Shiva Purana — Kotirudra Samhita — Chapter 22

SiP 4 22.1

सूत उवाच ।। अतःपरं प्रवक्ष्यामि श्रूयतामृषिसत्तमाः ।। विश्वेश्वरस्य माहात्म्यं महापातकनाशनम्

sūta uvāca || ataḥparaṃ pravakṣyāmi śrūyatāmṛṣisattamāḥ || viśveśvarasya māhātmyaṃ mahāpātakanāśanam

Sūta said: Next I shall declare—let it be heard, O best of sages—the greatness of Viśveśvara, which destroys great sins.

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SiP 4 22.2

यदिदं दृश्यते किंचिज्जगत्यां वस्तुमात्रकम्।। चिदानन्द स्वरूपं च निर्विकारं सनातनम्

yadidaṃ dṛśyate kiṃcijjagatyāṃ vastumātrakam|| cidānanda svarūpaṃ ca nirvikāraṃ sanātanam

Whatever mere thing is seen here in the world—(its reality) is of the nature of consciousness and bliss, changeless, eternal.

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SiP 4 22.3

तस्यैव कैवल्यरतेर्द्वितीयेच्छा ततोभवत् ।। स एव सगुणो जातश्शिव इत्यभिधीयते

tasyaiva kaivalyaraterdvitīyecchā tatobhavat || sa eva saguṇo jātaśśiva ityabhidhīyate

Of that very one, who delights in solitary oneness, there then arose a desire for a second; that very one, become possessed of attributes, is called Śiva.

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SiP 4 22.4

स एव हि द्विधा जातः पुंस्त्रीरूपप्रभेदतः ।। यः पुमान्स शिवः ख्यातः स्त्रीशक्तिस्सा हि कथ्यते निर्माय प्रेषितं तत्स्वं निर्गुणेन शिवेन च।। अंतरिक्षे स्थितं तच्च पुरुषस्य समीपतः इयं च शुभदा लोके कर्म नाशकरी मता ।। मोक्षप्रकाशिका काशी ज्ञानदा मम सुप्रिया काश्याश्च महिमानं वै वक्तुं वर्षशतैरपि।। शक्नोम्यहं न सर्वं हि यथाशक्ति ब्रुवे ततः यद्दिनं हि समारभ्य हरः काश्यामुपागतः ।। तदारभ्य च सा काशी सर्वश्रेष्ठतराभवत्

sa eva hi dvidhā jātaḥ puṃstrīrūpaprabhedataḥ || yaḥ pumānsa śivaḥ khyātaḥ strīśaktissā hi kathyate nirmāya preṣitaṃ tatsvaṃ nirguṇena śivena ca|| aṃtarikṣe sthitaṃ tacca puruṣasya samīpataḥ iyaṃ ca śubhadā loke karma nāśakarī matā || mokṣaprakāśikā kāśī jñānadā mama supriyā kāśyāśca mahimānaṃ vai vaktuṃ varṣaśatairapi|| śaknomyahaṃ na sarvaṃ hi yathāśakti bruve tataḥ yaddinaṃ hi samārabhya haraḥ kāśyāmupāgataḥ || tadārabhya ca sā kāśī sarvaśreṣṭhatarābhavat

That very one indeed became twofold, by the division into male and female forms: he who is male is known as Śiva, and she is called the female Power (Śakti). ... Having fashioned it, that own (city) was sent forth by the attributeless Śiva; and it stood in mid-air, close to the Person. "And she is the giver of good in the world, held to be the destroyer of karma; Kāśī, the revealer of liberation, the giver of knowledge, is very dear to me. Even in a hundred years I am not able to tell the whole greatness of Kāśī; therefore I speak of it according to my capacity." From the very day when Hara came to Kāśī, from then on that Kāśī became the most excellent of all.

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SiP 4 22.5

चिदानन्देस्वरूपाभ्यां पुरुषावपि निर्मितौ

cidānandesvarūpābhyāṃ puruṣāvapi nirmitau

From the two whose own nature is consciousness and bliss, two persons too were fashioned.

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SiP 4 22.6

अदृष्टाभ्यां तदा ताभ्यां स्वभावान्मुनिसत्तमाः ।। तावदृष्ट्वा तदा तौ च स्वमातृपितरौ द्विजाः

adṛṣṭābhyāṃ tadā tābhyāṃ svabhāvānmunisattamāḥ || tāvadṛṣṭvā tadā tau ca svamātṛpitarau dvijāḥ

O best of sages, the two (were) then unseen by (or: to) those two by their very nature; and then those two, O twice-born, seeing them as their own mother and father—

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SiP 4 22.7

महासंशयमापन्नौ प्रकृतिः पुरुषश्च तौ ।। तदा वाणी समुत्पन्ना निर्गुणात्परमात्मनः ।। तपश्चैव प्रकर्तव्यं ततस्सृष्टिरनुत्तमा

mahāsaṃśayamāpannau prakṛtiḥ puruṣaśca tau || tadā vāṇī samutpannā nirguṇātparamātmanaḥ || tapaścaiva prakartavyaṃ tatassṛṣṭiranuttamā

Those two, Prakṛti and Puruṣa, fell into great doubt. Then a voice arose from the attributeless Supreme Self: "Austerity is to be performed; from that comes creation unsurpassed."

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SiP 4 22.8

प्रकृतिपुरुषाबूचतुः ।। तपसस्तु स्थलंनास्ति कुत्रावाभ्यां प्रभोऽधुना।। स्थित्वा तपः प्रकर्तव्यं तव शासनतश्शिव

prakṛtipuruṣābūcatuḥ || tapasastu sthalaṃnāsti kutrāvābhyāṃ prabho'dhunā|| sthitvā tapaḥ prakartavyaṃ tava śāsanataśśiva

Prakṛti and Puruṣa said: But there is no place for austerity—where now, O Lord, are we two to stand and perform austerity by your command, O Śiva?

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SiP 4 22.9

ततश्च तेजसस्सारं पंचक्रोशात्मकं शुभम्।। सर्वोपकरणैर्युक्तं सुंदरं नगरं तथा

tataśca tejasassāraṃ paṃcakrośātmakaṃ śubham|| sarvopakaraṇairyuktaṃ suṃdaraṃ nagaraṃ tathā

And then (there arose) from the essence of (his) radiance an auspicious (place) measuring five krośas, furnished with all equipment, and likewise a beautiful city.

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SiP 4 22.11

तदधिष्ठाय हरिणा सृष्टिकामनया ततः ।। बहुकालं तपस्तप्तं तद्ध्यानमवलंब्य च

tadadhiṣṭhāya hariṇā sṛṣṭikāmanayā tataḥ || bahukālaṃ tapastaptaṃ taddhyānamavalaṃbya ca

Then, taking his stand there, Hari, out of the desire to create, practised austerity for a long time, resorting to meditation on him.

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SiP 4 22.12

श्रमेण जलधारश्च विविधाश्चाभवंस्तदा ।। ताभिर्व्याप्तं च तच्छून्यं नान्यत्किंचिददृश्यत

śrameṇa jaladhāraśca vividhāścābhavaṃstadā || tābhirvyāptaṃ ca tacchūnyaṃ nānyatkiṃcidadṛśyata

From his exertion there then arose streams of water of various kinds; and that void was filled with them—nothing else at all was seen.

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SiP 4 22.13

ततश्च विष्णुना दृष्टं किमेतद्दृश्यतेऽद्भुतम्।। इत्याश्चर्यं तदा दृष्ट्वा शिरसः कम्पनं कृतम्

tataśca viṣṇunā dṛṣṭaṃ kimetaddṛśyate'dbhutam|| ityāścaryaṃ tadā dṛṣṭvā śirasaḥ kampanaṃ kṛtam

And then it was seen by Viṣṇu: "What is this wonder that appears?" Seeing this marvel then, he shook his head.

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SiP 4 22.14

ततश्च पतितः कर्णान्मणिश्च पुरतः प्रभो ।। तद्बभूव महत्तीर्थं नामतो मणिकर्णिका

tataśca patitaḥ karṇānmaṇiśca purataḥ prabho || tadbabhūva mahattīrthaṃ nāmato maṇikarṇikā

And then a jewel fell from his ear in front (of him), O Lord; that became a great sacred bathing-place, named Maṇikarṇikā.

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SiP 4 22.15

जलौघे प्लाव्यमाना सा पंचक्रोशी यदाभवत ।। निर्गुणेन शिवेनाशु त्रिशूलेन धृता तदा

jalaughe plāvyamānā sā paṃcakrośī yadābhavata || nirguṇena śivenāśu triśūlena dhṛtā tadā

When that five-krośa (region) came to be flooded by the mass of water, it was at once held up by the attributeless Śiva on his trident.

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SiP 4 22.16

विष्णुस्तत्रैव सुष्वाप प्रकृत्या स्वस्त्रिया सह ।। तन्नाभिकमलाज्जातो ब्रह्मा शंकरशासनात्

viṣṇustatraiva suṣvāpa prakṛtyā svastriyā saha || tannābhikamalājjāto brahmā śaṃkaraśāsanāt

Viṣṇu slept right there together with Prakṛti, his own wife; from the lotus of his navel Brahmā was born, by Śaṅkara's command.

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SiP 4 22.17

शिवाज्ञां स समासाद्य सृष्टिचक्रेऽद्भुता तदा ।। चतुर्द्दशमिता लोका ब्रह्मांडे यत्र निर्मिताः

śivājñāṃ sa samāsādya sṛṣṭicakre'dbhutā tadā || caturddaśamitā lokā brahmāṃḍe yatra nirmitāḥ

Having received Śiva's command, he then performed a wondrous creation, wherein the fourteen worlds were fashioned within the cosmic egg.

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SiP 4 22.18

योजनानां च पंचाशत्कोटिसंख्याप्रमाणतः।। ब्रह्मांडस्यैव विस्तारो मुनिभिः परिकीर्तितः

yojanānāṃ ca paṃcāśatkoṭisaṃkhyāpramāṇataḥ|| brahmāṃḍasyaiva vistāro munibhiḥ parikīrtitaḥ

By the measure of the count of fifty crores of yojanas — such is the extent of the Brahmā-egg itself, as declared by the sages.

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SiP 4 22.19

ब्रह्मांडे कर्मणा बद्धा प्राणिनो मां कथं पुनः ।। प्राप्स्यंतीति विचिन्त्यैतत्पंचक्रोशी विमोचिता

brahmāṃḍe karmaṇā baddhā prāṇino māṃ kathaṃ punaḥ || prāpsyaṃtīti vicintyaitatpaṃcakrośī vimocitā

"Bound by karma within the Brahmā-egg, how shall living beings again attain me?" — thinking thus, this five-krośa (region) was set free.

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SiP 4 22.21

अविमुक्तं स्वयं लिंगं स्थापितं परमात्मना।। न कदाचित्त्वया त्याज्यमिदं क्षेत्रं ममांशक

avimuktaṃ svayaṃ liṃgaṃ sthāpitaṃ paramātmanā|| na kadācittvayā tyājyamidaṃ kṣetraṃ mamāṃśaka

The liṅga (called) Avimukta was itself installed by the Supreme Self: "Never is this sacred field to be abandoned by you, O portion of mine."

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SiP 4 22.22

इत्युक्त्वा च त्रिशूलात्स्वादवतार्य्य हरस्स्वयम् ।। मोचयामास भुवने मर्त्यलोके हि काशिकाम्

ityuktvā ca triśūlātsvādavatāryya harassvayam || mocayāmāsa bhuvane martyaloke hi kāśikām

And having said this, Hara himself, taking (her) down from his trident, released Kāśī onto the earth, indeed into the world of mortals.

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SiP 4 22.23

ब्रह्मणश्च दिने सा हि न विनश्यति निश्चितम् ।। तदा शिवस्त्रिशूलेन दधाति मुनयश्च ताम्

brahmaṇaśca dine sā hi na vinaśyati niścitam || tadā śivastriśūlena dadhāti munayaśca tām

And on the day of Brahmā she is assuredly not destroyed; for then Śiva holds her upon his trident — and the sages too (hold) her.

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SiP 4 22.24

पुनश्च ब्रह्मणा सृष्टौ कृतायां स्थाप्यते द्विजाः ।। कर्मणा कर्षणाच्चैव काशीति परिपठ्यते

punaśca brahmaṇā sṛṣṭau kṛtāyāṃ sthāpyate dvijāḥ || karmaṇā karṣaṇāccaiva kāśīti paripaṭhyate

And again, when creation has been made by Brahmā, she is set down (once more), O twice-born ones; and from the drawing (of beings) by (their) karma she is recited as "Kāśī".

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SiP 4 22.25

अविमुक्तेश्वरं लिंगं काश्यां तिष्ठति सर्वदा।। मुक्तिदातृ च लोकानां महापातकिनामपि

avimukteśvaraṃ liṃgaṃ kāśyāṃ tiṣṭhati sarvadā|| muktidātṛ ca lokānāṃ mahāpātakināmapi

The liṅga Avimukteśvara stands in Kāśī always, and it is a giver of liberation to the worlds, even to great sinners.

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SiP 4 22.26

अन्यत्र प्राप्यते मुक्तिस्सारूप्यादिर्मुनीश्वराः ।। अत्रैव प्राप्यते जीवैः सायुज्या मुक्तिरुत्तमा

anyatra prāpyate muktissārūpyādirmunīśvarāḥ || atraiva prāpyate jīvaiḥ sāyujyā muktiruttamā

Elsewhere, O lords among sages, the liberation obtained is (only) that of like-form and the rest; here alone the highest liberation, union (with God), is obtained by living beings.

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SiP 4 22.27

येषां क्वापि गतिर्नास्ति तेषां वाराणसी पुरी।। पंचक्रोशी महापुण्या हत्याकोटिविनाशनी

yeṣāṃ kvāpi gatirnāsti teṣāṃ vārāṇasī purī|| paṃcakrośī mahāpuṇyā hatyākoṭivināśanī

For those who have no recourse anywhere, the city of Vārāṇasī (is that recourse); the five-krośa (region) is greatly meritorious, destroying a crore of murders.

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SiP 4 22.28

अमरा मरणं सर्वे वांछतीह परे च के ।। भुक्तिमुक्तिप्रदा चैषा सर्वदा शंकरप्रिया

amarā maraṇaṃ sarve vāṃchatīha pare ca ke || bhuktimuktipradā caiṣā sarvadā śaṃkarapriyā

All the immortals desire death here — and what others (do not)? And she is always the giver of enjoyment and liberation, dear to Śaṃkara.

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SiP 4 22.29

ब्रह्मा च श्लाघते चामूं विष्णुस्सिद्धाश्च योगिनः ।। मुनयश्च तथैवान्ये त्रिलोकस्था जनाः सदा

brahmā ca ślāghate cāmūṃ viṣṇussiddhāśca yoginaḥ || munayaśca tathaivānye trilokasthā janāḥ sadā

And Brahmā praises her, and Viṣṇu, and the Siddhas and yogins, and likewise the sages and other people dwelling in the three worlds, always.

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SiP 4 22.31

कैलासस्य पतिर्यो वै ह्यंतस्सत्त्वो बहिस्तमाः ।। कालाग्निर्नामतः ख्यातो निर्गुणो गुणवान्भवः ।। प्रणिपातैरनेकैश्च वचनं चेदमब्रवीत् ।।

kailāsasya patiryo vai hyaṃtassattvo bahistamāḥ || kālāgnirnāmataḥ khyāto nirguṇo guṇavānbhavaḥ || praṇipātairanekaiśca vacanaṃ cedamabravīt ||

He who is the lord of Kailāsa, sattva within and darkness without, renowned by the name Kālāgni, Bhava, without qualities yet possessing qualities — with many prostrations he spoke these words:

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SiP 4 22.32

।। रुद्र उवाच ।। विश्वेश्वर महेशान त्वदीयोऽस्मि न संशयः ।। कृपां कुरु महादेव मयि त्वं साम्ब आत्मजे

|| rudra uvāca || viśveśvara maheśāna tvadīyo'smi na saṃśayaḥ || kṛpāṃ kuru mahādeva mayi tvaṃ sāmba ātmaje

Rudra said: O Viśveśvara, O great Lord, I am yours, there is no doubt. Show mercy, O Mahādeva, upon me, your son, O you who are with Ambā.

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SiP 4 22.33

स्थातव्यं च सदात्रैव लोकानां हितकाम्यया ।। तारयस्व जगन्नाथ प्रार्थयामि जगत्पते

sthātavyaṃ ca sadātraiva lokānāṃ hitakāmyayā || tārayasva jagannātha prārthayāmi jagatpate

And you should always remain here out of desire for the welfare of the worlds. Carry (them) across, O Lord of the world; I entreat you, O master of the universe.

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SiP 4 22.34

सूत उवाच।। अविमुक्तेऽपि दान्तात्मा तं संप्रार्थ्य पुनः पुनः ।। नेत्राश्रूणि प्रमुच्यैव प्रीतः प्रोवाच शंकरम्

sūta uvāca|| avimukte'pi dāntātmā taṃ saṃprārthya punaḥ punaḥ || netrāśrūṇi pramucyaiva prītaḥ provāca śaṃkaram

Sūta said: Avimukta too, self-controlled, having entreated him again and again, and shedding tears from his eyes, spoke lovingly to Śaṃkara.

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SiP 4 22.35

अविमुक्त उवाच ।। देवदेव महादेव कालामयसुभेषज।। त्वं त्रिलोकपतिस्सत्यं सेव्यो ब्रह्माच्युतादिभिः

avimukta uvāca || devadeva mahādeva kālāmayasubheṣaja|| tvaṃ trilokapatissatyaṃ sevyo brahmācyutādibhiḥ

Avimukta said: O God of gods, Mahādeva, good medicine for the disease of Time, you are truly the lord of the three worlds, to be served by Brahmā, Acyuta and the rest.

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SiP 4 22.36

काश्यां पुर्यां त्वया देव राजधानी प्रगृह्यताम् ।। मया ध्यानतया स्थेयमचिंत्य सुखहेतवे

kāśyāṃ puryāṃ tvayā deva rājadhānī pragṛhyatām || mayā dhyānatayā stheyamaciṃtya sukhahetave

O God, let your royal seat be taken up in the city of Kāśī; and by me, O inconceivable one, it should be dwelt in meditation, for the sake of (beings') happiness.

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SiP 4 22.37

मुक्तिदाता भवानेव कामदश्च न चापरः ।। तस्मात्त्वमुपकाराय तिष्ठोमासहितस्सदा

muktidātā bhavāneva kāmadaśca na cāparaḥ || tasmāttvamupakārāya tiṣṭhomāsahitassadā

You alone are the giver of liberation and the granter of desires, and no other; therefore, for the sake of (their) benefit, remain always together with Umā.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SiP 4 22.38

जीवान्भवाब्धेरखिलांस्तारय त्वं सदाशिव ।। भक्तकार्य्यं कुरु हर प्रार्थयामि पुनःपुनः

jīvānbhavābdherakhilāṃstāraya tvaṃ sadāśiva || bhaktakāryyaṃ kuru hara prārthayāmi punaḥpunaḥ

Carry all living beings across the ocean of existence, O Sadāśiva; do the work of your devotees, O Hara — I entreat you again and again.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SiP 4 22.39

।। सूत उवाच ।। इत्येवं प्रार्थितस्तेन विश्वनाथेन शंकरः।। लोकानामुपकारार्थं तस्थौ तत्रापि सर्वराट्

|| sūta uvāca || ityevaṃ prārthitastena viśvanāthena śaṃkaraḥ|| lokānāmupakārārthaṃ tasthau tatrāpi sarvarāṭ

Sūta said: Thus entreated by him, Viśvanātha Śaṃkara, the king of all, remained there too, for the benefit of the worlds.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition