Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Purva Bhaga — Chapter 21
SiP 7.1 21.1
इति श्रीशिवमहापुराणे सप्तम्यां वायवीयसंहितायां पूर्वखण्डे यज्ञविध्वंसनो नाम विंशो ऽध्यायः छप्तेर् २१ वायुरुवाच ततस्त्रिदशमुख्यास्ते विष्णुशक्रपुरोगमाः सर्वे भयपरित्रस्तादुद्रुवुर्भयविह्वलाः
iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe saptamyāṃ vāyavīyasaṃhitāyāṃ pūrvakhaṇḍe yajñavidhvaṃsano nāma viṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ chapter 21 vāyuruvāca tatastridaśamukhyāste viṣṇuśakrapurogamāḥ sarve bhayaparitrastādudruvurbhayavihvalāḥ
[Thus the twentieth chapter, called The Destruction of the Sacrifice, in the Pūrvakhaṇḍa of the Vāyavīya Saṃhitā, the seventh (section) of the glorious Śiva Mahāpurāṇa. Chapter 21] Vāyu said: Then those chiefs of the thirty (gods), led by Viṣṇu and Śakra, all terrified with fear, fled, overcome by fear.
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SiP 7.1 21.2
निजैरदूषितैरंगैर्दृष्ट्वा देवानुपद्रुतान् दंड्यानदंडितान्मत्वा चुकोप गणपुंगवः
nijairadūṣitairaṃgairdṛṣṭvā devānupadrutān daṃḍyānadaṃḍitānmatvā cukopa gaṇapuṃgavaḥ
Seeing the gods harassed, while his own limbs were unhurt, and reckoning that those who deserved punishment had not been punished, the bull among the Gaṇas grew furious.
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SiP 7.1 21.3
ततस्त्रिशूलमादाय शर्वशक्तिनिबर्हणम् ऊर्ध्वदृष्टिर्महाबाहुर्मुखाज्ज्वालाः समुत्सृजन्
tatastriśūlamādāya śarvaśaktinibarhaṇam ūrdhvadṛṣṭirmahābāhurmukhājjvālāḥ samutsṛjan
Then, taking up the trident that destroys (foes) by Śarva's power, with his gaze turned upward, mighty-armed, sending forth flames from his mouth,
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SiP 7.1 21.4
अमरानपि दुद्राव द्विरदानिव केसरी तानभिद्रवतस्तस्य गमनं सुमनोहरम्
amarānapi dudrāva dviradāniva kesarī tānabhidravatastasya gamanaṃ sumanoharam
he charged at the immortals too, as a lion at elephants; and as he rushed upon them his movement was most beautiful,
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SiP 7.1 21.5
वाराणस्येव मत्तस्य जगाम प्रेक्षणीयताम् ततस्तत्क्षोभयामास महत्सुरबलं बली
vārāṇasyeva mattasya jagāma prekṣaṇīyatām tatastatkṣobhayāmāsa mahatsurabalaṃ balī
it came to be as worth beholding as that of a maddened elephant. Then that mighty one shook that great army of the gods,
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SiP 7.1 21.6
महासरोवरं यद्वन्मत्तो वारणयूथपः विकुर्वन्बहुधावर्णान्नीलपांडुरलोहितान्
mahāsarovaraṃ yadvanmatto vāraṇayūthapaḥ vikurvanbahudhāvarṇānnīlapāṃḍuralohitān
as a maddened leader of an elephant herd (shakes) a great lake, taking on colors of many kinds — dark blue, pale and red —
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SiP 7.1 21.7
विभ्रद्व्याघ्राजिनं वासो हेमप्रवरतारकम् छिन्दन्भिन्दन्नुद १क्लिन्दन्दारयन्प्रमथन्नपि
vibhradvyāghrājinaṃ vāso hemapravaratārakam chindanbhindannuda 1klindandārayanpramathannapi
wearing a tiger skin as his garment, spangled with fine gold, cutting, splitting, soaking(?), tearing and crushing as well,
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SiP 7.1 21.8
व्यचरद्देवसंघेषु भद्रो ऽग्निरिव कक्षगः तत्र तत्र महावेगाच्चरंतं शूलधारिणम्
vyacaraddevasaṃgheṣu bhadro 'gniriva kakṣagaḥ tatra tatra mahāvegāccaraṃtaṃ śūladhāriṇam
Bhadra roamed among the hosts of the gods like fire in dry brushwood. As he moved with great speed here and there, bearing the trident,
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SiP 7.1 21.9
तमेकं त्रिदशाः सर्वे सहस्रमिव मेनिरे भद्रकाली च संक्रुद्धा युद्धवृद्धमदोद्धता
tamekaṃ tridaśāḥ sarve sahasramiva menire bhadrakālī ca saṃkruddhā yuddhavṛddhamadoddhatā
all the thirty (gods) thought him, though one, to be a thousand. And Bhadrakālī, enraged, exalted by the frenzy that grows in battle,
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SiP 7.1 21.10
मुक्तज्वालेन शूलेन निर्बिभेद रणे सुरान् स तया रुरुचे भद्रो रुद्रकोपसमुद्भवः
muktajvālena śūlena nirbibheda raṇe surān sa tayā ruruce bhadro rudrakopasamudbhavaḥ
pierced the gods in the battle with a trident that shot out flames. Bhadra, sprung from Rudra's wrath, shone with her
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SiP 7.1 21.11
प्रभयेव युगांताग्निश्चलया धूमधूम्रया भद्रकाली तदायुद्धे विद्रुतत्रिदशाबभौ
prabhayeva yugāṃtāgniścalayā dhūmadhūmrayā bhadrakālī tadāyuddhe vidrutatridaśābabhau
as the fire at the end of an age (shines) with its flickering, smoke-darkened flame. Then Bhadrakālī, in the battle where the thirty had been routed, appeared
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SiP 7.1 21.12
१ नलोप आर्षः ५२४ब् कल्पे शेषानलज्वालादग्धाविश्वजगद्यथा तदा सवाजिनं सूर्यं रुद्रान्रुद्रगणाग्रणीः
1 nalopa ārṣaḥ 524b kalpe śeṣānalajvālādagdhāviśvajagadyathā tadā savājinaṃ sūryaṃ rudrānrudragaṇāgraṇīḥ
[1 The loss of n is archaic. 524b] like the whole world burnt at the end of a kalpa by the flames of Śeṣa's fire. Then the sun together with his horses, and the Rudras, (were struck by) the foremost of Rudra's Gaṇas:
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SiP 7.1 21.13
भद्रो मूर्ध्नि जघानाशु वामपादेन लीलया असिभिः पावकं भद्रः पट्टिशैस्तु यमं यमी
bhadro mūrdhni jaghānāśu vāmapādena līlayā asibhiḥ pāvakaṃ bhadraḥ paṭṭiśaistu yamaṃ yamī
Bhadra struck (them) swiftly on the head with his left foot, in play; Bhadra (struck) Fire with swords, and the self-controlled one (struck) Yama with paṭṭiśa-blades,
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SiP 7.1 21.14
रुद्रान्दृढेन शूलेन मुद्गरैर्वरुणं दृढैः परिघैर्निरृतिं वायुं टंकैष्टंकधरः स्वयम्
rudrāndṛḍhena śūlena mudgarairvaruṇaṃ dṛḍhaiḥ parighairnirṛtiṃ vāyuṃ ṭaṃkaiṣṭaṃkadharaḥ svayam
the Rudras with a stout trident, Varuṇa with hard mallets, Nirṛti with iron clubs, and Vāyu with chisels — himself the bearer of the chisel —
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SiP 7.1 21.15
निर्बिभेद रणे वीरो लीलयैव गणेश्वरः सर्वान्देवगणान्सद्यो मुनीञ्छंभोर्विरोधिनः
nirbibheda raṇe vīro līlayaiva gaṇeśvaraḥ sarvāndevagaṇānsadyo munīñchaṃbhorvirodhinaḥ
The hero, the lord of the hosts, pierced through in battle, as though in mere sport, all the troops of gods at once, and the sages who opposed Śambhu.
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SiP 7.1 21.16
ततो देवः सरस्वत्या नासिकाग्रं सुशोभनम् चिच्छेद करजाग्रेण देवमातुस्तथैव च
tato devaḥ sarasvatyā nāsikāgraṃ suśobhanam ciccheda karajāgreṇa devamātustathaiva ca
Then the god cut off, with the tip of his nail, the lovely tip of Sarasvatī's nose, and likewise that of the mother of the gods.
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SiP 7.1 21.17
चिच्छेद च कुठारेण बाहुदंडं विभावसोः अग्रतो द्व्यंगुलां जिह्वां मातुर्देव्या लुलाव च
ciccheda ca kuṭhāreṇa bāhudaṃḍaṃ vibhāvasoḥ agrato dvyaṃgulāṃ jihvāṃ māturdevyā lulāva ca
And with an axe he cut off the club-like arm of Vibhāvasu (Fire), and he tore off two fingers' length from the tip of the tongue of the Mother Goddess.
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SiP 7.1 21.18
स्वाहादेव्यास्तथा देवो दक्षिणं नासिकापुटम् चकर्त करजाग्रेण वामं च स्तनचूचुकम्
svāhādevyāstathā devo dakṣiṇaṃ nāsikāpuṭam cakarta karajāgreṇa vāmaṃ ca stanacūcukam
So too the god cut off, with the tip of his nail, the right nostril of the goddess Svāhā, and her left nipple.
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SiP 7.1 21.19
भगस्य विपुले नेत्रे शतपत्रसमप्रभे प्रसह्योत्पाटयामास भद्रः परमवेगवान्
bhagasya vipule netre śatapatrasamaprabhe prasahyotpāṭayāmāsa bhadraḥ paramavegavān
Bhadra, of the utmost speed, forcibly tore out the two wide eyes of Bhaga, radiant as hundred-petalled lotuses.
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SiP 7.1 21.20
पूष्णो दशनरेखां च दीप्तां मुक्तावलीमिव जघान धनुषः कोट्या स तेनास्पष्टवागभूत्
pūṣṇo daśanarekhāṃ ca dīptāṃ muktāvalīmiva jaghāna dhanuṣaḥ koṭyā sa tenāspaṣṭavāgabhūt
And with the tip of his bow he struck the row of Pūṣan's teeth, gleaming like a string of pearls; by that he became indistinct of speech.
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SiP 7.1 21.21
ततश्चंद्रमसं देवः पादांगुष्ठेन लीलया क्षणं कृमिवदाक्रम्य घर्षयामास भूतले
tataścaṃdramasaṃ devaḥ pādāṃguṣṭhena līlayā kṣaṇaṃ kṛmivadākramya gharṣayāmāsa bhūtale
Then the god, treading on the Moon for a moment with his big toe as if in play, ground him on the ground like a worm.
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SiP 7.1 21.22
शिरश्चिच्छेद दक्षस्य भद्रः परमकोपतः क्रोशंत्यामेव वैरिण्यां भद्रकाल्यै ददौ च तत्
śiraściccheda dakṣasya bhadraḥ paramakopataḥ krośaṃtyāmeva vairiṇyāṃ bhadrakālyai dadau ca tat
In extreme anger Bhadra cut off the head of Dakṣa, and while the enemy's (wife) was still shrieking he gave it to Bhadrakālī.
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SiP 7.1 21.23
तत्प्रहृष्टा समादाय शिरस्तालफलोपमम् सा देवी कंडुकक्रीडां चकार समरांगणे
tatprahṛṣṭā samādāya śirastālaphalopamam sā devī kaṃḍukakrīḍāṃ cakāra samarāṃgaṇe
Greatly delighted at that, taking up the head, which was like a palm fruit, that goddess played a game of ball with it on the battlefield.
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SiP 7.1 21.24
ततो दक्षस्य यज्ञस्त्री कुशीला भर्तृभिर्यथा पादाभ्यां चैव हस्ताभ्यां हन्यते स्म गणेश्वरैः
tato dakṣasya yajñastrī kuśīlā bhartṛbhiryathā pādābhyāṃ caiva hastābhyāṃ hanyate sma gaṇeśvaraiḥ
Then Dakṣa's sacrifice-woman, like a woman of bad conduct (beaten) by her husbands, was struck with feet and with hands by the lords of the Gaṇas.
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SiP 7.1 21.25
अरिष्टनेमिने सोमं धर्मं चैव प्रजापतिम् बहुपुत्रं चांगिरसं कृशाश्वं कश्यपं तथा
ariṣṭanemine somaṃ dharmaṃ caiva prajāpatim bahuputraṃ cāṃgirasaṃ kṛśāśvaṃ kaśyapaṃ tathā
Soma along with Ariṣṭanemi, and Dharma the Prajāpati, and Bahuputra, and Āṅgirasa, Kṛśāśva, and Kaśyapa —
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SiP 7.1 21.26
गले प्रगृह्य बलिनो गणपाः सिंहविक्रमाः भर्त्सयंतो भृशं वाग्भिर्निर्जघ्नुर्मूर्ध्नि मुष्टिभिः
gale pragṛhya balino gaṇapāḥ siṃhavikramāḥ bhartsayaṃto bhṛśaṃ vāgbhirnirjaghnurmūrdhni muṣṭibhiḥ
— these the mighty Gaṇa-chiefs, with the valour of lions, seized by the neck and, threatening them harshly with words, beat them on the head with their fists.
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SiP 7.1 21.27
धर्षिता भूतवेतालैर्दारास्सुतपरिग्रहाः यथा कलियुगे जारैर्बलेन कुलयोषितः
dharṣitā bhūtavetālairdārāssutaparigrahāḥ yathā kaliyuge jārairbalena kulayoṣitaḥ
The wives and the sons and dependants were violated by the Bhūtas and Vetālas, as in the Kali age women of good family are (violated) by paramours by force.
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SiP 7.1 21.28
तच्च विध्वस्तकलशं भग्नयूपं गतोत्सवम् प्रदीपितमहाशालं प्रभिन्नद्वारतोरणम्
tacca vidhvastakalaśaṃ bhagnayūpaṃ gatotsavam pradīpitamahāśālaṃ prabhinnadvāratoraṇam
And that (sacrificial enclosure), its water-pots shattered, its sacrificial post broken, its festivity gone, its great hall set ablaze, its gateway arch broken apart,
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SiP 7.1 21.29
उत्पाटितसुरानीकं हन्यमानं तपोधनम् प्रशान्तब्रह्मनिर्घोषं प्रक्षीणजनसंचयम्
utpāṭitasurānīkaṃ hanyamānaṃ tapodhanam praśāntabrahmanirghoṣaṃ prakṣīṇajanasaṃcayam
the host of gods uprooted, the ascetics being slain, the sound of Vedic recitation stilled, the assembly of people dwindled away,
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SiP 7.1 21.30
क्रन्दमानातुरस्त्रीकं हताशेषपरिच्छदम् शून्यारण्यनिभं जज्ञे यज्ञवाटं तदार्दितम्
krandamānāturastrīkaṃ hatāśeṣaparicchadam śūnyāraṇyanibhaṃ jajñe yajñavāṭaṃ tadārditam
with its women crying out in distress, with all its remaining equipment destroyed — that tormented sacrificial enclosure became like an empty wilderness.
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SiP 7.1 21.31
शूलवेगप्ररुग्णाश्च भिन्नबाहूरुवक्षसः विनिकृत्तोत्तमांगाश्च पेतुरुर्व्यां सुरोत्तमाः
śūlavegaprarugṇāśca bhinnabāhūruvakṣasaḥ vinikṛttottamāṃgāśca petururvyāṃ surottamāḥ
And the foremost of the gods, broken by the force of the trident, their arms, thighs and chests split, their heads severed, fell to the earth.
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SiP 7.1 21.32
हतेषु तेषु देवेषु पतितेषुः सहस्रशः प्रविवेश गणेशानः क्षणादाहवनीयकम्
hateṣu teṣu deveṣu patiteṣuḥ sahasraśaḥ praviveśa gaṇeśānaḥ kṣaṇādāhavanīyakam
When those gods had been slain and had fallen by the thousands, the lord of the Gaṇas in an instant entered the place of the sacrificial fire.
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SiP 7.1 21.33
प्रविष्टमथ तं दृष्ट्वा भद्रं कालाग्निसंनिभम् दुद्राव मरणाद्भीतो यज्ञो मृगवपुर्धरः
praviṣṭamatha taṃ dṛṣṭvā bhadraṃ kālāgnisaṃnibham dudrāva maraṇādbhīto yajño mṛgavapurdharaḥ
Then, seeing Bhadra, resembling the fire of time, having entered there, the Sacrifice, bearing the body of a deer, fled in fear of death.
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SiP 7.1 21.34
स विस्फार्य महच्चापं दृढज्याघोषणभीषणम् ५२५अ भद्रस्तमभिदुद्राव विक्षिपन्नेव सायकान्
sa visphārya mahaccāpaṃ dṛḍhajyāghoṣaṇabhīṣaṇam 525a bhadrastamabhidudrāva vikṣipanneva sāyakān
Bhadra, drawing his great bow, terrifying with the twang of its firm string, rushed at him, loosing arrows as he went.
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SiP 7.1 21.35
आकर्णपूर्णमाकृष्टं धनुरम्बुदसंनिभम् नादयामास च ज्यां द्यां खं च भूमिं च सर्वशः
ākarṇapūrṇamākṛṣṭaṃ dhanurambudasaṃnibham nādayāmāsa ca jyāṃ dyāṃ khaṃ ca bhūmiṃ ca sarvaśaḥ
He made the bowstring of that bow, drawn back full to the ear and resembling a rain-cloud, resound, and (with it) the heaven, the sky and the earth on every side.
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SiP 7.1 21.36
तमुपश्रित्य सन्नादं हतो ऽस्मीत्येव विह्वलम् शरणार्धेन वक्रेण स वीरो ऽध्वरपूरुषम्
tamupaśritya sannādaṃ hato 'smītyeva vihvalam śaraṇārdhena vakreṇa sa vīro 'dhvarapūruṣam
Approaching him, who was roaring and utterly distraught, crying 'I am slain!' — that hero, with a curved half-arrow, (struck) the man of the sacrifice,
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SiP 7.1 21.37
महाभयस्खलत्पादं वेपन्तं विगतत्विषम् मृगरूपेण धावन्तं विशिरस्कं तदाकरोत्
mahābhayaskhalatpādaṃ vepantaṃ vigatatviṣam mṛgarūpeṇa dhāvantaṃ viśiraskaṃ tadākarot
His feet stumbling in great terror, trembling, his brilliance gone, running away in the form of a deer — him (the sacrifice-man) (Bhadra) then made headless.
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SiP 7.1 21.38
तमीदृशमवज्ञातं दृष्ट्वा वै सूर्यसंभवम् विष्णुः परमसंक्रुद्धो युद्धायाभवदुद्यतः
tamīdṛśamavajñātaṃ dṛṣṭvā vai sūryasaṃbhavam viṣṇuḥ paramasaṃkruddho yuddhāyābhavadudyataḥ
Seeing him, the son of the Sun, thus humiliated, Viṣṇu, exceedingly enraged, made himself ready for battle.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 7.1 21.39
तमुवाह महावेगात्स्कन्धेन नतसंधिना सर्वेषां वयसां राजा गरुडः पन्नगाशनः
tamuvāha mahāvegātskandhena natasaṃdhinā sarveṣāṃ vayasāṃ rājā garuḍaḥ pannagāśanaḥ
Garuḍa, the king of all birds, eater of serpents, carried him at great speed on his shoulder, its joints bent low.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 7.1 21.40
देवाश्च हतशिष्टा ये देवराजपुरोगमाः प्रचक्रुस्तस्य साहाय्यं प्राणांस्त्यक्तुमिवोद्यताः
devāśca hataśiṣṭā ye devarājapurogamāḥ pracakrustasya sāhāyyaṃ prāṇāṃstyaktumivodyatāḥ
And those gods who survived the slaughter, led by the king of the gods, gave him their aid, as if ready to give up their lives.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 7.1 21.41
विष्णुना सहितान्देवान्मृगेन्द्रः क्रोष्टुकानिव दृष्ट्वा जहास भूतेन्द्रो मृगेन्द्र इव विव्यथः
viṣṇunā sahitāndevānmṛgendraḥ kroṣṭukāniva dṛṣṭvā jahāsa bhūtendro mṛgendra iva vivyathaḥ
Seeing the gods together with Viṣṇu as a lion (sees) jackals, the lord of beings laughed and, like a lion, was untroubled.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain