Shiva Purana — Kotirudra Samhita — Chapter 29
SiP 4 29.1
सूत उवाच ।। अथातः संप्रवक्ष्यामि नागेशाख्यं परात्मनः ।। ज्योतीरूपं यथा जातं परमं लिंगमुत्तमम्
sūta uvāca || athātaḥ saṃpravakṣyāmi nāgeśākhyaṃ parātmanaḥ || jyotīrūpaṃ yathā jātaṃ paramaṃ liṃgamuttamam
Sūta said: Now next I shall declare how the supreme, highest liṅga of the Supreme Self, in the form of light, called Nāgeśa, came into being.
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SiP 4 29.2
दारुका राक्षसी काचित्पार्वती वरदर्पिता ।। दारुकश्च पतिस्तस्या बभूव बलवत्तरः
dārukā rākṣasī kācitpārvatī varadarpitā || dārukaśca patistasyā babhūva balavattaraḥ
There was a certain rākṣasī named Dārukā, made proud by a boon from Pārvatī; and Dāruka, her husband, was even mightier.
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SiP 4 29.3
बहुभी राक्षसैस्तत्र चकार कदनं सताम् ।। यज्ञध्वंसं च लोकानां धर्मध्वंसं तदाकरोत्
bahubhī rākṣasaistatra cakāra kadanaṃ satām || yajñadhvaṃsaṃ ca lokānāṃ dharmadhvaṃsaṃ tadākarot
With many rākṣasas he wrought slaughter of the good there; he then brought about the destruction of sacrifices and the destruction of the dharma of the worlds.
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SiP 4 29.4
पश्चिमे सागरे तस्य वनं सर्वसमृद्धिमत् ।। योजनानां षोडशभिर्विस्तृतं सर्वतो दिशम् पृथ्व्यां न वर्तते कश्चित्त्वां विना शरणं च नः ।। यामो यस्य समीपे तु स्थित्वा सुखमवाप्नुमः तथैव स्थीयते चेद्वै भक्ष्यते किं परस्परम् ।। दुःखं हि सर्वथा जातं क एनं विनिवारयेत् जयजयेति देव्यास्तु स्तुतिमुच्चार्य राक्षसी ।। तत उड्डीयनं कृत्वा सपक्षो गिरिराड्यथा आजग्मुर्नगरं ते च तानादाय महाबलाः।। चिक्षिपुर्बन्धनागारे बद्ध्वा हि निगडैर्दृढैः सुप्रियो नाम यश्चासीद्वैश्यवर्यश्शिवप्रियः ।। ध्यायंश्च मनसा तत्र चकार शिवपूजनम्
paścime sāgare tasya vanaṃ sarvasamṛddhimat || yojanānāṃ ṣoḍaśabhirvistṛtaṃ sarvato diśam pṛthvyāṃ na vartate kaścittvāṃ vinā śaraṇaṃ ca naḥ || yāmo yasya samīpe tu sthitvā sukhamavāpnumaḥ tathaiva sthīyate cedvai bhakṣyate kiṃ parasparam || duḥkhaṃ hi sarvathā jātaṃ ka enaṃ vinivārayet jayajayeti devyāstu stutimuccārya rākṣasī || tata uḍḍīyanaṃ kṛtvā sapakṣo girirāḍyathā ājagmurnagaraṃ te ca tānādāya mahābalāḥ|| cikṣipurbandhanāgāre baddhvā hi nigaḍairdṛḍhaiḥ supriyo nāma yaścāsīdvaiśyavaryaśśivapriyaḥ || dhyāyaṃśca manasā tatra cakāra śivapūjanam
In the western ocean he had a forest abounding in everything, extending sixteen yojanas in every direction. "On earth there is no refuge for us apart from you; to whom shall we go, that staying near him we may obtain happiness? And if we remain just so, will we not be devoured by one another? Sorrow has come in every way—who could ward this off?" Then the rākṣasī, uttering the praise of the Goddess, "Victory, victory!", took flight from there like the king of mountains with wings. And those mighty ones came to the city and, seizing them, threw them into a prison-house, having bound them with strong fetters. There was one named Supriya, the best of merchants, dear to Śiva; and there, meditating in his mind, he performed the worship of Śiva.
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SiP 4 29.5
दारुका स्वविलासार्थं यत्र गच्छति तद्वनम् ।। भूम्या च तरुभिस्तत्र सर्वोपकरणैर्युतम्
dārukā svavilāsārthaṃ yatra gacchati tadvanam || bhūmyā ca tarubhistatra sarvopakaraṇairyutam
Where Dārukā goes for her own pleasure, that forest was furnished there with ground and trees and every appurtenance.
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SiP 4 29.6
दारुकायै ददौ देवी तद्वनस्यावलोकनम्।। प्रयाति तद्वनं सा हि पत्या सह यदृच्छया
dārukāyai dadau devī tadvanasyāvalokanam|| prayāti tadvanaṃ sā hi patyā saha yadṛcchayā
The Goddess granted to Dārukā the oversight of that forest; and she goes to that forest with her husband at her pleasure.
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SiP 4 29.7
तत्र स्थित्वा तदा सोपि सर्वेषां च भयं ददौ ।। दारुको राक्षसः पत्न्या तया दारुकया सह
tatra sthitvā tadā sopi sarveṣāṃ ca bhayaṃ dadau || dāruko rākṣasaḥ patnyā tayā dārukayā saha
Staying there, he too then struck fear into all—the rākṣasa Dāruka, together with that wife of his, Dārukā.
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SiP 4 29.8
ते सर्वे पीडिता लोका और्वस्य शरणं ययुः ।। नत्वा प्रीत्या विशेषेण तमूचुर्नतमस्तकाः
te sarve pīḍitā lokā aurvasya śaraṇaṃ yayuḥ || natvā prītyā viśeṣeṇa tamūcurnatamastakāḥ
All those afflicted people went for refuge to Aurva; bowing with especial affection, with heads bent low they said to him:
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SiP 4 29.9
लोका ऊचुः ।। महर्षे शरणं देहि नो चेद्दुष्टैश्च मारिताः ।। सर्वं कर्तुं समर्थोसि तेजसा दीप्तिमानसि
lokā ūcuḥ || maharṣe śaraṇaṃ dehi no cedduṣṭaiśca māritāḥ || sarvaṃ kartuṃ samarthosi tejasā dīptimānasi
The people said: "Great sage, grant refuge, otherwise we are killed by the wicked ones. You are able to do everything; you are radiant with (spiritual) fire."
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SiP 4 29.11
त्वां दृष्ट्वा राश्रसास्सर्वे पला यंते विदूरतः ।। त्वयि शैवं सदा तेजो विभाति ज्वलनो यथा
tvāṃ dṛṣṭvā rāśrasāssarve palā yaṃte vidūrataḥ || tvayi śaivaṃ sadā tejo vibhāti jvalano yathā
"Seeing you, all the rākṣasas flee far away; in you the fire of Śiva ever shines forth like a blaze."
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SiP 4 29.12
सूत उवाच ।। इत्येवं प्रार्थितो लोकैरौर्वो हि मुनिसत्तमः।। शोचमानः शरण्यश्च रक्षायै हि वचोऽब्रवीत्
sūta uvāca || ityevaṃ prārthito lokairaurvo hi munisattamaḥ|| śocamānaḥ śaraṇyaśca rakṣāyai hi vaco'bravīt
Sūta said: Thus entreated by the people, Aurva, the best of sages, a giver of refuge, grieving, spoke these words for their protection:
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SiP 4 29.13
और्व उवाच ।। पृथिव्यां यदि रक्षांसि हिंस्युर्वै प्राणिनस्तदा ।। स्वयं प्राणैर्वियुज्येयू राक्षसा बलवत्तराः
aurva uvāca || pṛthivyāṃ yadi rakṣāṃsi hiṃsyurvai prāṇinastadā || svayaṃ prāṇairviyujyeyū rākṣasā balavattarāḥ
Aurva said: "If on earth the rākṣasas should harm living beings, then those most mighty rākṣasas shall themselves be deprived of their lives."
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SiP 4 29.14
यदा यज्ञा न हन्येरंस्तदा प्राणैर्वियोजिताः ।। भवंतु राक्षसास्सर्वे सत्यमेतन्मयोच्यते
yadā yajñā na hanyeraṃstadā prāṇairviyojitāḥ || bhavaṃtu rākṣasāssarve satyametanmayocyate
"Whenever sacrifices are destroyed, then let all the rākṣasas be deprived of their lives—this is spoken by me as truth."
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SiP 4 29.15
सूत उवाच ।। इत्युक्त्वा वचनं तेभ्यस्समाश्वास्य प्रजाः पुनः ।। तपश्चकार विविधमौर्वो लोकसुखावहः
sūta uvāca || ityuktvā vacanaṃ tebhyassamāśvāsya prajāḥ punaḥ || tapaścakāra vividhamaurvo lokasukhāvahaḥ
Sūta said: Having spoken this word to them and again reassured the people, Aurva, bringer of happiness to the world, performed various austerities.
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SiP 4 29.16
देवास्तदा ते विज्ञाय शापस्य कारणं हि तत् ।। युद्धाय च समुद्योगं चक्रुर्देवारिभिस्सह
devāstadā te vijñāya śāpasya kāraṇaṃ hi tat || yuddhāya ca samudyogaṃ cakrurdevāribhissaha
Then the gods, learning that this was the ground of the curse, made preparation for battle with the enemies of the gods.
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SiP 4 29.17
सर्वैश्चैव प्रयत्नैश्च नानायुधधरास्सुराः।। सर्वे शक्रादयस्तत्र युद्धार्थं समुपागताः
sarvaiścaiva prayatnaiśca nānāyudhadharāssurāḥ|| sarve śakrādayastatra yuddhārthaṃ samupāgatāḥ
With every effort, the gods bearing various weapons—all of them, Śakra and the rest—came there for the sake of battle.
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SiP 4 29.18
तान्दृष्ट्वा राक्षसास्तत्र विचारे तत्पराः पुनः ।। बभूवुस्तेऽखिला दुष्टा मिथो ये यत्र संस्थिताः
tāndṛṣṭvā rākṣasāstatra vicāre tatparāḥ punaḥ || babhūvuste'khilā duṣṭā mitho ye yatra saṃsthitāḥ
Seeing them there, all those wicked rākṣasas who were assembled there fell again to deliberating among themselves.
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SiP 4 29.19
राक्षसा ऊचुः ।। किं कर्तव्यं क्व गंतव्यं संकटं समुपागताः ।। युद्ध्यते म्रियते चैव युद्ध्यते न विहन्यते
rākṣasā ūcuḥ || kiṃ kartavyaṃ kva gaṃtavyaṃ saṃkaṭaṃ samupāgatāḥ || yuddhyate mriyate caiva yuddhyate na vihanyate
The rākṣasas said: "What is to be done? Where are we to go? We have come into danger. If one fights, one is killed; and if one does not fight, one is not destroyed."
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SiP 4 29.21
सूत उवाच।। विचार्येति च ते तत्र दारुकाद्याश्च राक्षसाः ।। उपायं न विजानन्तो दुःखं प्राप्तास्सदा हि वै
sūta uvāca|| vicāryeti ca te tatra dārukādyāśca rākṣasāḥ || upāyaṃ na vijānanto duḥkhaṃ prāptāssadā hi vai
Sūta said: Having deliberated thus there, the rākṣasas headed by Dāruka, not knowing any expedient, fell into constant distress.
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SiP 4 29.22
दारुका राक्षसी चापि ज्ञात्वा दुःखं समागतम् ।। भवान्याश्च वरं तञ्च कथयामास सा तदा
dārukā rākṣasī cāpi jñātvā duḥkhaṃ samāgatam || bhavānyāśca varaṃ tañca kathayāmāsa sā tadā
And the rākṣasī Dārukā too, knowing the distress that had come, then told them of that boon of Bhavānī's.
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SiP 4 29.23
दारुकोवाच ।। मया ह्याराधिता पूर्वं भवपत्नी वरं ददौ ।। वनं गच्छ निजैः सार्धं यत्र गंतुं त्वमिच्छसि
dārukovāca || mayā hyārādhitā pūrvaṃ bhavapatnī varaṃ dadau || vanaṃ gaccha nijaiḥ sārdhaṃ yatra gaṃtuṃ tvamicchasi
Dārukā said: "Formerly the wife of Bhava was propitiated by me and granted a boon: 'Go, with your own people, to the forest wherever you wish to go.'"
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SiP 4 29.24
तद्वरश्च मया प्राप्तः कथं दुःखं विषह्यते ।। जलं वनं च नीत्वा वै सुखं स्थेयं तु राक्षसैः
tadvaraśca mayā prāptaḥ kathaṃ duḥkhaṃ viṣahyate || jalaṃ vanaṃ ca nītvā vai sukhaṃ stheyaṃ tu rākṣasaiḥ
"And that boon has been obtained by me — how can (this) suffering be borne? Having carried (the city) off to the water and the forest, the rākṣasas should dwell in comfort."
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SiP 4 29.25
भूत उवाच ।। तस्यास्तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा राक्षस्या हर्षमागताः ।। उचुस्सर्वे मिथस्ते हि राक्षसा निर्भयास्तदा
bhūta uvāca || tasyāstadvacanaṃ śrutvā rākṣasyā harṣamāgatāḥ || ucussarve mithaste hi rākṣasā nirbhayāstadā
The Bhūta said: Hearing that speech of hers, the rākṣasas were filled with joy; then all the rākṣasas, being free of fear, spoke among themselves.
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SiP 4 29.26
धन्येयं कृतकृत्येयं राज्ञ्या वै जीवितास्स्वयम् ।। नत्वा तस्यै च तत्सर्वं कथयामासुरादरात्
dhanyeyaṃ kṛtakṛtyeyaṃ rājñyā vai jīvitāssvayam || natvā tasyai ca tatsarvaṃ kathayāmāsurādarāt
"Blessed is she, she has accomplished her purpose; by the queen we ourselves have been kept alive." And bowing to her they respectfully related all that to her.
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SiP 4 29.27
यदि गंतुं भवेच्छक्तिर्गम्यतां किं विचार्यते।। तत्र गत्वा जले देवि सुखं स्थास्याम नित्यशः
yadi gaṃtuṃ bhavecchaktirgamyatāṃ kiṃ vicāryate|| tatra gatvā jale devi sukhaṃ sthāsyāma nityaśaḥ
"If there be the power to go, then let us go — what is there to deliberate? Having gone there, O goddess, we shall dwell happily in the water forever."
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SiP 4 29.28
एतस्मिन्नंतरे लोका देवैस्सार्द्धं समागताः ।। युद्धाय विविधैर्दुःखैः पीडिता राक्षसैः पुरा
etasminnaṃtare lokā devaissārddhaṃ samāgatāḥ || yuddhāya vividhairduḥkhaiḥ pīḍitā rākṣasaiḥ purā
In the meantime the people, tormented before by the rākṣasas with manifold sufferings, came together with the gods for battle.
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SiP 4 29.29
पीडिताश्च तदा तस्या भवान्या बलमाश्रिताः ।। समग्रं नगरं नीत्वा जलस्थलसमन्वितम्
pīḍitāśca tadā tasyā bhavānyā balamāśritāḥ || samagraṃ nagaraṃ nītvā jalasthalasamanvitam
And being (thus) afflicted, they then took refuge in the power of that Bhavānī, and having carried off the entire city together with its waters and land —
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SiP 4 29.31
समुद्रस्य च मध्ये सा संस्थिता निर्भया तदा ।। सकलैः परिवारैश्च मुमुदेति शिवानुगा
samudrasya ca madhye sā saṃsthitā nirbhayā tadā || sakalaiḥ parivāraiśca mumudeti śivānugā
— she then remained in the midst of the ocean, free of fear, and rejoiced with all her retinue, thus, she who followed Śiva.
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SiP 4 29.32
तत्र सिंधौ च ते स्थित्वा नगरे च विलासिनः ।। राक्षसाश्च सुखं प्रापु्र्निर्भयाश्च विजह्रिरे
tatra siṃdhau ca te sthitvā nagare ca vilāsinaḥ || rākṣasāśca sukhaṃ prāpurnirbhayāśca vijahrire
Dwelling there in the ocean and in the city, those rākṣasas, taking their pleasure, attained happiness and sported about fearlessly.
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SiP 4 29.33
राक्षसाश्च पृथिव्यां वै नाजग्मुश्च कदाचन ।। मुनेश्शापभयादेव बभ्रमुस्ते चले तदा
rākṣasāśca pṛthivyāṃ vai nājagmuśca kadācana || muneśśāpabhayādeva babhramuste cale tadā
And the rākṣasas never at all came onto the earth; through fear of the sage's curse alone they then roamed upon the moving (waters).
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SiP 4 29.34
नौषु स्थिताञ्जनान्नीत्वा नगरे तत्र तांस्तदा ।। चिक्षिपुर्बन्धनागारे कांश्चिज्जघ्नुस्तदा हि ते
nauṣu sthitāñjanānnītvā nagare tatra tāṃstadā || cikṣipurbandhanāgāre kāṃścijjaghnustadā hi te
Carrying off the people who were on the ships into the city there, they then threw them into the prison-house, and some of them they killed.
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SiP 4 29.35
यथायथा पुनः पीडां चक्रुस्ते राक्षसास्तदा।। तत्रस्थिता भवान्याश्च वरदानाच्च निर्भयाः
yathāyathā punaḥ pīḍāṃ cakruste rākṣasāstadā|| tatrasthitā bhavānyāśca varadānācca nirbhayāḥ
And in whatever way the rākṣasas then again inflicted torment — they who dwelt there and were fearless through the granting of Bhavānī's boon —
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SiP 4 29.36
यथापूर्वं स्थले लोके भयं चासीन्निरन्तरम्।। तथा भयं जले तेषामासीन्नित्यं मुनीश्वराः
yathāpūrvaṃ sthale loke bhayaṃ cāsīnnirantaram|| tathā bhayaṃ jale teṣāmāsīnnityaṃ munīśvarāḥ
— just as formerly there was unceasing fear for the people on land, so their fear was constant in the water, O lords among sages.
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SiP 4 29.37
कदाचिद्राक्षसी सा च निस्सृता नगराज्जले।। रुद्ध्वा मार्गं स्थिता लोकपीडार्थं धरणौ च हि
kadācidrākṣasī sā ca nissṛtā nagarājjale|| ruddhvā mārgaṃ sthitā lokapīḍārthaṃ dharaṇau ca hi
Once that rākṣasī went out from the city into the water, and blocking the way she stationed herself, for the affliction of the people, upon the ground as well.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 4 29.38
एतस्मिन्नंतरे तत्र नावो बहुतराः शुभाः।। आगता बहुधा तत्र सर्वतो लोकसंवृताः
etasminnaṃtare tatra nāvo bahutarāḥ śubhāḥ|| āgatā bahudhā tatra sarvato lokasaṃvṛtāḥ
In the meantime very many fine ships came there in numbers, filled on all sides with people.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 4 29.39
ता नावश्च तदा दृष्ट्वा हर्षं संप्राप्य राक्षसाः।। द्रुतं गत्वा हि तत्रस्थान्वेगात्संदध्रिरे खलाः
tā nāvaśca tadā dṛṣṭvā harṣaṃ saṃprāpya rākṣasāḥ|| drutaṃ gatvā hi tatrasthānvegātsaṃdadhrire khalāḥ
Then, seeing those ships and being filled with joy, the rākṣasas went swiftly and, wicked ones (that they were), forcibly bound those who were there.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 4 29.41
बद्धास्ते निगडैर्लोका संस्थिता बंधनालये।। अतीव दुःखमाजग्मुर्भर्त्सितास्ते मुहुर्मुहुः
baddhāste nigaḍairlokā saṃsthitā baṃdhanālaye|| atīva duḥkhamājagmurbhartsitāste muhurmuhuḥ
Those people, bound with fetters, remained in the prison-house; reviled again and again, they came to exceeding misery.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 4 29.42
तेषां मध्ये च योऽधीशस्स वैश्यस्सुप्रियाभिधः।। शिवप्रियश्शुभाचारश्शैवश्चासीत्सदातनः
teṣāṃ madhye ca yo'dhīśassa vaiśyassupriyābhidhaḥ|| śivapriyaśśubhācāraśśaivaścāsītsadātanaḥ
And among them the one who was chief was a merchant named Supriya, dear to Śiva, of good conduct, and a perpetual devotee of Śiva.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 4 29.43
विना च शिवपूजां वै न तिष्ठति कदाचन ।। सर्वथा शिवधर्मा हि भस्मरुद्राक्षभूषणः
vinā ca śivapūjāṃ vai na tiṣṭhati kadācana || sarvathā śivadharmā hi bhasmarudrākṣabhūṣaṇaḥ
He never remained without the worship of Śiva; in every way his observance was Śiva's, and his ornaments were ash and rudrākṣa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 4 29.44
यदि पूजा न जाता चेन्न भुनक्ति तदा तु सः ।। अतस्तत्रापि वैश्योऽसौ चकार शिवपूजनम्
yadi pūjā na jātā cenna bhunakti tadā tu saḥ || atastatrāpi vaiśyo'sau cakāra śivapūjanam
If the worship had not taken place, then he would not eat; therefore even there that merchant performed the worship of Śiva.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 4 29.45
कारागृहगतस्सोपि बहूंश्चाशिक्षयत्तदा ।। शिवमंत्रं च पूजां च पार्थिवीमृषिसत्तमाः
kārāgṛhagatassopi bahūṃścāśikṣayattadā || śivamaṃtraṃ ca pūjāṃ ca pārthivīmṛṣisattamāḥ
Though he had gone to prison, he then taught many the mantra of Śiva and the worship of the earthen (liṅga), O best of sages.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 4 29.46
ते सर्वे च तदा तत्र शिवपूजां स्वकामदाम् ।। चक्रिरे विधिवत्तत्र यथादृष्टं यथाश्रुतम्
te sarve ca tadā tatra śivapūjāṃ svakāmadām || cakrire vidhivattatra yathādṛṣṭaṃ yathāśrutam
And then all of them there performed, according to rule, the worship of Śiva that grants one's own desires, just as they had seen it and just as they had heard it.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 4 29.47
केचित्तत्र स्थिता ध्याने बद्ध्वासनमनुत्तमम् ।। मानसीं शिवपूजां च केचिच्चक्रुर्मुदान्विताः
kecittatra sthitā dhyāne baddhvāsanamanuttamam || mānasīṃ śivapūjāṃ ca keciccakrurmudānvitāḥ
Some, having bound the most excellent posture, remained there in meditation; and some, filled with joy, performed the mental worship of Śiva.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 4 29.48
तदधीशेन तत्रैव प्रत्यक्षं शिवपूजनम् ।। कृतं च पार्थिवस्यैव विधानेन मुनीश्वराः
tadadhīśena tatraiva pratyakṣaṃ śivapūjanam || kṛtaṃ ca pārthivasyaiva vidhānena munīśvarāḥ
And by their chief, right there, the worship of Śiva was performed visibly, by the very rite of the earthen (liṅga), O lords of sages.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 4 29.49
अन्ये च ये न जानन्ति विधानं स्मरणं परम् ।। नमश्शिवाय मंत्रेण ध्यायंतश्शंकरं स्थिताः
anye ca ye na jānanti vidhānaṃ smaraṇaṃ param || namaśśivāya maṃtreṇa dhyāyaṃtaśśaṃkaraṃ sthitāḥ
And others, who did not know the ritual procedure, (took to) remembrance as the highest: with the mantra 'namaḥ śivāya' they stood meditating on Śaṃkara.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 4 29.51
यथोक्तरूपी शंभुश्च प्रत्यक्षं सर्वमाददे ।। सोपि स्वयं न जानाति गृह्यते न शिवेन वै
yathoktarūpī śaṃbhuśca pratyakṣaṃ sarvamādade || sopi svayaṃ na jānāti gṛhyate na śivena vai
And Śambhu, taking the form as described, visibly received everything; yet he himself does not know that it is received by Śiva.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 4 29.52
एवं च क्रियमाणस्य वैश्यस्य शिवपूजनम् ।। व्यतीयुस्तत्र षण्मासा निर्विघ्नेन मुनीश्वराः
evaṃ ca kriyamāṇasya vaiśyasya śivapūjanam || vyatīyustatra ṣaṇmāsā nirvighnena munīśvarāḥ
And while the merchant was thus performing the worship of Śiva, six months passed there without obstacle, O lords of sages.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 4 29.53
अतः परं च यज्जातं चरितं शशिमौलिनः।। तच्छृणुध्वमृषिश्रेष्ठाः सावधानेन चेतसा
ataḥ paraṃ ca yajjātaṃ caritaṃ śaśimaulinaḥ|| tacchṛṇudhvamṛṣiśreṣṭhāḥ sāvadhānena cetasā
And what happened after this, the deed of the moon-crested one — hear that, O best of sages, with attentive mind.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition