Shiva Purana — Uma Samhita — Chapter 19
SiP 5 19.1
सनत्कुमार उवाच ।। रविचन्द्रमसोर्यावन्मयूखा भासयंति हि।। तावत्प्रमाणा पृथिवी भूलोकस्स तु गीयते
sanatkumāra uvāca || ravicandramasoryāvanmayūkhā bhāsayaṃti hi|| tāvatpramāṇā pṛthivī bhūlokassa tu gīyate
Sanatkumāra said: As far as the rays of the sun and the moon give light, that is the measure of the earth; and that is called Bhūrloka.
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SiP 5 19.2
भूमेर्योजनलक्षे तु संस्थितं रविमण्डलम् ।। योजनानां सहस्राणि सदैव परिसंख्यया
bhūmeryojanalakṣe tu saṃsthitaṃ ravimaṇḍalam || yojanānāṃ sahasrāṇi sadaiva parisaṃkhyayā
At a hundred thousand yojanas from the earth the orb of the sun is set; thousands of yojanas, always by exact reckoning,
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SiP 5 19.3
शशिनस्तु प्रमाणाय जगतः परिचक्षते।। रवेरूर्ध्वं शशी तस्थौ लक्षयोजनसंख्यया
śaśinastu pramāṇāya jagataḥ paricakṣate|| raverūrdhvaṃ śaśī tasthau lakṣayojanasaṃkhyayā
they declare (this) to be the measure of the moon of the world. Above the sun the moon stood, at the count of a hundred thousand yojanas.
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SiP 5 19.4
ग्रहाणां मण्डलं कृत्स्नं शशेरुपरि संस्थितम्।। सनक्षत्रं सहस्राणि दशैव परितोपरि
grahāṇāṃ maṇḍalaṃ kṛtsnaṃ śaśerupari saṃsthitam|| sanakṣatraṃ sahasrāṇi daśaiva paritopari
The whole circle of the planets is set above the moon, together with the lunar mansions, ten thousand (yojanas) higher all around.
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SiP 5 19.5
बुधस्तस्मादथो काव्यस्तस्माद्भौमस्य मण्डलम्।। बृहस्पतिस्तदूर्ध्वं तु तस्योपरि शनैश्चरः उपरिष्टात्ततश्शुक्रो द्विलक्षाभ्यंतरे स्थितः।। द्विलक्षयोजनं तस्मादधः सोमसुतः स्मृतः दधिवृक्षफलं यद्वद्वृत्तिश्चोर्ध्वमधस्तथा ।। एतदंडकटाहेन सर्वतो वै समावृतम् तथा स्वकर्मणैकेन प्ररोहमुपयांति वै ।। ब्रह्मा विष्णुश्च रुद्राश्च स शिवः परिगीयते तत ऊर्ध्वं न लोकाश्च गोलोकस्तत्समीपतः ।। गोमातरस्सुशीलाख्यास्तत्र संति शिवप्रिया
budhastasmādatho kāvyastasmādbhaumasya maṇḍalam|| bṛhaspatistadūrdhvaṃ tu tasyopari śanaiścaraḥ upariṣṭāttataśśukro dvilakṣābhyaṃtare sthitaḥ|| dvilakṣayojanaṃ tasmādadhaḥ somasutaḥ smṛtaḥ dadhivṛkṣaphalaṃ yadvadvṛttiścordhvamadhastathā || etadaṃḍakaṭāhena sarvato vai samāvṛtam tathā svakarmaṇaikena prarohamupayāṃti vai || brahmā viṣṇuśca rudrāśca sa śivaḥ parigīyate tata ūrdhvaṃ na lokāśca golokastatsamīpataḥ || gomātarassuśīlākhyāstatra saṃti śivapriyā
Mercury (is) above that, then Śukra, and above that the orb of Mars; above that Jupiter, and above him Saturn. Higher up than that Venus stands, within two hundred thousand; two hundred thousand yojanas below that the son of Soma is held (to be). As with the fruit of the curd-tree(?), so is the turning above and below. All this is completely enclosed by the shell of the egg. So too, by their own single act, they come to sprout forth. Brahmā, Viṣṇu and the Rudras — he is sung of as Śiva. Above that there are no worlds; Goloka is near it; there are the cow-mothers named Suśīlā, dear to Śiva.
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SiP 5 19.6
सप्तर्षिमण्डलं तस्माल्लक्षेणैकेन संस्थितम् ।। ऋषिभ्य तु सहस्राणां शतादूर्ध्वं ध्रुवः स्थितः
saptarṣimaṇḍalaṃ tasmāllakṣeṇaikena saṃsthitam || ṛṣibhya tu sahasrāṇāṃ śatādūrdhvaṃ dhruvaḥ sthitaḥ
The circle of the seven sages is set one hundred thousand (yojanas) above that; and above the sages by a hundred thousand stands Dhruva.
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SiP 5 19.7
मेढीभूतस्स यस्तस्य ज्योतिश्चक्रस्य वै ध्रुवः।। भूर्भुवःस्वरिति ज्ञेयं भुव ऊर्ध्वं ध्रुवादवाक्
meḍhībhūtassa yastasya jyotiścakrasya vai dhruvaḥ|| bhūrbhuvaḥsvariti jñeyaṃ bhuva ūrdhvaṃ dhruvādavāk
Dhruva is he who is the central post of that wheel of lights. Bhūr, Bhuvaḥ, Svar are to be known (thus): (Svar is) above Bhuvaḥ and below Dhruva.
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SiP 5 19.8
एकयोजनकोटिस्तु यत्र ते कल्पवासिनः।। ध्रुवादूर्ध्वं महर्लोकस्सप्तैते ब्रह्मणस्सुताः
ekayojanakoṭistu yatra te kalpavāsinaḥ|| dhruvādūrdhvaṃ maharlokassaptaite brahmaṇassutāḥ
One crore of yojanas (further), where those dwellers-through-the-kalpa are; above Dhruva is Maharloka — these seven are the sons of Brahmā.
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SiP 5 19.9
सनकश्च सनन्दश्च तृतीयश्च सनातनः।। कपिलश्चासुरिश्चैव वोढुः पंचशिखस्तथा
sanakaśca sanandaśca tṛtīyaśca sanātanaḥ|| kapilaścāsuriścaiva voḍhuḥ paṃcaśikhastathā
Sanaka, and Sananda, and the third, Sanātana; and Kapila, and Āsuri, and Voḍhu, and likewise Pañcaśikha.
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SiP 5 19.11
द्विलक्षयोजनं तस्मादूर्ध्वं भौमस्स्थितो मुने।। द्विलक्षयोजनं तस्मादूर्ध्वं जीवः स्थितो गुरु
dvilakṣayojanaṃ tasmādūrdhvaṃ bhaumassthito mune|| dvilakṣayojanaṃ tasmādūrdhvaṃ jīvaḥ sthito guru
Two hundred thousand yojanas above that, O sage, Mars is placed; two hundred thousand yojanas above that stands Jupiter (jīva), O teacher.
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SiP 5 19.12
द्विलक्षयोजनं जीवादूर्ध्वं सौरिर्व्यवस्थितः ।। एते सप्तग्रहाः प्रोक्तास्स्वस्वराशिव्यवस्थिता
dvilakṣayojanaṃ jīvādūrdhvaṃ saurirvyavasthitaḥ || ete saptagrahāḥ proktāssvasvarāśivyavasthitā
Two hundred thousand yojanas above Jupiter, Saturn is established. These seven planets have been declared, each set in its own zodiacal sign.
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SiP 5 19.13
रुद्रलक्षैर्योजनतस्सप्तोर्ध्वमृषयः स्थिताः ।। विश्वलक्षैर्योजनतो ध्रुवस्थितिरुदाहृता
rudralakṣairyojanatassaptordhvamṛṣayaḥ sthitāḥ || viśvalakṣairyojanato dhruvasthitirudāhṛtā
Eleven hundred thousand yojanas above the seven, the sages (the Great Bear) are placed; at thirteen hundred thousand yojanas, the station of Dhruva is declared.
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SiP 5 19.14
चतुर्गुणोत्तरे चार्द्धे जनलोकात्तपः स्मृतम् ।। वैराजा यत्र देवा वै स्थिता दाहविवर्जिताः
caturguṇottare cārddhe janalokāttapaḥ smṛtam || vairājā yatra devā vai sthitā dāhavivarjitāḥ
And at four times (that distance), in the half (?), Tapas (loka) is reckoned from Janaloka, where the Vairāja gods abide, exempt from burning.
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SiP 5 19.15
षड्गुणेन तपोलोकात्सत्यलोको व्यवस्थितः ।। ब्रह्मलोकः स विज्ञेयो वसंत्यमलचेतसः
ṣaḍguṇena tapolokātsatyaloko vyavasthitaḥ || brahmalokaḥ sa vijñeyo vasaṃtyamalacetasaḥ
Six times (as far) from Tapoloka, Satyaloka is established; that is to be known as Brahmaloka, (where) those of spotless mind dwell.
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SiP 5 19.16
सत्यधर्मरताश्चैव ज्ञानिनो ब्रह्मचारिणः।। यद्गामिनोऽथ भूलोकान्निवसंति हि मानवाः
satyadharmaratāścaiva jñānino brahmacāriṇaḥ|| yadgāmino'tha bhūlokānnivasaṃti hi mānavāḥ
And those devoted to truth and dharma, the knowers, the celibates — men who go there, and who dwell (there) from the earthly world.
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SiP 5 19.17
भुवर्लोके तु संसिद्धा मुनयो देवरूपिणः ।। स्वर्गलोके सुरादित्या मरुतो वसवोऽश्विनौ
bhuvarloke tu saṃsiddhā munayo devarūpiṇaḥ || svargaloke surādityā maruto vasavo'śvinau
But in Bhuvarloka (dwell) the perfected sages who have the form of gods; in Svargaloka the gods — the Ādityas, the Maruts, the Vasus, the two Aśvins.
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SiP 5 19.18
विश्वेदेवास्तथा रुद्रास्साध्या नागाः खगादयः ।। नवग्रहास्ततस्तत्र ऋषयो वीतकल्मषाः
viśvedevāstathā rudrāssādhyā nāgāḥ khagādayaḥ || navagrahāstatastatra ṛṣayo vītakalmaṣāḥ
Likewise the Viśvedevas, the Rudras, the Sādhyas, the Nāgas, the birds and the rest; and there too the nine planets, and the sages free of impurity.
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SiP 5 19.19
एते सप्त महालोकाः कालेय कथितास्तव ।। पातालानि च सप्तैव ब्रह्माण्डस्य च विस्तरः
ete sapta mahālokāḥ kāleya kathitāstava || pātālāni ca saptaiva brahmāṇḍasya ca vistaraḥ
These seven great worlds have been told to you, O descendant of Kāla; and the seven netherworlds too, and the extent of the cosmic egg.
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SiP 5 19.21
दशगुणेन पयसा सर्वतस्तत्समावृतम् ।। वह्निना वायुना चापि नभसा तमसा तथा
daśaguṇena payasā sarvatastatsamāvṛtam || vahninā vāyunā cāpi nabhasā tamasā tathā
It is entirely enveloped by water ten times (as great), and likewise by fire, by wind, by space, and by darkness.
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SiP 5 19.22
भूतादिनापि महता दिग्गुणोत्तरवेष्टितः ।। महांतं च समावृत्य प्रधानं पुरुषः स्थितः
bhūtādināpi mahatā digguṇottaraveṣṭitaḥ || mahāṃtaṃ ca samāvṛtya pradhānaṃ puruṣaḥ sthitaḥ
And by the elemental principle (bhūtādi) and by the mahat as well, wrapped in layers each ten times greater; and having enveloped the mahat, the Puruṣa stands over pradhāna.
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SiP 5 19.23
अनंतस्य न तस्यास्ति संख्यापि परमात्मनः ।। तेनानंत इति ख्यातः प्रमाणं नास्ति वै यतः
anaṃtasya na tasyāsti saṃkhyāpi paramātmanaḥ || tenānaṃta iti khyātaḥ pramāṇaṃ nāsti vai yataḥ
Of that infinite supreme Self there is not even any counting; therefore he is known as 'Endless', since indeed there is no measure (of him).
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SiP 5 19.24
हेतुभूतस्समस्तस्य प्रकृतिस्सा परा मुने ।। अंडानां तु सहस्राणां सहस्राण्ययुतानि च
hetubhūtassamastasya prakṛtissā parā mune || aṃḍānāṃ tu sahasrāṇāṃ sahasrāṇyayutāni ca
He is the cause of everything; that supreme Nature (prakṛti), O sage — and of eggs (worlds) there are thousands of thousands and tens of thousands.
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SiP 5 19.25
ईदृशानां प्रभूतानि तस्मादव्यक्तजन्मनः ।। दारुण्यग्निस्तिले तैलं पयस्सु च यथा घृतम्
īdṛśānāṃ prabhūtāni tasmādavyaktajanmanaḥ || dāruṇyagnistile tailaṃ payassu ca yathā ghṛtam
Of such kind, many have arisen from that unmanifest origin — as fire is in wood, oil in the sesame seed, and ghee in milk.
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SiP 5 19.26
तथासौ परमात्मा वै सर्वं व्याप्यात्मवेदनः ।। आदिबीजात्प्रसुवते ततस्तेभ्यः परेण्डजाः
tathāsau paramātmā vai sarvaṃ vyāpyātmavedanaḥ || ādibījātprasuvate tatastebhyaḥ pareṇḍajāḥ
So too that supreme Self, pervading all, knowing itself, brings forth from the primal seed; then from those (arise) further egg-born beings.
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SiP 5 19.27
तेभ्यः पुत्रास्तथान्येषां बीजान्यन्यानि वै ततः ।। महदादयो विशेषांतास्तद्भवंति सुरादयः
tebhyaḥ putrāstathānyeṣāṃ bījānyanyāni vai tataḥ || mahadādayo viśeṣāṃtāstadbhavaṃti surādayaḥ
From them sons, and then other seeds of others; (the principles) beginning with mahat and ending with the specific elements — from that come to be the gods and the rest.
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SiP 5 19.28
बीजाद्वृक्षप्ररोहेण यथा नापचयस्तरोः ।। सूर्य्यकांतमणेः सूर्य्याद्यद्वद्वह्निः प्रजायते
bījādvṛkṣapraroheṇa yathā nāpacayastaroḥ || sūryyakāṃtamaṇeḥ sūryyādyadvadvahniḥ prajāyate
As from a seed, by the sprouting of the tree, there is no diminution of the tree; as from the sun, out of the sunstone gem, fire is produced —
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SiP 5 19.29
तद्वत्संजायते सृष्टिः शिवस्तत्रः न कामयेत् ।। शिवशक्तिसमायोगे देवाद्याः प्रभवंति हि
tadvatsaṃjāyate sṛṣṭiḥ śivastatraḥ na kāmayet || śivaśaktisamāyoge devādyāḥ prabhavaṃti hi
just so creation comes to be, (while) Śiva therein has no desire (for it); by the conjunction of Śiva and Śakti the gods and the rest indeed come into being.
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SiP 5 19.31
तस्मादुद्धरते सर्वं यस्मिंश्च लयमेष्यति ।। कर्ता क्रियाणां सर्वासां स शिवः परिगीयते
tasmāduddharate sarvaṃ yasmiṃśca layameṣyati || kartā kriyāṇāṃ sarvāsāṃ sa śivaḥ parigīyate
From him all this arises, and in him it will come to dissolution; he, the doer of all actions, is celebrated as Śiva.
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SiP 5 19.32
व्यास उवाच ।। सनत्कुमार सर्वज्ञ छिंधि मे संशयं महत् ।। सन्ति लोका हि ब्रह्मांडादुपरिष्टान्न वा मुने
vyāsa uvāca || sanatkumāra sarvajña chiṃdhi me saṃśayaṃ mahat || santi lokā hi brahmāṃḍādupariṣṭānna vā mune
Vyāsa said: Sanatkumāra, all-knowing one, cut away this great doubt of mine: are there worlds above the cosmic egg (brahmāṇḍa), or not, O sage?
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SiP 5 19.33
सनत्कुमार उवाच ।। ब्रह्मांडादुपरिष्टाच्च संति लोका मुनीश्वर ।। ताञ्छृणु त्वं विशेषेण वच्मि तेऽहं समागतः
sanatkumāra uvāca || brahmāṃḍādupariṣṭācca saṃti lokā munīśvara || tāñchṛṇu tvaṃ viśeṣeṇa vacmi te'haṃ samāgataḥ
Sanatkumāra said: There are indeed worlds above the cosmic egg, O lord of sages. Listen to (an account of) them; I have come and will tell you of them in detail.
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SiP 5 19.34
विधिलोकात्परो लोको वैकुंठ इति विश्रुतः ।। विराजते महादीप्त्या यत्र विष्णुः प्रतिष्ठितः
vidhilokātparo loko vaikuṃṭha iti viśrutaḥ || virājate mahādīptyā yatra viṣṇuḥ pratiṣṭhitaḥ
Beyond the world of the Ordainer (Brahmā) is the world renowned as Vaikuṇṭha; it shines with great splendour, where Viṣṇu is established.
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SiP 5 19.35
तस्योपरिष्टात्कौमारो लोको हि परमाद्भुतः ।। सेनानीः शंभुतनयो राजते यत्र सुप्रभः
tasyopariṣṭātkaumāro loko hi paramādbhutaḥ || senānīḥ śaṃbhutanayo rājate yatra suprabhaḥ
Above that is the Kaumāra world, utterly marvellous, where the bright-shining commander of the army, the son of Śambhu (Skanda), holds sway.
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SiP 5 19.36
ततः परमुमालोको महादिव्यो विरा जते।। यत्र शक्तिर्विभात्येका त्रिदेवजननी शिवा
tataḥ paramumāloko mahādivyo virā jate|| yatra śaktirvibhātyekā tridevajananī śivā
Beyond that shines Umā's world, greatly divine, where the one Śakti, the auspicious mother of the three gods, gleams forth.
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SiP 5 19.37
परात्परा हि प्रकृती रजस्सत्त्वतमोमयी।। निर्गुणा च स्वयं देवी निर्विकारा शिवात्मिका
parātparā hi prakṛtī rajassattvatamomayī|| nirguṇā ca svayaṃ devī nirvikārā śivātmikā
For she is Prakṛti, higher than the highest, made of rajas, sattva and tamas; and yet the Goddess is herself without qualities, without change, of the essence of Śiva.
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SiP 5 19.38
तस्योपरिष्टाद्विज्ञेयश्शिवलोकस्सनातनः ।। अविनाशी महादिव्यो महाशोभान्वितस्सदा
tasyopariṣṭādvijñeyaśśivalokassanātanaḥ || avināśī mahādivyo mahāśobhānvitassadā
Above that is to be known the eternal world of Śiva, imperishable, greatly divine, forever endowed with great beauty.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 5 19.39
विराजते परं ब्रह्म यत्र शंभुर्महेश्वरः ।। त्रिदेवजनकस्वामी सर्वेषां त्रिगुणात्परः
virājate paraṃ brahma yatra śaṃbhurmaheśvaraḥ || tridevajanakasvāmī sarveṣāṃ triguṇātparaḥ
There shines the supreme Brahman, Śambhu the Great Lord, father of the three gods, master of all, beyond the three qualities.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 5 19.41
तत्पालः कृष्णनामा हि राजते शंकराज्ञया ।। प्रतिष्ठितश्शिवेनैव शक्त्या स्वच्छन्दचारिणा
tatpālaḥ kṛṣṇanāmā hi rājate śaṃkarājñayā || pratiṣṭhitaśśivenaiva śaktyā svacchandacāriṇā
Its guardian, named Kṛṣṇa, presides there by Śaṅkara's command, installed by Śiva himself along with (his) Śakti, who moves at her own will.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 5 19.42
शिवलोकोऽद्भुतो व्यास निराधारो मनोहरः ।। अतिनिर्वचनीयश्च नानावस्तुविराजितः
śivaloko'dbhuto vyāsa nirādhāro manoharaḥ || atinirvacanīyaśca nānāvastuvirājitaḥ
Śiva's world, O Vyāsa, is marvellous, without support, delightful, quite beyond description, resplendent with many things.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 5 19.43
शिवस्तु तदधिष्ठाता सर्वदेवशिरोमणिः ।। विष्णुब्रह्महरैस्सेव्यः परमात्मा निरञ्जनः
śivastu tadadhiṣṭhātā sarvadevaśiromaṇiḥ || viṣṇubrahmaharaissevyaḥ paramātmā nirañjanaḥ
And Śiva is the one who presides over it, the crest-jewel of all the gods, to be served by Viṣṇu, Brahmā and Hara, the supreme Self, untainted.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 5 19.44
इति ते कथिता तात सर्वब्रह्मांडसंस्थितिः ।। तदूर्ध्वं लोकसंस्थानं किमन्यच्छ्रोतुमिच्छसि
iti te kathitā tāta sarvabrahmāṃḍasaṃsthitiḥ || tadūrdhvaṃ lokasaṃsthānaṃ kimanyacchrotumicchasi
Thus, dear one, the arrangement of the entire cosmic egg has been told to you, and the disposition of the worlds above it. What else do you wish to hear?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition