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Chapter 26

अध्यायः 26

Rudra Saṃhitā, Chapter 26

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Rudra-samhita - Chapter 26 - Verse 1

Shiva Purana (siva.sh) · Chapter 26 · Verse 1

ब्रह्मोवाच ॥ सुतवर्य महाप्राज्ञ शृणु संध्यातपो महत् ॥ यच्छ्रुत्वा नश्यते पापसमूहस्तत्क्षणाद्ध्रुवम् ॥ १ ॥

brahmovAca ॥ sutavarya mahAprAjJa zRNu saMdhyAtapo mahat ॥ yacchrutvA nazyate pApasamUhastatkSaNAddhruvam ॥ 1 ॥

Brahmā said: O best of my sons, O intelligent one, listen to the description of the great penance of Sandhyā on hearing which sins are quelled instantly.

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Rudra-samhita - Chapter 26 - Verse 2

Shiva Purana (siva.sh) · Chapter 26 · Verse 2

उपविश्य तपोभावं वसिष्ठे स्वगृहं गते ॥ संध्यापि तपसो भावं ज्ञात्वा मोदमवाप ह ॥ २ ॥

upavizya tapobhAvaM vasiSThe svagRhaM gate ॥ saMdhyApi tapaso bhAvaM jJAtvA modamavApa ha ॥ 2 ॥

When Vasiṣṭha went back to his abode after instructing her in the rites of penance, Sandhyā was greatly pleased on learning the procedure of penance.

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Rudra-samhita - Chapter 26 - Verse 3

Shiva Purana (siva.sh) · Chapter 26 · Verse 3

ततस्सानंदमनसो वेषं कृत्वा तु यादृशम् ॥ तपश्चर्तुं समारेभे बृहल्लोहिततीरगा ॥ ३ ॥

tatassAnaMdamanaso veSaM kRtvA tu yAdRzam ॥ tapazcartuM samArebhe bRhallohitatIragA ॥ 3 ॥

On the bank of the lake Bṛhallohita she began to perform penance after she had put on the dress of a person of blissful mind.

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Rudra-samhita - Chapter 26 - Verse 4

Shiva Purana (siva.sh) · Chapter 26 · Verse 4

यथोक्तं तु वशिष्ठेन मंत्रं तपसि साधनम् ॥ मंत्रेण तेन सद्भक्त्या पूजयामास शंकरम् ॥४॥

yathoktaM tu vaziSThena maMtraM tapasi sAdhanam ॥ maMtreNa tena sadbhaktyA pUjayAmAsa zaMkaram ॥4॥

She worshipped Śiva with the mantra taught by Vasiṣṭha as the adjunct of penance in the manner explained by him.

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Rudra-samhita - Chapter 26 - Verse 5

Shiva Purana (siva.sh) · Chapter 26 · Verse 5

एकान्तमनसस्तस्याः कुर्वंत्या सुमहत्तपः ॥ शंभौ विन्यस्तचित्ताया गतमेकं चतुर्युगम् ॥ ५ ॥

ekAntamanasastasyAH kurvaMtyA sumahattapaH ॥ zaMbhau vinyastacittAyA gatamekaM caturyugam ॥ 5 ॥

A period of four Yugas elapsed during which she continued her great penance with mind fixed and duly concentrated on Śiva.

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Rudra-samhita - Chapter 26 - Verse 6

Shiva Purana (siva.sh) · Chapter 26 · Verse 6

प्रसन्नोभूत्तदा शंभुस्तपसा तेन तोषितः ॥ अंतर्बहिस्तथाकाशे दर्शयित्वा निजं वपुः ॥ ६ ॥

prasannobhUttadA zaMbhustapasA tena toSitaH ॥ aMtarbahistathAkAze darzayitvA nijaM vapuH ॥ 6 ॥

Propitiated by her penance Śiva was greatly delighted. He revealed Himself to her within and without as well as in the heaven.

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Rudra-samhita - Chapter 26 - Verse 7

Shiva Purana (siva.sh) · Chapter 26 · Verse 7

यद्रूपं चिंतयंती सा तेन प्रत्यक्षतां गतः ॥ ७ ॥

yadrUpaM ciMtayaMtI sA tena pratyakSatAM gataH ॥ 7 ॥

Śiva became visible to her in the form in which she was meditating upon him.

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Rudra-samhita - Chapter 26 - Verse 8

Shiva Purana (siva.sh) · Chapter 26 · Verse 8

अथ सा पुरतो दृष्ट्वा मनसा चिंतितं प्रभुम् ॥ प्रसन्नवदनं शांतं मुमोदातीव शंकरम् ॥८॥

atha sA purato dRSTvA manasA ciMtitaM prabhum ॥ prasannavadanaM zAMtaM mumodAtIva zaMkaram ॥8॥

She rejoiced much on seeing in front of her, the lord Śiva with face beaming with delight, in the same form as she was meditating on.

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Rudra-samhita - Chapter 26 - Verse 9

Shiva Purana (siva.sh) · Chapter 26 · Verse 9

ससाध्वसमहं वक्ष्ये किं कथं स्तौमि वा हरम् ॥ इति चिंतापरा भूत्वा न्यमीलयत चक्षुषी ॥ ९ ॥

sasAdhvasamahaM vakSye kiM kathaM staumi vA haram ॥ iti ciMtAparA bhUtvA nyamIlayata cakSuSI ॥ 9 ॥

“What shall I say? How shall I eulogise?” in this agitation she closed her eyes with fear.

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Rudra-samhita - Chapter 26 - Verse 10

Shiva Purana (siva.sh) · Chapter 26 · Verse 10

निमीलिताक्ष्यास्तस्यास्तु प्रविश्य हृदयं हरः ॥ दिव्यं ज्ञानं ददौ तस्यै वाचं दिव्ये च चक्षुषी ॥2-2-6-१०॥

nimIlitAkSyAstasyAstu pravizya hRdayaM haraH ॥ divyaM jJAnaM dadau tasyai vAcaM divye ca cakSuSI ॥2-2-6-10॥

As she remained with eyes shut, Śiva entered her heart and blessed her with divine wisdom, divine speech and divine eyes.

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Rudra-samhita - Chapter 26 - Verse 11

Shiva Purana (siva.sh) · Chapter 26 · Verse 11

दिव्यज्ञानं दिव्यचक्षुर्दिव्या वाचमवाप सा ॥ प्रत्यक्षं वीक्ष्य दुर्गेशं तुष्टाव जगतां पतिम् ॥११॥

divyajJAnaM divyacakSurdivyA vAcamavApa sA ॥ pratyakSaM vIkSya durgezaM tuSTAva jagatAM patim ॥11॥

She thus acquired divine wisdom, divine eyes and divine speech. Directly pereciving the lord of Durgā she eulogised the lord of the worlds.

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Rudra-samhita - Chapter 26 - Verse 12

Shiva Purana (siva.sh) · Chapter 26 · Verse 12

संध्योवाच ॥ निराकारं ज्ञानगम्यं परं यन्नैव स्थूलं नापि सूक्ष्मं न चोच्चम् ॥ अंतश्चिंत्यं योगिभिस्तस्य रूपं तस्मै तुभ्यं लोककर्त्रे नमोस्तु ॥ १२ ॥

saMdhyovAca ॥ nirAkAraM jJAnagamyaM paraM yannaiva sthUlaM nApi sUkSmaM na coccam ॥ aMtazciMtyaM yogibhistasya rUpaM tasmai tubhyaM lokakartre namostu ॥ 12 ॥

Sandhyā said: That which has no specific form, that which can be known through perfect knowledge; that which is neither gross, nor subtle, nor high; that which is to be meditated upon by Yogins within themselves—obeisance be to Thee who art of this sort and the creator of the worlds.

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Rudra-samhita - Chapter 26 - