Shiva Purana — Shatarudra Samhita — Chapter 4
SiP 3 4.1
नन्दीश्वर उवाच ।। सनत्कुमार सर्वज्ञ चरितं शांकरं मुदा ।। रुद्रेण कथितं प्रीत्या ब्रह्मणे सुखदं सदा
nandīśvara uvāca || sanatkumāra sarvajña caritaṃ śāṃkaraṃ mudā || rudreṇa kathitaṃ prītyā brahmaṇe sukhadaṃ sadā
Nandīśvara said: O Sanatkumāra, all-knowing one, the deeds of Śaṅkara were joyfully told with affection by Rudra to Brahmā, ever bestowing happiness.
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SiP 3 4.2
शिव उवाच ।। सप्तमे चैव वाराहे कल्पे मन्वन्तराभिधे ।। कल्पेश्वरोऽथ भगवान्सर्वं लोकप्रकाशनः
śiva uvāca || saptame caiva vārāhe kalpe manvantarābhidhe || kalpeśvaro'tha bhagavānsarvaṃ lokaprakāśanaḥ
Śiva said: And in the seventh Vārāha kalpa, called (by the name of) the manvantara, the Lord of the kalpa, the Bhagavān, the illuminator of all the worlds (will be)...
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SiP 3 4.3
मर्नोर्वैवस्वतस्यैव ते प्रपुत्रो भविष्यति।। तदा चतुर्युगाश्चैव तस्मिन्मन्वन्तरे विधे द्रष्टुं शक्यो नरैर्नाहमृते ध्यानात्पितामह ।। दानधर्मादिभिर्वत्स साधनैः कर्महेतुभिः पञ्चमे द्वापरे चैव व्यासस्तु सविता स्मृतः ।। तदा योगी भविष्यामि कंको नाम महातपाः तत्रापि मम चत्वारो भविष्यन्ति सुता युगे ।। सारस्वतश्च योगीशो मेघवाहः सुवाहनः अवतारेण मे येन भद्रायुर्नृपबालकः ।। जीवितो हि मृतः क्ष्वेडदोषतो जनकोज्झितः
marnorvaivasvatasyaiva te praputro bhaviṣyati|| tadā caturyugāścaiva tasminmanvantare vidhe draṣṭuṃ śakyo narairnāhamṛte dhyānātpitāmaha || dānadharmādibhirvatsa sādhanaiḥ karmahetubhiḥ pañcame dvāpare caiva vyāsastu savitā smṛtaḥ || tadā yogī bhaviṣyāmi kaṃko nāma mahātapāḥ tatrāpi mama catvāro bhaviṣyanti sutā yuge || sārasvataśca yogīśo meghavāhaḥ suvāhanaḥ avatāreṇa me yena bhadrāyurnṛpabālakaḥ || jīvito hi mṛtaḥ kṣveḍadoṣato janakojjhitaḥ
He will be your great-grandson, (born) of Manu Vaivasvata. Then, O Ordainer, in that Manu-period the four ages (will run); I cannot be seen by men, O Grandfather, except through meditation, (or) by means of gift, dharma and the rest, O child, by disciplines that have works for their cause. And in the fifth Dvāpara the Sun is remembered as Vyāsa; then I shall become a yogin named Kaṃka, of great austerity. There too in that age four sons of mine will be: Sārasvata, the lord of yogins, Meghavāha, and Suvāhana — (and) by an incarnation of mine the king's boy Bhadrāyu, dead from the harm of poison and abandoned by his father, was brought back to life.
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SiP 3 4.4
अनुग्रहार्थं लोकानां ब्राह्मणानां हिताय च।। उत्पश्यामि विधे ब्रह्मन्द्वापराख्ययुगान्तिके
anugrahārthaṃ lokānāṃ brāhmaṇānāṃ hitāya ca|| utpaśyāmi vidhe brahmandvāparākhyayugāntike
For the sake of favouring the worlds and for the benefit of the brāhmaṇas, I look forth, O Ordainer, O Brahmā, at the end of the age called Dvāpara.
