Kṛṣṇa, the lord of Lakṣmī.
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SiP 3 36.36
ततः कृष्णः शिवं ध्यात्वा हृदा नुत्वा प्रणम्य च ।। अपाण्डवमिदं कर्तुं द्रौणेरस्त्रमबुध्यत
tataḥ kṛṣṇaḥ śivaṃ dhyātvā hṛdā nutvā praṇamya ca || apāṇḍavamidaṃ kartuṃ drauṇerastramabudhyata
Then Kṛṣṇa, having meditated on Śiva, praised him in his heart and bowed, understood that Drauṇi's weapon was (meant) to make this (world) without a Pāṇḍava.
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SiP 3 36.37
स्वरक्षार्थेन्द्रदत्तेन तदस्त्रेण सुवर्चसा ।। सुदर्शनेन तस्याश्च व्यधाद्रक्षां शिवाज्ञया
svarakṣārthendradattena tadastreṇa suvarcasā || sudarśanena tasyāśca vyadhādrakṣāṃ śivājñayā
And with that brilliant weapon, the Sudarśana given by Indra for his own protection, he made protection for her, by Śiva's command.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 3 36.38
स्वरूपं शंकरादेशात्कृतं शैववरेण ह ।। कृष्णेन चरितं ज्ञात्वा विमनस्कः शनैरभूत्
svarūpaṃ śaṃkarādeśātkṛtaṃ śaivavareṇa ha || kṛṣṇena caritaṃ jñātvā vimanaskaḥ śanairabhūt
Knowing the deed done by Kṛṣṇa — who had Śiva's boon — at Śaṃkara's command, (Aśvatthāman) gradually became dejected.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 3 36.39
ततस्स कृष्णः प्रीतात्मा पाण्डवान्सकलानपि ।। अपातयत्तदंघ्र्योस्तु तुष्टये तस्य शैवराट्
tatassa kṛṣṇaḥ prītātmā pāṇḍavānsakalānapi || apātayattadaṃghryostu tuṣṭaye tasya śaivarāṭ
Then that Kṛṣṇa, delighted in heart, made all the Pāṇḍavas as well fall at his two feet, for the satisfaction of him — (Kṛṣṇa being) the king of Śaivas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 3 36.41
इत्थं महेश्वरस्तात चक्रे लीलाम्पराम्प्रभुः ।। अवतीर्य्य क्षितौ द्रौणिरूपेण मुनिसत्तम
itthaṃ maheśvarastāta cakre līlāmparāmprabhuḥ || avatīryya kṣitau drauṇirūpeṇa munisattama
Thus, my dear, the great lord Maheśvara performed supreme play, having descended to earth in the form of Drauṇi, O best of sages.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 3 36.42
शिवावतारोऽश्वत्थामा महाबलपराक्रमः ।। त्रैलोक्यमुखदोऽद्यापि वर्तते जाह्नवीतटे
śivāvatāro'śvatthāmā mahābalaparākramaḥ || trailokyamukhado'dyāpi vartate jāhnavītaṭe
Aśvatthāman, an incarnation of Śiva, of great strength and valour, granting happiness to the three worlds, still exists today on the bank of the Jāhnavī.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 3 36.43
अश्वत्थामावतारस्ते वर्णितश्शंकर प्रभोः ।। सर्वसिद्धिकरश्चापि भक्ताभीष्टफलप्रदः
aśvatthāmāvatāraste varṇitaśśaṃkara prabhoḥ || sarvasiddhikaraścāpi bhaktābhīṣṭaphalapradaḥ
The Aśvatthāman incarnation of lord Śaṃkara has been described to you — it grants all attainments and bestows the fruit desired by devotees.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 3 36.44
य इदं शृणुयाद्भक्त्या कीर्तयेद्वा समाहितः ।। स सिद्धिम्प्राप्नुयादिष्टामन्ते शिवपुरं व्रजेत्
ya idaṃ śṛṇuyādbhaktyā kīrtayedvā samāhitaḥ || sa siddhimprāpnuyādiṣṭāmante śivapuraṃ vrajet
Whoever should hear this with devotion, or recite it with a collected mind, he will obtain the attainment he wishes, and at the end will go to Śiva's city.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition