Shiva Purana — Kotirudra Samhita — Chapter 9
SiP 4 9.1
ऋषय ऊचुः ।। सूतसूत महाभाग धन्यस्त्वं शैवसत्तमः ।। चाण्डाली का समाख्याता तत्कथां कथय प्रभो
ṛṣaya ūcuḥ || sūtasūta mahābhāga dhanyastvaṃ śaivasattamaḥ || cāṇḍālī kā samākhyātā tatkathāṃ kathaya prabho
The sages said: Sūta, O Sūta, greatly fortunate one, you are blessed, best of Śaivas! Who is this Caṇḍāla woman who has been spoken of? Tell that story, O lord.
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SiP 4 9.2
सूत उवाच ।। द्विजाः शृणुत सद्भक्त्या तां कथां परमाद्भुताम्।। शिवप्रभावसंमिश्रां शृण्वतां भक्तिवर्द्धिनीम्
sūta uvāca || dvijāḥ śṛṇuta sadbhaktyā tāṃ kathāṃ paramādbhutām|| śivaprabhāvasaṃmiśrāṃ śṛṇvatāṃ bhaktivarddhinīm
Sūta said: O twice-born ones, hear with true devotion that supremely wonderful story, mingled with the power of Śiva, which increases the devotion of those who hear it.
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SiP 4 9.3
चांडाली सा पूर्वभरेऽभवद्ब्राह्मणकन्यका ।। सौमिनी नाम चन्द्रास्या सर्वलक्षणसंयुता
cāṃḍālī sā pūrvabhare'bhavadbrāhmaṇakanyakā || sauminī nāma candrāsyā sarvalakṣaṇasaṃyutā
That Caṇḍāla woman had, in a former birth, been a brahmin girl named Sauminī, moon-faced, endowed with all auspicious marks.
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SiP 4 9.4
अथ सा समये कन्या युवतिः सौमिनी द्विजाः ।। पित्रा दत्ता च कस्मैचिद्विधिना द्विजसूनवे कश्चिच्छूद्रवरस्तां वै विचरन्तीं निजेच्छया।। दृष्ट्वा वने स्त्रियं चक्रे निनाय स्वगृहं तत जन्मान्धा साथ बाल्येऽपि विध्वस्तपितृमातृका ।। ऊढा न केनचिद्दुष्टा महाकुष्ठरुजार्दिता एवं शिवचतुर्दश्या व्रतं जातं च निर्मलम् ।। अज्ञानतो जागरणं परमानन्ददायकम्
atha sā samaye kanyā yuvatiḥ sauminī dvijāḥ || pitrā dattā ca kasmaicidvidhinā dvijasūnave kaścicchūdravarastāṃ vai vicarantīṃ nijecchayā|| dṛṣṭvā vane striyaṃ cakre nināya svagṛhaṃ tata janmāndhā sātha bālye'pi vidhvastapitṛmātṛkā || ūḍhā na kenacidduṣṭā mahākuṣṭharujārditā evaṃ śivacaturdaśyā vrataṃ jātaṃ ca nirmalam || ajñānato jāgaraṇaṃ paramānandadāyakam
Then, O twice-born ones, when the time came, that maiden Sauminī, now grown a young woman, was given by her father according to rule to some son of a brahmin. // A certain Śūdra man, seeing her wandering by her own will in the forest, took the woman and then carried her off to his own house. // She was then born blind, and even in childhood her father and mother were destroyed; she was married by no one, was corrupted, and was afflicted by the disease of severe leprosy. // Thus the vow of Śiva's fourteenth came about spotlessly for her, and the (night-)waking, done unknowingly, was a giver of supreme bliss.
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SiP 4 9.5
सा भर्तारमनुप्राप्य किंचित्कालं शुभव्रता ।। रेमे तेन द्विजश्रेष्ठा नवयौवनशालिनी
sā bhartāramanuprāpya kiṃcitkālaṃ śubhavratā || reme tena dvijaśreṣṭhā navayauvanaśālinī
Having obtained a husband, she of good vows, best of brahmin women, resplendent with fresh youth, took pleasure with him for some time.
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SiP 4 9.6
अथ तस्याः पतिर्विप्रस्तरुणस्सुरुजार्दितः ।। सौमिन्याः कालयोगात्तु पञ्चत्वमगमद्द्विजाः
atha tasyāḥ patirviprastaruṇassurujārditaḥ || sauminyāḥ kālayogāttu pañcatvamagamaddvijāḥ
Then her husband, a young brahmin, afflicted by a grave illness — by the working of time, O twice-born ones, Sauminī's (husband) went to his death.
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SiP 4 9.7
मृते भर्तरि सा नारी दुखितातिविषण्णधीः।। किंचित्कालं शुभाचारा सुशीलोवास सद्मनि
mṛte bhartari sā nārī dukhitātiviṣaṇṇadhīḥ|| kiṃcitkālaṃ śubhācārā suśīlovāsa sadmani
When her husband was dead, that woman, grieved and utterly dejected in mind, dwelt for some time in the house, of good conduct and good character.
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SiP 4 9.8
ततस्सा मन्मथाविष्टहृदया विधवापि च।। युवावस्थाविशेषेण बभूव व्यभिचारिणी
tatassā manmathāviṣṭahṛdayā vidhavāpi ca|| yuvāvasthāviśeṣeṇa babhūva vyabhicāriṇī
Then she, her heart possessed by Kāma, though a widow, because of the particular condition of youth became unfaithful.
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SiP 4 9.9
तज्ज्ञात्वा गोत्रिणस्तस्या दुष्कर्म कुलदूषणम् ।। समेतास्तत्यजु दूरं नीत्वा तां सकचग्रहाम्
tajjñātvā gotriṇastasyā duṣkarma kuladūṣaṇam || sametāstatyaju dūraṃ nītvā tāṃ sakacagrahām
Learning of that evil deed of hers, which defiled the family, the clansmen assembled, seized her by the hair, led her far off, and abandoned (her).
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SiP 4 9.11
अथ सा पिशिताहारा नित्यमापीतवारुणी ।। अजीजनत्सुतान्तेन शूद्रेण सुरतप्रिया
atha sā piśitāhārā nityamāpītavāruṇī || ajījanatsutāntena śūdreṇa suratapriyā
Then she, eating flesh and always drinking liquor, fond of sexual pleasure, bore a son by a śūdra.
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SiP 4 9.12
कदाचिद्भर्तरि क्वापि याते पीतसुराथ सा ।। इयेष पिशिताहारं सौमिनी व्यभिचारिणी
kadācidbhartari kvāpi yāte pītasurātha sā || iyeṣa piśitāhāraṃ sauminī vyabhicāriṇī
Once, when her husband had gone off somewhere, she, having drunk liquor — that unfaithful Sauminī — desired a meal of flesh.
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SiP 4 9.13
ततो मेषेषु बद्धेषु गोभिस्सह बहिर्व्रजे ।। निशामुखे तमोऽन्धे हि खड्गमादाय सा ययौ
tato meṣeṣu baddheṣu gobhissaha bahirvraje || niśāmukhe tamo'ndhe hi khaḍgamādāya sā yayau
Then, the sheep being tied up together with the cows outside in the pen, at nightfall, in blinding darkness, she took a sword and went out.
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SiP 4 9.14
अविमृश्य मदावेशान्मेषबुद्याऽऽमिष प्रिया ।। एकं जघान गोवत्सं क्रोशंतमतिदुर्भगा
avimṛśya madāveśānmeṣabudyā''miṣa priyā || ekaṃ jaghāna govatsaṃ krośaṃtamatidurbhagā
Without considering, out of the onset of intoxication, thinking it a sheep, that lover of meat, most wretched, struck down a single calf as it cried out.
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SiP 4 9.15
हतं तं गृहमानीय ज्ञात्वा गोवत्समंगना ।। भीता शिवशिवेत्याह केनचित्पुण्यकर्मणा
hataṃ taṃ gṛhamānīya jñātvā govatsamaṃganā || bhītā śivaśivetyāha kenacitpuṇyakarmaṇā
Bringing the slain thing home and recognizing it to be a calf, the woman, frightened, said "Śiva, Śiva!" — by some meritorious act (of hers).
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SiP 4 9.16
सा मुहूर्तं शिवं ध्यात्वामिषभोजनलालसा ।। छित्त्वा तमेव गोवत्सं चकाराहारमीप्सितम्
sā muhūrtaṃ śivaṃ dhyātvāmiṣabhojanalālasā || chittvā tameva govatsaṃ cakārāhāramīpsitam
For a moment she meditated on Śiva; then, eager for a meal of flesh, she cut up that very calf and made of it the food she craved.
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SiP 4 9.17
एवं बहुतिथे काले गते सा सौमिनी द्विजाः ।। कालस्य वशमापन्ना जगाम यमसंक्षयम्
evaṃ bahutithe kāle gate sā sauminī dvijāḥ || kālasya vaśamāpannā jagāma yamasaṃkṣayam
When in this way a long time had passed, that Sauminī, O twice-born ones, fell under the power of Time and went to Yama's abode of destruction.
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SiP 4 9.18
यमोऽपि धर्ममालोक्य तस्याः कर्म च पौर्विकम् ।। निवर्त्य निरयावासाच्चक्रे चाण्डालजातिकाम्
yamo'pi dharmamālokya tasyāḥ karma ca paurvikam || nivartya nirayāvāsāccakre cāṇḍālajātikām
Yama too, considering the law and her former deed, turned (her) back from a dwelling in hell and made (her) of the Cāṇḍāla caste.
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SiP 4 9.19
साथ भ्रष्टा यमपुराच्चाण्डालीगर्भमाश्रिता ।। ततो बभूव जन्मान्धा प्रशांतांगारमेचका
sātha bhraṣṭā yamapurāccāṇḍālīgarbhamāśritā || tato babhūva janmāndhā praśāṃtāṃgāramecakā
Then she, fallen from Yama's city, entered the womb of a Cāṇḍāla woman, and thereupon was born blind, with limbs dark as extinguished charcoal.
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SiP 4 9.21
ततः क्षुधार्दिता दीना यष्टिपाणिर्गतेक्षणा ।। चाण्डालोच्छिष्टपिंडेन जठराग्निमतपर्यत्
tataḥ kṣudhārditā dīnā yaṣṭipāṇirgatekṣaṇā || cāṇḍālocchiṣṭapiṃḍena jaṭharāgnimataparyat
Then, tormented by hunger, miserable, staff in hand, her sight gone, she satisfied her belly's fire with lumps of food left over by Cāṇḍālas.
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SiP 4 9.22
एवं कृच्छ्रेण महता नीत्वा स्वविपुलं वयः ।। जरयाग्रस्तसवार्ङ्गी दुःखमाप दुरत्ययम्
evaṃ kṛcchreṇa mahatā nītvā svavipulaṃ vayaḥ || jarayāgrastasavārṅgī duḥkhamāpa duratyayam
Thus, having passed her long life with great hardship, her whole body seized by old age, she came to suffering hard to overcome.
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SiP 4 9.23
कदाचित्साथ चांडाली गोकर्णं तं महाजनान् ।। आयास्यंत्यां शिवतिथौ गच्छतो बुबुधेऽन्वगान्
kadācitsātha cāṃḍālī gokarṇaṃ taṃ mahājanān || āyāsyaṃtyāṃ śivatithau gacchato bubudhe'nvagān
Then once that Cāṇḍāla woman became aware of the great crowds going to that Gokarṇa, as the holy day of Śiva was drawing near, and followed after (them).
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SiP 4 9.24
अथासावपि चांडाली वसनासनतृष्णया ।। महाजनान् याचयितुं संचचार शनैः शनैः
athāsāvapi cāṃḍālī vasanāsanatṛṣṇayā || mahājanān yācayituṃ saṃcacāra śanaiḥ śanaiḥ
Then this Cāṇḍāla woman too, from thirst for clothing and a seat, moved along very slowly in order to beg from the great crowds.
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SiP 4 9.25
गत्वा तत्राथ चांडाली प्रार्थयन्ती महाजनान्।। यत्र तत्र चचारासौ दीनवाक्प्रसृताञ्जलिः
gatvā tatrātha cāṃḍālī prārthayantī mahājanān|| yatra tatra cacārāsau dīnavākprasṛtāñjaliḥ
Then, having gone there, the Cāṇḍāla woman, entreating the great crowds, wandered here and there with piteous speech and cupped hands outstretched.
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SiP 4 9.26
एवमभ्यर्थयंत्यास्तु चांडाल्याः प्रसृताञ्जलौ ।। एकः पुण्यतमः पान्थः प्राक्षिपद्बिल्वमंजरीम्
evamabhyarthayaṃtyāstu cāṃḍālyāḥ prasṛtāñjalau || ekaḥ puṇyatamaḥ pānthaḥ prākṣipadbilvamaṃjarīm
As she was thus begging, into the outstretched hollow of the Cāṇḍāla woman's hands one most meritorious traveller threw a cluster of bilva.
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SiP 4 9.27
तामंजलौ निपतिता सा विमृश्य पुनः पुनः ।। अभक्ष्यमिति मत्वाथ दूरे प्राक्षिपदातुरा
tāmaṃjalau nipatitā sā vimṛśya punaḥ punaḥ || abhakṣyamiti matvātha dūre prākṣipadāturā
That (cluster) having fallen into her cupped hands, she felt it over again and again, and then, thinking "this is not edible," in her distress threw it far away.
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SiP 4 9.28
तस्याः कराद्विनिर्मुक्ता रात्रौ सा बिल्वमंजरी ।। पपात कस्यचिद्दिष्ट्या शिवलिंगस्य मस्तके
tasyāḥ karādvinirmuktā rātrau sā bilvamaṃjarī || papāta kasyaciddiṣṭyā śivaliṃgasya mastake
That cluster of bilva leaves, slipped from her hand in the night, fell—by someone's good fortune—upon the top of a Śiva-liṅga.
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SiP 4 9.29
सैवं शिवचतुर्दश्यां रात्रौ पान्थजनान्मुहुः ।। याचमानापि यत्किंचिन्न लेभे दैवयोगतः
saivaṃ śivacaturdaśyāṃ rātrau pānthajanānmuhuḥ || yācamānāpi yatkiṃcinna lebhe daivayogataḥ
Thus, on Śiva's fourteenth night, though she begged again and again from travellers, by the working of fate she obtained nothing at all.
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SiP 4 9.31
ततः प्रभाते सा नारी शोकेन महता वृता ।। शनैर्निववृते दीना स्वदेशायैव केवलम्
tataḥ prabhāte sā nārī śokena mahatā vṛtā || śanairnivavṛte dīnā svadeśāyaiva kevalam
Then at dawn that woman, enveloped in great grief, wretched, turned back slowly, only toward her own country.
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SiP 4 9.32
श्रांता चिरोपवासेन निपतंती पदेपदे ।। अतीत्य तावतीं भूमिं निपपात विचेतना
śrāṃtā ciropavāsena nipataṃtī padepade || atītya tāvatīṃ bhūmiṃ nipapāta vicetanā
Exhausted by the long fast, falling at every step, after crossing that much ground she fell down senseless.
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SiP 4 9.33
अथ सा शंभुकृपया जगाम परमं पदम् ।। आरुह्य सुविमानं च नीतं शिवगणैर्द्रुतम्
atha sā śaṃbhukṛpayā jagāma paramaṃ padam || āruhya suvimānaṃ ca nītaṃ śivagaṇairdrutam
Then, by Śambhu's grace, she went to the supreme abode; having mounted a fine celestial chariot, she was swiftly conveyed by Śiva's attendants.
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SiP 4 9.34
आदौ यदेषा शिवनाम नारी प्रमादतो वाप्यसती जगाद ।। तेनेह भूयः सुकृतेन विप्रा महाबलस्थानमवाप दिव्यम्
ādau yadeṣā śivanāma nārī pramādato vāpyasatī jagāda || teneha bhūyaḥ sukṛtena viprā mahābalasthānamavāpa divyam
Because in the beginning this woman, though unchaste, uttered Śiva's name—even if inadvertently—by that merit she here again, O brahmins, attained the divine abode of Mahābala.
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SiP 4 9.35
श्रीगोकर्णे शिवतिथावुपोष्य शिवमस्तके ।। कृत्वा जागरणं सा हि चक्रे बिल्वार्चनं निशि
śrīgokarṇe śivatithāvupoṣya śivamastake || kṛtvā jāgaraṇaṃ sā hi cakre bilvārcanaṃ niśi
At holy Gokarṇa, having fasted on Śiva's day and kept the vigil, she indeed performed at night the bilva-worship upon Śiva's head.
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SiP 4 9.36
अकामतः कृतस्यास्य पुण्यस्यैव च तत्फलम् ।। भुनक्त्यद्यापि सा चैव महाबलप्रसादतः
akāmataḥ kṛtasyāsya puṇyasyaiva ca tatphalam || bhunaktyadyāpi sā caiva mahābalaprasādataḥ
And the fruit of that very merit, done without intention, she enjoys even now, by the favour of Mahābala.
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SiP 4 9.37
एवंविधं महालिंगं शंकरस्य महाबलम् ।। सर्वपापहरं सद्यः परमानन्ददायकम्
evaṃvidhaṃ mahāliṃgaṃ śaṃkarasya mahābalam || sarvapāpaharaṃ sadyaḥ paramānandadāyakam
Such is Śaṅkara's great liṅga, Mahābala: remover of all sins at once, bestower of the highest bliss.
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SiP 4 9.38
एवं वः कथितं विप्रा माहात्म्यं परमं मया ।। महाबलाभिधानस्य शिवलिंगवरस्य हि
evaṃ vaḥ kathitaṃ viprā māhātmyaṃ paramaṃ mayā || mahābalābhidhānasya śivaliṃgavarasya hi
Thus, O brahmins, the supreme greatness of the best of Śiva-liṅgas, named Mahābala, has been told to you by me.
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SiP 4 9.39
अथान्यदपि वक्ष्यामि माहात्म्यं तस्य चाद्भुतम् ।। श्रुतमात्रेण येनाशु शिवे भक्तिः प्रजायते
athānyadapi vakṣyāmi māhātmyaṃ tasya cādbhutam || śrutamātreṇa yenāśu śive bhaktiḥ prajāyate
Now I shall tell yet another marvellous account of its greatness, by the mere hearing of which devotion to Śiva swiftly arises.
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