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SiP 3 4.5
युगप्रवृत्त्या च तदा तस्मिंश्च प्रथमे युगे ।। द्वापरे प्रथमे ब्रह्मन्यदा व्यासः स्वयंप्रभुः
yugapravṛttyā ca tadā tasmiṃśca prathame yuge || dvāpare prathame brahmanyadā vyāsaḥ svayaṃprabhuḥ
And then, by the onset of the age, in that first age — in the first Dvāpara, O Brahmā, when Vyāsa is the self-luminous Lord —
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SiP 3 4.6
तदाहं ब्राह्मणार्थाय कलौ तस्मिन्युगान्तिके।। भविष्यामि शिवायुक्तः श्वेतो नाम महामुनिः
tadāhaṃ brāhmaṇārthāya kalau tasminyugāntike|| bhaviṣyāmi śivāyuktaḥ śveto nāma mahāmuniḥ
then, for the sake of the brāhmaṇas, in that Kali at the end of the age, I shall become the great sage named Śveta, joined to Śiva.
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SiP 3 4.7
हिमवच्छिखरे रम्ये छागले पर्वतोत्तमे।। तदा शिष्याः शिखायुक्ता भविष्यन्ति विधे मम
himavacchikhare ramye chāgale parvatottame|| tadā śiṣyāḥ śikhāyuktā bhaviṣyanti vidhe mama
On the lovely peak of Himavat, on Chāgala, best of mountains — then, O Ordainer, my disciples wearing the tuft of hair will be (born).
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SiP 3 4.8
श्वेतः श्वेतशिखश्चैव श्वेताश्वः श्वेतलोहितः ।। चत्वारो ध्यानयोगात्ते गमिष्यन्ति पुरं मम
śvetaḥ śvetaśikhaścaiva śvetāśvaḥ śvetalohitaḥ || catvāro dhyānayogātte gamiṣyanti puraṃ mama
Śveta, Śvetaśikha, Śvetāśva and Śvetalohita: these four, through the yoga of meditation, will go to my city.
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SiP 3 4.9
ततो भक्ता भविष्यन्ति ज्ञात्वा मां तत्त्वतोऽव्ययम्।। जन्ममृत्युजराहीनाः परब्रह्मसमाधयः
tato bhaktā bhaviṣyanti jñātvā māṃ tattvato'vyayam|| janmamṛtyujarāhīnāḥ parabrahmasamādhayaḥ
Then they will become devotees, having known me truly as imperishable — free of birth, death and old age, absorbed in the supreme brahman.
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SiP 3 4.11
द्वितीये द्वापरे व्यासः सत्यो नाम प्रजापतिः ।। यदा तदा भविष्यामि सुतारो नामतः कलौ
dvitīye dvāpare vyāsaḥ satyo nāma prajāpatiḥ || yadā tadā bhaviṣyāmi sutāro nāmataḥ kalau
When in the second Dvāpara Vyāsa is the Prajāpati named Satya, then in the Kali (of that age) I shall be, by name, Sutāra.
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SiP 3 4.12
तत्रापि मे भविष्यन्ति शिष्या वेदविदो द्विजाः ।। दुन्दुभिः शतरूपश्च हृषीकः केतुमांस्तथा
tatrāpi me bhaviṣyanti śiṣyā vedavido dvijāḥ || dundubhiḥ śatarūpaśca hṛṣīkaḥ ketumāṃstathā
There too I shall have disciples, twice-born knowers of the Veda: Dundubhi, Śatarūpa, Hṛṣīka, and Ketumān.
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SiP 3 4.13
चत्वारो ध्यानयोगात्ते गमिष्यन्ति पुरं मम ।। ततो मुक्ता भविष्यन्ति ज्ञात्वा मां तत्त्वतोऽव्ययम्
catvāro dhyānayogātte gamiṣyanti puraṃ mama || tato muktā bhaviṣyanti jñātvā māṃ tattvato'vyayam
These four, through the yoga of meditation, will go to my city; then they will be liberated, having known me truly as imperishable.
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SiP 3 4.14
तृतीये द्वापरे चैव यदा व्यासस्तु भार्गवः ।। तदाप्यहं भविष्यामि दमनस्तु पुरान्तिके
tṛtīye dvāpare caiva yadā vyāsastu bhārgavaḥ || tadāpyahaṃ bhaviṣyāmi damanastu purāntike
And in the third Dvāpara, when Vyāsa is Bhārgava, then too I shall become Damana, near the city.
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SiP 3 4.15
तत्रापि च भविष्यन्ति चत्वारो मम पुत्रकाः ।। विशोकश्च विशेषश्च विपापः पापनाशनः
tatrāpi ca bhaviṣyanti catvāro mama putrakāḥ || viśokaśca viśeṣaśca vipāpaḥ pāpanāśanaḥ
There too four little sons of mine will be: Viśoka, Viśeṣa, Vipāpa, and Pāpanāśana.
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SiP 3 4.16
शिष्यैः साहाय्यं व्यासस्य करिष्ये चतुरानन ।। निवृत्तिमार्गं सुदृढं वर्त्तयिष्ये कलाविह
śiṣyaiḥ sāhāyyaṃ vyāsasya kariṣye caturānana || nivṛttimārgaṃ sudṛḍhaṃ varttayiṣye kalāviha
With (these) disciples I shall render help to Vyāsa, O four-faced one; here in the Kali I shall make the path of cessation prevail firmly.
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SiP 3 4.17
चतुर्थे द्वापरे चैव यदा व्यासोंऽगिराः स्मृतः ।। तदाप्यहं भविष्यामि सुहोत्रो नाम नामतः
caturthe dvāpare caiva yadā vyāsoṃ'girāḥ smṛtaḥ || tadāpyahaṃ bhaviṣyāmi suhotro nāma nāmataḥ
And in the fourth Dvāpara, when Aṅgiras is remembered as Vyāsa, then too I shall be, by name, Suhotra.
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SiP 3 4.18
तत्रापि मम ते पुत्राश्चत्वारो योगसाधकाः ।। भविष्यंति महात्मानस्तन्नामानि ब्रुवे विधे
tatrāpi mama te putrāścatvāro yogasādhakāḥ || bhaviṣyaṃti mahātmānastannāmāni bruve vidhe
There too those four sons of mine, practisers of yoga, great souls, will be; I tell their names, O Ordainer.
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SiP 3 4.19
सुमुखो दुर्मुखश्चैव दुदर्भो दुरतिक्रमः ।। शिष्यैः साहाय्यं व्यासस्य करिष्येऽहं तदा विधे
sumukho durmukhaścaiva dudarbho duratikramaḥ || śiṣyaiḥ sāhāyyaṃ vyāsasya kariṣye'haṃ tadā vidhe
Sumukha, Durmukha, Dudarbha, and Duratikrama; with (these) disciples I shall then render help to Vyāsa, O Ordainer.
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SiP 3 4.21
तत्रापि मम ते पुत्राश्चत्वारो योगसाधकाः ।। भविष्यन्ति महात्मानस्तन्नामानि शृणुष्व मे
tatrāpi mama te putrāścatvāro yogasādhakāḥ || bhaviṣyanti mahātmānastannāmāni śṛṇuṣva me
There too those four sons of mine, practisers of yoga, great souls, will be; hear their names from me.
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SiP 3 4.22
सनकः सनातनश्चैव प्रभुर्यश्च सनन्दनः ।। विभुः सनत्कुमारश्च निर्मलो निरहंकृतिः
sanakaḥ sanātanaścaiva prabhuryaśca sanandanaḥ || vibhuḥ sanatkumāraśca nirmalo nirahaṃkṛtiḥ
Sanaka, Sanātana, Sanandana who is the lord, and the pervading Sanatkumāra — stainless, free of egoism.
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SiP 3 4.23
तत्रापि कंकनामाहं साहाय्यं सवितुर्विधे ।। व्यासस्य हि करिष्यामि निवृत्तिपथवर्द्धकः
tatrāpi kaṃkanāmāhaṃ sāhāyyaṃ saviturvidhe || vyāsasya hi kariṣyāmi nivṛttipathavarddhakaḥ
There too, by the name of Kaṃka, I shall render help, O Ordainer, to the Sun as Vyāsa, promoting the path of cessation.
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SiP 3 4.24
परिवर्ते पुनः षष्ठे द्वापरे लोककारकः ।। कर्ता वेदविभागस्य मृत्युर्व्यासो भविष्यति
parivarte punaḥ ṣaṣṭhe dvāpare lokakārakaḥ || kartā vedavibhāgasya mṛtyurvyāso bhaviṣyati
Again, in the sixth turning, in the Dvāpara, Mṛtyu, the maker of the worlds and the maker of the division of the Vedas, will be Vyāsa.
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SiP 3 4.25
तदाऽप्यहं भविष्यामि लोकाक्षिर्नाम नामतः ।। व्यासस्य सुसाहा य्यार्थं निवृत्तिपथवर्द्धनः
tadā'pyahaṃ bhaviṣyāmi lokākṣirnāma nāmataḥ || vyāsasya susāhā yyārthaṃ nivṛttipathavarddhanaḥ
Then too I shall be, Lokākṣi by name, in order to give good help to Vyāsa, one who furthers the path of renunciation.
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SiP 3 4.26
तत्रापि शिष्याश्चत्वारो भविष्यन्ति दृढव्रताः ।। सुधामा विरजाश्चैव संजयो विजयस्तथा
tatrāpi śiṣyāścatvāro bhaviṣyanti dṛḍhavratāḥ || sudhāmā virajāścaiva saṃjayo vijayastathā
There too there will be four disciples of firm vows: Sudhāman, Viraja, Saṃjaya and Vijaya.
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SiP 3 4.27
सप्तमे परिवर्ते तु यदा व्यासः शतक्रतुः ।। तदाप्यहं भविष्यामि जैगीषव्यो विभुर्विधे
saptame parivarte tu yadā vyāsaḥ śatakratuḥ || tadāpyahaṃ bhaviṣyāmi jaigīṣavyo vibhurvidhe
But in the seventh turn (of the ages), when Śatakratu is Vyāsa, then too I shall be Jaigīṣavya, the mighty one, O Vidhi (Brahmā).
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SiP 3 4.28
योगं संद्रढयिष्यामि महायोगविचक्षणः ।। काश्यां गुहान्तरे संस्थो दिव्यदेशे कुशास्तरिः
yogaṃ saṃdraḍhayiṣyāmi mahāyogavicakṣaṇaḥ || kāśyāṃ guhāntare saṃstho divyadeśe kuśāstariḥ
I shall make yoga firm, I who am greatly skilled in yoga, dwelling within a cave in Kāśī, in a divine spot, with kuśa grass spread (for a seat).
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SiP 3 4.29
साहाय्यं च करिष्यामि व्यासस्य हि शतक्रतोः ।। उद्धरिष्यामि भक्तांश्च संसारभयतो विधे
sāhāyyaṃ ca kariṣyāmi vyāsasya hi śatakratoḥ || uddhariṣyāmi bhaktāṃśca saṃsārabhayato vidhe
And I shall give help to Vyāsa, that is, to Śatakratu; and I shall raise up the devotees from the fear of transmigration, O Vidhi.
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SiP 3 4.31
अष्टमे परिवर्ते हि वसिष्ठो मुनिसत्तमः ।। कर्त्ता वेदविभागस्य वेदव्यासो भविष्यति
aṣṭame parivarte hi vasiṣṭho munisattamaḥ || karttā vedavibhāgasya vedavyāso bhaviṣyati
For in the eighth turn Vasiṣṭha, the best of sages, will be Vedavyāsa, the maker of the division of the Vedas.
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SiP 3 4.32
तत्राप्यहं भविष्यामि नामतो दधिवाहनः ।। व्यासस्य हि करिष्यामि साहाय्यं योगवित्तम
tatrāpyahaṃ bhaviṣyāmi nāmato dadhivāhanaḥ || vyāsasya hi kariṣyāmi sāhāyyaṃ yogavittama
There too I shall be, Dadhivāhana by name; and I shall give help to Vyāsa, O best of the knowers of yoga.
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SiP 3 4.33
कपिलश्चासुरिः पञ्चशिखः शाल्वलपूर्वकः ।। चत्वारो योगिनः पुत्रा भविष्यन्ति समा मम
kapilaścāsuriḥ pañcaśikhaḥ śālvalapūrvakaḥ || catvāro yoginaḥ putrā bhaviṣyanti samā mama
Kapila, Āsuri, Pañcaśikha, and Śālvala first among them — four yogins will be my sons, equal (to me).
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SiP 3 4.34
नवमे परिवर्ते तु तस्मिन्नेव युगे विधे ।। भविष्यति मुनिश्रेष्ठो व्यासः सारस्वताह्वयः
navame parivarte tu tasminneva yuge vidhe || bhaviṣyati muniśreṣṭho vyāsaḥ sārasvatāhvayaḥ
But in the ninth turn, in that very age, O Vidhi, the best of sages, the Vyāsa named Sārasvata, will appear.
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SiP 3 4.35
व्यासस्य ध्यायतस्तस्य निवृत्तिपथवृद्धये ।। तदाप्यहं भविष्यामि ऋषभो नामतः स्मृतः
vyāsasya dhyāyatastasya nivṛttipathavṛddhaye || tadāpyahaṃ bhaviṣyāmi ṛṣabho nāmataḥ smṛtaḥ
While that Vyāsa was meditating for the increase of the path of renunciation, then too I shall be (born), known by the name Ṛṣabha.
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SiP 3 4.36
पराशरश्च गर्गश्च भार्गवो गिरिशस्तथा ।। चत्वारस्तत्र शिष्या मे भविष्यन्ति सुयोगिनः
parāśaraśca gargaśca bhārgavo giriśastathā || catvārastatra śiṣyā me bhaviṣyanti suyoginaḥ
Parāśara, Garga, Bhārgava and Giriśa — those four will there be my disciples, excellent yogins.
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SiP 3 4.37
तैः साकं द्रढयिष्यामि योगमार्गं प्रजापते ।। करिष्यामि साहाय्यं वै वेदव्यासस्य सन्मुने
taiḥ sākaṃ draḍhayiṣyāmi yogamārgaṃ prajāpate || kariṣyāmi sāhāyyaṃ vai vedavyāsasya sanmune
Together with them I shall make firm the path of yoga, O Prajāpati; indeed I shall give help to Vedavyāsa, O good sage.
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SiP 3 4.38
तेन रूपेण भक्तानां बहूनां दुःखिनां विधे ।। उद्धारं भवतोऽहं वै करिष्यामि दयाकरः
tena rūpeṇa bhaktānāṃ bahūnāṃ duḥkhināṃ vidhe || uddhāraṃ bhavato'haṃ vai kariṣyāmi dayākaraḥ
In that form, O Vidhi, I, being a maker of compassion, shall bring about the deliverance of many suffering devotees from you (i.e. from this world).
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SiP 3 4.39
सोऽवतारो विधे मे हि ऋषभाख्यस्सुयोगकृत् ।। सारस्वतव्यासमनः कर्त्ता नानोतिकारकः
so'vatāro vidhe me hi ṛṣabhākhyassuyogakṛt || sārasvatavyāsamanaḥ karttā nānotikārakaḥ
That incarnation of mine, O Vidhi, called Ṛṣabha, the maker of good yoga, fulfils the mind of the Sārasvata Vyāsa and performs manifold acts of help.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 3 4.41
प्राप्तेऽथ षोडशे वर्षे तस्य राजशिशोः पुनः ।। ययौ तद्वेश्म सहसा ऋषभः स मदात्मकः
prāpte'tha ṣoḍaśe varṣe tasya rājaśiśoḥ punaḥ || yayau tadveśma sahasā ṛṣabhaḥ sa madātmakaḥ
Then, when the sixteenth year of that royal child had arrived, that Ṛṣabha, who has me as his self, suddenly went to his house.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 3 4.42
पूजितस्तेन स मुनिः सद्रूपश्च कृपानिधिः ।। उपादिदेश तद्धर्मान्राज्ययोगान्प्रजापते
pūjitastena sa muniḥ sadrūpaśca kṛpānidhiḥ || upādideśa taddharmānrājyayogānprajāpate
Honoured by him, that sage, of real form and a treasury of compassion, taught him the duties and the disciplines of kingship, O Prajāpati.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 3 4.43
ततः स कवचं दिव्यं शंखं खङ्गं च भास्वरम् ।। ददौ तस्मै प्रसन्नात्मा सर्वशत्रुविनाशनम्
tataḥ sa kavacaṃ divyaṃ śaṃkhaṃ khaṅgaṃ ca bhāsvaram || dadau tasmai prasannātmā sarvaśatruvināśanam
Then he, with gracious heart, gave him a divine coat of mail, a conch, and a shining sword that destroys all enemies.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 3 4.44
तदङ्ग भस्मनामृश्य कृपया दीनवत्सलः ।। स द्वादशसहस्रस्य गजानां च बलं ददौ
tadaṅga bhasmanāmṛśya kṛpayā dīnavatsalaḥ || sa dvādaśasahasrasya gajānāṃ ca balaṃ dadau
Touching his body with ash out of compassion, he who is fond of the wretched gave him the strength of twelve thousand elephants.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 3 4.45
इति भद्रायुषं सम्यगनुश्वास्य समातृकम्।। ययौ स्वैरगतस्तस्यां पूजितस्त्वृषभः प्रभुः
iti bhadrāyuṣaṃ samyaganuśvāsya samātṛkam|| yayau svairagatastasyāṃ pūjitastvṛṣabhaḥ prabhuḥ
Having thus fully consoled Bhadrāyus along with his mother, the lord Ṛṣabha, moving at his own will and honoured there, departed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 3 4.46
भद्रायुरपि राजर्षिर्जित्वा रिपुगणान्विधे ।। राज्यं चकार धर्मेण विवाह्य कीर्त्तिमालिनीम्
bhadrāyurapi rājarṣirjitvā ripugaṇānvidhe || rājyaṃ cakāra dharmeṇa vivāhya kīrttimālinīm
Bhadrāyus too, that royal sage, having conquered the hosts of his foes, O Vidhi, married Kīrtimālinī and ruled the kingdom according to dharma.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 3 4.47
इत्थं प्रभावं ऋषभोऽवतारः शङ्करस्य मे ।। सतां गतिर्दीनबन्धुर्नवमः कथितस्तव
itthaṃ prabhāvaṃ ṛṣabho'vatāraḥ śaṅkarasya me || satāṃ gatirdīnabandhurnavamaḥ kathitastava
Such was the power of Ṛṣabha, an incarnation of me, Śaṅkara — the refuge of the good, the friend of the wretched: the ninth (incarnation) has (now) been told to you.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 3 4.48
ऋषभस्य चरित्रं हि परमं पावनं महत् ।। स्वर्ग्यं यशस्यमायुष्यं श्रोतव्यं च प्रयत्नतः
ṛṣabhasya caritraṃ hi paramaṃ pāvanaṃ mahat || svargyaṃ yaśasyamāyuṣyaṃ śrotavyaṃ ca prayatnataḥ
For the life-story of Ṛṣabha is supremely purifying and great, conferring heaven, fame and long life, and is to be listened to with diligence.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition