Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Purva Bhaga — Chapter 9
SiP 7.1 9.1
इति श्रीशिवमहापुराणे सप्तम्यां वायवीयसंहितायां पूर्वभागे कालप्रभावे त्रिदेवायुर्वर्णनं नामाष्टमो ऽध्यायः छप्तेर् ९ मुनय ऊचुः कथं जगदिदं कृत्स्नं विधाय च निधाय च आज्ञया परमां क्रीडां करोति परमेश्वरः
iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe saptamyāṃ vāyavīyasaṃhitāyāṃ pūrvabhāge kālaprabhāve tridevāyurvarṇanaṃ nāmāṣṭamo 'dhyāyaḥ chapter 9 munaya ūcuḥ kathaṃ jagadidaṃ kṛtsnaṃ vidhāya ca nidhāya ca ājñayā paramāṃ krīḍāṃ karoti parameśvaraḥ
Thus the eighth chapter, named "The Description of the Lifespans of the Three Gods," in the section on the power of Time, in the first part of the Vāyavīya Saṃhitā, the seventh (saṃhitā) of the glorious Śiva Mahāpurāṇa. Chapter 9. The sages said: How does the Supreme Lord, having arranged and having withdrawn this entire world, carry on his supreme play by (mere) command?
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SiP 7.1 9.2
किं तत्प्रथमसंभूतं केनेदमखिलं ततम् केना वा पुनरेवेदं ग्रस्यते पृथुकुक्षिणा
kiṃ tatprathamasaṃbhūtaṃ kenedamakhilaṃ tatam kenā vā punarevedaṃ grasyate pṛthukukṣiṇā
What is that which came into being first? By what is all this spread out? And by what wide-bellied one is this again swallowed up?
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SiP 7.1 9.3
वायुरुवाच शक्तिः प्रथमसम्भूता शांत्यतीतपदोत्तरा ततो माया ततो ऽव्यक्तं शिवाच्छक्तिमतः प्रभोः
vāyuruvāca śaktiḥ prathamasambhūtā śāṃtyatītapadottarā tato māyā tato 'vyaktaṃ śivācchaktimataḥ prabhoḥ
Vāyu said: Śakti came into being first, above the level called śāntyatīta; then māyā, then the unmanifest — (all) from Śiva, the Lord who possesses Śakti.
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SiP 7.1 9.4
५११अ शान्त्यतीतपदं शक्तेस्ततः शान्तिपदक्रमात् ततो विद्यापदं तस्मात्प्रतिष्ठापदसंभवः
511a śāntyatītapadaṃ śaktestataḥ śāntipadakramāt tato vidyāpadaṃ tasmātpratiṣṭhāpadasaṃbhavaḥ
From Śakti (arose) the śāntyatīta level, then in sequence the śānti level, then the vidyā level, and from that the arising of the pratiṣṭhā level.
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SiP 7.1 9.5
निवृत्तिपदमुत्पन्नं प्रतिष्ठापदतः क्रमात् एवमुक्ता समासेन सृष्टिरीश्वरचोदिता
nivṛttipadamutpannaṃ pratiṣṭhāpadataḥ kramāt evamuktā samāsena sṛṣṭirīśvaracoditā
From the pratiṣṭhā level arose in sequence the nivṛtti level. Thus has creation, impelled by the Lord, been told in brief.
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SiP 7.1 9.6
आनुलोम्यात्तथैतेषां प्रतिलोम्येन संहृतिः अस्मात्पञ्चपदोद्दिष्टात्परस्स्रष्टा समिष्यते
ānulomyāttathaiteṣāṃ pratilomyena saṃhṛtiḥ asmātpañcapadoddiṣṭātparassraṣṭā samiṣyate
Thus (creation proceeds) in the forward order, and by the reverse order comes the withdrawal of these. Higher than this (set) designated as the five levels, a creator is held (to exist).
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SiP 7.1 9.7
कलाभिः पञ्चभिर्व्याप्तं तस्माद्विश्वमिदं जगत् अव्यक्तं कारणं यत्तदात्मना समनुष्ठितम्
kalābhiḥ pañcabhirvyāptaṃ tasmādviśvamidaṃ jagat avyaktaṃ kāraṇaṃ yattadātmanā samanuṣṭhitam
Therefore this whole universe is pervaded by the five kalās. That unmanifest which is the cause, being presided over by the Self,
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SiP 7.1 9.8
महदादिविशेषांतं सृजतीत्यपि संमतम् किं तु तत्रापि कर्तृत्वं नाव्यक्तस्य न चात्मनः
mahadādiviśeṣāṃtaṃ sṛjatītyapi saṃmatam kiṃ tu tatrāpi kartṛtvaṃ nāvyaktasya na cātmanaḥ
creates (all) that begins with mahat and ends with the gross particulars — this too is agreed. Yet even there agency belongs neither to the unmanifest nor to the Self,
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SiP 7.1 9.9
अचेतनत्वात्प्रकृतेरज्ञत्वात्पुरुषस्य च प्रधानपरमाण्वादि यावत्किञ्चिदचेतनम्
acetanatvātprakṛterajñatvātpuruṣasya ca pradhānaparamāṇvādi yāvatkiñcidacetanam
because prakṛti is insentient and the puruṣa is not a knower (in that respect). Pradhāna, the atoms and so forth — whatever is insentient,
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SiP 7.1 9.10
तत्कर्तृकं स्वयं दृष्टं बुद्धिमत्कारणं विना जगच्च कर्तृसापेक्षं कार्यं सावयवं यतः
tatkartṛkaṃ svayaṃ dṛṣṭaṃ buddhimatkāraṇaṃ vinā jagacca kartṛsāpekṣaṃ kāryaṃ sāvayavaṃ yataḥ
— (all that) is seen of itself to have (something else) as its agent, (and this is impossible) without an intelligent cause; and the world requires an agent, since it is an effect possessing parts.
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SiP 7.1 9.11
तस्माच्छक्तस्स्वतन्त्रो यः सर्वशक्तिश्च सर्ववित् अनादिनिधनश्चायं महदैश्वर्यसंयुतः
tasmācchaktassvatantro yaḥ sarvaśaktiśca sarvavit anādinidhanaścāyaṃ mahadaiśvaryasaṃyutaḥ
Therefore he who is capable and independent, all-powerful and all-knowing, without beginning or end, endowed with great sovereignty —
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SiP 7.1 9.12
स एव जगतः कर्ता महादेवो महेश्वराः पाता हर्ता च सर्वस्य ततः पृथगनन्वयः
sa eva jagataḥ kartā mahādevo maheśvarāḥ pātā hartā ca sarvasya tataḥ pṛthagananvayaḥ
he alone is the maker of the world, the Great God, the Great Lord, and the preserver and destroyer of all; distinct from that (world), unconnected with it.
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SiP 7.1 9.13
परिणामः प्रधानस्य प्रवृत्तिः पुरुषस्य च सर्वं सत्यव्रतस्यैव शासनेन प्रवर्तते
pariṇāmaḥ pradhānasya pravṛttiḥ puruṣasya ca sarvaṃ satyavratasyaiva śāsanena pravartate
The transformation of pradhāna and the activity of puruṣa — all this proceeds by the command of him alone whose resolve is true.
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SiP 7.1 9.14
इतीयं शाश्वती निष्ठा सतां मनसि वर्तते न चैनं पक्षमाश्रित्य वर्तते स्वल्पचेतनः
itīyaṃ śāśvatī niṣṭhā satāṃ manasi vartate na cainaṃ pakṣamāśritya vartate svalpacetanaḥ
Thus this eternal conviction abides in the minds of the good; but one of little intelligence does not take his stand on this position.
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SiP 7.1 9.15
यावदादिसमारंभो यावद्यः प्रलयो महान् तावदप्येति सकलं ब्रह्मणः शारदां शतम्
yāvadādisamāraṃbho yāvadyaḥ pralayo mahān tāvadapyeti sakalaṃ brahmaṇaḥ śāradāṃ śatam
As long as the first commencement (lasts), and as long as the great dissolution, so long does all this amount to a hundred years of Brahmā.
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SiP 7.1 9.16
परमित्यायुषो नाम ब्रह्मणो ऽव्यक्तजन्मनः तत्पराख्यं तदर्धं च परार्धमभिधीयते
paramityāyuṣo nāma brahmaṇo 'vyaktajanmanaḥ tatparākhyaṃ tadardhaṃ ca parārdhamabhidhīyate
'Para' is the name of the lifespan of Brahmā, who is born of the unmanifest; that is called 'para', and half of it is called 'parārdha'.
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SiP 7.1 9.17
परार्धद्वयकालांते प्रलये समुपस्थिते अव्यक्तमात्मनः कार्यमादायात्मनि तिष्ठति
parārdhadvayakālāṃte pralaye samupasthite avyaktamātmanaḥ kāryamādāyātmani tiṣṭhati
At the end of the period of two parārdhas, when the dissolution has arrived, the unmanifest, withdrawing into itself its own effect, abides in itself.
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SiP 7.1 9.18
आत्मन्यवस्थिते ऽव्यक्ते विकारे प्रतिसंहृते साधर्म्येणाधितिष्ठेते प्रधानपुरुषावुभौ
ātmanyavasthite 'vyakte vikāre pratisaṃhṛte sādharmyeṇādhitiṣṭhete pradhānapuruṣāvubhau
When the unmanifest rests in itself, its modification having been withdrawn, both pradhāna and puruṣa abide (thus), being alike in character.
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SiP 7.1 9.19
तमः सत्त्वगुणावेतौ समत्वेन व्यवस्थितौ अनुद्रिक्तावनन्तौ तावोतप्रोतौ परस्परम्
tamaḥ sattvaguṇāvetau samatvena vyavasthitau anudriktāvanantau tāvotaprotau parasparam
These two qualities, darkness (tamas) and goodness (sattva), stand in equilibrium, neither predominating, endless, the two interwoven with each other.
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SiP 7.1 9.20
गुणसाम्ये तदा तस्मिन्नविभागे तमोदये शांतवातैकनीरे च न प्राज्ञायत किंचन
guṇasāmye tadā tasminnavibhāge tamodaye śāṃtavātaikanīre ca na prājñāyata kiṃcana
Then, in that equality of the guṇas, undivided, with darkness arisen, the wind stilled and the waters one, nothing whatever was discerned.
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SiP 7.1 9.21
अप्रज्ञाते जगत्यस्मिन्नेक एव महेश्वरः उपास्य रजनीं कृत्स्नां परां माहेश्वरीं ततः
aprajñāte jagatyasminneka eva maheśvaraḥ upāsya rajanīṃ kṛtsnāṃ parāṃ māheśvarīṃ tataḥ
When this world was thus undiscerned, the Great Lord alone, having thereafter passed the whole of the great night of Maheśvara —
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SiP 7.1 9.22
प्रभातायां तु शर्वर्यां प्रधानपुरुषावुभौ प्रविश्य क्षोभयामास मायायोगान्महेश्वरः
prabhātāyāṃ tu śarvaryāṃ pradhānapuruṣāvubhau praviśya kṣobhayāmāsa māyāyogānmaheśvaraḥ
but when the night had brightened into dawn, Maheśvara, entering both pradhāna and puruṣa, agitated them through the exercise of his māyā.
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SiP 7.1 9.23
ततः पुनरशेषाणां भूतानां प्रभवाप्ययात् अव्यक्तादभवत्सृष्टिराज्ञया परमेष्ठिनः
tataḥ punaraśeṣāṇāṃ bhūtānāṃ prabhavāpyayāt avyaktādabhavatsṛṣṭirājñayā parameṣṭhinaḥ
Then again, from the unmanifest, which is the origin and the end of all beings, creation came about by the command of the Supreme One.
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SiP 7.1 9.24
विश्वोत्तरोत्तरविचित्रमनोरथस्य यस्यैकशक्तिशकले सकलस्समाप्तः आत्मानमध्वपतिमध्वविदो वदंति तस्मै नमः सकललोकविलक्षणाय
viśvottarottaravicitramanorathasya yasyaikaśaktiśakale sakalassamāptaḥ ātmānamadhvapatimadhvavido vadaṃti tasmai namaḥ sakalalokavilakṣaṇāya
He whose wondrous will (reaches) ever beyond and beyond the universe, in one portion of whose single power the whole (universe) is contained — him the knowers of the path call the Self, the lord of the path: homage to him, who is unlike all the worlds.
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