Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Purva Bhaga — Chapter 2
SiP 7.1 2.1
इति श्रीशिवमहापुराणे सप्तम्यां वायवीयसंहितायां पूर्वखण्डे विद्यावतारकथनं नामप्रथमो ऽध्यायः छप्तेर् २ सूत उवाच पुरा कालेन महता कल्पेतीते पुनःपुनः अस्मिन्नुपस्थिते कल्पे प्रवृत्ते सृष्ठिकर्मणि
iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe saptamyāṃ vāyavīyasaṃhitāyāṃ pūrvakhaṇḍe vidyāvatārakathanaṃ nāmaprathamo 'dhyāyaḥ chapter 2 sūta uvāca purā kālena mahatā kalpetīte punaḥpunaḥ asminnupasthite kalpe pravṛtte sṛṣṭhikarmaṇi
Thus (ends) the first chapter, called the Telling of the Descent of Knowledge, in the earlier section of the Vāyavīya-saṃhitā, the seventh, in the glorious Śiva-mahāpurāṇa. Chapter 2. Sūta said: Long ago, after a great span of time, when kalpas had passed away again and again, when this present kalpa had arrived and the work of creation was under way,
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SiP 7.1 2.2
प्रतिष्ठितायां वार्तायां प्रबुद्धासु प्रजासु च मुनीनां षट्कुलीयानां ब्रुवतामितरेतरम्
pratiṣṭhitāyāṃ vārtāyāṃ prabuddhāsu prajāsu ca munīnāṃ ṣaṭkulīyānāṃ bruvatāmitaretaram
when the means of livelihood had been established and the creatures had awakened, while the sages of the six families were speaking with one another,
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SiP 7.1 2.3
इदं परमिदं नेति विवादस्सुमहानभूत् परस्य दुर्निरूपत्वान्न जातस्तत्र निश्चयः
idaṃ paramidaṃ neti vivādassumahānabhūt parasya durnirūpatvānna jātastatra niścayaḥ
a very great dispute arose — "this is the supreme," "this is not"; and since the Supreme is hard to determine, no certainty came about in that (matter).
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SiP 7.1 2.4
ते ऽभिजग्मुर्विधातारं द्रष्टुं ब्रह्माणमव्ययम् यत्रास्ते भगवान् ब्रह्मा स्तूयमानस्सुरासुरैः
te 'bhijagmurvidhātāraṃ draṣṭuṃ brahmāṇamavyayam yatrāste bhagavān brahmā stūyamānassurāsuraiḥ
They went to the Ordainer, to see Brahmā the imperishable, there where the lord Brahmā abides, being praised by gods and demons,
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SiP 7.1 2.5
मेरुशृंगे शुभे रम्ये देवदानवसंकुले सिद्धचारणसंवादे यक्षगंधर्वसेविते
meruśṛṃge śubhe ramye devadānavasaṃkule siddhacāraṇasaṃvāde yakṣagaṃdharvasevite
on the peak of Meru, auspicious and delightful, thronged with gods and Dānavas, resounding with the converse of Siddhas and Cāraṇas, frequented by Yakṣas and Gandharvas,
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SiP 7.1 2.6
विहंगसंघसंघुष्टे मणिविद्रुमभूषिते निकुंजकंदरदरीगृहानिर्झरशोभिते
vihaṃgasaṃghasaṃghuṣṭe maṇividrumabhūṣite nikuṃjakaṃdaradarīgṛhānirjharaśobhite
loud with flocks of birds, adorned with gems and coral, made lovely by thickets, caves, grottoes, cave-dwellings and waterfalls,
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SiP 7.1 2.7
तत्र ब्रह्मवनं नाम नानामृगसमाकुलम् दशयोजनविस्तीर्णं शतयोजनमायतम्
tatra brahmavanaṃ nāma nānāmṛgasamākulam daśayojanavistīrṇaṃ śatayojanamāyatam
There (is) the grove called Brahmavana, filled with various wild animals, ten yojanas broad and a hundred yojanas long,
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SiP 7.1 2.8
सुरसामलपानीयपूर्णरम्यसरोवरम् मत्तभ्रमरसंछन्नरम्यपुष्पितपादपम्
surasāmalapānīyapūrṇaramyasarovaram mattabhramarasaṃchannaramyapuṣpitapādapam
having lovely lakes full of sweet, clear water, and lovely flowering trees covered over with intoxicated bees,
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SiP 7.1 2.9
तरुणादित्यसंकाशं तत्र चारु महत्पुरम् दुर्धर्षबलदृप्तानां दैत्यदानवरक्षसाम्
taruṇādityasaṃkāśaṃ tatra cāru mahatpuram durdharṣabaladṛptānāṃ daityadānavarakṣasām
There (is) a great and beautiful city, resembling the young sun, of the Daityas, Dānavas and Rākṣasas who are proud of their unassailable strength,
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SiP 7.1 2.10
तप्तजांबूनदमयं प्रांशुप्राकारतोरणम् निर्व्यूहवलभीकूटप्रतोलीशतमंडितम्
taptajāṃbūnadamayaṃ prāṃśuprākāratoraṇam nirvyūhavalabhīkūṭapratolīśatamaṃḍitam
made of refined gold, with lofty ramparts and archways, adorned with hundreds of turrets, upper chambers, pinnacles and broad streets,
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SiP 7.1 2.11
महार्हमणिचित्राभिर्लेलिहानमिवांबरम् महाभवनकोटीभिरनेकाभिरलंकृतम्
mahārhamaṇicitrābhirlelihānamivāṃbaram mahābhavanakoṭībhiranekābhiralaṃkṛtam
as if licking the sky with its variegated, most precious gems, ornamented with many tens of millions of great mansions.
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SiP 7.1 2.12
तस्मिन्निवसति ब्रह्मा सभ्यैः सार्धं प्रजापतिः तत्र गत्वा महात्मानं साक्षाल्लोकपितामहम्
tasminnivasati brahmā sabhyaiḥ sārdhaṃ prajāpatiḥ tatra gatvā mahātmānaṃ sākṣāllokapitāmaham
In it dwells Brahmā, the Lord of creatures, together with the members of his assembly. Having gone there, (they saw) the great-souled one, the grandfather of the worlds in person —
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SiP 7.1 2.13
दद्दशुर्मुनयो देवा देवर्षिगणसेवितम् शुद्धचामीकरप्रख्यं सर्वाभरणभूषितम्
daddaśurmunayo devā devarṣigaṇasevitam śuddhacāmīkaraprakhyaṃ sarvābharaṇabhūṣitam
the sages and gods saw him, attended by the throngs of divine seers, resembling pure gold, adorned with every ornament,
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SiP 7.1 2.14
प्रसन्नवदनं सौम्यं पद्मपत्रायतेक्षणम् दिव्यकांतिसमायुक्तं दिव्यगंधानुलेपनम्
prasannavadanaṃ saumyaṃ padmapatrāyatekṣaṇam divyakāṃtisamāyuktaṃ divyagaṃdhānulepanam
with a serene face, gentle, his eyes long as lotus petals, endowed with divine radiance, anointed with divine perfumes,
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SiP 7.1 2.15
दिव्यशुक्लांबरधरं दिव्यमालाविभूषितम् सुरासुरेन्द्रयोगींद्रवंद्यमानपदांबुजम्
divyaśuklāṃbaradharaṃ divyamālāvibhūṣitam surāsurendrayogīṃdravaṃdyamānapadāṃbujam
wearing divine white garments, adorned with a divine garland, his lotus feet saluted by the chiefs of gods and demons and by the foremost of yogins,
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SiP 7.1 2.16
सर्वलक्षणयुक्तांग्या लब्धचामरहस्तया भ्राजमानं सरस्वत्या प्रभयेव दिवाकरम्
sarvalakṣaṇayuktāṃgyā labdhacāmarahastayā bhrājamānaṃ sarasvatyā prabhayeva divākaram
shining with Sarasvatī, whose limbs bore every auspicious mark and who had taken a fly-whisk in her hand, as the sun with its light.
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SiP 7.1 2.17
तं दृष्ट्वा मुनयस्सर्वे प्रसन्नवदनेक्षणाः शिरस्यंजलिमाधाय तुष्टुवुस्सुरपुंगवम्
taṃ dṛṣṭvā munayassarve prasannavadanekṣaṇāḥ śirasyaṃjalimādhāya tuṣṭuvussurapuṃgavam
Seeing him, all the sages, with serene faces and eyes, placing their joined palms on their heads, praised the bull among the gods.
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SiP 7.1 2.18
मुनय ऊचुः नमस्त्रिमूर्तये तुभ्यं सर्गस्थित्यंतहेतवे पुरुषाय पुराणाय ब्रह्मणे परमात्मने
munaya ūcuḥ namastrimūrtaye tubhyaṃ sargasthityaṃtahetave puruṣāya purāṇāya brahmaṇe paramātmane
The sages said: Homage to you, the one of three forms, the cause of creation, preservation and dissolution, to the Person, to the ancient one, to Brahman, to the supreme Self.
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SiP 7.1 2.19
नमः प्रधानदेहाय प्रधानक्षोभकारिणे त्रयोविंशतिभेदेन विकृतायाविकारिणे
namaḥ pradhānadehāya pradhānakṣobhakāriṇe trayoviṃśatibhedena vikṛtāyāvikāriṇe
Homage to him whose body is the primordial matter (pradhāna), who stirs the pradhāna into agitation, who is transformed by way of the twenty-three divisions yet is himself changeless.
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SiP 7.1 2.20
नमो ब्रह्माण्डदेहाय ब्रह्मांडोदरवर्तिने तत्र संसिद्धकार्याय संसिद्धकरणाय च
namo brahmāṇḍadehāya brahmāṃḍodaravartine tatra saṃsiddhakāryāya saṃsiddhakaraṇāya ca
Homage to him whose body is the cosmic egg, who dwells within the cosmic egg, whose effects are accomplished therein and whose instruments are accomplished (therein).
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SiP 7.1 2.21
नमोस्तु सर्वलोकाय सर्वलोकविधायिने सर्वात्मदेहसंयोग वियोगविधिहेतवे
namostu sarvalokāya sarvalokavidhāyine sarvātmadehasaṃyoga viyogavidhihetave
Homage be to him who is all the worlds, who ordains all the worlds, who is the cause of the rule of union and separation of body with each self.
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SiP 7.1 2.22
त्वयैव निखिलं सृष्टं संहृतं पालितं जगत् तथापि मायया नाथ न विद्मस्त्वां पितामह
tvayaiva nikhilaṃ sṛṣṭaṃ saṃhṛtaṃ pālitaṃ jagat tathāpi māyayā nātha na vidmastvāṃ pitāmaha
By you alone is the whole world created, withdrawn and protected; yet, because of (your) māyā, O Lord, we do not know you, O Grandfather.
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SiP 7.1 2.23
सूत उवाच एवं ब्रह्मा महाभागैर्महर्षिभिरभिष्टुतः प्राह गंभीरया वाचा मुनीन् प्रह्लादयन्निव
sūta uvāca evaṃ brahmā mahābhāgairmaharṣibhirabhiṣṭutaḥ prāha gaṃbhīrayā vācā munīn prahlādayanniva
Sūta said: Thus praised by the greatly blessed great seers, Brahmā spoke with a deep voice, as though gladdening the sages.
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SiP 7.1 2.24
ब्रह्मोवाच ऋषयो हे महाभागा महासत्त्वा महौजसः किमर्थं सहितास्सर्वे यूयमत्र समागताः
brahmovāca ṛṣayo he mahābhāgā mahāsattvā mahaujasaḥ kimarthaṃ sahitāssarve yūyamatra samāgatāḥ
Brahmā said: O sages, greatly fortunate ones, of great strength and great vigor, for what purpose have you all come here together?
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SiP 7.1 2.25
तमेवंवादिनं देवं ब्रह्माणं ब्रह्मवित्तमाः वाग्भिर्विनयगर्भाभिस्सर्वे प्रांजलयो ऽब्रुवन्
tamevaṃvādinaṃ devaṃ brahmāṇaṃ brahmavittamāḥ vāgbhirvinayagarbhābhissarve prāṃjalayo 'bruvan
To that god Brahmā who had spoken thus, they all, the foremost knowers of the Veda, with palms joined, spoke with words full of humility.
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SiP 7.1 2.26
मुनय ऊचुः भगवन्नंधकारेण महता वयमावृताः खिन्ना विवदमानाश्च न पश्यामो ऽत्र यत्परम्
munaya ūcuḥ bhagavannaṃdhakāreṇa mahatā vayamāvṛtāḥ khinnā vivadamānāśca na paśyāmo 'tra yatparam
The sages said: Lord, we are enveloped by a great darkness; distressed and disputing among ourselves, we do not see here what is highest.
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SiP 7.1 2.27
त्वं हि सर्वजगद्धाता सर्वकारणकारणम् त्वया ह्यविदितं नाथ नेह किंचन विद्यते
tvaṃ hi sarvajagaddhātā sarvakāraṇakāraṇam tvayā hyaviditaṃ nātha neha kiṃcana vidyate
For you are the supporter of the whole world, the cause of all causes; and nothing whatever exists here, O lord, that is unknown to you.
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SiP 7.1 2.28
कः पुमान् सर्वसत्त्वेभ्यः पुराणः पुरुषः परः विशुद्धः परिपूर्णश्च शाश्वतः परमेश्वरः
kaḥ pumān sarvasattvebhyaḥ purāṇaḥ puruṣaḥ paraḥ viśuddhaḥ paripūrṇaśca śāśvataḥ parameśvaraḥ
Who is that Person, higher than all beings, ancient, supreme, wholly pure and complete, everlasting, the supreme Lord?
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SiP 7.1 2.29
केनैव चित्रकृत्येन प्रथमं सृज्यते जगत् तत्त्वं वद महाप्राज्ञ स्वसंदेहापनुत्तये
kenaiva citrakṛtyena prathamaṃ sṛjyate jagat tattvaṃ vada mahāprājña svasaṃdehāpanuttaye
By what wondrous act is the world first created? Tell (us) the truth, O greatly wise one, for the removal of our doubt.
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SiP 7.1 2.30
एवं पृष्टस्तदा ब्रह्मा विस्मयस्मेरवीक्षणः देवानां दानवानां च मुनीनामपि सन्निधौ
evaṃ pṛṣṭastadā brahmā vismayasmeravīkṣaṇaḥ devānāṃ dānavānāṃ ca munīnāmapi sannidhau
Being thus questioned, Brahmā then, with a gaze smiling in wonder, in the presence of the gods, the demons, and the sages too,
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SiP 7.1 2.31
उत्थाय सुचिरं ध्यात्वा रुद्र इत्युद्धरन् गिरिम् आनंदक्लिन्नसर्वांगः कृतांजलिरभाषत
utthāya suciraṃ dhyātvā rudra ityuddharan girim ānaṃdaklinnasarvāṃgaḥ kṛtāṃjalirabhāṣata
rising and meditating for a very long time, uttering "Rudra" as one lifting up a mountain, with all his limbs moist with bliss and his palms joined, spoke.
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