Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Purva Bhaga — Chapter 28
SiP 7.1 28.1
इति श्रीशिवमहापुराणे सप्तम्यां वायवीयसंहितायां पूर्वखण्डे सप्तविंशो ऽध्यायः छप्तेर् २८ ऋषय ऊचुः देवीं समादधानेन देवेनेदं किमीरितम् अग्निषोमात्मकं विश्वं वागर्थात्मकमित्यपि
iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe saptamyāṃ vāyavīyasaṃhitāyāṃ pūrvakhaṇḍe saptaviṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ chapter 28 ṛṣaya ūcuḥ devīṃ samādadhānena devenedaṃ kimīritam agniṣomātmakaṃ viśvaṃ vāgarthātmakamityapi
Thus the twenty-seventh chapter in the earlier section of the Vāyavīya Saṃhitā, the seventh, in the glorious Śiva Mahāpurāṇa. Chapter 28. The sages said: What is this that was declared by the god while he was composing (a hymn to) the Goddess — that the universe consists of fire and moon, and also that it consists of word and meaning?
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SiP 7.1 28.2
आज्ञैकसारमैश्वर्यमाज्ञा त्वमिति चोदितम् तदिदं श्रोतुमिच्छामो यथावदनुपूर्वशः
ājñaikasāramaiśvaryamājñā tvamiti coditam tadidaṃ śrotumicchāmo yathāvadanupūrvaśaḥ
And it was stated: "Sovereignty has command as its single essence, and you are that command." This we wish to hear, just as it is, in due order.
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SiP 7.1 28.3
वायुरुवाच अग्निरित्युच्यते रौद्री घोरा या तैजसी तनुः सोमः शाक्तो ऽमृतमयः शक्तेः शान्तिकरी तनुः
vāyuruvāca agnirityucyate raudrī ghorā yā taijasī tanuḥ somaḥ śākto 'mṛtamayaḥ śakteḥ śāntikarī tanuḥ
Vāyu said: What is called "fire" is the Rudra-related, terrible, fiery body; "Soma" is the Śakti-related body, made of nectar, the peace-bringing body of Śakti.
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SiP 7.1 28.4
अमृतं यत्प्रतिष्ठा सा तेजो विद्या कला स्वयम् भूतसूक्ष्मेषु सर्वेषु त एव रसतेजसी
amṛtaṃ yatpratiṣṭhā sā tejo vidyā kalā svayam bhūtasūkṣmeṣu sarveṣu ta eva rasatejasī
The nectar which is her foundation is itself radiance, knowledge, and (the) kalā; in all the subtle elements those two are savour and radiance.
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SiP 7.1 28.5
द्विविधा तेजसो वृत्तिसूर्यात्मा चानलात्मिका तथैव रसवृत्तिश्च सोमात्मा च जलात्मिका
dvividhā tejaso vṛttisūryātmā cānalātmikā tathaiva rasavṛttiśca somātmā ca jalātmikā
The activity of radiance is twofold: solar in nature and fiery in nature; and likewise the activity of savour is lunar in nature and watery in nature.
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SiP 7.1 28.6
विद्युदादिमयन्तेजो मधुरादिमयो रसः तेजोरसविभेदैस्तु धृतमेतच्चराचरम्
vidyudādimayantejo madhurādimayo rasaḥ tejorasavibhedaistu dhṛtametaccarācaram
Radiance consists of lightning and the rest; savour consists of the sweet and the rest; by the divisions of radiance and savour this world of moving and unmoving things is sustained.
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SiP 7.1 28.7
अग्नेरमृतनिष्पत्तिरमृतेनाग्निरेधते अत एव हि विक्रान्तमग्नीषोमं जगद्धितम्
agneramṛtaniṣpattiramṛtenāgniredhate ata eva hi vikrāntamagnīṣomaṃ jagaddhitam
From fire arises nectar, and by nectar fire thrives; for this very reason the fire-and-moon (pair), which benefits the world, prevails.
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SiP 7.1 28.8
हविषे सस्यसम्पत्तिर्वृष्टिः सस्याभिवृद्धये वृष्टेरेव हविस्तस्मादग्नीषोमधृतं जगत्
haviṣe sasyasampattirvṛṣṭiḥ sasyābhivṛddhaye vṛṣṭereva havistasmādagnīṣomadhṛtaṃ jagat
For the sake of the oblation there is abundance of crops; rain is for the increase of crops; and the oblation comes from rain alone — therefore the world is sustained by fire and moon.
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SiP 7.1 28.9
अग्निरूर्ध्वं ज्वलत्येष यावत्सौम्यं परामृतम् यावदग्न्यास्पदं सौम्यममृतं च स्रवत्यधः
agnirūrdhvaṃ jvalatyeṣa yāvatsaumyaṃ parāmṛtam yāvadagnyāspadaṃ saumyamamṛtaṃ ca sravatyadhaḥ
This fire blazes upward as far as the lunar supreme nectar; and the lunar nectar flows downward as far as the seat of fire.
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SiP 7.1 28.10
अत एव हि कालाग्निरधस्ताच्छक्तिरूर्ध्वतः यावदादहनं चोर्ध्वमधश्चाप्लावनं भवेत्
ata eva hi kālāgniradhastācchaktirūrdhvataḥ yāvadādahanaṃ cordhvamadhaścāplāvanaṃ bhavet
For this very reason the fire of time is below and śakti above, so that burning up is upward and flooding is downward.
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SiP 7.1 28.11
आधारशक्त्यैव धृतः कालाग्निरयमूर्ध्वगः तथैव निम्नगः सोमश्शिवशक्तिपदास्पदः
ādhāraśaktyaiva dhṛtaḥ kālāgnirayamūrdhvagaḥ tathaiva nimnagaḥ somaśśivaśaktipadāspadaḥ
This upward-going fire of time is held precisely by the supporting power (ādhāra-śakti); likewise the downward-going Soma has its seat in the station of Śiva's power.
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SiP 7.1 28.12
शिवश्चोर्ध्वमधश्शक्तिरूर्ध्वं शक्तिरधः शिवः तदित्थं शिवशक्तिभ्यान्नाव्याप्तमिह किञ्चन
śivaścordhvamadhaśśaktirūrdhvaṃ śaktiradhaḥ śivaḥ taditthaṃ śivaśaktibhyānnāvyāptamiha kiñcana
And Śiva is above, Śakti below; Śakti above, Śiva below. Thus there is nothing here unpervaded by Śiva and Śakti.
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SiP 7.1 28.13
असकृच्चाग्निना दग्धं जगद्यद्भस्मसात्कृतम् अग्नेर्वीर्यमिदं चाहुस्तद्वीर्यं भस्म यत्ततः
asakṛccāgninā dagdhaṃ jagadyadbhasmasātkṛtam agnervīryamidaṃ cāhustadvīryaṃ bhasma yattataḥ
And the world has more than once been burnt by fire and reduced to ash; this, they say, is the potency of fire — that potency is the ash which comes from it.
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SiP 7.1 28.14
यश्चेत्थं भस्मसद्भावं ज्ञात्वा स्नाति च भस्मना अग्निरित्यादिभिर्मन्त्रैर्बद्धः पाशात्प्रमुच्यते
yaścetthaṃ bhasmasadbhāvaṃ jñātvā snāti ca bhasmanā agnirityādibhirmantrairbaddhaḥ pāśātpramucyate
And he who, knowing thus the true being of ash, bathes with ash by means of the mantras beginning "agniḥ," though bound, is released from the bond.
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SiP 7.1 28.15
अग्नेर्वीर्यं तु यद्भस्म सोमेनाप्लावितम्पुनः अयोगयुक्त्या प्रकृतेरधिकाराय कल्पते
agnervīryaṃ tu yadbhasma somenāplāvitampunaḥ ayogayuktyā prakṛteradhikārāya kalpate
But the ash which is fire's potency, when it is again flooded by Soma, serves — through a method that is not yoga — for the rule of primal nature.
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SiP 7.1 28.16
योगयुक्त्या तु तद्भस्म प्लाव्यमानं समन्ततः शाक्तेनामृतवर्षेण चाधिकारान्निवर्तयेत्
yogayuktyā tu tadbhasma plāvyamānaṃ samantataḥ śāktenāmṛtavarṣeṇa cādhikārānnivartayet
But that ash, when it is flooded on every side by the method of yoga with the rain of nectar belonging to Śakti, would turn (one) back from (further) office.
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SiP 7.1 28.17
अतो मृत्युंजयायेत्थममृतप्लावनं सदा शिवशक्त्यमृतस्पर्शे लब्धं येन कुतो मृतिः
ato mṛtyuṃjayāyetthamamṛtaplāvanaṃ sadā śivaśaktyamṛtasparśe labdhaṃ yena kuto mṛtiḥ
Therefore for the Conqueror of Death there is thus always a flooding with nectar; for one by whom (this) is obtained in the touch of the nectar of Śiva and Śakti, whence death?
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SiP 7.1 28.18
यो वेद दहनं गुह्यं प्लावनं च यथोदितम् अग्नीषोमपदं हित्वा न स भूयो ऽभिजायते
yo veda dahanaṃ guhyaṃ plāvanaṃ ca yathoditam agnīṣomapadaṃ hitvā na sa bhūyo 'bhijāyate
He who knows the secret burning and the flooding as declared, having left behind the station of Agni and Soma, is not born again.
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SiP 7.1 28.19
शिवाग्निना तनुं दग्ध्वा शक्तिसौम्या मृतेन यः प्लावयेद्योगमार्गेण सो ऽमृतत्वाय कल्पते
śivāgninā tanuṃ dagdhvā śaktisaumyā mṛtena yaḥ plāvayedyogamārgeṇa so 'mṛtatvāya kalpate
He who, having burnt the body with Śiva's fire, floods (it) by the path of yoga with the soma-like nectar of Śakti, becomes fit for immortality.
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SiP 7.1 28.20
हृदि कृत्वेममर्थं वै देवेन समुदाहृतम् अग्नीषोमात्मकं विश्वं जगदित्यनुरूपतः
hṛdi kṛtvemamarthaṃ vai devena samudāhṛtam agnīṣomātmakaṃ viśvaṃ jagadityanurūpataḥ
Having placed in the heart this matter declared by the God: that the universe consists of Agni and Soma, and so too the world, correspondingly.
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