Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Uttara Bhaga — Chapter 8
SiP 7.2 8.1
ॐ इति श्रीशिवमहापुराणे सप्तम्यां वायवीयसंहितायामुत्तरखण्डे शिवतत्त्वकथनं नाम सप्तमो ऽध्यायः छप्तेर् ८ कृष्ण उवाच भगवञ्छ्रोतुमिच्छामि शिवेन परिभाषितम् वेदसारे शिवज्ञानं स्वाश्रितानां विमुक्तये
oṃ iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe saptamyāṃ vāyavīyasaṃhitāyāmuttarakhaṇḍe śivatattvakathanaṃ nāma saptamo 'dhyāyaḥ chapter 8 kṛṣṇa uvāca bhagavañchrotumicchāmi śivena paribhāṣitam vedasāre śivajñānaṃ svāśritānāṃ vimuktaye
Oṃ. Thus, in the glorious Śiva Mahāpurāṇa, in the seventh (section), in the Vāyavīya Saṃhitā, latter part, the seventh chapter, called 'The Exposition of the Śiva-principle'. Chapter 8. Kṛṣṇa said: Lord, I wish to hear the knowledge of Śiva, declared by Śiva in the essence of the Veda for the liberation of those who have taken refuge in him.
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SiP 7.2 8.2
अभक्तानामबुद्धीनामयुक्तानामगोचरम् अर्थैर्दशर्धैः संयुक्तं गूढमप्राज्ञनिंदितम्
abhaktānāmabuddhīnāmayuktānāmagocaram arthairdaśardhaiḥ saṃyuktaṃ gūḍhamaprājñaniṃditam
(that knowledge which is) beyond the range of the undevoted, the unintelligent and the undisciplined, joined with five topics, hidden, censured by the unwise;
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SiP 7.2 8.3
वर्णाश्रमकृतैर्धर्मैर्विपरीतं क्वचित्समम् वेदात्षडंगादुद्धृत्य सांख्याद्योगाच्च कृत्स्नशः
varṇāśramakṛtairdharmairviparītaṃ kvacitsamam vedātṣaḍaṃgāduddhṛtya sāṃkhyādyogācca kṛtsnaśaḥ
contrary in some places to the duties laid down for the classes and stages of life, in some places the same (as them), drawn out from the Veda with its six limbs and, in full, from Sāṃkhya and Yoga;
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SiP 7.2 8.4
शतकोटिप्रमाणेन विस्तीर्णं ग्रंथसंख्यया कथितं परमेशेन तत्र पूजा कथं प्रभोः
śatakoṭipramāṇena vistīrṇaṃ graṃthasaṃkhyayā kathitaṃ parameśena tatra pūjā kathaṃ prabhoḥ
extensive, of the measure of a hundred crores by the count of its verses, told by the Supreme Lord — how, therein, is the worship of the Lord (performed)?
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SiP 7.2 8.5
कस्याधिकारः पूजादौ ज्ञानयोगादयः कथम् तत्सर्वं विस्तरादेव वक्तुमर्हसि सुव्रत
kasyādhikāraḥ pūjādau jñānayogādayaḥ katham tatsarvaṃ vistarādeva vaktumarhasi suvrata
Who is entitled to worship and the rest? How are knowledge, yoga and the others? All that you ought to tell in full detail, O you of good vows.
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SiP 7.2 8.6
उपमन्युरुवाच शैवं संक्षिप्य वेदोक्तं शिवेन परिभाषितम् स्तुतिनिंदादिरहितं सद्यः प्रत्ययकारणम्
upamanyuruvāca śaivaṃ saṃkṣipya vedoktaṃ śivena paribhāṣitam stutiniṃdādirahitaṃ sadyaḥ pratyayakāraṇam
Upamanyu said: Condensing the Śaiva (teaching) that is stated in the Veda and declared by Śiva, free of praise and blame and the like, at once producing conviction,
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SiP 7.2 8.7
गुरुप्रसादजं दिव्यमनायासेन मुक्तिदम् कथयिष्ये समासेन तस्य शक्यो न विस्तरः
guruprasādajaṃ divyamanāyāsena muktidam kathayiṣye samāsena tasya śakyo na vistaraḥ
divine, born of the guru's grace, granting liberation without toil — I shall tell it in brief; its full extent cannot be (told).
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SiP 7.2 8.8
सिसृक्षया पुराव्यक्ताच्छिवः स्थाणुर्महेश्वरः सत्कार्यकारणोपेतस्स्वयमाविरभूत्प्रभुः
sisṛkṣayā purāvyaktācchivaḥ sthāṇurmaheśvaraḥ satkāryakāraṇopetassvayamāvirabhūtprabhuḥ
Formerly, out of the wish to create, Śiva, the Steady One, the Great Lord, endowed with real effect and cause, himself became manifest from the Unmanifest, the Lord.
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SiP 7.2 8.9
जनयामास च तदा ऋषिर्विश्वाधिकः प्रभुः देवानां प्रथमं देवं ब्रह्माणं ब्रह्मणस्पतिम्
janayāmāsa ca tadā ṛṣirviśvādhikaḥ prabhuḥ devānāṃ prathamaṃ devaṃ brahmāṇaṃ brahmaṇaspatim
And then that Seer, the Lord surpassing the universe, generated the first god among the gods, Brahmā, the lord of the sacred word.
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SiP 7.2 8.10
ब्रह्मापि पितरं देवं जायमानं न्यवैक्षत तं जायमानं जनको देवः प्रापश्यदाज्ञया
brahmāpi pitaraṃ devaṃ jāyamānaṃ nyavaikṣata taṃ jāyamānaṃ janako devaḥ prāpaśyadājñayā
Brahmā too, as he was being born, gazed upon the god his father; and the begetting god, by (his own) will, looked upon him as he was being born.
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SiP 7.2 8.11
दृष्टो रुद्रेण देवो ऽसावसृजद्विश्वमीश्वरः वर्णाश्रमव्यवस्थां च चकार स पृथक्पृथक्
dṛṣṭo rudreṇa devo 'sāvasṛjadviśvamīśvaraḥ varṇāśramavyavasthāṃ ca cakāra sa pṛthakpṛthak
Seen by Rudra, that god the Lord created the universe, and he made the arrangement of the classes and stages of life, each separately.
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SiP 7.2 8.12
सोमं ससर्ज यज्ञार्थे सोमाद्द्यौस्समजायत धरा च वह्निः सूर्यश्च यज्ञो विष्णुश्शचीपतिः
somaṃ sasarja yajñārthe somāddyaussamajāyata dharā ca vahniḥ sūryaśca yajño viṣṇuśśacīpatiḥ
He created Soma for the sake of sacrifice; from Soma the sky was born, and the earth, and fire, and the sun, and sacrifice, and Viṣṇu, and the lord of Śacī (Indra).
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SiP 7.2 8.13
५५२ब् ते चान्ये च सुरा रुद्रं रुद्राध्यायेन तुष्टुवुः प्रसन्नवदनस्तस्थौ देवानामग्रतः प्रभुः
552b te cānye ca surā rudraṃ rudrādhyāyena tuṣṭuvuḥ prasannavadanastasthau devānāmagrataḥ prabhuḥ
They and the other gods praised Rudra with the Rudra chapter (Rudrādhyāya); the Lord stood before the gods with a gracious face.
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SiP 7.2 8.14
अपहृत्य स्वलीलार्थं तेषां ज्ञानं महेश्वरः तमपृच्छंस्ततो देवाः को भवानिति मोहिताः
apahṛtya svalīlārthaṃ teṣāṃ jñānaṃ maheśvaraḥ tamapṛcchaṃstato devāḥ ko bhavāniti mohitāḥ
Maheśvara, for the sake of his own play, took away their knowledge; then the gods, bewildered, asked him, "Who are you?"
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SiP 7.2 8.15
सो ऽब्रवीद्भगवान्रुद्रो ह्यहमेकः पुरातनः आसं प्रथममेवाहं वर्तामि १ च सुरोत्तमाः
so 'bravīdbhagavānrudro hyahamekaḥ purātanaḥ āsaṃ prathamamevāhaṃ vartāmi 1 ca surottamāḥ
The Lord Rudra said: Indeed I alone am the ancient one; I existed at the very first, and I exist (now), O best of gods.
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SiP 7.2 8.16
भविष्यामि च मत्तोन्यो व्यतिरिक्तो न कश्चन अहमेव जगत्सर्वं तर्पयामि स्वतेजसा
bhaviṣyāmi ca mattonyo vyatirikto na kaścana ahameva jagatsarvaṃ tarpayāmi svatejasā
And I shall be; other than me, apart (from me), there is no one at all. I alone gratify this whole world with my own splendour.
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SiP 7.2 8.17
मत्तो ऽधिकः समो नास्ति मां यो वेद स मुच्यते इत्युक्त्वा भगवान्रुद्रस्तत्रैवांतरधत्त स अपश्यंतस्तमीशानं स्तुवंतश्चैव सामभिः
matto 'dhikaḥ samo nāsti māṃ yo veda sa mucyate ityuktvā bhagavānrudrastatraivāṃtaradhatta sa apaśyaṃtastamīśānaṃ stuvaṃtaścaiva sāmabhiḥ
There is none greater than me, none equal; whoever knows me is released. Having said this, the Lord Rudra vanished right there, while they, not seeing that Īśāna, went on praising him with Sāman chants.
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SiP 7.2 8.18
व्रतं पाशुपतं कृत्वा त्वथर्वशिरसि स्थितम् भस्मसंछन्नसर्वांगा बभूवुरमरास्तदा
vrataṃ pāśupataṃ kṛtvā tvatharvaśirasi sthitam bhasmasaṃchannasarvāṃgā babhūvuramarāstadā
Having performed the Pāśupata vow, which is set down in the Atharvaśiras, the immortals then became with all their limbs covered with ash.
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SiP 7.2 8.19
अथ तेषां प्रसादार्थं पशूनां पतिरीश्वरः
atha teṣāṃ prasādārthaṃ paśūnāṃ patirīśvaraḥ
Then, in order to favour them, the Lord, the master of beings (Paśupati),
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SiP 7.2 8.20
सगणश्चोमया सार्धं सान्निध्यमकरोत्प्रभुः यं विनिद्रा जितश्वासा योगिनो दग्धकिल्बिषाः
sagaṇaścomayā sārdhaṃ sānnidhyamakarotprabhuḥ yaṃ vinidrā jitaśvāsā yogino dagdhakilbiṣāḥ
the Lord, with his host and together with Umā, made himself present — him whom sleepless yogins with breath controlled and sins burnt away
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SiP 7.2 8.21
हृदि पश्यंति तं देवं ददृशुर्देवपुंगवाः यामाहुः परमां शक्तिमीश्वरेच्छानुवर्तिनीम्
hṛdi paśyaṃti taṃ devaṃ dadṛśurdevapuṃgavāḥ yāmāhuḥ paramāṃ śaktimīśvarecchānuvartinīm
see in the heart, that god the bulls among the gods (now) saw; and her whom they call the supreme Śakti, who follows the will of the Lord,
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SiP 7.2 8.22
तामपश्यन्महेशस्य वामतो वामलोचनाम् ये विनिर्धूतसंसाराः प्राप्ताः शैवं परं पदम्
tāmapaśyanmaheśasya vāmato vāmalocanām ye vinirdhūtasaṃsārāḥ prāptāḥ śaivaṃ paraṃ padam
her, the lovely-eyed one, they saw on Maheśa's left; and those who have shaken off transmigration and attained the supreme Śaiva state,
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SiP 7.2 8.23
नित्यसिद्धाश्च ये वान्यं ते च दृष्टा गणेश्वराः अथ तं तुष्टुवुर्देवा देव्या सह महेश्वरम्
nityasiddhāśca ye vānyaṃ te ca dṛṣṭā gaṇeśvarāḥ atha taṃ tuṣṭuvurdevā devyā saha maheśvaram
and those who are eternally perfected, or others — those lords of the hosts too were seen. Then the gods praised that Maheśvara together with the Goddess
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SiP 7.2 8.24
स्तोत्रैर्माहेश्वरैर्दिव्यैः श्रोतैः पौराणिकैरपि देवो ऽपि देवानालोक्य घृणया वृषभध्वजः
stotrairmāheśvarairdivyaiḥ śrotaiḥ paurāṇikairapi devo 'pi devānālokya ghṛṇayā vṛṣabhadhvajaḥ
with divine Māheśvara hymns, both Vedic (śrauta) and Purāṇic; and the god too, the bull-bannered one, looking upon the gods with compassion,
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SiP 7.2 8.25
तुष्टो ऽस्मीत्याह सुप्रीतस्स्वभावमधुरां गिरम् अथ सुप्रीतमनसं प्रणिपत्य वृषध्वजम् अर्थमहत्तमं देवाः पप्रच्छुरिममादरात्
tuṣṭo 'smītyāha suprītassvabhāvamadhurāṃ giram atha suprītamanasaṃ praṇipatya vṛṣadhvajam arthamahattamaṃ devāḥ papracchurimamādarāt
well pleased, spoke words naturally sweet: "I am satisfied." Then, bowing to the bull-bannered one whose mind was well pleased, the gods respectfully asked him this matter of greatest importance.
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SiP 7.2 8.26
देवा ऊचुः भगवन्केन मार्गेण पूजनीयो ऽसि भूतले कस्याधिकारः पूजायां वक्तुमर्हसि तत्त्वतः
devā ūcuḥ bhagavankena mārgeṇa pūjanīyo 'si bhūtale kasyādhikāraḥ pūjāyāṃ vaktumarhasi tattvataḥ
The gods said: Lord, by what path are you to be worshipped on earth? Who has the right to your worship? You ought to tell us truly.
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SiP 7.2 8.27
ततः सस्मितमालोक्य देवीं देववरोहरः स्वरूपं दर्शयामास घोरं सूर्यात्मकं परम्
tataḥ sasmitamālokya devīṃ devavaroharaḥ svarūpaṃ darśayāmāsa ghoraṃ sūryātmakaṃ param
Then Hara, the best of gods, looking with a smile at the Goddess, showed his own form, terrible, having the sun as its essence, supreme,
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SiP 7.2 8.28
सर्वैश्वर्यगुणोपेतं सर्वतेजोमयं परम् शक्तिभिर्मूर्तिभिश्चांगैर्ग्रहैर्देवैश्च संवृतम्
sarvaiśvaryaguṇopetaṃ sarvatejomayaṃ param śaktibhirmūrtibhiścāṃgairgrahairdevaiśca saṃvṛtam
endowed with all the qualities of sovereignty, made of all splendour, supreme, surrounded by his powers, his (embodied) forms, his limbs, the planets, and the gods,
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SiP 7.2 8.29
अष्टबाहुं चतुर्वक्त्रमर्धनारीकमद्भुतम् दृष्ट्वैवमद्भुताकारं देवा विष्णुपुरोगमाः
aṣṭabāhuṃ caturvaktramardhanārīkamadbhutam dṛṣṭvaivamadbhutākāraṃ devā viṣṇupurogamāḥ
eight-armed, four-faced, wondrously half-woman — seeing thus that wondrous form, the gods led by Viṣṇu,
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SiP 7.2 8.30
बुद्ध्वा दिवाकरं देवं देवीं चैव निशाकरम् पञ्चभूतानि शेषाणि तन्मयं च चराचरम्
buddhvā divākaraṃ devaṃ devīṃ caiva niśākaram pañcabhūtāni śeṣāṇi tanmayaṃ ca carācaram
having understood the god to be the day-maker (sun) and the Goddess to be the night-maker (moon), and the remaining five elements and the moving and unmoving world to consist of him,
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SiP 7.2 8.32
एवमुक्त्वा नमश्चक्रुस्तस्मै चार्घ्यं प्रदाय वै ॥ शिव्प्_७।२,८३१अब्। सिंदूरवर्णाय सुमण्डलाय सुवर्णवर्णाभरणाय तुभ्यम् पद्माभनेत्राय सपंकजाय ब्रह्मेन्द्रनारायणकारणाय
evamuktvā namaścakrustasmai cārghyaṃ pradāya vai // śivp_7.2,831ab/ siṃdūravarṇāya sumaṇḍalāya suvarṇavarṇābharaṇāya tubhyam padmābhanetrāya sapaṃkajāya brahmendranārāyaṇakāraṇāya
having spoken thus, they made obeisance to him and offered him the arghya water: "To you, of vermilion colour, of the beautiful orb, whose ornaments are of golden hue, whose eyes are like lotuses, holding a lotus, the cause of Brahmā, Indra and Nārāyaṇa —"
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SiP 7.2 8.33
सुरत्नपूर्णं ससुवर्णतोयं सुकुंकुमाद्यं सकुशं सपुष्पम् प्रदत्तमादाय सहेमपात्रं प्रशस्तमर्घ्यं भगवन्प्रसीद
suratnapūrṇaṃ sasuvarṇatoyaṃ sukuṃkumādyaṃ sakuśaṃ sapuṣpam pradattamādāya sahemapātraṃ praśastamarghyaṃ bhagavanprasīda
Accept this excellent guest-offering, presented in a golden vessel, full of fine jewels, with gold-tinged water, with fine saffron and the rest, with kuśa grass and with flowers — O Lord, be gracious.
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SiP 7.2 8.34
नमश्शिवाय शांताय सगणायादिहेतवे १ परस्मैपदमार्षम् रुद्राय विष्णवे तुभ्यं ब्रह्मणे सूर्यमूर्तये
namaśśivāya śāṃtāya sagaṇāyādihetave 1 parasmaipadamārṣam rudrāya viṣṇave tubhyaṃ brahmaṇe sūryamūrtaye
Homage to Śiva, the tranquil one, attended by his host, the first cause — (here) the parasmaipada form is archaic usage — to Rudra, to Viṣṇu, to you, to Brahmā, whose form is the sun.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 7.2 8.35
यश्शिवं मण्डले सौरे संपूज्यैव समाहितः प्रातर्मध्याह्नसायाह्ने प्रदद्यादर्घ्यमुत्तमम्
yaśśivaṃ maṇḍale saure saṃpūjyaiva samāhitaḥ prātarmadhyāhnasāyāhne pradadyādarghyamuttamam
He who, worshipping Śiva in the solar disc with collected mind, offers the excellent guest-offering at dawn, midday and evening,
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SiP 7.2 8.36
प्रणमेद्वा पठेदेताञ्छ्लोकाञ्छ्रुतिमुखानिमान् न तस्य दुर्ल्लभं किंचिद्भक्तश्चेन्मुच्यते दृढम्
praṇamedvā paṭhedetāñchlokāñchrutimukhānimān na tasya durllabhaṃ kiṃcidbhaktaścenmucyate dṛḍham
or bows down, or recites these verses that begin with (words of) scripture — for him nothing is hard to obtain; and if he is devoted, he is surely released.
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SiP 7.2 8.37
तस्मादभ्यर्चयेनित्यं शिवमादित्यरूपिणम् धर्मकामार्थमुक्त्यर्थं मनसा कर्मणा गिरा
tasmādabhyarcayenityaṃ śivamādityarūpiṇam dharmakāmārthamuktyarthaṃ manasā karmaṇā girā
Therefore let one always worship Śiva in the form of the sun, in thought, deed and speech, for the sake of dharma, desire, wealth and liberation.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 7.2 8.38
अथ देवान्समालोक्य मण्डलस्थो महेश्वरः सर्वागमोत्तरं दत्त्वा शास्त्रमंतरधाद्धरः
atha devānsamālokya maṇḍalastho maheśvaraḥ sarvāgamottaraṃ dattvā śāstramaṃtaradhāddharaḥ
Then Maheśvara, standing in the disc, looking upon the gods, and having given the scripture that is the culmination of all the āgamas, Hara vanished.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 7.2 8.39
तत्र पूजाधिकारो ऽयं ब्रह्मक्षत्रविशामिति ज्ञात्वा प्रणम्य देवेशं देवा जग्मुर्यथागतम्
tatra pūjādhikāro 'yaṃ brahmakṣatraviśāmiti jñātvā praṇamya deveśaṃ devā jagmuryathāgatam
Knowing that "in this the entitlement to worship belongs to the brahmins, kṣatriyas and vaiśyas," the gods bowed to the lord of gods and went as they had come.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 7.2 8.40
अथ कालेन महता तस्मिञ्छास्त्रे तिरोहिते भर्तारं परिपप्रच्छ तदंकस्था महेश्वरी
atha kālena mahatā tasmiñchāstre tirohite bhartāraṃ paripapraccha tadaṃkasthā maheśvarī
Then, after a long time, when that scripture had disappeared, Maheśvarī, seated on his lap, questioned her husband.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 7.2 8.41
तया स चोदितो देवो देव्या चन्द्रविभूषणः अवदत्करमुद्धृत्य शास्त्रं सर्वागमोत्तरम्
tayā sa codito devo devyā candravibhūṣaṇaḥ avadatkaramuddhṛtya śāstraṃ sarvāgamottaram
Urged by her, the goddess, that god adorned with the moon raised his hand and spoke the scripture that is the culmination of all the āgamas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 7.2 8.42
प्रवर्तितं च तल्लोके नियोगात्परमेष्ठिनः मयागस्त्येन गुरुणा दधीचेन महर्षिणा
pravartitaṃ ca talloke niyogātparameṣṭhinaḥ mayāgastyena guruṇā dadhīcena maharṣiṇā
And it was set going in the world at the command of the Supreme One by me, by the teacher Agastya, and by the great sage Dadhīca.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 7.2 8.43
स्वयमप्यवतीर्योर्व्यां युगावर्तेषु शूलधृक् स्वाश्रितानां विमुक्त्यर्थं कुरुते ज्ञानसंततिम्
svayamapyavatīryorvyāṃ yugāvarteṣu śūladhṛk svāśritānāṃ vimuktyarthaṃ kurute jñānasaṃtatim
And the bearer of the trident himself, descending to the earth in the turnings of the ages, produces a continuous line of knowledge for the liberation of those who have taken refuge in him.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 7.2 8.44
ऋभुस्सत्यो भार्गवश्च ह्यंगिराः सविता द्विजाः मृत्युः शतक्रतुर्धीमान्वसिष्ठो मुनिपुंगवः
ṛbhussatyo bhārgavaśca hyaṃgirāḥ savitā dvijāḥ mṛtyuḥ śatakraturdhīmānvasiṣṭho munipuṃgavaḥ
Ṛbhu, Satya, Bhārgava, and Aṅgiras, Savitṛ — twice-born ones — Mṛtyu, the wise Śatakratu, Vasiṣṭha the bull among sages,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 7.2 8.45
सारस्वतस्त्रिधामा च त्रिवृतो मुनिपुंगवः शततेजास्स्वयं धर्मो नारायण इति श्रुतः
sārasvatastridhāmā ca trivṛto munipuṃgavaḥ śatatejāssvayaṃ dharmo nārāyaṇa iti śrutaḥ
Sārasvata, Tridhāman, and Trivṛta the bull among sages, Śatatejas, Dharma himself, and the one known as Nārāyaṇa,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 7.2 8.46
स्वरक्षश्चारुणिर्धीमांस्तथा चैव कृतंजयः कृतंजयो भरद्वाजो गौतमः कविरुत्तमः
svarakṣaścāruṇirdhīmāṃstathā caiva kṛtaṃjayaḥ kṛtaṃjayo bharadvājo gautamaḥ kaviruttamaḥ
Svarakṣa, the wise Āruṇi, and likewise Kṛtaṃjaya, Kṛtaṃjaya (again), Bharadvāja, Gautama, the excellent seer,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 7.2 8.47
वाचःस्रवा मुनिस्साक्षात्तथा सूक्ष्मायणिः शुचिः तृणबिंदुर्मुनिः कृष्णः शक्तिः शाक्तेय उत्तरः
vācaḥsravā munissākṣāttathā sūkṣmāyaṇiḥ śuciḥ tṛṇabiṃdurmuniḥ kṛṣṇaḥ śaktiḥ śākteya uttaraḥ
the sage Vācaḥśravas in person, and likewise the pure Sūkṣmāyaṇi, the sage Tṛṇabindu, Kṛṣṇa, Śakti, Śākteya, Uttara,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 7.2 8.48
जातूकर्ण्यो हरिस्साक्षात्कृष्णद्वैपायनो मुनिः व्यासावताराञ्छृण्वंतु कल्पयोगेश्वरान्क्रमात्
jātūkarṇyo harissākṣātkṛṣṇadvaipāyano muniḥ vyāsāvatārāñchṛṇvaṃtu kalpayogeśvarānkramāt
Jātūkarṇya, Hari in person, the sage Kṛṣṇa Dvaipāyana — let (them) hear the incarnations of Vyāsa, the lords of yoga in the (successive) kalpas, in order.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 7.2 8.49
लैंगे व्यासावतारा हि द्वापरां तेषु सुव्रताः योगाचार्यावताराश्च तथा शिष्येषु शूलिनः
laiṃge vyāsāvatārā hi dvāparāṃ teṣu suvratāḥ yogācāryāvatārāśca tathā śiṣyeṣu śūlinaḥ
In the Liṅga (purāṇa) the incarnations of Vyāsa in the Dvāpara (ages) are those of firm vows, and likewise the incarnations of the trident-bearer as teachers of yoga among the disciples.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 7.2 8.50
तत्र तत्र विभोः शिष्याश्चत्वारः स्युर्महौजसः शिष्यास्तेषां प्रशिष्याश्च शतशो ऽथ सहस्रशः
tatra tatra vibhoḥ śiṣyāścatvāraḥ syurmahaujasaḥ śiṣyāsteṣāṃ praśiṣyāśca śataśo 'tha sahasraśaḥ
In each case the lord had four disciples of great vigour; and their disciples and disciples' disciples were by the hundreds and by the thousands.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 7.2 8.51
तेषां संभावनाल्लोके शैवाज्ञाकरणादिभिः भाग्यवंतो विमुच्यंते भक्त्या चात्यंतभाविताः
teṣāṃ saṃbhāvanālloke śaivājñākaraṇādibhiḥ bhāgyavaṃto vimucyaṃte bhaktyā cātyaṃtabhāvitāḥ
Through honouring them in the world, by carrying out Śiva's command and the like, the fortunate ones, being wholly permeated with devotion, are released.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition