Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Purva Bhaga — Chapter 3
SiP 7.1 3.1
इति श्रीशिवमहापुराणे सप्तम्यां वायवीयसंहितायां पूर्वखण्डे मुनिप्रस्ताववर्णनं नाम द्वितीयो ऽध्यायः छप्तेर् ३ ब्रहमोवाच यतो वाचो निवर्तंते अप्राप्य मनसा सह आनंदं यस्य वै विद्वान्न बिभेति कुतश्चन
iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe saptamyāṃ vāyavīyasaṃhitāyāṃ pūrvakhaṇḍe muniprastāvavarṇanaṃ nāma dvitīyo 'dhyāyaḥ chapter 3 brahamovāca yato vāco nivartaṃte aprāpya manasā saha ānaṃdaṃ yasya vai vidvānna bibheti kutaścana
Thus the second chapter, called the Description of the Sages' Introduction, in the Eastern Section of the Vāyavīya Saṃhitā, the seventh (saṃhitā) of the glorious Śiva Mahāpurāṇa. Chapter 3. Brahmā said: (He) from whom words turn back, not attaining (him), together with the mind — whose bliss the knower (knows) and (thereby) fears nothing from anywhere;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 7.1 3.2
यस्मात्सर्वमिदं ब्रह्मविष्णुरुद्रेन्द्रपूर्वकम् सह भूतेन्द्रियैः सर्वैः प्रथमं संप्रसूयते
yasmātsarvamidaṃ brahmaviṣṇurudrendrapūrvakam saha bhūtendriyaiḥ sarvaiḥ prathamaṃ saṃprasūyate
from whom all this, beginning with Brahmā, Viṣṇu, Rudra and Indra, together with all the elements and senses, is first brought forth;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 7.1 3.3
कारणानां च यो धाता ध्याता परमकारणम् न संप्रसूयते ऽन्यस्मात्कुतश्चन कदाचन
kāraṇānāṃ ca yo dhātā dhyātā paramakāraṇam na saṃprasūyate 'nyasmātkutaścana kadācana
who is the ordainer of the causes, the meditator, the supreme cause, and who is never brought forth from anything else whatever;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 7.1 3.4
सर्वैश्वर्येण संपन्नो नाम्ना सर्वेश्वरः स्वयम् सर्वैर्मुमुक्षुभिर्ध्येयश्शंभुराकाशमध्यगः
sarvaiśvaryeṇa saṃpanno nāmnā sarveśvaraḥ svayam sarvairmumukṣubhirdhyeyaśśaṃbhurākāśamadhyagaḥ
endowed with all sovereignty, himself Sarveśvara by name, to be meditated on by all who seek release — Śambhu, abiding in the midst of space;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 7.1 3.5
यो ऽग्रे मां विदधे पुत्रं ज्ञानं च प्रहिणोति मे तत्प्रसादान्मयालब्धं प्राजापत्यमिदं पदम्
yo 'gre māṃ vidadhe putraṃ jñānaṃ ca prahiṇoti me tatprasādānmayālabdhaṃ prājāpatyamidaṃ padam
who at the beginning made me his son and bestows knowledge upon me — by his grace this station of Prajāpati was obtained by me;
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SiP 7.1 3.6
ईशो वृक्ष इव स्तब्धो य एको दिवि तिष्ठति येनेदमखिलं पूर्णं पुरुषेण महात्मना
īśo vṛkṣa iva stabdho ya eko divi tiṣṭhati yenedamakhilaṃ pūrṇaṃ puruṣeṇa mahātmanā
the Lord who, fixed like a tree, stands alone in heaven, by whom, the great-souled Person, all this is filled;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 7.1 3.7
५०४अ एको बहूनां जंतूनां निष्क्रियाणां च सक्रियः य एको बहुधा बीजं करोति स महेश्वरः
504a eko bahūnāṃ jaṃtūnāṃ niṣkriyāṇāṃ ca sakriyaḥ ya eko bahudhā bījaṃ karoti sa maheśvaraḥ
the one who is active among the many inactive creatures, who alone makes the seed manifold — he is Maheśvara;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 7.1 3.8
जीवैरेभिरिमांल्लोकान्सर्वानीशो य ईशते १ य एको भागवान्रुद्रो न द्वितीयो ऽस्ति कश्चन
jīvairebhirimāṃllokānsarvānīśo ya īśate 1 ya eko bhāgavānrudro na dvitīyo 'sti kaścana
the Lord who rules all these worlds by means of these living beings; who is the one blessed Rudra — there is no second whatever;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 7.1 3.9
सदा जनानां हृदये संनिविष्टो ऽपि यः परैः अलक्ष्यो लक्षयन्विश्वमधितिष्ठति सर्वदा
sadā janānāṃ hṛdaye saṃniviṣṭo 'pi yaḥ paraiḥ alakṣyo lakṣayanviśvamadhitiṣṭhati sarvadā
who, though always seated in the hearts of people, is unperceived by others, and, perceiving (all), ever presides over the universe;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 7.1 3.10
यस्तु कालात्प्रमुक्तानि कारणान्यखिलान्यपि अनन्तशक्तिरेवैको भगवानधितिष्ठति
yastu kālātpramuktāni kāraṇānyakhilānyapi anantaśaktirevaiko bhagavānadhitiṣṭhati
who alone, of infinite power, the Blessed One, presides over all the causes released from time;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 7.1 3.11
न यस्य दिवसो रात्रिर्न समानो न चाधिकः स्वभाविकी पराशक्तिर्नित्या ज्ञानक्रिये अपि
na yasya divaso rātrirna samāno na cādhikaḥ svabhāvikī parāśaktirnityā jñānakriye api
for whom there is no day nor night, no equal nor superior; whose supreme power is innate, and whose knowledge and action are eternal;
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SiP 7.1 3.12
यदिदं क्षरमव्यक्तं यदप्यमृतमक्षरम् तावुभावक्षरात्मानावेको देवः स्वयं हरः
yadidaṃ kṣaramavyaktaṃ yadapyamṛtamakṣaram tāvubhāvakṣarātmānāveko devaḥ svayaṃ haraḥ
this perishable unmanifest, and that which is immortal and imperishable — both of these having the imperishable as their self, the one god is himself Hara.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 7.1 3.13
ईशते तदभिध्यानाद्योजनासत्त्वभावनः भूयो ह्यस्य पशोरन्ते विश्वमाया निवर्तते
īśate tadabhidhyānādyojanāsattvabhāvanaḥ bhūyo hyasya paśorante viśvamāyā nivartate
By meditation on him (one) gains lordship, (he) whose being is realized through the practice of union; and indeed, at the end (of bondage) for this bound soul, the world-illusion turns back again.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 7.1 3.14
यस्मिन्न भासते विद्युन्न सूर्यो न च चन्द्रमाः यस्य भासा विभातीदमित्येषा शाश्वती श्रुतिः
yasminna bhāsate vidyunna sūryo na ca candramāḥ yasya bhāsā vibhātīdamityeṣā śāśvatī śrutiḥ
"In whom the lightning does not shine, nor the sun, nor the moon; by whose radiance this (all) shines forth" — such is the eternal scriptural word.
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SiP 7.1 3.15
एको देवो महादेवो विज्ञेयस्तु महेश्वरः न तस्य परमं किंचित्पदं समधिगम्यते
eko devo mahādevo vijñeyastu maheśvaraḥ na tasya paramaṃ kiṃcitpadaṃ samadhigamyate
One god, the Great God, Maheśvara, is to be known; no state higher than his is attained.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 7.1 3.16
अयमादिरनाद्यन्तस्स्वभावादेव निर्मलः स्वतन्त्रः परिपूर्णश्च स्वेच्छाधीनश्चराचरः
ayamādiranādyantassvabhāvādeva nirmalaḥ svatantraḥ paripūrṇaśca svecchādhīnaścarācaraḥ
He is the beginning, without beginning or end, pure by his very nature, independent and complete, and (in him) the moving and unmoving are subject to his own will.
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SiP 7.1 3.17
अप्राकृतवपुः श्रीमांल्लक्ष्यलक्षणवर्जितः अयं मुक्तो मोचकश्च ह्यकालः कालचोदकः
aprākṛtavapuḥ śrīmāṃllakṣyalakṣaṇavarjitaḥ ayaṃ mukto mocakaśca hyakālaḥ kālacodakaḥ
His body is not of material nature; he is glorious, free of what is to be marked and of marks; he is liberated and the liberator, timeless and the impeller of time.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 7.1 3.18
सर्वोपरिकृतावासस्सर्वावासश्च सर्ववित् षड्विधाध्वमयस्यास्य सर्वस्य जगतः पतिः
sarvoparikṛtāvāsassarvāvāsaśca sarvavit ṣaḍvidhādhvamayasyāsya sarvasya jagataḥ patiḥ
His abode is made above all things, and he is the abode of all, and all-knowing; he is the lord of all this world, which consists of the six kinds of paths.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 7.1 3.19
उत्तरोत्तरभूतानामुत्तरश्च निरुत्तरः अनन्तानन्तसन्दोहमकरंदमधुव्रतः
uttarottarabhūtānāmuttaraśca niruttaraḥ anantānantasandohamakaraṃdamadhuvrataḥ
He is higher than beings higher and higher (in the scale), and has none higher than himself; he is the bee (drinking) the nectar of the endless mass of the infinite.
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SiP 7.1 3.20
अखंडजगदंडानां पिंडीकरणपंडितः औदार्यवीर्यगांभीर्यमाधुर्यमकरालयः
akhaṃḍajagadaṃḍānāṃ piṃḍīkaraṇapaṃḍitaḥ audāryavīryagāṃbhīryamādhuryamakarālayaḥ
He is skilled in compacting into a lump the unbroken world-eggs; he is the ocean of generosity, valor, profundity, and sweetness.
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SiP 7.1 3.21
नैवास्य सदृशं वस्तु नाधिकं चापि किंचन अतुलः सर्वभूतानां राजराजश्च तिष्ठति
naivāsya sadṛśaṃ vastu nādhikaṃ cāpi kiṃcana atulaḥ sarvabhūtānāṃ rājarājaśca tiṣṭhati
There is no thing whatever like him, nor anything greater; he stands incomparable, the king of kings of all beings.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 7.1 3.22
अनेन चित्रकृत्येन प्रथमं सृज्यते जगत् अंतकाले पुनश्चेदं तस्मिन्प्रलयमेष्यते
anena citrakṛtyena prathamaṃ sṛjyate jagat aṃtakāle punaścedaṃ tasminpralayameṣyate
By him, whose deeds are wondrous, the world is first created, and again at the time of the end it goes to dissolution in him.
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SiP 7.1 3.23
अस्य भूतानि वश्यानि अयं सर्वनियोजकः अयं तु परया भक्त्या दृश्यते नान्यथा क्वचित्
asya bhūtāni vaśyāni ayaṃ sarvaniyojakaḥ ayaṃ tu parayā bhaktyā dṛśyate nānyathā kvacit
Beings are subject to him; he is the appointer of all; but he is seen through supreme devotion, and never otherwise anywhere.
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SiP 7.1 3.24
व्रतानि सर्वदानानि तपांसि नियमास्तथा कथितानि पुरा सद्भिर्भावार्थं नात्र संशयः
vratāni sarvadānāni tapāṃsi niyamāstathā kathitāni purā sadbhirbhāvārthaṃ nātra saṃśayaḥ
Vows, all gifts, austerities, and likewise observances have been taught of old by the good for the sake of (right) disposition — there is no doubt of this.
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SiP 7.1 3.25
हरिश्चाहं च रुद्रश्च तथान्ये च सुरासुराः तपोभिरुग्रैरद्यापि तस्य दर्शनकांक्षिणः
hariścāhaṃ ca rudraśca tathānye ca surāsurāḥ tapobhirugrairadyāpi tasya darśanakāṃkṣiṇaḥ
Hari and I and Rudra, and likewise the other gods and demons, even now with fierce austerities long for the sight of him.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 7.1 3.26
अदृश्यः पतितैर्मूढैर्दुर्जनैरपि कुत्सितैः भक्तैरन्तर्बहिश्चापि पूज्यः संभाष्य एव च
adṛśyaḥ patitairmūḍhairdurjanairapi kutsitaiḥ bhaktairantarbahiścāpi pūjyaḥ saṃbhāṣya eva ca
He is not to be seen by the fallen, the deluded, the wicked, or the contemptible; but by devotees he is to be worshipped both within and without, and indeed to be spoken with.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 7.1 3.27
तदिदं त्रिविधं रूपं स्थूलं सूक्ष्मं ततः परम् अस्मदाद्यमरैर्दृश्यं स्थूलं सूक्ष्मं तु योगिभिः
tadidaṃ trividhaṃ rūpaṃ sthūlaṃ sūkṣmaṃ tataḥ param asmadādyamarairdṛśyaṃ sthūlaṃ sūkṣmaṃ tu yogibhiḥ
That form of his is threefold: gross, subtle, and what is beyond that. The gross is visible to gods such as us, the subtle to yogins.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 7.1 3.28
१ शपो लुगभाव आर्ष ५०४ब् ततः परं तु यन्नित्यं ज्ञानमानंदमव्ययम् तन्निष्ठैस्तत्परैर्भक्तैर्दृश्यं तद्व्रतमाश्रितैः
1 śapo lugabhāva ārṣa 504b tataḥ paraṃ tu yannityaṃ jñānamānaṃdamavyayam tanniṣṭhaistatparairbhaktairdṛśyaṃ tadvratamāśritaiḥ
[editorial note: 'the elision of śap is a Vedic/ārṣa form', 504b] But that which is beyond that — eternal, knowledge, bliss, imperishable — is visible to devotees fixed on it, devoted to it, who have taken up that observance.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 7.1 3.29
बहुनात्र किमुक्तेन गुह्याद्गुह्यतरं परम् शिवे भक्तिर्न सन्देहस्तया युक्तो विमुच्यते
bahunātra kimuktena guhyādguhyataraṃ param śive bhaktirna sandehastayā yukto vimucyate
What use is much speaking here? Devotion to Śiva is supreme, more secret than the secret — there is no doubt; joined with it, one is liberated.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 7.1 3.30
प्रसादादेव सा भक्तिः प्रसादो भक्तिसंभवः यथा चांकुरतो बीजं बीजतो वा यथांकुरः
prasādādeva sā bhaktiḥ prasādo bhaktisaṃbhavaḥ yathā cāṃkurato bījaṃ bījato vā yathāṃkuraḥ
That devotion arises only from (his) grace, and grace arises from devotion — as the seed from the sprout, or as the sprout from the seed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 7.1 3.31
प्रसादपूर्विका एव पशोस्सर्वत्र सिद्धयः स एव साधनैरन्ते सर्वैरपि च साध्यते
prasādapūrvikā eva paśossarvatra siddhayaḥ sa eva sādhanairante sarvairapi ca sādhyate
All the attainments of the bound soul everywhere are preceded by grace; and that very (grace) is in the end brought about by all the means as well.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 7.1 3.32
प्रसादसाधनं धर्मस्स च वेदेन दर्शितः तदभ्यासवशात्साम्यं पूर्वयोः पुण्यपापयोः
prasādasādhanaṃ dharmassa ca vedena darśitaḥ tadabhyāsavaśātsāmyaṃ pūrvayoḥ puṇyapāpayoḥ
The means to grace is dharma, and that has been shown by the Veda; through the practice of it there comes an equality of the two, the former merit and demerit.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 7.1 3.33
साम्यात्प्रसादसंपर्को धर्मस्यातिशयस्ततः धर्मातिशयमासाद्य पशोः पापपरिक्षयः
sāmyātprasādasaṃparko dharmasyātiśayastataḥ dharmātiśayamāsādya paśoḥ pāpaparikṣayaḥ
From that equality (of merit and demerit) comes contact with (Śiva's) grace, and from that an excess of merit; and having attained an excess of merit, the bound soul's sin is destroyed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 7.1 3.34
एवं प्रक्षीणपापस्य बहुभिर्जन्मभिः क्रमात् सांबे सर्वेश्वरे भक्तिर्ज्ञानपूर्वा प्रजायते
evaṃ prakṣīṇapāpasya bahubhirjanmabhiḥ kramāt sāṃbe sarveśvare bhaktirjñānapūrvā prajāyate
Thus, for one whose sin has been worn away through many births, there gradually arises devotion, preceded by knowledge, to the Lord of all together with Ambā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 7.1 3.35
भावानुगुणमीशस्य प्रसादो व्यतिरिच्यते प्रसादात्कर्मसंत्यागः फलतो न स्वरूपतः
bhāvānuguṇamīśasya prasādo vyatiricyate prasādātkarmasaṃtyāgaḥ phalato na svarūpataḥ
The Lord's grace is apportioned in accordance with (the devotee's) disposition; from grace comes the abandonment of ritual action—as to its fruit, not as to its own form.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 7.1 3.36
तस्मात्कर्मफलत्यागाच्छिवधर्मान्वयः शुभः स च गुर्वनपेक्षश्च तदपेक्ष इति द्विधा
tasmātkarmaphalatyāgācchivadharmānvayaḥ śubhaḥ sa ca gurvanapekṣaśca tadapekṣa iti dvidhā
Therefore, from the abandonment of the fruit of action there follows the auspicious adherence to Śiva's dharma; and that is twofold: independent of a teacher, and dependent on him.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 7.1 3.37
तत्रानपेक्षात्सापेक्षो मुख्यः शतगुणाधिकः शिवधर्मान्वयस्यास्य शिवज्ञानसमन्वयः
tatrānapekṣātsāpekṣo mukhyaḥ śataguṇādhikaḥ śivadharmānvayasyāsya śivajñānasamanvayaḥ
Of these, the one dependent (on a teacher) is primary, a hundred times superior to the independent one. To this adherence to Śiva's dharma belongs the joining with the knowledge of Śiva.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 7.1 3.38
ज्ञनान्वयवशात्पुंसः संसारे दोषदर्शनम् ततो विषयवैराग्यं वैराग्याद्भावसाधनम्
jñanānvayavaśātpuṃsaḥ saṃsāre doṣadarśanam tato viṣayavairāgyaṃ vairāgyādbhāvasādhanam
By the joining with knowledge a man sees the flaw in transmigratory existence; from that comes dispassion toward objects of sense, and from dispassion the cultivation of (proper) disposition.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 7.1 3.39
भावसिद्ध्युपपन्नस्य ध्याने निष्ठा न कर्मणि ज्ञानध्यानाभियुक्तस्य पुंसो योगः प्रवर्तते
bhāvasiddhyupapannasya dhyāne niṣṭhā na karmaṇi jñānadhyānābhiyuktasya puṃso yogaḥ pravartate
For one who has come to possess the perfection of disposition, there is fixity in meditation, not in ritual action; and for a man engaged in knowledge and meditation, yoga sets in.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 7.1 3.40
योगेन तु परा भक्तिः प्रसादस्तदनंतरम् प्रसादान्मुच्यते जंतुर्मुक्तः शिवसमो भवेत्
yogena tu parā bhaktiḥ prasādastadanaṃtaram prasādānmucyate jaṃturmuktaḥ śivasamo bhavet
But by yoga (comes) supreme devotion, and thereafter grace; by grace the creature is liberated, and once liberated he would become equal to Śiva.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 7.1 3.41
अनुग्रहप्रकारस्य क्रमो ऽयमविवक्षितः यादृशी योग्यता पुंसस्तस्य तादृगनुग्रहः
anugrahaprakārasya kramo 'yamavivakṣitaḥ yādṛśī yogyatā puṃsastasya tādṛganugrahaḥ
This sequence of the manner of (divine) favour is not meant as fixed: whatever the fitness of a man, such is the favour shown to him.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 7.1 3.42
गर्भस्थो मुच्यते कश्चिज्जायमानस्तथापरः बालो वा तरुणो वाथ वृद्धो वा मुच्यते परः
garbhastho mucyate kaścijjāyamānastathāparaḥ bālo vā taruṇo vātha vṛddho vā mucyate paraḥ
Someone is liberated while still in the womb, another while being born; another is liberated as a child, or as a youth, or as an old man.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 7.1 3.43
तिर्यग्योनिगतः कश्चिन्मुच्यते नारको ऽपरः अपरस्तु पदं प्राप्तो मुच्यते स्वपदक्षये
tiryagyonigataḥ kaścinmucyate nārako 'paraḥ aparastu padaṃ prāpto mucyate svapadakṣaye
Someone gone to an animal birth is liberated, another a dweller in hell; but another, having reached a (higher) station, is liberated at the exhaustion of that station.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 7.1 3.44
कश्चित्क्षीणपदो भूत्वा पुनरावर्त्य मुच्यते कश्चिदध्वगतस्तस्मिन् स्थित्वास्थित्वा विमुच्यते
kaścitkṣīṇapado bhūtvā punarāvartya mucyate kaścidadhvagatastasmin sthitvāsthitvā vimucyate
Someone, his station spent, returns again and is liberated; someone placed on the (cosmic) path is liberated after abiding there again and again.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 7.1 3.45
तस्मान्नैकप्रकारेण नराणां मुक्तिरिष्यते ज्ञानभावानुरूपेण प्रसादेनैव निर्वृतिः
tasmānnaikaprakāreṇa narāṇāṃ muktiriṣyate jñānabhāvānurūpeṇa prasādenaiva nirvṛtiḥ
Therefore the liberation of men is not held to be of a single kind: release comes only through grace, in accordance with (one's) knowledge and disposition.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 7.1 3.46
तस्मादस्य प्रसादार्थं वाङ्मनोदोषवर्जिताः ध्यायंतश्शिवमेवैकं सदारतनयाग्नयः
tasmādasya prasādārthaṃ vāṅmanodoṣavarjitāḥ dhyāyaṃtaśśivamevaikaṃ sadāratanayāgnayaḥ
Therefore, for the sake of his grace, (they should be) free of faults of speech and mind, meditating on Śiva alone, together with wives, sons, and (sacred) fires,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 7.1 3.47
तन्निष्ठास्तत्परास्सर्वे तद्युक्तास्तदुपाश्रयाः सर्वक्रियाः प्रकुर्वाणास्तमेव मनसागताः
tanniṣṭhāstatparāssarve tadyuktāstadupāśrayāḥ sarvakriyāḥ prakurvāṇāstameva manasāgatāḥ
all of them fixed on him, devoted to him, joined to him, taking refuge in him, performing all their activities while having gone to him alone in mind.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 7.1 3.48
दीर्घसूत्रसमारब्धं दिव्यवर्षसहस्रकम् सत्रांते मंत्रयोगेन वायुस्तत्र गमिष्यति
dīrghasūtrasamārabdhaṃ divyavarṣasahasrakam satrāṃte maṃtrayogena vāyustatra gamiṣyati
A rite begun with a long thread (of ritual), lasting a thousand divine years: at the end of the sacrifice, by the power of mantra, the Wind will go there.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 7.1 3.49
स एव भवतः श्रेयः सोपायं कथयिष्यति ५०५अ ततो वाराणसी पुण्या पुरी परमशोभना
sa eva bhavataḥ śreyaḥ sopāyaṃ kathayiṣyati 505a tato vārāṇasī puṇyā purī paramaśobhanā
He himself will declare to you what is best, together with the means. Then (there is) Vārāṇasī, the holy city, most beautiful,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 7.1 3.50
गंतव्या यत्र विश्वेशो देव्या सह पिनाकधृक् सदा विहरति श्रीमान् भक्तानुग्रहकारणात्
gaṃtavyā yatra viśveśo devyā saha pinākadhṛk sadā viharati śrīmān bhaktānugrahakāraṇāt
to which you must go, where the glorious bearer of the Pināka, the Lord of All, together with the Goddess, ever sports, for the sake of showing favour to his devotees.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 7.1 3.51
तत्राश्चर्यं महद्दृष्ट्वा मत्समीपं गमिष्यथ ततो वः कथयिष्यामि मोक्षोपाय द्विजोत्तमाः
tatrāścaryaṃ mahaddṛṣṭvā matsamīpaṃ gamiṣyatha tato vaḥ kathayiṣyāmi mokṣopāya dvijottamāḥ
There, having seen a great marvel, you will come into my presence; then I shall tell you the means to liberation, O best of twice-born ones,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 7.1 3.52
येनैकजन्मना मुक्तिर्युष्मत्करतले स्थिता अनेकजन्मसंसारबंधनिर्मोक्षकारिणी
yenaikajanmanā muktiryuṣmatkaratale sthitā anekajanmasaṃsārabaṃdhanirmokṣakāriṇī
by which liberation in a single birth will stand in the palm of your hand—(that means) which brings about release from the bondage of transmigration through many births.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 7.1 3.53
एतन्मनोमयं चक्रं मया सृष्टं विसृज्यते यत्रास्य शीर्यते नेमिः स देशस्तपसश्शुभः
etanmanomayaṃ cakraṃ mayā sṛṣṭaṃ visṛjyate yatrāsya śīryate nemiḥ sa deśastapasaśśubhaḥ
"This mind-made wheel, created by me, is being released; where its rim breaks apart, that place is auspicious for ascetic practice."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 7.1 3.54
इत्युक्त्वा सूर्यसंकाशं चक्रं दृष्ट्वा मनोमयम् प्रणिपत्य महादेवं विससर्ज पितामहः
ityuktvā sūryasaṃkāśaṃ cakraṃ dṛṣṭvā manomayam praṇipatya mahādevaṃ visasarja pitāmahaḥ
Having spoken thus, and having looked at the mind-made wheel, which was like the sun, the Grandfather (Brahmā) bowed to Mahādeva and released it.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 7.1 3.55
ते ऽपि हृष्टतरा विप्राः प्रणम्य जगतां प्रभुम् प्रययुस्तस्य चक्रस्य यत्र नेमिरशीर्यत
te 'pi hṛṣṭatarā viprāḥ praṇamya jagatāṃ prabhum prayayustasya cakrasya yatra nemiraśīryata
Those brahmins too, greatly delighted, bowed to the lord of the worlds and went after that wheel, to where its rim broke apart.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 7.1 3.56
चक्रं तदपि संक्षिप्तं श्लक्ष्णं चारुशिलातले विमलस्वादुपानीये निजपात वने क्वचित्
cakraṃ tadapi saṃkṣiptaṃ ślakṣṇaṃ cāruśilātale vimalasvādupānīye nijapāta vane kvacit
And that wheel, drawn in (contracted), fell somewhere in a forest, on a smooth and lovely rock-surface, where the water was clear and sweet.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 7.1 3.57
तद्वनं तेन विख्यातं नैमिषं मुनिपूजितम् अनेकयक्षगंधर्वविद्याधरसमाकुलम्
tadvanaṃ tena vikhyātaṃ naimiṣaṃ munipūjitam anekayakṣagaṃdharvavidyādharasamākulam
By that (event) that forest became renowned as Naimiṣa, honoured by the sages, thronged with many yakṣas, gandharvas and vidyādharas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 7.1 3.58
अष्टादश समुद्रस्य द्वीपानश्नन्पुरूरवाः विलासवशमुर्वश्या यातो दैवेन चोदितः
aṣṭādaśa samudrasya dvīpānaśnanpurūravāḥ vilāsavaśamurvaśyā yāto daivena coditaḥ
Purūravas, enjoying the eighteen islands of the ocean, came under the sway of dalliance with Urvaśī, driven by fate.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 7.1 3.59
अक्रमेण हरन्मोहाद्यज्ञवाटं हिरण्मयम् मुनिभिर्यत्र संक्रुद्धैः कुशवज्रैर्निपातितः
akrameṇa haranmohādyajñavāṭaṃ hiraṇmayam munibhiryatra saṃkruddhaiḥ kuśavajrairnipātitaḥ
When out of delusion he violently carried off the golden sacrificial enclosure, he was struck down there by the enraged sages with kuśa-grass (turned into) thunderbolts.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 7.1 3.60
विश्वं सिसृक्षमाणा वै यत्र विश्वसृजः पुरा सत्रमारेभिरे दिव्यं ब्रह्मज्ञा गार्हपत्यगाः
viśvaṃ sisṛkṣamāṇā vai yatra viśvasṛjaḥ purā satramārebhire divyaṃ brahmajñā gārhapatyagāḥ
There, of old, the creators of the universe, wishing to bring forth the universe, knowers of brahman, tending the household fire, began a divine sacrificial session.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 7.1 3.61
ऋषिभिर्यत्र विद्वद्भिः शब्दार्थन्यायकोविदैः शक्तिप्रज्ञाक्रियायोगैर्विधिरासीदनुष्ठितः
ṛṣibhiryatra vidvadbhiḥ śabdārthanyāyakovidaiḥ śaktiprajñākriyāyogairvidhirāsīdanuṣṭhitaḥ
There, by learned seers skilled in word, sense and logic, the (sacrificial) procedure was carried out with the disciplines of power, wisdom and action.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 7.1 3.62
यत्र वेदविदो नित्यं वेदवादबहिष्कृतान् वादजल्पबलैर्घ्नंति वचोभिरतिवादिनः
yatra vedavido nityaṃ vedavādabahiṣkṛtān vādajalpabalairghnaṃti vacobhirativādinaḥ
There the knowers of the Veda constantly slay, with words, those over-talkative men who are excluded from the Vedic doctrine, by the force of debate and disputation.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 7.1 3.63
स्फटिकमयमहीभृत्पादजाभ्यश्शिलाभ्यः प्रसरदमृतकल्पस्स्वच्छपानीयरम्यम् अतिरसफलवृक्षप्रायमव्यालसत्त्वं तपस उचितमासीन्नैमिषं तन्मुनीनाम्
sphaṭikamayamahībhṛtpādajābhyaśśilābhyaḥ prasaradamṛtakalpassvacchapānīyaramyam atirasaphalavṛkṣaprāyamavyālasattvaṃ tapasa ucitamāsīnnaimiṣaṃ tanmunīnām
Lovely with clear water flowing like nectar from two rocks born at the foot of a crystalline mountain, mostly (filled) with trees bearing very juicy fruit, free of predatory beasts—that Naimiṣa was suitable for the sages' austerity.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain