Skanda Purana — Reva Khanda — Chapter 29
SkP-RK 29.1
मार्कण्डेय उवाच: कृते युगे ऽथ सम्प्राप्ते बलिर् नाम महासुरः । तस्य पुत्रो महावीर्यः सहस्रभुजविश्रुतः
mārkaṇḍeya uvāca: kṛte yuge 'tha samprāpte balir nāma mahāsuraḥ / tasya putro mahāvīryaḥ sahasrabhujaviśrutaḥ
Mārkaṇḍeya said: Now, when the Kṛta age had come, there was a great asura named Bali; his son was of great valour, renowned as Sahasrabhuja ("Thousand-armed").
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SkP-RK 29.2
दिव्यं वर्षसहस्रं तु तेन चाराधितो हरः । तुष्टेन तेन सम्प्रोक्तः प्रार्थयस्व वरं वर
divyaṃ varṣasahasraṃ tu tena cārādhito haraḥ / tuṣṭena tena samproktaḥ prārthayasva varaṃ vara
For a thousand divine years he propitiated Hara; and Hara, being pleased, said to him: "Ask for a boon, O excellent one."
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SkP-RK 29.3
यत्किंचिद् वै वरं प्रोक्तं तद् दास्यामि न संशयः । बाणासुरो वदत्य् एवं यदि तुष्टो ऽसि मे प्रभो
yatkiṃcid vai varaṃ proktaṃ tad dāsyāmi na saṃśayaḥ / bāṇāsuro vadaty evaṃ yadi tuṣṭo 'si me prabho
"Whatever boon is named, that I shall give, without doubt." Bāṇāsura speaks thus: "If you are pleased with me, O Lord —"
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SkP-RK 29.4
पुरं भवतु मे दिव्यमजेयं सर्वदैवतैः । त्वाम् एव वर्जयित्वा तु दुष्प्राप्यं सर्वदैवतैः
puraṃ bhavatu me divyamajeyaṃ sarvadaivataiḥ / tvām eva varjayitvā tu duṣprāpyaṃ sarvadaivataiḥ
"Let me have a divine city, unconquerable by all the gods — except for you alone — and unattainable by all the gods.
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SkP-RK 29.5
मयि तिष्ठति यत् तिष्ठेत् मयि गच्छति गच्छतु । कामिकं भवनं देव पुर भवतु मे तदा
mayi tiṣṭhati yat tiṣṭhet mayi gacchati gacchatu / kāmikaṃ bhavanaṃ deva pura bhavatu me tadā
— tr. refused: cyber
SkP-RK 29.6
उक्तो बाणासुरस् तेन बलिपुत्रो महायशाः । विष्णुनाभिहितश् चासौ किं त्वया प्रार्थितो हरः
ukto bāṇāsuras tena baliputro mahāyaśāḥ / viṣṇunābhihitaś cāsau kiṃ tvayā prārthito haraḥ
Bāṇāsura, the son of Bali, of great fame, was addressed by him (thus); and he was asked by Viṣṇu: "What did you request of Hara?"
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SkP-RK 29.7
बाण उवाच: मह्यं दत्तं महेशेन पुरम् पुरवरोत्तमम् । अजेयं सर्वदेवानाम् असुराणां च दुर्लभम्
bāṇa uvāca: mahyaṃ dattaṃ maheśena puram puravarottamam / ajeyaṃ sarvadevānām asurāṇāṃ ca durlabham
Bāṇa said: The Great Lord gave me a city, the finest of the best of cities, unconquerable by all the gods and hard for the asuras to win.
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SkP-RK 29.8
यदि दत्तं महेशेन पुरं तुभ्यं यथेप्सितम् । मया ऽपि ते प्रदत्तं च द्वितीयं तादृशं पुरम्
yadi dattaṃ maheśena puraṃ tubhyaṃ yathepsitam / mayā 'pi te pradattaṃ ca dvitīyaṃ tādṛśaṃ puram
"If a city just as you wished was given to you by Maheśa, by me too a second city like it has been granted to you."
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SkP-RK 29.9
विष्णुना ऽपि पुरं दत्तं द्वितीयं च मनोरमम् । एकीभूतौ तु तौ देवायूचतुस् तौ बलेः सुतम्
viṣṇunā 'pi puraṃ dattaṃ dvitīyaṃ ca manoramam / ekībhūtau tu tau devāyūcatus tau baleḥ sutam
— tr. refused: cyber
SkP-RK 29.10
गच्छ बाणासुर क्षिप्रं यत्रास्ते कमलासनः । गतस् तत्र बलेः पुत्रो यत्रातिष्ठत् पितामहः
gaccha bāṇāsura kṣipraṃ yatrāste kamalāsanaḥ / gatas tatra baleḥ putro yatrātiṣṭhat pitāmahaḥ
"Go quickly, Bāṇāsura, to where the lotus-seated one (Brahmā) abides." Bali's son went there, where the Grandfather was staying.
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SkP-RK 29.11
परिष्वज्य स्वहस्तेन पृष्टश् चैव स्वयम्भुवा । बहुवर्षसहस्रं तु तपो घोरं त्वया कृतम्
pariṣvajya svahastena pṛṣṭaś caiva svayambhuvā / bahuvarṣasahasraṃ tu tapo ghoraṃ tvayā kṛtam
Having been embraced with (Brahmā's) own hand, he was asked by the Self-existent One: "For many thousands of years you have performed terrible austerity;
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SkP-RK 29.12
वरस् तु कस्त्वया प्राप्तस् तपसाराध्य शङ्करम् । ब्रह्मणो वचनं श्रुत्वा प्रत्युवाच महासुरः
varas tu kastvayā prāptas tapasārādhya śaṅkaram / brahmaṇo vacanaṃ śrutvā pratyuvāca mahāsuraḥ
"But what boon did you obtain, having propitiated Śaṅkara by austerity?" Hearing Brahmā's words, the great demon replied:
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SkP-RK 29.13
मया तु प्रार्थितो रुद्रो दत्तस् तेन प्रसादतः । कामरूपं पुरं प्राप्तं मनोरम्यं मनोरमम्
mayā tu prārthito rudro dattas tena prasādataḥ / kāmarūpaṃ puraṃ prāptaṃ manoramyaṃ manoramam
"Rudra was entreated by me, and by him, out of favor, (a boon) was granted: I obtained the city Kāmarūpa, pleasing to the mind, delightful."
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SkP-RK 29.14
तादृशं तु पुरं दत्तं द्वितीयं विष्णुना पुनः । बाणासुरवचः श्रुत्वा प्रत्युवाच महासुरम्
tādṛśaṃ tu puraṃ dattaṃ dvitīyaṃ viṣṇunā punaḥ / bāṇāsuravacaḥ śrutvā pratyuvāca mahāsuram
And a second such city was given again by Viṣṇu. Hearing Bāṇāsura's words, he replied to the great demon:
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SkP-RK 29.15
त्वया तु प्रार्थितो रुद्रो दत्तं तेन महात्मना । मया ऽपि ते पुरं दत्तं तेनासौ त्रिपुरः स्मृतः । एवं प्राप्तवरो राजन् महाबलपराक्रमः
tvayā tu prārthito rudro dattaṃ tena mahātmanā / mayā 'pi te puraṃ dattaṃ tenāsau tripuraḥ smṛtaḥ / evaṃ prāptavaro rājan mahābalaparākramaḥ
"Rudra was entreated by you, and he, the great-souled one, gave (a city); by me too a city was given to you — hence that (place) is known as Tripura ('Triple City')." Thus, O king, he obtained his boon, (that demon) of great strength and valour,
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SkP-RK 29.16
सहस्रभुजविस्तीर्णस् त्ववध्यः सर्वदैवतैः । पुराणि दानवानां तु अमराणां तु यानि च
sahasrabhujavistīrṇas tvavadhyaḥ sarvadaivataiḥ / purāṇi dānavānāṃ tu amarāṇāṃ tu yāni ca
extended with a thousand arms, and unslayable by all the gods. The cities of the Dānavas, and those of the immortals,
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SkP-RK 29.17
यक्षविद्याधराणां तु गन्धर्वाणां च रक्षसाम् । भग्नानि तानि सर्वाणि स्थण्डिलानि हृतानि च
yakṣavidyādharāṇāṃ tu gandharvāṇāṃ ca rakṣasām / bhagnāni tāni sarvāṇi sthaṇḍilāni hṛtāni ca
and of the Yakṣas and Vidyādharas, and of the Gandharvas and Rākṣasas — all those were shattered, and their sacrificial grounds carried off.
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SkP-RK 29.18
भग्नामरावती तेन पुरा शक्रस्य भारत । त्रिपुरं ह्यभवत् सर्वं कैलासः केवलं पृथक्
bhagnāmarāvatī tena purā śakrasya bhārata / tripuraṃ hyabhavat sarvaṃ kailāsaḥ kevalaṃ pṛthak
By him Amarāvatī, formerly Śakra's (city), was shattered, O Bhārata; indeed everything became Tripura — Kailāsa alone stood apart.
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SkP-RK 29.19
उद्विग्नमानसा देवा हरपार्श्वम् उपाययुः । वरो दत्तस् त्वया तस्मै ब्रह्मणा विष्णुनापि च
udvignamānasā devā harapārśvam upāyayuḥ / varo dattas tvayā tasmai brahmaṇā viṣṇunāpi ca
With troubled minds the gods went to Hara's side: "A boon was given to him by you, and by Brahmā and by Viṣṇu too.
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SkP-RK 29.20
तेन सार्धं तु संग्रामे शक्तिर् नास्तीति कस्यचित् । यस् तस्य पुरतस् तिष्ठेत् तम् असौ भस्मतां नयेत्
tena sārdhaṃ tu saṃgrāme śaktir nāstīti kasyacit / yas tasya puratas tiṣṭhet tam asau bhasmatāṃ nayet
"No one has the power (to contend) with him in battle; whoever should stand before him, that one he would reduce to ashes."
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SkP-RK 29.21
एवं श्रुत्वा शिवो वाक्यं परं कौतूहलं ततः । संप्रेषितास् तदा देवा ब्रह्मविष्णुपुरोगमाः
evaṃ śrutvā śivo vākyaṃ paraṃ kautūhalaṃ tataḥ / saṃpreṣitās tadā devā brahmaviṣṇupurogamāḥ
Having thus heard the speech, Śiva (felt) the greatest curiosity; then the gods, with Brahmā and Viṣṇu at their head, were dispatched:
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SkP-RK 29.22
समेत्य गम्यतां देवास् त्रिंशत्कोट्यो महाबलाः । विनाशयत यत्नेन त्रिपुरं पुरसंस्थितम्
sametya gamyatāṃ devās triṃśatkoṭyo mahābalāḥ / vināśayata yatnena tripuraṃ purasaṃsthitam
"Assembling, let the gods go — thirty crores of you, of great strength; destroy with effort Tripura, established as a city."
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SkP-RK 29.23
ततो गताः सुराः सर्वे बद्धवैराः सहस्रशः । वाणासुरपुरं यत्र सुतीक्ष्णनिशितायुधाः
tato gatāḥ surāḥ sarve baddhavairāḥ sahasraśaḥ / vāṇāsurapuraṃ yatra sutīkṣṇaniśitāyudhāḥ
Then all the gods went, by the thousands, with enmity fixed, their weapons very sharp and honed, to where Bāṇāsura's city was,
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SkP-RK 29.24
सुयुद्धबलसम्पन्नाः सर्वे ते बलशालिनः । मार्गं पुरं च देशं च छादयन्तो घना इव
suyuddhabalasampannāḥ sarve te balaśālinaḥ / mārgaṃ puraṃ ca deśaṃ ca chādayanto ghanā iva
well endowed with fighting strength, all of them mighty, covering road and city and country like clouds.
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SkP-RK 29.25
संक्षिप्तेनैव कालेन मनसा चिन्तितेन च । सर्वे ते त्रिपुरं प्राप्ता धनुः क्षिप्ताः शरा इव
saṃkṣiptenaiva kālena manasā cintitena ca / sarve te tripuraṃ prāptā dhanuḥ kṣiptāḥ śarā iva
In a very short time, and (as swiftly) as a thing thought by the mind, all of them reached Tripura, like arrows shot from a bow.
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SkP-RK 29.26
द्रष्टुं दश दिशस् तेन प्रेषिता ये च किङ्कराः । ऊचुर् बाणासुरं ते तु निश्चिन्तस् त्वं कथं प्रभो
draṣṭuṃ daśa diśas tena preṣitā ye ca kiṅkarāḥ / ūcur bāṇāsuraṃ te tu niścintas tvaṃ kathaṃ prabho
And the servants who had been sent by him to look in the ten directions said to Bāṇāsura: "How is it that you are free of care, O lord?"
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SkP-RK 29.27
उक्तं बाणासुरेणा ऽपि वरो ऽद्य सफलो मम । समीहितफलं प्राप्तं कुतो गच्छन्ति ते सुराः
uktaṃ bāṇāsureṇā 'pi varo 'dya saphalo mama / samīhitaphalaṃ prāptaṃ kuto gacchanti te surāḥ
And it was said by Bāṇāsura too: "Today my boon has borne fruit; the desired result has been obtained. Where are those gods going?"
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SkP-RK 29.28
तेन ते क्षणमात्रेण सर्वे देवा जितास् तदा । हृतानि च ततो ऽस्त्राणि पात्र भोजनं यथा
tena te kṣaṇamātreṇa sarve devā jitās tadā / hṛtāni ca tato 'strāṇi pātra bhojanaṃ yathā
By him, in a mere moment, all those gods were then conquered, and their weapons carried off from them, as food (is taken) from a dish.
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SkP-RK 29.29
इन्द्रस्यापि हृतं वज्रं चक्रं वै केशवस्य तु । जलं पितामहस्यापि पाशं च वरुणस्य च
indrasyāpi hṛtaṃ vajraṃ cakraṃ vai keśavasya tu / jalaṃ pitāmahasyāpi pāśaṃ ca varuṇasya ca
Indra's thunderbolt too was carried off, and Keśava's discus, and the Grandfather's water(-pot), and Varuṇa's noose,
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SkP-RK 29.30
कुबरेस्य गदां चैव मरुतश्चाङ्कुशं तथा । यमस्यापहृतो दण्डः शक्तिर् वैश्वानरस्य च
kubaresya gadāṃ caiva marutaścāṅkuśaṃ tathā / yamasyāpahṛto daṇḍaḥ śaktir vaiśvānarasya ca
and Kubera's mace, and likewise the Wind's goad; Yama's rod was taken away, and the spear of Vaiśvānara (Fire).
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SkP-RK 29.31
कामरूपं पुरं तस्य हरदत्तं प्रसादतः । न शक्यते सुरैः सर्वैर् ब्रह्मविष्णुपुरोगमैः
kāmarūpaṃ puraṃ tasya haradattaṃ prasādataḥ / na śakyate suraiḥ sarvair brahmaviṣṇupurogamaiḥ
His city, taking any shape at will, was given by Hara out of favour; it cannot be (assailed) by all the gods with Brahmā and Viṣṇu at their head —
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SkP-RK 29.32
बाधितुं दैत्यराजस्य समन्तान् मिलितैर् अपि । सुरा बाणासुरेणैव ततो युद्धे पराजिताः
bādhituṃ daityarājasya samantān militair api / surā bāṇāsureṇaiva tato yuddhe parājitāḥ
they cannot harass (the city) of the king of the Daityas, even if gathered together from all sides. Thereupon the gods were defeated in battle by Bāṇāsura,
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SkP-RK 29.33
भग्नास्तूत्साहरहिता हरपार्श्वम् उपागताः । शिवेनोक्तास् तु ते सर्वे तत्र गत्वा तु किं कृतम्
bhagnāstūtsāharahitā harapārśvam upāgatāḥ / śivenoktās tu te sarve tatra gatvā tu kiṃ kṛtam
and broken, bereft of zeal, they came to Hara's side. Śiva said to them all: "What did you accomplish, having gone there?
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SkP-RK 29.34
संग्रामः कीदृशस् तेन भवद्भिः सह निर्मितः । ततः किं कथ्यते देव न शक्तास् तस्य कर्मणि
saṃgrāmaḥ kīdṛśas tena bhavadbhiḥ saha nirmitaḥ / tataḥ kiṃ kathyate deva na śaktās tasya karmaṇi
"What sort of battle was waged by him with you?" "What then is to be told, O god? We were not equal to his deed.
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SkP-RK 29.35
न तेन सह संग्रामे सम्मुखं केनचित् कृतम् । देवतावचनं श्रुत्वा क्रुद्धः प्रोवाच शङ्करः
na tena saha saṃgrāme sammukhaṃ kenacit kṛtam / devatāvacanaṃ śrutvā kruddhaḥ provāca śaṅkaraḥ
No one made a stand face to face with him in the battle." Hearing the gods' words, Śaṅkara spoke in anger:
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SkP-RK 29.36
त्रिपुरं च महादुष्टाम् इमं व्यापादयाम्यहम् । अथवा चापम् आकृष्य ह्य् असुरं प्रदहाम्य् अहम्
tripuraṃ ca mahāduṣṭām imaṃ vyāpādayāmyaham / athavā cāpam ākṛṣya hy asuraṃ pradahāmy aham
"I shall destroy this Tripura, the greatly wicked one; or rather, drawing my bow, I shall burn up the demon.
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SkP-RK 29.37
येन जीवन् नरो यस् तु सुराणां किङ्करो भवेत् । पतिव्रता प्रसादेना त्रिपुरं च सुरासुरैः
yena jīvan naro yas tu surāṇāṃ kiṅkaro bhavet / pativratā prasādenā tripuraṃ ca surāsuraiḥ
By which a man, while living, would become the servant of the gods — but by the favour of the faithful wives, Tripura (is not to be assailed) by gods and demons,
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SkP-RK 29.38
न शक्यं धर्षितुं तस्मान् नारदं प्रेषयाम्य् अहम् । नारदः प्रेषितस् तत्र क्षोभय त्वं पतिव्रताः
na śakyaṃ dharṣituṃ tasmān nāradaṃ preṣayāmy aham / nāradaḥ preṣitas tatra kṣobhaya tvaṃ pativratāḥ
is not able to be assailed; therefore I shall send Nārada. Nārada, being sent there: 'Do you agitate the faithful wives.'"
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SkP-RK 29.39
एवम् उक्तस् तु देवर्षिर् बाणासुरपुरं ययौ । त्वरितं पुरमध्ये तु यत्र बाणासुरो नृपः
evam uktas tu devarṣir bāṇāsurapuraṃ yayau / tvaritaṃ puramadhye tu yatra bāṇāsuro nṛpaḥ
Thus addressed, the divine seer went to the city of the demon Bāṇa, swiftly, into the midst of the city, where Bāṇa the demon was king.
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SkP-RK 29.40
तं तु देव ऋषिं दृष्ट्वा ह्यसुरो वाक्यम् अब्रवीत् । नमस्कृत्य च साष्टाङ्गम् अर्घपाद्यैः प्रपूज्य च
taṃ tu deva ṛṣiṃ dṛṣṭvā hyasuro vākyam abravīt / namaskṛtya ca sāṣṭāṅgam arghapādyaiḥ prapūjya ca
And the demon, seeing that divine seer, spoke a word, having bowed with the eight limbs and honoured him with water for guest and feet:
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SkP-RK 29.41
कुतो ऽत्रागमनं ते ऽद्य किं वा कार्यं महामुने । तस्य तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा मुनिः प्रोवाच तं तदा
kuto 'trāgamanaṃ te 'dya kiṃ vā kāryaṃ mahāmune / tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā muniḥ provāca taṃ tadā
"Whence is your coming here today, or what is the business, great sage?" Hearing that speech of his, the sage then said to him:
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SkP-RK 29.42
कुशलं ते बलेः पुत्रसादरं तु पुनः पुनः । बाणासुरो ऽब्रवीद् वाक्यं कुशलं तव दर्शनात्
kuśalaṃ te baleḥ putrasādaraṃ tu punaḥ punaḥ / bāṇāsuro 'bravīd vākyaṃ kuśalaṃ tava darśanāt
"Is it well with you, son of Bali?" — respectfully, again and again. Bāṇa the demon spoke a word: "It is well, from the sight of you."
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SkP-RK 29.43
देवर्षिर् उपविष्टस् तु दिव्यासनसुशोभितः । राज्ञी चाभ्यर्चयत् तत्र स तस्यै नारदस् तदा
devarṣir upaviṣṭas tu divyāsanasuśobhitaḥ / rājñī cābhyarcayat tatra sa tasyai nāradas tadā
The divine seer sat, resplendent on a divine seat; and the queen worshipped him there, and Nārada then to her
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SkP-RK 29.44
पुराणवेदबाह्यानि वृत्तान्यादेशयन् मुनिः । नारीणां चलितं चित्तं कृत्वा देवमुनिस् तदा
purāṇavedabāhyāni vṛttānyādeśayan muniḥ / nārīṇāṃ calitaṃ cittaṃ kṛtvā devamunis tadā
— the sage, teaching practices outside the Purāṇas and Vedas; having made the minds of the women unsteady, the divine sage then
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SkP-RK 29.45
आगतो नारदः श्रीमान् कैलासं पर्वतोत्तमम् । नमस्कृत्य महादेवं वृत्तान्तं संन्यवेदयत्
āgato nāradaḥ śrīmān kailāsaṃ parvatottamam / namaskṛtya mahādevaṃ vṛttāntaṃ saṃnyavedayat
the illustrious Nārada came to Kailāsa, best of mountains; and having bowed to Mahādeva he reported the matter:
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SkP-RK 29.46
घातय त्रिपुरं देव सपुरं सुरकण्टकम् । निर्गतस् तु हरस् तस्मात् कैलासनिलयात् प्रभुः
ghātaya tripuraṃ deva sapuraṃ surakaṇṭakam / nirgatas tu haras tasmāt kailāsanilayāt prabhuḥ
"Slay Tripura, O god, together with his city, the thorn of the gods." And the lord Hara went forth from that dwelling on Kailāsa,
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SkP-RK 29.47
स्वकीयेनैव मार्गेण यत्र ऽसौ त्रिपुर ऽसुरः । देवी चण्डेश्वरो नन्दी महाकालो महेश्वरः
svakīyenaiva mārgeṇa yatra 'sau tripura 'suraḥ / devī caṇḍeśvaro nandī mahākālo maheśvaraḥ
by his own road, to where that demon Tripura was: the Goddess, Caṇḍeśvara, Nandin, Mahākāla, Maheśvara,
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SkP-RK 29.48
वृषो भृङ्गिरिटिश् चैव विघ्नेशः स्कन्द एव च । पुष्पदन्तो महावीरो घण्टाकर्णो महोदरः
vṛṣo bhṛṅgiriṭiś caiva vighneśaḥ skanda eva ca / puṣpadanto mahāvīro ghaṇṭākarṇo mahodaraḥ
Vṛṣa and Bhṛṅgiriṭi, Vighneśa and Skanda too, Puṣpadanta, Mahāvīra, Ghaṇṭākarṇa, Mahodara,
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SkP-RK 29.49
गोमुखो हस्तिकर्णश् च स्थूलजङ्घो वृकोदरः । गणाः पञ्चदश त्व् एते हरतुल्यपराक्रमाः
gomukho hastikarṇaś ca sthūlajaṅgho vṛkodaraḥ / gaṇāḥ pañcadaśa tv ete haratulyaparākramāḥ
Gomukha and Hastikarṇa, Sthūlajaṅgha, Vṛkodara — these fifteen troop-leaders, equal to Hara in prowess.
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SkP-RK 29.50
अस्ति सिद्धो महाक्षेत्रं श्रीशैलो नामपर्वतः । तत्र स्थित्वा महादेवो हन्तव्यस् त्रिपुरः प्रिये
asti siddho mahākṣetraṃ śrīśailo nāmaparvataḥ / tatra sthitvā mahādevo hantavyas tripuraḥ priye
"There is a perfected great holy place, a mountain named Śrīśaila; standing there, Mahādeva, Tripura is to be slain, my dear."
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SkP-RK 29.51
स्थानं माहेश्वरं चक्रे व्यापी तत्र पिनाकधृक् । एकपादेन ब्रह्माण्डं पातालं चापरेण च
sthānaṃ māheśvaraṃ cakre vyāpī tatra pinākadhṛk / ekapādena brahmāṇḍaṃ pātālaṃ cāpareṇa ca
There the all-pervading bearer of the Pināka made the place of Maheśvara: with one foot the egg of Brahmā, and with the other the netherworld.
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SkP-RK 29.52
हिमवन्तं धनुः कृत्वा गुणं कृत्वा तु वासुकिम् । शरं वैश्वानरं कृत्वा तस्या ऽग्रं कालम् एव तु
himavantaṃ dhanuḥ kṛtvā guṇaṃ kṛtvā tu vāsukim / śaraṃ vaiśvānaraṃ kṛtvā tasyā 'graṃ kālam eva tu
Making Himavant his bow, making Vāsuki the bowstring, making Vaiśvānara the arrow and Kāla its tip,
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SkP-RK 29.53
रथं भूमण्डलं कृत्वा वेदान् कृत्वा हयांस् तथा । रश्मींस्तक्षककर्कोटौ ब्रह्माणं सारथिं स्वयम्
rathaṃ bhūmaṇḍalaṃ kṛtvā vedān kṛtvā hayāṃs tathā / raśmīṃstakṣakakarkoṭau brahmāṇaṃ sārathiṃ svayam
making the circle of the earth his chariot, and making the Vedas his horses, Takṣaka and Karkoṭaka the reins, Brahmā himself the charioteer,
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SkP-RK 29.54
चक्ररक्षं वासुदेवमघोरं मन्त्रसप्तकम् । तथा पाशुपतं चैव मन्त्रराजं तथैव च
cakrarakṣaṃ vāsudevamaghoraṃ mantrasaptakam / tathā pāśupataṃ caiva mantrarājaṃ tathaiva ca
(and having made) Vāsudeva the guardian of the chariot-wheel, and the Aghora, the group of seven mantras, and likewise the Pāśupata (weapon), and the king of mantras as well —
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SkP-RK 29.55
दिव्यं वर्षसहस्रं तु स्थानं कृत्वा स्थितो ऽभवत् । तिष्ठतो मम तत्रैव कालेन महता प्रिये
divyaṃ varṣasahasraṃ tu sthānaṃ kṛtvā sthito 'bhavat / tiṣṭhato mama tatraiva kālena mahatā priye
He took up his stance and remained (so) for a thousand divine years. As I stood there, dear one, after a very long time —
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SkP-RK 29.56
लक्ष्यालक्ष्ये तनू कृत्वा गणेशो विघ्नमाचरत् । वामपादनखाग्रेण चलितः स्थानकाद् अहम्
lakṣyālakṣye tanū kṛtvā gaṇeśo vighnamācarat / vāmapādanakhāgreṇa calitaḥ sthānakād aham
Gaṇeśa, having made his body (both) visible and invisible, created an obstacle; and by the tip of the nail of his left foot I was shifted from my stance.
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SkP-RK 29.57
ततो मया हतो ना ऽसौ रक्षितुं त्रिपुरं कथम् । प्रवृत्तो ऽसि गणाधीश जगद्विध्वंसकारकम्
tato mayā hato nā 'sau rakṣituṃ tripuraṃ katham / pravṛtto 'si gaṇādhīśa jagadvidhvaṃsakārakam
"Then this man was not slain by me — how (is) Tripura to be protected? You have set about, O lord of the Gaṇas, the destruction of the world!"
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SkP-RK 29.58
इति तस्य वचः श्रुत्वा विघ्नेशो वाक्यम् अब्रवीत् । अहं न विघ्नये त्वां चेत् कथम् अन्ये ऽर्चयन्ति माम्
iti tasya vacaḥ śrutvā vighneśo vākyam abravīt / ahaṃ na vighnaye tvāṃ cet katham anye 'rcayanti mām
Having heard his words, the lord of obstacles spoke (these) words: "If I do not obstruct you, how will others worship me?
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SkP-RK 29.59
अपूजिते मयि विभो यः कार्यं कर्तुम् इच्छति । तस्मै विघ्नं प्रदास्यामि सुरासुरगणेष्वपि
apūjite mayi vibho yaḥ kāryaṃ kartum icchati / tasmai vighnaṃ pradāsyāmi surāsuragaṇeṣvapi
"O mighty one, whoever wishes to accomplish a task while I am unworshipped, to him I shall give an obstacle, even among the hosts of gods and demons."
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SkP-RK 29.60
एवम् अस्त्व् इति तं प्राह शङ्करः तद् अनन्तरम् । वध्यं चैव गतो लक्ष्यं संशक्तस् त्रिपुरं प्रति
evam astv iti taṃ prāha śaṅkaraḥ tad anantaram / vadhyaṃ caiva gato lakṣyaṃ saṃśaktas tripuraṃ prati
"So be it," said Śaṅkara to him; and thereafter he reached the target that was to be slain, intent upon Tripura.
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SkP-RK 29.61
तापसो ऽयं दुराचारो दैत्यः परपुरं जयः । विनाशाया ऽस्य दुष्टस्य कंचाहं प्रेषये शरम्
tāpaso 'yaṃ durācāro daityaḥ parapuraṃ jayaḥ / vināśāyā 'sya duṣṭasya kaṃcāhaṃ preṣaye śaram
"This one is an ascetic, an evil-doer, a demon, a conqueror of others' cities. For the destruction of this wicked one, which arrow shall I send forth?
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SkP-RK 29.62
त्रिपुरस्य वधार्थाय क्षिप्रं पाशुपतं महत् । अस्त्रम् अन्यद् विधास्यामीत्य् उक्त्वा देवो हरः पुरम्
tripurasya vadhārthāya kṣipraṃ pāśupataṃ mahat / astram anyad vidhāsyāmīty uktvā devo haraḥ puram
"For the slaying of Tripura I shall swiftly employ the great Pāśupata, another weapon" — so saying, the god Hara (struck) the city.
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SkP-RK 29.63
अघोरास्त्रेण तद् दग्धं त्रिखण्डं जर्जरीकृतम् । पातितं तु जले तत्र ततो मां शरणं गताः
aghorāstreṇa tad dagdhaṃ trikhaṇḍaṃ jarjarīkṛtam / pātitaṃ tu jale tatra tato māṃ śaraṇaṃ gatāḥ
That (city), in three parts, was burnt by the Aghora weapon and reduced to shreds, and cast down there into the water; then they came to me for refuge.
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SkP-RK 29.64
भवानि दानवैः सार्द्धं तेषां पत्न्यः सुतेक्षणाः । आपतन्ति रुदन्त्यस् ताः शतशो ऽथ सहस्रशः
bhavāni dānavaiḥ sārddhaṃ teṣāṃ patnyaḥ sutekṣaṇāḥ / āpatanti rudantyas tāḥ śataśo 'tha sahasraśaḥ
O Bhavānī, along with the Dānavas their wives with beautiful eyes came falling down, weeping, by hundreds and by thousands.
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SkP-RK 29.65
सर्वासां निर्दयो वह्णिः स ददाह पतींस् तथा । श्रीशैले पतितं चैकम् अन्यच् चामरकण्टके
sarvāsāṃ nirdayo vahṇiḥ sa dadāha patīṃs tathā / śrīśaile patitaṃ caikam anyac cāmarakaṇṭake
That fire, pitiless towards them all, burnt their husbands likewise. And one (part) fell on Śrīśaila, another on Amarakaṇṭaka,
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SkP-RK 29.66
गङ्गासागरसम्भेदे तृतीयं च तथा प्रिये । पुत्रपौत्रकलत्राणि मणिहेमपुराणि च
gaṅgāsāgarasambhede tṛtīyaṃ ca tathā priye / putrapautrakalatrāṇi maṇihemapurāṇi ca
and the third at the meeting of the Gaṅgā and the ocean, dear one. Sons, grandsons, wives, and cities of jewels and gold —
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SkP-RK 29.67
विनाशं यान्ति तान् यत्र लिङ्गमेकं न नश्यति । लिङ्गानां नवकोटीनां यद्येकम् अपि दह्यते
vināśaṃ yānti tān yatra liṅgamekaṃ na naśyati / liṅgānāṃ navakoṭīnāṃ yadyekam api dahyate
let them (all) go to destruction, so long as in that place not a single liṅga perishes. If even one of the nine crores of liṅgas is burnt,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SkP-RK 29.68
प्राणत्यागं करिष्यामि हुताशे ऽस्मिंस् तदा ध्रुवम् । दग्धं तु त्रिपुरं कृत्स्नम् अघोरास्त्रेण दारुणम्
prāṇatyāgaṃ kariṣyāmi hutāśe 'smiṃs tadā dhruvam / dagdhaṃ tu tripuraṃ kṛtsnam aghorāstreṇa dāruṇam
then I shall surely give up my life in this fire. But the whole of Tripura was burnt by the terrible Aghora weapon,
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SkP-RK 29.69
पातितं नर्मदा मध्ये ज्वलत्कालानलप्रभम् । तद् भित्त्वा सप्तपातालं रसातलतलं ययौ
pātitaṃ narmadā madhye jvalatkālānalaprabham / tad bhittvā saptapātālaṃ rasātalatalaṃ yayau
and cast down into the middle of the Narmadā, with the radiance of the blazing fire of time; and having split the seven nether worlds, it went to the floor of Rasātala.
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SkP-RK 29.70
तेन जालेश्वरं तीर्थं त्रिषु लोकेषु विश्रुतम् । अर्चनात् तस्य देवस्य मुच्यते ब्रह्महत्यया
tena jāleśvaraṃ tīrthaṃ triṣu lokeṣu viśrutam / arcanāt tasya devasya mucyate brahmahatyayā
By that (event) the sacred place Jāleśvara (became) renowned in the three worlds. By worship of that god one is freed from the killing of a brahmin,
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SkP-RK 29.71
कल्पकोटिसहस्राणि वसेच् छिवपुरे सुखी । तत्र स्नात्वा दिवं यान्ति ये मृता न पुनर्भवाः
kalpakoṭisahasrāṇi vasec chivapure sukhī / tatra snātvā divaṃ yānti ye mṛtā na punarbhavāḥ
and one would dwell happily in Śiva's city for thousands of crores of kalpas. Those who bathe there go to heaven, and those who die (there) are not born again.
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SkP-RK 29.72
तिलोदकप्रदानेन पिण्डपातेन भारत । पितरस् तस्य तृप्यन्ति शिवो यावच् च कल्पगा
tilodakapradānena piṇḍapātena bhārata / pitaras tasya tṛpyanti śivo yāvac ca kalpagā
By the offering of sesame and water, by the placing of the piṇḍa, O Bhārata, his ancestors are satisfied for as long as Śiva lasts through the kalpas.
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SkP-RK 29.73
सार्द्धकोटिश् च लिङ्गानां गङ्गासागरसङ्गमे । सार्द्धकोटिश् च पतिता लिङ्गानां पुरवर्धने
sārddhakoṭiś ca liṅgānāṃ gaṅgāsāgarasaṅgame / sārddhakoṭiś ca patitā liṅgānāṃ puravardhane
And a crore and a half of liṅgas (fell) at the confluence of the Gaṅgā and the ocean, and a crore and a half of liṅgas fell at Puravardhana.
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SkP-RK 29.74
दशार्धकोटिः पतिता श्रीशैले त्रिपुरान्तिके । तिस्रः कोट्यार्धकोटी च पतितामरकण्टके
daśārdhakoṭiḥ patitā śrīśaile tripurāntike / tisraḥ koṭyārdhakoṭī ca patitāmarakaṇṭake
Five crore fell at Śrīśaila, near Tripurāntaka; and three crore and a half crore fell at Amarakaṇṭaka.
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SkP-RK 29.75
एतानि बाणलिङ्गानि भुक्तिमुक्तिप्रदानि तु । त्रिपुरघ्नम् अघोरास्त्रं ज्वलत्कालाग्निरुद्रवत्
etāni bāṇaliṅgāni bhuktimuktipradāni tu / tripuraghnam aghorāstraṃ jvalatkālāgnirudravat
These are the Bāṇa-liṅgas, bestowers of enjoyment and liberation; (and) the Aghora weapon, destroyer of Tripura, like the blazing Kālāgni-Rudra.
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SkP-RK 29.76
कल्पगां वर्जयित्वा तु कान्या धारयितुं क्षमा । एतादृशं तु पतितं तदस्त्रं कल्पगाजले
kalpagāṃ varjayitvā tu kānyā dhārayituṃ kṣamā / etādṛśaṃ tu patitaṃ tadastraṃ kalpagājale
Excepting the Kalpagā (river), what woman is able to hold (it)? And such a weapon as that fell into the water of the Kalpagā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SkP-RK 29.77
जालेश्वरं तु कथितं त्रिपुरघ्नम् इदं तव । एतत् तीर्थं न जानन्ति लोकाश्च सचराचराः
jāleśvaraṃ tu kathitaṃ tripuraghnam idaṃ tava / etat tīrthaṃ na jānanti lokāśca sacarācarāḥ
Thus this Jāleśvara, the slayer of Tripura, has been told to you; the worlds, with their moving and unmoving (beings), do not know this holy place.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 29.78
दहन्तं त्रिपुरं दृष्ट्वा देवा विस्मयमागताः । ब्रह्माद्या देवता येन संग्रामेषु पराजिताः
dahantaṃ tripuraṃ dṛṣṭvā devā vismayamāgatāḥ / brahmādyā devatā yena saṃgrāmeṣu parājitāḥ
Seeing (him) burning Tripura, the gods fell into astonishment: by him the gods beginning with Brahmā had been defeated in battles.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 29.79
शरेणैकेन तद्वीर्यं कृतं भस्मैकपुञ्जवत् । बाणासुरः पुरे दग्धे भीतः स्तोत्रमिदं जगौ
śareṇaikena tadvīryaṃ kṛtaṃ bhasmaikapuñjavat / bāṇāsuraḥ pure dagdhe bhītaḥ stotramidaṃ jagau
With a single arrow that valour of his was reduced to a single heap of ashes. When his city was burnt, Bāṇāsura, terrified, sang this hymn of praise.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 29.80
ॐ नमो ऽनादिदेवेश विघ्नेश्वर महेश्वर । सर्वज्ञाज्ञानहृज् ज्ञानप्रदानैक नमो ऽस्तु ते
oṃ namo 'nādideveśa vighneśvara maheśvara / sarvajñājñānahṛj jñānapradānaika namo 'stu te
Om, homage (to you), O beginningless lord of gods, O lord of obstacles, O Maheśvara; O all-knowing one, remover of ignorance, sole bestower of knowledge, homage be to you.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 29.81
अनन्तगुणरत्नाय परेशाय नमो ऽस्तु ते । परात्पर परातीत उत्पत्तिस्थानकारक
anantaguṇaratnāya pareśāya namo 'stu te / parātpara parātīta utpattisthānakāraka
Homage be to you, the jewel of endless qualities, the supreme lord; O higher than the high, O one beyond the highest, O cause of the place of origin.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 29.82
सर्वार्थसाधनोपाय विश्वेश्वर नमो ऽस्तु ते । निरञ्जन निराधार स्वभाव निरुपद्रव
sarvārthasādhanopāya viśveśvara namo 'stu te / nirañjana nirādhāra svabhāva nirupadrava
O means for the accomplishment of every aim, O lord of the universe, homage be to you; O unstained one, O one without support, O self-existent, O one free from affliction.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 29.83
प्रसन्नपरमेशान योगेश्वर नमो ऽस्तु ते । असुरघ्न पिशाचघ्न भूतवेतालनाशन
prasannaparameśāna yogeśvara namo 'stu te / asuraghna piśācaghna bhūtavetālanāśana
O gracious supreme ruler, O lord of yoga, homage be to you; O slayer of demons, slayer of piśācas, destroyer of ghosts and vetālas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 29.84
भूतनाथ जगन्नाथ सर्वाधार नमो ऽस्तु ते । सृष्टिसंहार निर्वाणसप्तपातालसंश्रय
bhūtanātha jagannātha sarvādhāra namo 'stu te / sṛṣṭisaṃhāra nirvāṇasaptapātālasaṃśraya
O lord of beings, lord of the world, support of all, homage be to you; O (you who are) creation, dissolution, and liberation, refuge of the seven nether worlds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SkP-RK 29.85
श्रीकण्ठ नीलकण्ठेश महाकण्ठ नमो ऽस्तु ते । त्र्यम्बकाय त्रिशूलाय त्रिलोकाय च ते नमः
śrīkaṇṭha nīlakaṇṭheśa mahākaṇṭha namo 'stu te / tryambakāya triśūlāya trilokāya ca te namaḥ
O Śrīkaṇṭha, O lord Nīlakaṇṭha, O Mahākaṇṭha, homage be to you; and homage to you, the three-eyed one, the trident-bearer, the one who is the three worlds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 29.86
कपालिने कपालैश् च बद्धाङ्ग शशिशेखर । उमाकान्तार्धदेहाय सुरासुरनमस्कृत
kapāline kapālaiś ca baddhāṅga śaśiśekhara / umākāntārdhadehāya surāsuranamaskṛta
To the skull-bearer, and to you whose limbs are bound with skulls, O one with the moon as crest-jewel; to him whose body is half that of Umā's beloved, O one saluted by gods and demons.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SkP-RK 29.87
यत्र त्वं रूपसंस्थं चलमचलतनुं व्यापकं लक्ष्यहीनं तेजो ऽभ्यन्तर् मरालं घनम् अघनम् अजं स्फाटिकं स्फाटिकाभम् । रक्तं नीलं च पीतं सितम् असितमनेकाल्परूपं प्रयुक्तं मध्यान्तादिव्यपेतं स्फुटतनुर् अहितं लिङ्गरूपं नमामि
yatra tvaṃ rūpasaṃsthaṃ calamacalatanuṃ vyāpakaṃ lakṣyahīnaṃ tejo 'bhyantar marālaṃ ghanam aghanam ajaṃ sphāṭikaṃ sphāṭikābham / raktaṃ nīlaṃ ca pītaṃ sitam asitamanekālparūpaṃ prayuktaṃ madhyāntādivyapetaṃ sphuṭatanur ahitaṃ liṅgarūpaṃ namāmi
Wherein you (abide), established in form, of body moving and unmoving, all-pervading, without any mark, a radiance within, tender(?), dense and not dense, unborn, crystalline and crystal-hued; red, blue, yellow, white, black, joined with many small forms, free of middle, end and beginning — with manifest body, unfixed(?): I bow to the liṅga-form.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SkP-RK 29.88
मध्याह्ने लक्ष्ययोगेन हृदयकमले धारणीशे न हंसे नाकाशे वायुतत्त्वे ऽनलधरणिजले विद्यते नैव शक्यम् । नो नादे नैव विन्दौ न करणनिलये नादिमध्यावसाने स्थानेष्वेषु प्रबुद्धो न च नियमयितुं यं सदाद्यं नमामि
madhyāhne lakṣyayogena hṛdayakamale dhāraṇīśe na haṃse nākāśe vāyutattve 'naladharaṇijale vidyate naiva śakyam / no nāde naiva vindau na karaṇanilaye nādimadhyāvasāne sthāneṣveṣu prabuddho na ca niyamayituṃ yaṃ sadādyaṃ namāmi
At midday, through concentration on the mark, in the lotus of the heart, in the lord of the earth(?), not in the haṃsa, not in ether, in the wind-element, in fire, earth and water — he is not found, nor is he attainable; not in sound, not in the drop, not in the seat of the senses, not in beginning, middle or end — (he who is) awakened in these stations and yet cannot be confined (to them): him, the eternal and first, I bow to.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SkP-RK 29.89
जिह्वाचापल्यभावेन वर्णितं मे महाप्रभो । क्षन्तव्यं तत्सुरेशान कस्त्वां वर्णयितुं क्षमः
jihvācāpalyabhāvena varṇitaṃ me mahāprabho / kṣantavyaṃ tatsureśāna kastvāṃ varṇayituṃ kṣamaḥ
O great lord, out of mere fickleness of tongue this has been described by me; that should be forgiven, O lord of gods — who is capable of describing you?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 29.90
मार्कण्डेय उवाच: श्रुत्वा स्तुतिं च बाणस्य तुष्टो ऽसौ भगवान् हरः । उवाच वचनं शम्भुर् असुरं प्रति भारत
mārkaṇḍeya uvāca: śrutvā stutiṃ ca bāṇasya tuṣṭo 'sau bhagavān haraḥ / uvāca vacanaṃ śambhur asuraṃ prati bhārata
Mārkaṇḍeya said: And having heard Bāṇa's hymn of praise, that lord Hara was pleased, and Śambhu spoke a word to the demon, O Bhārata.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 29.91
सेवापराधजो ह्य् एष क्षान्तस्ते दैत्यनायक । वरं वृणीष्व भद्रं ते यत् ते मनसि वर्तते
sevāparādhajo hy eṣa kṣāntaste daityanāyaka / varaṃ vṛṇīṣva bhadraṃ te yat te manasi vartate
"This (offence) of yours, arising from a fault in service, is indeed forgiven, O leader of the Daityas. Choose a boon — good fortune to you — whatever is in your mind."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 29.92
शिवस्य वचनं श्रुत्वा बाणो दैत्यपतिस् तदा । प्रणम्य चाब्रवीद् वाक्यं सुरासुरनमस्कृतम्
śivasya vacanaṃ śrutvā bāṇo daityapatis tadā / praṇamya cābravīd vākyaṃ surāsuranamaskṛtam
Having heard Śiva's word, Bāṇa, the lord of the Daityas, then bowed and spoke a speech to him who is saluted by gods and demons.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 29.93
यदि तुष्टो ऽसि मे देव वरं दातुं त्वमिच्छसि । अनेनैव शरीरेण सान्तः पुरपरिच्छदः
yadi tuṣṭo 'si me deva varaṃ dātuṃ tvamicchasi / anenaiva śarīreṇa sāntaḥ puraparicchadaḥ
"If you are pleased with me, O god, and you wish to grant a boon: with this very body, together with my harem and retinue —"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 29.94
तव लोकं गमिष्यामि यत्र जन्म न विद्यते । अत्रोत्पत्तिविपत्तिभ्यां निर्विण्णो ऽसुरयोनिषु
tava lokaṃ gamiṣyāmi yatra janma na vidyate / atrotpattivipattibhyāṃ nirviṇṇo 'surayoniṣu
— tr. refused: cyber
SkP-RK 29.95
त्रिभिर् देवैः पुरं दत्तं भिन्नं तत् पुरं त्वया । कथं तत् पतितं भूमौ गहना कर्मणां गतिः
tribhir devaiḥ puraṃ dattaṃ bhinnaṃ tat puraṃ tvayā / kathaṃ tat patitaṃ bhūmau gahanā karmaṇāṃ gatiḥ
— tr. refused: cyber
SkP-RK 29.96
दाताबलिः प्रार्थयिता च विष्णुर्दानं मही वाजिमखस्य कालः । आसीत् फलं बन्धनम् एव तस्य नमो ऽस्तु तस्यै भवितव्यतायै
dātābaliḥ prārthayitā ca viṣṇurdānaṃ mahī vājimakhasya kālaḥ / āsīt phalaṃ bandhanam eva tasya namo 'stu tasyai bhavitavyatāyai
The giver was Bali, the petitioner was Viṣṇu, the gift was the earth, the occasion the time of a horse-sacrifice — (yet) the fruit of it was bondage, nothing else. Homage be to that Inevitability!
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 29.97
स्वर्गो दुर्गः सुराः सैन्यं गजाश्चैरावतादयः । शस्त्रं वज्रम् अवाप्यास्ते यत्र देवो बृहस्पतिः
svargo durgaḥ surāḥ sainyaṃ gajāścairāvatādayaḥ / śastraṃ vajram avāpyāste yatra devo bṛhaspatiḥ
(His) fortress was heaven, the gods (his) army, (his) elephants Airāvata and the rest, (his) weapon the thunderbolt — and (there) abides the god Bṛhaspati, where (all this) has been obtained.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SkP-RK 29.98
निर्जितो मेघनादेन दशाननसुतेन च । सर्वमात्मवशं नीतं दैवं हि बलवत्तरम्
nirjito meghanādena daśānanasutena ca / sarvamātmavaśaṃ nītaṃ daivaṃ hi balavattaram
(Yet all that) was conquered by Meghanāda, the son of the Ten-faced One, and everything was brought under his own sway — for destiny is the stronger.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 29.99
बाणासुरवचः श्रुत्वा देवदेवो वरप्रदः । मम भक्तिप्रसादेन मदन्तिकम् अवाप्स्यसि
bāṇāsuravacaḥ śrutvā devadevo varapradaḥ / mama bhaktiprasādena madantikam avāpsyasi
Hearing Bāṇāsura's words, the God of gods, the granter of boons, (said:) "By the grace of (your) devotion to me you shall attain (a place) near me."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 29.100
ततो बाणासुरः श्रीमान् देवदेवप्रसादतः । दिव्ययानसमारूढः सुरासुरनमस्कृतः
tato bāṇāsuraḥ śrīmān devadevaprasādataḥ / divyayānasamārūḍhaḥ surāsuranamaskṛtaḥ
Then the illustrious Bāṇāsura, by the grace of the God of gods, mounted on a heavenly vehicle, saluted by gods and demons,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 29.101
प्रायाच् छिवपुरं यत्र देवदेवो महेश्वरः । नर्मदा सा ऽब्रवीद् वाक्यं शम्भुं प्रति विशाम्पते
prāyāc chivapuraṃ yatra devadevo maheśvaraḥ / narmadā sā 'bravīd vākyaṃ śambhuṃ prati viśāmpate
— tr. refused: cyber
SkP-RK 29.102
बिन्दुमात्रं न मे दग्धम् अघोरास्त्रेण शङ्कर । ददाह त्रिपुरं कृत्स्नं ज्वलत्कालानलप्रभम्
bindumātraṃ na me dagdham aghorāstreṇa śaṅkara / dadāha tripuraṃ kṛtsnaṃ jvalatkālānalaprabham
"Not so much as a drop of me was burnt up by the Aghora weapon, O Śaṅkara; yet it burnt the whole of Tripura, (that weapon) whose blaze was the flaming fire of time."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 29.103
ईश्वर उवाच: पुरं तु निखिलं दग्धम् अघोरास्त्रं सुदुस्सहम्
īśvara uvāca: puraṃ tu nikhilaṃ dagdham aghorāstraṃ sudussaham
Īśvara said: The city indeed was burnt entirely; the Aghora weapon is very hard to endure.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 29.104
सूर्यकोटिसमप्रख्यं मध्यदेशे तवाम्भसः । अगमत् सौम्यरूपत्वं प्रभावात् तव नर्मदे
sūryakoṭisamaprakhyaṃ madhyadeśe tavāmbhasaḥ / agamat saumyarūpatvaṃ prabhāvāt tava narmade
Brilliant as ten million suns, in the midst of your waters it took on a mild form, by your power, O Narmadā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 29.105
सरितः सागराः शैला गङ्गाद्याश् च सहस्रशः । गोप्यं तत्क्षणमात्रेण भस्मपुञ्जो यथा जलम्
saritaḥ sāgarāḥ śailā gaṅgādyāś ca sahasraśaḥ / gopyaṃ tatkṣaṇamātreṇa bhasmapuñjo yathā jalam
Rivers, oceans, mountains, and the Gaṅgā and the rest by the thousands—in that very instant the water (would have become) like a heap of ashes.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SkP-RK 29.106
सोढुं का ऽन्या सरिच्छ्रेष्ठा त्वां विना भुवि कल्पगे । एवम् उक्त्वा ययौ देवः सुरासुरनमस्कृतः
soḍhuṃ kā 'nyā saricchreṣṭhā tvāṃ vinā bhuvi kalpage / evam uktvā yayau devaḥ surāsuranamaskṛtaḥ
What other river, best of rivers, on earth could bear it, apart from you, O you who flow on through the kalpas? Having spoken thus, the god, saluted by gods and asuras, went away.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 29.107
एतत् ते कथितं भूप आख्यानं श्रुतिसम्मितम् । जालेश्वरस्य तीर्थस्य समासेन युधिष्ठिर
etat te kathitaṃ bhūpa ākhyānaṃ śrutisammitam / jāleśvarasya tīrthasya samāsena yudhiṣṭhira
This narrative, in accord with scripture, has been told to you in brief, O king, (the narrative) of the sacred ford of Jāleśvara, O Yudhiṣṭhira.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 29.108
सेव्यते तेन कार्येण नर्मदा सप्तकल्पगा । श्रवणात् कीर्तनात् तस्य रुद्रस्यानुचरो भवेत्
sevyate tena kāryeṇa narmadā saptakalpagā / śravaṇāt kīrtanāt tasya rudrasyānucaro bhavet
For that reason Narmadā, who flows on through seven kalpas, is resorted to; from hearing of it, from proclaiming it, one becomes an attendant of Rudra.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition