Shiva Purana — Uma Samhita — Chapter 4
SiP 5 4.1
मुनय ऊचुः ।। ताततात महाभाग धन्यस्त्वं हि महामते ।। अद्भुतेयं कथा शंभोः श्राविता परभक्तिदा
munaya ūcuḥ || tātatāta mahābhāga dhanyastvaṃ hi mahāmate || adbhuteyaṃ kathā śaṃbhoḥ śrāvitā parabhaktidā
The sages said: Dear sir, dear sir, greatly fortunate one, blessed indeed are you, O you of great mind! Wondrous is this account of Śambhu that you have caused (us) to hear, bestowing supreme devotion.
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SiP 5 4.2
पुनर्ब्रूहि कथां शंभोर्व्यास प्रश्नानुसारतः ।। सर्वज्ञस्त्वं व्यासशिष्यः शिवतत्त्वविचक्षणः
punarbrūhi kathāṃ śaṃbhorvyāsa praśnānusārataḥ || sarvajñastvaṃ vyāsaśiṣyaḥ śivatattvavicakṣaṇaḥ
Tell again the story of Śambhu, O Vyāsa, following (our) questions; you are all-knowing, a disciple of Vyāsa, skilled in the truth of Śiva.
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SiP 5 4.3
सूत उवाच ।। एवमेव गुरुर्व्यासः पृष्टवान्मेऽजसंभवम् ।। सनत्कुमारं सर्वज्ञं शिवभक्तं मुनीश्वरम्
sūta uvāca || evameva gururvyāsaḥ pṛṣṭavānme'jasaṃbhavam || sanatkumāraṃ sarvajñaṃ śivabhaktaṃ munīśvaram
Sūta said: In just this way my teacher Vyāsa questioned Sanatkumāra, born of the Unborn (Brahmā), the all-knowing devotee of Śiva, lord of sages.
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SiP 5 4.4
व्यास उवाच ।। सनत्कुमार सर्वज्ञ श्रावितेयं शुभा कधा ।। शंकरस्य महेशस्य नानालीलाविहारिणः
vyāsa uvāca || sanatkumāra sarvajña śrāviteyaṃ śubhā kadhā || śaṃkarasya maheśasya nānālīlāvihāriṇaḥ
Vyāsa said: O Sanatkumāra, all-knowing one, this auspicious story of Śaṃkara, the great lord who sports in manifold play, has been made (me) to hear.
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SiP 5 4.5
पुनर्ब्रूहि महादेव महिमानं विशेषतः ।। श्रद्धा च महती श्रोतुं मम तात प्रवर्द्धते देवानां योनयश्चाष्टौ मानुषी नवमी च या।। तिरश्चां योनयः पंच भवंत्येवं चतुर्द्दश जगत्प्राणोऽपि गर्वेण मोहितश्शिवमायया ।। कामेन निर्जितो व्यासश्चक्रेऽन्यस्त्रीरतिं पुरा गरुडः शांडिलीं कन्यां नेतुकामस्सुमोहितः ।। विज्ञातस्तु तया सद्यो दग्धपक्षो बभूव ह
punarbrūhi mahādeva mahimānaṃ viśeṣataḥ || śraddhā ca mahatī śrotuṃ mama tāta pravarddhate devānāṃ yonayaścāṣṭau mānuṣī navamī ca yā|| tiraścāṃ yonayaḥ paṃca bhavaṃtyevaṃ caturddaśa jagatprāṇo'pi garveṇa mohitaśśivamāyayā || kāmena nirjito vyāsaścakre'nyastrīratiṃ purā garuḍaḥ śāṃḍilīṃ kanyāṃ netukāmassumohitaḥ || vijñātastu tayā sadyo dagdhapakṣo babhūva ha
Tell again, O great god, his greatness in particular; and a great eagerness to hear grows in me, dear one. The wombs (classes of birth) of the gods are eight, and the human is the ninth; the wombs of animals are five — thus there are fourteen. Even the life-breath of the world (Brahmā?) was deluded by pride through Śiva's māyā; Vyāsa, conquered by Kāma, once took pleasure in another's wife. Garuḍa, greatly deluded, wished to carry off the maiden Śāṇḍilī; but being recognized by her, at once his wings were burnt.
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SiP 5 4.6
महिम्ना येन शंभोस्तु येये लोके विमोहिताः ।। मायया ज्ञानमाहृत्य नानालीलाविहारिणः
mahimnā yena śaṃbhostu yeye loke vimohitāḥ || māyayā jñānamāhṛtya nānālīlāvihāriṇaḥ
(Tell) by whose greatness — Śambhu's — those and those in the world were deluded, their knowledge withdrawn by (his) māyā, (he) who sports in manifold play.
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SiP 5 4.7
।। सनत्कुमार उवाच ।। शृणु व्यास महाबुद्धे शांकरीं सुखदां कथाम् ।। तस्याः श्रवणमात्रेण शिवे भक्तिः प्रजायते
|| sanatkumāra uvāca || śṛṇu vyāsa mahābuddhe śāṃkarīṃ sukhadāṃ kathām || tasyāḥ śravaṇamātreṇa śive bhaktiḥ prajāyate
Sanatkumāra said: Hear, Vyāsa of great intellect, the joy-giving story of Śaṃkara; merely by hearing it devotion to Śiva arises.
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SiP 5 4.8
शिवस्सर्वेश्वरो देवस्सर्वात्मा सर्वदर्शनः ।। महिम्ना तस्य सर्वं हि व्याप्तं च सकलं जगत्
śivassarveśvaro devassarvātmā sarvadarśanaḥ || mahimnā tasya sarvaṃ hi vyāptaṃ ca sakalaṃ jagat
Śiva is the god, lord of all, the self of all, seeing all; by his greatness indeed everything, the whole world, is pervaded.
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SiP 5 4.9
शिवस्यैव परा मूर्तिर्ब्रह्मविष्ण्वीश्वरात्मिका ।। सर्वभूतात्मभूताख्या त्रिलिंगा लिंगरूपिणी
śivasyaiva parā mūrtirbrahmaviṣṇvīśvarātmikā || sarvabhūtātmabhūtākhyā triliṃgā liṃgarūpiṇī
Of Śiva alone is the supreme form, consisting of Brahmā, Viṣṇu and Īśvara, called the self-being of all beings, having three marks (liṅgas), having the form of the liṅga.
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SiP 5 4.11
भूता वा वर्तमाना वा भविष्याश्चैव सर्वश।। शिवात्सर्वे प्रवर्तंते लीयंते वृद्धिमागताः
bhūtā vā vartamānā vā bhaviṣyāścaiva sarvaśa|| śivātsarve pravartaṃte līyaṃte vṛddhimāgatāḥ
Those that have been, or are now, or will be — all, in every way, proceed from Śiva, and having attained growth, dissolve (into him).
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SiP 5 4.12
ब्रह्मेन्द्रोपेन्द्रचन्द्राणां देवदानवभोगिनाम्।। गंधर्वाणां मनुष्याणामन्येषां वापि सर्वशः
brahmendropendracandrāṇāṃ devadānavabhoginām|| gaṃdharvāṇāṃ manuṣyāṇāmanyeṣāṃ vāpi sarvaśaḥ
Of Brahmā, Indra, Upendra and Candra, of gods, demons and serpents, of gandharvas, of men, and of all others too, in every way —
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SiP 5 4.13
बंधुर्मित्रमथाचार्य्यो रक्षन्नेताऽर्थवान्गुरुः।। कल्पद्रुमोऽथ वा भ्राता पिता माता शिवो मतः
baṃdhurmitramathācāryyo rakṣannetā'rthavānguruḥ|| kalpadrumo'tha vā bhrātā pitā mātā śivo mataḥ
— Śiva is held to be kinsman, friend, and teacher, protector, leader, wealth-giver, guru, wish-fulfilling tree, or brother, father, mother.
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SiP 5 4.14
शिवस्सर्वमयः पुंसां स्वयं वेद्यः परात्परः।। वक्तुं न शक्यते यश्च परं चानु परं च यत्
śivassarvamayaḥ puṃsāṃ svayaṃ vedyaḥ parātparaḥ|| vaktuṃ na śakyate yaśca paraṃ cānu paraṃ ca yat
Śiva, consisting of all, is to be known by men through himself, higher than the high; and he cannot be told, (he) who is the supreme and what is beyond the supreme.
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SiP 5 4.15
तन्माया परमा दिव्या सर्वत्र व्यापिनी मुने।। तदधीनं जगत्सर्वं सदेवासुरमानुषम्
tanmāyā paramā divyā sarvatra vyāpinī mune|| tadadhīnaṃ jagatsarvaṃ sadevāsuramānuṣam
His māyā is supreme, divine, pervading everywhere, O sage; the whole world with its gods, demons and men is subject to it.
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SiP 5 4.16
कामेन स्वसहायेन प्रबलेन मनोभुवा।। सर्वः प्रधर्षितो वीरो विष्ण्वादिः प्रबलोऽपि हि
kāmena svasahāyena prabalena manobhuvā|| sarvaḥ pradharṣito vīro viṣṇvādiḥ prabalo'pi hi
By Kāma, his own helper, mighty, born of the mind, every hero, Viṣṇu and the rest, though mighty, has indeed been overpowered.
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SiP 5 4.17
शिवमायाप्रभावेणाभूद्धरिः काममोहितः ।। परस्त्रीधर्षणं चक्रे बहुवारं मुनीश्वर
śivamāyāprabhāveṇābhūddhariḥ kāmamohitaḥ || parastrīdharṣaṇaṃ cakre bahuvāraṃ munīśvara
By the power of Śiva's māyā Hari became deluded by desire, and violated others' wives many times, O lord of sages.
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SiP 5 4.18
इन्द्रस्त्रिदशपो भूत्वा गौतमस्त्रीविमोहितः ।। पापं चकार दुष्टात्मा शापं प्राप मुनेस्तदा
indrastridaśapo bhūtvā gautamastrīvimohitaḥ || pāpaṃ cakāra duṣṭātmā śāpaṃ prāpa munestadā
Indra, being the lord of the thirty (gods), deluded by Gautama's wife, that evil-souled one committed sin, and then received the sage's curse.
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SiP 5 4.19
पावकोऽपि जगच्छ्रेष्ठो मोहितश्शिवमायया ।। कामाधीनः कृतो गर्वात्ततस्तेनैव चोद्धृतः
pāvako'pi jagacchreṣṭho mohitaśśivamāyayā || kāmādhīnaḥ kṛto garvāttatastenaiva coddhṛtaḥ
Even Fire, best in the world, deluded by Śiva's māyā, was through pride made subject to desire, and then by that very (Śiva) was raised up again.
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SiP 5 4.21
चण्डरश्मिस्तु मार्तण्डो मोहितश्शिवमायया ।। कामाकुलो बभूवाशु दृष्ट्वाश्वीं हयरूपधृक्
caṇḍaraśmistu mārtaṇḍo mohitaśśivamāyayā || kāmākulo babhūvāśu dṛṣṭvāśvīṃ hayarūpadhṛk
And Mārtaṇḍa (the sun) of fierce rays, deluded by Śiva's māyā, at once became agitated with desire on seeing a mare, and took the form of a horse.
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SiP 5 4.22
चन्द्रश्च मोहितश्शम्भोर्मायया कामसंकुलः ।। गुरुपत्नीं जहाराथ युतस्तेनैव चोद्धृतः
candraśca mohitaśśambhormāyayā kāmasaṃkulaḥ || gurupatnīṃ jahārātha yutastenaiva coddhṛtaḥ
And the moon too, deluded by Śambhu's māyā and overwhelmed by lust, then carried off his teacher's wife; joined with her, he was also lifted up (from that state) by him alone.
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SiP 5 4.23
पूर्वं तु मित्रावरुणौ घोरे तपसि संस्थितौ ।। मोहितौ तावपि मुनी शिवमायाविमोहितौ
pūrvaṃ tu mitrāvaruṇau ghore tapasi saṃsthitau || mohitau tāvapi munī śivamāyāvimohitau
Formerly Mitra and Varuṇa were established in terrible austerity; those two sages too were deluded, bewildered by Śiva's māyā.
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SiP 5 4.24
उर्वशीं तरुणीं दृष्ट्वा कामुको संबभूवतुः । मित्रः कुम्भे जहौ रेतो वरुणोऽपि तथा जले
urvaśīṃ taruṇīṃ dṛṣṭvā kāmuko saṃbabhūvatuḥ | mitraḥ kumbhe jahau reto varuṇo'pi tathā jale
Seeing the young Urvaśī, the two became lustful; Mitra let his semen fall into a pot, and Varuṇa likewise into water.
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SiP 5 4.25
ततः कुम्भात्समुत्पन्नो वसिष्ठो मित्रसंभवः ।। अगस्त्यो वरुणाज्जातो वडवाग्निसमद्युतिः
tataḥ kumbhātsamutpanno vasiṣṭho mitrasaṃbhavaḥ || agastyo varuṇājjāto vaḍavāgnisamadyutiḥ
Then from the pot arose Vasiṣṭha, born of Mitra; from Varuṇa was born Agastya, whose brilliance equalled the submarine fire.
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SiP 5 4.26
दक्षश्च मोहितश्शंभोर्मायया ब्रह्मणस्सुतः ।। भ्रातृभिस्स भगिन्यां वै भोक्तुकामोऽभवत्पुरा
dakṣaśca mohitaśśaṃbhormāyayā brahmaṇassutaḥ || bhrātṛbhissa bhaginyāṃ vai bhoktukāmo'bhavatpurā
And Dakṣa, the son of Brahmā, deluded by Śambhu's māyā, together with his brothers, formerly desired to enjoy his own sister.
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SiP 5 4.27
ब्रह्मा च बहुवारं हि मोहितश्शिवमायया ।। अभवद्भोक्तुकामश्च स्वसुतायां परासु च
brahmā ca bahuvāraṃ hi mohitaśśivamāyayā || abhavadbhoktukāmaśca svasutāyāṃ parāsu ca
And Brahmā indeed, many times deluded by Śiva's māyā, desired to enjoy his own daughter and other women.
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SiP 5 4.28
च्यवनोऽपि महायोगी मोहितश्शिवमायया ।। सुकन्यया विजह्रे स कामासक्तो बभूव ह
cyavano'pi mahāyogī mohitaśśivamāyayā || sukanyayā vijahre sa kāmāsakto babhūva ha
Cyavana too, the great yogin, deluded by Śiva's māyā, sported with Sukanyā; he became attached to lust.
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SiP 5 4.29
कश्यपः शिवमायातो मोहितः कामसंकुलः ।। ययाचे कन्यकां मोहाद्धन्वनो नृपतेः पुरा
kaśyapaḥ śivamāyāto mohitaḥ kāmasaṃkulaḥ || yayāce kanyakāṃ mohāddhanvano nṛpateḥ purā
Kaśyapa, deluded by Śiva's māyā and overwhelmed by lust, out of delusion once asked for the daughter of King Dhanvan.
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SiP 5 4.31
विभांडको मुनिर्नारीं दृष्ट्वा कामवशं गतः।। ऋष्यशृङ्गः सुतस्तस्य मृग्यां जातश्शिवाज्ञया
vibhāṃḍako munirnārīṃ dṛṣṭvā kāmavaśaṃ gataḥ|| ṛṣyaśṛṅgaḥ sutastasya mṛgyāṃ jātaśśivājñayā
The sage Vibhāṇḍaka, seeing a woman, came under the power of lust; his son Ṛṣyaśṛṅga was born of a doe by Śiva's command.
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SiP 5 4.32
गौतमश्च मुनिश्शंभोर्मायामोहितमानसः।। दृष्ट्वा शारद्वतीं नग्नां रराम क्षुभितस्तया
gautamaśca muniśśaṃbhormāyāmohitamānasaḥ|| dṛṣṭvā śāradvatīṃ nagnāṃ rarāma kṣubhitastayā
And the sage Gautama, his mind deluded by Śambhu's māyā, on seeing Śāradvatī naked, was agitated and took pleasure with her.
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SiP 5 4.33
रेतः स्कन्नं दधार स्वं द्रोण्यां चैव स तापसः ।। तस्माच्च कलशाज्जातो द्रोणश्शस्त्रभृतां वरः
retaḥ skannaṃ dadhāra svaṃ droṇyāṃ caiva sa tāpasaḥ || tasmācca kalaśājjāto droṇaśśastrabhṛtāṃ varaḥ
That ascetic held his own fallen semen in a trough; and from that vessel was born Droṇa, the best of weapon-bearers.
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SiP 5 4.34
पराशरो महायोगी मोहितश्शिवमायया ।। मत्स्योदर्या च चिक्रीडे कुमार्या दाशकन्यया
parāśaro mahāyogī mohitaśśivamāyayā || matsyodaryā ca cikrīḍe kumāryā dāśakanyayā
Parāśara, the great yogin, deluded by Śiva's māyā, played with the fish-bellied maiden, the fisherman's daughter.
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SiP 5 4.35
विश्वमित्रो बभूवाथ मोहितश्शिवमायया ।। रेमे मेनकया व्यास वने कामवशं गतः
viśvamitro babhūvātha mohitaśśivamāyayā || reme menakayā vyāsa vane kāmavaśaṃ gataḥ
Then Viśvāmitra, deluded by Śiva's māyā, O Vyāsa, came under the power of lust and took pleasure with Menakā in the forest.
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SiP 5 4.36
वसिष्ठेन विरोधं तु कृतवान्नष्टचेतनः ।। पुनः शिवप्रासादाच्च ब्राह्मणोऽभूत्स एव वै
vasiṣṭhena virodhaṃ tu kṛtavānnaṣṭacetanaḥ || punaḥ śivaprāsādācca brāhmaṇo'bhūtsa eva vai
And with his awareness lost he made enmity with Vasiṣṭha; again, by Śiva's grace, that very one became a brahmin.
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SiP 5 4.37
रावणो वैश्रवाः कामी बभूव शिवमायया ।। सीतां जह्रे कुबुद्धिस्तु मोहितो मृत्युमाप च
rāvaṇo vaiśravāḥ kāmī babhūva śivamāyayā || sītāṃ jahre kubuddhistu mohito mṛtyumāpa ca
Rāvaṇa, son of Viśravas, became lustful through Śiva's māyā; evil-minded and deluded, he carried off Sītā and met his death.
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SiP 5 4.38
बृहस्पतिर्मुनिवरो मोहितश्शिवमायया ।। भ्रातृपत्न्या वशी रेमे भरद्वाजस्ततोऽभवत्
bṛhaspatirmunivaro mohitaśśivamāyayā || bhrātṛpatnyā vaśī reme bharadvājastato'bhavat
Bṛhaspati, best of sages, deluded by Śiva's māyā, though self-controlled, took pleasure with his brother's wife; from that Bharadvāja was born.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 5 4.39
इति मायाप्रभावो हि शंकरस्य महात्मनः ।। वर्णितस्ते मया व्यास किमन्यच्छ्रोतुमिच्छसि
iti māyāprabhāvo hi śaṃkarasya mahātmanaḥ || varṇitaste mayā vyāsa kimanyacchrotumicchasi
Thus the power of the māyā of the great-souled Śaṃkara has been described to you by me, Vyāsa. What else do you wish to hear?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition