Shiva Purana — Uma Samhita — Chapter 35

SiP 5 35.1

।। सूत उवाच ।। विवस्वान्कश्यपाज्जज्ञे दाक्षायण्यां महाऋषेः ।। तस्य भार्याऽभवत्संज्ञा त्वाष्ट्री देवी सुरेणुका

|| sūta uvāca || vivasvānkaśyapājjajñe dākṣāyaṇyāṃ mahāṛṣeḥ || tasya bhāryā'bhavatsaṃjñā tvāṣṭrī devī sureṇukā

Sūta said: Vivasvat was born from Kaśyapa the great seer, in the daughter of Dakṣa. His wife was Saṃjñā, Tvaṣṭṛ's daughter, the goddess Sureṇukā.

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SiP 5 35.2

मुनेऽसहिष्णुना तेन तेजसा दुस्सहेन च ।। भर्तृरूपेण नातुष्यद्रूप यौवनशालिनी

mune'sahiṣṇunā tena tejasā dussahena ca || bhartṛrūpeṇa nātuṣyadrūpa yauvanaśālinī

O sage, since she could not bear that unbearable heat, she, endowed with beauty and youth, took no pleasure in her husband's form.

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SiP 5 35.3

आदित्यस्य हि तद्रूपमसहिष्णुस्तु तेजसः ।। दह्यमाना तदोद्वेगमकरोद्वरवर्णिनी

ādityasya hi tadrūpamasahiṣṇustu tejasaḥ || dahyamānā tadodvegamakarodvaravarṇinī

For, unable to bear that form of the Sun, (that form) of blazing heat, being scorched, the fair-complexioned one then became distressed.

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SiP 5 35.4

ऋषेऽस्यां त्रीण्यपत्यानि जनयामास भास्करः ।। संज्ञायां तु मनुः पूर्वं श्राद्धदेवः प्रजापतिः

ṛṣe'syāṃ trīṇyapatyāni janayāmāsa bhāskaraḥ || saṃjñāyāṃ tu manuḥ pūrvaṃ śrāddhadevaḥ prajāpatiḥ

O seer, the Sun begot three children in her: in Saṃjñā, first Manu Śrāddhadeva, the Prajāpati;

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SiP 5 35.5

यमश्च यमुना चैव यमलौ संबभूवतुः ।। एवं हि त्रीण्यपत्यानि तस्यां जातानि सूर्य्यतः छायोवाच ।। आकेशग्रहणाद्देवि सहिष्येऽहं सुदुष्कृतम् ।। नाख्यास्यामि मतं तुभ्यं गच्छ देवि यथासुखम् शप्तोहमस्मि देवेश जनन्या तपतांवर ।। तव प्रसादाच्चरणो न पतेन्मम गोपते भ्रमिमारोप्य तत्तेजः शातयामास वै मुनिः ।। ततो विभ्राजितं रूप तेजसा संवृतेन च मेरुपृष्ठे तपो घोरमद्यापि चरते प्रभुः ।। यवीयसी तयोर्या तु यमी कन्या यशस्विनी

yamaśca yamunā caiva yamalau saṃbabhūvatuḥ || evaṃ hi trīṇyapatyāni tasyāṃ jātāni sūryyataḥ chāyovāca || ākeśagrahaṇāddevi sahiṣye'haṃ suduṣkṛtam || nākhyāsyāmi mataṃ tubhyaṃ gaccha devi yathāsukham śaptohamasmi deveśa jananyā tapatāṃvara || tava prasādāccaraṇo na patenmama gopate bhramimāropya tattejaḥ śātayāmāsa vai muniḥ || tato vibhrājitaṃ rūpa tejasā saṃvṛtena ca merupṛṣṭhe tapo ghoramadyāpi carate prabhuḥ || yavīyasī tayoryā tu yamī kanyā yaśasvinī

and Yama and Yamunā came to be as twins. Thus indeed three offspring were born in her from the Sun. — Chāyā said: Even to the seizing of my hair, O goddess, I shall bear the great wrong; I shall not disclose your plan; go, goddess, as you please. — "I have been cursed, O lord of the gods, by my mother, O best of the burning ones; by your favour let my foot not fall, O lord of rays." — Mounting that radiance on the lathe, the sage pared it down; thereupon the form shone, its heat being contained. On the back of Meru the lord practises terrible austerity even to this day. And she who was the younger of the two, the maiden Yamī, glorious,

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SiP 5 35.6

संवर्तुलं तु तद्रूपं दृष्ट्वा संज्ञा विवस्वतः ।। असहंती ततश्छायामात्मनस्साऽ सृजच्छुभाम्

saṃvartulaṃ tu tadrūpaṃ dṛṣṭvā saṃjñā vivasvataḥ || asahaṃtī tataśchāyāmātmanassā' sṛjacchubhām

But seeing that form of Vivasvat all whirled round, Saṃjñā, unable to bear it, then created from herself a lovely Shadow (Chāyā).

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SiP 5 35.7

मायामयी तु सा संज्ञामवोचद्भक्तितश्शुभे ।। किं करोमीह कार्य्यं ते कथयस्व शुचिस्मिते

māyāmayī tu sā saṃjñāmavocadbhaktitaśśubhe || kiṃ karomīha kāryyaṃ te kathayasva śucismite

And she, made of illusion, said devotedly to Saṃjñā: "O lovely one, what am I to do here? Tell me your task, O you of bright smile."

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SiP 5 35.8

संज्ञोवाच ।। अहं यास्यामि भद्रं ते ममैव भवनं पितुः ।। त्वयैतद्भवने सत्यं वस्तव्यं निर्विकारतः

saṃjñovāca || ahaṃ yāsyāmi bhadraṃ te mamaiva bhavanaṃ pituḥ || tvayaitadbhavane satyaṃ vastavyaṃ nirvikārataḥ

Saṃjñā said: I shall go — good fortune to you — to my own father's house. By you this house must truly be dwelt in, without any alteration.

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SiP 5 35.9

इमौ मे बालकौ साधू कन्या चेयं सुमध्यमा ।। पालनीयाः सुखेनैव मम चेदिच्छसि प्रियम्

imau me bālakau sādhū kanyā ceyaṃ sumadhyamā || pālanīyāḥ sukhenaiva mama cedicchasi priyam

These two good boys of mine and this slender-waisted girl are to be cared for in comfort, if you wish to do me a kindness.

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SiP 5 35.11

सूत उवाच ।। इत्युक्ता साऽगमद्देवी व्रीडिता सन्निधौ पितुः ।। पित्रा निर्भर्त्सिता तत्र नियुक्ता सा पुनः पुनः

sūta uvāca || ityuktā sā'gamaddevī vrīḍitā sannidhau pituḥ || pitrā nirbhartsitā tatra niyuktā sā punaḥ punaḥ

Sūta said: Addressed thus, the goddess went, ashamed, into her father's presence; and there, rebuked by her father, she was directed (to go back) again and again.

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SiP 5 35.12

अगच्छद्वडवा भूत्वाऽऽच्छाद्यरूपं ततस्त्वकम् ।। कुरुंस्तदोत्तरान्प्राप्य नृणां मध्ये चचार ह

agacchadvaḍavā bhūtvā''cchādyarūpaṃ tatastvakam || kuruṃstadottarānprāpya nṛṇāṃ madhye cacāra ha

She went, becoming a mare, having thereupon concealed her own form and skin; and reaching those northern Kurus, she roamed among men.

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SiP 5 35.13

संज्ञां तां तु रविर्मत्वा छायायां सुसुतं तदा ।। जनयामास सावर्णिं मनुं वै सविता किल

saṃjñāṃ tāṃ tu ravirmatvā chāyāyāṃ susutaṃ tadā || janayāmāsa sāvarṇiṃ manuṃ vai savitā kila

Taking her to be Saṃjñā, the Sun then begot in Chāyā a good son: Savitṛ begot Manu Sāvarṇi, so it is said.

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SiP 5 35.14

संज्ञाऽनु प्रार्थिता छाया सा स्वपुत्रेऽपि नित्यशः ।। चकाराभ्यधिकं स्नेहं न तथा पूर्वजे सुते

saṃjñā'nu prārthitā chāyā sā svaputre'pi nityaśaḥ || cakārābhyadhikaṃ snehaṃ na tathā pūrvaje sute

Chāyā, having afterwards been entreated by Saṃjñā, still constantly showed greater affection to her own son, and not so to the elder son.

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SiP 5 35.15

अनुजश्चाक्षमस्तत्तु यमस्तं नैव चक्षमे ।। स सरोषस्तु बाल्याच्च भाविनोऽर्थस्य गौरवात्

anujaścākṣamastattu yamastaṃ naiva cakṣame || sa saroṣastu bālyācca bhāvino'rthasya gauravāt

And the younger (brother was favoured); Yama could not endure that at all. But he, full of anger — from childishness and from the gravity of what was to come —

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SiP 5 35.16

छायां संतर्जयामास यदा वैवस्वतो यमः ।। तं शशाप ततः क्रोधाच्छाया तु कलुषीकृता

chāyāṃ saṃtarjayāmāsa yadā vaivasvato yamaḥ || taṃ śaśāpa tataḥ krodhācchāyā tu kaluṣīkṛtā

When Yama Vaivasvata threatened Chāyā, then she, her mind made turbid, cursed him out of anger.

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SiP 5 35.17

चरणः पततामेष तवेति भृशरोषितः ।। यमस्ततः पितुस्सर्वं प्रांजलिः प्रत्यवेदयत्

caraṇaḥ patatāmeṣa taveti bhṛśaroṣitaḥ || yamastataḥ pitussarvaṃ prāṃjaliḥ pratyavedayat

"Let this foot of yours fall off!" — (so she spoke,) greatly enraged. Then Yama, with joined palms, reported everything to his father.

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SiP 5 35.18

भृशं शाप भयोद्विग्नस्संज्ञावाक्यैर्विचेष्टितः ।। मात्रा स्नेहेन सर्वेषु वर्तितव्यं सुतेषु वै

bhṛśaṃ śāpa bhayodvignassaṃjñāvākyairviceṣṭitaḥ || mātrā snehena sarveṣu vartitavyaṃ suteṣu vai

Greatly alarmed by fear of the curse, he was distressed by Saṃjñā's words: "A mother should indeed behave with (equal) affection toward all her sons."

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SiP 5 35.19

स्नेहमस्मास्वपाकृत्य कनीयांसं बिभर्ति सा।। तस्मान्मयोद्यतः पादस्तद्भवान् क्षंतुमर्हति

snehamasmāsvapākṛtya kanīyāṃsaṃ bibharti sā|| tasmānmayodyataḥ pādastadbhavān kṣaṃtumarhati

"She withdraws her affection from us and cherishes the younger one; therefore my foot was raised. For that you ought to forgive (me)."

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SiP 5 35.21

सवितोवाच ।। असंशयं पुत्र महद्भविष्यत्यत्र कारणम् ।। येन त्वामाविशत्क्रोधो धर्मज्ञं सत्यवादिनम्

savitovāca || asaṃśayaṃ putra mahadbhaviṣyatyatra kāraṇam || yena tvāmāviśatkrodho dharmajñaṃ satyavādinam

Savitṛ said: Without doubt, son, there will be some great cause here, by which anger entered you, who know dharma and speak the truth.

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SiP 5 35.22

न शक्यते तन्मिथ्या वै कर्त्तुं मातृवचस्तव ।। कृमयो मांसमादाय गमिष्यंति महीतले

na śakyate tanmithyā vai karttuṃ mātṛvacastava || kṛmayo māṃsamādāya gamiṣyaṃti mahītale

That word of your mother cannot be made false: worms will take the flesh and go away over the earth.

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SiP 5 35.23

तद्वाक्यं भविता सत्यं त्वं च त्रातौ भविष्यसि ।। कुरु तात न संदेहं मनश्चाश्वास्य स्वं प्रभो

tadvākyaṃ bhavitā satyaṃ tvaṃ ca trātau bhaviṣyasi || kuru tāta na saṃdehaṃ manaścāśvāsya svaṃ prabho

That utterance will come true, and you too will be preserved. Have no doubt, dear one, and comfort your own mind, O lord.

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SiP 5 35.24

सूत उवाच ।। इत्युक्त्वा तनयं सूर्यो यमसंज्ञं मुनीश्वर ।। आदित्यश्चाब्रवीत्तान्त्तु छायां क्रोधसमन्वितः

sūta uvāca || ityuktvā tanayaṃ sūryo yamasaṃjñaṃ munīśvara || ādityaścābravīttānttu chāyāṃ krodhasamanvitaḥ

Sūta said: Having spoken thus to his son named Yama, O lord of sages, the Āditya then, filled with anger, spoke to Chāyā.

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SiP 5 35.25

सूर्य उवाच ।। हे प्रिये कुमते चंडि किं त्वयाऽऽचरितं किल।। किं तु मेऽभ्यधिकः स्नेह एतदाख्यातुमर्हसि

sūrya uvāca || he priye kumate caṃḍi kiṃ tvayā''caritaṃ kila|| kiṃ tu me'bhyadhikaḥ sneha etadākhyātumarhasi

Sūrya said: O dear one, evil-minded and fierce woman, what is this you have done? Why is your affection greater (for one son)? This you ought to explain to me.

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SiP 5 35.26

सूत उवाच ।। सा रवेर्वचनं श्रुत्वा यथा तथ्यं न्यवेदयत् ।। निर्दग्धा कामरविणा सांत्वयामास वै तदा

sūta uvāca || sā ravervacanaṃ śrutvā yathā tathyaṃ nyavedayat || nirdagdhā kāmaraviṇā sāṃtvayāmāsa vai tadā

Sūta said: She, hearing the Sun's words, reported it as it truly was; scorched by the sun at (his) will, she then sought to appease him.

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SiP 5 35.27

छायोवाच।। तवातितेजसा दग्धा इदं रूपं न शोभते ।। असहंती च तत्संज्ञा वने वसति शाद्वले

chāyovāca|| tavātitejasā dagdhā idaṃ rūpaṃ na śobhate || asahaṃtī ca tatsaṃjñā vane vasati śādvale

Chāyā said: Burnt by your excessive heat, this form of mine does not shine; and Saṃjñā, unable to bear it, dwells in the grassy forest.

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SiP 5 35.28

श्लाघ्या योगबलोपेता योगमासाद्य गोपते ।। अनुकूलस्तु देवेश संदिश्यात्ममयं मतम्

ślāghyā yogabalopetā yogamāsādya gopate || anukūlastu deveśa saṃdiśyātmamayaṃ matam

She is praiseworthy, endowed with the power of yoga, having resorted to yoga, O lord of rays; but be favourable, O lord of gods, now that I have declared to you what is in my mind.

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SiP 5 35.29

रूपं निवर्तयाम्यद्य तव कांतं करोम्यहम् ।। सूत उवाच ।। तच्छ्रुत्वाऽपगतः क्रोधो मार्तण्डस्य विवस्वतः

rūpaṃ nivartayāmyadya tava kāṃtaṃ karomyaham || sūta uvāca || tacchrutvā'pagataḥ krodho mārtaṇḍasya vivasvataḥ

"Today I will restore my form; I will make it lovely for you." Sūta said: Hearing that, the anger of Mārtaṇḍa Vivasvat departed.

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SiP 5 35.31

कृतं कांततरं रूपं त्वष्ट्रा तच्छुशुभे तदा ।। ततोभियोगमास्थाय स्वां भार्य्यां हि ददर्श ह

kṛtaṃ kāṃtataraṃ rūpaṃ tvaṣṭrā tacchuśubhe tadā || tatobhiyogamāsthāya svāṃ bhāryyāṃ hi dadarśa ha

A still lovelier form was made by Tvaṣṭṛ, and it then shone. Then, resorting to yoga, he indeed beheld his own wife —

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SiP 5 35.32

अधृष्यां सर्वभूतानां तेजसा नियमेन च ।। सोऽश्वरूपं समास्थाय गत्वा तां मैथुनेच्छया

adhṛṣyāṃ sarvabhūtānāṃ tejasā niyamena ca || so'śvarūpaṃ samāsthāya gatvā tāṃ maithunecchayā

— unassailable by all beings through her fiery energy and her observance. He, assuming the form of a horse, went to her with the desire for union.

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SiP 5 35.33

मैथुनाय विचेष्टंतीं परपुंसोभिशंकया ।। मुखतो नासिकायां तु शुक्रं तत् व्यदधान्मुने

maithunāya viceṣṭaṃtīṃ parapuṃsobhiśaṃkayā || mukhato nāsikāyāṃ tu śukraṃ tat vyadadhānmune

As she struggled against the union out of suspicion that he was another man, he placed that seed in her nostril from his mouth, O sage.

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SiP 5 35.34

देवौ ततः प्रजायेतामश्विनौ भिषजां वरौ ।। नासत्यौ तौ च दस्रौ च स्मृतौ द्वावश्विनावपि

devau tataḥ prajāyetāmaśvinau bhiṣajāṃ varau || nāsatyau tau ca dasrau ca smṛtau dvāvaśvināvapi

Thereupon two gods were born, the Aśvins, the best of physicians; the two Aśvins are also remembered as the Nāsatyas and the Dasras.

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SiP 5 35.35

तौ तु कांतेन रूपेण दर्शयामास भास्करः ।। आत्मानं सा तु तं दृष्ट्वा प्रहृष्टा पतिमादरात्

tau tu kāṃtena rūpeṇa darśayāmāsa bhāskaraḥ || ātmānaṃ sā tu taṃ dṛṣṭvā prahṛṣṭā patimādarāt

Then Bhāskara showed himself to those two in his lovely form; and she, seeing him, was delighted, (and approached) her husband with reverence.

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SiP 5 35.36

पत्या तेन गृहं प्रायात्स्वं सती मुदितानना ।। मुमुदातेऽथ तौ प्रीत्या दंपतो पूर्वतोधिकम्

patyā tena gṛhaṃ prāyātsvaṃ satī muditānanā || mumudāte'tha tau prītyā daṃpato pūrvatodhikam

With that husband the virtuous woman went to her own house, her face joyful; and then the couple rejoiced in love more than before.

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SiP 5 35.37

यमस्तु कर्मणा तेन भृशं पीडितमानसः ।। धर्मेण रंजयामास धर्मराज इमा प्रजाः

yamastu karmaṇā tena bhṛśaṃ pīḍitamānasaḥ || dharmeṇa raṃjayāmāsa dharmarāja imā prajāḥ

But Yama, his mind sorely pained by that deed, ruled these creatures by righteousness — he, the King of Dharma.

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SiP 5 35.38

लेभे स कर्मणा तेन धर्मराजो महाद्युतिः ।। पितॄणामाधिपत्यं च लोकपालत्वमेव च

lebhe sa karmaṇā tena dharmarājo mahādyutiḥ || pitṝṇāmādhipatyaṃ ca lokapālatvameva ca

By that deed the King of Dharma, of great splendour, obtained both the overlordship of the ancestors (Pitṛs) and the office of world-guardian.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SiP 5 35.39

मनुः प्रजापतिस्त्वासीत्सावर्णिस्स तपोधनः ।। भाव्यः स कर्मणा तेन मनोस्सावर्णिकेंतरे

manuḥ prajāpatistvāsītsāvarṇissa tapodhanaḥ || bhāvyaḥ sa karmaṇā tena manossāvarṇikeṃtare

And he was Manu Sāvarṇi, the lord of creatures, whose wealth was austerity; by that deed he is to be (Manu) in the Sāvarṇika Manu-interval to come.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SiP 5 35.41

अभवत्सा सरिच्छ्रेष्ठा यमुना लोकपा वनी ।। मनुरित्युच्यते लोके सावर्णिरिति चोच्यते

abhavatsā saricchreṣṭhā yamunā lokapā vanī || manurityucyate loke sāvarṇiriti cocyate

She became the best of rivers, the Yamunā, (and) the world-protector...; in the world he is called Manu, and he is called Sāvarṇi.

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

SiP 5 35.42

य इदं जन्म देवानां शृणुयाद्धारयेत्तु वा ।। आपदं प्राप्य मुच्येत प्राप्नुयात्सुमहद्यशः

ya idaṃ janma devānāṃ śṛṇuyāddhārayettu vā || āpadaṃ prāpya mucyeta prāpnuyātsumahadyaśaḥ

Whoever should hear this birth (-story) of the gods, or should keep it in mind, would be freed when he meets with calamity, and would obtain very great fame.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition