Shiva Purana — Uma Samhita — Chapter 28

SiP 5 28.1

देव्युवाच ।। देवदेव महादेव कथितं कालवंचनम्।। शब्दब्रह्मस्वरूपं च योगलक्षणमुत्तमम्

devyuvāca || devadeva mahādeva kathitaṃ kālavaṃcanam|| śabdabrahmasvarūpaṃ ca yogalakṣaṇamuttamam

The Goddess said: O god of gods, great god, the deceiving of Time has been told, and the nature of sound-brahman, and the excellent definition of yoga.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SiP 5 28.2

कथितं ते समासेनच्छायिकं ज्ञानमुत्तमम्।। विस्तरेण समाख्याहि योगिनां हितकाम्यया

kathitaṃ te samāsenacchāyikaṃ jñānamuttamam|| vistareṇa samākhyāhi yogināṃ hitakāmyayā

The excellent knowledge of the shadow has been told by you in brief; tell it fully, out of a wish for the welfare of yogins.

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SiP 5 28.3

।। शंकर उवाच ।। शृणु देवि प्रवक्ष्यामिच्छायापुरुषलक्षणम् ।। यज्ज्ञात्वा पुरुषः सम्यक्सर्वपापैः प्रमुच्यते

|| śaṃkara uvāca || śṛṇu devi pravakṣyāmicchāyāpuruṣalakṣaṇam || yajjñātvā puruṣaḥ samyaksarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate

Śaṃkara said: Listen, O Goddess, I shall declare the characteristics of the shadow-person, knowing which a man is fully released from all sins.

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SiP 5 28.4

सूर्य्यं हि पृष्ठतः कृत्वा सोमं वा वरवर्णिनि ।। शुक्लाम्बरधरस्स्रग्वी गंधधूपादिवासितः

sūryyaṃ hi pṛṣṭhataḥ kṛtvā somaṃ vā varavarṇini || śuklāmbaradharassragvī gaṃdhadhūpādivāsitaḥ

Having put the sun, or the moon, behind him, O you of excellent complexion, wearing white garments, garlanded, perfumed with fragrance, incense and the rest —

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SiP 5 28.5

संस्मरेन्मे महामंत्रं सर्वकामफलप्रदम्।। नवात्मकं पिंडभूतं स्वां छायां संनिरीक्षयेत् विवाहो बंधुनाशस्स्याद्द्वितुंडे चैव क्षुद्भयम् ।। विकटौ नश्यते भार्य्या विजंघे धनमेव हि प्राप्नोत्यत्र न संदेहस्सत्यं वै कथितं मया ।। सर्वतीर्थेषु यत्स्नात्वा दत्त्वा दानानि सर्वशः ब्रह्मपुत्रस्तमामंत्र्य पूजितस्तेन शौनकः ।। ययौ स्वधाम सुप्रीतो व्यासोऽपि प्रीतमानसः

saṃsmarenme mahāmaṃtraṃ sarvakāmaphalapradam|| navātmakaṃ piṃḍabhūtaṃ svāṃ chāyāṃ saṃnirīkṣayet vivāho baṃdhunāśassyāddvituṃḍe caiva kṣudbhayam || vikaṭau naśyate bhāryyā vijaṃghe dhanameva hi prāpnotyatra na saṃdehassatyaṃ vai kathitaṃ mayā || sarvatīrtheṣu yatsnātvā dattvā dānāni sarvaśaḥ brahmaputrastamāmaṃtrya pūjitastena śaunakaḥ || yayau svadhāma suprīto vyāso'pi prītamānasaḥ

he should call to mind my great mantra, which grants the fruit of all desires, the nine-fold one which has become a lump; he should gaze upon his own shadow. (If it appears headless) there will be a marriage or the loss of kinsmen; and if two-headed, fear of hunger; if the two (shanks) are misshapen, the wife dies; if it lacks shanks, wealth indeed — he obtains it here, there is no doubt; the truth has been told by me. Having bathed in all sacred fords and given gifts in every way — Brahmā's son (Nārada?), having taken leave of him and having been honoured by him, Śaunaka went well pleased to his own abode, and Vyāsa too, with delighted mind.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

SiP 5 28.6

दृष्ट्वा तां पुनराकाशे श्वेतवर्णस्वरूपिणीम् ।। स पश्यत्येकभावस्तु शिवं परमकारणम्

dṛṣṭvā tāṃ punarākāśe śvetavarṇasvarūpiṇīm || sa paśyatyekabhāvastu śivaṃ paramakāraṇam

Seeing her again in the sky, having the form of white colour, he, being of a single state (of mind), sees Śiva, the supreme cause.

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SiP 5 28.7

ब्रह्मप्राप्तिर्भवेत्तस्य कालविद्भिरितीरितम् ।। ब्रह्महत्यादिकैः पापैर्मुच्यते नात्र संशयः

brahmaprāptirbhavettasya kālavidbhiritīritam || brahmahatyādikaiḥ pāpairmucyate nātra saṃśayaḥ

For him there will be attainment of brahman — so it has been declared by the knowers of Time; he is freed from sins such as the killing of a brahmin, there is no doubt in this.

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SiP 5 28.8

शिरोहीनं यदा पश्येत्षड्भिर्मासैर्भवेत्क्षयः।। समस्तं वाङ्मयं तस्य योगिनस्तु यथा तथा

śirohīnaṃ yadā paśyetṣaḍbhirmāsairbhavetkṣayaḥ|| samastaṃ vāṅmayaṃ tasya yoginastu yathā tathā

When he sees it headless, destruction will come within six months; for that yogin all is made of speech, as the case may be.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

SiP 5 28.9

शुक्ले धर्मं विजानीयात्कृष्णे पापं विनिर्दिशेत्।। रक्ते बंधं विजानीयात्पीते विद्विषमादिशेत्

śukle dharmaṃ vijānīyātkṛṣṇe pāpaṃ vinirdiśet|| rakte baṃdhaṃ vijānīyātpīte vidviṣamādiśet

In white one should know dharma; in black one should declare sin; in red one should know bondage; in yellow one should indicate hostility.

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SiP 5 28.11

पादाभावे विदेशस्स्यादित्येतत्कथितं मया ।। तद्विचार्य्यं प्रयत्त्नेन पुरुषेण महेश्वरि

pādābhāve videśassyādityetatkathitaṃ mayā || tadvicāryyaṃ prayattnena puruṣeṇa maheśvari

In the absence of feet there will be (a stay in) a foreign land — this has been told by me; that should be considered carefully by a man, O Maheśvarī.

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SiP 5 28.12

सम्यक्तं पुरुषं दृष्ट्वा संनिवेश्यात्मनात्मनि ।। जपेन्नवात्मकं मंत्रं हृदयं मे महेश्वरि

samyaktaṃ puruṣaṃ dṛṣṭvā saṃniveśyātmanātmani || japennavātmakaṃ maṃtraṃ hṛdayaṃ me maheśvari

Having seen the person completely, and having settled the self in the self, he should recite the nine-fold mantra, which is my heart, O Maheśvarī.

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SiP 5 28.13

वत्सरे विगते मंत्री तन्नास्ति यन्न साधयेत् ।। अणिमादिगुणानष्टौ खेचरत्वं प्रपद्यते

vatsare vigate maṃtrī tannāsti yanna sādhayet || aṇimādiguṇānaṣṭau khecaratvaṃ prapadyate

When a year has passed, there is nothing that the mantra-adept cannot accomplish; he attains the eight qualities beginning with minuteness, and the power of moving through the sky.

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SiP 5 28.14

पुनरन्यत्प्रवक्ष्यामि शक्तिं ज्ञातुं दुरासदाम् ।। प्रत्यक्षं दृश्यते लोके ज्ञानिनामग्रतः स्थितम्

punaranyatpravakṣyāmi śaktiṃ jñātuṃ durāsadām || pratyakṣaṃ dṛśyate loke jñānināmagrataḥ sthitam

Again I shall declare another thing: the power that is hard to know, which is seen directly in the world, standing before those who have knowledge.

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SiP 5 28.15

अज्ञेया लिख्यते लोके या सर्पीकृतकुण्डली ।। सा मात्रा यानसंस्थापि दृश्यते न च पठ्यते

ajñeyā likhyate loke yā sarpīkṛtakuṇḍalī || sā mātrā yānasaṃsthāpi dṛśyate na ca paṭhyate

She who is unknowable is written in the world as the coil made snake-like; that measure, though established in its course, is seen and yet not read out.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

SiP 5 28.16

ब्रह्माण्डमूर्ध्निगा या च स्तुता वेदैस्तु नित्यशः ।। जननी सर्वविद्यानां गुप्तविद्येति गीयते

brahmāṇḍamūrdhnigā yā ca stutā vedaistu nityaśaḥ || jananī sarvavidyānāṃ guptavidyeti gīyate

She who goes to the crown of the world-egg, and is constantly praised by the Vedas, the mother of all knowledges, is sung of as the secret knowledge.

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SiP 5 28.17

खेचरा सा विनिर्दिष्टा सर्वप्राणिषु संस्थिता ।। दृश्यादृश्याचला नित्या व्यक्ताव्यक्ता सनातनी

khecarā sā vinirdiṣṭā sarvaprāṇiṣu saṃsthitā || dṛśyādṛśyācalā nityā vyaktāvyaktā sanātanī

She is designated the sky-goer, established in all living beings: seen and unseen, unmoving, eternal, manifest and unmanifest, everlasting.

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SiP 5 28.18

अवर्णा वर्णसंयुक्ता प्रोच्यते बिंदुमालिनी ।। तां पश्यन्सर्वदा योगी कृतकृत्योऽभिजायते

avarṇā varṇasaṃyuktā procyate biṃdumālinī || tāṃ paśyansarvadā yogī kṛtakṛtyo'bhijāyate

— tr. refused: cyber

SiP 5 28.19

सर्वतीर्थकृतस्नानाद्भवेद्दानस्य यत्फलम्।। सर्वयज्ञफलं यच्च मालिन्या दर्शनात्तदा

sarvatīrthakṛtasnānādbhaveddānasya yatphalam|| sarvayajñaphalaṃ yacca mālinyā darśanāttadā

— tr. refused: cyber

SiP 5 28.21

सर्वेषां देवि यज्ञानां यत्फलं तल्लभेत्पुमान्।। किं बहूक्त्या महेशानि सर्वान्कामान्समश्नुते

sarveṣāṃ devi yajñānāṃ yatphalaṃ tallabhetpumān|| kiṃ bahūktyā maheśāni sarvānkāmānsamaśnute

O Goddess, whatever fruit belongs to all sacrifices, that a man obtains; what need of much speaking, O Maheśānī — he wins all his desires.

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SiP 5 28.22

तस्माज्ज्ञानं यथायोगमभ्यसेत्सततं बुधः।। अभ्यासाज्जायते सिद्धिर्योगोऽभ्यासात्प्रवर्धते

tasmājjñānaṃ yathāyogamabhyasetsatataṃ budhaḥ|| abhyāsājjāyate siddhiryogo'bhyāsātpravardhate

Therefore let the wise man constantly practice knowledge as is fitting; from practice arises attainment, from practice yoga increases.

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SiP 5 28.23

संवित्तिर्लभ्यतेऽभ्यासादभ्यासान्मोक्षमश्नुते।। अभ्यासस्सततं कार्यो धीमता मोक्षकारणम्

saṃvittirlabhyate'bhyāsādabhyāsānmokṣamaśnute|| abhyāsassatataṃ kāryo dhīmatā mokṣakāraṇam

— tr. refused: cyber

SiP 5 28.24

इत्येतत्कथितं देवि भुक्तिमुक्तिफलप्रदम्।। किमन्यत्पृच्छ्यते तत्त्वं वद सत्यं ब्रवीमि ते

ityetatkathitaṃ devi bhuktimuktiphalapradam|| kimanyatpṛcchyate tattvaṃ vada satyaṃ bravīmi te

Thus this has been told, O Goddess, which bestows the fruit of enjoyment and liberation. What other truth is asked about? Speak — I will tell you truly.

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SiP 5 28.25

सूत उवाच।। इति श्रुत्वा ब्रह्मपुत्रवचनं परमार्थदम्।। प्रसन्नोऽभूदति व्यासः पाराशर्य्यो मुनीश्वराः

sūta uvāca|| iti śrutvā brahmaputravacanaṃ paramārthadam|| prasanno'bhūdati vyāsaḥ pārāśaryyo munīśvarāḥ

Sūta said: Having heard thus the words of Brahmā's son, which conferred the highest good, Vyāsa, the son of Parāśara, became exceedingly pleased, O lords among sages.

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SiP 5 28.26

सनत्कुमारं सर्वज्ञं ब्रह्मपुत्रं कृपानिधिम्।। व्यासः परमसंतुष्टः प्रणनाम मुहुर्मुहुःष

sanatkumāraṃ sarvajñaṃ brahmaputraṃ kṛpānidhim|| vyāsaḥ paramasaṃtuṣṭaḥ praṇanāma muhurmuhuḥṣa

Vyāsa, supremely delighted, bowed again and again to Sanatkumāra, the all-knowing son of Brahmā, the treasury of compassion.

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SiP 5 28.27

ततस्तुष्टाव तं व्यासः कालेयस्स मुनीश्वरः।। सनत्कुमारं मुनयः सुरविज्ञानसागरम्

tatastuṣṭāva taṃ vyāsaḥ kāleyassa munīśvaraḥ|| sanatkumāraṃ munayaḥ suravijñānasāgaram

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SiP 5 28.28

व्यास उवाच ।। कृतार्थोऽहं मुनिश्रेष्ठ ब्रह्मत्वं मे त्वया कृतम् ।। नमस्तेऽस्तु नमस्तेऽतु धन्यस्त्वं ब्रह्मवित्तमः

vyāsa uvāca || kṛtārtho'haṃ muniśreṣṭha brahmatvaṃ me tvayā kṛtam || namaste'stu namaste'tu dhanyastvaṃ brahmavittamaḥ

Vyāsa said: I have attained my purpose, O best of sages; brahman-hood has been made mine by you. Homage to you, homage to you! You are blessed, the foremost knower of brahman.

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SiP 5 28.29

सूत उवाच ।। इति स्तुत्वा स कालेयो ब्रह्मपुत्रं महामुनिम् ।। तूष्णीं बभूव सुप्रीतः परमानंदनिर्भरः

sūta uvāca || iti stutvā sa kāleyo brahmaputraṃ mahāmunim || tūṣṇīṃ babhūva suprītaḥ paramānaṃdanirbharaḥ

— tr. refused: cyber

SiP 5 28.31

इति मे वर्णितो विप्राः सुखदः परमार्थयुक् ।। सनत्कुमारकालेयसंवादो ज्ञानवर्द्धनः

iti me varṇito viprāḥ sukhadaḥ paramārthayuk || sanatkumārakāleyasaṃvādo jñānavarddhanaḥ

Thus, O brahmins, has been described by me the joy-giving dialogue between Sanatkumāra and Kāleya, which is joined with the highest truth and increases knowledge.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition