Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Uttara Bhaga — Chapter 7
SiP 7.2 7.1
ॐ इति श्रीशिवमहापुराणे सप्तम्यां वायवीयसंहितायामुत्तरखण्डे शिवतत्त्ववर्णनं नाम षष्ठो ऽध्यायः छप्तेर् ७ उपमन्युरुवच शक्तिस्स्वाभविकी तस्य विद्या विश्वविलक्षणा एकानेकस्य रूपेण भाति भानोरिव प्रभा
oṃ iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe saptamyāṃ vāyavīyasaṃhitāyāmuttarakhaṇḍe śivatattvavarṇanaṃ nāma ṣaṣṭho 'dhyāyaḥ chapter 7 upamanyuruvaca śaktissvābhavikī tasya vidyā viśvavilakṣaṇā ekānekasya rūpeṇa bhāti bhānoriva prabhā
OM. Thus in the glorious Śiva Mahāpurāṇa, in the seventh (part), in the Vāyavīya Saṃhitā, in the latter section, the sixth chapter, called "The Description of the Śiva Principle." Chapter 7. Upamanyu said: His power is innate, a knowledge unlike (anything in) the universe; in the form of the one that is many it shines, like the radiance of the sun.
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SiP 7.2 7.2
अनंताः शक्तयो यस्या इच्छाज्ञानक्रियादयः मायाद्याश्चाभवन्वह्नोर्विस्फुलिंगा यथा तथा
anaṃtāḥ śaktayo yasyā icchājñānakriyādayaḥ māyādyāścābhavanvahnorvisphuliṃgā yathā tathā
Whose powers — will, knowledge, action and the rest, and māyā and the others — became endless, just as sparks (come) from fire.
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SiP 7.2 7.3
सदाशिवेश्वराद्या हि विद्या ऽविद्येश्वरादयः अभवन्पुरुषाश्चास्याः प्रकृतिश्च परात्परा
sadāśiveśvarādyā hi vidyā 'vidyeśvarādayaḥ abhavanpuruṣāścāsyāḥ prakṛtiśca parātparā
For Sadāśiva, Īśvara and the rest, the lords of knowledge and of ignorance and the others, and the souls, came to be from her, and primal matter, which is higher than the high.
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SiP 7.2 7.4
महदादिविशेषांतास्त्वजाद्याश्चापि मूर्तयः यच्चान्यदस्ति तत्सर्वं तस्याः कार्यं न संशयः
mahadādiviśeṣāṃtāstvajādyāścāpi mūrtayaḥ yaccānyadasti tatsarvaṃ tasyāḥ kāryaṃ na saṃśayaḥ
And the embodiments from mahat down to the gross elements, and (the beings) beginning with the goat and so on, and whatever else there is — all that is her effect; there is no doubt.
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SiP 7.2 7.5
सा शक्तिस्सर्वगा सूक्ष्मा प्रबोधानंदरूपिणी शक्तिमानुच्यते देवश्शिवश्शीतांशुभूषणः
sā śaktissarvagā sūkṣmā prabodhānaṃdarūpiṇī śaktimānucyate devaśśivaśśītāṃśubhūṣaṇaḥ
That power is all-pervading, subtle, having the form of awakening and bliss; the possessor of the power is said to be the god Śiva, adorned with the cool-rayed moon.
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SiP 7.2 7.6
वेद्यश्शिवश्शिवा विद्या प्रज्ञा चैव श्रुतिः स्मृतिः धृतिरेषा स्थितिर्निष्ठा ज्ञानेच्छाकर्मशक्तयः
vedyaśśivaśśivā vidyā prajñā caiva śrutiḥ smṛtiḥ dhṛtireṣā sthitirniṣṭhā jñānecchākarmaśaktayaḥ
Śiva is the object of knowledge, Śivā is knowledge — she is insight, scripture, tradition, steadfastness, stability, fixity, and the powers of knowing, willing and acting.
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SiP 7.2 7.7
आज्ञा चैव परं ब्रह्म द्वे विद्ये च परापरे शुद्धविद्या शुद्धकला सर्वं शक्तिकृतं यतः
ājñā caiva paraṃ brahma dve vidye ca parāpare śuddhavidyā śuddhakalā sarvaṃ śaktikṛtaṃ yataḥ
And (she is) command, and the supreme Brahman, and the two knowledges, higher and lower, pure knowledge and pure kalā — since everything is made by the power.
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SiP 7.2 7.8
माया च प्रकृतिर्जीवो विकारो विकृतिस्तथा असच्च सच्च यत्किंचित्तया सर्वमिदं ततम्
māyā ca prakṛtirjīvo vikāro vikṛtistathā asacca sacca yatkiṃcittayā sarvamidaṃ tatam
And māyā, primal matter, the living being, change and modification, whatever is unreal and real — by her all this is spread out.
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SiP 7.2 7.9
सा देवी मायया सर्वं ब्रह्मांडं सचराचरम् मोहयत्यप्रयत्नेन मोचयत्यपि लीलया
sā devī māyayā sarvaṃ brahmāṃḍaṃ sacarācaram mohayatyaprayatnena mocayatyapi līlayā
That goddess by her māyā deludes without effort the whole world-egg with its moving and unmoving (beings), and also releases (it) in play.
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SiP 7.2 7.10
अनया सह सर्वेशः सप्तविंशप्रकारया विश्वं व्याप्य स्थितस्तस्मान्मुक्तिरत्र प्रवर्तते
anayā saha sarveśaḥ saptaviṃśaprakārayā viśvaṃ vyāpya sthitastasmānmuktiratra pravartate
Together with her, who is of twenty-seven kinds, the Lord of all stands pervading the universe; therefore liberation comes about here.
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SiP 7.2 7.11
मुमुक्षवः पुरा केचिन्मुनयो ब्रह्मवादिनः संशयाविष्टमनसो विस्मृशंति यथातथम्
mumukṣavaḥ purā kecinmunayo brahmavādinaḥ saṃśayāviṣṭamanaso vismṛśaṃti yathātatham
Formerly certain sages, seekers of release, speakers about brahman, their minds beset by doubt, reflected on how things truly are.
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SiP 7.2 7.12
५५१ब् किं कारणं कुतो जाता जीवामः केन वा वयम् कुत्रास्माकं संप्रतिष्ठा केन वाधिष्ठिता वयम्
551b kiṃ kāraṇaṃ kuto jātā jīvāmaḥ kena vā vayam kutrāsmākaṃ saṃpratiṣṭhā kena vādhiṣṭhitā vayam
"What is the cause? From what have we been born? By what do we live? Where is our foundation? By what are we governed?"
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SiP 7.2 7.13
केन वर्तामहे शश्वत्सुखेष्वन्येषु चानिशम् अविलंघ्या च विश्वस्य व्यवस्था केन वा कृता
kena vartāmahe śaśvatsukheṣvanyeṣu cāniśam avilaṃghyā ca viśvasya vyavasthā kena vā kṛtā
"By what do we abide constantly in pleasures and in other (states) unceasingly? And by whom has the inviolable ordering of the universe been made?"
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SiP 7.2 7.14
कालस्य भावो नियतिर्यदृच्छा नात्र युज्यते भूतानि योनिः पुरुषो योगी चैषां परो ऽथ वा
kālasya bhāvo niyatiryadṛcchā nātra yujyate bhūtāni yoniḥ puruṣo yogī caiṣāṃ paro 'tha vā
"Time, inherent nature, necessity, chance — none of these fits here; nor the elements, nor the womb (matter), nor the puruṣa, nor the yogin, nor one beyond these."
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SiP 7.2 7.15
अचेतनत्वात्कालादेश्चेतनत्वेपि चात्मनः सुखदुःखानि भूतत्वादनीशत्वाद्विचार्यते
acetanatvātkālādeścetanatvepi cātmanaḥ sukhaduḥkhāni bhūtatvādanīśatvādvicāryate
Because time and the rest are unconscious, and because the self, though conscious, is subject to pleasures and pains — being (itself) a created thing and not a master — (the matter) is examined.
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SiP 7.2 7.16
तद्ध्यानयोगानुगतां प्रपश्यञ्छक्तिमैश्वरीम् पाशविच्छेदिकां साक्षान्निगूढां स्वगुणैर्भृशम्
taddhyānayogānugatāṃ prapaśyañchaktimaiśvarīm pāśavicchedikāṃ sākṣānnigūḍhāṃ svaguṇairbhṛśam
Seeing the power of the Lord, attained through the yoga of meditation on him, which cuts the bonds directly, (though) deeply hidden by its own qualities —
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SiP 7.2 7.17
तया विच्छिन्नपाशास्ते सर्वकारणकारणम् शक्तिमंतं महादेवमपश्यन्दिव्यचक्षुषा
tayā vicchinnapāśāste sarvakāraṇakāraṇam śaktimaṃtaṃ mahādevamapaśyandivyacakṣuṣā
With their bonds severed by her, they beheld with the divine eye the Great God, the possessor of that power, the cause of all causes.
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SiP 7.2 7.18
यः कारणान्यशेषाणि कालात्मसहितानि च अप्रमेयो ऽनया शक्त्या सकलं यो ऽधितिष्ठति
yaḥ kāraṇānyaśeṣāṇi kālātmasahitāni ca aprameyo 'nayā śaktyā sakalaṃ yo 'dhitiṣṭhati
Who, immeasurable, by this power presides over all causes without exception, together with time and the self — over the whole.
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SiP 7.2 7.19
ततः प्रसादयोगेन योगेन परमेण च दृष्टेन भक्तियोगेन दिव्यः गतिमवाप्नुयुः
tataḥ prasādayogena yogena parameṇa ca dṛṣṭena bhaktiyogena divyaḥ gatimavāpnuyuḥ
Then, by the union (with him) through (his) grace, and by the supreme yoga, and by the yoga of devotion (that they had) seen, the divine ones would attain the (highest) goal.
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SiP 7.2 7.20
तस्मात्सह तथा शक्त्या हृदि पश्यंति ये शिवम् तेषां शाश्वतिकी शांतिर्नैतरेषामिति श्रुतिः
tasmātsaha tathā śaktyā hṛdi paśyaṃti ye śivam teṣāṃ śāśvatikī śāṃtirnaitareṣāmiti śrutiḥ
Therefore those who see Śiva in the heart together with (his) Power — for them there is everlasting peace, not for the others: so says the śruti.
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SiP 7.2 7.21
न हि शक्तिमतश्शक्त्या विप्रयोगो ऽस्ति जातुचित् तस्माच्छक्तेः शक्तिमतस्तादात्म्यान्निर्वृतिर्द्वयोः
na hi śaktimataśśaktyā viprayogo 'sti jātucit tasmācchakteḥ śaktimatastādātmyānnirvṛtirdvayoḥ
For there is never any separation of the power-holder from (his) power; therefore, since power and the power-holder are of one nature, the bliss belongs to both.
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SiP 7.2 7.22
क्रमो विवक्षितो नूनं विमुक्तौ ज्ञानकर्मणोः प्रसादे सति सा मूर्तिर्यस्मात्करतले स्थिता
kramo vivakṣito nūnaṃ vimuktau jñānakarmaṇoḥ prasāde sati sā mūrtiryasmātkaratale sthitā
Surely a sequence is intended, in liberation, between knowledge and action; for when grace has come, that (divine) form stands in the palm of the hand.
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SiP 7.2 7.23
देवो वा दानवो वापि पशुर्वा विहगो ऽपि वा कीरो वाथ कृमिर्वापि मुच्यते तत्प्रसादतः
devo vā dānavo vāpi paśurvā vihago 'pi vā kīro vātha kṛmirvāpi mucyate tatprasādataḥ
Whether god or demon, beast or bird, parrot or even worm — one is released by his grace.
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SiP 7.2 7.24
गर्भस्थो जायमानो वा बालो वा तरुणो।पि वा वृद्धो वा म्रियमाणो वा स्वर्गस्थो वाथ नारकी
garbhastho jāyamāno vā bālo vā taruṇo.pi vā vṛddho vā mriyamāṇo vā svargastho vātha nārakī
(Whether) in the womb, being born, a child, a youth, an old man, one who is dying, one in heaven or in hell —
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SiP 7.2 7.25
पतितो वापि धर्मात्मा पंडितो मूढ एव वा प्रसादे तत्क्षणादेव मुच्यते नात्र संशयः
patito vāpi dharmātmā paṃḍito mūḍha eva vā prasāde tatkṣaṇādeva mucyate nātra saṃśayaḥ
or fallen, or righteous, learned or a fool — when grace (comes), he is released that very instant; there is no doubt here.
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SiP 7.2 7.26
अयोग्यानां च कारुण्याद्भक्तानां परमेश्वरः प्रसीदति न संदेहो विगृह्य विविधान्मलान्
ayogyānāṃ ca kāruṇyādbhaktānāṃ parameśvaraḥ prasīdati na saṃdeho vigṛhya vividhānmalān
And out of compassion the Supreme Lord is gracious even to devotees who are unworthy, having removed their various impurities — there is no doubt.
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SiP 7.2 7.27
प्रसदादेव सा भक्तिः प्रसादो भक्तिसंभवः अवस्थाभेदमुत्प्रेक्ष्य विद्वांस्तत्र न मुह्यति
prasadādeva sā bhaktiḥ prasādo bhaktisaṃbhavaḥ avasthābhedamutprekṣya vidvāṃstatra na muhyati
That devotion arises from grace alone, and grace arises from devotion; observing the difference of states, the wise man is not confused about this.
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SiP 7.2 7.28
प्रसादपूर्विका येयं भुक्तिमुक्तिविधायिनी नैव सा शक्यते प्राप्तुं नरैरेकेन जन्मना
prasādapūrvikā yeyaṃ bhuktimuktividhāyinī naiva sā śakyate prāptuṃ narairekena janmanā
This (devotion) which is preceded by grace, which bestows enjoyment and liberation — that cannot be obtained by men in a single birth.
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SiP 7.2 7.29
अनेकजन्मसिद्धानां श्रौतस्मार्तानुवर्तिनाम् विरक्तानां प्रबुद्धानां प्रसीदति महेश्वरः
anekajanmasiddhānāṃ śrautasmārtānuvartinām viraktānāṃ prabuddhānāṃ prasīdati maheśvaraḥ
The Great Lord becomes gracious to those perfected through many births, who follow the śruti and smṛti, who are dispassionate and awakened.
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SiP 7.2 7.30
प्रसन्ने सति देवेश पशौ तस्मिन्प्रवर्तते अस्ति नाथो ममेत्यल्पा भक्तिर्बुद्धिपुरस्सरा
prasanne sati deveśa paśau tasminpravartate asti nātho mametyalpā bhaktirbuddhipurassarā
When (the Lord) is gracious, O Lord of gods, there arises in that bound soul a small devotion, preceded by the thought "I have a master."
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SiP 7.2 7.31
तपसा विविधैश्शैवैर्धर्मैस्संयुज्यते नरः तत्र योगे तदभ्यासस्ततो भक्तिः परा भवेत्
tapasā vividhaiśśaivairdharmaissaṃyujyate naraḥ tatra yoge tadabhyāsastato bhaktiḥ parā bhavet
By austerity and by the various Śaiva observances a man is joined (to the path); there, in yoga, comes practice of it, and from that supreme devotion would arise.
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SiP 7.2 7.32
परया च तया भक्त्या प्रसादो लभ्यते परः प्रसादात्सर्वपाशेभ्यो मुक्तिर्मुक्तस्य निर्वृतिः
parayā ca tayā bhaktyā prasādo labhyate paraḥ prasādātsarvapāśebhyo muktirmuktasya nirvṛtiḥ
And by that supreme devotion the highest grace is obtained; from grace comes release from all bonds, and for the released one, blissful peace.
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SiP 7.2 7.33
५५२अ अल्पभावो ऽपि यो मर्त्यस्सो ऽपि जन्मत्रयात्परम् नयोनियंत्रपीडायै भवेन्नैवात्र संशयः
552a alpabhāvo 'pi yo martyasso 'pi janmatrayātparam nayoniyaṃtrapīḍāyai bhavennaivātra saṃśayaḥ
Even a mortal of slight devotion — even he, beyond three births, will not be (subject) to the torment of the engine of the womb; there is no doubt in this.
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SiP 7.2 7.34
सांगा ऽनंगा च या सेवा सा भक्तिरिति कथ्यते सा पुनर्भिद्यते त्रेधा मनोवाक्कायसाधनैः
sāṃgā 'naṃgā ca yā sevā sā bhaktiriti kathyate sā punarbhidyate tredhā manovākkāyasādhanaiḥ
That service which is with limbs (i.e. with rites) and without limbs is called devotion; and it is further divided threefold, by the instruments of mind, speech and body.
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SiP 7.2 7.35
शिवरूपादिचिंता या सा सेवा मानसी स्मृता जपादिर्वाचिकी सेवा कर्मपूजादि कायिकी
śivarūpādiciṃtā yā sā sevā mānasī smṛtā japādirvācikī sevā karmapūjādi kāyikī
The contemplation of Śiva's form and the rest is remembered as mental service; muttering (of mantras) and the like is verbal service; ritual acts, worship and the like is bodily.
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SiP 7.2 7.36
सेयं त्रिसाधना सेवा शिवधर्मश्च कथ्यते स तु पञ्चविधः प्रोक्तः शिवेन परमात्मना
seyaṃ trisādhanā sevā śivadharmaśca kathyate sa tu pañcavidhaḥ proktaḥ śivena paramātmanā
This very service with its three instruments is also called the Śiva-dharma; and it has been declared fivefold by Śiva, the supreme Self.
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SiP 7.2 7.37
तपः कर्म जपो ध्यानं ज्ञानं चेति समासतः कर्मलिङ्गार्चनाद्यं च तपश्चान्द्रायणादिकम्
tapaḥ karma japo dhyānaṃ jñānaṃ ceti samāsataḥ karmaliṅgārcanādyaṃ ca tapaścāndrāyaṇādikam
In brief: austerity, rite, muttering, meditation and knowledge. The rite is the worship of the liṅga and so forth, and the austerity is the cāndrāyaṇa and the like.
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SiP 7.2 7.38
जपस्त्रिधा शिवाभ्यासश्चिन्ता ध्यानं शिवस्य तु शिवागमोक्तं यज्ज्ञानं तदत्र ज्ञानमुच्यते
japastridhā śivābhyāsaścintā dhyānaṃ śivasya tu śivāgamoktaṃ yajjñānaṃ tadatra jñānamucyate
Muttering is threefold — the repeated practice of (the name of) Śiva; meditation is the contemplation of Śiva; and that knowledge which is stated in the Śaiva scripture is here called knowledge.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 7.2 7.39
श्रीकंठेन शिवेनोक्तं शिवायै च शिवागमः शिवाश्रितानां कारुण्याच्छ्रेयसामेकसाधनम्
śrīkaṃṭhena śivenoktaṃ śivāyai ca śivāgamaḥ śivāśritānāṃ kāruṇyācchreyasāmekasādhanam
The Śaiva scripture was spoken by Śiva Śrīkaṇṭha to Śivā, out of compassion for those who have taken refuge in Śiva — the one means to the goods (they seek).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 7.2 7.40
तस्माद्विवर्धयेद्भक्तिं शिवे परमकारणे त्यजेच्च विषयासंगं श्रेयो ऽर्थी मतिमान्नरः
tasmādvivardhayedbhaktiṃ śive paramakāraṇe tyajecca viṣayāsaṃgaṃ śreyo 'rthī matimānnaraḥ
Therefore a wise man who desires the good should increase devotion to Śiva, the supreme cause, and should abandon attachment to sense-objects.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition