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Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Purva Bhaga — Chapter 34

SiP 7.1 34.1

इति श्रीशिवमहापुराणे सप्तम्यां वायवीयसंहितायां पूर्वखण्डे पशुपतिव्रतविधानवर्णनं नाम त्रयस्त्रिंशो ऽध्यायः छप्तेर् ३४ ऋषय ऊचुः धौम्याग्रजेन शुशुना क्षीरार्थं हि तपः कृतम् तस्मात् क्षीरार्णवो दत्तस्तस्मै देवेन शूलिना

iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe saptamyāṃ vāyavīyasaṃhitāyāṃ pūrvakhaṇḍe paśupativratavidhānavarṇanaṃ nāma trayastriṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ chapter 34 ṛṣaya ūcuḥ dhaumyāgrajena śuśunā kṣīrārthaṃ hi tapaḥ kṛtam tasmāt kṣīrārṇavo dattastasmai devena śūlinā

Thus in the glorious Śiva Mahāpurāṇa, in the seventh (section), the Vāyavīya Saṃhitā, in the first part, the thirty-third chapter, called "The Description of the Rules of the Paśupati Vow." Chapter 34. The sages said: The austerity was performed by the child, the elder brother of Dhaumya, for the sake of milk; therefore the ocean of milk was given to him by the god who bears the trident.

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SiP 7.1 34.2

स कथं शिशुको लेभे शिवशास्त्रप्रवक्तृताम् कथं वा शिवसद्भावं ज्ञात्वा तपसि निष्ठितः

sa kathaṃ śiśuko lebhe śivaśāstrapravaktṛtām kathaṃ vā śivasadbhāvaṃ jñātvā tapasi niṣṭhitaḥ

How did that little child obtain the ability to expound the Śaiva scriptures? And how, having known the true being of Śiva, did he become established in austerity?

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SiP 7.1 34.3

कथं च लब्धविज्ञानस्तपश्चरणपर्वणि रुद्राग्नेर्यत्परं वीर्यं लभे भस्म स्वरक्षकम्

kathaṃ ca labdhavijñānastapaścaraṇaparvaṇi rudrāgneryatparaṃ vīryaṃ labhe bhasma svarakṣakam

And how, having gained discernment at the time of practising austerity, did he obtain the ash that protects itself, which is the supreme potency of Rudra's fire?

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SiP 7.1 34.4

वायुरुवाच न ह्येष शिशुकः कश्चित्प्राकृतः कृतवांस्तपः मुनिवर्यस्य तनयो व्याघ्रपादस्य धीमतः

vāyuruvāca na hyeṣa śiśukaḥ kaścitprākṛtaḥ kṛtavāṃstapaḥ munivaryasya tanayo vyāghrapādasya dhīmataḥ

Vāyu said: This child who performed austerity was no ordinary person; he was the son of the wise Vyāghrapāda, best of sages.

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SiP 7.1 34.5

जन्मान्तरेण संसिद्धः केनापि खलु हेतुना स्वपदप्रच्युतो दिष्ट्या प्राप्तो मुनिकुमारताम्

janmāntareṇa saṃsiddhaḥ kenāpi khalu hetunā svapadapracyuto diṣṭyā prāpto munikumāratām

Perfected through another birth, and fallen from his own station for some cause, he by fortune attained the state of a sage's son.

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SiP 7.1 34.6

महादेवप्रसादस्य भाग्यापन्नस्य भाविनः दुग्धाभिलाषप्रभवद्वारतामगमत्तपः

mahādevaprasādasya bhāgyāpannasya bhāvinaḥ dugdhābhilāṣaprabhavadvāratāmagamattapaḥ

For him who was to be the recipient of Mahādeva's grace and had come into (that) good fortune, austerity became the doorway that arose from his craving for milk.

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SiP 7.1 34.7

अतः सर्वगणेशत्वं कुमारत्वं च शाश्वतम् सह दुग्धाब्धिना तस्मै प्रददौ शंकरः स्वयम्

ataḥ sarvagaṇeśatvaṃ kumāratvaṃ ca śāśvatam saha dugdhābdhinā tasmai pradadau śaṃkaraḥ svayam

Hence Śaṃkara himself bestowed on him, along with the ocean of milk, lordship over all the hosts and everlasting boyhood.

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SiP 7.1 34.8

तस्य ज्ञानागमोप्यस्य प्रसादादेव शांकरात् कौमारं हि परं साक्षाज्ज्ञानं शक्तिमयं विदुः

tasya jñānāgamopyasya prasādādeva śāṃkarāt kaumāraṃ hi paraṃ sākṣājjñānaṃ śaktimayaṃ viduḥ

His acquisition of knowledge too came from that very grace of Śaṃkara; for they know the supreme Kaumāra knowledge to be directly composed of Śakti.

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SiP 7.1 34.9

शिवशास्त्रप्रवक्तृत्वमपि तस्य हि तत्कृतम् कुमारो मुनितो लब्धज्ञानाब्धिरिव नन्दनः

śivaśāstrapravaktṛtvamapi tasya hi tatkṛtam kumāro munito labdhajñānābdhiriva nandanaḥ

His capacity to expound the Śaiva scriptures too was made by that; the boy, from the sage, was like a son who had obtained an ocean of knowledge.

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SiP 7.1 34.10

दृष्टं तु कारणं तस्य शिवज्ञानसमन्वये स्वमातृवचनं साक्षाच्छोकजं क्षीरकारणात्

dṛṣṭaṃ tu kāraṇaṃ tasya śivajñānasamanvaye svamātṛvacanaṃ sākṣācchokajaṃ kṣīrakāraṇāt

But the visible cause of his coming to possess the knowledge of Śiva was his own mother's words, born directly of grief on account of milk.

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SiP 7.1 34.11

कदाचित्क्षीरमत्यल्पं पीतवान्मातुलाश्रमे ईर्षयया मातुलसुतं संतृप्तक्षीरमुत्तमम्

kadācitkṣīramatyalpaṃ pītavānmātulāśrame īrṣayayā mātulasutaṃ saṃtṛptakṣīramuttamam

Once, in his maternal uncle's hermitage, he drank very little milk, out of envy toward his uncle's son who was fully satisfied with excellent milk —

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SiP 7.1 34.12

पीत्वा स्थितं यथाकामं दृष्ट्वा वै मातुलात्मजम् उपमन्युर्व्याघ्रपादिः प्रीत्या प्रोवाच मातरम्

pītvā sthitaṃ yathākāmaṃ dṛṣṭvā vai mātulātmajam upamanyurvyāghrapādiḥ prītyā provāca mātaram

Having seen his uncle's son, who had drunk his fill and was content, Upamanyu, son of Vyāghrapāda, spoke fondly to his mother.

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SiP 7.1 34.13

उपमन्युरुवाच मातर्मातर्महाभागे मम देहि तपस्विनि ५४१ब् गव्यं क्षीरमतिस्वादु नाल्पमुष्णं पिबाम्यहम्

upamanyuruvāca mātarmātarmahābhāge mama dehi tapasvini 541b gavyaṃ kṣīramatisvādu nālpamuṣṇaṃ pibāmyaham

Upamanyu said: Mother, mother, greatly blessed one, ascetic lady, give me sweet cow's milk—not a little—warm, that I may drink.

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SiP 7.1 34.14

वायुरुवाच तच्छ्रुत्वा पुत्रवचनं तन्माता च तपस्विनी व्याघ्रपादस्य महिषी दुःखमापत्तदा च सा

vāyuruvāca tacchrutvā putravacanaṃ tanmātā ca tapasvinī vyāghrapādasya mahiṣī duḥkhamāpattadā ca sā

Vāyu said: Hearing that speech of her son, his mother, the ascetic woman, the wife of Vyāghrapāda, then fell into distress.

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SiP 7.1 34.15

उपलाल्याथ सुप्रीत्या पुत्रमालिंग्य सादरम् दुःखिता विललापाथ स्मृत्वा नैर्धन्यमात्मनः

upalālyātha suprītyā putramāliṃgya sādaram duḥkhitā vilalāpātha smṛtvā nairdhanyamātmanaḥ

Then, caressing and respectfully embracing her son with great affection, she, grieved, lamented, remembering her own destitution.

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SiP 7.1 34.16

स्मृत्वास्मृत्वा पुनः क्षीरमुपमन्युस्स बालकः देहि देहीति तामाह रुद्रन्भूयो महाद्युतिः

smṛtvāsmṛtvā punaḥ kṣīramupamanyussa bālakaḥ dehi dehīti tāmāha rudranbhūyo mahādyutiḥ

Remembering the milk again and again, that boy Upamanyu, of great brilliance, said to her repeatedly, weeping, "Give, give!"

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SiP 7.1 34.17

तद्धठं सा परिज्ञाय द्विजपत्नी तपस्विनी शान्तये तद्धठस्याथ शुभोपायमरीरचत्

taddhaṭhaṃ sā parijñāya dvijapatnī tapasvinī śāntaye taddhaṭhasyātha śubhopāyamarīracat

Recognizing that insistence of his, she, the brahmin's wife, the ascetic woman, then devised a good expedient for quieting that insistence.

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SiP 7.1 34.18

उञ्छवृत्त्यार्जितान्बीजान्स्वयं दृष्ट्वा च सा तदा बीजपिष्टमथालोड्य तोयेन कलभाषिणी

uñchavṛttyārjitānbījānsvayaṃ dṛṣṭvā ca sā tadā bījapiṣṭamathāloḍya toyena kalabhāṣiṇī

Then she of sweet speech, having herself looked over the grains gathered by gleaning, mixed the ground grain-flour with water,

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SiP 7.1 34.19

एह्येहि मम पुत्रेति सामपूर्वं ततस्सुतम् आलिंग्यादाय दुःखार्ता प्रददौ कृत्रिमं पयः

ehyehi mama putreti sāmapūrvaṃ tatassutam āliṃgyādāya duḥkhārtā pradadau kṛtrimaṃ payaḥ

and saying "Come, come, my son," with gentle words she took and embraced her son, and, stricken with grief, gave him the artificial milk.

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SiP 7.1 34.20

पीत्वा च कृत्रिमं क्षीरं मात्रां दत्तं स बालकः नैतत्क्षीरमिति प्राह मातरं चातिविह्वलः

pītvā ca kṛtrimaṃ kṣīraṃ mātrāṃ dattaṃ sa bālakaḥ naitatkṣīramiti prāha mātaraṃ cātivihvalaḥ

And having drunk the artificial milk given by his mother, that boy, greatly agitated, said to his mother, "This is not milk."

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SiP 7.1 34.21

दुःखिता सा तदा प्राह संप्रेक्ष्याघ्राय मूर्धनि समार्ज्य नेत्र पुत्रस्य कराभ्यां कमलायते

duḥkhitā sā tadā prāha saṃprekṣyāghrāya mūrdhani samārjya netra putrasya karābhyāṃ kamalāyate

Then she, grieved, gazing at him and kissing him on the head, wiping her son's lotus-like eyes with both hands, spoke:

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SiP 7.1 34.22

जनन्युवाच तटिनी रत्नपूर्णास्तास्स्वर्गपातालगोचराः भाग्यहीना न पश्यन्ति भक्तिहीनाश्च ये शिवे

jananyuvāca taṭinī ratnapūrṇāstāssvargapātālagocarāḥ bhāgyahīnā na paśyanti bhaktihīnāśca ye śive

The mother said: There are rivers full of jewels in heaven and in the netherworld; those bereft of good fortune do not see them, nor do those who lack devotion to Śiva.

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SiP 7.1 34.23

राज्यं स्वर्गं च मोक्षं च भोजनं क्षीरसंभवम् न लभन्ते प्रियाण्येषां न तुष्यति यदा शिवः

rājyaṃ svargaṃ ca mokṣaṃ ca bhojanaṃ kṣīrasaṃbhavam na labhante priyāṇyeṣāṃ na tuṣyati yadā śivaḥ

Kingdom, heaven, liberation, and food made of milk—these dear things they do not obtain, when Śiva is not pleased.

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SiP 7.1 34.24

भवप्रसादजं सर्वं नान्यद्देवप्रसादजम् अन्यदेवेषु निरता दुःखार्ता विभ्रमन्ति च

bhavaprasādajaṃ sarvaṃ nānyaddevaprasādajam anyadeveṣu niratā duḥkhārtā vibhramanti ca

Everything arises from Bhava's grace, nothing else arises from the grace of (other) gods; those attached to other gods wander about afflicted with sorrow.

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SiP 7.1 34.25

क्षीरं तत्र कुतो ऽस्माकं वने निवसतां सदा क्व दुग्धसाधनं वत्स क्व वयं वनवासिनः

kṣīraṃ tatra kuto 'smākaṃ vane nivasatāṃ sadā kva dugdhasādhanaṃ vatsa kva vayaṃ vanavāsinaḥ

Where is milk for us there, who dwell always in the forest? Where are the means of milk, child, and where are we, forest-dwellers?

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SiP 7.1 34.26

कृत्स्नाभावेन दारिद्र्यान्मया ते भाग्यहीनया मिथ्यादुग्धमिदं दत्तम्पिष्टमालोड्य वारिणा

kṛtsnābhāvena dāridryānmayā te bhāgyahīnayā mithyādugdhamidaṃ dattampiṣṭamāloḍya vāriṇā

Because of the total absence (of means), out of poverty, by me, bereft of good fortune, this false milk was given to you, flour stirred up with water.

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SiP 7.1 34.27

त्वं मातुलगृहे स्वल्पं पीत्वा स्वादु पयः शृतम् ज्ञात्वा स्वादु त्वया पीतं तज्जातीयमनुस्मरन्

tvaṃ mātulagṛhe svalpaṃ pītvā svādu payaḥ śṛtam jñātvā svādu tvayā pītaṃ tajjātīyamanusmaran

You, having drunk a little sweet boiled milk in your uncle's house, and knowing what you drank to be sweet, remembering that kind of thing,

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SiP 7.1 34.28

दत्तं न पय इत्युक्त्वा रुदन् दुःखीकरोषि माम् प्रसादेन विना शंभो पयस्तव न विद्यते

dattaṃ na paya ityuktvā rudan duḥkhīkaroṣi mām prasādena vinā śaṃbho payastava na vidyate

say "What is given is not milk," and weeping you make me sorrowful. Without the grace of Śambhu, there is no milk for you.

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SiP 7.1 34.29

पादपंकजयोस्तस्य साम्बस्य सगणस्य च भक्त्या समर्पितं यत्तत्कारणं सर्वसम्पदाम्

pādapaṃkajayostasya sāmbasya sagaṇasya ca bhaktyā samarpitaṃ yattatkāraṇaṃ sarvasampadām

Whatever is offered with devotion at the two lotus feet of him, Sāmba with his hosts, that is the cause of all prosperity.

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SiP 7.1 34.30

अधुना वसुदोस्माभिर्महादेवो न पूजितः सकामानां यथाकामं यथोक्तफलदायकः

adhunā vasudosmābhirmahādevo na pūjitaḥ sakāmānāṃ yathākāmaṃ yathoktaphaladāyakaḥ

Up to now Mahādeva, the giver of wealth, has not been worshipped by us—he who gives to those who have desires the fruits they wish for, as promised.

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SiP 7.1 34.31

धनान्युद्दिश्य नास्माभिरितः प्रागर्चितः शिवः अतो दरिद्रास्संजाता वयं तस्मान्न ते पयः

dhanānyuddiśya nāsmābhiritaḥ prāgarcitaḥ śivaḥ ato daridrāssaṃjātā vayaṃ tasmānna te payaḥ

Before this we did not worship Śiva with wealth as our aim; therefore we have become poor, and therefore there is no milk for you.

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SiP 7.1 34.32

पूर्वजन्मनि यद्दत्तं शिवमुद्दिश्य वै सुतः तदेव लभ्यते नान्यद्विष्णुमुद्दिश्य वा प्रभुम्

pūrvajanmani yaddattaṃ śivamuddiśya vai sutaḥ tadeva labhyate nānyadviṣṇumuddiśya vā prabhum

Whatever, my son, was given in a former birth with Śiva as its aim — that alone is obtained, and nothing else, or (what was given) with Lord Viṣṇu as its aim.

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SiP 7.1 34.33

वायुरुवाच इति मातृवचः श्रुत्वा तथ्यं शोकादिसूचकम् बालो ऽप्यनुतपन्नंतः प्रगल्भमिदमब्रवीत्

vāyuruvāca iti mātṛvacaḥ śrutvā tathyaṃ śokādisūcakam bālo 'pyanutapannaṃtaḥ pragalbhamidamabravīt

Vāyu said: Hearing this true speech of his mother, which betrayed her grief and the rest, the boy, though inwardly pained, spoke this boldly.

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SiP 7.1 34.34

५४२अ उपमन्युरुवाच शोकेनालमितो मतः सांबो यद्यस्ति शंकरः त्यज शोकं महाभागे सर्वं भद्रं भविष्यति

542a upamanyuruvāca śokenālamito mataḥ sāṃbo yadyasti śaṃkaraḥ tyaja śokaṃ mahābhāge sarvaṃ bhadraṃ bhaviṣyati

Upamanyu said: Enough of grief! From this it follows: if Śaṃkara with Ambā exists, then give up grief, O greatly blessed lady; all will turn out well.

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SiP 7.1 34.35

शृणु मातर्वचो मेद्य महादेवो ऽस्ति चेत्क्वचित् चिराद्वा ह्यचिराद्वापि क्षीरोदं साधयाम्यहम्

śṛṇu mātarvaco medya mahādevo 'sti cetkvacit cirādvā hyacirādvāpi kṣīrodaṃ sādhayāmyaham

Hear my word, mother: if Mahādeva exists anywhere at all, then sooner or later I shall bring about an ocean of milk.

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SiP 7.1 34.36

वायुरुवाच इति श्रुत्वा वचस्तस्य बालकस्य महामतेः प्रय्तुवाच तदा माता सुप्रसन्ना मनस्विनी

vāyuruvāca iti śrutvā vacastasya bālakasya mahāmateḥ praytuvāca tadā mātā suprasannā manasvinī

Vāyu said: Having heard this speech of that boy of great mind, the mother, greatly pleased and resolute, then replied.

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SiP 7.1 34.37

मातोवाच शुभं विचारितं तात त्वया मत्प्रीतिवर्धनम् विलंबं मा कथास्त्वं हि भज सांबं सदाशिवम्

mātovāca śubhaṃ vicāritaṃ tāta tvayā matprītivardhanam vilaṃbaṃ mā kathāstvaṃ hi bhaja sāṃbaṃ sadāśivam

The mother said: Well have you considered, dear child, in a way that increases my joy. Do not make delay; worship Sadāśiva together with Ambā.

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SiP 7.1 34.38

सर्वस्मादधिको ऽस्त्येव शिवः परमकारणम् तत्कृतं हि जगत्सर्वं ब्रह्माद्यास्तस्य किंकराः

sarvasmādadhiko 'styeva śivaḥ paramakāraṇam tatkṛtaṃ hi jagatsarvaṃ brahmādyāstasya kiṃkarāḥ

Śiva alone is higher than all, the supreme cause; for all this world is made by him, and Brahmā and the rest are his servants.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SiP 7.1 34.39

तत्प्रसादकृतैश्वर्या दासास्तस्य वयं प्रभोः तं विनान्यं न जानीमश्शंकरं लोकशंकरम्

tatprasādakṛtaiśvaryā dāsāstasya vayaṃ prabhoḥ taṃ vinānyaṃ na jānīmaśśaṃkaraṃ lokaśaṃkaram

Their lordship is made by his grace; we are servants of that Lord. Apart from him we know no other Śaṃkara, the benefactor of the worlds.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SiP 7.1 34.40

अन्यान्देवान्परित्यज्य कर्मणा मनसा गिरा तमेव सांबं सगणं भज भावपुरस्सरम्

anyāndevānparityajya karmaṇā manasā girā tameva sāṃbaṃ sagaṇaṃ bhaja bhāvapurassaram

Abandoning the other gods in deed, in mind and in speech, worship him alone, Sāmba with his hosts, putting devout feeling foremost.

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SiP 7.1 34.41

तस्य देवाधिदेवस्य शिवस्य वरदायिनः साक्षान्नमश्शिवायेति मंत्रो ऽयं वाचकः स्मृतः

tasya devādhidevasya śivasya varadāyinaḥ sākṣānnamaśśivāyeti maṃtro 'yaṃ vācakaḥ smṛtaḥ

Of that god of gods, Śiva the giver of boons, this mantra 'namaḥ śivāya' is held to be the direct expression.

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SiP 7.1 34.42

सप्तकोटिमहामंत्राः सर्वे सप्रणवाः परे तस्मिन्नेव विलीयंते पुनस्तस्माद्विनिर्गताः

saptakoṭimahāmaṃtrāḥ sarve sapraṇavāḥ pare tasminneva vilīyaṃte punastasmādvinirgatāḥ

The seven crore great mantras, all of them supreme and joined with the praṇava, dissolve in that very (mantra), and again issue forth from it.

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SiP 7.1 34.43

सप्रसादाश्च ते मंत्राः स्वाधिकाराद्यपेक्षया सर्वाधिकारस्त्वेको ऽयं मंत्र एवेश्वराज्ञया

saprasādāśca te maṃtrāḥ svādhikārādyapekṣayā sarvādhikārastveko 'yaṃ maṃtra eveśvarājñayā

And those mantras have their efficacy in accordance with their own sphere of authority and so forth; but this one mantra alone has authority over all, by the Lord's command.

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SiP 7.1 34.44

यथा निकृष्टानुत्कृष्टान्सर्वानप्यात्मनः शिवः क्षमते रक्षितुं तद्वन्मंत्रो ऽयमपि सर्वदा

yathā nikṛṣṭānutkṛṣṭānsarvānapyātmanaḥ śivaḥ kṣamate rakṣituṃ tadvanmaṃtro 'yamapi sarvadā

Just as Śiva is able to protect all, the low and the high alike, as his own, so too is this mantra, at all times.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SiP 7.1 34.45

प्रबलश्च तथा ह्येष मंत्रो मन्त्रान्तरादपि सर्वरक्षाक्षमो ऽप्येष नापरः कश्चिदिष्यते

prabalaśca tathā hyeṣa maṃtro mantrāntarādapi sarvarakṣākṣamo 'pyeṣa nāparaḥ kaścidiṣyate

And this mantra is thus more powerful even than any other mantra; it alone is able to protect all, and no other is held (to be so).

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SiP 7.1 34.46

तस्मान्मन्त्रान्तरांस्त्यक्त्वा पञ्चाक्षरपरो भव तस्मिञ्जिह्वांतरगते न किंचिदिह दुर्लभम्

tasmānmantrāntarāṃstyaktvā pañcākṣaraparo bhava tasmiñjihvāṃtaragate na kiṃcidiha durlabham

Therefore, giving up other mantras, be devoted to the five-syllabled one; when it is set upon the tongue, nothing here is hard to obtain.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SiP 7.1 34.47

अधोरास्त्रं च शैवानां रक्षाहेतुरनुत्तमम् तच्च तत्प्रभवं मत्वा तत्परो भव नान्यथा

adhorāstraṃ ca śaivānāṃ rakṣāheturanuttamam tacca tatprabhavaṃ matvā tatparo bhava nānyathā

And the Aghora weapon is the unsurpassed means of protection for the Śaivas; knowing that too to have arisen from him, be devoted to it, not otherwise.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SiP 7.1 34.48

भस्मेदन्तु मया लब्धं पितुरेव तवोत्तमम् विरजानलसंसिद्धं महाव्यापन्निवारणम्

bhasmedantu mayā labdhaṃ pitureva tavottamam virajānalasaṃsiddhaṃ mahāvyāpannivāraṇam

And this ash was obtained by me from your father himself — excellent, perfected in the pure (smokeless) fire, warding off great calamity.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SiP 7.1 34.49

मंत्रं च ते मया दत्तं गृहाण मदनुज्ञया अनेनैवाशु जप्तेन रक्षा तव भविष्यति

maṃtraṃ ca te mayā dattaṃ gṛhāṇa madanujñayā anenaivāśu japtena rakṣā tava bhaviṣyati

And take the mantra given to you by me, with my permission; by merely muttering it at once, protection will be yours.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SiP 7.1 34.50

वायुरुवाच एवं मात्रा समादिश्य शिवमस्त्वित्युदीर्य च विसृष्टस्तद्वचो मूर्ध्नि कुर्वन्नेव तदा मुनिः

vāyuruvāca evaṃ mātrā samādiśya śivamastvityudīrya ca visṛṣṭastadvaco mūrdhni kurvanneva tadā muniḥ

Vāyu said: Thus instructed by his mother and dismissed with the words 'may there be good fortune', the sage then took her speech upon his head.

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SiP 7.1 34.51

तां प्रणम्यैवमुक्त्वा च तपः कर्तुं प्रचक्रमे तमाह च तदा माता शुभं कुर्वंतु ते सुराः

tāṃ praṇamyaivamuktvā ca tapaḥ kartuṃ pracakrame tamāha ca tadā mātā śubhaṃ kurvaṃtu te surāḥ

Having bowed to her and spoken thus, he set out to perform austerity; and then his mother said to him: "May the gods bring about your welfare."

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SiP 7.1 34.52

अनुज्ञातस्तया तत्र तपस्तेपे स दुश्चरम् हिमवत्पर्वतं प्राप्य वायुभक्षः समाहितः

anujñātastayā tatra tapastepe sa duścaram himavatparvataṃ prāpya vāyubhakṣaḥ samāhitaḥ

Permitted by her, he performed severe austerity there: having reached the Himālaya mountain, feeding on air, with concentrated mind.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SiP 7.1 34.53

अष्टेष्टकाभिः प्रसादं कृत्वा लिंगं च मृन्मयम् तत्रावाह्य महादेवं सांबं सगणमव्ययम्

aṣṭeṣṭakābhiḥ prasādaṃ kṛtvā liṃgaṃ ca mṛnmayam tatrāvāhya mahādevaṃ sāṃbaṃ sagaṇamavyayam

Having made a shrine with eight bricks and a liṅga of clay, having invoked there the Great God, the imperishable one, together with Ambā and with his hosts —

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SiP 7.1 34.54

५४२ब् भक्त्या पञ्चाक्षरेणैव पुत्रैः पुष्पैर्वनोद्भवैः समभ्यर्च्य चिरं कालं चचार परमं तपः

542b bhaktyā pañcākṣareṇaiva putraiḥ puṣpairvanodbhavaiḥ samabhyarcya ciraṃ kālaṃ cacāra paramaṃ tapaḥ

having worshipped (him) with devotion, with the five-syllable (mantra), with pure(?) flowers grown in the forest, he practised the highest austerity for a long time.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

SiP 7.1 34.55

ततस्तपश्चरत्तं तं बालमेकाकिनं कृशम् उपमन्युं द्विजवरं शिवसंसक्तमानसम्

tatastapaścarattaṃ taṃ bālamekākinaṃ kṛśam upamanyuṃ dvijavaraṃ śivasaṃsaktamānasam

Then (they saw) him, that boy practising austerity, alone and emaciated, Upamanyu, best of the twice-born, his mind fixed on Śiva —

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SiP 7.1 34.56

पुरा मरीचिना शप्ताः केचिन्मुनिपिशाचकाः संपीड्य राक्षसैर्भावैस्तपसोविघ्नमाचरन्

purā marīcinā śaptāḥ kecinmunipiśācakāḥ saṃpīḍya rākṣasairbhāvaistapasovighnamācaran

certain goblin-ascetics, formerly cursed by Marīci, tormenting (him) with demonic dispositions, caused an obstruction to his austerity.

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SiP 7.1 34.57

स च तैः पीड्यमानो ऽपि तपः कुर्वन्कथञ्चन सदा नमः शिवायेति क्रोशति स्मार्तनादवत्

sa ca taiḥ pīḍyamāno 'pi tapaḥ kurvankathañcana sadā namaḥ śivāyeti krośati smārtanādavat

And he, though tormented by them, somehow continuing his austerity, always cried out "Homage to Śiva!" like the sound of the smārta (recitation).

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SiP 7.1 34.58

तन्नादश्रवणादेव तपसो विघ्नकारिणः ते तं बालं समुत्सृज्य मुनयस्समुपाचरन्

tannādaśravaṇādeva tapaso vighnakāriṇaḥ te taṃ bālaṃ samutsṛjya munayassamupācaran

Merely from hearing that sound, those sages who were causing obstruction to his austerity let the boy go and behaved well (toward him).

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SiP 7.1 34.59

तपसा तस्य विप्रस्य चोपमन्योर्महात्मनः चराचरं च मुनयः प्रदीपितमभूज्जगत्

tapasā tasya viprasya copamanyormahātmanaḥ carācaraṃ ca munayaḥ pradīpitamabhūjjagat

And by the austerity of that brahmin, the great-souled Upamanyu, O sages, the world with its moving and unmoving (beings) became set ablaze.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition