Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Purva Bhaga — Chapter 4
SiP 7.1 4.1
इति श्रीशिवमहापुराणे सप्तम्यां वायवीयसंहितायां पूर्वखण्डे नैमिषोपाख्यानं नाम तृतीयो ऽध्यायः छप्तेर् ४ सूत उवाच तस्मिन्देशे महाभागा मुनयश्शंसितव्रताः अर्चयंतो महादेवं सत्रमारेभिरे तदा
iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe saptamyāṃ vāyavīyasaṃhitāyāṃ pūrvakhaṇḍe naimiṣopākhyānaṃ nāma tṛtīyo 'dhyāyaḥ chapter 4 sūta uvāca tasmindeśe mahābhāgā munayaśśaṃsitavratāḥ arcayaṃto mahādevaṃ satramārebhire tadā
Thus the third chapter, called "The Tale of Naimiṣa," in the earlier section of the Vāyavīya Saṃhitā, the seventh (saṃhitā), in the glorious Śiva Mahāpurāṇa. Chapter 4. Sūta said: In that place the greatly blessed sages, of praised vows, worshipping Mahādeva, then began a sacrificial session.
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SiP 7.1 4.2
तच्च सत्रं प्रववृते सर्वाश्चर्यं महर्षिणाम् १ विश्वं सिसृक्षमाणानां पुरा विश्वसृजामिव
tacca satraṃ pravavṛte sarvāścaryaṃ maharṣiṇām 1 viśvaṃ sisṛkṣamāṇānāṃ purā viśvasṛjāmiva
And that session of the great seers proceeded, a wonder to all, as (did that) of the creators of the universe of old, who wished to bring forth the universe.
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SiP 7.1 4.3
अथ काले गते सत्रे समाप्ते भूरिदक्षिणे पितामहनियोगेन वायुस्तत्रागमत्स्वयम्
atha kāle gate satre samāpte bhūridakṣiṇe pitāmahaniyogena vāyustatrāgamatsvayam
Then, when time had passed and the session, with abundant priestly fees, was completed, by the Grandfather's command Vāyu himself came there.
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SiP 7.1 4.4
शिष्यस्स्वयंभुवो देवस्सर्वप्रत्यक्षदृग्वशी आज्ञायां मरुतो यस्य संस्थितास्सप्तसप्तकाः
śiṣyassvayaṃbhuvo devassarvapratyakṣadṛgvaśī ājñāyāṃ maruto yasya saṃsthitāssaptasaptakāḥ
(He was) the disciple of the Self-existent, a god who sees everything directly, self-controlled, at whose command stand the forty-nine (seven times seven) Maruts.
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SiP 7.1 4.5
१ दीर्घाभाव आर्षः ५०५ब् प्रेरयञ्छश्वदंगानि प्राणाद्याभिः स्ववृत्तिभिः सर्वभूतशरीराणां कुरुते यश्च धारणम्
1 dīrghābhāva ārṣaḥ 505b prerayañchaśvadaṃgāni prāṇādyābhiḥ svavṛttibhiḥ sarvabhūtaśarīrāṇāṃ kurute yaśca dhāraṇam
[Printed note: "the absence of the long vowel is a Vedic usage"; page 505b] — and (he) who, ever impelling the limbs by his own functions beginning with prāṇa, effects the sustaining of the bodies of all beings.
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SiP 7.1 4.6
अणिमादिभिरष्टाभिरैश्वर्यैश्च समन्वितः तिर्यक्कालादिभिर्मेध्यैर्भुवनानि बिभर्ति यः
aṇimādibhiraṣṭābhiraiśvaryaiśca samanvitaḥ tiryakkālādibhirmedhyairbhuvanāni bibharti yaḥ
(He) who is endowed with the eight lordly powers beginning with aṇiman, and who upholds the worlds with the pure (winds) that move crosswise, and with kāla and the rest.
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SiP 7.1 4.7
आकाशयोनिर्द्विगुणः स्पर्शशब्दसमन्वयात् तेजसां प्रकृतिश्चेति यमाहुस्तत्त्वचिंतकाः
ākāśayonirdviguṇaḥ sparśaśabdasamanvayāt tejasāṃ prakṛtiśceti yamāhustattvaciṃtakāḥ
(He) whom the ponderers on the categories call the one born from ether, twofold, since touch and sound are conjoined in him, and the origin of the fiery elements.
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SiP 7.1 4.8
तमाश्रमगतं दृष्ट्वा मुनयो दीर्घसत्रिणः पितामहवचः स्मृत्वा प्रहर्षमतुलं ययुः
tamāśramagataṃ dṛṣṭvā munayo dīrghasatriṇaḥ pitāmahavacaḥ smṛtvā praharṣamatulaṃ yayuḥ
Seeing him come to the hermitage, the sages engaged in the long session, remembering the Grandfather's words, felt incomparable delight.
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SiP 7.1 4.9
अभ्युत्थाय ततस्सर्वे प्रणम्यांबरसंभवम् चामीकरमयं तस्मै विष्टरं समकल्पयन्
abhyutthāya tatassarve praṇamyāṃbarasaṃbhavam cāmīkaramayaṃ tasmai viṣṭaraṃ samakalpayan
Then all of them rose up and, bowing to the one born of the sky, prepared for him a seat made of gold.
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SiP 7.1 4.10
सोपि तत्र समासीनो मुनिभिस्सम्यगर्चितः प्रतिनंद्य च तान् सर्वान् पप्रच्छ कुशलं ततः
sopi tatra samāsīno munibhissamyagarcitaḥ pratinaṃdya ca tān sarvān papraccha kuśalaṃ tataḥ
He too, seated there and duly honoured by the sages, greeted them all in return and then asked after their welfare.
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SiP 7.1 4.11
वायुरुवाच अत्र वः कुशलं विप्राः कच्चिद्वृत्ते महाक्रतौ कच्चिद्यज्ञहनो दैत्या न बाधेरन्सुरद्विषः
vāyuruvāca atra vaḥ kuśalaṃ viprāḥ kaccidvṛtte mahākratau kaccidyajñahano daityā na bādheransuradviṣaḥ
Vāyu said: Is it well with you here, brahmins? Has the great sacrifice proceeded (properly)? Did the demons, destroyers of sacrifice, haters of the gods, not obstruct (it)?
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SiP 7.1 4.12
प्रायश्चित्तं दुरिष्टं वा न कच्चित्समजायत स्तोत्रशस्त्रगृहैर्देवान् पित्ःन् पित्र्यैश्च कर्मभिः
prāyaścittaṃ duriṣṭaṃ vā na kaccitsamajāyata stotraśastragṛhairdevān pitḥn pitryaiśca karmabhiḥ
Did no need for expiation arise, or any faulty offering? (Did you worship) the gods with hymns and the śastra recitations, and the ancestors with the rites for the fathers—
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SiP 7.1 4.13
कच्चिदभ्यर्च्य युष्माभिर्विधिरासीत्स्वनुष्ठितः निवृत्ते च महासत्रे पश्चात्किं वश्चिकीर्षितम्
kaccidabhyarcya yuṣmābhirvidhirāsītsvanuṣṭhitaḥ nivṛtte ca mahāsatre paścātkiṃ vaścikīrṣitam
—having worshipped (them), was the procedure well carried out by you? And now that the great sacrificial session has ended, what do you intend to do next?
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SiP 7.1 4.14
इत्युक्ता मुनयः सर्वे वायुना शिवभाविना प्रहृष्टमनसः पूताः प्रत्यूचुर्विनयान्विताः
ityuktā munayaḥ sarve vāyunā śivabhāvinā prahṛṣṭamanasaḥ pūtāḥ pratyūcurvinayānvitāḥ
Thus addressed by Vāyu, who has the nature of Śiva, all the sages, purified and with delighted minds, replied with humility.
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SiP 7.1 4.15
मुनय ऊचुः अद्य नः कुशलं सर्वमद्य साधु भवेत्तपः अस्मच्छ्रेयोभिवृद्ध्यर्थं भवानत्रागतो यतः
munaya ūcuḥ adya naḥ kuśalaṃ sarvamadya sādhu bhavettapaḥ asmacchreyobhivṛddhyarthaṃ bhavānatrāgato yataḥ
The sages said: Today all is well with us; today our austerity will be fruitful, since you have come here for the increase of our welfare.
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SiP 7.1 4.16
शृणु चेदं पुरावृत्तं तमसाक्रांतमानसैः उपासितः पुरास्माभिर्विज्ञानार्थं प्रजापतिः
śṛṇu cedaṃ purāvṛttaṃ tamasākrāṃtamānasaiḥ upāsitaḥ purāsmābhirvijñānārthaṃ prajāpatiḥ
And hear this that happened long ago: formerly, when our minds were overcome by darkness, we attended upon Prajāpati for the sake of knowledge.
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SiP 7.1 4.17
सोप्यस्माननुगृह्याह शरण्यश्शरणागतान् सर्वस्मादधिको रुद्रो विप्राः परमकारणम्
sopyasmānanugṛhyāha śaraṇyaśśaraṇāgatān sarvasmādadhiko rudro viprāḥ paramakāraṇam
And he, the giver of refuge, favouring us who had come for refuge, said: "Rudra, brahmins, is higher than all, the supreme cause.
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SiP 7.1 4.18
तमप्रतर्क्यं याथात्म्यं भक्तिमानेव पश्यति भक्तिश्चास्य प्रसादेन प्रसादादेव निर्वृतिः
tamapratarkyaṃ yāthātmyaṃ bhaktimāneva paśyati bhaktiścāsya prasādena prasādādeva nirvṛtiḥ
Him, who is beyond reasoning, in his true nature only the devoted man sees; and devotion (comes) by his grace, and from grace alone (comes) liberation.
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SiP 7.1 4.19
तस्मादस्य प्रसादार्थं नैमिषे सत्रयोगतः यजध्वं दीर्घसत्रेण रुद्रं परमकारणम्
tasmādasya prasādārthaṃ naimiṣe satrayogataḥ yajadhvaṃ dīrghasatreṇa rudraṃ paramakāraṇam
Therefore, for the sake of his grace, by undertaking a sacrificial session at Naimiṣa, worship with a long session Rudra, the supreme cause.
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SiP 7.1 4.20
तत्प्रसादेन सत्रांते वायुस्तत्रागमिष्यति तन्मुखाज्ज्ञानलाभो वस्तत्र श्रेयो भविष्यति
tatprasādena satrāṃte vāyustatrāgamiṣyati tanmukhājjñānalābho vastatra śreyo bhaviṣyati
By his grace, at the end of the session Vāyu will come there; from his mouth you will gain knowledge, and therein will be your welfare."
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SiP 7.1 4.21
इत्यादिश्य वयं सर्वे प्रेषिता परमेष्ठिना अस्मिन्देशे महाभाग तवागमनकांक्षिणः
ityādiśya vayaṃ sarve preṣitā parameṣṭhinā asmindeśe mahābhāga tavāgamanakāṃkṣiṇaḥ
Having thus instructed (us), we were all sent by the Highest One; (and) in this place, O greatly blessed one, longing for your coming,
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SiP 7.1 4.22
दीर्घसत्रं समासीना दिव्यवर्षसहस्रकम् अतस्तवागमादन्यत्प्रार्थ्यं नो नास्ति किंचन
dīrghasatraṃ samāsīnā divyavarṣasahasrakam atastavāgamādanyatprārthyaṃ no nāsti kiṃcana
we have been seated at the long session for a thousand divine years. Hence there is nothing whatever for us to pray for other than your arrival.
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SiP 7.1 4.23
इत्याकर्ण्य पुरावृत्तमृषीणां दीर्घसत्रिणाम् वायुः प्रीतमना भूत्वा तत्रासीन्मुनिसंवृतः
ityākarṇya purāvṛttamṛṣīṇāṃ dīrghasatriṇām vāyuḥ prītamanā bhūtvā tatrāsīnmunisaṃvṛtaḥ
Having heard thus the past history of the sages performing the long session, Vāyu became pleased in mind and remained there surrounded by the sages.
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SiP 7.1 4.24
ततस्तैर्मुनिभिः पृष्टस्तेषां भावविवृद्धये सर्गादि शार्वमैश्वर्यं समासाद वदद्विभुः
tatastairmunibhiḥ pṛṣṭasteṣāṃ bhāvavivṛddhaye sargādi śārvamaiśvaryaṃ samāsāda vadadvibhuḥ
Then, questioned by those sages, the mighty one, for the increase of their devotion, spoke in brief of Śarva's sovereignty, beginning with creation.
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