Shiva Purana — Uma Samhita — Chapter 49
SiP 5 49.1
मुनय ऊचुः ।। उमाया भुवनेशान्यास्सूत सर्वार्थवित्तम ।। अवतारं समाचक्ष्व यतो जाता सरस्वती
munaya ūcuḥ || umāyā bhuvaneśānyāssūta sarvārthavittama || avatāraṃ samācakṣva yato jātā sarasvatī
The sages said: O Sūta, best of those who know all matters, tell us fully of the descent of Umā, the mistress of the world, from whom Sarasvatī was born —
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SiP 5 49.2
या गीयते परब्रह्ममूलप्रकृतिरीश्वरी ।। निराकारापि साकारा नित्या नन्दमथी सती
yā gīyate parabrahmamūlaprakṛtirīśvarī || nirākārāpi sākārā nityā nandamathī satī
she who is sung of as the supreme Brahman, the root-nature, the sovereign lady, who though formless has form, who is eternal, delighting, and true (Satī).
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SiP 5 49.3
सूत उवाच ।। तापसाः शृणुत प्रेम्णा चरित्रं परमं महत् ।। यस्य विज्ञानमात्रेण नरो याति परां गतिम्
sūta uvāca || tāpasāḥ śṛṇuta premṇā caritraṃ paramaṃ mahat || yasya vijñānamātreṇa naro yāti parāṃ gatim
Sūta said: Ascetics, listen with love to the supreme, great story, by the mere understanding of which a man attains the highest goal.
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SiP 5 49.4
देवदानवयोर्युद्धमेकदासीत्परस्परम् ।। महामायाप्रभावेणामराणां विजयोऽभवत्
devadānavayoryuddhamekadāsītparasparam || mahāmāyāprabhāveṇāmarāṇāṃ vijayo'bhavat
Once there was a battle between the gods and the demons against each other, and by the power of the Great Māyā the victory belonged to the immortals.
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SiP 5 49.5
ततोऽवलिप्ता अमरास्स्वप्रशंसां वितेनिरे।। वयं धन्या वयं धन्या किं करिष्यंति नोऽसुराः तत आज्ञापयद्देवान्देवानामधिनायकः ।। यात यूयं परीक्षध्वं याथातथ्येन किन्विति चरित्रमीदृशं यस्य तमेव शरणं श्रये ।। इति संचिन्तयामास सहस्राक्षः पुनःपुनः कदाचिद्दयिताकारा कदाचित्पुरुषाकृतिः ।। कदाचिदुभयाकारा सर्वाकाराहमीश्वरी इति देव्या वचः श्रुत्वा करुणागर्भितं सुराः ।। तुष्टुवुः परमेशानीं भक्तिसंनतकन्धराः
tato'valiptā amarāssvapraśaṃsāṃ vitenire|| vayaṃ dhanyā vayaṃ dhanyā kiṃ kariṣyaṃti no'surāḥ tata ājñāpayaddevāndevānāmadhināyakaḥ || yāta yūyaṃ parīkṣadhvaṃ yāthātathyena kinviti caritramīdṛśaṃ yasya tameva śaraṇaṃ śraye || iti saṃcintayāmāsa sahasrākṣaḥ punaḥpunaḥ kadāciddayitākārā kadācitpuruṣākṛtiḥ || kadācidubhayākārā sarvākārāhamīśvarī iti devyā vacaḥ śrutvā karuṇāgarbhitaṃ surāḥ || tuṣṭuvuḥ parameśānīṃ bhaktisaṃnatakandharāḥ
Then the immortals, grown puffed up, spread their own praises: "We are blessed, we are blessed! What will the demons do to us?" Then the overlord of the gods commanded the gods: "Go, you, and find out in truth what this is." "Whose deeds are such as these — in him alone do I take refuge": thus the Thousand-eyed one pondered again and again. "Sometimes I have the form of a beloved woman, sometimes the shape of a man, sometimes the form of both — I, the Sovereign Lady, have all forms." Hearing this speech of the Goddess, laden with compassion, the gods, their necks bent in devotion, praised the supreme Mistress.
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SiP 5 49.6
ये प्रभावं समालोक्यास्माकं परमदुःसहम् ।। भीता नागालयं याता यातयातेति वादिनः
ye prabhāvaṃ samālokyāsmākaṃ paramaduḥsaham || bhītā nāgālayaṃ yātā yātayāteti vādinaḥ
"Those who, beholding our utterly unbearable might, went in fear to the abode of the serpents, crying 'Go, go!' —"
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SiP 5 49.7
अहो बलमहो तेजो दैत्यवंशक्षयंकरम् ।। अहो भाग्यं सुमनसामेवं सर्वेऽभ्यवर्णयन्
aho balamaho tejo daityavaṃśakṣayaṃkaram || aho bhāgyaṃ sumanasāmevaṃ sarve'bhyavarṇayan
"Ah, the strength! Ah, the splendour that brings destruction on the lineage of the Daityas! Ah, the good fortune of the well-disposed (gods)!" — thus did all of them describe it.
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SiP 5 49.8
तत आविरभूत्तेजः कूटरूपन्तदैव हि ।। अदृष्टपूर्वं तद्दृष्ट्वा विस्मिता अभवन्सुराः
tata āvirabhūttejaḥ kūṭarūpantadaiva hi || adṛṣṭapūrvaṃ taddṛṣṭvā vismitā abhavansurāḥ
Then a radiance appeared, at that very moment, in the shape of a peak (or heap); seeing that thing never seen before, the gods were astonished.
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SiP 5 49.9
किमिदं किमिदं चेति रुद्धकण्ठास्समब्रुवन ।। अजानन्तः परं श्यामानु भावं मानभञ्जनम्
kimidaṃ kimidaṃ ceti ruddhakaṇṭhāssamabruvana || ajānantaḥ paraṃ śyāmānu bhāvaṃ mānabhañjanam
"What is this? What is this?" they said with choked throats, not knowing the supreme power of Śyāmā (the Dark Goddess), the breaker of pride.
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SiP 5 49.11
सुरेन्द्रप्रेरितो वायुर्महसः सन्निधिं गतः ।। कस्त्वं भोरिति सम्बोध्यावोचदेनं च तन्महः
surendraprerito vāyurmahasaḥ sannidhiṃ gataḥ || kastvaṃ bhoriti sambodhyāvocadenaṃ ca tanmahaḥ
Vāyu, sent by the lord of the gods, went into the presence of the radiance; and that radiance addressed him, saying "Who are you, sir?" and spoke to him.
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SiP 5 49.12
इति पृष्टस्तदा वायुर्महसातिगरीयसा ।। वायुरस्मि जगत्प्राणस्साभिमानोऽब्रवीदिदम्
iti pṛṣṭastadā vāyurmahasātigarīyasā || vāyurasmi jagatprāṇassābhimāno'bravīdidam
Thus questioned by that exceedingly mighty radiance, Vāyu then, full of pride, said this: "I am Vāyu, the life-breath of the world."
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SiP 5 49.13
जंगमाजंगमं सर्वमोतप्रोतमिदं जगत् ।। मय्येव निखिलाधारे चालयाम्यखिलं जगत् ।।
jaṃgamājaṃgamaṃ sarvamotaprotamidaṃ jagat || mayyeva nikhilādhāre cālayāmyakhilaṃ jagat ||
"This whole world, moving and unmoving, is woven through and through in me alone, the support of everything; I set the entire world in motion."
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SiP 5 49.14
तदोवाच महातेजः शक्तोऽसि यदि चालने ।। धृतमेतत्तृणं वायो चालयस्व निजेच्छया
tadovāca mahātejaḥ śakto'si yadi cālane || dhṛtametattṛṇaṃ vāyo cālayasva nijecchayā
Then the great radiance said: "If you are capable of moving (things), Vāyu, move this blade of grass, which is held here, by your own will."
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SiP 5 49.15
ततः सर्वप्रयत्नेनाकरोद्यत्नं सदागतिः ।। न चचाल यदा स्थानात्तदासौ लज्जितोऽभवत
tataḥ sarvaprayatnenākarodyatnaṃ sadāgatiḥ || na cacāla yadā sthānāttadāsau lajjito'bhavata
Then he who is ever in motion made an effort with all his effort; when it did not move from its place, he became ashamed.
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SiP 5 49.16
तूष्णीं भूत्वा ततो वायुर्जगामेन्द्रं सभां प्रति ।। कथयामास तद् वृत्तं स्वकीयाभिभवान्वितम्
tūṣṇīṃ bhūtvā tato vāyurjagāmendraṃ sabhāṃ prati || kathayāmāsa tad vṛttaṃ svakīyābhibhavānvitam
Then, falling silent, Vāyu went to Indra's assembly hall and related that occurrence, together with his own humiliation.
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SiP 5 49.17
सर्वेशत्वं वयं सर्वे मृषैवात्मनि मन्महे ।। न पारयामहे किंचिद्वि धातुं क्षुद्रवस्त्वपि
sarveśatvaṃ vayaṃ sarve mṛṣaivātmani manmahe || na pārayāmahe kiṃcidvi dhātuṃ kṣudravastvapi
"All of us falsely imagine lordship over all to be in ourselves; we are not able to accomplish anything, not even a trifling thing."
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SiP 5 49.18
ततश्च प्रेषयामास मरुत्वान्सकलान्सुरान् ।। न शेकुस्ते यदा ज्ञातुं तदेन्द्रः स्वयमभ्यगात्
tataśca preṣayāmāsa marutvānsakalānsurān || na śekuste yadā jñātuṃ tadendraḥ svayamabhyagāt
And thereupon Marutvān (Indra) sent all the gods; when they were unable to find out (what it was), then Indra himself went.
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SiP 5 49.19
मघवन्तमथायान्तं दृष्ट्वा तेजोतिदुःसहम्।। बभूवान्तर्हितं सद्यो विस्मितोऽभूच्च वासवः
maghavantamathāyāntaṃ dṛṣṭvā tejotiduḥsaham|| babhūvāntarhitaṃ sadyo vismito'bhūcca vāsavaḥ
Then, seeing Maghavan coming, that radiance, so hard to bear, vanished at once, and Vāsava was amazed.
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SiP 5 49.21
एतस्मिन्नंतरे तत्र निर्व्याजकरुणातनुः ।। तेषामनुग्रहं कर्तुं हर्तुं गर्वं शिवांगना।
etasminnaṃtare tatra nirvyājakaruṇātanuḥ || teṣāmanugrahaṃ kartuṃ hartuṃ garvaṃ śivāṃganā|
At that very moment, there, Śiva's wife, whose body is compassion without guile, in order to show favour to them and to take away their pride —
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SiP 5 49.22
चैत्रशुक्लनवम्यां तु मध्याह्नस्थे दिवाकरे ।। प्रादुरासीदुमा देवी सच्चिदानन्दरूपिणी
caitraśuklanavamyāṃ tu madhyāhnasthe divākare || prādurāsīdumā devī saccidānandarūpiṇī
— on the ninth day of the bright fortnight of Caitra, when the sun stood at midday, the goddess Umā appeared, whose form is being, consciousness and bliss,
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SiP 5 49.23
महोमध्ये विराजन्ती भासयन्ती दिशो रुचा ।। बोधयन्ती सुरान्सर्वान्ब्रह्मैवाहमिति स्फुटम्
mahomadhye virājantī bhāsayantī diśo rucā || bodhayantī surānsarvānbrahmaivāhamiti sphuṭam
shining in the midst of the radiance, lighting up the directions with her lustre, making all the gods understand plainly: "I am indeed Brahman,"
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SiP 5 49.24
चतुर्भिर्दधती हस्तैर्वरपाशांकुशाभयान् ।। श्रुतिभिस्सेविता रम्या नवयौवनगर्विता
caturbhirdadhatī hastairvarapāśāṃkuśābhayān || śrutibhissevitā ramyā navayauvanagarvitā
holding with her four hands the boon-gesture, the noose, the goad and the gesture of fearlessness, attended by the Vedas, lovely, proud with fresh youth,
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SiP 5 49.25
रक्ताम्बरपरीधाना रक्तमाल्यानुलेपना ।। कोटिकंदर्प्पसंकाशा चन्द्रकोटिसमप्रभा।
raktāmbaraparīdhānā raktamālyānulepanā || koṭikaṃdarppasaṃkāśā candrakoṭisamaprabhā|
clothed in red garments, with red garlands and red unguents, resembling ten million Kāmas, with a radiance equal to ten million moons.
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SiP 5 49.26
व्याजहार महामाया सर्वान्तर्य्यामिरूपिणी ।। साक्षिणी सर्वभूतानां परब्रह्मस्वरूपिणी
vyājahāra mahāmāyā sarvāntaryyāmirūpiṇī || sākṣiṇī sarvabhūtānāṃ parabrahmasvarūpiṇī
Mahāmāyā spoke, she whose form is the inner controller of all, the witness of all beings, whose own nature is the supreme Brahman.
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SiP 5 49.27
उमोवाच ।। न ब्रह्मा न सुरारातिर्न पुरारातिरीश्वरः ।। मदग्रे गर्वितुं किंचित्का कथान्यसुपर्वणाम्
umovāca || na brahmā na surārātirna purārātirīśvaraḥ || madagre garvituṃ kiṃcitkā kathānyasuparvaṇām
Umā said: Neither Brahmā, nor the foe of the gods, nor Īśvara the foe of the (three) cities, can boast at all before me; what then to say of the other gods?
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SiP 5 49.28
परं ब्रह्म परं ज्योतिः प्रणवद्वन्द्वरूपिणी ।। अहमेवास्मि सकलं मदन्यो नास्ति कश्चन
paraṃ brahma paraṃ jyotiḥ praṇavadvandvarūpiṇī || ahamevāsmi sakalaṃ madanyo nāsti kaścana
The supreme Brahman, the supreme light, she whose form is the twofold praṇava — I alone am the whole; there is no one other than me.
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SiP 5 49.29
निराकारापि साकारा सर्वतत्त्वस्वरूपिणी ।। अप्रतर्क्यगुणा नित्या कार्यकारणरूपिणी
nirākārāpi sākārā sarvatattvasvarūpiṇī || apratarkyaguṇā nityā kāryakāraṇarūpiṇī
Though formless, (I am) yet possessed of form, having the nature of all principles; my qualities are beyond reasoning, I am eternal, and I take the form of both effect and cause.
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SiP 5 49.31
विरञ्चिः सृष्टिकर्ताहं जगत्पाताहमच्युतः ।। रुद्रः संहारकर्ताहं सर्वविश्वविमोहिनी
virañciḥ sṛṣṭikartāhaṃ jagatpātāhamacyutaḥ || rudraḥ saṃhārakartāhaṃ sarvaviśvavimohinī
I am Viraflci the maker of creation; I am Acyuta the protector of the world; I am Rudra the doer of destruction; I am she who bewilders the whole universe.
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SiP 5 49.32
कालिका कमलावाणी मुखास्सर्वा हि शक्तयः ।। मदंशादेव संजातास्तथेमास्सकलाः कलाः
kālikā kamalāvāṇī mukhāssarvā hi śaktayaḥ || madaṃśādeva saṃjātāstathemāssakalāḥ kalāḥ
Kālikā, Kamalā, Vāṇī and the rest — indeed all the powers, and likewise all these portions (kalās), have arisen from a mere fraction of me.
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SiP 5 49.33
मत्प्रभावाज्जितास्सर्वे युष्माभिर्द्दितिनन्दनाः ।। तामविज्ञाय मां यूयं वृथा सर्वेशमानिनः
matprabhāvājjitāssarve yuṣmābhirdditinandanāḥ || tāmavijñāya māṃ yūyaṃ vṛthā sarveśamāninaḥ
It was by my power that all the sons of Diti were conquered by you; not recognising that (power), you vainly think yourselves lords of all.
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SiP 5 49.34
यथा दारुमयीं योषां नर्तयत्यैन्द्रजालिकः ।। तथैव सर्वभूतानि नर्तयाम्यहमीश्वरी
yathā dārumayīṃ yoṣāṃ nartayatyaindrajālikaḥ || tathaiva sarvabhūtāni nartayāmyahamīśvarī
As a conjurer makes a wooden woman dance, just so do I, the sovereign lady, make all beings dance.
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SiP 5 49.35
मद्भयाद्वाति पवनः सर्वं दहति हव्यभुक्।। लोकपालाः प्रकुर्वंति स्वस्वकर्माण्यनारतम्
madbhayādvāti pavanaḥ sarvaṃ dahati havyabhuk|| lokapālāḥ prakurvaṃti svasvakarmāṇyanāratam
Out of fear of me the wind blows, the fire-eater (Agni) burns everything, and the world-guardians perform their several duties without cease.
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SiP 5 49.36
कदाचिद्देववर्गाणां कदाचिद्दितिजन्म नाम् ।। करोमि विजयं सम्यक्स्वतन्त्रा निजलीलया
kadāciddevavargāṇāṃ kadācidditijanma nām || karomi vijayaṃ samyaksvatantrā nijalīlayā
Sometimes for the hosts of gods, sometimes for those born of Diti, I bring about victory in full, independent, by my own play.
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SiP 5 49.37
अविनाशि परं धाम मायातीतं परात्परम् ।। श्रुतयो वर्णयन्ते यत्त द्रूपन्तु ममैव हि
avināśi paraṃ dhāma māyātītaṃ parātparam || śrutayo varṇayante yatta drūpantu mamaiva hi
That imperishable supreme abode, beyond māyā, higher than the highest, which the Vedic texts describe — that indeed is my very form.
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SiP 5 49.38
सगुणं निर्गुणं चेति मद्रूपं द्विविधं मतम् ।। मायाशबलितं चैकं द्वितीयन्तदनाश्रितम्
saguṇaṃ nirguṇaṃ ceti madrūpaṃ dvividhaṃ matam || māyāśabalitaṃ caikaṃ dvitīyantadanāśritam
My form is held to be of two kinds: with qualities and without qualities; the one is variegated by māyā, the second is not dependent on it.
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SiP 5 49.39
एवं विज्ञाय मां देवास्स्वं स्वं गर्वं विहाय च ।। भजत प्रणयोपेताः प्रकृतिं मां सनातनीम्
evaṃ vijñāya māṃ devāssvaṃ svaṃ garvaṃ vihāya ca || bhajata praṇayopetāḥ prakṛtiṃ māṃ sanātanīm
Knowing me thus, O gods, and abandoning each his own pride, worship me, the eternal Prakṛti, filled with love.
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SiP 5 49.41
क्षमस्व जगदीशानि प्रसीद परमेश्वरि ।। मैवं भूयात्कदाचिन्नो गर्वो मातर्द्दयां कुरु
kṣamasva jagadīśāni prasīda parameśvari || maivaṃ bhūyātkadācinno garvo mātarddayāṃ kuru
"Forgive (us), O mistress of the world; be gracious, O supreme sovereign; let such pride never again be ours; show mercy, O Mother."
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SiP 5 49.42
ततःप्रभृति ते दैवा हित्वा गर्वं समाहिताः।। उमामाराधयामासुर्यथापूर्वं यथाविधि
tataḥprabhṛti te daivā hitvā garvaṃ samāhitāḥ|| umāmārādhayāmāsuryathāpūrvaṃ yathāvidhi
From that time on those gods, having abandoned pride, with concentrated minds worshipped Umā as before, according to the rule.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 5 49.43
इति वः कथितो विप्रा उमाप्रादुर्भवो मया ।। यस्य श्रवणमात्रेण परमं पदमश्नुते
iti vaḥ kathito viprā umāprādurbhavo mayā || yasya śravaṇamātreṇa paramaṃ padamaśnute
Thus, O brahmins, the manifestation of Umā has been told to you by me; by the mere hearing of it one attains the supreme state.
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