Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Purva Bhaga — Chapter 8
SiP 7.1 8.1
इति श्रीशिवमहापुराणे सप्तम्यां वायवीयसंहितायां पूर्वखण्डे कालमहिमवर्णनं नाम सप्तमो ऽध्यायः छप्तेर् ८ ऋषय ऊचुः केन मानेन कालेस्मिन्नायुस्संख्या प्रकल्प्यते संख्यारूपस्य कालस्य कः पुनः परमो ऽवधिः
iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe saptamyāṃ vāyavīyasaṃhitāyāṃ pūrvakhaṇḍe kālamahimavarṇanaṃ nāma saptamo 'dhyāyaḥ chapter 8 ṛṣaya ūcuḥ kena mānena kālesminnāyussaṃkhyā prakalpyate saṃkhyārūpasya kālasya kaḥ punaḥ paramo 'vadhiḥ
Thus the seventh chapter, called "The Description of the Greatness of Time," in the earlier section of the Vāyavīya Saṃhitā, the seventh (saṃhitā) in the glorious Śiva Mahāpurāṇa. Chapter 8. The seers said: By what measure is the reckoning of lifespan here computed in time? And what is the utmost limit of time that consists of number?
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SiP 7.1 8.2
वायुरुवाच आयुषो ऽत्र निमेषाख्यमाद्यमानं प्रचक्षते संख्यारूपस्य कालस्य शांत्त्वतीतकलावधि
vāyuruvāca āyuṣo 'tra nimeṣākhyamādyamānaṃ pracakṣate saṃkhyārūpasya kālasya śāṃttvatītakalāvadhi
Vāyu said: They declare that the first measure of lifespan here is that called the nimeṣa (blink); the limit of time that consists of number is the kalā beyond the (state) called Śānta.
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SiP 7.1 8.3
अक्षिपक्ष्मपरिक्षेपो निमेषः परिकल्पितः तादृशानां निमेषाणां काष्ठा दश च पञ्च च
akṣipakṣmaparikṣepo nimeṣaḥ parikalpitaḥ tādṛśānāṃ nimeṣāṇāṃ kāṣṭhā daśa ca pañca ca
The sweep of an eyelash is reckoned as a nimeṣa; fifteen such nimeṣas make a kāṣṭhā.
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SiP 7.1 8.4
काष्ठांस्त्रिंशत्कला नाम कलांस्त्रिंशन्मुहूर्तकः मुहूर्तानामपि त्रिंशदहोरात्रं प्रचक्षते
kāṣṭhāṃstriṃśatkalā nāma kalāṃstriṃśanmuhūrtakaḥ muhūrtānāmapi triṃśadahorātraṃ pracakṣate
Thirty kāṣṭhās are called a kalā, thirty kalās a muhūrta; and thirty muhūrtas they declare to be a day-and-night.
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SiP 7.1 8.5
त्रिंशत्संख्यैरहोरात्रैर्मासः पक्षद्वयात्मकः
triṃśatsaṃkhyairahorātrairmāsaḥ pakṣadvayātmakaḥ
By thirty days-and-nights (is made) a month, consisting of two fortnights.
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SiP 7.1 8.6
ज्ञेयं पित्र्यमहोरात्रं मासः कृष्णसितात्मकः
jñeyaṃ pitryamahorātraṃ māsaḥ kṛṣṇasitātmakaḥ
The month, made of the dark and bright (halves), is to be known as a day-and-night of the ancestors.
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SiP 7.1 8.7
मासैस्तैरयनं षड्भिर्वर्षं द्वे चायनं मतम् लौकिकेनैव मानेन अब्दो यो मानुषः स्मृतः
māsaistairayanaṃ ṣaḍbhirvarṣaṃ dve cāyanaṃ matam laukikenaiva mānena abdo yo mānuṣaḥ smṛtaḥ
By six of those months (is made) an ayana, and two ayanas are held to be a year; by the ordinary measure that is what is remembered as a human year.
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SiP 7.1 8.8
एतद्दिव्यमहोरात्रमिति शास्त्रस्य निश्चयः दक्षिणं चायनं रात्रिस्तथोदगयनं दिनम्
etaddivyamahorātramiti śāstrasya niścayaḥ dakṣiṇaṃ cāyanaṃ rātristathodagayanaṃ dinam
This is a divine day-and-night: such is the determination of the scripture; the southern course is the night, and likewise the northern course is the day.
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SiP 7.1 8.9
मासस्त्रिंशदहोरात्रैर्दिव्यो मानुषवत्स्मृतः संवत्सरो ऽपि देवानां मासैर्द्वादशभिस्तथा
māsastriṃśadahorātrairdivyo mānuṣavatsmṛtaḥ saṃvatsaro 'pi devānāṃ māsairdvādaśabhistathā
A divine month, of thirty days-and-nights, is reckoned as in the human (case); and a year of the gods likewise (is made) of twelve months.
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SiP 7.1 8.10
त्रीणि वर्षशतान्येव षष्टिवर्षयुतान्यपि दिव्यस्संवत्सरो ज्ञेयो मानुषेण प्रकीर्तितः
trīṇi varṣaśatānyeva ṣaṣṭivarṣayutānyapi divyassaṃvatsaro jñeyo mānuṣeṇa prakīrtitaḥ
Three hundred years together with sixty years — so is a divine year to be known, when declared in human (reckoning).
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SiP 7.1 8.11
दिव्येनैव प्रमाणेन युगसंख्या प्रवर्तते चत्वारि भारते वर्षे युगानि कवयो विदुः
divyenaiva pramāṇena yugasaṃkhyā pravartate catvāri bhārate varṣe yugāni kavayo viduḥ
By the divine measure alone the reckoning of the yugas proceeds; the wise know four yugas in the land of Bharata.
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SiP 7.1 8.12
पूर्वं कृतयुगं नाम ततस्त्रेता विधीयते द्वापरं च कलिश्चैव युगान्येतानि कृत्स्नशः
pūrvaṃ kṛtayugaṃ nāma tatastretā vidhīyate dvāparaṃ ca kaliścaiva yugānyetāni kṛtsnaśaḥ
First is the one named Kṛta Yuga, then Tretā is laid down, and Dvāpara and Kali — these are the yugas in their entirety.
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SiP 7.1 8.13
चत्वारि तु सहस्राणि वर्षाणां तत्कृतं युगम् तस्य तावच्छतीसंध्या संध्यांशश्च तथाविधः
catvāri tu sahasrāṇi varṣāṇāṃ tatkṛtaṃ yugam tasya tāvacchatīsaṃdhyā saṃdhyāṃśaśca tathāvidhaḥ
Four thousand years — that is the Kṛta Yuga; its twilight is as many hundreds, and its twilight-portion is of the same measure.
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SiP 7.1 8.14
इतरेषु ससंध्येषु ससंध्यांशेषु च त्रिषु एकापायेन वर्तंते सहस्राणि शतानि च
itareṣu sasaṃdhyeṣu sasaṃdhyāṃśeṣu ca triṣu ekāpāyena vartaṃte sahasrāṇi śatāni ca
In the other three, with their twilights and twilight-portions, the thousands and hundreds proceed by a decrease of one (each).
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SiP 7.1 8.15
एतद्द्वादशसाहस्रं साधिकं च चतुर्युगम् चतुर्युगसहस्रं यत्संकल्प इति कथ्यते
etaddvādaśasāhasraṃ sādhikaṃ ca caturyugam caturyugasahasraṃ yatsaṃkalpa iti kathyate
This set of four yugas is twelve thousand (years) and more; and a thousand such sets of four yugas is called a kalpa.
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SiP 7.1 8.16
चतुर्युगैकसप्तत्या मनोरंतरमुच्यते कल्पे चतुर्दशैकस्मिन्मनूनां परिवृत्तयः
caturyugaikasaptatyā manoraṃtaramucyate kalpe caturdaśaikasminmanūnāṃ parivṛttayaḥ
By seventy-one sets of four yugas a manvantara is spoken of; in one kalpa there are fourteen successions of Manus.
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SiP 7.1 8.17
एतेन क्रमयोगेन कल्पमन्वंतराणि च सप्रजानि व्यतीतानि शतशो ऽथ सहस्रशः
etena kramayogena kalpamanvaṃtarāṇi ca saprajāni vyatītāni śataśo 'tha sahasraśaḥ
In this sequential order kalpas and manvantaras, together with their creatures, have passed away by hundreds and by thousands.
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SiP 7.1 8.18
अज्ञेयत्वाच्च सर्वेषामसंख्येयतया पुनः शक्यो नैवानुपूर्व्याद्वै तेषां वक्तुं सुविस्तरः
ajñeyatvācca sarveṣāmasaṃkhyeyatayā punaḥ śakyo naivānupūrvyādvai teṣāṃ vaktuṃ suvistaraḥ
And since they are all unknowable and again beyond counting, it is not possible to state them at full length in order.
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SiP 7.1 8.19
कल्पो नाम दिवा प्रोक्तो ब्रह्मणो ऽव्यक्तजन्मनः कल्पानां वै सहस्रं च ब्राह्मं वर्षमिहोच्यते
kalpo nāma divā prokto brahmaṇo 'vyaktajanmanaḥ kalpānāṃ vai sahasraṃ ca brāhmaṃ varṣamihocyate
What is called a kalpa is declared to be a day of Brahmā, who is born of the Unmanifest; and a thousand kalpas is here called a year of Brahmā.
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SiP 7.1 8.20
वर्षाणामष्टसाहस्रं यच्च तद्ब्रह्मणो युगम् सवनं युगसाहस्रं ब्रह्मणः पद्मजन्मनः
varṣāṇāmaṣṭasāhasraṃ yacca tadbrahmaṇo yugam savanaṃ yugasāhasraṃ brahmaṇaḥ padmajanmanaḥ
That which is eight thousand years is a yuga of Brahmā; a thousand such yugas is a savana of Brahmā, the lotus-born.
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SiP 7.1 8.21
सवनानां सहस्रं च त्रिगुणं त्रिवृतं तथा कल्प्यते सकलः कालो ब्रह्मणः परमेष्ठिनः
savanānāṃ sahasraṃ ca triguṇaṃ trivṛtaṃ tathā kalpyate sakalaḥ kālo brahmaṇaḥ parameṣṭhinaḥ
And a thousand savanas, tripled and taken threefold — thus is reckoned the whole time-span of Brahmā, the highest-standing one.
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SiP 7.1 8.22
तस्य वै दिवसे यांति चतुर्दश पुरंदराः शतानि मासे चत्वारि विंशत्या सहितानि च
tasya vai divase yāṃti caturdaśa puraṃdarāḥ śatāni māse catvāri viṃśatyā sahitāni ca
In one day of his, fourteen Indras pass away; in a month, four hundred together with twenty.
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SiP 7.1 8.23
अब्दे पञ्च सहस्राणि चत्वारिंशद्युतानि च चत्वारिंशत्सहस्राणि पञ्च लक्षाणि चायुषि
abde pañca sahasrāṇi catvāriṃśadyutāni ca catvāriṃśatsahasrāṇi pañca lakṣāṇi cāyuṣi
In a year, five thousand increased by forty; and in (his whole) lifetime, five lakhs and forty thousand.
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SiP 7.1 8.24
ब्रह्मा विष्णोर्दिने चैको विष्णू रुद्रदिने तथा ईश्वरस्य दिने रुद्रस्सदाख्यस्य तथेश्वरः
brahmā viṣṇordine caiko viṣṇū rudradine tathā īśvarasya dine rudrassadākhyasya tatheśvaraḥ
In a day of Viṣṇu there is one Brahmā; likewise a Viṣṇu in a day of Rudra; in a day of Īśvara, a Rudra; and likewise an Īśvara in a day of him called Sadā(śiva).
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SiP 7.1 8.25
साक्षाच्छिवस्य तत्संख्यस्तथा सो ऽपि सदाशिवः चत्वारिंशत्सहस्राणि पञ्चलक्षाणि चायुषि
sākṣācchivasya tatsaṃkhyastathā so 'pi sadāśivaḥ catvāriṃśatsahasrāṇi pañcalakṣāṇi cāyuṣi
For Śiva himself the count is the same, and so too is that Sadāśiva: five lakhs and forty thousand in lifespan.
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SiP 7.1 8.27
तस्मिन्साक्षाच्छिवेनैष कालात्मा सम्प्रवर्तते ॥ शिव्प्_७।१,८।२६*१अब्। यत्तत्सृष्टेस्समाख्यातं कालान्तरमिह द्विजाः ॥ शिव्प्_७।१,८।२६*१च्द्। एतत्कालान्तरं ज्ञेयमहर्वै पारमेश्वरम् ॥ शिव्प्_७।१,८।२६*२अब्। रात्रिश्च तावती ज्ञेया परमेशस्य कृत्स्नशः ॥ शिव्प्_७।१,८।२६*२च्द्। अहस्तस्य तु या सृष्टी रात्रिश्च प्रलयः स्मृतः अहर्न विद्यते तस्य न रात्रिरिति धारयेत्
tasminsākṣācchivenaiṣa kālātmā sampravartate // śivp_7.1,8.26*1ab/ yattatsṛṣṭessamākhyātaṃ kālāntaramiha dvijāḥ // śivp_7.1,8.26*1cd/ etatkālāntaraṃ jñeyamaharvai pārameśvaram // śivp_7.1,8.26*2ab/ rātriśca tāvatī jñeyā parameśasya kṛtsnaśaḥ // śivp_7.1,8.26*2cd/ ahastasya tu yā sṛṣṭī rātriśca pralayaḥ smṛtaḥ aharna vidyate tasya na rātririti dhārayet
In him this Time-self proceeds forth through Śiva himself. That interval of time which has here been declared, O twice-born ones, for his creation — this interval of time is to be known as the day of the Supreme Lord; and the night of Parameśa is to be known as being of just that full extent. His day is that which is creation, and his night is called dissolution. (Yet) for him no day exists, nor any night — thus one should hold.
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SiP 7.1 8.28
एषोपचारः क्रियते लोकानां हितकाम्यया प्रजाः प्रजानां पतयो मूर्तयश्च सुरासुराः
eṣopacāraḥ kriyate lokānāṃ hitakāmyayā prajāḥ prajānāṃ patayo mūrtayaśca surāsurāḥ
This figurative manner of speaking is employed out of desire for the good of the worlds: creatures, the lords of creatures, the (divine) forms, gods and demons,
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SiP 7.1 8.29
इन्द्रियाणीन्द्रियार्थाश्च महाभूतानि पञ्च च तन्मात्राण्यथ भूतादिर्बुद्धिश्च सह दैवतः
indriyāṇīndriyārthāśca mahābhūtāni pañca ca tanmātrāṇyatha bhūtādirbuddhiśca saha daivataḥ
the senses and the objects of the senses, the five great elements, the subtle elements (tanmātras), the source of the elements, and the intellect together with its presiding deity —
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SiP 7.1 8.30
अहस्तिष्ठंति सर्वाणि पारमेशस्य धीमतः अहरंते प्रलीयन्ते रात्र्यन्ते विश्वसंभवः
ahastiṣṭhaṃti sarvāṇi pārameśasya dhīmataḥ aharaṃte pralīyante rātryante viśvasaṃbhavaḥ
all these stand (in being) during the day of the wise Supreme Lord; at the end of the day they are dissolved, and at the end of the night the arising of the universe (occurs).
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SiP 7.1 8.31
यो विश्वात्मा कर्मकालस्वभावाद्यर्थे शक्तिर्यस्य नोल्लंघनीया यस्यैवाज्ञाधीनमेतत्समस्तं नमस्तस्मै महते शंकराय
yo viśvātmā karmakālasvabhāvādyarthe śaktiryasya nollaṃghanīyā yasyaivājñādhīnametatsamastaṃ namastasmai mahate śaṃkarāya
He who is the Self of the universe, whose power is not to be overstepped in the matter of action, time, inherent nature and the rest, under whose command alone stands all this — homage to him, the great Śaṃkara.
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