Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Uttara Bhaga — Chapter 1
SiP 7.2 1.1
इति श्रीशिवमहापुराणे वैयासिक्यां चतुर्विंशतिसाहस्र्यां संहितायां तदन्तर्गतायां सप्तम्यां वायवीयसंहितायां पूर्वखण्डे उपमन्युचरितवर्णनं नाम पञ्चत्रिंशो ऽध्यायः समाप्तो ऽयं सप्तम्या वायवीयसंहितायाः पूर्वखण्डः ॥ श्रीः ॥ ५४४ब् श्रीगणेशाय नमः ॥ श्रीगौरीशंकराभ्यां नमः ॥ अथ सप्तम्यां वायवीयसंहितायामुत्तरखण्डः प्रारभ्यते ॥ छप्तेर् १ ॐ नमस्समस्तसंसारचक्रभ्रमणहेतवे गौरीकुचतटद्वन्द्वकुंकुमांकितवक्षसे
iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe vaiyāsikyāṃ caturviṃśatisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ tadantargatāyāṃ saptamyāṃ vāyavīyasaṃhitāyāṃ pūrvakhaṇḍe upamanyucaritavarṇanaṃ nāma pañcatriṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ samāpto 'yaṃ saptamyā vāyavīyasaṃhitāyāḥ pūrvakhaṇḍaḥ || śrīḥ || 544b śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ || śrīgaurīśaṃkarābhyāṃ namaḥ || atha saptamyāṃ vāyavīyasaṃhitāyāmuttarakhaṇḍaḥ prārabhyate || chapter 1 oṃ namassamastasaṃsāracakrabhramaṇahetave gaurīkucataṭadvandvakuṃkumāṃkitavakṣase
Thus in the glorious Śiva Mahāpurāṇa, composed by Vyāsa, in the collection of twenty-four thousand (verses), in the seventh, the Vāyavīya Saṃhitā contained within it, in the Former Section, the thirty-fifth chapter, called the description of the deeds of Upamanyu. Here ends the Former Section of the seventh, the Vāyavīya Saṃhitā. Śrī. Homage to Śrī Gaṇeśa. Homage to Śrī Gaurī and Śaṃkara. Now begins the Latter Section of the seventh, the Vāyavīya Saṃhitā. Chapter 1: Oṃ. Homage to him who is the cause of the turning of the whole wheel of transmigration, whose chest is marked with saffron from the pair of Gaurī's breasts.
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SiP 7.2 1.2
सूत उवाच उक्त्वा भगवतो लब्धप्रसादादुपमन्युना नियमादुत्थितो वायुर्मध्ये प्राप्ते दिवाकरे
sūta uvāca uktvā bhagavato labdhaprasādādupamanyunā niyamādutthito vāyurmadhye prāpte divākare
Sūta said: After Upamanyu had spoken of the grace obtained from the Lord, Vāyu rose from his observances when the sun had reached mid-heaven.
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SiP 7.2 1.3
ऋषयश्चापि ते सर्वे नैमिषारण्यवासिनः अथायमर्थः प्रष्टव्य इति कृत्वा विनिश्चयम्
ṛṣayaścāpi te sarve naimiṣāraṇyavāsinaḥ athāyamarthaḥ praṣṭavya iti kṛtvā viniścayam
And all those sages dwelling in the Naimiṣa forest, having made the resolve, 'Now this matter is to be asked about,'
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SiP 7.2 1.4
कृत्वा यथा स्वकं कृत्यं प्रत्यहं ते यथा पुरा भगवंतमुपायांतं समीक्ष्य समुपाविशन्
kṛtvā yathā svakaṃ kṛtyaṃ pratyahaṃ te yathā purā bhagavaṃtamupāyāṃtaṃ samīkṣya samupāviśan
having done their own daily duties as before, seeing the lord approaching, sat down together.
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SiP 7.2 1.5
अथासौ नियमस्यांते भगवानम्बरोद्भवः मध्ये मुनिसभायास्तु भेजे कॢप्तं वरासनम्
athāsau niyamasyāṃte bhagavānambarodbhavaḥ madhye munisabhāyāstu bheje kḷptaṃ varāsanam
Then, at the end of his observances, that lord born of the sky took the excellent seat prepared for him in the midst of the assembly of sages.
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SiP 7.2 1.6
सुखासनोपविष्टश्च वायुर्लोकनमस्कृतः श्रीमद्विभूतिमीशस्य हृदि कृत्वेदमब्रवीत्
sukhāsanopaviṣṭaśca vāyurlokanamaskṛtaḥ śrīmadvibhūtimīśasya hṛdi kṛtvedamabravīt
And Vāyu, saluted by the world, seated comfortably, holding in his heart the glorious majesty of Īśa, said this.
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SiP 7.2 1.7
तं प्रपद्ये महादेवं सर्वज्ञमपराजितम् विभूतिस्सकलं यस्य चराचरमिदं जगत्
taṃ prapadye mahādevaṃ sarvajñamaparājitam vibhūtissakalaṃ yasya carācaramidaṃ jagat
I take refuge in that Mahādeva, the all-knowing, the unconquered, whose manifest power is this entire world, moving and unmoving.
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SiP 7.2 1.8
इत्याकर्ण्य शुभां वाणीमृषयः क्षीणकल्मषाः विभूतिविस्तरं श्रोतुमूचुस्ते परमं वचः
ityākarṇya śubhāṃ vāṇīmṛṣayaḥ kṣīṇakalmaṣāḥ vibhūtivistaraṃ śrotumūcuste paramaṃ vacaḥ
Having heard this auspicious speech, the seers, whose taints were exhausted, wishing to hear the full extent of (his) glory, spoke these excellent words.
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SiP 7.2 1.9
ऋषय ऊचुः उक्तं भगवता वृत्तमुपमन्योर्महात्मनः क्षीरार्थेनापि तपसा यत्प्राप्तं परमेश्वरात्
ṛṣaya ūcuḥ uktaṃ bhagavatā vṛttamupamanyormahātmanaḥ kṣīrārthenāpi tapasā yatprāptaṃ parameśvarāt
The seers said: By your reverence the story of the great-souled Upamanyu has been told — what he obtained from the Supreme Lord by austerity, even (though it was) for the sake of milk.
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SiP 7.2 1.10
दृष्टो ऽसौ वासुदेवेन कृष्णेनाक्लिष्टकर्मणा धौम्याग्रजस्ततस्तेन कृत्वा पाशुपतं व्रतम्
dṛṣṭo 'sau vāsudevena kṛṣṇenākliṣṭakarmaṇā dhaumyāgrajastatastena kṛtvā pāśupataṃ vratam
He, the elder brother of Dhaumya, was seen by Vāsudeva, by Kṛṣṇa of untiring deeds; then by him, having performed the Pāśupata vow,
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SiP 7.2 1.11
प्राप्तं च परमं ज्ञानमिति प्रागेव शुश्रुम कथं स लब्धवान् कृष्णो ज्ञानं पाशुपतं परम्
prāptaṃ ca paramaṃ jñānamiti prāgeva śuśruma kathaṃ sa labdhavān kṛṣṇo jñānaṃ pāśupataṃ param
the supreme knowledge too was obtained — so we have heard already. How did that Kṛṣṇa obtain the supreme Pāśupata knowledge?
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SiP 7.2 1.12
वायुरुवाच स्वेच्छया ह्यवतीर्णोपि वासुदेवस्सनातनः निंदयन्निव मानुष्यं देहशुद्धिं चकार सः
vāyuruvāca svecchayā hyavatīrṇopi vāsudevassanātanaḥ niṃdayanniva mānuṣyaṃ dehaśuddhiṃ cakāra saḥ
Vāyu said: Although the eternal Vāsudeva had descended by his own will, he performed a purification of the body, as if censuring (his) human condition.
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SiP 7.2 1.13
पुत्रार्थं हि तपस्तप्तुं गतस्तस्य महामुनेः आश्रमं मुनिभिर्दृष्टं दृष्टवांस्तत्र वै मुनिम्
putrārthaṃ hi tapastaptuṃ gatastasya mahāmuneḥ āśramaṃ munibhirdṛṣṭaṃ dṛṣṭavāṃstatra vai munim
For, having gone to perform austerity for the sake of a son, to the hermitage of that great sage which had been seen by the sages, he indeed saw the sage there:
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SiP 7.2 1.14
भस्मावदातसर्वांगं त्रिपुंड्रांकितमस्तकम् रुद्राक्षमालाभरणं जटामंडलमंडितम्
bhasmāvadātasarvāṃgaṃ tripuṃḍrāṃkitamastakam rudrākṣamālābharaṇaṃ jaṭāmaṃḍalamaṃḍitam
all his limbs white with ash, his head marked with the three lines, wearing a rosary of rudrākṣa as ornament, adorned with a mass of matted hair,
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SiP 7.2 1.15
तच्छिष्यभूतैर्मुनिभिश्शास्त्रैर्वेदमिवावृतम् शिवध्यानरतं शांतमुपमन्युं महाद्युतिम्
tacchiṣyabhūtairmunibhiśśāstrairvedamivāvṛtam śivadhyānarataṃ śāṃtamupamanyuṃ mahādyutim
surrounded by the sages who were his disciples, as the Veda (is surrounded) by the (auxiliary) treatises — Upamanyu, intent on meditation on Śiva, tranquil, of great splendour.
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SiP 7.2 1.16
नमश्चकार तं दृष्ट्वा हृष्टसर्वतनूरुहः बहुमानेन कृष्णो ऽसौ त्रिः कृत्वा तु प्रदक्षिणाम् स्तुतिं चकार सुप्रीत्या नतस्कंधः कृताञ्जलिः
namaścakāra taṃ dṛṣṭvā hṛṣṭasarvatanūruhaḥ bahumānena kṛṣṇo 'sau triḥ kṛtvā tu pradakṣiṇām stutiṃ cakāra suprītyā nataskaṃdhaḥ kṛtāñjaliḥ
Seeing him, with all the hairs of his body bristling, that Kṛṣṇa made obeisance with great respect, and having circumambulated three times, with shoulders bowed and palms joined, he uttered praise with great affection.
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SiP 7.2 1.17
तस्यावलोकनादेव मुनेः कृष्णस्य धीमतः नष्टमासीन्मलं सर्वं मायाजं कार्ममेव च
tasyāvalokanādeva muneḥ kṛṣṇasya dhīmataḥ naṣṭamāsīnmalaṃ sarvaṃ māyājaṃ kārmameva ca
Merely from the sight of that sage, all the taint of the wise Kṛṣṇa, born of illusion and also that born of (past) action, was destroyed.
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SiP 7.2 1.18
तपःक्षीणमलं कृष्णमुपमन्युर्यथाविधिः भस्मनोद्धूल्य तं मन्त्रैरग्निरित्यादिभिः क्रमात्
tapaḥkṣīṇamalaṃ kṛṣṇamupamanyuryathāvidhiḥ bhasmanoddhūlya taṃ mantrairagnirityādibhiḥ kramāt
Upamanyu, according to rule, dusted with ash that Kṛṣṇa whose taint had been worn away by austerity, in due order with the mantras beginning "agniḥ...";
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SiP 7.2 1.19
अथ पाशुपतं साक्षाद्व्रतं द्वादशमासिकम् कारयित्वा मुनिस्तस्मै प्रददौ ज्ञानमुत्तमम्
atha pāśupataṃ sākṣādvrataṃ dvādaśamāsikam kārayitvā munistasmai pradadau jñānamuttamam
then, having made (him) perform the actual Pāśupata vow lasting twelve months, the sage bestowed on him the highest knowledge.
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SiP 7.2 1.20
तदाप्रभृति तं कृष्णं मुनयश्शंसितव्रताः दिव्याः पाशुपताः सर्वे परिवृत्योपतस्थिरे
tadāprabhṛti taṃ kṛṣṇaṃ munayaśśaṃsitavratāḥ divyāḥ pāśupatāḥ sarve parivṛtyopatasthire
From that time on, the sages of praiseworthy vows, all the divine Pāśupatas, surrounded that Kṛṣṇa and attended upon (him).
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SiP 7.2 1.21
ततो गुरुनियोगाद्वै कृष्णः परमशक्तिमान् ५४५अ तपश्चकार पुत्रार्थं सांबमुद्दिश्य शंकरम्
tato guruniyogādvai kṛṣṇaḥ paramaśaktimān 545a tapaścakāra putrārthaṃ sāṃbamuddiśya śaṃkaram
Then, by the teacher's direction, Kṛṣṇa of supreme power performed austerity for the sake of a son, directing it toward Śaṃkara together with Ambā.
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SiP 7.2 1.22
तपसो तेन वर्षांते दृष्टो ऽसौ परमेश्वरः श्रिया परमया युक्तस्सांबश्च सगणश्शिवः
tapaso tena varṣāṃte dṛṣṭo 'sau parameśvaraḥ śriyā paramayā yuktassāṃbaśca sagaṇaśśivaḥ
By that austerity, at the end of a year, the Supreme Lord was seen by him — Śiva, endowed with supreme splendour, together with Ambā and with his hosts.
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SiP 7.2 1.23
वरार्थमाविर्भूतस्य हरस्य सुभगाकृतेः स्तुतिं चकार नत्वासौ कृष्णः सम्यक्कृतांजलिः
varārthamāvirbhūtasya harasya subhagākṛteḥ stutiṃ cakāra natvāsau kṛṣṇaḥ samyakkṛtāṃjaliḥ
That Kṛṣṇa, bowing with palms properly joined, uttered praise of Hara of beautiful form, who had appeared to grant a boon.
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SiP 7.2 1.24
सांबं समगणव्यग्रो लब्धवान्पुत्रमात्मनः तपसा तुष्टचित्तेन दत्तं विष्णोश्शिवेन वै
sāṃbaṃ samagaṇavyagro labdhavānputramātmanaḥ tapasā tuṣṭacittena dattaṃ viṣṇośśivena vai
Eager (in the presence of the hosts), he obtained as his own son Sāmba, given indeed to Viṣṇu by Śiva, whose mind was pleased by (his) austerity.
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SiP 7.2 1.25
यस्मात्सांबो महादेवः प्रददौ पुत्रमात्मनः तस्माज्जांबवतीसूनुं सांबं चक्रे स नामतः
yasmātsāṃbo mahādevaḥ pradadau putramātmanaḥ tasmājjāṃbavatīsūnuṃ sāṃbaṃ cakre sa nāmataḥ
Since Mahādeva, (being) with Ambā, gave (him as) his own son, therefore he made the son of Jāmbavatī "Sāmba" by name.
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SiP 7.2 1.26
तदेतत्कथितं सर्वं कृष्णस्यामितकर्मणः महर्षेर्ज्ञानलाभश्च पुत्रलाभश्च शंकरात्
tadetatkathitaṃ sarvaṃ kṛṣṇasyāmitakarmaṇaḥ maharṣerjñānalābhaśca putralābhaśca śaṃkarāt
All this has thus been told: of Kṛṣṇa of measureless deeds, both the obtaining of knowledge from the great seer and the obtaining of a son from Śaṃkara.
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SiP 7.2 1.27
य इदं कीर्तयेन्नित्यं शृणुयाच्छ्रावयेत्तथा स विष्णोर्ज्ञानमासाद्य तेनैव सह मोदते
ya idaṃ kīrtayennityaṃ śṛṇuyācchrāvayettathā sa viṣṇorjñānamāsādya tenaiva saha modate
He who constantly recites this, or hears it, or causes it to be heard, having attained the knowledge of Viṣṇu, rejoices together with him alone.
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