Shiva Purana — Kailasa Samhita — Chapter 2
SiP 6 2.1
व्यास उवाच ।। साधु पृष्टमिदं विप्रा भवद्भिर्भाग्यवत्तमैः ।। दुर्लभं हि शिवज्ञानं प्रणवार्थप्रकाशकम्
vyāsa uvāca || sādhu pṛṣṭamidaṃ viprā bhavadbhirbhāgyavattamaiḥ || durlabhaṃ hi śivajñānaṃ praṇavārthaprakāśakam
Vyāsa said: Well have you asked this, O brahmins, you who are most fortunate; for the knowledge of Śiva, which reveals the meaning of the praṇava, is hard to obtain.
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SiP 6 2.2
येषां प्रसन्नो भगवान्साक्षाच्छूलवरायुधः ।। तेषामेव शिवज्ञानं प्रणवार्थप्रकाशकम
yeṣāṃ prasanno bhagavānsākṣācchūlavarāyudhaḥ || teṣāmeva śivajñānaṃ praṇavārthaprakāśakama
Those to whom the Lord himself, whose chief weapon is the trident, is favourable — theirs alone is the knowledge of Śiva that reveals the meaning of the praṇava,
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SiP 6 2.3
जायते न हि सन्देहो नेतरेषामिति श्रुतिः ।।। शिवभक्तिविहीनानामिति तत्त्वार्थनिश्चयः
jāyate na hi sandeho netareṣāmiti śrutiḥ ||| śivabhaktivihīnānāmiti tattvārthaniścayaḥ
(that knowledge) arises — of this there is no doubt — and not for others: so says scripture. Thus (it is) for those devoid of devotion to Śiva: such is the settled truth of the matter.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 6 2.4
दीर्घसत्रेण युष्माभिर्भगवानम्बिकापतिः ।। उपासित इतीदं मे दृष्टमद्य विनिश्चितम्
dīrghasatreṇa yuṣmābhirbhagavānambikāpatiḥ || upāsita itīdaṃ me dṛṣṭamadya viniścitam
By you, through a long sacrificial session, the Lord, the husband of Ambikā, has been worshipped — this I have seen and now determined for certain.
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SiP 6 2.5
तस्माद्वक्ष्यामि युष्माकमितिहासम्पुरातनम् ।। उमामहेशसम्वादरूपमद्भुतमास्तिकाः
tasmādvakṣyāmi yuṣmākamitihāsampurātanam || umāmaheśasamvādarūpamadbhutamāstikāḥ
Therefore I shall tell you an ancient narrative, wonderful, in the form of a dialogue between Umā and Maheśa, O you faithful ones.
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SiP 6 2.6
पुराखिलजगन्माता सती दाक्षायणी तनुम् ।। शिवनिन्दाप्रसङ्गेन त्यक्त्वा च जनकाध्वरे महादेव्युवाच ।। भगवन्परमेशान पञ्चकृत्यविधायक ।। सर्वज्ञ भक्तिसुलभ परमामृतविग्रह तदा सर्वजगन्माता भर्तुरंकं समाश्रिता ।। विलोक्य वदनं भर्तुरिदमाहः तपोधनाः इति देव्या समापृष्टो भगवानिन्दुभूषणः ।। सम्प्रशस्य महेशानीं वक्तुं समुपचक्रमे
purākhilajaganmātā satī dākṣāyaṇī tanum || śivanindāprasaṅgena tyaktvā ca janakādhvare mahādevyuvāca || bhagavanparameśāna pañcakṛtyavidhāyaka || sarvajña bhaktisulabha paramāmṛtavigraha tadā sarvajaganmātā bharturaṃkaṃ samāśritā || vilokya vadanaṃ bharturidamāhaḥ tapodhanāḥ iti devyā samāpṛṣṭo bhagavānindubhūṣaṇaḥ || sampraśasya maheśānīṃ vaktuṃ samupacakrame
Formerly, Satī, the daughter of Dakṣa, mother of the whole world, having abandoned her body at her father's sacrifice on the occasion of the reviling of Śiva... The Great Goddess said: "O Lord, supreme ruler, performer of the five acts, all-knowing one, easily attained through devotion, embodiment of the highest nectar!" Then the mother of all the worlds, having taken refuge on her husband's lap, gazing at her husband's face, said this, O you rich in austerity. Thus questioned by the Goddess, the Lord adorned with the moon, having praised Maheśānī, began to speak.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 6 2.7
ततः प्रभावात्सा देवी सुताऽभूद्धिमवद्गिरेः ।। शिवार्थमतपत्सा वै नारदस्योपदेशतः
tataḥ prabhāvātsā devī sutā'bhūddhimavadgireḥ || śivārthamatapatsā vai nāradasyopadeśataḥ
Then, by (Śiva's) power, that goddess became the daughter of the Himālaya mountain; and she performed austerities for the sake of Śiva, on the instruction of Nārada.
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SiP 6 2.8
तस्मिन्भूधरवर्य्ये तु स्वयंवरविधानतः।। देवेशे च कृतोद्वाहे पार्वती सुखमाप सा
tasminbhūdharavaryye tu svayaṃvaravidhānataḥ|| deveśe ca kṛtodvāhe pārvatī sukhamāpa sā
And when, on that best of mountains, the marriage with the lord of the gods had been performed by the rite of self-choice, that Pārvatī attained happiness.
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SiP 6 2.9
तथैकस्मिन्महादेवी समये पतिना सह ।। सूपविष्टा महाशैले गौरी देवमभाषत
tathaikasminmahādevī samaye patinā saha || sūpaviṣṭā mahāśaile gaurī devamabhāṣata
Likewise, on one occasion the Great Goddess Gaurī, seated comfortably with her husband on the great mountain, spoke to the god.
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SiP 6 2.12
दाक्षायणीन्तनुं त्यक्त्वा तव निन्दाप्रसंगतः ।। आसमद्य महेशान पुत्री हिमवतो गिरेः।।। कृपया परमेशान मंत्रदीक्षाविधानतः ।। मां विशुद्धात्मतत्त्वस्थां कुरु नित्यं महेश्वर
dākṣāyaṇīntanuṃ tyaktvā tava nindāprasaṃgataḥ || āsamadya maheśāna putrī himavato gireḥ||| kṛpayā parameśāna maṃtradīkṣāvidhānataḥ || māṃ viśuddhātmatattvasthāṃ kuru nityaṃ maheśvara
"Having abandoned the body of Dakṣa's daughter on the occasion of your being reviled, today, O great lord, I have become the daughter of the Himālaya mountain. By your grace, O supreme lord, through the rite of mantra-initiation, make me established in the wholly pure truth of the self forever, O Maheśvara."
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SiP 6 2.13
इति सम्प्रार्थितो देव्या देवः शीतांशु भूषणः ।। प्रत्युवाच ततो देवीं प्रहृष्टेनान्तरात्मना
iti samprārthito devyā devaḥ śītāṃśu bhūṣaṇaḥ || pratyuvāca tato devīṃ prahṛṣṭenāntarātmanā
Thus entreated by the Goddess, the god adorned with the cool-rayed (moon) then replied to the Goddess with a delighted heart.
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SiP 6 2.14
महादेव उवाच ।। धन्या त्वं देवदेवशि यदि जातेदृशी मतिः ।। कैलास शिखरं गत्वा करिष्ये त्वां च तादृशीम्
mahādeva uvāca || dhanyā tvaṃ devadevaśi yadi jātedṛśī matiḥ || kailāsa śikharaṃ gatvā kariṣye tvāṃ ca tādṛśīm
Mahādeva said: Blessed are you, O mistress of the god of gods, since such a resolve has arisen (in you). Going to the peak of Kailāsa, I shall make you such (as you ask).
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SiP 6 2.15
ततो हिमवतो गत्वा कैलासम्भूधरेश्वरम्।। जगौ दीक्षाविधानेन प्रणवादीन्मनून् क्रमात्
tato himavato gatvā kailāsambhūdhareśvaram|| jagau dīkṣāvidhānena praṇavādīnmanūn kramāt
Then, going from Himavat to Kailāsa, the lord of mountains, he uttered, by the procedure of initiation, the mantras beginning with the praṇava, in order.
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SiP 6 2.16
उक्त्वा मंत्रांश्च तान्देवीं कृत्वा शुद्धात्मनि स्थिताम् ।। सार्द्धं देव्या महादेवो देवोद्यानं गतोऽभवत्
uktvā maṃtrāṃśca tāndevīṃ kṛtvā śuddhātmani sthitām || sārddhaṃ devyā mahādevo devodyānaṃ gato'bhavat
And having uttered those mantras to the Goddess and made her established in the pure self, Mahādeva went with the Goddess to the garden of the gods.
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SiP 6 2.17
ततः सुमालिनीमुख्यैर्दैव्याः प्रियसखीजनैः।। समाहृतैः प्रफुल्लैस्तैः पुष्पैः कल्पतरूद्भवैः
tataḥ sumālinīmukhyairdaivyāḥ priyasakhījanaiḥ|| samāhṛtaiḥ praphullaistaiḥ puṣpaiḥ kalpatarūdbhavaiḥ
Then, with those blossoming flowers grown on the wish-granting trees, gathered by the Goddess's dear companions headed by Sumālinī,
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SiP 6 2.18
अलंकृत्य महादेवीं स्वांकमारोप्य शंकरः।। प्रहृष्टवदनस्तस्थौ विलोक्य च तदाननम्
alaṃkṛtya mahādevīṃ svāṃkamāropya śaṃkaraḥ|| prahṛṣṭavadanastasthau vilokya ca tadānanam
having adorned the Great Goddess and set her on his own lap, Śaṃkara remained with a delighted face, gazing at her face.
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SiP 6 2.19
ततः प्रियकथा जाताः पार्वतीपरमेशयोः ।। हिताय सर्वलोकानां साक्षाच्छ्रुत्यर्थं सम्मिता
tataḥ priyakathā jātāḥ pārvatīparameśayoḥ || hitāya sarvalokānāṃ sākṣācchrutyarthaṃ sammitā
Then pleasant conversations arose between Pārvatī and the supreme lord, for the benefit of all the worlds, equal in authority to the very meaning of scripture.
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SiP 6 2.22
कथम्प्रणव उत्पन्नः कथं प्रणव उच्यते ।। मात्राः कति समाख्याताः कथं वेदादिरुच्यते
kathampraṇava utpannaḥ kathaṃ praṇava ucyate || mātrāḥ kati samākhyātāḥ kathaṃ vedādirucyate
How did the praṇava arise? Why is it called praṇava? How many measures (mātrās) are declared for it? Why is it called the beginning of the Veda?
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SiP 6 2.23
।। श्रीदेव्युवाच ।। उपदिष्टास्त्वया देव मंत्रास्सप्रणवा मताः ।। तत्रादौ श्रोतुमिच्छामि प्रणवार्थं विनिश्चितम् देवताः कति च प्रोक्ताः कथं वेदादिभावना।। क्रियाः कतिविधाः प्रोक्ता व्याप्यव्यापकता कथम्
|| śrīdevyuvāca || upadiṣṭāstvayā deva maṃtrāssapraṇavā matāḥ || tatrādau śrotumicchāmi praṇavārthaṃ viniścitam devatāḥ kati ca proktāḥ kathaṃ vedādibhāvanā|| kriyāḥ katividhāḥ proktā vyāpyavyāpakatā katham
The Goddess said: The mantras, held to be accompanied by the praṇava, have been taught by you, O god. Of these I wish first to hear the meaning of the praṇava, determined for certain. And how many deities are declared? How is the notion of its being the beginning of the Veda (to be understood)? Of how many kinds are the actions said to be? How is it pervaded and pervading?
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SiP 6 2.24
ब्रह्माणि पंच मंत्रेऽस्मिन्कथं तिष्ठंत्यनुक्रमात्।। कलाः कति समाख्याताः प्रपंचात्मकता कथम् ।
brahmāṇi paṃca maṃtre'sminkathaṃ tiṣṭhaṃtyanukramāt|| kalāḥ kati samākhyātāḥ prapaṃcātmakatā katham |
How do the five Brahmans stand in this mantra, in order? How many kalās are declared? How is (the praṇava) of the nature of the manifold world?
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SiP 6 2.25
वाच्यवाचकसम्बन्धस्थानानि च कथं शिव ।। कोऽत्राधिकारी विज्ञेयो विषयः क उदाहृतः
vācyavācakasambandhasthānāni ca kathaṃ śiva || ko'trādhikārī vijñeyo viṣayaḥ ka udāhṛtaḥ
And how (are) the relation of the signified and the signifier, and the (letter-)positions, O Śiva? Who is to be known here as the qualified one, and what is declared as the subject-matter?
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SiP 6 2.26
सम्बन्धः कोत्र विज्ञेयः किंप्रयोजनमुच्यते ।। उपासकस्तु किंरूपः किं वा स्थानमुपासनम्
sambandhaḥ kotra vijñeyaḥ kiṃprayojanamucyate || upāsakastu kiṃrūpaḥ kiṃ vā sthānamupāsanam
What relation is to be understood here, and what is said to be the purpose? And of what nature is the worshipper, or what is the place (and) the worship?
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SiP 6 2.27
उपास्यं वस्तु किंरूपं किं वा फलमुपासितुः ।। अनुष्ठान विधिः कोवा पूजास्थानं च किं प्रभो
upāsyaṃ vastu kiṃrūpaṃ kiṃ vā phalamupāsituḥ || anuṣṭhāna vidhiḥ kovā pūjāsthānaṃ ca kiṃ prabho
Of what nature is the object to be worshipped, and what is the fruit for the worshipper? And what is the rule of practice, and what is the place of worship, O Lord?
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SiP 6 2.28
पूजायां मण्डलं किं वा किं वा ऋष्यादिकं हर ।। न्यासजातविधिः को वा को वा पूजाविधिक्रमः
pūjāyāṃ maṇḍalaṃ kiṃ vā kiṃ vā ṛṣyādikaṃ hara || nyāsajātavidhiḥ ko vā ko vā pūjāvidhikramaḥ
In the worship, what is the maṇḍala, and what (are) the seer and the rest, O Hara? And what is the rule for the various placements (nyāsa), and what is the sequence of the rite of worship?
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SiP 6 2.29
एतत्सर्वं महेशान समाचक्ष्व विशेषतः ।। श्रोतुमिच्छामि तत्त्वेन यद्यस्ति मयि ते कृपा
etatsarvaṃ maheśāna samācakṣva viśeṣataḥ || śrotumicchāmi tattvena yadyasti mayi te kṛpā
All this, O great Lord, relate in detail; I wish to hear it as it truly is, if you have grace toward me.
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