Shiva Purana — Uma Samhita — Chapter 46
SiP 5 46.1
ऋषिरुवाच ।। आसीद्रंभासुरो नाम दैत्यवंशशिरोमणिः ।। तस्माज्जातो महातेजा महिषो नाम दानवः
ṛṣiruvāca || āsīdraṃbhāsuro nāma daityavaṃśaśiromaṇiḥ || tasmājjāto mahātejā mahiṣo nāma dānavaḥ
The sage said: There was a demon named Rambha, the crest-jewel of the Daitya lineage. From him was born a Dānava of great fiery power named Mahiṣa.
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SiP 5 46.2
स संग्रामे सुरान्सर्वान्निर्जित्य दनुजाधिपः ।। चकार राज्यं स्वर्लोके महेन्द्रासनसंस्थितः
sa saṃgrāme surānsarvānnirjitya danujādhipaḥ || cakāra rājyaṃ svarloke mahendrāsanasaṃsthitaḥ
That lord of the demons, having conquered all the gods in battle, ruled in heaven, seated on the throne of great Indra.
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SiP 5 46.3
पराजितास्ततो देवा ब्रह्माणं शरणं ययुः ।। ब्रह्मापि तान्समादाय ययौ यत्र वृषाकपी
parājitāstato devā brahmāṇaṃ śaraṇaṃ yayuḥ || brahmāpi tānsamādāya yayau yatra vṛṣākapī
— tr. refused: cyber
SiP 5 46.4
तत्र गत्वा सुरास्सर्वे नत्वा शंकरकेशवौ ।। स्ववृत्तं कथायामासुर्यथावदनुपूर्वशः
tatra gatvā surāssarve natvā śaṃkarakeśavau || svavṛttaṃ kathāyāmāsuryathāvadanupūrvaśaḥ
Having gone there, all the gods bowed to Śaṃkara and Keśava and recounted what had befallen them, accurately and in order.
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SiP 5 46.5
भगवन्तौ वयं सर्वे महिषेण दुरात्मना ।। उज्जासिताश्च स्वर्लोकान्निर्जित्य समरांगणे इति देववचः श्रुत्वा दामोदरसतीश्वरौ ।। चक्रतुः परमं कोपं रोषाघूर्णितलोचनौ निरायुधां च तां दृष्ट्वा ब्रह्माद्यास्त्रिदिवेश्वराः ।। सायुधान्तां शिवां कर्तुं मनः सन्दधिरे सुराः एतैश्चान्यैस्सुरैर्देवी भूषणैरायुधैस्तथा ।। सत्कृतोच्चैर्ननादासौ साट्टहासं पुनःपुनः अरिवर्गकरक्षिप्ता नानाशस्त्रास्त्रराशयः ।। महामायाप्रभावेण विफला अभवन् क्षणात् ततः सिंहो बभूवाशु मायावी तच्छिरोम्बिका ।। यावद्भिनत्ति तावत्स खङ्गपाणिर्बभूव ह अर्द्धनिष्क्रान्त एवासौ युध्यमानो महाधमः ।। महासिना शिरो भित्त्वा न्यपाति धरणीतले
bhagavantau vayaṃ sarve mahiṣeṇa durātmanā || ujjāsitāśca svarlokānnirjitya samarāṃgaṇe iti devavacaḥ śrutvā dāmodarasatīśvarau || cakratuḥ paramaṃ kopaṃ roṣāghūrṇitalocanau nirāyudhāṃ ca tāṃ dṛṣṭvā brahmādyāstridiveśvarāḥ || sāyudhāntāṃ śivāṃ kartuṃ manaḥ sandadhire surāḥ etaiścānyaissurairdevī bhūṣaṇairāyudhaistathā || satkṛtoccairnanādāsau sāṭṭahāsaṃ punaḥpunaḥ arivargakarakṣiptā nānāśastrāstrarāśayaḥ || mahāmāyāprabhāveṇa viphalā abhavan kṣaṇāt tataḥ siṃho babhūvāśu māyāvī tacchirombikā || yāvadbhinatti tāvatsa khaṅgapāṇirbabhūva ha arddhaniṣkrānta evāsau yudhyamāno mahādhamaḥ || mahāsinā śiro bhittvā nyapāti dharaṇītale
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SiP 5 46.6
भ्रमामो मर्त्यलोकेऽस्मिन्न लभेमहि शं क्वचित् ।। कां कां न दुर्दशां नीता देवा इन्द्रपुरोगमाः
bhramāmo martyaloke'sminna labhemahi śaṃ kvacit || kāṃ kāṃ na durdaśāṃ nītā devā indrapurogamāḥ
"We wander about in this world of mortals and nowhere find any comfort. To what miseries have the gods, with Indra at their head, not been brought?"
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SiP 5 46.7
सूर्याचन्द्रमसौ पाशी कुबेरो यम एव च ।। इन्द्राग्निवातगन्धर्वा विद्याधरसुचारणाः
sūryācandramasau pāśī kubero yama eva ca || indrāgnivātagandharvā vidyādharasucāraṇāḥ
The sun and the moon, the noose-bearer (Varuṇa), Kubera and Yama too, Indra, Agni, Vāyu, the Gandharvas, the Vidyādharas and the noble Cāraṇas —
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SiP 5 46.8
एतेषामपरेषां च विधेयं कर्म सोसुरः ।। स्वयं करोति पापात्मा दैत्यपक्ष भयंकर
eteṣāmapareṣāṃ ca vidheyaṃ karma sosuraḥ || svayaṃ karoti pāpātmā daityapakṣa bhayaṃkara
The work that is to be performed by these and by others, that asura performs himself — the evil-souled one, terrifying, (siding) with the party of the Daityas.
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SiP 5 46.9
तस्माच्छरणमापन्नान्देवान्नस्त्रातुमर्हथः ।। वधोपायं च तस्याशु चिन्तयेथां युवां प्रभू
tasmāccharaṇamāpannāndevānnastrātumarhathaḥ || vadhopāyaṃ ca tasyāśu cintayethāṃ yuvāṃ prabhū
Therefore you two lords ought to protect us gods, who have come for refuge, and quickly devise a means of killing him.
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SiP 5 46.11
ततोतिकोपपूर्णस्य विष्णोश्शंभोश्च वक्त्रतः ।। तथान्येषां च देवानां शरीरान्निर्गतं महः
tatotikopapūrṇasya viṣṇośśaṃbhośca vaktrataḥ || tathānyeṣāṃ ca devānāṃ śarīrānnirgataṃ mahaḥ
Then from the mouth of Viṣṇu and of Śambhu, who were filled with extreme anger, and likewise from the bodies of the other gods, a radiance issued forth.
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SiP 5 46.12
अतीव महसः पुंजं ज्वलन्तं दशदिक्षु च ।। अपश्यंस्त्रिदशास्सर्वे दुर्गा ध्यानपरायणाः
atīva mahasaḥ puṃjaṃ jvalantaṃ daśadikṣu ca || apaśyaṃstridaśāssarve durgā dhyānaparāyaṇāḥ
All the gods, intent on meditating on Durgā, beheld an exceedingly great mass of radiance, blazing in the ten directions.
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SiP 5 46.13
सर्वदेवशरीरोत्थं तेजस्तदतिभीषणम् ।। संघीभूयाभवन्नारी साक्षान्महिषमर्दिनी
sarvadevaśarīrotthaṃ tejastadatibhīṣaṇam || saṃghībhūyābhavannārī sākṣānmahiṣamardinī
That most terrifying splendour, arisen from the bodies of all the gods, coming together became a woman, the very crusher of the buffalo (Mahiṣa) in visible form.
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SiP 5 46.14
शंभुतेजस उत्पन्नं मुखमस्याः सुभास्वरम् ।। याम्येन बाला अभवन्वैष्णवेन च बाहवः
śaṃbhutejasa utpannaṃ mukhamasyāḥ subhāsvaram || yāmyena bālā abhavanvaiṣṇavena ca bāhavaḥ
From Śambhu's radiance her brilliant face came into being; from Yama's, her hair; and from Viṣṇu's, her arms.
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SiP 5 46.15
चन्द्रमस्तेजसा तस्याः स्तनयुग्मं व्यजायत।। मध्यमे न्द्रेण जंघोरू वारुणेन बभूवतुः
candramastejasā tasyāḥ stanayugmaṃ vyajāyata|| madhyame ndreṇa jaṃghorū vāruṇena babhūvatuḥ
By the moon's radiance her pair of breasts was produced; her middle (waist) by Indra, and her shanks and thighs came to be from Varuṇa's.
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SiP 5 46.16
भूतेजसा नितंबोभूद्ब्राह्मेण चरणद्वयम् ।। आर्केण चरणांगुल्यः करांगुल्यश्च वासवात्
bhūtejasā nitaṃbobhūdbrāhmeṇa caraṇadvayam || ārkeṇa caraṇāṃgulyaḥ karāṃgulyaśca vāsavāt
By the earth's radiance her hips came to be, and by Brahmā's her two feet; by the sun's, her toes, and her fingers from Vāsava (Indra).
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SiP 5 46.17
कुबेरतेजसा नासा रदनाश्च प्रजापतेः ।। पावकीयेन नयनत्रयं सान्ध्येन भ्रूद्वयम्
kuberatejasā nāsā radanāśca prajāpateḥ || pāvakīyena nayanatrayaṃ sāndhyena bhrūdvayam
By Kubera's radiance, her nose; her teeth from Prajāpati's; by the fire's, her three eyes; by the twilight's, her two brows.
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SiP 5 46.18
आनिलेन श्रवोद्वन्द्वं तथान्येषां स्वरोकसाम् ।। तेजसां संभवः पद्मालया सा परमेश्वरी
ānilena śravodvandvaṃ tathānyeṣāṃ svarokasām || tejasāṃ saṃbhavaḥ padmālayā sā parameśvarī
By the wind's, her pair of ears; and likewise (she came to be) from the radiances of the other dwellers in heaven — she, the supreme sovereign lady, dwelling in the lotus, had her origin thus.
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SiP 5 46.19
ततो निखिलदेवानां तेजोराशिसमुद्भवाम् ।। तामालोक्य सुरास्सर्वे परं हर्षं प्रपेदिरे
tato nikhiladevānāṃ tejorāśisamudbhavām || tāmālokya surāssarve paraṃ harṣaṃ prapedire
Then, beholding her, arisen from the mass of radiance of all the gods, all the gods attained the highest joy.
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SiP 5 46.21
ततः शूलं महेशानो महेशान्यै समर्पयत ।। चक्रं च कृष्णो भगवाञ्च्छंखं पाशं च पाशभृत
tataḥ śūlaṃ maheśāno maheśānyai samarpayata || cakraṃ ca kṛṣṇo bhagavāñcchaṃkhaṃ pāśaṃ ca pāśabhṛta
Then Maheśāna presented a trident to Maheśānī, and the Lord Kṛṣṇa a discus, and the bearer of the noose (Varuṇa) a conch and a noose.
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SiP 5 46.22
शक्तिं हुताशनोऽयच्छन्मारुतश्चापमेव च ।।।।। बाणपूर्णेषुधी चैव वज्रघण्टे शचीपतिः
śaktiṃ hutāśano'yacchanmārutaścāpameva ca ||||| bāṇapūrṇeṣudhī caiva vajraghaṇṭe śacīpatiḥ
Fire gave a spear, and the wind a bow, and quivers full of arrows; and the husband of Śacī (Indra) a thunderbolt and a bell.
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SiP 5 46.23
यमो ददौ कालदण्डमक्षमालां प्रजापतिः ।। ब्रह्मा कमण्डलुं प्रादाद्रोमरश्मीन्दिवाकरः
yamo dadau kāladaṇḍamakṣamālāṃ prajāpatiḥ || brahmā kamaṇḍaluṃ prādādromaraśmīndivākaraḥ
Yama gave the staff of Time, Prajāpati a rosary; Brahmā presented a water-pot, and the sun (gave) his rays into her body-hairs.
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SiP 5 46.24
कालः खड्गन्ददौ तस्यै फलकं च समुज्वलम् ।। क्षीराब्धी रुचिरं हारमजरे च तथाम्बरे
kālaḥ khaḍgandadau tasyai phalakaṃ ca samujvalam || kṣīrābdhī ruciraṃ hāramajare ca tathāmbare
Kāla gave her a sword and a well-gleaming shield; the ocean of milk (gave) a lovely necklace and garments that do not age.
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SiP 5 46.25
चूडामणिं कुण्डले च कटकानि तथैव च ।। अर्द्धचन्द्रं च केयूरान्नूपुरौ च मनोहरो
cūḍāmaṇiṃ kuṇḍale ca kaṭakāni tathaiva ca || arddhacandraṃ ca keyūrānnūpurau ca manoharo
(And also) a crest-jewel, and earrings, and bracelets likewise, and a half-moon (ornament), and armlets, and two lovely anklets,
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SiP 5 46.26
ग्रैवेयकमंगुलीषु समस्तास्वंगुलीयकम्।। विश्वकर्मा च परशुं ददौ तस्यै मनोहरम्
graiveyakamaṃgulīṣu samastāsvaṃgulīyakam|| viśvakarmā ca paraśuṃ dadau tasyai manoharam
a neck-ornament, and rings for all her fingers; and Viśvakarman gave her a lovely axe,
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SiP 5 46.27
अस्त्राण्यनेकानि तथाभेद्यं चैव तनुच्छदम् ।। सुरम्यसरसां मालां पङ्कजं चाम्बुधिर्ददौ
astrāṇyanekāni tathābhedyaṃ caiva tanucchadam || suramyasarasāṃ mālāṃ paṅkajaṃ cāmbudhirdadau
and many weapons, and likewise an impenetrable armour for the body; and the ocean gave a garland of very beautiful fresh (flowers) and a lotus.
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SiP 5 46.28
ददौ सिंहं च हिमवान्रत्नानि विविधानि च ।। सुरया पूरितं पात्रं कुबेरोऽस्यै समर्पयत्
dadau siṃhaṃ ca himavānratnāni vividhāni ca || surayā pūritaṃ pātraṃ kubero'syai samarpayat
Himavān gave a lion and various jewels; Kubera presented to her a vessel filled with wine.
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SiP 5 46.29
शेषश्च भोगिनां नेता विचित्रर चनाञ्चितम् ।। ददौ तस्यै नागहारं नानास्त्रमणिगुंफितम्
śeṣaśca bhogināṃ netā vicitrara canāñcitam || dadau tasyai nāgahāraṃ nānāstramaṇiguṃphitam
And Śeṣa, the leader of the serpents, gave her a serpent-necklace adorned with wondrous workmanship and strung with many jewels.
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SiP 5 46.31
तस्या भीषणनादेन पूरिता च नभःस्थली ।। प्रतिशब्दो महानासीच्चुक्षुभे भुवनत्रयम्
tasyā bhīṣaṇanādena pūritā ca nabhaḥsthalī || pratiśabdo mahānāsīccukṣubhe bhuvanatrayam
And by her terrifying roar the vault of the sky was filled; a great echo arose, and the three worlds were shaken.
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SiP 5 46.32
चेलुः समुद्राश्चत्वारो वसुधा च चचाल ह ।। जयशब्दस्ततो देवैरकारि महिषार्दितैः
celuḥ samudrāścatvāro vasudhā ca cacāla ha || jayaśabdastato devairakāri mahiṣārditaiḥ
The four oceans quivered and the earth indeed trembled; then a cry of "Victory!" was raised by the gods, who had been tormented by Mahiṣa.
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SiP 5 46.33
ततोऽम्बिकां परां शक्तिं महालक्ष्मीस्वरूपिणीम् ।। तुष्टुवुस्ते सुरास्सर्वे भक्तिगद्गदया गिरा
tato'mbikāṃ parāṃ śaktiṃ mahālakṣmīsvarūpiṇīm || tuṣṭuvuste surāssarve bhaktigadgadayā girā
Then all those gods praised Ambikā, the supreme Power, whose form is Mahālakṣmī, with voices choked with devotion.
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SiP 5 46.34
लोकं संक्षुब्धमालोक्य देवतापरिपन्थिनः ।। सन्नद्धसैनिकास्ते च समुत्तस्थुरुदायुधाः
lokaṃ saṃkṣubdhamālokya devatāparipanthinaḥ || sannaddhasainikāste ca samuttasthurudāyudhāḥ
Seeing the world thrown into turmoil, those enemies of the gods, their soldiers armed and ready, rose up with weapons lifted.
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SiP 5 46.35
महिषोऽपि च तं शब्दमभ्यधावद्रुषान्वितः ।। स ददर्श ततो देवीं व्याप्तलोकत्रयां रुचा
mahiṣo'pi ca taṃ śabdamabhyadhāvadruṣānvitaḥ || sa dadarśa tato devīṃ vyāptalokatrayāṃ rucā
Mahiṣa too, filled with rage, ran toward that sound; then he saw the Goddess, who filled the three worlds with her radiance.
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SiP 5 46.36
एतस्मिन्नन्तरे तत्र महिषासुरपालिताः ।। समाजग्मुर्महावीराः कोटिशो धृतहेतयः
etasminnantare tatra mahiṣāsurapālitāḥ || samājagmurmahāvīrāḥ koṭiśo dhṛtahetayaḥ
In the meantime great warriors, guarded by (i.e., under the command of) Mahiṣāsura, came together there by the tens of millions, bearing weapons.
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SiP 5 46.37
चिक्षुरश्चामरोदग्रौ करालोद्धतबाष्कलाः ।। ताम्रोग्रास्योग्रवीर्याश्च बिडालोऽन्धक एव च
cikṣuraścāmarodagrau karāloddhatabāṣkalāḥ || tāmrogrāsyogravīryāśca biḍālo'ndhaka eva ca
Cikṣura and Cāmara, the two lofty ones, Karāla and Uddhata and Bāṣkala, Tāmra and Ugrāsya and Ugravīrya, and Biḍāla and Andhaka too,
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SiP 5 46.38
दुर्धरो दुर्मुखश्चैव त्रिनेत्रश्च महाहनुः ।। एते चान्ये च बहवः शूरा युद्धविशा रदाः
durdharo durmukhaścaiva trinetraśca mahāhanuḥ || ete cānye ca bahavaḥ śūrā yuddhaviśā radāḥ
Durdhara and Durmukha, and Trinetra and Mahāhanu — these and many other heroes, skilled in battle,
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SiP 5 46.39
युयुधुः समरे देव्या सह शस्त्रास्त्रपारगाः ।। इत्थं कालो व्यतीयाय युध्यतोर्भीषणस्तयोः
yuyudhuḥ samare devyā saha śastrāstrapāragāḥ || itthaṃ kālo vyatīyāya yudhyatorbhīṣaṇastayoḥ
masters of missiles and weapons, fought in battle with the Goddess. Thus time passed while the two of them fought a terrifying (fight).
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SiP 5 46.41
ततो जघान सा देवी चिक्षुरप्रमुखानरीन् ।। सगणान्गदया बाणैः शूलशक्तिपरश्वधैः
tato jaghāna sā devī cikṣurapramukhānarīn || sagaṇāngadayā bāṇaiḥ śūlaśaktiparaśvadhaiḥ
Then that Goddess slew the enemies headed by Cikṣura together with their troops, with her mace, with arrows, with spear, javelin and axe.
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SiP 5 46.42
एवं स्वीयेषु सैन्येषु हतेषु महिषासुरः ।। देवीनिःश्वाससंभूतान्भावयामास तान्गणान्
evaṃ svīyeṣu sainyeṣu hateṣu mahiṣāsuraḥ || devīniḥśvāsasaṃbhūtānbhāvayāmāsa tāngaṇān
When his own armies had thus been slain, Mahiṣāsura set upon those hosts (of the Goddess) that had been born from the Goddess's breath.
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SiP 5 46.43
अताडयत्सरैः काश्चित्काश्चिच्छृङ्गद्वयेन च ।। लांगूलेन च तुण्डेन भिनत्ति स्म मुहुर्मुहुः
atāḍayatsaraiḥ kāścitkāścicchṛṅgadvayena ca || lāṃgūlena ca tuṇḍena bhinatti sma muhurmuhuḥ
He struck some with arrows, and some with his pair of horns; and again and again he tore (them) with his tail and his snout.
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SiP 5 46.44
इत्थं देवीगणा न्हत्वाभ्यधावत्सोऽसुराधिपः ।। सिंहं मारयितुन्देव्यास्ततोऽसौ कुपिताऽभवत्
itthaṃ devīgaṇā nhatvābhyadhāvatso'surādhipaḥ || siṃhaṃ mārayitundevyāstato'sau kupitā'bhavat
Having thus slain the Goddess's hosts, that lord of demons rushed forward to kill the Goddess's lion; then she became enraged.
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SiP 5 46.45
कोपात्सोपि महावीर्यः खुरकुट्टितभूतलः ।। शृङ्गाभ्यां शैलमुत्पाट्य चिक्षेप प्रणनाद च
kopātsopi mahāvīryaḥ khurakuṭṭitabhūtalaḥ || śṛṅgābhyāṃ śailamutpāṭya cikṣepa praṇanāda ca
In his fury he too, of great might, pounded the ground with his hooves, and tearing up a mountain with his two horns he hurled it and bellowed.
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SiP 5 46.46
वेगेन विष्वग् भ्रमता प्रक्षिप्ता गुरवोऽद्रयः ।। आकाशतो महीमध्ये निपेतुर्नृपसत्तम
vegena viṣvag bhramatā prakṣiptā guravo'drayaḥ || ākāśato mahīmadhye nipeturnṛpasattama
O best of kings, the heavy mountains, hurled by him as he whirled about in every direction with speed, fell from the sky onto the earth.
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SiP 5 46.47
शृंगभिन्नाः पयोवाहाः खण्डं खण्डमयासिषुः ।। लांगूलेनाहतश्चाब्धिर्विष्वगुद्वेलमस्पदत्
śṛṃgabhinnāḥ payovāhāḥ khaṇḍaṃ khaṇḍamayāsiṣuḥ || lāṃgūlenāhataścābdhirviṣvagudvelamaspadat
The water-bearing clouds, split by his horns, went to pieces bit by bit; and the ocean, struck by his tail, surged up beyond its shores on every side.
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SiP 5 46.48
एवं क्रुद्धं समालोक्य महिषासुरमम्बिका ।। विदधे तद्वधोपायं देवानामभयंकरी
evaṃ kruddhaṃ samālokya mahiṣāsuramambikā || vidadhe tadvadhopāyaṃ devānāmabhayaṃkarī
Seeing Mahiṣāsura thus enraged, Ambikā, who gives fearlessness to the gods, devised the means of his killing.
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SiP 5 46.49
ततः पाशं समुत्थाय क्षिप्त्वा तस्योपरी श्वरी ।। बबन्ध महिषं सोऽपि रूपन्तत्याज माहिषम्
tataḥ pāśaṃ samutthāya kṣiptvā tasyoparī śvarī || babandha mahiṣaṃ so'pi rūpantatyāja māhiṣam
Then the Sovereign Lady raised up a noose and, casting it over him, bound Mahiṣa; but he abandoned his buffalo form.
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SiP 5 46.51
सचर्म्मासिकरं तं च देवी बाणैरताडयत् ।। ततो गजवपुर्भूत्वा सिंहं चिच्छेद शुण्डया
sacarmmāsikaraṃ taṃ ca devī bāṇairatāḍayat || tato gajavapurbhūtvā siṃhaṃ ciccheda śuṇḍayā
And the Goddess struck him with arrows as he held a shield and sword; then, becoming an elephant in body, he tore at the lion with his trunk.
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SiP 5 46.52
ततोऽस्य च करं देवी चकर्त स्वमहासिना ।। अधारि च पुना रूपं स्वकीयं तेन रक्षसा
tato'sya ca karaṃ devī cakarta svamahāsinā || adhāri ca punā rūpaṃ svakīyaṃ tena rakṣasā
Then the Goddess cut off his trunk with her great sword; and that demon again took on his own form.
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SiP 5 46.53
तदैव क्षोभयामास त्रैलोक्यं सचराचरम् ।। ततः क्रुद्धा महामाया चण्डिका मानविक्रमा
tadaiva kṣobhayāmāsa trailokyaṃ sacarācaram || tataḥ kruddhā mahāmāyā caṇḍikā mānavikramā
At that very moment (the demon) convulsed the three worlds with all that moves and moves not. Then Mahāmāyā Caṇḍikā, of proud prowess, grew enraged.
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SiP 5 46.54
पपौ पुनःपुनः पानं जहासोद्भ्रान्तलोचना ।। जगर्ज चासुरः सोऽपि बलवीर्यमदो द्धतः
papau punaḥpunaḥ pānaṃ jahāsodbhrāntalocanā || jagarja cāsuraḥ so'pi balavīryamado ddhataḥ
Again and again she drank the drink, and laughed with rolling eyes; and that asura too roared, puffed up with the intoxication of his strength and might.
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SiP 5 46.55
तस्या उपरि चिक्षेप शैलानुत्पाट्य सोऽसुरः ।। सा च बाणावलीघातैश्चूर्णयामास सत्वरम्
tasyā upari cikṣepa śailānutpāṭya so'suraḥ || sā ca bāṇāvalīghātaiścūrṇayāmāsa satvaram
That asura tore up mountains and hurled them upon her; and she at once pulverized them with the blows of her volleys of arrows.
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SiP 5 46.56
वारुणीमद्रसं जातमुखरागाऽऽकुलेन्द्रिया ।। प्रोवाच परमेशानी मेघगंभीरया गिरा
vāruṇīmadrasaṃ jātamukharāgā''kulendriyā || provāca parameśānī meghagaṃbhīrayā girā
With her face flushed by the taste of the wine's intoxicant and her senses astir, the supreme Mistress spoke with a voice deep as a thundercloud.
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SiP 5 46.57
।। देव्युवाच ।। रे मूढ रे हतप्रज्ञ व्यर्थ किं कुरुषे हठम् ।। न मदग्रेऽसुराः केपि स्थास्नवो जगतीत्रये
|| devyuvāca || re mūḍha re hataprajña vyartha kiṃ kuruṣe haṭham || na madagre'surāḥ kepi sthāsnavo jagatītraye
The Goddess said: Ho, fool! Ho, witless one! Why do you exert this violence in vain? No asuras anywhere in the three worlds can stand before me.
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SiP 5 46.58
ऋषि रुवाच ।। एकमाभाष्य कूर्दित्वा देवी सर्वकलामयी ।। पदाक्रम्यासुरं कण्ठे शूलेनोग्रेण साऽभिनत्
ṛṣi ruvāca || ekamābhāṣya kūrditvā devī sarvakalāmayī || padākramyāsuraṃ kaṇṭhe śūlenogreṇa sā'bhinat
The seer said: Having spoken this one (speech) and leaped up, the Goddess who comprises all parts trod upon the asura with her foot and pierced him in the throat with her fierce spear.
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SiP 5 46.59
ततस्तच्चरणाक्रान्तस्स स्वकीयमुखात्ततः ।। अर्द्धनिष्क्रान्त एवासीद्देव्या वीर्येण संवृतः
tatastaccaraṇākrāntassa svakīyamukhāttataḥ || arddhaniṣkrānta evāsīddevyā vīryeṇa saṃvṛtaḥ
Then he, trodden under her foot, remained only half emerged from his own mouth, hemmed in by the Goddess's power.
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SiP 5 46.61
हाहाशब्दं समुच्चार्य्यावाङ्मुखास्तद्गणास्ततः ।। पलायन्त रणाद्भीतास्त्राहित्राहीति वादिनः
hāhāśabdaṃ samuccāryyāvāṅmukhāstadgaṇāstataḥ || palāyanta raṇādbhītāstrāhitrāhīti vādinaḥ
Then his hosts, uttering cries of "Alas! Alas!" with faces cast down, fled from the battle in terror, crying "Save us, save us!"
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SiP 5 46.62
तुष्टुवुश्च तदा देवीमिन्द्राद्याः सकलाः सुराः ।। गन्धर्वा गीतमुच्चेरुर्ननृतुर्नर्तकीजनाः
tuṣṭuvuśca tadā devīmindrādyāḥ sakalāḥ surāḥ || gandharvā gītamuccerurnanṛturnartakījanāḥ
And then all the gods, Indra and the rest, praised the Goddess; the gandharvas raised up song, and the troops of dancing-women danced.
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SiP 5 46.63
एवन्ते कथितो राजन्महालक्ष्म्याः समुद्भवः ।। सरस्वत्यास्तथोत्पत्तिं शृणु सुस्थेन चेतसा
evante kathito rājanmahālakṣmyāḥ samudbhavaḥ || sarasvatyāstathotpattiṃ śṛṇu susthena cetasā
Thus, O king, the arising of Mahālakṣmī has been told to you; now hear with a steady mind the birth of Sarasvatī as well.
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