Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Purva Bhaga — Chapter 27
SiP 7.1 27.1
इति श्रीशिवमहापुराणे सप्तम्यां वायवीयसंहितायां पूर्वखण्डे व्याघ्रगतिवर्णनं नाम षड्विंशो ऽध्यायः छप्तेर् २७ ऋषय ऊचुः कृत्वा गौरं वपुर्दिव्यं देवी गिरिवरात्मजा कथं ददर्श भर्तारं प्रविष्टा मन्दितं सती
iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe saptamyāṃ vāyavīyasaṃhitāyāṃ pūrvakhaṇḍe vyāghragativarṇanaṃ nāma ṣaḍviṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ chapter 27 ṛṣaya ūcuḥ kṛtvā gauraṃ vapurdivyaṃ devī girivarātmajā kathaṃ dadarśa bhartāraṃ praviṣṭā manditaṃ satī
Thus the twenty-sixth chapter, called "The Description of the Tiger's Course," in the earlier section of the Vāyavīya Saṃhitā, the seventh (book) of the glorious Śiva Mahāpurāṇa. Chapter 27. The seers said: Having made her divine body fair, how did the Goddess, the daughter of the best of mountains, that virtuous lady, on entering Mandara, behold her husband?
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SiP 7.1 27.2
प्रवेशसमये तस्या भवनद्वारगोचरैः गणेशैः किं कृतं देवस्तान्दृष्ट्वा किन्तदा ऽकरोत्
praveśasamaye tasyā bhavanadvāragocaraiḥ gaṇeśaiḥ kiṃ kṛtaṃ devastāndṛṣṭvā kintadā 'karot
At the time of her entering, what did the lords of the gaṇas who were stationed at the door of the mansion do, and what did the god do then on seeing them?
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SiP 7.1 27.3
वायुरुवाच प्रवक्तुमंजसा ऽशक्यः तादृशः परमो रसः येन प्रणयगर्भेण भावो भाववतां हृतः
vāyuruvāca pravaktumaṃjasā 'śakyaḥ tādṛśaḥ paramo rasaḥ yena praṇayagarbheṇa bhāvo bhāvavatāṃ hṛtaḥ
Vāyu said: Such was that supreme savour that it cannot readily be described—that (savour), pregnant with love, by which the feeling of those who feel was carried away.
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SiP 7.1 27.4
द्वास्थैस्ससंभ्रमैरेव देवो देव्यागमोत्सुकः शंकमाना प्रविष्टान्तस्तञ्च सा समपश्यत
dvāsthaissasaṃbhramaireva devo devyāgamotsukaḥ śaṃkamānā praviṣṭāntastañca sā samapaśyata
By the doorkeepers, all in a flurry, (she learned that) the god was eager for the Goddess's arrival; hesitating, she entered within, and she saw him.
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SiP 7.1 27.5
तैस्तैः प्रणयभावैश्च भवनान्तरवर्तिभिः गणेन्द्रैर्वन्दिता वाचा प्रणनाम त्रियम्बकम्
taistaiḥ praṇayabhāvaiśca bhavanāntaravartibhiḥ gaṇendrairvanditā vācā praṇanāma triyambakam
Honored with words by those various lords of the gaṇas dwelling within the mansion, with their several loving sentiments, she bowed to the three-eyed one.
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SiP 7.1 27.6
प्रणम्य नोत्थिता यावत्तावत्तां परमेश्वरः प्रगृह्य दोर्भ्यामाश्लिष्य परितः परया मुदा
praṇamya notthitā yāvattāvattāṃ parameśvaraḥ pragṛhya dorbhyāmāśliṣya paritaḥ parayā mudā
As soon as she had bowed and had not (yet) risen, the Supreme Lord, seizing her with his two arms and embracing her all around with the highest joy,
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SiP 7.1 27.7
स्वांके धर्तुं प्रवृत्तो ऽपि सा पर्यंके न्यषीदत पर्यंकतो बलाद्देवीं सोङ्कमारोप्य सुस्मिताम्
svāṃke dhartuṃ pravṛtto 'pi sā paryaṃke nyaṣīdata paryaṃkato balāddevīṃ soṅkamāropya susmitām
though he set about holding her on his own lap, she sat down on the couch; (then) he, taking the smiling Goddess up by force from the couch onto his lap,
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SiP 7.1 27.8
सस्मितो विवृतैर्नेत्रैस्तद्वक्त्रं प्रपिबन्निव तया संभाषणायेशः पूर्वभाषितमब्रवीत्
sasmito vivṛtairnetraistadvaktraṃ prapibanniva tayā saṃbhāṣaṇāyeśaḥ pūrvabhāṣitamabravīt
smiling, as if drinking in her face with wide-open eyes, the Lord, to converse with her, spoke of what had been said before.
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SiP 7.1 27.9
देवदेव उवाच सा दशा च व्यतीता किं तव सर्वांगसुन्दरि यस्यामनुनयोपायः को ऽपि कोपान्न लभ्यते
devadeva uvāca sā daśā ca vyatītā kiṃ tava sarvāṃgasundari yasyāmanunayopāyaḥ ko 'pi kopānna labhyate
The god of gods said: And has that state of yours passed away, O you beautiful in every limb—the state in which, because of (your) anger, no means of conciliation whatever could be found?
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SiP 7.1 27.10
स्वेच्छयापि न कालीति नान्यवर्णवतीति च त्वत्स्वभावाहृतं चित्तं सुभ्रु चिंतावहं मम
svecchayāpi na kālīti nānyavarṇavatīti ca tvatsvabhāvāhṛtaṃ cittaṃ subhru ciṃtāvahaṃ mama
"Not Kālī even by my own wish," and "not of another color"—my mind, carried away by your nature, is full of anxiety, O fair-browed one.
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SiP 7.1 27.11
विस्मृतः परमो भावः कथं स्वेच्छांगयोगतः न सम्भवन्ति ये तत्र चित्तकालुष्यहेतवः
vismṛtaḥ paramo bhāvaḥ kathaṃ svecchāṃgayogataḥ na sambhavanti ye tatra cittakāluṣyahetavaḥ
How was the supreme reality forgotten, through the union with a body (assumed) at will—wherein those causes of the mind's defilement do not arise?
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SiP 7.1 27.12
पृथग्जनवदन्योन्यं विप्रियस्यापि कारणम् आवयोरपि यद्यस्ति नास्त्येवैतच्चराचरम्
pṛthagjanavadanyonyaṃ vipriyasyāpi kāraṇam āvayorapi yadyasti nāstyevaitaccarācaram
If for us two, as for ordinary people, there were any cause of mutual displeasure, then this world of moving and unmoving things would simply cease to be.
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SiP 7.1 27.13
अहमग्निशिरोनिष्ठस्त्वं सोमशिरसि स्थिता अग्नीषोमात्मकं विश्वमावाभ्यां समधिष्ठितम्
ahamagniśironiṣṭhastvaṃ somaśirasi sthitā agnīṣomātmakaṃ viśvamāvābhyāṃ samadhiṣṭhitam
I abide in the fire-head, you are established in the moon-head; the universe, whose nature is fire and moon, is presided over by us both.
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SiP 7.1 27.14
जगद्धिताय चरतोः स्वेच्छाधृतशरीरयोः आवयोर्विप्रयोगे हि स्यान्निरालम्बनं जगत्
jagaddhitāya caratoḥ svecchādhṛtaśarīrayoḥ āvayorviprayoge hi syānnirālambanaṃ jagat
For us two, who move about for the world's welfare with bodies assumed at our own will, if there were a separation the world would be without support.
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SiP 7.1 27.15
अस्ति हेत्वन्तरं चात्र शास्त्रयुक्तिविनिश्चितम् वागर्थमिव मे वैतज्जगत्स्थावरजंगमम्
asti hetvantaraṃ cātra śāstrayuktiviniścitam vāgarthamiva me vaitajjagatsthāvarajaṃgamam
And there is another reason here, settled by scriptural reasoning: this world with its still and moving things is to me like a word and its meaning.
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SiP 7.1 27.16
त्वं हि वागमृतं साक्षादहमर्थामृतं परम् द्वयमप्यमृतं कस्माद्वियुक्तमुपपद्यते
tvaṃ hi vāgamṛtaṃ sākṣādahamarthāmṛtaṃ param dvayamapyamṛtaṃ kasmādviyuktamupapadyate
For you are the nectar of the word itself, and I am the supreme nectar of the meaning; since both are nectar, how could (they) be found separated?
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SiP 7.1 27.17
५३२अ विद्याप्रत्यायिका त्वं मे वेद्यो ऽहं प्रत्ययात्तव विद्यावेद्यात्मनोरेव विश्लेषः कथमावयोः
532a vidyāpratyāyikā tvaṃ me vedyo 'haṃ pratyayāttava vidyāvedyātmanoreva viśleṣaḥ kathamāvayoḥ
You are the one who makes knowledge known to me, and I am the knowable through your making-known; how can there be a splitting apart of us two, who are knowledge and the knowable?
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SiP 7.1 27.18
न कर्मणा सृजामीदं जगत्प्रतिसृजामि च सर्वस्याज्ञैकलभ्यत्वादाज्ञात्वं हि गरीयसी
na karmaṇā sṛjāmīdaṃ jagatpratisṛjāmi ca sarvasyājñaikalabhyatvādājñātvaṃ hi garīyasī
Not by action do I create this world and dissolve it again; since everything is obtained by command alone, the state of being command is indeed the weightier thing.
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SiP 7.1 27.19
आज्ञैकसारमैश्वर्यं यस्मात्स्वातंत्र्यलक्षणम् आज्ञया विप्रयुक्तस्य चैश्वर्यं मम कीदृशम्
ājñaikasāramaiśvaryaṃ yasmātsvātaṃtryalakṣaṇam ājñayā viprayuktasya caiśvaryaṃ mama kīdṛśam
Since lordship, whose mark is independence, has command as its single essence, what sort of lordship would be mine if I were separated from command?
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SiP 7.1 27.20
न कदाचिदवस्थानमावयोर्विप्रयुक्तयोः देवानां कार्यमुद्दिश्य लीलोक्तिं कृतवानहम्
na kadācidavasthānamāvayorviprayuktayoḥ devānāṃ kāryamuddiśya līloktiṃ kṛtavānaham
There is never any dwelling apart for us two when separated; it was with the gods' business in view that I made that playful utterance.
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SiP 7.1 27.21
त्वयाप्यविदितं नास्ति कथं कुपितवत्यसि ततस्त्रिलोकरक्षार्थे कोपो मय्यपि ते कृतः
tvayāpyaviditaṃ nāsti kathaṃ kupitavatyasi tatastrilokarakṣārthe kopo mayyapi te kṛtaḥ
And nothing is unknown to you either—how then were you angered? So it was for the protection of the three worlds that anger was displayed by you even against me.
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SiP 7.1 27.22
यदनर्थाय भूतानां न तदस्ति खलु त्वयि इति प्रियंवदे साक्षादीश्वरे परमेश्वरे
yadanarthāya bhūtānāṃ na tadasti khalu tvayi iti priyaṃvade sākṣādīśvare parameśvare
Whatever is for the harm of beings, that indeed does not exist in you"—thus (spoke) the Lord, the Supreme Lord himself, speaking kindly.
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SiP 7.1 27.23
शृंगारभावसाराणां जन्मभूमिरकृत्रिमा स्वभर्त्रा ललितन्तथ्यमुक्तं मत्वा स्मितोत्तरम्
śṛṃgārabhāvasārāṇāṃ janmabhūmirakṛtrimā svabhartrā lalitantathyamuktaṃ matvā smitottaram
She, the unfeigned birthplace of the essences of erotic feeling, taking the charming (words) spoken by her own husband to be true, with a smile in reply—
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SiP 7.1 27.24
लज्जया न किमप्यूचे कौशिकी वर्णनात्परम् तदेव वर्णयाम्यद्य शृणु देव्याश्च वर्णनम्
lajjayā na kimapyūce kauśikī varṇanātparam tadeva varṇayāmyadya śṛṇu devyāśca varṇanam
—out of modesty said nothing further beyond the description of Kauśikī. That very thing I shall describe today: hear also the Goddess's description.
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SiP 7.1 27.25
देव्युवाच किं देवेन न सा दृष्टा या सृष्टा कौशिकी मया तादृशी कन्यका लोके न भूता न भविष्यति
devyuvāca kiṃ devena na sā dṛṣṭā yā sṛṣṭā kauśikī mayā tādṛśī kanyakā loke na bhūtā na bhaviṣyati
The Goddess said: How has the God not seen her, the Kauśikī who was created by me? Such a maiden has not been and will not be in the world.
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SiP 7.1 27.26
तस्या वीर्यं बलं विन्ध्यनिलयं विजयं तथा शुंभस्य च निशुंभस्य मारणे च रणे तयोः
tasyā vīryaṃ balaṃ vindhyanilayaṃ vijayaṃ tathā śuṃbhasya ca niśuṃbhasya māraṇe ca raṇe tayoḥ
Her valour, her strength, her dwelling in the Vindhya, and likewise her victory, and in the slaying of Śumbha and Niśumbha, and in the battle with those two—
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SiP 7.1 27.27
प्रत्यक्षफलदानं च लोकाय भजते सदा लोकानां रक्षणं शश्वद्ब्रह्मा विज्ञापयिष्यति
pratyakṣaphaladānaṃ ca lokāya bhajate sadā lokānāṃ rakṣaṇaṃ śaśvadbrahmā vijñāpayiṣyati
—and she always undertakes the giving of visible fruit for the world; Brahmā will announce the perpetual protection of the worlds.
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SiP 7.1 27.28
इति संभाषमाणाया देव्या एवाज्ञया तदा व्याघ्रः सख्या समानीय पुरो ऽवस्थापितस्तदा
iti saṃbhāṣamāṇāyā devyā evājñayā tadā vyāghraḥ sakhyā samānīya puro 'vasthāpitastadā
While she was speaking thus, then, by the Goddess's own command, a tiger was brought by her friend and stationed before (her) at that moment.
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SiP 7.1 27.29
तं प्रेक्ष्याह पुनर्देवी देवानीतमुपायतम् व्याघ्रं पश्य न चानेन सदृशो मदुपासकः
taṃ prekṣyāha punardevī devānītamupāyatam vyāghraṃ paśya na cānena sadṛśo madupāsakaḥ
Seeing him, the Goddess spoke again: "O God, look at the tiger, brought and come near; there is no worshipper of mine like him.
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SiP 7.1 27.30
अनेन दुष्टसंघेभ्यो रक्षितं मत्तपोवनम् अतीव मम भक्तश्च विश्रब्धश्च स्वरक्षणात्
anena duṣṭasaṃghebhyo rakṣitaṃ mattapovanam atīva mama bhaktaśca viśrabdhaśca svarakṣaṇāt
By him my ascetic grove has been guarded from bands of evil ones; and he is exceedingly devoted to me and, because he guards himself, confident.
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SiP 7.1 27.31
स्वदेशं च परित्यज्य प्रसादार्थं समागतः यदि प्रीतिरभून्मत्तः परां प्रीतिं करोषि मे
svadeśaṃ ca parityajya prasādārthaṃ samāgataḥ yadi prītirabhūnmattaḥ parāṃ prītiṃ karoṣi me
And abandoning his own country he has come for the sake of (my) favour; if there has been any affection (for me) on your part, you will do me a supreme kindness:
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SiP 7.1 27.32
नित्यमन्तःपुरद्वारि नियोगान्नन्दिनः स्वयम् रक्षिभिस्सह तच्चिह्नैर्वर्ततामयमीश्वर
nityamantaḥpuradvāri niyogānnandinaḥ svayam rakṣibhissaha taccihnairvartatāmayamīśvara
let him always abide at the door of the inner apartments by appointment, together with Nandin's own guards and bearing their insignia, O Lord."
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SiP 7.1 27.33
वायुरुवाच मधुरं प्रणयोदर्कं श्रुत्वा देव्याः शुभं वचः प्रीतो ऽस्मीत्याह तं देवस्स चादृश्यत तत्क्षणात्
vāyuruvāca madhuraṃ praṇayodarkaṃ śrutvā devyāḥ śubhaṃ vacaḥ prīto 'smītyāha taṃ devassa cādṛśyata tatkṣaṇāt
Vāyu said: Having heard the Goddess's sweet, auspicious speech, whose upshot was affection, the god said to him, "I am pleased," and from that very moment he became visible.
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SiP 7.1 27.34
बिभ्रद्वेत्रलतां हैमीं रत्नचित्रं च कंचुकम् छुरिकामुरगप्रख्यां गणेशो रक्षवेषधृक्
bibhradvetralatāṃ haimīṃ ratnacitraṃ ca kaṃcukam churikāmuragaprakhyāṃ gaṇeśo rakṣaveṣadhṛk
Bearing a golden cane and a jacket variegated with jewels, and a dagger resembling a serpent, Gaṇeśa took on the garb of a guard.
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SiP 7.1 27.35
यस्मात्सोमो महादेवो नन्दी चानेन नन्दितः सोमनन्दीति विख्यातस्तस्मादेष समाख्यया
yasmātsomo mahādevo nandī cānena nanditaḥ somanandīti vikhyātastasmādeṣa samākhyayā
Since by him Soma, the Great God, and Nandin were gladdened, therefore he is renowned by the name "Somanandin."
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SiP 7.1 27.36
इत्थं देव्याः प्रियं कृत्वा देवश्चर्धेन्दुभूषणः भूषयामास तन्दिव्यैर्भूषणै रत्नभूषितैः
itthaṃ devyāḥ priyaṃ kṛtvā devaścardhendubhūṣaṇaḥ bhūṣayāmāsa tandivyairbhūṣaṇai ratnabhūṣitaiḥ
Thus, having done what the Goddess wished, the god adorned with the half-moon adorned him with divine ornaments set with jewels.
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SiP 7.1 27.37
ततस्स गौरीं गिरिशो गिरीन्द्रजां सगौरवां सर्वमनोहरां हरः पर्यंकमारोप्य वरांगभूषणैर्विभूषयामास शशांकभूषणः
tatassa gaurīṃ giriśo girīndrajāṃ sagauravāṃ sarvamanoharāṃ haraḥ paryaṃkamāropya varāṃgabhūṣaṇairvibhūṣayāmāsa śaśāṃkabhūṣaṇaḥ
Then Giriśa Hara, who has the moon for his ornament, having seated on the couch Gaurī, the daughter of the mountain-lord, dignified and captivating to all, adorned her with ornaments for her lovely limbs.
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