Shiva Purana — Kotirudra Samhita — Chapter 5
SiP 4 5.1
सूत उवाच ।। कालंजरे गिरौ दिव्ये नीलकण्ठो महेश्वरः ।। लिंगरूपस्सदा चैव भक्तानन्दप्रदः सदा
sūta uvāca || kālaṃjare girau divye nīlakaṇṭho maheśvaraḥ || liṃgarūpassadā caiva bhaktānandapradaḥ sadā
Sūta said: On the divine mountain Kālañjara, Maheśvara is Nīlakaṇṭha, ever in the form of a liṅga, ever the giver of joy to devotees.
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SiP 4 5.2
महिमा तस्य दिव्योस्ति श्रुतिस्मृतिप्रकीतितः ।। तीर्थं तदाख्यया तत्र स्नानात्पातकनाशकृत्
mahimā tasya divyosti śrutismṛtiprakītitaḥ || tīrthaṃ tadākhyayā tatra snānātpātakanāśakṛt
His greatness is divine, proclaimed by the Śruti and the Smṛti; there is a sacred bathing-place named after him, and by bathing (there) sin is destroyed.
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SiP 4 5.3
रेवातीरे यानि सन्ति शिवलिंगानि सुव्रताः ।। सर्वसौख्यकराणीह तेषां संख्या न विद्यते
revātīre yāni santi śivaliṃgāni suvratāḥ || sarvasaukhyakarāṇīha teṣāṃ saṃkhyā na vidyate
O you of good vows, the Śiva-liṅgas that are on the bank of the Revā, bringing all happiness here — of these there is no counting.
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SiP 4 5.4
सा च रुद्रस्वरूपा हि दर्शनात्पापहारिका ।। तस्यां स्थिताश्च ये केचित्पाषाणाः शिवरूपिणः नीलकण्ठो मंगलेशो मंगलायतनो महान् ।। महाकपीश्वरो देवः स्थापितो हि हनूमता पत्नी च पालयामास पुत्रौ पुत्रहितैषिणी ।। पुत्रौ च वर्जयित्वा च विभक्तं वै धनं तया ।। पुत्र उवाच ।। मातस्त्वया सुखेनैव प्राणास्त्याज्या न संशयः ।। तव कार्यं पुरा कृत्वा पश्चात्कार्यं मदीयकम्
sā ca rudrasvarūpā hi darśanātpāpahārikā || tasyāṃ sthitāśca ye kecitpāṣāṇāḥ śivarūpiṇaḥ nīlakaṇṭho maṃgaleśo maṃgalāyatano mahān || mahākapīśvaro devaḥ sthāpito hi hanūmatā patnī ca pālayāmāsa putrau putrahitaiṣiṇī || putrau ca varjayitvā ca vibhaktaṃ vai dhanaṃ tayā || putra uvāca || mātastvayā sukhenaiva prāṇāstyājyā na saṃśayaḥ || tava kāryaṃ purā kṛtvā paścātkāryaṃ madīyakam
And she (the Revā) is indeed of the very form of Rudra, removing sin by the mere sight (of her); and whatever stones stand in her have the form of Śiva. Nīlakaṇṭha, Maṅgaleśa, the great Maṅgalāyatana, and the god Mahākapīśvara — (this last) was indeed installed by Hanūmat. And the wife, seeking the welfare of her sons, protected the two sons; and the wealth was divided by her, leaving the two sons out. The son said: Mother, you would readily give up your life, no doubt; having first done your task, my task (comes) afterwards.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 4 5.5
तथापि च प्रवक्ष्यामि यथान्यानि मुनीश्वराः ।। प्रधानशिवलिंगानि भुक्तिमुक्तिप्रदानि च
tathāpi ca pravakṣyāmi yathānyāni munīśvarāḥ || pradhānaśivaliṃgāni bhuktimuktipradāni ca
Even so I shall declare, O lords among sages, the other principal Śiva-liṅgas as well, which grant enjoyment and liberation.
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SiP 4 5.6
आर्तेश्वरसुनामा हि वर्तते पापहारकः ।। परमेश्वर इति ख्यातः सिंहेश्वर इति स्मृतः
ārteśvarasunāmā hi vartate pāpahārakaḥ || parameśvara iti khyātaḥ siṃheśvara iti smṛtaḥ
There is one bearing the good name Ārteśvara, remover of sin; (one) known as Parameśvara, and (one) recalled as Siṃheśvara.
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SiP 4 5.7
शर्मेशश्च तथा चात्र कुमारेश्वर एव च ।। पुण्डरीकेश्वरः ख्यातो मण्डपेश्वर एव च
śarmeśaśca tathā cātra kumāreśvara eva ca || puṇḍarīkeśvaraḥ khyāto maṇḍapeśvara eva ca
And here too Śarmeśa, and Kumāreśvara as well, (one) known as Puṇḍarīkeśvara, and Maṇḍapeśvara too.
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SiP 4 5.8
तीक्ष्णेशनामा तत्रासीद्दर्शनात्पापहारकः ।। धुंधुरेश्वरनामासीत्पापहा नर्मदातटे
tīkṣṇeśanāmā tatrāsīddarśanātpāpahārakaḥ || dhuṃdhureśvaranāmāsītpāpahā narmadātaṭe
There was there one named Tīkṣṇeśa, who removes sin by the sight (of him); and on the bank of the Narmadā there was one named Dhundhureśvara, remover of sin.
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SiP 4 5.9
शूलेश्वर इति ख्यातस्तथा कुंभेश्वरः स्मृतः ।। कुबेरेश्वरनामापि तथा सोमेश्वरः स्मृतः
śūleśvara iti khyātastathā kuṃbheśvaraḥ smṛtaḥ || kubereśvaranāmāpi tathā someśvaraḥ smṛtaḥ
One is known as Śūleśvara, and likewise Kumbheśvara is recalled; also one by the name Kubereśvara, and likewise Someśvara is recalled.
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SiP 4 5.11
ततश्च नंदिको देवो हत्याकोटिनिवारकः ।। सर्वकामार्थदश्चैव मोक्षदो हि प्रकीर्तित.
tataśca naṃdiko devo hatyākoṭinivārakaḥ || sarvakāmārthadaścaiva mokṣado hi prakīrtita.
And then the god Nandika, who wards off ten million murders, is proclaimed as the giver of all desires and wealth, and indeed the giver of liberation.
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SiP 4 5.12
नन्दीकेशं च यश्चैव पूजयेत्परया मुदा ।। नित्यं तस्याखिला सिद्धिर्भविष्यति न संशयः
nandīkeśaṃ ca yaścaiva pūjayetparayā mudā || nityaṃ tasyākhilā siddhirbhaviṣyati na saṃśayaḥ
And whoever worships Nandīkeśa with supreme delight, for him every attainment will constantly come about — there is no doubt.
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SiP 4 5.13
तत्र तीरे च यः स्नाति रेवायां मुनिसत्तमाः ।। तस्य कामाश्च सिध्यन्ति सर्वं पापं विनश्यति
tatra tīre ca yaḥ snāti revāyāṃ munisattamāḥ || tasya kāmāśca sidhyanti sarvaṃ pāpaṃ vinaśyati
And whoever bathes there in the Revā at that bank, O best of sages, his desires are fulfilled and all his sin perishes.
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SiP 4 5.14
ऋषय ऊचुः।। एवं तस्य च माहात्म्यं कथं तत्र महामते ।। नन्दिकेशस्य कृपया कथ्यतां च त्वयाधुना
ṛṣaya ūcuḥ|| evaṃ tasya ca māhātmyaṃ kathaṃ tatra mahāmate || nandikeśasya kṛpayā kathyatāṃ ca tvayādhunā
The sages said: How is his greatness there thus, O greatly wise one? Let the greatness of Nandikeśa be told by you now, out of kindness.
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SiP 4 5.15
सूत उवाच ।। सम्यक्पृष्टं भवद्भिश्च कथयामि यथाश्रुतम्।। शौनकाद्याश्च मुनयः सर्वे हि शृणुतादरात्
sūta uvāca || samyakpṛṣṭaṃ bhavadbhiśca kathayāmi yathāśrutam|| śaunakādyāśca munayaḥ sarve hi śṛṇutādarāt
Sūta said: Well have you asked; I shall relate it as I have heard it. O Śaunaka and the other sages, all of you listen attentively.
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SiP 4 5.16
पुरा युधिष्ठिरेणैव पृष्टश्च ऋषिसत्तमः ।। यथोवाच तथा वच्मि भवत्स्नेहानुसारतः
purā yudhiṣṭhireṇaiva pṛṣṭaśca ṛṣisattamaḥ || yathovāca tathā vacmi bhavatsnehānusārataḥ
Formerly that best of sages was asked by Yudhiṣṭhira himself; as he spoke, so I speak, in accordance with my affection for you.
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SiP 4 5.17
रेवायाः पश्चिमे तीरे कर्णिकी नाम वै पुरी ।। विराजते सुशोभाढ्या चतुर्वर्णसमाकुला
revāyāḥ paścime tīre karṇikī nāma vai purī || virājate suśobhāḍhyā caturvarṇasamākulā
On the western bank of the Revā there is a city named Karṇikī; it shines, rich in fine beauty, thronged with the four classes.
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SiP 4 5.18
तत्र द्विजवरः कश्चिदुत्तस्य? कुलसम्भवः ।। काश्यां गतश्च पुत्राभ्यामर्पयित्वा स्वपत्निकाम्
tatra dvijavaraḥ kaściduttasya? kulasambhavaḥ || kāśyāṃ gataśca putrābhyāmarpayitvā svapatnikām
There a certain excellent brahmin, born of a lofty family, went to Kāśī, having entrusted his wife to his two sons.
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SiP 4 5.19
तत्रैव स मृतो विप्रः पुत्राभ्यां च श्रुतन्तदा।। तदीयं चैव तत्कृत्यं चक्राते पुत्रकावुभौ
tatraiva sa mṛto vipraḥ putrābhyāṃ ca śrutantadā|| tadīyaṃ caiva tatkṛtyaṃ cakrāte putrakāvubhau
That brahmin died there itself, and it was then heard of by the two sons; and the two boys performed that rite belonging to him.
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SiP 4 5.21
स्वीयं च रक्षितं किंचिद्धनं मरणहेतवे ।। ततश्च द्विजपत्नी हि कियत्कालं मृता च सा
svīyaṃ ca rakṣitaṃ kiṃciddhanaṃ maraṇahetave || tataśca dvijapatnī hi kiyatkālaṃ mṛtā ca sā
and some wealth of their own that had been kept aside for (the expenses of) death. Thereafter, indeed, the brahmin's wife too, after some time, died.
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SiP 4 5.22
कदाचित्क्रियमाणा सा विविधं पुण्यमाचरत् ।। न मृता दैवयोगेन द्विजपत्नी च सा द्विजाः
kadācitkriyamāṇā sā vividhaṃ puṇyamācarat || na mṛtā daivayogena dvijapatnī ca sā dvijāḥ
Being attended to from time to time, she practised merit of various kinds; yet by the working of fate that brahmin's wife did not die, O twice-born ones.
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SiP 4 5.23
यदा प्राणान्न मुमुचे माता दैवात्तयोश्च सा ।। तद्दृष्ट्वा जननीकष्टं पुत्रकावूचतुस्तदा
yadā prāṇānna mumuce mātā daivāttayośca sā || taddṛṣṭvā jananīkaṣṭaṃ putrakāvūcatustadā
When by fate she, the mother of those two, did not give up her breaths, seeing that suffering of their mother the two sons then said:
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SiP 4 5.24
पुत्रावूचतुः ।। किं न्यूनं विद्यते मातः कष्टं यद्विद्यते महत् ।। व्रियतां तदृतं प्रीत्या तदावां करवावहे
putrāvūcatuḥ || kiṃ nyūnaṃ vidyate mātaḥ kaṣṭaṃ yadvidyate mahat || vriyatāṃ tadṛtaṃ prītyā tadāvāṃ karavāvahe
The two sons said: What is lacking, mother, that (this) great suffering exists? Let that truly be asked for with affection, and then we two shall do it.
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SiP 4 5.25
सूत उवाच ।। तच्छ्रुत्वोक्तं तया तत्र न्यूनं तु विद्यते बहु ।। तदेव क्रियते चेद्वै सुखेन मरणं भवेत्
sūta uvāca || tacchrutvoktaṃ tayā tatra nyūnaṃ tu vidyate bahu || tadeva kriyate cedvai sukhena maraṇaṃ bhavet
Sūta said: Hearing that, she said there: "Much indeed is lacking; if just that is done, death would come easily."
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SiP 4 5.26
ज्येष्ठपुत्रश्च यस्तस्यास्तेनोक्तं कथ्यतान्त्वया ।। करिष्यामि तदेतद्धि तया च कथितन्तदा
jyeṣṭhaputraśca yastasyāstenoktaṃ kathyatāntvayā || kariṣyāmi tadetaddhi tayā ca kathitantadā
And he who was her eldest son said: "Let it be told by you; this I shall do" — and then it was told by her.
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SiP 4 5.27
द्विजपत्न्युवाच ।। शृणु पुत्र वचः प्रीत्या पुरासीन्मे मनः स्पृहा ।। काश्यां गंतुं तथा नासीदिदानीं म्रियते पुनः
dvijapatnyuvāca || śṛṇu putra vacaḥ prītyā purāsīnme manaḥ spṛhā || kāśyāṃ gaṃtuṃ tathā nāsīdidānīṃ mriyate punaḥ
The brahmin's wife said: Listen with affection, son, to (my) words. Formerly my mind had a longing to go to Kāśī; that did not come about, and now again she is dying.
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SiP 4 5.28
ममास्थीनि त्वया पुत्र क्षेपणीयान्यतन्द्रितम् ।। गंगाजले शुभं तेद्य भविष्यति न संशयः
mamāsthīni tvayā putra kṣepaṇīyānyatandritam || gaṃgājale śubhaṃ tedya bhaviṣyati na saṃśayaḥ
My bones, son, are to be cast by you, unwearied, into the water of the Gaṅgā; good will come to you today from this, there is no doubt.
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SiP 4 5.29
।। सूत उवाच ।। इत्युक्ते च तया मात्रा स ज्येष्ठतनयोब्रवीत् ।। मातरं मातृभक्तिस्तु सुव्रतां मरणोन्मुखीम्
|| sūta uvāca || ityukte ca tayā mātrā sa jyeṣṭhatanayobravīt || mātaraṃ mātṛbhaktistu suvratāṃ maraṇonmukhīm
Sūta said: And when this had been said by her, the mother, that eldest son, being devoted to his mother, spoke to his mother, a woman of good vows, who was facing death:
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SiP 4 5.31
इति हस्ते जलं दत्त्वा यावत्पुत्रो गृहं गतः ।। तावत्सा च मृता तत्र हरस्मरणतत्परा
iti haste jalaṃ dattvā yāvatputro gṛhaṃ gataḥ || tāvatsā ca mṛtā tatra harasmaraṇatatparā
Having thus placed water in (her) hand, by the time the son had gone into the house, she had died there, intent upon the remembrance of Hara.
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SiP 4 5.32
तस्याश्चैव तु यत्कृत्यं तत्सर्वं संविधाय सः ।। मासिकं कर्म कृत्वा तु गमनाय प्रचक्रमे
tasyāścaiva tu yatkṛtyaṃ tatsarvaṃ saṃvidhāya saḥ || māsikaṃ karma kṛtvā tu gamanāya pracakrame
And having arranged all the rites that were due to her, and having performed the monthly rite, he set out to go.
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SiP 4 5.33
द्वयोः श्रेष्ठतमो यो वै सुवादो नाम विश्रुतः ।। तदस्थीनि समादाय निस्सृतस्तीर्थकाम्यया
dvayoḥ śreṣṭhatamo yo vai suvādo nāma viśrutaḥ || tadasthīni samādāya nissṛtastīrthakāmyayā
He who was the elder of the two, well known by the name Suvāda, taking those bones, set out with a longing for the sacred ford.
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SiP 4 5.34
संगृह्य सेवकं कंचित्तेनैव सहितस्तदा ।। आश्वास्य भार्य्यापुत्राँश्च मातुः प्रियचिकीर्षया
saṃgṛhya sevakaṃ kaṃcittenaiva sahitastadā || āśvāsya bhāryyāputrā~śca mātuḥ priyacikīrṣayā
Having engaged some servant, accompanied then by him alone, and having consoled his wife and sons, out of a wish to do what pleased his mother —
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SiP 4 5.35
श्राद्धदानादिकं भोज्यं कृत्वा विधिमनुत्तमम् ।। मंगलस्मरणं कृत्वा निर्जगाम गृहाद्द्विजः
śrāddhadānādikaṃ bhojyaṃ kṛtvā vidhimanuttamam || maṃgalasmaraṇaṃ kṛtvā nirjagāma gṛhāddvijaḥ
having made the śrāddha, gifts and the rest, and the food (offering), an unsurpassed observance, and having made an auspicious invocation, the brahmin went out from the house.
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SiP 4 5.36
तद्दिने योजनं गत्वा विंशति ग्रामके शुभे ।। उवासास्तं गते भानौ गृहे विप्रस्य कस्यचित्
taddine yojanaṃ gatvā viṃśati grāmake śubhe || uvāsāstaṃ gate bhānau gṛhe viprasya kasyacit
Having gone twenty yojanas on that day, he dwelt, when the sun had set, in a pleasant little village in the house of some brahmin.
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SiP 4 5.37
चक्रे सन्ध्यादिसत्कर्म स द्विजो विधिपूर्वकम् ।। स्तवादि कृतवांस्तत्र शंभोरद्भुतकर्मणः
cakre sandhyādisatkarma sa dvijo vidhipūrvakam || stavādi kṛtavāṃstatra śaṃbhoradbhutakarmaṇaḥ
That brahmin performed the good rites, the twilight worship and the rest, according to the prescription; and there he made praises and so forth to Śambhu of wondrous deeds.
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SiP 4 5.38
सेवकेन तदा युक्तो ब्राह्मणः संस्थितस्तदा ।। यामिनी च गता तत्र मुहूर्तद्वयसंमिता
sevakena tadā yukto brāhmaṇaḥ saṃsthitastadā || yāminī ca gatā tatra muhūrtadvayasaṃmitā
Then the brahmin, joined by his servant, settled down there; and two muhūrtas' measure of the night passed there.
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SiP 4 5.39
एतस्मिन्नंतरे तत्रैकमाश्चर्य्यमभूत्तदा ।। शृणुतादरतस्तच्च मुनयो वो वदाम्यहम्
etasminnaṃtare tatraikamāścaryyamabhūttadā || śṛṇutādaratastacca munayo vo vadāmyaham
In this interval a certain marvel occurred there then; hear it attentively, sages — I shall tell it to you.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition