Vayu Purana — Purvardha — Chapter 55
VaP 1 55.1
।।ऋषय ऊचुः।। गुणकर्मप्रभावैश्च कोऽधिको वदतां वरः। श्रोतुमिच्छामहे सम्यगाश्चर्यं गुणविस्तरम्
||ṛṣaya ūcuḥ|| guṇakarmaprabhāvaiśca ko'dhiko vadatāṃ varaḥ| śrotumicchāmahe samyagāścaryaṃ guṇavistaram
The seers said: Who is superior in qualities, deeds and powers, O best of speakers? We wish to hear rightly the marvellous full extent of (his) qualities.
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VaP 1 55.2
।।सूत उवाच।। अत्राप्युदाहरन्तीममिति हासं पुरातनम् । महादेवस्य माहात्म्यं विभुत्वञ्च महात्मनः
||sūta uvāca|| atrāpyudāharantīmamiti hāsaṃ purātanam | mahādevasya māhātmyaṃ vibhutvañca mahātmanaḥ
Sūta said: On this too they relate this ancient tale — the greatness of Mahādeva and the sovereign power of that great one,
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VaP 1 55.3
पूर्वं त्रैलोक्यविजये विष्णुना समुदाहृतम्। बलिं बद्ध्वा महौजास्तु त्रैलोक्याधि पतिः पुरा
pūrvaṃ trailokyavijaye viṣṇunā samudāhṛtam| baliṃ baddhvā mahaujāstu trailokyādhi patiḥ purā
which was formerly told in full by Viṣṇu at the conquest of the three worlds. Long ago, having bound Bali, the greatly vigorous one became lord over the three worlds.
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VaP 1 55.4
प्रणष्टेषु च दैत्येषु प्रहृष्टे च शचीपतौ। अथाजग्मुः प्रभुं द्रष्टुं सर्वे देवाः सवासवाः
praṇaṣṭeṣu ca daityeṣu prahṛṣṭe ca śacīpatau| athājagmuḥ prabhuṃ draṣṭuṃ sarve devāḥ savāsavāḥ
And when the Daityas had perished and the husband of Śacī rejoiced, then all the gods together with Vāsava came to see the Lord,
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VaP 1 55.5
यत्रास्ते विश्वरूपात्मा क्षीरोदस्य समी पतः। सिद्धब्रह्मर्षयो यक्षा गन्धर्वाप्सरसाङ्गणाः
yatrāste viśvarūpātmā kṣīrodasya samī pataḥ| siddhabrahmarṣayo yakṣā gandharvāpsarasāṅgaṇāḥ
where the one whose self is the universal form dwells, near the Milk Ocean. Siddhas and brahmin-seers, Yakṣas, throngs of Gandharvas and Apsarases,
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VaP 1 55.6
नागा देवर्षयश्चैव नद्यः सर्वे च पर्वताः। अभिगम्य महात्मानं स्तुवन्ति पुरुषं हरिम्
nāgā devarṣayaścaiva nadyaḥ sarve ca parvatāḥ| abhigamya mahātmānaṃ stuvanti puruṣaṃ harim
Nāgas and divine seers, the rivers and all the mountains, approaching the great-souled Hari, the Person, praise (him):
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VaP 1 55.7
त्वं धाता त्वञ्च कर्त्ताऽस्य त्वं लोकान् सृजसि प्रभो। त्वत्प्रसादाच्च कल्याणं प्राप्तं त्रैलोक्यमव्ययम्। असुराश्च जिताः सर्वे बलिर्बद्धश्च वै त्वया
tvaṃ dhātā tvañca karttā'sya tvaṃ lokān sṛjasi prabho| tvatprasādācca kalyāṇaṃ prāptaṃ trailokyamavyayam| asurāśca jitāḥ sarve balirbaddhaśca vai tvayā
"You are the ordainer and you are the maker of this (world); you create the worlds, O Lord. By your grace the imperishable three worlds have attained well-being; and all the Asuras have been conquered, and Bali indeed bound by you."
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VaP 1 55.8
एव मुक्तः सुरैर्विष्णुः सिद्धैश्च परमर्षिभिः। प्रत्युवाच ततो देवान् सर्वांस्तान् पुरुषोत्तमः
eva muktaḥ surairviṣṇuḥ siddhaiśca paramarṣibhiḥ| pratyuvāca tato devān sarvāṃstān puruṣottamaḥ
Thus addressed by the gods and by the Siddhas and the supreme seers, Viṣṇu, the highest Person, then replied to all those gods:
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VaP 1 55.9
श्रूयतामभिधास्यामि कारणं सुरसत्तमाः। यः स्रष्टा सर्वभूतानां कालः कालकरः प्रभुः
śrūyatāmabhidhāsyāmi kāraṇaṃ surasattamāḥ| yaḥ sraṣṭā sarvabhūtānāṃ kālaḥ kālakaraḥ prabhuḥ
Listen, best of gods; I shall tell you the reason. He who is the creator of all beings, Time, the maker of time, the Lord —
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VaP 1 55.10
येन हि ब्रह्मणा सार्द्धं सृष्टा लोकाश्च मायया। तस्यैव च प्रसादेन आदौ सिद्धत्वमागतम्
yena hi brahmaṇā sārddhaṃ sṛṣṭā lokāśca māyayā| tasyaiva ca prasādena ādau siddhatvamāgatam
— by whom, together with Brahmā, the worlds were created by (his) māyā; and by his grace alone was perfection attained in the beginning.
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VaP 1 55.11
पुरा तमसि चाव्यक्ते त्रैलोक्ये ग्रासिते मया। उदरस्थेषु भूतेषु लोकेऽहं शयितस्तदा
purā tamasi cāvyakte trailokye grāsite mayā| udarastheṣu bhūteṣu loke'haṃ śayitastadā
Formerly, when the darkness was unmanifest and the three worlds had been swallowed by me, with the beings (lying) in my belly, I lay then in the (waters of the) world.
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VaP 1 55.12
सहस्रशीर्षा भूत्वा च सहस्राक्षः सहस्रपात्। शङ्खचक्रगदा पाणिः शयितो विमलेऽम्भसि
sahasraśīrṣā bhūtvā ca sahasrākṣaḥ sahasrapāt| śaṅkhacakragadā pāṇiḥ śayito vimale'mbhasi
And having become thousand-headed, thousand-eyed, thousand-footed, with conch, discus and mace in hand, I lay upon the clear water.
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VaP 1 55.13
एतस्मिन्नन्तरे दूरात् पश्यामि ह्यमितप्रभम्। शतसूर्यप्रतीकाशं ज्वलन्तं स्वेन तेजसा
etasminnantare dūrāt paśyāmi hyamitaprabham| śatasūryapratīkāśaṃ jvalantaṃ svena tejasā
In this interval I see, from afar, one of measureless radiance, resembling a hundred suns, blazing with his own splendour —
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VaP 1 55.14
चतुर्वक्रं महा योगं पुरुषं काञ्चनप्रभम्। कृष्णाजिनधरं देवं कमण्डलुविभूषितम्। निमेषान्तरमात्रेण प्राप्तोऽसौ पुरुषोत्तमः
caturvakraṃ mahā yogaṃ puruṣaṃ kāñcanaprabham| kṛṣṇājinadharaṃ devaṃ kamaṇḍaluvibhūṣitam| nimeṣāntaramātreṇa prāpto'sau puruṣottamaḥ
a four-faced (being), of great yoga, a Person of golden lustre, a god wearing a black antelope skin, adorned with a water-pot; in the mere space of a blink that Supreme Person arrived.
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VaP 1 55.15
ततो मामब्रवीद्ब्रह्मा सर्वलोक नमस्कृतः। कस्त्वं कुतो वा किञ्चेह तिष्ठसे वद मे विभो
tato māmabravīdbrahmā sarvaloka namaskṛtaḥ| kastvaṃ kuto vā kiñceha tiṣṭhase vada me vibho
Then Brahmā, to whom all the worlds bow, said to me: "Who are you, and from where, and why do you stay here? Tell me, O mighty one.
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VaP 1 55.16
अहं कर्त्ताऽस्मि लोकानां स्वयम्बूर्विश्वतोमुखः। एवमुक्तस्तदा देन ब्रह्मणाहमुवाच तम्
ahaṃ karttā'smi lokānāṃ svayambūrviśvatomukhaḥ| evamuktastadā dena brahmaṇāhamuvāca tam
I am the maker of the worlds, the self-existent, facing in all directions." Thus addressed then by the god Brahmā, I said to him:
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VaP 1 55.17
अहं कर्त्ता च लोकानां संहर्त्ता च पुनः पुनः। एवं सम्भाषमाणाभ्यां परस्परजयैषिणाम्। उत्तरां दिशमास्थाय ज्वाला दृष्टाप्यधिष्ठिता
ahaṃ karttā ca lokānāṃ saṃharttā ca punaḥ punaḥ| evaṃ sambhāṣamāṇābhyāṃ parasparajayaiṣiṇām| uttarāṃ diśamāsthāya jvālā dṛṣṭāpyadhiṣṭhitā
"I too am the maker of the worlds, and their destroyer, again and again." While the two were thus conversing, each seeking victory over the other, a flame was seen standing, occupying the northern quarter.
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VaP 1 55.18
ज्वालान्ततस्तामालोक्य विस्मित्तौ च तदानयोः । तेजसा चैव तेनाथ सर्वं ज्योतिःकृतं जलम्
jvālāntatastāmālokya vismittau ca tadānayoḥ | tejasā caiva tenātha sarvaṃ jyotiḥkṛtaṃ jalam
Then, seeing that flame, the two of them were amazed; and by that splendour all the water was turned to light.
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VaP 1 55.19
वर्द्धमाने तदा वह्नावत्यन्तपरमाद्भुते। अतिदुद्राव तां ज्वालां ब्रह्मा चाहञ्च सत्वरः
varddhamāne tadā vahnāvatyantaparamādbhute| atidudrāva tāṃ jvālāṃ brahmā cāhañca satvaraḥ
Then, as that fire grew, exceedingly and utterly wondrous, both Brahmā and I ran swiftly toward that flame.
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VaP 1 55.20
दिवं भूमिञ्च विष्टभ्य तिष्ठन्तं ज्वालमण्डलम्। तस्य ज्वालस्य मध्ये तु पश्यावो विपुलप्रभम्
divaṃ bhūmiñca viṣṭabhya tiṣṭhantaṃ jvālamaṇḍalam| tasya jvālasya madhye tu paśyāvo vipulaprabham
(We saw) the circle of flame standing, propping apart heaven and earth; and in the midst of that flame we two behold something of vast radiance:
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VaP 1 55.21
प्रादेशमात्रमव्यक्तं लिङ्गं परमदीपितम्। न च तत्काञ्चनं मध्ये न शैलं न च राजतम्
prādeśamātramavyaktaṃ liṅgaṃ paramadīpitam| na ca tatkāñcanaṃ madhye na śailaṃ na ca rājatam
a liṅga, a span in size, unmanifest, supremely brilliant; and that (thing) in the middle was not gold, not stone, nor silver;
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VaP 1 55.22
अनिर्द्देश्यमचिन्त्यञ्च लक्ष्यालक्ष्यं पुनः पुनः। महौजसं महाघोरं वर्द्धमानं भृशं तदा। ज्वालामालायतं न्यस्तं सर्वभूतभयङ्करम्
anirddeśyamacintyañca lakṣyālakṣyaṃ punaḥ punaḥ| mahaujasaṃ mahāghoraṃ varddhamānaṃ bhṛśaṃ tadā| jvālāmālāyataṃ nyastaṃ sarvabhūtabhayaṅkaram
indescribable and unthinkable, again and again visible and invisible, of great might, greatly terrible, then growing intensely, stretched out in a garland of flames, set there, causing fear to all beings.
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VaP 1 55.23
अस्य लिङ्गस्य योऽन्तं वै गच्छते मन्त्रकारणम्। घोर रूपिणमत्यर्थं भिन्दन्तमिव रोदसी
asya liṅgasya yo'ntaṃ vai gacchate mantrakāraṇam| ghora rūpiṇamatyarthaṃ bhindantamiva rodasī
Whoever reaches the end of this liṅga (knows) the ground of the mantra — (this liṅga) of exceedingly terrible form, as if splitting heaven and earth.
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VaP 1 55.24
ततो मामब्रवीद्ब्रह्मा अधो गच्छ त्वतन्द्रितः। अन्तमस्य विजानीमो लिङ्गस्य तु महात्मनः
tato māmabravīdbrahmā adho gaccha tvatandritaḥ| antamasya vijānīmo liṅgasya tu mahātmanaḥ
Then Brahmā said to me: "Go downward, unwearied; let us find out the end of this liṅga of the great Self.
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VaP 1 55.25
अहमूर्द्ध्वं गमिष्यामि यावदन्तोऽस्य दृश्यते। तदा तौ समयं कृत्वा गतावूर्द्ध्वमधश्च ह
ahamūrddhvaṃ gamiṣyāmi yāvadanto'sya dṛśyate| tadā tau samayaṃ kṛtvā gatāvūrddhvamadhaśca ha
I shall go upward, until its end is seen." Then the two, having made this agreement, went up and down.
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VaP 1 55.26
ततो वर्षसहस्रन्तु अहं पुनरधो गतः। न च पश्यामि तस्यान्तं भीतश्चाहं न संशयः
tato varṣasahasrantu ahaṃ punaradho gataḥ| na ca paśyāmi tasyāntaṃ bhītaścāhaṃ na saṃśayaḥ
Then for a thousand years I went further downward, and I do not see its end; and I was afraid, no doubt of it.
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VaP 1 55.27
तथा ब्रह्मा च श्रान्तश्च न चान्तन्तस्य पश्यति। समागतो मया सार्द्धं तत्रैव च महाम्भसि
tathā brahmā ca śrāntaśca na cāntantasya paśyati| samāgato mayā sārddhaṃ tatraiva ca mahāmbhasi
So too Brahmā grew weary and does not see the end of it; he came together with me in that same great water.
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VaP 1 55.28
ततो विस्मयमापन्नावुभौ तस्य महात्मनः ।। मायया मोहितौ तेन नष्टसंज्ञौ व्यवस्थितौ
tato vismayamāpannāvubhau tasya mahātmanaḥ || māyayā mohitau tena naṣṭasaṃjñau vyavasthitau
Then both, fallen into amazement (at the power) of that great Self, deluded by his māyā, stood there with their senses lost.
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VaP 1 55.29
ततो ध्यानगतन्तत्र ईश्वरं सर्वतोमुखम्। प्रभवं निधऩञ्चैव लोकानां प्रभुमव्ययम्
tato dhyānagatantatra īśvaraṃ sarvatomukham| prabhavaṃ nidhaṉañcaiva lokānāṃ prabhumavyayam
Then, in meditation there, (they beheld) the Lord who faces in every direction, the origin and the dissolution of the worlds, the imperishable master.
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VaP 1 55.30
ब्रह्माञ्जलिपुटो भूत्वा तस्मै शर्वाय शूलिने। महाभैरवनादाय भीमरूपाय दंष्ट्रिणे। अव्यक्ताय महान्ताय नमस्कारं प्रकुर्महे
brahmāñjalipuṭo bhūtvā tasmai śarvāya śūline| mahābhairavanādāya bhīmarūpāya daṃṣṭriṇe| avyaktāya mahāntāya namaskāraṃ prakurmahe
Brahmā, with his palms joined in reverence, (said): "To that Śarva, the bearer of the trident, who roars the great and terrible roar, whose form is fearsome, who has tusks, to the unmanifest, to the great one, we offer our salutation."
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VaP 1 55.31
नमोऽस्तु ते लोकसुरेश देव नमोऽस्तु ते भूतपते महांश्च। नमोऽस्तु ते शाश्वत सिद्धयोने नमोऽस्तु ते सर्वजगत्प्रतिष्ठ
namo'stu te lokasureśa deva namo'stu te bhūtapate mahāṃśca| namo'stu te śāśvata siddhayone namo'stu te sarvajagatpratiṣṭha
Homage be to you, O god, lord of the worlds and of the gods; homage be to you, lord of beings, and (to you) the great; homage be to you, eternal one, source of the siddhas; homage be to you, foundation of the whole world.
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VaP 1 55.32
परमेष्ठी परं ब्रह्म अक्षरं परमं पदम्। श्रेष्ठस्त्वं वामदेवश्च रुद्रः स्कन्दः शिवः प्रभुः
parameṣṭhī paraṃ brahma akṣaraṃ paramaṃ padam| śreṣṭhastvaṃ vāmadevaśca rudraḥ skandaḥ śivaḥ prabhuḥ
(You are) Parameṣṭhin, the supreme brahman, the imperishable, the highest station; you are the best, and Vāmadeva, Rudra, Skanda, Śiva, the master.
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VaP 1 55.33
त्वं यज्ञस्त्वं वषट्कारस्त्वमोङ्कारः परं पदम्। स्वाहाकारो नमस्कारः संस्कारः सर्वकर्मणाम्
tvaṃ yajñastvaṃ vaṣaṭkārastvamoṅkāraḥ paraṃ padam| svāhākāro namaskāraḥ saṃskāraḥ sarvakarmaṇām
You are the sacrifice, you are the utterance vaṣaṭ, you are the syllable Oṃ, the highest station; (you are) the utterance svāhā, the salutation, the consecration of all rites.
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VaP 1 55.34
स्वधाकारश्च जाप्यश्च व्रतानि नियमास्तथा। वेदा लोकाश्च देवाश्च भगवानेव सर्वशः
svadhākāraśca jāpyaśca vratāni niyamāstathā| vedā lokāśca devāśca bhagavāneva sarvaśaḥ
(You are) the utterance svadhā, and what is to be muttered, and the vows and the observances; the Vedas, the worlds, and the gods — the Lord is all of it, in every way.
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VaP 1 55.35
आकाशस्य च शब्दस्त्वं भूतानां प्रभवाव्ययम्। भूमेर्गन्धो रसश्वापां तेजोरूपं महेश्वर
ākāśasya ca śabdastvaṃ bhūtānāṃ prabhavāvyayam| bhūmergandho rasaśvāpāṃ tejorūpaṃ maheśvara
And you are the sound of space, the arising and the perishing of the elements; the smell of earth, the taste of the waters, the form of fire, O Great Lord.
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VaP 1 55.36
वायोः रुपर्शश्च देवश्च वपुश्चन्द्रमसस्तथा । बुधो ज्ञानञ्च देवेश प्रकृतौ बीजमेव च
vāyoḥ ruparśaśca devaśca vapuścandramasastathā | budho jñānañca deveśa prakṛtau bījameva ca
And (you are) the touch of wind, and the god, and likewise the body of the moon; (you are) Budha and knowledge, O lord of gods, and the seed within primal nature.
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VaP 1 55.37
त्वं कर्त्ता सर्वभूतानां कालो मृत्युर्यमोऽन्तकः। त्वं धारयसि लोकास्त्रींस्त्वमेव सृजसि प्रभो
tvaṃ karttā sarvabhūtānāṃ kālo mṛtyuryamo'ntakaḥ| tvaṃ dhārayasi lokāstrīṃstvameva sṛjasi prabho
You are the maker of all beings, (you are) time, death, Yama, the ender; you uphold the three worlds, you alone create, O master.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 55.38
पूर्वेण वदनेन त्वमिन्द्रत्वञ्च प्रकाशसे। दक्षिणेन च वक्रेण लोकान् संक्षीयसे प्रभो
pūrveṇa vadanena tvamindratvañca prakāśase| dakṣiṇena ca vakreṇa lokān saṃkṣīyase prabho
With your eastern face you shine forth as Indra's sovereignty; and with the southern face you destroy the worlds, O master.
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VaP 1 55.39
पश्चिमेन तु वक्रेण वरुणत्वं करोषि वै। उत्तरेण तु वक्रेण सौम्यत्वञ्च व्यवस्थितम्
paścimena tu vakreṇa varuṇatvaṃ karoṣi vai| uttareṇa tu vakreṇa saumyatvañca vyavasthitam
But with the western face you exercise the office of Varuṇa; and with the northern face (your) gentleness is established.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 55.40
राजसे बहुधा देव लोकानां प्रभवाव्ययः। आदित्या वसवो रुद्रा मरुतश्चाश्विनीसुतौ
rājase bahudhā deva lokānāṃ prabhavāvyayaḥ| ādityā vasavo rudrā marutaścāśvinīsutau
You shine in many ways, O god, being the arising and the perishing of the worlds. The Ādityas, the Vasus, the Rudras, the Maruts and the two sons of Aśvinī,
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VaP 1 55.41
साध्या विद्याधरा नागाश्वारणाश्च तपोधनाः. वालखिल्या महात्मानस्तपः सिद्धाश्च सुव्रताः
sādhyā vidyādharā nāgāśvāraṇāśca tapodhanāḥ. vālakhilyā mahātmānastapaḥ siddhāśca suvratāḥ
the Sādhyas, the Vidyādharas, the Nāgas, and the forest-dwellers rich in austerity, the great-souled Vālakhilyas, and those perfected in austerity, firm in their vows —
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VaP 1 55.42
त्वत्तः प्रसूता देवेश ये चान्ये नियतव्रताः। उमा सीता सिनी वाली कुहूर्गायत्रिरेव च
tvattaḥ prasūtā deveśa ye cānye niyatavratāḥ| umā sītā sinī vālī kuhūrgāyatrireva ca
— these are born from you, O lord of gods, and the others of restrained vows; and Umā, Sītā, Sinī, Vālī, Kuhū, and Gāyatrī,
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VaP 1 55.43
लक्ष्मीः कीर्त्तिर्धृतिर्मेधा लज्जा क्षान्तिर्वपुः स्वधा। तुष्टिः पुष्ठिः क्रिया चैव वाचां देवी सरस्वती। त्वत्तः प्रसूता देवेश सन्ध्या रात्रिस्तथैव च
lakṣmīḥ kīrttirdhṛtirmedhā lajjā kṣāntirvapuḥ svadhā| tuṣṭiḥ puṣṭhiḥ kriyā caiva vācāṃ devī sarasvatī| tvattaḥ prasūtā deveśa sandhyā rātristathaiva ca
Lakṣmī, Kīrti, Dhṛti, Medhā, Lajjā, Kṣānti, Vapus, Svadhā, Tuṣṭi, Puṣṭi, and Kriyā, and Sarasvatī the goddess of speech — these are born from you, O lord of gods, and likewise twilight and night.
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VaP 1 55.44
सूर्यायुतानामयुतप्रभा च नमोऽस्तु ते चन्द्रसहस्रगोचर। नमोऽस्तु ते पर्वतरूपधारिणे नमोऽस्तु ते सर्वगुणाकराय
sūryāyutānāmayutaprabhā ca namo'stu te candrasahasragocara| namo'stu te parvatarūpadhāriṇe namo'stu te sarvaguṇākarāya
And (yours is) the radiance of myriads of myriads of suns: homage be to you, whose range is a thousand moons; homage be to you who bear the form of a mountain; homage be to you, the mine of all excellences.
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VaP 1 55.45
नमोऽस्तु ते पट्टिशरूपधारिणे नमोऽस्तु ते चर्मविभूतिधारिणे । नमोऽस्तु ते रुद्रपिनाकपाणये नमोऽस्तु ते सायकचक्रधारिणे
namo'stu te paṭṭiśarūpadhāriṇe namo'stu te carmavibhūtidhāriṇe | namo'stu te rudrapinākapāṇaye namo'stu te sāyakacakradhāriṇe
Homage be to you who bear the form of the paṭṭiśa (spear); homage be to you who wear the hide and the ashes; homage be to you, Rudra, with the Pināka bow in hand; homage be to you who bear arrow and discus.
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VaP 1 55.46
नमोऽस्तु ते भस्मविभूषिताङ्ग नमोऽस्तु ते कामशरीरनाशन। नमोऽस्तु ते देव हिरण्यवाससे नमोऽस्तु ते देव हिरण्यबाहवे
namo'stu te bhasmavibhūṣitāṅga namo'stu te kāmaśarīranāśana| namo'stu te deva hiraṇyavāsase namo'stu te deva hiraṇyabāhave
Homage be to you whose limbs are adorned with ashes; homage be to you, destroyer of the body of Kāma; homage be to you, O god clad in gold; homage be to you, O god with golden arms.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 55.47
नमोऽस्तु ते देव हिरण्यरूप नमोऽस्तु ते देव हिरण्यनाभ। नमोऽस्तु ते नेत्रसहस्रचित्र नमोऽस्तु ते देव हिरण्यरेतः
namo'stu te deva hiraṇyarūpa namo'stu te deva hiraṇyanābha| namo'stu te netrasahasracitra namo'stu te deva hiraṇyaretaḥ
Homage be to you, O god of golden form; homage be to you, O god with the golden navel; homage be to you, variegated with a thousand eyes; homage be to you, O god whose seed is gold.
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VaP 1 55.48
नमोऽस्तु ते देव हिरण्यवर्ण नमोऽस्तु ते देव हिरण्यगर्भ। नमोऽस्तु ते देव हिरण्यचीर नमोऽस्तु ते देव हिरण्यदायिने
namo'stu te deva hiraṇyavarṇa namo'stu te deva hiraṇyagarbha| namo'stu te deva hiraṇyacīra namo'stu te deva hiraṇyadāyine
Homage be to you, O god of golden colour; homage be to you, O god, the golden womb; homage be to you, O god in golden garb; homage be to you, O god, giver of gold.
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VaP 1 55.49
नमोऽस्तु ते देव हिरण्यमालिने नमोऽस्तु ते देव हिरण्यवाहिने। नमोऽस्तु ते देव हिरण्यचीर नमोऽस्तु ते भैरवनादनादिने
namo'stu te deva hiraṇyamāline namo'stu te deva hiraṇyavāhine| namo'stu te deva hiraṇyacīra namo'stu te bhairavanādanādine
Homage to you, god, wearer of the golden garland; homage to you, god, borne by gold. Homage to you, god, clad in gold; homage to you, who roar with a terrible roar.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 55.50
नमोऽस्तु ते भैरववेगवेग नमोऽस्तु ते शङ्कर नीलकण्ठ। मनोऽस्तु ते दिव्यसहस्रबाहो नमोऽस्तु ते नर्त्तनवादनप्रिय
namo'stu te bhairavavegavega namo'stu te śaṅkara nīlakaṇṭha| mano'stu te divyasahasrabāho namo'stu te narttanavādanapriya
Homage to you, whose speed is a terrible speed; homage to you, Śaṅkara, blue-throated one. Homage to you, of a divine thousand arms; homage to you, lover of dancing and of music.
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VaP 1 55.51
एवं संस्तूयमानस्तु व्यक्तो भूत्वा महामतिः। भाति देवो महायोगी सूर्यकोटिसमप्रभः
evaṃ saṃstūyamānastu vyakto bhūtvā mahāmatiḥ| bhāti devo mahāyogī sūryakoṭisamaprabhaḥ
Thus praised, the one of great mind became manifest; the god, the great yogin, shines with a radiance equal to ten million suns.
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VaP 1 55.52
अभिभाष्यस्तदा हृष्टो महादेवो महेश्वरः। वक्रकोटिसहस्रेण ग्रसमान इवापरम्
abhibhāṣyastadā hṛṣṭo mahādevo maheśvaraḥ| vakrakoṭisahasreṇa grasamāna ivāparam
Then the delighted Mahādeva, Maheśvara, was to be addressed — as if devouring the other (world) with his thousands of ten million crooked (mouths?).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 55.53
एकग्रीवस्त्वेकजटो नानाभूषण्भूषितः। नानाचित्रविचित्राङ्गो नानामाल्यानुलेपनः
ekagrīvastvekajaṭo nānābhūṣaṇbhūṣitaḥ| nānācitravicitrāṅgo nānāmālyānulepanaḥ
With a single neck and a single matted lock, adorned with manifold ornaments, his limbs variegated with many designs, wearing many garlands and unguents;
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VaP 1 55.54
पिनाकपाणिर्भगवान् वृषभासनशूलधृक् । दण्डकृष्णाजिनधरः कपाली घोररूपधृक्
pinākapāṇirbhagavān vṛṣabhāsanaśūladhṛk | daṇḍakṛṣṇājinadharaḥ kapālī ghorarūpadhṛk
the Lord with the Pināka bow in hand, seated on the bull, bearing the trident, holding a staff and a black antelope skin, carrying a skull, bearing a dreadful form,
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VaP 1 55.55
व्यालयज्ञोपवीती च सुराणामभयङ्करः। दुन्दुभिस्वननिर्घोषपर्जन्यनिनदोपमः। मुक्तो हासस्तदा तेन नभः सर्वमपूरयत्
vyālayajñopavītī ca surāṇāmabhayaṅkaraḥ| dundubhisvananirghoṣaparjanyaninadopamaḥ| mukto hāsastadā tena nabhaḥ sarvamapūrayat
and with a serpent for his sacred thread, giving safety to the gods, like the sound of a drum's booming, like the roar of a rain-cloud — then a laugh was released by him that filled the whole sky.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 55.56
तेन शब्देन महता वयं भीता महात्मनः। तदोवाच महायोगी प्रीतोऽहं सुरसत्तमौ
tena śabdena mahatā vayaṃ bhītā mahātmanaḥ| tadovāca mahāyogī prīto'haṃ surasattamau
By that great sound of the great-souled one we were frightened. Then the great yogin said: "I am pleased, you two best of gods."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 55.57
पश्येताञ्च महामायां भयं सर्वं प्रमुच्यताम् । युवां प्रसूतौ गात्रेषु मम पूर्वसनातनौ
paśyetāñca mahāmāyāṃ bhayaṃ sarvaṃ pramucyatām | yuvāṃ prasūtau gātreṣu mama pūrvasanātanau
"Behold this great illusion; let all fear be let go. You two were born from my limbs, ancient from of old."
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VaP 1 55.58
अयं मे दक्षिणो बाहुर्ब्रह्मा लोकपितामहः। वामो बाहुश्च मे विष्णुर्नित्यं युद्धेषु तिष्ठति। प्रीतोऽहं युवयोः सम्यग्वरं दझि यथेप्सितम्
ayaṃ me dakṣiṇo bāhurbrahmā lokapitāmahaḥ| vāmo bāhuśca me viṣṇurnityaṃ yuddheṣu tiṣṭhati| prīto'haṃ yuvayoḥ samyagvaraṃ dajhi yathepsitam
"This right arm of mine is Brahmā, the grandfather of the worlds; and my left arm is Viṣṇu, who stands ever in battles. I am well pleased with you two: I shall give the boon as desired."
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VaP 1 55.59
ततः प्रहृष्टमनसौ प्रणतौ पादयोः पुनः । ऊचतुश्च महात्मानौ पुनरेव तदानघौ
tataḥ prahṛṣṭamanasau praṇatau pādayoḥ punaḥ | ūcatuśca mahātmānau punareva tadānaghau
Then the two, with delighted minds, bowed again at his feet, and those two great-souled, faultless ones spoke once more:
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VaP 1 55.60
यदि प्रीतिः समुत्पन्ना यदि देयो वरश्च नौ। भक्तिर्भवतु नौ नित्यं त्वयि देव सुरेश्वर
yadi prītiḥ samutpannā yadi deyo varaśca nau| bhaktirbhavatu nau nityaṃ tvayi deva sureśvara
"If pleasure has arisen (in you), and if a boon is to be given to us: let there be for us constant devotion to you, O god, lord of the gods."
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VaP 1 55.61
।।भगवानुवाच।। एवमस्तु महाभागौ सृजतां विविधाः प्रजाः। एवमुक्त्वा स भगवांस्तत्रैवान्तरधीयत
||bhagavānuvāca|| evamastu mahābhāgau sṛjatāṃ vividhāḥ prajāḥ| evamuktvā sa bhagavāṃstatraivāntaradhīyata
The Lord said: So be it, you two greatly blessed ones; create the manifold creatures. Having said this, that Lord vanished right there.
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VaP 1 55.62
एवमेष मयोक्तो वः प्रभावस्तस्य योगिनः। तेन सर्वमिदं सृष्टं हेतुमात्रा वयन्त्विह
evameṣa mayokto vaḥ prabhāvastasya yoginaḥ| tena sarvamidaṃ sṛṣṭaṃ hetumātrā vayantviha
Thus has the power of that yogin been told by me to you. By him all this was created; we here are mere instruments (of it).
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VaP 1 55.63
एतद्धि रूपमज्ञातमव्यक्तं शिवसंज्ञितम्। अचिन्त्यं तददृश्यञ्च पश्यन्ति ज्ञानचक्षुषः
etaddhi rūpamajñātamavyaktaṃ śivasaṃjñitam| acintyaṃ tadadṛśyañca paśyanti jñānacakṣuṣaḥ
For this form, unknown and unmanifest, is what is called Śiva; it is unthinkable and unseeable, (yet) those who have the eye of knowledge see it.
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VaP 1 55.64
तस्मै देवाधिपत्याय नमस्कारं प्रयुङ्क्त ह। येन सूक्ष्ममचिन्त्यञ्च पश्यन्ति ज्ञानचक्षुषः
tasmai devādhipatyāya namaskāraṃ prayuṅkta ha| yena sūkṣmamacintyañca paśyanti jñānacakṣuṣaḥ
To him, to that overlordship of the gods, homage was offered — (to him) by whom those with the eye of knowledge see the subtle and the unthinkable.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 55.65
महादेव नमस्तेऽस्तु महेश्वर नमोऽस्तु ते। सुरासुरवर श्रेष्ठ मनोहंस नमोऽस्तु ते
mahādeva namaste'stu maheśvara namo'stu te| surāsuravara śreṣṭha manohaṃsa namo'stu te
Mahādeva, homage be to you; Maheśvara, homage to you; best and foremost of gods and demons, swan of the mind, homage to you.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 55.66
।।सूत उवाच।। एतच्छ्रुत्वा गताः सर्वे सुराः स्वं स्वं निवेशनम्। नमस्कारं प्रयुञ्जानाः शङ्कराय महात्मने
||sūta uvāca|| etacchrutvā gatāḥ sarve surāḥ svaṃ svaṃ niveśanam| namaskāraṃ prayuñjānāḥ śaṅkarāya mahātmane
Sūta said: Having heard this, all the gods went each to his own dwelling, offering homage to the great-souled Śaṅkara.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 55.67
इमं स्तवं पठेद्यस्तु ईश्वरस्य महात्मनः। कामांश्च लभते सर्वान् पापेभ्यस्तु विमुच्यते
imaṃ stavaṃ paṭhedyastu īśvarasya mahātmanaḥ| kāmāṃśca labhate sarvān pāpebhyastu vimucyate
Whoever recites this hymn of the great-souled Lord obtains all his desires and is freed from his sins.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 55.68
एतत्सर्वं सदा तेन विष्णुना प्रभविष्णुना। महादेवप्रसादेन उक्तं ब्रह्म सनातनम्। एतद्वः सर्वमाख्यातं मया माहेश्वरं बलम्
etatsarvaṃ sadā tena viṣṇunā prabhaviṣṇunā| mahādevaprasādena uktaṃ brahma sanātanam| etadvaḥ sarvamākhyātaṃ mayā māheśvaraṃ balam
All this eternal brahman was ever spoken by that Viṣṇu, the mighty one, through the grace of Mahādeva. All this power of Maheśvara has been recounted to you by me.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition