Shiva Purana — Uma Samhita — Chapter 31

SiP 5 31.1

शौनक उवाच ।। देवानां दानवानां च गन्धर्वोरगरक्षसाम् ।। सृष्टिं तु विस्तरेणेमां सूतपुत्र वदाशु मे

śaunaka uvāca || devānāṃ dānavānāṃ ca gandharvoragarakṣasām || sṛṣṭiṃ tu vistareṇemāṃ sūtaputra vadāśu me

Śaunaka said: But tell me quickly and at length, O son of the Sūta, this creation of the gods and the dānavas, of the gandharvas, serpents and rākṣasas.

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SiP 5 31.2

सूत उवाच ।। यदा न ववृधे सा तु वीरणस्य प्रजापतिः ।। सुतां सुतपसा युक्तामाह्वयत्सर्गकारणात्

sūta uvāca || yadā na vavṛdhe sā tu vīraṇasya prajāpatiḥ || sutāṃ sutapasā yuktāmāhvayatsargakāraṇāt

Sūta said: When she did not increase, the Prajāpati summoned, for the sake of creation, the daughter of Vīraṇa, who was possessed of fine austerity.

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SiP 5 31.3

स मैथुनेन धर्मेण ससर्ज विविधाः प्रजाः ।। ताः शृणु त्वं महाप्राज्ञ कथयामि समासतः

sa maithunena dharmeṇa sasarja vividhāḥ prajāḥ || tāḥ śṛṇu tvaṃ mahāprājña kathayāmi samāsataḥ

By the dharma of sexual union he created manifold creatures. Hear of them, greatly wise one; I shall relate them in brief.

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SiP 5 31.4

तस्यां पुत्रसहस्राणि वीरिण्यां पंच वीर्यवान्।। आश्रित्य जनयामास दक्ष एव प्रजापतिः

tasyāṃ putrasahasrāṇi vīriṇyāṃ paṃca vīryavān|| āśritya janayāmāsa dakṣa eva prajāpatiḥ

In her, Vīriṇī, the mighty Dakṣa, the Prajāpati himself, resorting (to her), begot thousands of sons — five (thousand).

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SiP 5 31.5

एतान्सृष्टांस्तु तान्दृष्ट्वा नारदः प्राह वै मुनिः ।। सर्वं स तु समुत्पन्नो नारदः परमेष्ठिनः नारद उवाच ।। भुवो मानमजानंतः कथं सृष्टिं करिष्यथ ।। सर्वे हि बालिशाः किं हि सृष्टिकर्तुं समुद्यताः धर्मपत्न्यो मुने त्वेतास्तास्वपत्यानि मे शृणु ।। विश्वेदेवास्तु विश्वायास्साध्यान्साध्या व्यजायत प्रत्यूषस्य त्वभूत्पुत्र ऋषिर्नाम्ना तु देवलः।। द्वौ पुत्रौ देवलस्यापि प्रजावन्तौ मनीषिणौ

etānsṛṣṭāṃstu tāndṛṣṭvā nāradaḥ prāha vai muniḥ || sarvaṃ sa tu samutpanno nāradaḥ parameṣṭhinaḥ nārada uvāca || bhuvo mānamajānaṃtaḥ kathaṃ sṛṣṭiṃ kariṣyatha || sarve hi bāliśāḥ kiṃ hi sṛṣṭikartuṃ samudyatāḥ dharmapatnyo mune tvetāstāsvapatyāni me śṛṇu || viśvedevāstu viśvāyāssādhyānsādhyā vyajāyata pratyūṣasya tvabhūtputra ṛṣirnāmnā tu devalaḥ|| dvau putrau devalasyāpi prajāvantau manīṣiṇau

Seeing these that had been created, the sage Nārada spoke — Nārada, sprung wholly from Parameṣṭhin (Brahmā). Nārada said: Not knowing the measure of the earth, how will you carry out creation? For you are all childish; why then have you set out to create? — (And:) These, O sage, are the wives of Dharma; hear from me their offspring: Viśvā brought forth the Viśvedevas, Sādhyā the Sādhyas. Of Pratyūṣa there was a son, a seer named Devala; Devala too had two sons, thoughtful men who had offspring.

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SiP 5 31.6

श्रुतवान्वा कश्यपाद्वै पुंसां सृष्टिर्भविष्यति ।। दक्षस्येव दुहितृषु तस्मात्तानब्रवीत्तु सः

śrutavānvā kaśyapādvai puṃsāṃ sṛṣṭirbhaviṣyati || dakṣasyeva duhitṛṣu tasmāttānabravīttu saḥ

Or (else) he had heard that from Kaśyapa there would be a creation of men, indeed upon Dakṣa's own daughters; therefore he spoke to them.

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SiP 5 31.7

अजानतः कथं सृष्टिं बालिशा वै करिष्यथ ।। दिशं कांचिदजानंतस्तस्माद्विज्ञाय तां भुवम्

ajānataḥ kathaṃ sṛṣṭiṃ bāliśā vai kariṣyatha || diśaṃ kāṃcidajānaṃtastasmādvijñāya tāṃ bhuvam

Not knowing (it), how, foolish ones, will you carry out creation? — since you do not know even a single direction. Therefore (first) come to know that earth.

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SiP 5 31.8

इत्युक्ताः प्रययुस्सर्वे आशां विज्ञातुमोजसा ।। तदंतं न हि संप्राप्य न निवृत्ताः पितुर्गृहम्

ityuktāḥ prayayussarve āśāṃ vijñātumojasā || tadaṃtaṃ na hi saṃprāpya na nivṛttāḥ piturgṛham

Thus addressed, they all set out with their might to find out the region; and not reaching its end, they did not return to their father's house.

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SiP 5 31.9

तज्ज्ञात्वा जनयामास पुनः पंचशतान्सुतान्।। तानुवाच पुनस्सोऽपि नारदस्सर्वदर्शनः

tajjñātvā janayāmāsa punaḥ paṃcaśatānsutān|| tānuvāca punasso'pi nāradassarvadarśanaḥ

Learning of that, he begot again five hundred sons; and to them too Nārada, who sees all, spoke again.

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SiP 5 31.11

सूत उवाच।। तेऽपि तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा निर्यातास्सर्वतोदिशम् ।। सुबलाश्वा दक्षसुता हर्यश्वा इव ते पुरा

sūta uvāca|| te'pi tadvacanaṃ śrutvā niryātāssarvatodiśam || subalāśvā dakṣasutā haryaśvā iva te purā

Sūta said: They too, having heard that speech of his, went out in every direction — the Subalāśvas, sons of Dakṣa, just as the Haryaśvas had before.

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SiP 5 31.12

अनंतं पुष्करं प्राप्य गतास्तेऽपि पराभवम् ।। अद्यापि न निवर्तंते समुद्रेभ्य इवापगाः

anaṃtaṃ puṣkaraṃ prāpya gatāste'pi parābhavam || adyāpi na nivartaṃte samudrebhya ivāpagāḥ

Reaching the endless Puṣkara, they too met with ruin; even today they do not come back, as rivers do not come back from the oceans.

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SiP 5 31.13

तदाप्रभृति वै भ्राता भ्रातुरन्वेषणे रतः ।। प्रयातो नश्यति मुने तन्न कार्य्यं विपश्चिता

tadāprabhṛti vai bhrātā bhrāturanveṣaṇe rataḥ || prayāto naśyati mune tanna kāryyaṃ vipaścitā

From that time on, a brother who sets out intent on searching for his brother perishes, O sage; that should not be done by one who is wise.

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SiP 5 31.14

तांश्चापि नष्टान्विज्ञाय पुत्रान्दक्षः प्रजापतिः ।। स च क्रोधा द्ददौ शापं नारदाय महात्मने

tāṃścāpi naṣṭānvijñāya putrāndakṣaḥ prajāpatiḥ || sa ca krodhā ddadau śāpaṃ nāradāya mahātmane

And learning that those sons too were lost, Dakṣa the Prajāpati in anger laid a curse upon the great-souled Nārada.

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SiP 5 31.15

कुत्रचिन्न लभस्वेति संस्थितिं कलहप्रिय ।। तव सान्निध्यतो लोके भवेच्च कलहस्सदा

kutracinna labhasveti saṃsthitiṃ kalahapriya || tava sānnidhyato loke bhavecca kalahassadā

"May you nowhere find a settled dwelling, O lover of quarrels; and by your presence in the world let there always be strife."

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SiP 5 31.16

सांत्वितोऽथ विधात्रा हि स दक्षस्तु प्रजापतिः।। कन्याः षष्ट्यसृजत्पश्चाद्वीरिण्यामिति नः श्रुतम्

sāṃtvito'tha vidhātrā hi sa dakṣastu prajāpatiḥ|| kanyāḥ ṣaṣṭyasṛjatpaścādvīriṇyāmiti naḥ śrutam

Then, when he had been conciliated by the Creator, that Dakṣa Prajāpati afterwards begot sixty daughters upon Vīriṇī — so we have heard.

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SiP 5 31.17

ददौ स दश धर्माय कश्यपाय त्रयोदश ।। सप्तविंशति सोमाय चतस्रोऽरिष्टनेमिने

dadau sa daśa dharmāya kaśyapāya trayodaśa || saptaviṃśati somāya catasro'riṣṭanemine

He gave ten to Dharma, thirteen to Kaśyapa, twenty-seven to Soma, four to Ariṣṭanemi,

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SiP 5 31.18

द्वे चैवं ब्रह्मपुत्राय द्वे चैवाङ्गिरसे तदा ।। द्वे कृशाश्वाय विदुषे तासां नामानि मे शृणु

dve caivaṃ brahmaputrāya dve caivāṅgirase tadā || dve kṛśāśvāya viduṣe tāsāṃ nāmāni me śṛṇu

and likewise two to the son of Brahmā, and two then to Aṅgiras, and two to the learned Kṛśāśva. Hear from me their names.

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SiP 5 31.19

अरुंधती वसुर्य्यामिर्लम्बा भानुर्मरुत्वती ।। संकल्पा च मुहूर्ता च संध्या विश्वा च वै मुने

aruṃdhatī vasuryyāmirlambā bhānurmarutvatī || saṃkalpā ca muhūrtā ca saṃdhyā viśvā ca vai mune

Arundhatī, Vasu, Yāmi, Lambā, Bhānu, Marutvatī, and Saṃkalpā, and Muhūrtā, and Saṃdhyā, and Viśvā indeed, O sage.

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SiP 5 31.21

मरुत्वत्यां मरुत्वंतो वसोस्तु वसवस्तथा ।। भानोस्तु भानवस्सर्वे मुहूर्तायां मुहूर्तजाः

marutvatyāṃ marutvaṃto vasostu vasavastathā || bhānostu bhānavassarve muhūrtāyāṃ muhūrtajāḥ

In Marutvatī (were born) the Marutvants, and of Vasu the Vasus; of Bhānu all the Bhānus; in Muhūrtā those born of the hours (Muhūrtas).

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SiP 5 31.22

लम्बायाश्चैव घोषोऽथ नागवीथी च यामिजा ।। पृथिवी विषमस्तस्यामरुन्धत्यामजायत

lambāyāścaiva ghoṣo'tha nāgavīthī ca yāmijā || pṛthivī viṣamastasyāmarundhatyāmajāyata

And of Lambā (was born) Ghoṣa; and Nāgavīthī was born of Yāmi; the earth (and) Viṣama were born of her, of Arundhatī.

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SiP 5 31.23

संकल्पायास्तु सत्यात्मा जज्ञे संकल्प एव हि।। अयादया वसोः पुत्रा अष्टौ ताञ्छृणु शौनक

saṃkalpāyāstu satyātmā jajñe saṃkalpa eva hi|| ayādayā vasoḥ putrā aṣṭau tāñchṛṇu śaunaka

Of Saṃkalpā was born Satyātmā, namely Saṃkalpa himself; and Vasu's sons were the eight beginning with Aya — hear them, O Śaunaka.

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SiP 5 31.24

अयो धुवश्च सोमश्च धरश्चैवानिलोऽनलः ।। प्रत्यूषश्च प्रभासश्च वसवाऽष्टा च नामतः

ayo dhuvaśca somaśca dharaścaivānilo'nalaḥ || pratyūṣaśca prabhāsaśca vasavā'ṣṭā ca nāmataḥ

Aya and Dhruva and Soma and Dhara and Anila, Anala, and Pratyūṣa and Prabhāsa — these are the eight Vasus by name.

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SiP 5 31.25

अयस्य पुत्रो वैतण्डः श्रमः शांतो मुनिस्तथा ।। ध्रुवस्य पुत्रो भगवान्कालो लोकभावनः

ayasya putro vaitaṇḍaḥ śramaḥ śāṃto munistathā || dhruvasya putro bhagavānkālo lokabhāvanaḥ

Aya's sons were Vaitaṇḍa, Śrama, Śānta, and Muni; Dhruva's son was the lord Kāla, who brings the worlds into being.

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SiP 5 31.26

सोमस्य भगवान्वर्चा वर्चस्वी येन जायते ।। धरस्य पुत्रो द्रविणो हुतहव्यवहस्तथा

somasya bhagavānvarcā varcasvī yena jāyate || dharasya putro draviṇo hutahavyavahastathā

Soma's (son) was the lord Varcas, by whom one becomes possessed of splendour; Dhara's sons were Draviṇa and Hutahavyavaha,

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SiP 5 31.27

मनोहरायाश्शिशिरः प्राणोऽथ रमणस्तथा ।। अनिलस्य शिवा भार्य्या यस्याः पुत्राः पुरोजवः

manoharāyāśśiśiraḥ prāṇo'tha ramaṇastathā || anilasya śivā bhāryyā yasyāḥ putrāḥ purojavaḥ

(and) of Manoharā, Śiśira, then Prāṇa, and Ramaṇa. Anila's wife was Śivā, whose sons were Purojava

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SiP 5 31.28

अविज्ञातगतिश्चैव द्वौ पुत्रावनिलस्य तु।। अग्निपुत्रः कुमारस्तु शरस्तम्बे श्रियावृते

avijñātagatiścaiva dvau putrāvanilasya tu|| agniputraḥ kumārastu śarastambe śriyāvṛte

and Avijñātagati — these two were Anila's sons. Agni's son was Kumāra, (born) in a thicket of reeds, encompassed by splendour.

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SiP 5 31.29

तस्य शाखो विशाखश्च नैगमेयश्च पृष्ठतः।। अपत्यं कृत्तिकानां तु कार्तिकेय इति स्मृतः

tasya śākho viśākhaśca naigameyaśca pṛṣṭhataḥ|| apatyaṃ kṛttikānāṃ tu kārtikeya iti smṛtaḥ

His (offspring) were Śākha and Viśākha and Naigameya afterwards; but as the child of the Kṛttikās he is known as Kārtikeya.

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SiP 5 31.31

बृहस्पते तु भगिनी वरस्त्री ब्रह्मचारिणी ।। योगसिद्धा जगत्कृत्स्नं समंताद्व्यचरत्तदा

bṛhaspate tu bhaginī varastrī brahmacāriṇī || yogasiddhā jagatkṛtsnaṃ samaṃtādvyacarattadā

Now Bṛhaspati's sister, an excellent woman, chaste, perfected in yoga, then roamed the whole world on every side.

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SiP 5 31.32

प्रभासस्य तु सा भार्य्या वसूनामष्टमस्य च।। विश्वकर्मा महाभाग तस्य जज्ञे प्रजापतिः

prabhāsasya tu sā bhāryyā vasūnāmaṣṭamasya ca|| viśvakarmā mahābhāga tasya jajñe prajāpatiḥ

She was the wife of Prabhāsa, the eighth of the Vasus; of him, O greatly fortunate one, was born Viśvakarman, a lord of creatures,

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SiP 5 31.33

कर्ता शिल्पसहस्राणां त्रिदशानां च वार्द्धकिः।। भूषणानां च सर्वेषां कर्ता शिल्पवतां वरः

kartā śilpasahasrāṇāṃ tridaśānāṃ ca vārddhakiḥ|| bhūṣaṇānāṃ ca sarveṣāṃ kartā śilpavatāṃ varaḥ

the maker of thousands of crafted works and the builder for the thirty (gods), and the maker of all ornaments, the best of those skilled in craft,

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SiP 5 31.34

यस्सर्वासां विमानानि देवतानां चकार ह ।। मनुष्याश्चोपजीवन्ति यस्य शिल्पं महात्मनः

yassarvāsāṃ vimānāni devatānāṃ cakāra ha || manuṣyāścopajīvanti yasya śilpaṃ mahātmanaḥ

who indeed made the celestial cars of all the gods, and by whose craft, (the craft) of that great one, men make their living.

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SiP 5 31.35

मतांतरमाह ।। रैवतोऽजो भवो भीमो वाम उग्रो वृषाकपिः ।। अजैकपादहिर्बुध्न्यो बहुरूपो महानिति

matāṃtaramāha || raivato'jo bhavo bhīmo vāma ugro vṛṣākapiḥ || ajaikapādahirbudhnyo bahurūpo mahāniti

He states another view: Raivata, Aja, Bhava, Bhīma, Vāma, Ugra, Vṛṣākapi, Ajaikapād, Ahirbudhnya, Bahurūpa, and Mahān.

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SiP 5 31.36

सरूपायां प्रसूतस्य स्त्रियां रुद्रश्च कोटिशः ।। तत्रैकादशमुख्यास्तु तन्नामानि मुने शृणु

sarūpāyāṃ prasūtasya striyāṃ rudraśca koṭiśaḥ || tatraikādaśamukhyāstu tannāmāni mune śṛṇu

And Rudras by the crore (were born) of him who was begotten in the woman Sarūpā; among them eleven are the chief — hear their names, O sage.

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SiP 5 31.37

अजैकपादहिर्बुध्न्यस्त्वष्टा रुद्रश्च वीर्यवान्।। हरश्च बहुरूपश्च त्र्यम्बकश्चापराजितः

ajaikapādahirbudhnyastvaṣṭā rudraśca vīryavān|| haraśca bahurūpaśca tryambakaścāparājitaḥ

Ajaikapād, Ahirbudhnya, Tvaṣṭā, and the valorous Rudra; Hara, Bahurūpa, Tryambaka, and Aparājita;

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SiP 5 31.38

वृषाकपिश्च शम्भुश्च कपर्दी रैवतस्तथा ।। एकादशैते कथिता रुद्रास्त्रिभुवनेश्वराः

vṛṣākapiśca śambhuśca kapardī raivatastathā || ekādaśaite kathitā rudrāstribhuvaneśvarāḥ

Vṛṣākapi, Śambhu, Kapardī, and likewise Raivata: these eleven are declared to be the Rudras, lords of the three worlds.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SiP 5 31.39

शतं त्वेवं समाख्यातं रुद्राणाममितौजसाम्।। शृणु कश्यपपत्नीनां नामानि मुनिसत्तम

śataṃ tvevaṃ samākhyātaṃ rudrāṇāmamitaujasām|| śṛṇu kaśyapapatnīnāṃ nāmāni munisattama

Thus a hundred of the Rudras of measureless might has been recounted. Hear now the names of Kaśyapa's wives, O best of sages.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition