Shiva Purana — Uma Samhita — Chapter 24
SiP 5 24.1
व्यास उवाच।। कुत्सितं योषिदर्थं यत्संप्रोक्तं पंचचूडया।। तन्मे ब्रूहि समासेन यदि तुष्टोऽसि मे मुने
vyāsa uvāca|| kutsitaṃ yoṣidarthaṃ yatsaṃproktaṃ paṃcacūḍayā|| tanme brūhi samāsena yadi tuṣṭo'si me mune
Vyāsa said: What blameworthy things concerning women were declared by Pañcacūḍā — tell me that in brief, O sage, if you are pleased with me.
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SiP 5 24.2
सनत्कुमार उवाच ।। स्त्रीणां स्वभावं वक्ष्यामि शृणु विप्र यथातथम् ।। यस्य श्रवणमात्रेण भवेद्वैराग्यमुत्तमम्
sanatkumāra uvāca || strīṇāṃ svabhāvaṃ vakṣyāmi śṛṇu vipra yathātatham || yasya śravaṇamātreṇa bhavedvairāgyamuttamam
Sanatkumāra said: I shall declare the nature of women; listen, brahmin, exactly as it is — merely by hearing which the highest detachment arises.
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SiP 5 24.3
स्त्रियो मूलं हि दोषाणां लघुचित्ताः सदा मुने।। तदासक्तिर्न कर्तव्या मोक्षेप्सुभिरतन्द्रितैः
striyo mūlaṃ hi doṣāṇāṃ laghucittāḥ sadā mune|| tadāsaktirna kartavyā mokṣepsubhiratandritaiḥ
For women are the root of faults, always fickle-minded, O sage; therefore attachment to them should not be made by the vigilant who desire liberation.
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SiP 5 24.4
अत्राप्युदाहरंतीममितिहासं पुरातनम् ।। नारदस्य च संवादं पुंश्चल्या पंचचूडया
atrāpyudāharaṃtīmamitihāsaṃ purātanam || nāradasya ca saṃvādaṃ puṃścalyā paṃcacūḍayā
On this too they recount this ancient tale: the conversation of Nārada with the wanton woman Pañcacūḍā.
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SiP 5 24.5
लोकान्परिचरन्धीमान्देवर्षिर्नारदः पुरा ।। ददर्शाप्सरसं बालां पंचचूडामनुत्तमाम् पंचचूडोवाच ।। मुने शृणु न शक्या स्त्री सती वै निंदितुं स्त्रिया ।। विदितास्ते स्त्रियो याश्च यादृश्यश्च स्वभावतः अनर्थित्वान्मनुष्याणां भयात्पतिजनस्य च ।। मर्यादायाममर्यादाः स्त्रियस्तिष्ठंति भर्तृषु इदमन्यच्च देवर्षे रहस्यं सर्वयोषिताम् ।। दृष्ट्वैव पुरुषं सद्यो योनिः प्रक्लिद्यते स्त्रियाः
lokānparicarandhīmāndevarṣirnāradaḥ purā || dadarśāpsarasaṃ bālāṃ paṃcacūḍāmanuttamām paṃcacūḍovāca || mune śṛṇu na śakyā strī satī vai niṃdituṃ striyā || viditāste striyo yāśca yādṛśyaśca svabhāvataḥ anarthitvānmanuṣyāṇāṃ bhayātpatijanasya ca || maryādāyāmamaryādāḥ striyastiṣṭhaṃti bhartṛṣu idamanyacca devarṣe rahasyaṃ sarvayoṣitām || dṛṣṭvaiva puruṣaṃ sadyo yoniḥ praklidyate striyāḥ
Long ago the wise divine sage Nārada, wandering through the worlds, saw the young apsaras Pañcacūḍā, unsurpassed (in beauty). Pañcacūḍā said: Listen, sage — a woman who is virtuous cannot be censured by a woman. You know what women are and of what sort by nature. Because men are unavailable, and out of fear of their husband's people, women who are without bounds remain within bounds toward their husbands. And here is another secret of all women, O divine sage: at the mere sight of a man a woman's womb at once grows moist.
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SiP 5 24.6
पप्रच्छाप्सरसं सुभ्रूं नारदो मुनिसत्तमः।। संशयो हृदि मे कश्चित्तन्मे ब्रूहि सुमध्यमे
papracchāpsarasaṃ subhrūṃ nārado munisattamaḥ|| saṃśayo hṛdi me kaścittanme brūhi sumadhyame
Nārada, best of sages, asked the fair-browed apsaras: There is a certain doubt in my heart; tell me of it, slender-waisted one.
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SiP 5 24.7
एवमुक्ता तु सा विप्रं प्रत्युवाच वराप्सरा।। विषये सति वक्ष्यामि समर्थां मन्यसेऽथ माम्
evamuktā tu sā vipraṃ pratyuvāca varāpsarā|| viṣaye sati vakṣyāmi samarthāṃ manyase'tha mām
Thus addressed, that excellent apsaras replied to the brahmin: If it lies within my scope I shall speak, if you consider me capable.
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SiP 5 24.8
नारद उवाच ।। न त्वामविषये भद्रे नियोक्ष्यामि कथंचन ।। स्त्रीणां स्वभावमिच्छामि त्वत्तः श्रोतुं सुमध्यमे
nārada uvāca || na tvāmaviṣaye bhadre niyokṣyāmi kathaṃcana || strīṇāṃ svabhāvamicchāmi tvattaḥ śrotuṃ sumadhyame
Nārada said: I shall in no way, good lady, put you to a task beyond your scope; I wish to hear from you, slender-waisted one, the nature of women.
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SiP 5 24.9
सनत्कुमार उवाच ।। एतच्छ्रुत्वा वचस्तस्य देवर्षेरप्सरोत्तमा ।। प्रत्युवाच मुनीशं तं देवर्षिं मुनिसत्तमम्
sanatkumāra uvāca || etacchrutvā vacastasya devarṣerapsarottamā || pratyuvāca munīśaṃ taṃ devarṣiṃ munisattamam
Sanatkumāra said: Hearing that speech of his, the foremost of apsarases replied to that lord of sages, the divine sage, the best of ascetics.
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SiP 5 24.11
न मामर्हसि देवर्षे नियोक्तुं प्रश्नमीदृशम् ।। इत्युक्त्वा साऽभवत्तूष्णीं पंचचूडाप्सरोवरा
na māmarhasi devarṣe niyoktuṃ praśnamīdṛśam || ityuktvā sā'bhavattūṣṇīṃ paṃcacūḍāpsarovarā
"You ought not, divine sage, to press such a question upon me." Having said this, Pañcacūḍā, the best of apsarases, fell silent.
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SiP 5 24.12
अथ देवर्षिवर्यो हि श्रुत्वा तद्वाक्यमुत्तमम् ।। प्रत्युवाच पुनस्तां वै लोकानां हितकाम्यया
atha devarṣivaryo hi śrutvā tadvākyamuttamam || pratyuvāca punastāṃ vai lokānāṃ hitakāmyayā
Then the foremost of divine sages, hearing that excellent speech, again replied to her, out of desire for the good of the worlds.
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SiP 5 24.13
नारद उवाच ।। मृषावादे भवेद्दोषस्सत्ये दोषो न विद्यते ।। इति जानीहि सत्यं त्वं वदातस्तत्सुमध्यमे
nārada uvāca || mṛṣāvāde bhaveddoṣassatye doṣo na vidyate || iti jānīhi satyaṃ tvaṃ vadātastatsumadhyame
Nārada said: In false speech there would be fault; in truth no fault is found. Know this, and so speak the truth, slender-waisted one.
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SiP 5 24.14
सनत्कुमार उवाच ।। इत्युक्ता सा कृतमती रभसा चारुहासिनी ।। स्त्रीदोषाञ्शाश्वतान्सत्यान्भाषितुं संप्रचक्रमे
sanatkumāra uvāca || ityuktā sā kṛtamatī rabhasā cāruhāsinī || strīdoṣāñśāśvatānsatyānbhāṣituṃ saṃpracakrame
Sanatkumāra said: Thus addressed, she — her mind made up, impetuous, of charming smile — began to speak the faults of women, perpetual and true.
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SiP 5 24.15
पञ्चचूडोवाच ।। कुलीना नाथवंत्यश्च रूपवंत्यश्च योषितः ।। मर्यादासु न तिष्ठंति स दोषः स्त्रीषु नारद
pañcacūḍovāca || kulīnā nāthavaṃtyaśca rūpavaṃtyaśca yoṣitaḥ || maryādāsu na tiṣṭhaṃti sa doṣaḥ strīṣu nārada
Pañcacūḍā said: Women of good family, having husbands, and beautiful, do not keep within bounds — that is the fault in women, Nārada.
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SiP 5 24.16
न स्त्रीभ्यः किंचिदन्यद्वै पापीयस्तरमस्ति हि ।। स्त्रियो मूलं हि पापानां तथा त्वमपि वेत्थ ह
na strībhyaḥ kiṃcidanyadvai pāpīyastaramasti hi || striyo mūlaṃ hi pāpānāṃ tathā tvamapi vettha ha
There is indeed nothing else more wicked than women; women are the root of sins, and this you too surely know.
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SiP 5 24.17
समाज्ञातानर्थवतः प्रतिरूपान् यथेप्सितान् ।। यतीनन्तरमासाद्य नालं नार्य्यः प्रतीक्षितुम्
samājñātānarthavataḥ pratirūpān yathepsitān || yatīnantaramāsādya nālaṃ nāryyaḥ pratīkṣitum
Having got near to men who are well reputed, wealthy, handsome, and as desired, women are unable to hold back.
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SiP 5 24.18
असद्धर्मस्त्वयं स्त्रीणामस्माकं भवति प्रभो।। पापीयसो नरान् यद्वै लज्जां त्यक्त्वा भजामहे
asaddharmastvayaṃ strīṇāmasmākaṃ bhavati prabho|| pāpīyaso narān yadvai lajjāṃ tyaktvā bhajāmahe
This, lord, is an unrighteous practice of us women: that abandoning shame we resort to the more wicked men.
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SiP 5 24.19
स्त्रियं च यः प्रार्थयते सन्निकर्षं च गच्छति ।। ईषच्च कुरुते सेवां तमेवेच्छति योषितः
striyaṃ ca yaḥ prārthayate sannikarṣaṃ ca gacchati || īṣacca kurute sevāṃ tamevecchati yoṣitaḥ
Whoever solicits a woman, comes into her proximity, and renders even a little service — him alone women desire.
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SiP 5 24.21
नासां कश्चिदमान्योऽस्ति नासां वयसि निश्चयः ।। सुरूपं वा कुरूपं वा पुमांसमुपभुंजते
nāsāṃ kaścidamānyo'sti nāsāṃ vayasi niścayaḥ || surūpaṃ vā kurūpaṃ vā pumāṃsamupabhuṃjate
There is no one they hold unworthy of regard, and they have no fixity as to age: handsome or ugly, they enjoy a man.
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SiP 5 24.22
न भयादथ वाक्रोशान्नार्थहेतोः कथंचन ।। न ज्ञातिकुलसम्बन्धास्त्रियस्तिष्ठंति भर्तृषु
na bhayādatha vākrośānnārthahetoḥ kathaṃcana || na jñātikulasambandhāstriyastiṣṭhaṃti bhartṛṣu
Not from fear, nor from reproach, nor for the sake of wealth in any way, nor from ties of kin and family do women stay with their husbands.
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SiP 5 24.23
यौवने वर्तमानानामिष्टाभरणवाससाम् ।। नारीणां स्वैरवृत्तीनां स्पृहयन्ति कुलस्त्रियः
yauvane vartamānānāmiṣṭābharaṇavāsasām || nārīṇāṃ svairavṛttīnāṃ spṛhayanti kulastriyaḥ
Women of good family envy those women who are in the bloom of youth, with the ornaments and garments they wish, and who live as they please.
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SiP 5 24.24
या हि शश्वद्बहुमता रक्ष्यन्ते दयिताः स्त्रियः ।। अपि ताः सम्प्रसज्जन्ते कुब्जान्धजडवामने
yā hi śaśvadbahumatā rakṣyante dayitāḥ striyaḥ || api tāḥ samprasajjante kubjāndhajaḍavāmane
For even those women who are constantly held in high esteem and guarded as beloved wives — even they attach themselves to a hunchback, a blind man, an idiot, a dwarf,
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SiP 5 24.25
पंगुष्वपि च देवर्षे ये चान्ये कुत्सिता नराः।। स्त्रीणामगम्यो लोकेषु नास्ति कश्चिन्महामुने
paṃguṣvapi ca devarṣe ye cānye kutsitā narāḥ|| strīṇāmagamyo lokeṣu nāsti kaścinmahāmune
and even to cripples, O divine sage, and to whatever other men are despised: among the worlds, O great sage, there is no man unapproachable for women.
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SiP 5 24.26
यदि पुंसां गतिर्ब्रह्मन्कथंचिन्नोपपद्यते ।। अप्यन्योन्यं प्रवर्तन्ते न च तिष्ठन्ति भर्तृषु
yadi puṃsāṃ gatirbrahmankathaṃcinnopapadyate || apyanyonyaṃ pravartante na ca tiṣṭhanti bhartṛṣu
If, O brahman, access to men somehow does not come about, they even resort to one another, and do not remain faithful to their husbands.
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SiP 5 24.27
अलाभात्पुरुषाणां च भयात्परिजनस्य च ।। वधबन्धभयाच्चैव ता भग्नाशा हि योषितः
alābhātpuruṣāṇāṃ ca bhayātparijanasya ca || vadhabandhabhayāccaiva tā bhagnāśā hi yoṣitaḥ
It is from not obtaining men, and from fear of the household attendants, and from fear of death and imprisonment, that these women have their hopes broken.
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SiP 5 24.28
चलस्वभाव दुश्चेष्टा दुर्गाह्या भवतस्तथा।। प्राज्ञस्य पुरुषस्येह यथा रतिपरिग्रहात्
calasvabhāva duśceṣṭā durgāhyā bhavatastathā|| prājñasya puruṣasyeha yathā ratiparigrahāt
(Women are) of unsteady nature, of evil conduct, and thus hard for you to grasp — for a wise man here (nothing counts) as much as the taking of pleasure.
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SiP 5 24.29
नाग्निस्तुष्यति काष्ठानां नापगानां महोदधि ।। नान्तकस्सर्वभूतानां न पुंसां वामलोचनाः
nāgnistuṣyati kāṣṭhānāṃ nāpagānāṃ mahodadhi || nāntakassarvabhūtānāṃ na puṃsāṃ vāmalocanāḥ
Fire is not satisfied with logs, nor the great ocean with rivers, nor Death with all beings — nor are fair-eyed women with men.
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SiP 5 24.31
सुस्नातं पुरुषं दृष्ट्वा सुगन्धं मलवर्जितम् ।। योनिः प्रक्लिद्यते स्त्रीणां दृतेः पात्रादिवोदकम्
susnātaṃ puruṣaṃ dṛṣṭvā sugandhaṃ malavarjitam || yoniḥ praklidyate strīṇāṃ dṛteḥ pātrādivodakam
At the sight of a man well bathed, fragrant, free of dirt, the womb of women grows moist, as water (leaks) from a leather bag or a vessel.
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SiP 5 24.32
कायानामपि दातारं कर्त्तारं मानसांत्वयोः ।। रक्षितारं न मृष्यंति भर्तारं परमं स्त्रियः
kāyānāmapi dātāraṃ karttāraṃ mānasāṃtvayoḥ || rakṣitāraṃ na mṛṣyaṃti bhartāraṃ paramaṃ striyaḥ
Even a husband who gives them their very bodies, who works to soothe their minds, who protects them, who is supreme — women do not put up with him.
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SiP 5 24.33
न कामभोगात्परमान्नालंकारार्थसंचयात् ।। तथा हितं न मन्यन्ते यथा रतिपरिग्रहात्
na kāmabhogātparamānnālaṃkārārthasaṃcayāt || tathā hitaṃ na manyante yathā ratiparigrahāt
Not from the highest enjoyment of pleasure, nor from a hoard of ornaments and wealth, do they reckon anything so beneficial as the taking of sexual pleasure.
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SiP 5 24.34
अन्तकश्शमनो मृत्युः पातालं वडवामुखम् ।। क्षुरधारा विषं सर्पो वह्निरित्येकतः स्त्रियः
antakaśśamano mṛtyuḥ pātālaṃ vaḍavāmukham || kṣuradhārā viṣaṃ sarpo vahnirityekataḥ striyaḥ
Death the ender, the destroyer, the netherworld, the mare's-mouth (submarine fire), the razor's edge, poison, the serpent, fire — women are all these together.
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SiP 5 24.35
यतश्च भूतानि महांति पंच यतश्च लोको विहितो विधात्रा ।। यतः पुमांसः प्रमदाश्च निर्मिताः सदैव दोषः प्रमदासु नारद
yataśca bhūtāni mahāṃti paṃca yataśca loko vihito vidhātrā || yataḥ pumāṃsaḥ pramadāśca nirmitāḥ sadaiva doṣaḥ pramadāsu nārada
From whatever source the five great elements (arose), and from whatever the world was arranged by the Creator, from whatever men and women were fashioned — from that same source, O Nārada, there is always a flaw in women.
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SiP 5 24.36
सनत्कुमार उवाच।। इति श्रुत्वा वचस्तस्या नारदस्तुष्टमानसः।। तथ्यं मत्वा ततस्तद्वै विरक्तोभूद्धि तासु च
sanatkumāra uvāca|| iti śrutvā vacastasyā nāradastuṣṭamānasaḥ|| tathyaṃ matvā tatastadvai viraktobhūddhi tāsu ca
Sanatkumāra said: Having heard her words, Nārada, satisfied in mind, and holding them to be true, thereupon became indeed averse to those (women).
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SiP 5 24.37
इत्युक्तः स्त्री स्वभावस्ते पंचचूडोक्त आदरात् ।। वैराग्यकारणं व्यास किमन्यच्छ्रोतुमर्हसि
ityuktaḥ strī svabhāvaste paṃcacūḍokta ādarāt || vairāgyakāraṇaṃ vyāsa kimanyacchrotumarhasi
Thus the nature of women, as told by Pañcacūḍā, has been respectfully recounted to you — the cause of dispassion, O Vyāsa. What else do you wish to hear?
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