Shiva Purana — Kotirudra Samhita — Chapter 3
SiP 4 3.1
सूत उवाच ।। ब्रह्मपुर्यां चित्रकूटं लिंगं मत्तगजेन्द्रकम् ।। ब्रह्मणा स्थापितं पूर्वं सर्वकामसमृद्धिदम्
sūta uvāca || brahmapuryāṃ citrakūṭaṃ liṃgaṃ mattagajendrakam || brahmaṇā sthāpitaṃ pūrvaṃ sarvakāmasamṛddhidam
Sūta said: In Brahmapurī (there is) the liṅga Citrakūṭa (and) Mattagajendraka, established of old by Brahmā, granting the abundance of every desire.
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SiP 4 3.2
तत्पूर्वदिशि कोटीशं लिंगं सर्ववरप्रदम् ।। गोदावर्य्याः पश्चिमे तल्लिंगं पशुपतिनामकम्
tatpūrvadiśi koṭīśaṃ liṃgaṃ sarvavarapradam || godāvaryyāḥ paścime talliṃgaṃ paśupatināmakam
To the east of that (is) the liṅga Koṭīśa, granting every boon; to the west of the Godāvarī is that liṅga named Paśupati.
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SiP 4 3.3
दक्षिणस्यां दिशि कश्चिदत्रीश्वर इति स्वयम् ।। लोकानामुपकारार्थमनसूयासुखाय च
dakṣiṇasyāṃ diśi kaścidatrīśvara iti svayam || lokānāmupakārārthamanasūyāsukhāya ca
In the southern region (there is) a certain one, Atrīśvara by his own (name), for the benefit of the worlds and for the happiness of Anasūyā.
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SiP 4 3.4
प्रादुर्भूतः स्वयं देवो ह्यनावृष्ट्यामजीवयत् ।। स एव शंकरः साक्षादंशेन स्वयमेव हि वृक्षाश्शुष्कास्तदा सर्वे पल्लवानि फलानि च ।। नित्यार्थं न जलं क्वापि दृष्टमासीन्मुनीश्वराः चकार सुचरित्रा सानसूया मुनिकामिनी ।। दैत्याश्च दानवाः सर्वे दृष्ट्वा तु सुन्दरीं तदा उभयोः किं विशिष्टं च तपसो भजनस्य च ।। अत्रेश्चैव तपः प्रोक्तमनसूयानुसेवनम्
prādurbhūtaḥ svayaṃ devo hyanāvṛṣṭyāmajīvayat || sa eva śaṃkaraḥ sākṣādaṃśena svayameva hi vṛkṣāśśuṣkāstadā sarve pallavāni phalāni ca || nityārthaṃ na jalaṃ kvāpi dṛṣṭamāsīnmunīśvarāḥ cakāra sucaritrā sānasūyā munikāminī || daityāśca dānavāḥ sarve dṛṣṭvā tu sundarīṃ tadā ubhayoḥ kiṃ viśiṣṭaṃ ca tapaso bhajanasya ca || atreścaiva tapaḥ proktamanasūyānusevanam
The god became manifest of himself and kept (them) alive during the drought; he indeed is Śaṃkara himself, in person, by a portion (of himself). At that time all the trees were dry, and the shoots and fruits (too); no water was anywhere to be seen for daily use, O lords of sages. That woman of good conduct, Anasūyā, the sage's wife, did (it); and all the Daityas and Dānavas, seeing then that beautiful woman... Of the two, which is more excellent, asceticism or devoted service? Both Atri's austerity is declared (great) and the attendance upon Anasūyā.
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SiP 4 3.5
ऋषय ऊचुः ।। सूतसूत महाभाग कथमत्रीश्वरो हरः ।। उत्पन्नः परमो दिव्यस्तत्त्वं कथय सुव्रत
ṛṣaya ūcuḥ || sūtasūta mahābhāga kathamatrīśvaro haraḥ || utpannaḥ paramo divyastattvaṃ kathaya suvrata
The sages said: Sūta, O Sūta, greatly fortunate one, how was Hara as Atrīśvara — supreme, divine — brought forth? Tell the truth of it, O you of good vows.
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SiP 4 3.6
सूत उवाच।। साधु पृष्ठमृषिश्रेष्ठाः कथयामि कथां शुभाम् ।। यां कथां सततं श्रुत्वा पातकैर्मुच्यते ध्रुवम्
sūta uvāca|| sādhu pṛṣṭhamṛṣiśreṣṭhāḥ kathayāmi kathāṃ śubhām || yāṃ kathāṃ satataṃ śrutvā pātakairmucyate dhruvam
Sūta said: Well asked, best of sages; I shall tell the auspicious story, on constantly hearing which story one is surely freed from sins.
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SiP 4 3.7
दक्षिणस्यां दिशि महत् कामदं नाम यद्वनम् ।। चित्रकूटसमीपेस्ति तपसां हितदं सताम्
dakṣiṇasyāṃ diśi mahat kāmadaṃ nāma yadvanam || citrakūṭasamīpesti tapasāṃ hitadaṃ satām
In the southern region there is a great forest named Kāmada, near Citrakūṭa, bestowing benefit on the good who practise austerities.
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SiP 4 3.8
तत्र च ब्रह्मणः पुत्रो ह्यत्रिनामा ऋषिः स्वयम् ।। तपस्तेपेऽति कठिनमनसूयासमन्वितः
tatra ca brahmaṇaḥ putro hyatrināmā ṛṣiḥ svayam || tapastepe'ti kaṭhinamanasūyāsamanvitaḥ
And there Brahmā's son, the sage named Atri himself, performed exceedingly severe austerity, together with Anasūyā.
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SiP 4 3.9
पूर्वं कदाचित्तत्रैव ह्यनावृष्टिरभून्मुने ।। दुःखदा प्राणिनां दैवाद्विकटा शतवार्षिकी
pūrvaṃ kadācittatraiva hyanāvṛṣṭirabhūnmune || duḥkhadā prāṇināṃ daivādvikaṭā śatavārṣikī
Once, formerly, in that very place there was a drought, O sage — bringing suffering to living beings, dreadful by fate, lasting a hundred years.
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SiP 4 3.11
आर्द्रीभावो न लभ्येत खरा वाता दिशो दश ।। हाहाकारो महानासीत्पृथिव्यां दुःखदोऽति हि
ārdrībhāvo na labhyeta kharā vātā diśo daśa || hāhākāro mahānāsītpṛthivyāṃ duḥkhado'ti hi
No moisture was to be had; harsh winds (blew) in the ten directions; there was a great cry of "Alas! Alas!" on the earth, exceedingly full of suffering.
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SiP 4 3.12
संवर्तं चैव भूतानां दृष्ट्वात्रि गृहिणी प्रिया ।। साध्वी चैवाब्रवीदत्रिं मया दुःखं न सह्यते
saṃvartaṃ caiva bhūtānāṃ dṛṣṭvātri gṛhiṇī priyā || sādhvī caivābravīdatriṃ mayā duḥkhaṃ na sahyate
And seeing the destruction of living beings, Atri's dear wife, the virtuous woman, said to Atri: "This suffering cannot be borne by me."
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SiP 4 3.13
समाधौ च विलीनोभूदासने संस्थितः स्वयम् ।। प्राणायामं त्रिरावृत्त्या कृत्वा मुनिवरस्तदा
samādhau ca vilīnobhūdāsane saṃsthitaḥ svayam || prāṇāyāmaṃ trirāvṛttyā kṛtvā munivarastadā
And (he) became dissolved in meditation, himself seated firmly in (his) posture; then that best of sages, having performed breath-control with three repetitions,
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SiP 4 3.14
ध्यायति स्म परं ज्योतिरात्मस्थमात्मना च सः ।। अत्रिर्मुनिवरो ज्ञानी शंकरं निर्विकारकम्
dhyāyati sma paraṃ jyotirātmasthamātmanā ca saḥ || atrirmunivaro jñānī śaṃkaraṃ nirvikārakam
he meditated on the supreme light abiding in the self, by means of the self — Atri, the best of sages, the knower, (meditated) on Śaṃkara, who is free of change.
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SiP 4 3.15
स्वामिनि ध्यानलीने च शिष्यास्ते दूरतो गताः ।। अन्नं विना तदा ते तु मुक्त्वा तं स्वगुरुं मुनिम्
svāmini dhyānalīne ca śiṣyāste dūrato gatāḥ || annaṃ vinā tadā te tu muktvā taṃ svaguruṃ munim
And when the master was absorbed in meditation, those disciples went far away; without food, then, they abandoned that sage, their own guru.
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SiP 4 3.16
एकाकिनी तदा जाता सानसूया पतिव्रता
ekākinī tadā jātā sānasūyā pativratā
Then she, Anasūyā, devoted to her husband, became alone.
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SiP 4 3.17
सिषेवे सा च सततं तं मुदा मुनिसत्तमम् ।। पार्थिवं सुन्दरं कृत्वा मंत्रेण विधि पूर्वकम्
siṣeve sā ca satataṃ taṃ mudā munisattamam || pārthivaṃ sundaraṃ kṛtvā maṃtreṇa vidhi pūrvakam
And she served that best of sages constantly with joy; and having made a beautiful earthen (liṅga), with mantra and according to the prescribed rite,
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SiP 4 3.18
मानसैरुपचारैश्च पूजयामास शंकरम्।। तुष्टाव शंकरं भक्त्या संसेवित्वा मुहुर्मुहुः
mānasairupacāraiśca pūjayāmāsa śaṃkaram|| tuṣṭāva śaṃkaraṃ bhaktyā saṃsevitvā muhurmuhuḥ
she worshipped Śaṃkara with mental offerings; she praised Śaṃkara with devotion, serving (him) again and again.
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SiP 4 3.19
बद्धाञ्जलिपुटा भूत्वा प्रक्रम्य स्वामिनं शिवम् ।। दण्डवत्प्रणिपातेन प्रतिप्रक्रमणं तदा
baddhāñjalipuṭā bhūtvā prakramya svāminaṃ śivam || daṇḍavatpraṇipātena pratiprakramaṇaṃ tadā
Having become one with palms joined in cupped salutation, circumambulating her lord Śiva, then, with prostration like a rod, (she performed) counter-circumambulation.
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SiP 4 3.21
विह्वलाश्चाभवंस्तत्र तेजसा दूरतः स्थिताः।। अग्निं दृष्ट्वा यथा दूरे वर्तन्ते तद्वदेव हि
vihvalāścābhavaṃstatra tejasā dūrataḥ sthitāḥ|| agniṃ dṛṣṭvā yathā dūre vartante tadvadeva hi
And they became agitated there, standing at a distance because of the (fiery) energy — just as, on seeing a fire, (people) keep far off, exactly so.
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SiP 4 3.22
तथैनां च तदा दृष्ट्वा नायान्तीह समीपगाः ।। अत्रेश्च तपसश्चैवानसूया शिवसेवनम्
tathaināṃ ca tadā dṛṣṭvā nāyāntīha samīpagāḥ || atreśca tapasaścaivānasūyā śivasevanam
And so, seeing her then, those who came near did not approach here — and (thus were) Atri's austerity and Anasūyā's service to Śiva.
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SiP 4 3.23
विशिष्यते स्म विप्रेन्द्रा मनोवाक्कायसंस्कृतम। तावत्कालं तु सा देवी परिचर्यां चकार ह
viśiṣyate sma viprendrā manovākkāyasaṃskṛtama| tāvatkālaṃ tu sā devī paricaryāṃ cakāra ha
It was pre-eminent, O best of brahmins, consecrated in mind, speech, and body; and for just so long that goddess performed her service,
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SiP 4 3.24
यावत्कालं मुनिवरः प्राणायामपरायणः ।। तौ दम्पती तदा तत्र स्वस्व कार्यपरायणौ
yāvatkālaṃ munivaraḥ prāṇāyāmaparāyaṇaḥ || tau dampatī tadā tatra svasva kāryaparāyaṇau
for as long as the best of sages was intent upon breath-control. Those two, husband and wife, then and there, each intent upon their own task,
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SiP 4 3.25
संस्थितौ मुनिशार्दूल नान्यः कश्चित्परः स्थितः ।। एवं जातं तदा काले ह्यत्रिश्च ऋषिसत्तमः
saṃsthitau muniśārdūla nānyaḥ kaścitparaḥ sthitaḥ || evaṃ jātaṃ tadā kāle hyatriśca ṛṣisattamaḥ
remained (so), O tiger among sages; no other person stood (there). Thus it came about at that time that Atri, the best of seers,
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SiP 4 3.26
ध्याने च परमे लीनो न व्यबुध्यत किंचन ।। अनसूयापि सा साध्वी स्वामिनं वै शिवं तथा
dhyāne ca parame līno na vyabudhyata kiṃcana || anasūyāpi sā sādhvī svāminaṃ vai śivaṃ tathā
absorbed in supreme meditation, was aware of nothing at all; and she too, the virtuous Anasūyā, (knew) her lord and likewise Śiva —
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SiP 4 3.27
नान्यत्परं किंचिज्जानीते स्म च सा सती ।। तस्यैव तपसा सर्वे तस्याश्च भजनेन च
nānyatparaṃ kiṃcijjānīte sma ca sā satī || tasyaiva tapasā sarve tasyāśca bhajanena ca
that faithful wife knew nothing else beyond (that). By his austerity alone and by her worship,
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SiP 4 3.28
देवाश्च ऋषयश्चैव गंगाद्यास्सरितस्तथा।। दर्शनार्थं तयोः सर्वाः परे प्रीत्या समाययुः
devāśca ṛṣayaścaiva gaṃgādyāssaritastathā|| darśanārthaṃ tayoḥ sarvāḥ pare prītyā samāyayuḥ
the gods and the seers, and likewise the rivers beginning with Gaṅgā — all of them, supreme, came together with affection in order to see those two.
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SiP 4 3.29
दृष्ट्वा च तत्तपस्सेवां विस्मयं परमं ययुः ।। तयोस्तदद्भुतं दृष्ट्वा समूचुर्भजनं वरम्
dṛṣṭvā ca tattapassevāṃ vismayaṃ paramaṃ yayuḥ || tayostadadbhutaṃ dṛṣṭvā samūcurbhajanaṃ varam
And having seen that austerity and service, they went to the utmost astonishment; seeing that marvel of theirs, they declared their worship excellent.
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SiP 4 3.31
तत्सर्वमुभयोर्दृष्ट्वा समूचुर्भजनं वरम्।। पूर्वैश्च ऋषिभिश्चैव दुष्करं तु तपः कृतम्
tatsarvamubhayordṛṣṭvā samūcurbhajanaṃ varam|| pūrvaiśca ṛṣibhiścaiva duṣkaraṃ tu tapaḥ kṛtam
Having seen all that of the two, they declared (their) worship excellent: "Hard-to-perform austerity was indeed done by the seers of old too,
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SiP 4 3.32
एतादृशं तु केनापि क्व कृतं नैतदब्रुवन् ।। धन्योऽयं च मुनिर्धन्या तथेयमनसूयिका
etādṛśaṃ tu kenāpi kva kṛtaṃ naitadabruvan || dhanyo'yaṃ ca munirdhanyā tatheyamanasūyikā
but such as this — by whom, where, has it been done?" This they did not say. "Blessed is this sage, and blessed likewise is this Anasūyā,
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SiP 4 3.33
यदैताभ्यां परप्रीत्या क्रियते सुतपः पुनः ।। एतादृशं शुभं चैतत्तपो दुष्करमुत्तमम्
yadaitābhyāṃ paraprītyā kriyate sutapaḥ punaḥ || etādṛśaṃ śubhaṃ caitattapo duṣkaramuttamam
When by these two excellent austerity is again performed out of supreme love — and this austerity of such a kind, auspicious, hard to perform, the highest —
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SiP 4 3.34
त्रिलोक्यां क्रियते केन साम्प्रतं ज्ञायते न हि ।। तयोरेव प्रशंसां च कृत्वा ते तु यथागतम्
trilokyāṃ kriyate kena sāmprataṃ jñāyate na hi || tayoreva praśaṃsāṃ ca kṛtvā te tu yathāgatam
By whom is it performed in the three worlds at present? That is simply not known. And having offered praise to those two, they (went) as they had come.
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SiP 4 3.35
गतास्ते च तदा तत्र गंगा न गिरिशं विना। गंगा मद्भजनप्रीता साध्वी धर्मविमोहिता
gatāste ca tadā tatra gaṃgā na giriśaṃ vinā| gaṃgā madbhajanaprītā sādhvī dharmavimohitā
And they went away then, but Gaṅgā (did not go) from there, except for Giriśa (Śiva); Gaṅgā, delighted by (her) devotion to me, virtuous, bewildered by (this) dharma,
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SiP 4 3.36
कृत्वोपकारमेतस्या गमिष्यामीत्युवाच सा।। शिवोऽपि ध्यानसम्बद्धो मुनेरत्रेर्मुनीश्वराः
kṛtvopakārametasyā gamiṣyāmītyuvāca sā|| śivo'pi dhyānasambaddho muneratrermunīśvarāḥ
said, "Having done a favour for her, I shall go." And Śiva too, bound up in the meditation of the sage Atri, O lords of sages,
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SiP 4 3.37
पूर्णांशेन स्थितस्तत्र कैलासं तं जगाम ह।। पंचाशच्च तथा चात्र चत्वारि ऋषिसत्तमाः
pūrṇāṃśena sthitastatra kailāsaṃ taṃ jagāma ha|| paṃcāśacca tathā cātra catvāri ṛṣisattamāḥ
remained there with (his) full portion (and yet) went to that Kailāsa. And here fifty and four, O best of seers,
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SiP 4 3.38
वर्षाणि च गतान्यासन्वृष्टिर्नैवाभवत्तदा ।। यावच्चाप्यत्रिणा ह्येवं तपसा ध्यानमाश्रितम्
varṣāṇi ca gatānyāsanvṛṣṭirnaivābhavattadā || yāvaccāpyatriṇā hyevaṃ tapasā dhyānamāśritam
years had passed, and no rain fell then, for as long as Atri thus, by austerity, held to meditation.
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SiP 4 3.39
अनसूया तदा नैव गृह्णामीतीषणा कृता ।। एवं च क्रियमाणे हि मुनिना तपसि स्थिते ।। अनसूयासुभजने यज्जातं श्रूयतामिति
anasūyā tadā naiva gṛhṇāmītīṣaṇā kṛtā || evaṃ ca kriyamāṇe hi muninā tapasi sthite || anasūyāsubhajane yajjātaṃ śrūyatāmiti
Anasūyā then made this wish: "I will not accept (anything)." And while it was being done in this way by the sage, who was set in austerity — let it be heard what came about in Anasūyā's good worship.
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