Shiva Purana — Shatarudra Samhita — Chapter 6
SiP 3 6.1
अथ नन्दीश्वरावतारमाह ।। सनत्कुमार उवाच ।। भवान्कथमनुप्राप्तो महादेवांशजः शिवम् ।। श्रोतुमिच्छामि तत्सर्वं वक्तुमर्हसि मे प्रभो
atha nandīśvarāvatāramāha || sanatkumāra uvāca || bhavānkathamanuprāpto mahādevāṃśajaḥ śivam || śrotumicchāmi tatsarvaṃ vaktumarhasi me prabho
Now he tells the descent (incarnation) of Nandīśvara. Sanatkumāra said: How did you, born of a portion of Mahādeva, attain Śiva? I wish to hear all that; you ought to tell it to me, O lord.
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SiP 3 6.2
नन्दीश्वर उवाच ।। सनत्कुमार सर्वज्ञ सावधानतया शृणु ।। यथाहं च शिवं प्राप्तो महादेवांशजो मुने
nandīśvara uvāca || sanatkumāra sarvajña sāvadhānatayā śṛṇu || yathāhaṃ ca śivaṃ prāpto mahādevāṃśajo mune
Nandīśvara said: Sanatkumāra, all-knowing one, listen attentively to how I, born of a portion of Mahādeva, attained Śiva, O sage.
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SiP 3 6.3
प्रजाकामः शिलादोऽभूदुक्तः पितृभिरादरात् ।। तदुद्धर्तुमना भक्त्या समुद्धारमभीप्सुभिः शक्र उवाच।। पुत्रं दास्यामि पुत्रार्थिन्योनिजं मृत्युसंयुतम् ।। अन्यथा ते न दास्यामि मृत्युहीना न सन्ति वै वल्मीकेन वृतांगश्च लक्षकोटगणैर्मुनिः ।। सूचीमुखैश्चान्यै रक्तभुग्भिश्च सर्वतः ततः प्रणम्य देवेशं तच्छ्रुत्वा च शिलाशनः।। हर्षगद्गदया वाचोवाच सोमविभूषणम् अथ ब्रह्मादयो देवा देवपल्यश्च सर्वशः ।। तत्राजग्मुश्च सुप्रीत्या हरिश्चैव शिवोऽम्बिका वेदानध्यापयामास सांगोपांगानशेषतः ।। शास्त्राण्यन्यान्यपि तथा पञ्चवर्षे पिता च माम् ।। पितोवाच ।। किं तपः किं परिज्ञानं को योगश्च प्रभुश्च ते ।। येन त्वं दारुणं दुःखं वञ्चयिष्यसि पुत्र मे
prajākāmaḥ śilādo'bhūduktaḥ pitṛbhirādarāt || taduddhartumanā bhaktyā samuddhāramabhīpsubhiḥ śakra uvāca|| putraṃ dāsyāmi putrārthinyonijaṃ mṛtyusaṃyutam || anyathā te na dāsyāmi mṛtyuhīnā na santi vai valmīkena vṛtāṃgaśca lakṣakoṭagaṇairmuniḥ || sūcīmukhaiścānyai raktabhugbhiśca sarvataḥ tataḥ praṇamya deveśaṃ tacchrutvā ca śilāśanaḥ|| harṣagadgadayā vācovāca somavibhūṣaṇam atha brahmādayo devā devapalyaśca sarvaśaḥ || tatrājagmuśca suprītyā hariścaiva śivo'mbikā vedānadhyāpayāmāsa sāṃgopāṃgānaśeṣataḥ || śāstrāṇyanyānyapi tathā pañcavarṣe pitā ca mām || pitovāca || kiṃ tapaḥ kiṃ parijñānaṃ ko yogaśca prabhuśca te || yena tvaṃ dāruṇaṃ duḥkhaṃ vañcayiṣyasi putra me
Śilāda, urged respectfully by the ancestors, became desirous of offspring — by those who, in devotion, wished for their own deliverance and whose minds were set on being raised up (by him). Śakra said: "I shall give a son to you who desire a son, womb-born and subject to death; otherwise I shall not give you (one), for there are none free of death." And the sage's body was covered over by an anthill, on every side, by hosts of insects in lakhs (and by others) needle-mouthed and blood-drinking. Then, having heard that, Śilāśana bowed to the lord of the gods and spoke to him who is adorned with the moon, in a voice choked with joy. Then Brahmā and the other gods, and the gods' wives, came there from all sides with great delight, and Hari too, and Śiva with Ambikā. And in my fifth year my father taught me the Vedas completely, with their limbs and sub-limbs, and likewise the other sciences as well. The father said: "What austerity, what knowledge, what yoga is yours, and who is your lord, by which you will cheat that terrible sorrow, my son?"
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SiP 3 6.4
अधोदृष्टिः सुधर्मात्मा शिलादो नाम वीर्यवान् ।। तस्यासीन्मुनिकैर्वृत्तिः शिवलोके च सोगमत्
adhodṛṣṭiḥ sudharmātmā śilādo nāma vīryavān || tasyāsīnmunikairvṛttiḥ śivaloke ca sogamat
(There was) one named Śilāda, of downcast gaze, of most righteous nature, and valorous; his livelihood was (obtained) by the manner of sages, and he went to Śiva's world.
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SiP 3 6.5
शक्रमुद्दिश्य स मुनिस्तपस्तेपे सुदुः सहम् ।। निश्चलात्मा शिलादाख्यो बहुकालं दृढव्रतः
śakramuddiśya sa munistapastepe suduḥ saham || niścalātmā śilādākhyo bahukālaṃ dṛḍhavrataḥ
With Śakra as his aim, that sage practised most difficult austerity; unwavering in mind, Śilāda by name, firm in his vow, for a long time.
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SiP 3 6.6
तपतस्तस्य तपसा संतुष्टोऽभूच्छतक्रतुः ।। जगाम च वरं दातुं सर्वदेवप्रभुस्तदा
tapatastasya tapasā saṃtuṣṭo'bhūcchatakratuḥ || jagāma ca varaṃ dātuṃ sarvadevaprabhustadā
As he was practising austerity, the Hundred-Sacrificer (Indra) became pleased by his penance, and then the lord of all the gods went to grant a boon.
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SiP 3 6.7
शिलादमाह सुप्रीत्या शक्रस्तुष्टोऽस्मि तेऽनघ ।। तेन त्वं मुनिशार्दूल वरयस्व वरानिति
śilādamāha suprītyā śakrastuṣṭo'smi te'nagha || tena tvaṃ muniśārdūla varayasva varāniti
With great affection Śakra said to Śilāda: "I am pleased with you, sinless one; therefore, tiger among sages, ask for boons."
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SiP 3 6.8
ततः प्रणम्य देवेशं स्तुत्वा स्तुतिभिरादरात् ।। शिलादो मुनिशार्दूलस्तमाह सुकृताञ्जलिः
tataḥ praṇamya deveśaṃ stutvā stutibhirādarāt || śilādo muniśārdūlastamāha sukṛtāñjaliḥ
Then, bowing to the lord of the gods and praising (him) with hymns, respectfully, Śilāda, the tiger among sages, with palms well joined, said to him:
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SiP 3 6.9
शिलाद उवाच ।। शतक्रतो सुरेशान सन्तुष्टो यदि मे प्रभो।। अयोनिजं मुत्युहीनं पुत्रमिच्छामि सुव्रतम्
śilāda uvāca || śatakrato sureśāna santuṣṭo yadi me prabho|| ayonijaṃ mutyuhīnaṃ putramicchāmi suvratam
Śilāda said: O Hundred-Sacrificer, ruler of the gods, if you are pleased with me, O lord, I wish for a son not born from a womb, free of death, of good vows.
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SiP 3 6.11
न दास्यामि सुतं तेऽहं मृत्युहीनमयोनिजम् ।। हरिर्विधिश्च भगवान्किमुतान्यो महामुने
na dāsyāmi sutaṃ te'haṃ mṛtyuhīnamayonijam || harirvidhiśca bhagavānkimutānyo mahāmune
"I shall not give you a son free of death and not born from a womb — nor could Hari, nor the lord Vidhi (Brahmā), let alone another, O great sage."
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SiP 3 6.12
तावपि त्रिपुरार्यंगसम्भावौ मरणान्वितौ ।। तयोरप्यायुषा मानं कथितं निगमे पृथक्
tāvapi tripurāryaṃgasambhāvau maraṇānvitau || tayorapyāyuṣā mānaṃ kathitaṃ nigame pṛthak
"Those two also, arisen from the body of the enemy of Tripura (Śiva), are attended by death; for both of them the measure of their lifespan is stated separately in scripture."
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SiP 3 6.13
तस्मादयोनिजे पुत्रे मृत्युहीने प्रयत्नतः ।। परित्यजाशां विप्रेन्द्र गृहाणात्मक्षमं सुतम्
tasmādayonije putre mṛtyuhīne prayatnataḥ || parityajāśāṃ viprendra gṛhāṇātmakṣamaṃ sutam
"Therefore give up the hope, best of brahmins, for a son unborn from a womb and free of death (obtained) by effort; accept a son suited to your own capacity."
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SiP 3 6.14
किन्तु देवेश्वरो रुद्रः प्रसीदति महेश्वरः ।। सुदुर्लभो मृत्युहीनस्तव पुत्रो ह्ययोनिजः
kintu deveśvaro rudraḥ prasīdati maheśvaraḥ || sudurlabho mṛtyuhīnastava putro hyayonijaḥ
"But (if) Rudra, the lord of the gods, Maheśvara, is favourable (to you) — your son, free of death and not womb-born, though very hard to obtain (may be had)."
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SiP 3 6.15
अहं च विष्णुर्भगवान्द्रुहिणश्च महामुने ।। अयोनिजं मृत्युहीनं पुत्रं दातुं न शक्नुमः
ahaṃ ca viṣṇurbhagavāndruhiṇaśca mahāmune || ayonijaṃ mṛtyuhīnaṃ putraṃ dātuṃ na śaknumaḥ
"And I, and the lord Viṣṇu, and Druhiṇa (Brahmā), O great sage, are not able to give a son unborn from a womb and free of death."
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SiP 3 6.16
आराधय महादेवं तत्पुत्रविनिकाम्यया ।। सर्वेश्वरो महाशक्तः स ते पुत्रं प्रदास्यति
ārādhaya mahādevaṃ tatputravinikāmyayā || sarveśvaro mahāśaktaḥ sa te putraṃ pradāsyati
"Worship Mahādeva with that desire for a son; he, the lord of all, of great power, will grant you a son."
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SiP 3 6.17
नन्दीश्वर उवाच ।। एवं व्याहृत्य विप्रेन्द्रमनुगृह्य च तं घृणी।। देवैर्वृतः सुरेशानस्स्वलोकं समगान्मुने
nandīśvara uvāca || evaṃ vyāhṛtya viprendramanugṛhya ca taṃ ghṛṇī|| devairvṛtaḥ sureśānassvalokaṃ samagānmune
Nandīśvara said: Having spoken thus to the best of brahmins and having shown him grace, the compassionate lord of the gods, surrounded by the gods, went to his own world, O sage.
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SiP 3 6.18
गते तस्मिंश्च वरदे सहस्राक्षे शिलाशनः ।। आराधयन्महादेवं तपसातोषयद्भवम्
gate tasmiṃśca varade sahasrākṣe śilāśanaḥ || ārādhayanmahādevaṃ tapasātoṣayadbhavam
And when that boon-giver, the Thousand-Eyed, had gone, the eater of stones worshipped Mahādeva and pleased Bhava with his austerity.
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SiP 3 6.19
अथ तस्यैवमनिशन्तत्परस्य द्विजस्त वै ।। दिव्यम्वर्षसहस्रं तु गतं क्षणमिवाद्भुतम्
atha tasyaivamaniśantatparasya dvijasta vai || divyamvarṣasahasraṃ tu gataṃ kṣaṇamivādbhutam
Then for that twice-born, thus devoted to it day and night, a thousand divine years passed, wonderfully, as if a moment.
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SiP 3 6.21
निर्मांसरुधिर त्वग्वै बिले तस्मिन्नवस्थितः ।। अस्थिशेषोभवत्पश्चाच्छिलादो मुनिसत्तमः
nirmāṃsarudhira tvagvai bile tasminnavasthitaḥ || asthiśeṣobhavatpaścācchilādo munisattamaḥ
Staying in that hole without flesh, blood or skin, Śilāda, the best of sages, afterwards became just bones.
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SiP 3 6.22
तुष्टः प्रभुस्तदा तस्मै दर्शयामास स्वां तनुम् ।। दिव्यां दिव्यगुणैर्युक्तामलभ्यां वामबुद्धिभिः
tuṣṭaḥ prabhustadā tasmai darśayāmāsa svāṃ tanum || divyāṃ divyaguṇairyuktāmalabhyāṃ vāmabuddhibhiḥ
Then the pleased lord showed him his own body — divine, endowed with divine qualities, unattainable by those of perverse mind.
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SiP 3 6.23
दिव्यवर्षसहस्रेण तप्यमानाय शूलधृक् ।। सर्वदेवाधिपस्तस्मै वरदोस्मीत्यभाषत
divyavarṣasahasreṇa tapyamānāya śūladhṛk || sarvadevādhipastasmai varadosmītyabhāṣata
To him who had been practising austerity for a thousand divine years, the trident-bearer, the overlord of all gods, said: "I am a giver of boons."
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SiP 3 6.24
महासमाधिसंलीनस्स शिलादो महामुनिः ।। नाशृणोत्तद्गिरं शम्भोर्भक्त्यधीनरतस्य वै
mahāsamādhisaṃlīnassa śilādo mahāmuniḥ || nāśṛṇottadgiraṃ śambhorbhaktyadhīnaratasya vai
Merged in deep meditation, that Śilāda, the great sage, absorbed in submission through devotion, did not hear that speech of Śambhu.
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SiP 3 6.25
यदा स्पृष्टो मुनिस्तेन करेण त्रिपुरारिणा ।। तदैव मुनिशार्दूल उत्ससर्ज? तपःक्रमम्
yadā spṛṣṭo munistena kareṇa tripurāriṇā || tadaiva muniśārdūla utsasarja? tapaḥkramam
When the sage was touched by that hand of the enemy of Tripura, then indeed, O tiger among sages, he let go of the course of his austerity.
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SiP 3 6.26
अथोन्मील्य मुनिर्नेत्रे सोमं शंभुं विलोकयन् ।। द्रुतं प्रणम्य स मुदा पादयोर्न्यपतन्मुने
athonmīlya munirnetre somaṃ śaṃbhuṃ vilokayan || drutaṃ praṇamya sa mudā pādayornyapatanmune
Then, opening his eyes, the sage, seeing Śambhu with the moon, quickly bowed and joyfully fell at his feet, O sage.
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SiP 3 6.27
हर्षगद्गदया वाचा नतस्कंधः कृताञ्जलिः।। प्रसन्नात्मा शिलादस्स तुष्टाव परमेश्वरम्
harṣagadgadayā vācā nataskaṃdhaḥ kṛtāñjaliḥ|| prasannātmā śilādassa tuṣṭāva parameśvaram
With a voice faltering with joy, his shoulders bowed, his palms joined, his mind serene, Śilāda praised the Supreme Lord.
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SiP 3 6.28
ततः प्रसन्नो भगवान्देवदेवस्त्रिलोचनः।। वरदोऽस्मीति तम्प्राह शिलादं मुनिपुंगवम्
tataḥ prasanno bhagavāndevadevastrilocanaḥ|| varado'smīti tamprāha śilādaṃ munipuṃgavam
Then the pleased Lord, the God of gods, the three-eyed one, said to him, to Śilāda, the bull among sages: "I am a granter of boons."
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SiP 3 6.29
तपसानेन किं कार्यं भवते हि महा मते।। ददामि पुत्रं सर्वज्ञं सर्वशास्त्रार्थपारगम्
tapasānena kiṃ kāryaṃ bhavate hi mahā mate|| dadāmi putraṃ sarvajñaṃ sarvaśāstrārthapāragam
"What need have you of this austerity, O you of great mind? I shall give (you) a son who is all-knowing, who has mastered the meaning of all the scriptures."
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SiP 3 6.31
शिलाद उवाच ।। महेश यदि तुष्टोऽसि यदि वा वरदश्च मे ।। इच्छामि त्वत्समं पुत्रं मृत्युहीनमयोनिजम्
śilāda uvāca || maheśa yadi tuṣṭo'si yadi vā varadaśca me || icchāmi tvatsamaṃ putraṃ mṛtyuhīnamayonijam
Śilāda said: "O Maheśa, if you are pleased, or if you are a granter of boons to me, I desire a son like you, free from death, not born from a womb."
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SiP 3 6.32
नंदीश्वर उवाच ।। एवमुक्तस्ततो देवस्त्र्यम्बकस्तेन शङ्करः ।। प्रत्युवाच प्रसन्नात्मा शिलादं मुनिसत्तमम्
naṃdīśvara uvāca || evamuktastato devastryambakastena śaṅkaraḥ || pratyuvāca prasannātmā śilādaṃ munisattamam
Nandīśvara said: Then, thus addressed by him, the god Śaṅkara, the three-eyed one, with a gracious heart replied to Śilāda, the best of sages.
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SiP 3 6.33
।। शिव उवाच ।। पूर्वमाराधितो विप्र ब्रह्मणाहं तपोधन ।। तपसा चावतारार्थं मुनिभिश्च सुरोत्तमैः
|| śiva uvāca || pūrvamārādhito vipra brahmaṇāhaṃ tapodhana || tapasā cāvatārārthaṃ munibhiśca surottamaiḥ
Śiva said: "Formerly, O brahmin rich in austerity, I was propitiated by Brahmā with austerity, and by the sages and by the foremost of the gods, for the sake of (my) descent (into birth)."
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SiP 3 6.34
तव पुत्रो भविष्यामि नन्दी नाम्ना त्वयोनिजः ।। पिता भविष्यसि मम पितुर्वै जगतां मुने
tava putro bhaviṣyāmi nandī nāmnā tvayonijaḥ || pitā bhaviṣyasi mama piturvai jagatāṃ mune
"I shall become your son, Nandin by name, not born from a womb; you shall become the father of me, who am indeed the father of the worlds, O sage."
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SiP 3 6.35
नन्दीश्वर उवाच ।। एवमुक्त्वा मुनिं प्रेक्ष्य प्रणिपत्यास्थितं घृणी ।। सोमस्तूर्णं तमादिश्य तत्रैवान्तर्दधे हरः
nandīśvara uvāca || evamuktvā muniṃ prekṣya praṇipatyāsthitaṃ ghṛṇī || somastūrṇaṃ tamādiśya tatraivāntardadhe haraḥ
Nandīśvara said: Having spoken thus, and having looked at the sage who stood there having bowed down, the compassionate Hara, together with Umā, quickly instructed him and vanished on that very spot.
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SiP 3 6.36
गते तस्मिन्महादेवे स शिलादो महामुनिः।। स्वमाश्रयमुपागम्य ऋषिभ्योऽकथयत्ततः
gate tasminmahādeve sa śilādo mahāmuniḥ|| svamāśrayamupāgamya ṛṣibhyo'kathayattataḥ
When that Mahādeva had gone, that great sage Śilāda, having come back to his own hermitage, then told (it) to the seers.
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SiP 3 6.37
कियता चैव कालेन तदासौ जनकः स मे।। यज्ञांगणं चकर्षाशु यज्ञार्थं यज्ञवित्तमः
kiyatā caiva kālena tadāsau janakaḥ sa me|| yajñāṃgaṇaṃ cakarṣāśu yajñārthaṃ yajñavittamaḥ
And after some time that father of mine, the best of those who know sacrifice, quickly ploughed the sacrificial enclosure for the sake of a sacrifice.
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SiP 3 6.38
ततः क्षणादहं शंभोस्तनुजस्तस्य चाज्ञया।। स जातः पूर्व्वमेवाहं युगान्ताग्निसमप्रभः
tataḥ kṣaṇādahaṃ śaṃbhostanujastasya cājñayā|| sa jātaḥ pūrvvamevāhaṃ yugāntāgnisamaprabhaḥ
Then in a moment I, the son of Śambhu, was born there by his command—I who existed even before, with a radiance equal to the fire at the end of an age.
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SiP 3 6.39
अवर्षंस्तदा पुष्करावर्तकाद्या जगुः खेचराः किन्नराः सिद्धसाध्या ।। शिलादात्मजत्वं गते मय्यृषीन्द्रास्समन्ताच्च वृष्टिं व्यधुः कौसुमीं ते
avarṣaṃstadā puṣkarāvartakādyā jaguḥ khecarāḥ kinnarāḥ siddhasādhyā || śilādātmajatvaṃ gate mayyṛṣīndrāssamantācca vṛṣṭiṃ vyadhuḥ kausumīṃ te
Then the clouds Puṣkarāvartaka and the rest rained down; the sky-goers, the kinnaras, the siddhas and sādhyas sang; and when I had come to be Śilāda's son, those chiefs of the seers made a rain of flowers all around.
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SiP 3 6.41
तदोत्सवो महानासीन्ननृतुश्चाप्सरोगणाः ।। आदृत्य मां तथा लिंगं तुष्टुवुर्हर्षिताश्च ते
tadotsavo mahānāsīnnanṛtuścāpsarogaṇāḥ || ādṛtya māṃ tathā liṃgaṃ tuṣṭuvurharṣitāśca te
Then there was a great festival, and the hosts of apsarases danced; and they, delighted, having honoured me and likewise the liṅga, sang praises.
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SiP 3 6.42
सुप्रशस्य शिलादं तं स्तुत्वा च सुस्तवैः शिवौ।। सर्वे जग्मुश्च धामानि शिवावप्यखिलेश्वरौ
supraśasya śilādaṃ taṃ stutvā ca sustavaiḥ śivau|| sarve jagmuśca dhāmāni śivāvapyakhileśvarau
Having greatly commended that Śilāda, and having praised the two Śivas (Śiva and Śivā) with fine hymns, they all went to their abodes; and the two Śivas too, the lords of all, (went to theirs).
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SiP 3 6.43
शिलादोऽपि च मां दृष्ट्वा कालसूर्य्यानलप्रभम्।। त्र्यक्षं चतुर्भुजं बालं जटामुकुटधारिणम्
śilādo'pi ca māṃ dṛṣṭvā kālasūryyānalaprabham|| tryakṣaṃ caturbhujaṃ bālaṃ jaṭāmukuṭadhāriṇam
And Śilāda too, seeing me with the radiance of the sun and fire at the end of time, three-eyed, four-armed, a child, wearing a crown of matted locks,
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SiP 3 6.44
त्रिशूलाद्यायुधं दीप्तं सर्वथा रुद्ररूपिणम्।। महानन्दभरः प्रीत्या प्रणम्यं प्रणनाम च
triśūlādyāyudhaṃ dīptaṃ sarvathā rudrarūpiṇam|| mahānandabharaḥ prītyā praṇamyaṃ praṇanāma ca
blazing, with the trident and other weapons, in every way of Rudra's form—filled with great bliss, he lovingly bowed down to me, who am to be bowed to.
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SiP 3 6.45
शिलाद उवाच ।। त्वयाहं नन्दितो यस्मान्नन्दी नाम्ना सुरेश्वर ।। तस्मात्त्वां देवमानन्दं नमामि जगदीश्वरम्
śilāda uvāca || tvayāhaṃ nandito yasmānnandī nāmnā sureśvara || tasmāttvāṃ devamānandaṃ namāmi jagadīśvaram
Śilāda said: "Since I have been gladdened (nandita) by you, O Lord of the gods, therefore you are Nandin by name; therefore I bow to you, the god, the bliss, the Lord of the world."
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SiP 3 6.46
नन्दीश्वर उवाच ।। मया सह पिता हृष्टः सुप्रणम्य महेश्वरम् ।। उटजं स्वं जगामाशु निधिं लब्ध्वेव निर्धनः
nandīśvara uvāca || mayā saha pitā hṛṣṭaḥ supraṇamya maheśvaram || uṭajaṃ svaṃ jagāmāśu nidhiṃ labdhveva nirdhanaḥ
Nandīśvara said: My father, delighted, having bowed low to Maheśvara, went quickly with me to his own leaf-hut, like a poor man who has obtained a treasure.
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SiP 3 6.47
यदा गतोहमुटजं शिलादस्य महामुने ।। तदाहं तादृशं रूपं त्यक्त्वा मानुष्यमास्थितः मानुष्यमास्थितं दृष्ट्वा पिता मे लोकपूजितः ।। विललापातिदुःखार्त्तः स्वजनैश्च समावृतः
yadā gatohamuṭajaṃ śilādasya mahāmune || tadāhaṃ tādṛśaṃ rūpaṃ tyaktvā mānuṣyamāsthitaḥ mānuṣyamāsthitaṃ dṛṣṭvā pitā me lokapūjitaḥ || vilalāpātiduḥkhārttaḥ svajanaiśca samāvṛtaḥ
When I had gone to Śilāda's hut, O great sage, then I abandoned that (divine) form and assumed a human one. Seeing (me) settled in a human form, my father, honoured by the world, overcome with great grief, lamented, surrounded by his own people.
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SiP 3 6.49
जातकर्मादिकान्येव सर्वाण्यपि चकार मे ।। शालंकायनपुत्रो वै शिलादः पुत्रवत्सलः
jātakarmādikānyeva sarvāṇyapi cakāra me || śālaṃkāyanaputro vai śilādaḥ putravatsalaḥ
Śilāda, son of Śālaṅkāyana, fond of his son, performed for me all the rites beginning with the birth-ceremony.
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SiP 3 6.51
सम्पूर्णे सप्तमे वर्षे मित्रावरुणसंज्ञकौ ।। मुनी तस्याश्रमं प्राप्तौ द्रष्टुं मां चाज्ञया विभोः
sampūrṇe saptame varṣe mitrāvaruṇasaṃjñakau || munī tasyāśramaṃ prāptau draṣṭuṃ māṃ cājñayā vibhoḥ
When the seventh year was complete, the two sages named Mitra and Varuṇa came to his hermitage, and to see me, by the command of the Lord.
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SiP 3 6.52
सत्कृतौ मुनिना तेन सूपविष्टो महामुनी ।। ऊचतुश्च महात्मानौ मां निरीक्ष्य मुहुर्मुहुः
satkṛtau muninā tena sūpaviṣṭo mahāmunī || ūcatuśca mahātmānau māṃ nirīkṣya muhurmuhuḥ
Honoured by that sage, the two great sages, well seated, and those two great souls spoke, looking at me again and again.
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SiP 3 6.53
मित्रावरुणावूचतुः।। तात नंदीस्तवाल्पायुः सर्वशास्त्रार्थपारगः।। न दृष्टमेव चापश्यं ह्यायुर्वर्षादतः परम्
mitrāvaruṇāvūcatuḥ|| tāta naṃdīstavālpāyuḥ sarvaśāstrārthapāragaḥ|| na dṛṣṭameva cāpaśyaṃ hyāyurvarṣādataḥ param
Mitra and Varuṇa said: Sir, your Nandi, though he has mastered the meaning of all the scriptures, is short-lived; indeed I have not seen any lifespan for him beyond a year from now.
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SiP 3 6.54
विप्रयोरित्युक्तवतोः शिलादः पुत्रवत्सलः ।। तमालिङ्ग्य च दुःखार्त्तो रुरोदातीव विस्वरम्
viprayorityuktavatoḥ śilādaḥ putravatsalaḥ || tamāliṅgya ca duḥkhārtto rurodātīva visvaram
When the two brahmins had spoken thus, Śilāda, fond of his son, embraced him and, stricken with grief, wept exceedingly with a broken voice.
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SiP 3 6.55
मृतवत्पतितं दृष्ट्वा पितरं च पितामहम् ।। प्रत्यवोचत्प्रसन्नात्मा स्मृत्वा शिवपदाम्बुजम्
mṛtavatpatitaṃ dṛṣṭvā pitaraṃ ca pitāmaham || pratyavocatprasannātmā smṛtvā śivapadāmbujam
Seeing his father and his grandfather fallen as if dead, he, calm in mind, remembering the lotus feet of Śiva, replied.
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SiP 3 6.56
केन त्वं तात दुःखेन वेपमानश्च रोदिषि ।। दुःखं ते कुत उत्पन्नं ज्ञातुमिच्छामि तत्त्वतः
kena tvaṃ tāta duḥkhena vepamānaśca rodiṣi || duḥkhaṃ te kuta utpannaṃ jñātumicchāmi tattvataḥ
"By what grief, father, do you weep and tremble? Whence has this grief arisen for you? I wish to know it truly."
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SiP 3 6.57
।। पितोवाच ।। तवाल्पमृत्युदुःखेन दुःखितोऽतीव पुत्रक ।। को मे दुःखं हरतु वै शरणं प्रयामि हि
|| pitovāca || tavālpamṛtyuduḥkhena duḥkhito'tīva putraka || ko me duḥkhaṃ haratu vai śaraṇaṃ prayāmi hi
The father said: I am exceedingly grieved, dear son, by the grief of your early death. Who indeed will take away my grief? To whom shall I go for refuge?
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SiP 3 6.58
।। पुत्र उवाच ।। देवो वा दानवो वापि यमः कालोथ वापि हि।। ऋध्येयुर्यद्यपि ह्येते मामन्येपि जनास्तथा
|| putra uvāca || devo vā dānavo vāpi yamaḥ kālotha vāpi hi|| ṛdhyeyuryadyapi hyete māmanyepi janāstathā
The son said: Even if a god, or a demon, or Yama, or even Time, and likewise other people too, should assail me—
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SiP 3 6.59
अथापि चाल्पमृत्युर्मे न भविष्यति मां तुदः ।। सत्यं ब्रवीमि जनकं शपथन्ते करोम्यहम्
athāpi cālpamṛtyurme na bhaviṣyati māṃ tudaḥ || satyaṃ bravīmi janakaṃ śapathante karomyaham
—even so, no early death will come to me, (nor) anything that torments me. I speak the truth to my father; I make an oath to you.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 3 6.61
।। पुत्र उवाच ।। न तात तपसा मृत्युं वंचयिष्ये न विद्यया।। महादेवस्य भजनान्मृत्युं जेष्यामि नान्यथा
|| putra uvāca || na tāta tapasā mṛtyuṃ vaṃcayiṣye na vidyayā|| mahādevasya bhajanānmṛtyuṃ jeṣyāmi nānyathā
The son said: Not by austerity, father, shall I cheat death, nor by knowledge; by worship of Mahādeva I shall conquer death, not otherwise.
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SiP 3 6.62
।। नन्दीश्वर उवाच ।। इत्युक्त्वाहं पितुः पादौ प्रणम्य शिरसा मुने ।। प्रदक्षिणीकृत्य च तमगच्छं वनमुत्तमम्
|| nandīśvara uvāca || ityuktvāhaṃ pituḥ pādau praṇamya śirasā mune || pradakṣiṇīkṛtya ca tamagacchaṃ vanamuttamam
Nandīśvara said: Having said this, O sage, bowing with my head to my father's feet and circumambulating him, I went to an excellent forest.
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