Shiva Purana — Uma Samhita — Chapter 12
SiP 5 12.1
।। सनत्कुमार उवाच ।। पानीयदानं परमं दानानामुत्तमं सदा ।। सर्वेषां जीवपुंजानां तर्पणं जीवनं स्मृतम्
|| sanatkumāra uvāca || pānīyadānaṃ paramaṃ dānānāmuttamaṃ sadā || sarveṣāṃ jīvapuṃjānāṃ tarpaṇaṃ jīvanaṃ smṛtam
Sanatkumāra said: The gift of water is the highest, always the best of gifts; for all the multitudes of living beings it is held to be their refreshment and their life.
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SiP 5 12.2
प्रपादानमतः कुर्यात्सुस्नेहादनिवारितम् ।। जलाश्रयविनिर्माणं महानन्दकरं भवेत्
prapādānamataḥ kuryātsusnehādanivāritam || jalāśrayavinirmāṇaṃ mahānandakaraṃ bhavet
Therefore one should make the gift of a water-booth out of good affection, unhindered; the construction of a reservoir of water brings great joy.
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SiP 5 12.3
इह लोके परे वापि सत्यं सत्यं न संशयः।। तस्माद्वापीश्च कूपांश्च तडागान्कारयेन्नरः
iha loke pare vāpi satyaṃ satyaṃ na saṃśayaḥ|| tasmādvāpīśca kūpāṃśca taḍāgānkārayennaraḥ
In this world and in the next as well — it is true, truly, there is no doubt; therefore a man should have step-wells, wells and tanks made.
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SiP 5 12.4
अर्द्धं पापस्य हरति पुरुषस्य विकर्मणः ।। कूपः प्रवृत्तपानीयः सुप्रवृत्तस्य नित्यशः
arddhaṃ pāpasya harati puruṣasya vikarmaṇaḥ || kūpaḥ pravṛttapānīyaḥ supravṛttasya nityaśaḥ
A well with water flowing (in it), constantly well-flowing, takes away half the sin of a man who does wrong deeds.
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SiP 5 12.5
सर्वं तारयते वंशं यस्य खाते जलाशये ।। गावः पिबंति विप्राश्च साधवश्च नरास्सदा चतुर्विधानां भूतानां तडागः परमाश्रयः ।। तडागादीनि सर्वाणि दिशन्ति श्रियमुत्तमाम् किन्नरोरगरक्षांसि देवगंधर्वमानवाः ।। तथैवर्षिगणाश्चैव संश्रयंति महीरुहान् सत्येन देवाः पितरो मानवोरगराक्षसाः ।। प्रीयंते सत्यतस्सर्वे लोकाश्च सचराचराः ।। तपसा प्राप्यते स्वर्गस्तपसा प्राप्यते यशः ।। तपसा प्राप्यते कामस्तपस्सर्वार्थसाधनम् न चास्ति तत्सुखं लोके यद्विना तपसा किल।। तपसैव सुखं सर्वमिति वेदविदो विदुः
sarvaṃ tārayate vaṃśaṃ yasya khāte jalāśaye || gāvaḥ pibaṃti viprāśca sādhavaśca narāssadā caturvidhānāṃ bhūtānāṃ taḍāgaḥ paramāśrayaḥ || taḍāgādīni sarvāṇi diśanti śriyamuttamām kinnaroragarakṣāṃsi devagaṃdharvamānavāḥ || tathaivarṣigaṇāścaiva saṃśrayaṃti mahīruhān satyena devāḥ pitaro mānavoragarākṣasāḥ || prīyaṃte satyatassarve lokāśca sacarācarāḥ || tapasā prāpyate svargastapasā prāpyate yaśaḥ || tapasā prāpyate kāmastapassarvārthasādhanam na cāsti tatsukhaṃ loke yadvinā tapasā kila|| tapasaiva sukhaṃ sarvamiti vedavido viduḥ
He in whose dug-out reservoir cows drink, and brahmins and good men always (drink) — it carries across his whole lineage. A tank is the supreme refuge of beings of the four kinds; all such things as tanks bestow the highest prosperity. Kinnaras, serpents and rākṣasas, gods, gandharvas and men, and likewise the hosts of sages, take refuge in trees. By truth the gods, the fathers, men, serpents and rākṣasas — all are pleased by truthfulness, and the worlds too with all that moves and does not move. By ascetic practice heaven is attained, by ascetic practice fame is attained, by ascetic practice desire is attained; ascetic practice is the means to every end. And there is no such happiness in the world as (can be had) without ascetic practice indeed; by ascetic practice alone (comes) all happiness — so those who know the Veda know.
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SiP 5 12.6
निदाघकाले पानीयं यस्य तिष्ठत्यवारितम् ।। सुदुर्गं विषमं कृच्छ्रं न कदाचिदवाप्यते
nidāghakāle pānīyaṃ yasya tiṣṭhatyavāritam || sudurgaṃ viṣamaṃ kṛcchraṃ na kadācidavāpyate
He in whose (tank) water stands unobstructed in the hot season never meets with what is very hard to pass, rough, or distressing.
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SiP 5 12.7
तडागानां च वक्ष्यामि कृतानां ये गुणाः स्मृता ।। त्रिषु लोकेषु सर्वत्र पूजितो यस्तडागवान्
taḍāgānāṃ ca vakṣyāmi kṛtānāṃ ye guṇāḥ smṛtā || triṣu lokeṣu sarvatra pūjito yastaḍāgavān
And I shall tell what merits are held (to accrue) from tanks that have been made: in the three worlds, everywhere, he who possesses a tank is honoured.
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SiP 5 12.8
अथवा मित्रसदने मैत्रं मित्रार्तिवर्जितम् ।। कीर्तिसंजननं श्रेष्ठं तडागानां निवेशनम्
athavā mitrasadane maitraṃ mitrārtivarjitam || kīrtisaṃjananaṃ śreṣṭhaṃ taḍāgānāṃ niveśanam
Or else, in a friend's dwelling, friendly and free from harm to friends, the establishing of tanks is the best producer of renown.
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SiP 5 12.9
धर्मस्यार्थस्य कामस्य फलमाहुर्मनीषिणः ।। तडागं सुकृते येन तस्य पुण्यमनन्तकम्
dharmasyārthasya kāmasya phalamāhurmanīṣiṇaḥ || taḍāgaṃ sukṛte yena tasya puṇyamanantakam
The wise call it the fruit of dharma, of wealth and of desire; he by whom a tank has been well made — his merit is endless.
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SiP 5 12.11
देवा मनुष्या गन्धर्वाः पितरो नागराक्षसाः ।। स्थावराणि च भूतानि संश्रयंति जलाशयम्
devā manuṣyā gandharvāḥ pitaro nāgarākṣasāḥ || sthāvarāṇi ca bhūtāni saṃśrayaṃti jalāśayam
Gods, men, gandharvas, the fathers, nāgas and rākṣasas, and immobile beings too, resort to a reservoir of water.
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SiP 5 12.12
प्रावृडृतौ तडागे तु सलिलं यस्य तिष्ठति ।। अग्निहोत्रफलं तस्य भवतीत्याह चात्मभूः
prāvṛḍṛtau taḍāge tu salilaṃ yasya tiṣṭhati || agnihotraphalaṃ tasya bhavatītyāha cātmabhūḥ
But he in whose tank water stands in the rainy season — for him there comes the fruit of the agnihotra sacrifice: so the Self-born One said.
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SiP 5 12.13
शरत्काले तु सलिलं तडागे यस्य तिष्ठति ।। गोसहस्रफलं तस्य भवेन्नैवात्र संशयः
śaratkāle tu salilaṃ taḍāge yasya tiṣṭhati || gosahasraphalaṃ tasya bhavennaivātra saṃśayaḥ
And he in whose tank water stands in the autumn season — for him there is the fruit of (giving) a thousand cows; there is no doubt in this.
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SiP 5 12.14
हेमन्ते शिशिरे चैव सलिलं यस्य तिष्ठति ।। स वै बहुसुवर्णस्य यज्ञस्य लभते फलम्
hemante śiśire caiva salilaṃ yasya tiṣṭhati || sa vai bahusuvarṇasya yajñasya labhate phalam
He in whose (tank) water stands in the early and the late cold season indeed obtains the fruit of the bahusuvarṇa sacrifice.
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SiP 5 12.15
वसंते च तथा ग्रीष्मे सलिलं यस्य तिष्ठति ।। अतिरात्राश्वमेधानां फलमाहुर्मनीषिणः
vasaṃte ca tathā grīṣme salilaṃ yasya tiṣṭhati || atirātrāśvamedhānāṃ phalamāhurmanīṣiṇaḥ
And he in whose (tank) water stands in spring and likewise in summer — the wise declare (that he has) the fruit of atirātra and aśvamedha sacrifices.
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SiP 5 12.16
मुने व्यासाथ वृक्षाणां रोपणे च गुणाञ्छृणु ।। प्रोक्तं जलाशयफलं जीवप्रीणनमुत्तमम् ।
mune vyāsātha vṛkṣāṇāṃ ropaṇe ca guṇāñchṛṇu || proktaṃ jalāśayaphalaṃ jīvaprīṇanamuttamam |
O sage Vyāsa, now hear the merits also in the planting of trees; the fruit of a water-reservoir, the best gratifying of living beings, has been declared.
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SiP 5 12.17
अतीतानागतान्सर्वान्पितृवंशांस्तु तारयेत् ।। कांतारे वृक्षरोपी यस्तस्माद्वृक्षांस्तु रोपयेत्
atītānāgatānsarvānpitṛvaṃśāṃstu tārayet || kāṃtāre vṛkṣaropī yastasmādvṛkṣāṃstu ropayet
He who plants trees in a wilderness carries across all his lines of ancestors, past and future; therefore one should plant trees.
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SiP 5 12.18
तत्र पुत्रा भवंत्येते पादपा नात्र संशयः ।। परं लोकं गतस्सोऽपि लोकानाप्नोति चाक्षयान्
tatra putrā bhavaṃtyete pādapā nātra saṃśayaḥ || paraṃ lokaṃ gatasso'pi lokānāpnoti cākṣayān
There these trees become his sons — there is no doubt of it; and even when he has gone to the other world he obtains imperishable worlds.
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SiP 5 12.19
पुष्पैस्सुरगणान्सर्वान्फलैश्चापि तथा पितॄन् ।। छायया चातिथीन्सर्वान्पूजयंति महीरुहाः
puṣpaissuragaṇānsarvānphalaiścāpi tathā pitṝn || chāyayā cātithīnsarvānpūjayaṃti mahīruhāḥ
With their flowers (they honour) all the hosts of gods, and with their fruits likewise the fathers, and with their shade all guests — thus trees do honour.
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SiP 5 12.21
पुष्पिताः फलवंतश्च तर्पयंतीह मानवान् ।। इह लोके परे चैव पुत्रास्ते धर्मतः स्मृताः
puṣpitāḥ phalavaṃtaśca tarpayaṃtīha mānavān || iha loke pare caiva putrāste dharmataḥ smṛtāḥ
In flower and bearing fruit they gratify men here; in this world and in the next they are held, by dharma, to be his sons.
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SiP 5 12.22
तडागकृद्वृक्षरोपी चेष्टयज्ञश्च यो द्विजः ।। एते स्वर्गान्न हीयंते ये चान्ये सत्यवादिनः
taḍāgakṛdvṛkṣaropī ceṣṭayajñaśca yo dvijaḥ || ete svargānna hīyaṃte ye cānye satyavādinaḥ
The maker of a tank, the planter of trees, and the twice-born who performs the iṣṭi sacrifice — these do not fall from heaven, nor do those others who speak the truth.
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SiP 5 12.23
सत्यमेव परं ब्रह्म सत्यमेव परं तपः ।। सत्यमेव परो यज्ञस्सत्यमेव परं श्रुतम्
satyameva paraṃ brahma satyameva paraṃ tapaḥ || satyameva paro yajñassatyameva paraṃ śrutam
Truth alone is the supreme Brahman, truth alone is the supreme austerity; truth alone is the supreme sacrifice, truth alone is the supreme sacred learning.
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SiP 5 12.24
सत्यं सुप्तेषु जागर्ति सत्यं च परमं पदम् ।। सत्येनैव धृता पृथ्वी सत्ये सर्वं प्रतिष्ठितम्
satyaṃ supteṣu jāgarti satyaṃ ca paramaṃ padam || satyenaiva dhṛtā pṛthvī satye sarvaṃ pratiṣṭhitam
Truth keeps watch among those who sleep, and truth is the highest station; by truth alone is the earth upheld, in truth all is established.
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SiP 5 12.25
ततो यज्ञश्च पुण्यं च देवर्षिपितृपूजने ।। आपो विद्या च ते सर्वे सर्वं सत्ये प्रतिष्ठितम्
tato yajñaśca puṇyaṃ ca devarṣipitṛpūjane || āpo vidyā ca te sarve sarvaṃ satye pratiṣṭhitam
From that (comes) sacrifice, and merit in the worship of gods, seers and ancestors; the waters and knowledge — all of these; all is established in truth.
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SiP 5 12.26
सत्यं यज्ञस्तपो दानं मंत्रा देवी सरस्वती।। ब्रह्मचर्य्यं तथा सत्यमोंकारस्सत्यमेव च
satyaṃ yajñastapo dānaṃ maṃtrā devī sarasvatī|| brahmacaryyaṃ tathā satyamoṃkārassatyameva ca
Truth is sacrifice, austerity, giving, the mantras, the goddess Sarasvatī; likewise truth is chastity, and the syllable Oṃ is truth itself.
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SiP 5 12.27
सत्येन वायुरभ्येति सत्येन तपते रविः ।। सत्येनाग्निर्निर्दहति स्वर्गस्सत्येन तिष्ठति
satyena vāyurabhyeti satyena tapate raviḥ || satyenāgnirnirdahati svargassatyena tiṣṭhati
By truth the wind moves, by truth the sun burns; by truth fire consumes, by truth heaven stands firm.
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SiP 5 12.28
पालनं सर्ववेदानां सर्वतीर्थावगाहनम् ।। सत्येन वहते लोके सर्वमाप्नोत्यसंशयम्
pālanaṃ sarvavedānāṃ sarvatīrthāvagāhanam || satyena vahate loke sarvamāpnotyasaṃśayam
The guarding of all the Vedas, the bathing in all sacred fords — by truth (a man) carries these in the world; without doubt he attains everything.
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SiP 5 12.29
अश्वमेधसहस्रं च सत्यं च तुलया धृतम् ।। लक्षाणि क्रतवश्चैव सत्यमेव विशिष्यते
aśvamedhasahasraṃ ca satyaṃ ca tulayā dhṛtam || lakṣāṇi kratavaścaiva satyameva viśiṣyate
A thousand horse-sacrifices and truth were weighed in the balance; even (were there) a hundred thousand rites, truth is the more excellent.
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SiP 5 12.31
सत्यमाहुः परं धर्मं सत्यमाहुः परं पदम् ।। सत्यमाहुः परं ब्रह्म तस्मात्सत्यं सदा वदेत्
satyamāhuḥ paraṃ dharmaṃ satyamāhuḥ paraṃ padam || satyamāhuḥ paraṃ brahma tasmātsatyaṃ sadā vadet
They call truth the supreme law, they call truth the highest station; they call truth the supreme Brahman — therefore one should always speak the truth.
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SiP 5 12.32
मुनयस्सत्यनिरतास्तपस्तप्त्वा सुदुश्चरम् ।। सत्यधर्मरतास्सिद्धास्ततस्स्वर्गं च ते गताः
munayassatyaniratāstapastaptvā suduścaram || satyadharmaratāssiddhāstatassvargaṃ ca te gatāḥ
Sages devoted to truth, having performed austerity most hard to practise, delighting in the law of truth, became perfected, and thereafter went to heaven,
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SiP 5 12.33
अप्सरोगणसंविष्टैर्विमानैःपरिमातृभिः ।। वक्तव्यं च सदा सत्यं न सत्याद्विद्यते परम्
apsarogaṇasaṃviṣṭairvimānaiḥparimātṛbhiḥ || vaktavyaṃ ca sadā satyaṃ na satyādvidyate param
by celestial cars occupied by throngs of apsarases, ... ; and truth should always be spoken: nothing higher than truth is known.
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SiP 5 12.34
अगाधे विपुले सिद्धे सत्यतीर्थे शुचिह्रदे ।। स्नातव्यं मनसा युक्तं स्थानं तत्परमं स्मृतम्
agādhe vipule siddhe satyatīrthe śucihrade || snātavyaṃ manasā yuktaṃ sthānaṃ tatparamaṃ smṛtam
In the unfathomable, wide, perfected ford of truth, a pure pool, one should bathe with a collected mind: that place is held to be the highest.
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SiP 5 12.35
आत्मार्थे वा परार्थे वा पुत्रार्थे वापि मानवाः ।। अनृतं ये न भाषंते ते नरास्स्वर्गगामिनः
ātmārthe vā parārthe vā putrārthe vāpi mānavāḥ || anṛtaṃ ye na bhāṣaṃte te narāssvargagāminaḥ
Those men who do not utter untruth, whether for their own sake, or for another's sake, or even for a son's sake — those men go to heaven.
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SiP 5 12.36
वेदा यज्ञास्तथा मंत्रास्संति विप्रेषु नित्यशः ।। नोभांत्यपि ह्यसत्येषु तस्मात्सत्यं समाचरेत्
vedā yajñāstathā maṃtrāssaṃti vipreṣu nityaśaḥ || nobhāṃtyapi hyasatyeṣu tasmātsatyaṃ samācaret
The Vedas, sacrifices and mantras dwell perpetually in brahmins; yet they do not shine in the untruthful — therefore one should practise truth.
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SiP 5 12.37
।। व्यास उवाच ।। तपसो मे फलं ब्रूहि पुनरेव विशेषतः ।। सर्वेषां चैव वर्णानां ब्राह्मणानां तपोधन
|| vyāsa uvāca || tapaso me phalaṃ brūhi punareva viśeṣataḥ || sarveṣāṃ caiva varṇānāṃ brāhmaṇānāṃ tapodhana
Vyāsa said: Tell me again, and in particular, the fruit of austerity — for all the classes, and for brahmins, O you whose wealth is austerity.
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SiP 5 12.38
सनत्कुमार उवाच ।। प्रवक्ष्यामि तपोऽध्यायं सर्व कामार्थसाधकम् ।। सुदुश्चरं द्विजातीनां तन्मे निगदतः शृणु
sanatkumāra uvāca || pravakṣyāmi tapo'dhyāyaṃ sarva kāmārthasādhakam || suduścaraṃ dvijātīnāṃ tanme nigadataḥ śṛṇu
Sanatkumāra said: I shall set forth the chapter on austerity, which accomplishes every desire and aim, very hard for the twice-born to practise; hear that from me as I recite it.
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SiP 5 12.39
तपो हि परमं प्रोक्तं तपसा विद्यते फलम् ।। तपोरता हि ये नित्यं मोदंते सह दैवतैः
tapo hi paramaṃ proktaṃ tapasā vidyate phalam || taporatā hi ye nityaṃ modaṃte saha daivataiḥ
For austerity is declared supreme; through austerity fruit is obtained. Those who are always devoted to austerity rejoice together with the gods.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 5 12.41
तपसा मोक्षमाप्नोति तपसा विंदते महत् ।। ज्ञानविज्ञानसंपत्तिः सौभाग्यं रूपमेव च
tapasā mokṣamāpnoti tapasā viṃdate mahat || jñānavijñānasaṃpattiḥ saubhāgyaṃ rūpameva ca
By austerity one attains liberation, by austerity one obtains what is great: the attainment of knowledge and discernment, good fortune, and beauty too.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 5 12.42
नानाविधानि वस्तूनि तपसा लभते नरः ।। तपसा लभते सर्वं मनसा यद्यदिच्छति
nānāvidhāni vastūni tapasā labhate naraḥ || tapasā labhate sarvaṃ manasā yadyadicchati
Things of many kinds a man obtains by austerity; by austerity he obtains everything, whatever he wishes with his mind.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 5 12.43
नातप्ततपसो यांति ब्रह्मलोकं कदाचन ।। नातप्ततपसां प्राप्यश्शंकरः परमेश्वरः
nātaptatapaso yāṃti brahmalokaṃ kadācana || nātaptatapasāṃ prāpyaśśaṃkaraḥ parameśvaraḥ
Those who have not performed austerity never go to the world of Brahmā; Śaṃkara, the supreme lord, is not to be reached by those who have not performed austerity.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 5 12.44
यत्कार्यं किंचिदास्थाय पुरुषस्तपते तपः ।। तत्सर्वं समवाप्नोति परत्रेह च मानवः
yatkāryaṃ kiṃcidāsthāya puruṣastapate tapaḥ || tatsarvaṃ samavāpnoti paratreha ca mānavaḥ
Whatever task a man undertakes when he performs austerity, all that a mortal fully obtains, both hereafter and here.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 5 12.45
सुरापः पारदारी च ब्रह्महा गुरुतल्पगः ।। तपसा तरते सर्वं सर्वतश्च विमुंचति
surāpaḥ pāradārī ca brahmahā gurutalpagaḥ || tapasā tarate sarvaṃ sarvataśca vimuṃcati
A drinker of liquor, an adulterer, a slayer of a brahmin, one who defiles his guru's bed — by austerity he crosses over all (this), and is released from everything.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 5 12.46
अपि सर्वेश्वरः स्थाणुर्विष्णु श्चैव सनातनः ।। ब्रह्मा हुताशनः शक्रो ये चान्ये तपसान्विताः
api sarveśvaraḥ sthāṇurviṣṇu ścaiva sanātanaḥ || brahmā hutāśanaḥ śakro ye cānye tapasānvitāḥ
Indeed the Lord of all, Sthāṇu, and Viṣṇu the eternal, Brahmā, the fire-eater (Agni), Śakra, and the others too — (all) are endowed with austerity.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 5 12.47
अष्टाशीतिसहस्राणि मुनीनामूर्द्ध्वरेतसाम् ।। तपसा दिवि मोदंते समेता दैवतैस्सह
aṣṭāśītisahasrāṇi munīnāmūrddhvaretasām || tapasā divi modaṃte sametā daivataissaha
Eighty-eight thousand sages whose seed flows upward rejoice in heaven through austerity, assembled together with the gods.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 5 12.48
तपसा लभ्यते राज्यं स च शक्रस्सुरेश्वरः ।। तपसाऽपालयत्सर्वमहन्यहनि वृत्रहा
tapasā labhyate rājyaṃ sa ca śakrassureśvaraḥ || tapasā'pālayatsarvamahanyahani vṛtrahā
By austerity kingship is obtained, and (so did) Śakra, the lord of the gods; by austerity the slayer of Vṛtra protected everything, day after day.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 5 12.49
सूर्य्याचन्द्रमसौ देवौ सर्वलोकहिते रतौ ।। तपसैव प्रकाशंते नक्षत्राणि ग्रहास्तथा
sūryyācandramasau devau sarvalokahite ratau || tapasaiva prakāśaṃte nakṣatrāṇi grahāstathā
The two gods, the sun and the moon, intent on the welfare of all the worlds, shine by austerity alone, and so do the lunar mansions and the planets.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 5 12.51
ज्ञानं विज्ञानमारोग्यं रूपवत्त्वं तथैव च ।। सौभाग्यं चैव तपसा प्राप्यते सर्वदा सुखम्
jñānaṃ vijñānamārogyaṃ rūpavattvaṃ tathaiva ca || saubhāgyaṃ caiva tapasā prāpyate sarvadā sukham
Knowledge, discernment, health, and likewise beauty of form, and good fortune too, are obtained by austerity — happiness always.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 5 12.52
तपसा सृज्यते विश्वं ब्रह्मा विश्वं विनाश्रमम् ।। पाति विष्णुर्हरोऽप्यत्ति धत्ते शेषोऽखिलां महीम्
tapasā sṛjyate viśvaṃ brahmā viśvaṃ vināśramam || pāti viṣṇurharo'pyatti dhatte śeṣo'khilāṃ mahīm
By austerity Brahmā creates the universe; Viṣṇu protects the universe together with its stages of life, and Hara devours it; Śeṣa bears the whole earth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 5 12.53
विश्वामित्रो गाधिसुतस्तपसैव महामुने ।। क्षत्रियोऽथाभवद्विप्रः प्रसिद्धं त्रिभवेत्विदम्
viśvāmitro gādhisutastapasaiva mahāmune || kṣatriyo'thābhavadvipraḥ prasiddhaṃ tribhavetvidam
Viśvāmitra, the son of Gādhi, by austerity alone, O great sage, though a kṣatriya became a brahmin: this is well known in the three worlds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 5 12.54
इत्युक्तं ते महाप्राज्ञ तपोमाहात्म्यमुत्तमम् ।। शृण्वध्ययनमाहात्म्यं तपसोऽधिकमुत्तमम्
ityuktaṃ te mahāprājña tapomāhātmyamuttamam || śṛṇvadhyayanamāhātmyaṃ tapaso'dhikamuttamam
Thus the excellent greatness of austerity has been told to you, O greatly wise one. Now hear the greatness of study (of scripture), which is higher and better than austerity.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition