Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Purva Bhaga — Chapter 11
SiP 7.1 11.1
इति श्रीशिवमहापुराणे सप्तम्यां वायवीयसंहितायां ब्रह्मांडस्थितिवर्णनं नाम दशमो ऽध्यायः छप्तेर् ११ मुनय ऊचुः मन्वंतराणि सर्वाणि कल्पभेदांश्च सर्वशः तेष्वेवांतरसर्गं च प्रतिसर्गं च नो वद
iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe saptamyāṃ vāyavīyasaṃhitāyāṃ brahmāṃḍasthitivarṇanaṃ nāma daśamo 'dhyāyaḥ chapter 11 munaya ūcuḥ manvaṃtarāṇi sarvāṇi kalpabhedāṃśca sarvaśaḥ teṣvevāṃtarasargaṃ ca pratisargaṃ ca no vada
Thus in the glorious Śiva Mahāpurāṇa, in the seventh (part), in the Vāyavīya Saṃhitā, the tenth chapter, called the description of the standing of the cosmic egg. Chapter 11. The sages said: Tell us of all the manvantaras and of the divisions of the kalpas in full, and of the intermediate creation within them and the dissolution.
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SiP 7.1 11.2
वायुरुवाच कालसंख्याविवृत्तस्य परार्धो ब्रह्मणस्स्मृतः तावांश्चैवास्य कालोन्यस्तस्यांते प्रतिसृज्यते
vāyuruvāca kālasaṃkhyāvivṛttasya parārdho brahmaṇassmṛtaḥ tāvāṃścaivāsya kālonyastasyāṃte pratisṛjyate
Vāyu said: Half a parārdha (the greater half) of the elapsed reckoning of time is declared to be Brahmā's; and just so much is his other (remaining) time, at the end of which the dissolution takes place.
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SiP 7.1 11.3
दिवसे दिवसे तस्य ब्रह्मणः पूर्वजन्मनः चतुर्दशमहाभागा मनूनां परिवृत्तयः
divase divase tasya brahmaṇaḥ pūrvajanmanaḥ caturdaśamahābhāgā manūnāṃ parivṛttayaḥ
On each and every day of that Brahmā, who is of prior birth, there are fourteen great portions, the revolutions of the Manus.
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SiP 7.1 11.4
अनादित्वादनंतत्वादज्ञेयत्वाच्च कृत्स्नशः मन्वंतराणि कल्पाश्च न शक्या वचनात्पृथक्
anāditvādanaṃtatvādajñeyatvācca kṛtsnaśaḥ manvaṃtarāṇi kalpāśca na śakyā vacanātpṛthak
Since (they are) beginningless, endless, and unknowable in their entirety, the manvantaras and kalpas cannot be told separately in speech.
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SiP 7.1 11.5
उक्तेष्वपि च सर्वेषु शृण्वतां वो वचो मम किमिहास्ति फलं तस्मान्न पृथक् वक्तुमुत्सहे
ukteṣvapi ca sarveṣu śṛṇvatāṃ vo vaco mama kimihāsti phalaṃ tasmānna pṛthak vaktumutsahe
And even if all were told, what fruit would there be here for you who hear my words? Therefore I do not undertake to tell (them) separately.
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SiP 7.1 11.6
य एव खलु कल्पेषु कल्पः संप्रति वर्तते तत्र संक्षिप्य वर्तंते सृष्टयः प्रतिसृष्टयः
ya eva khalu kalpeṣu kalpaḥ saṃprati vartate tatra saṃkṣipya vartaṃte sṛṣṭayaḥ pratisṛṣṭayaḥ
Whichever kalpa among the kalpas is now proceeding—there, told in brief, the creations and the dissolutions proceed.
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SiP 7.1 11.7
यस्त्वयं वर्तते कल्पो वाराहो नाम नामतः अस्मिन्नपि द्विजश्रेष्ठा मनवस्तु चतुर्दश
yastvayaṃ vartate kalpo vārāho nāma nāmataḥ asminnapi dvijaśreṣṭhā manavastu caturdaśa
But this kalpa which is now proceeding is Vārāha by name; in this one too, O best of twice-born, there are fourteen Manus.
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SiP 7.1 11.8
स्वायंभुवादयस्सप्त सप्त सावर्णिकादयः तेषु वैवस्वतो नाम सप्तमो वर्तते मनुः
svāyaṃbhuvādayassapta sapta sāvarṇikādayaḥ teṣu vaivasvato nāma saptamo vartate manuḥ
Seven beginning with Svāyaṃbhuva, seven beginning with Sāvarṇika; among them the seventh Manu, named Vaivasvata, is (now) in course.
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SiP 7.1 11.9
मन्वंतरेषु सर्वेषु सर्गसंहारवृत्तयः प्रायः समाभवंतीति तर्कः कार्यो विजानता
manvaṃtareṣu sarveṣu sargasaṃhāravṛttayaḥ prāyaḥ samābhavaṃtīti tarkaḥ kāryo vijānatā
In all the manvantaras the courses of creation and destruction come about much the same—so should one who knows reason it out.
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SiP 7.1 11.10
पूर्वकल्पे परावृत्ते प्रवृत्ते कालमारुते समुन्मूलितमूलेषु वृक्षेषु च वनेषु च
pūrvakalpe parāvṛtte pravṛtte kālamārute samunmūlitamūleṣu vṛkṣeṣu ca vaneṣu ca
When the previous kalpa had turned away, when the wind of time had set in, when trees and forests had their roots torn up,
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SiP 7.1 11.11
जगंति तृणवक्त्रीणि देवे दहति पावके वृष्ट्या भुवि निषिक्तायां विवेलेष्वर्णवेषु च
jagaṃti tṛṇavaktrīṇi deve dahati pāvake vṛṣṭyā bhuvi niṣiktāyāṃ viveleṣvarṇaveṣu ca
when the worlds had grass for mouths (were reduced to stubble?), when the god fire was burning, when the earth was drenched by rain and the oceans were without shores,
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SiP 7.1 11.12
दिक्षु सर्वासु मग्नासु वारिपूरे महीयसि तदद्भिश्चटुलाक्षेपैस्तरंगभुजमण्डलैः
dikṣu sarvāsu magnāsu vāripūre mahīyasi tadadbhiścaṭulākṣepaistaraṃgabhujamaṇḍalaiḥ
when all the directions were submerged in the vast flood of water, then—by those waters, with their tremulous tossings, with the ringed arms of their waves,
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SiP 7.1 11.13
प्रारब्धचण्डनृत्येषु ततः प्रलयवारिषु ब्रह्मा नारायणो भूत्वा सुष्वाप सलिले सुखम्
prārabdhacaṇḍanṛtyeṣu tataḥ pralayavāriṣu brahmā nārāyaṇo bhūtvā suṣvāpa salile sukham
when the waters of dissolution had begun their fierce dance, then Brahmā, having become Nārāyaṇa, slept pleasantly upon the water.
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SiP 7.1 11.14
५१३अ इमं चोदाहरन्मंत्रं श्लोकं नारायणं प्रति तं शृणुध्वं मुनिश्रेष्ठास्तदर्थं चाक्षराश्रयम्
513a imaṃ codāharanmaṃtraṃ ślokaṃ nārāyaṇaṃ prati taṃ śṛṇudhvaṃ muniśreṣṭhāstadarthaṃ cākṣarāśrayam
And they recited this mantra, a verse concerning Nārāyaṇa; hear it, O best of sages, and its meaning as it rests in the syllables.
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SiP 7.1 11.15
आपो नारा इति प्रोक्ता आपो वै नरसूनवः अयनं तस्य ता यस्मात्तेन नारायणः स्मृतः
āpo nārā iti proktā āpo vai narasūnavaḥ ayanaṃ tasya tā yasmāttena nārāyaṇaḥ smṛtaḥ
The waters are called nārāḥ; the waters are indeed the offspring of Nara. Since they are his abode (ayana), he is therefore known as Nārāyaṇa.
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SiP 7.1 11.16
शिवयोगमयीं निद्रां कुर्वन्तं त्रिदशेश्वरम् बद्धांजलि पुटास्सिद्धा जनलोकनिवासिनः
śivayogamayīṃ nidrāṃ kurvantaṃ tridaśeśvaram baddhāṃjali puṭāssiddhā janalokanivāsinaḥ
The lord of the thirty (gods) was making a sleep consisting of the yoga of Śiva; the Siddhas dwelling in the Janaloka, with palms joined in reverence,
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SiP 7.1 11.17
स्तोत्रैः प्रबोधयामासुः प्रभातसमये सुराः यथा सृष्ट्यादिसमये ईश्वरं श्रुतयः पुरा
stotraiḥ prabodhayāmāsuḥ prabhātasamaye surāḥ yathā sṛṣṭyādisamaye īśvaraṃ śrutayaḥ purā
— the gods awakened (him) with hymns at the time of dawn, as formerly the Vedic scriptures (awakened) the Lord at the time of creation and so forth.
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SiP 7.1 11.18
ततः प्रबुद्ध उत्थाय शयनात्तोयमध्यगात् उदैक्षत दिशः सर्वा योगनिद्रालसेक्षणः
tataḥ prabuddha utthāya śayanāttoyamadhyagāt udaikṣata diśaḥ sarvā yoganidrālasekṣaṇaḥ
Then, awakened, rising from his couch, he went into the midst of the water and looked out upon all the directions, his eyes still languid with the sleep of yoga.
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SiP 7.1 11.19
नापश्यत्स तदा किंचित्स्वात्मनो व्यतिरेकि यत् सविस्मय इवासीनः परां चिंतामुपागमत्
nāpaśyatsa tadā kiṃcitsvātmano vyatireki yat savismaya ivāsīnaḥ parāṃ ciṃtāmupāgamat
He then saw nothing at all that was distinct from his own self; seated as if in amazement, he fell into deep thought.
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SiP 7.1 11.20
क्व सा भगवती या तु मनोज्ञा महती मही नानाविधमहाशैलनदीनगरकानना
kva sā bhagavatī yā tu manojñā mahatī mahī nānāvidhamahāśailanadīnagarakānanā
"Where is that blessed one, the great earth, so lovely, with her manifold great mountains, rivers, cities and forests?"
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SiP 7.1 11.21
एवं संचिंतयन्ब्रह्मा बुबुधे नैव भूस्थितिम् तदा सस्मार पितरं भगवंतं त्रिलोचनम्
evaṃ saṃciṃtayanbrahmā bubudhe naiva bhūsthitim tadā sasmāra pitaraṃ bhagavaṃtaṃ trilocanam
Pondering thus, Brahmā could not at all discern where the earth stood; then he called to mind (his) father, the blessed three-eyed one.
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SiP 7.1 11.22
स्मरणाद्देवदेवस्य भवस्यामिततेजसः ज्ञातवान्सलिले मग्नां धरणीं धरणीपतिः
smaraṇāddevadevasya bhavasyāmitatejasaḥ jñātavānsalile magnāṃ dharaṇīṃ dharaṇīpatiḥ
By remembering the god of gods, Bhava of measureless splendour, the lord of the earth came to know that the earth was sunk in the water.
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SiP 7.1 11.23
ततो भूमेस्समुद्धारं कर्तुकामः प्रजापतिः जलक्रीडोचितं दिव्यं वाराहं रूपमस्मरत्
tato bhūmessamuddhāraṃ kartukāmaḥ prajāpatiḥ jalakrīḍocitaṃ divyaṃ vārāhaṃ rūpamasmarat
Then Prajāpati, wishing to raise the earth up, called to mind the divine boar-form, fit for sporting in water.
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SiP 7.1 11.24
महापर्वतवर्ष्माणं महाजलदनिःस्वनम् नीलमेघप्रतीकाशं दीप्तशब्दं भयानकम्
mahāparvatavarṣmāṇaṃ mahājaladaniḥsvanam nīlameghapratīkāśaṃ dīptaśabdaṃ bhayānakam
(A form) with the bulk of a great mountain, with a roar like a great raincloud, resembling a dark cloud, of blazing cry, terrifying;
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SiP 7.1 11.25
पीनवृत्तघनस्कंधपीनोन्नतकटीतटम् ह्रस्ववृत्तोरुजंघाग्रं सुतीक्ष्णपुरमण्डलम्
pīnavṛttaghanaskaṃdhapīnonnatakaṭītaṭam hrasvavṛttorujaṃghāgraṃ sutīkṣṇapuramaṇḍalam
with thick, round, massive shoulders and a stout, high flank of the hips; with short, round thighs and shank-tips, and a very sharp circle of the snout;
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SiP 7.1 11.26
पद्मरागमणिप्रख्यं वृत्तभीषणलोचनम् वृत्तदीर्घमहागात्रं स्तब्धकर्णस्थलोज्ज्वलम्
padmarāgamaṇiprakhyaṃ vṛttabhīṣaṇalocanam vṛttadīrghamahāgātraṃ stabdhakarṇasthalojjvalam
like a ruby gem (in colour), with round terrifying eyes, its great body round and long, gleaming with the stiffly erect region of its ears;
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SiP 7.1 11.27
उदीर्णोच्छ्वासनिश्वासघूर्णितप्रलयार्णवम् विस्फुरत्सुसटाच्छन्नकपोलस्कंधबंधुरम्
udīrṇocchvāsaniśvāsaghūrṇitapralayārṇavam visphuratsusaṭācchannakapolaskaṃdhabaṃdhuram
with the ocean of dissolution churned up by its heaving inbreaths and outbreaths, handsome with cheeks and shoulders covered by quivering fine bristles;
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SiP 7.1 11.28
मणिभिर्भूषणैश्चित्रैर्महारत्नैःपरिष्कृतम् विराजमानं विद्युद्भिर्मेघसंघमिवोन्नतम्
maṇibhirbhūṣaṇaiścitrairmahāratnaiḥpariṣkṛtam virājamānaṃ vidyudbhirmeghasaṃghamivonnatam
adorned with jewels, with varied ornaments and great gems, shining like a towering mass of clouds with lightnings;
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SiP 7.1 11.29
आस्थाय विपुलं रूपं वाराहममितं विधिः पृथिव्युद्धरणार्थाय प्रविवेश रसातलम्
āsthāya vipulaṃ rūpaṃ vārāhamamitaṃ vidhiḥ pṛthivyuddharaṇārthāya praviveśa rasātalam
assuming that vast, measureless boar-form, the Ordainer entered the nether world in order to raise up the earth.
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SiP 7.1 11.30
स तदा शुशुभे ऽतीव सूकरो गिरिसंनिभः लिंगाकृतेर्महेशस्य पादमूलं गतो यथा
sa tadā śuśubhe 'tīva sūkaro girisaṃnibhaḥ liṃgākṛtermaheśasya pādamūlaṃ gato yathā
Then that boar, resembling a mountain, shone exceedingly, as if he had gone to the base of the foot of Maheśa in his liṅga-form.
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SiP 7.1 11.31
ततस्स सलिले मग्नां पृथिवीं पृथिवींधरः उद्धृत्यालिंग्य दंष्ट्राभ्यामुन्ममज्ज रसातलात्
tatassa salile magnāṃ pṛthivīṃ pṛthivīṃdharaḥ uddhṛtyāliṃgya daṃṣṭrābhyāmunmamajja rasātalāt
Then that upholder of the earth, having lifted the earth that was sunk in the water and clasped it with his two tusks, rose up out of the nether world.
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SiP 7.1 11.32
तं दृष्ट्वा मुनयस्सिद्धा जनलोकनिवासिनः मुमुदुर्ननृतुर्मूर्ध्नि तस्य पुष्पैरवाकिरन्
taṃ dṛṣṭvā munayassiddhā janalokanivāsinaḥ mumudurnanṛturmūrdhni tasya puṣpairavākiran
Seeing him, the sages and the perfected ones who dwell in Janaloka rejoiced and danced, and strewed flowers upon his head.
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SiP 7.1 11.33
वपुर्महावराहस्य शुशुभे पुष्पसंवृतम् पतद्भिरिव खद्योतैः प्राशुरंजनपर्वतः
vapurmahāvarāhasya śuśubhe puṣpasaṃvṛtam patadbhiriva khadyotaiḥ prāśuraṃjanaparvataḥ
The body of the great boar, covered with flowers, shone like a lofty mountain of black antimony with fireflies alighting on it.
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SiP 7.1 11.34
ततः संस्थानमानीय वराहो महतीं महीम् स्वमेव रूपमास्थाय स्थापयामास वै विभुः
tataḥ saṃsthānamānīya varāho mahatīṃ mahīm svameva rūpamāsthāya sthāpayāmāsa vai vibhuḥ
Then the boar, having brought the great earth to its (proper) position, and having taken on his own form again, the mighty lord set it firmly in place.
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SiP 7.1 11.35
पृथिवीं च समीकृत्य पृथिव्यां स्थापयन्गिरीन् ५१३ब् भूराद्यांश्चतुरो लोकान् कल्पयामास पूर्ववत्
pṛthivīṃ ca samīkṛtya pṛthivyāṃ sthāpayangirīn 513b bhūrādyāṃścaturo lokān kalpayāmāsa pūrvavat
And having levelled the earth, setting the mountains upon the earth, he fashioned the four worlds beginning with Bhūḥ as before.
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SiP 7.1 11.36
इति सह महतीं महीं महीध्रैः प्रलयमहाजलधेरधःस्थमध्यात् उपरि च विनिवेश्य विश्वकर्मा चरमचरं च जगत्ससर्ज भूयः
iti saha mahatīṃ mahīṃ mahīdhraiḥ pralayamahājaladheradhaḥsthamadhyāt upari ca viniveśya viśvakarmā caramacaraṃ ca jagatsasarja bhūyaḥ
Thus, having set the great earth together with its mountains up out of the depths lying below the great ocean of dissolution, the maker of all created the world once more, moving and unmoving.
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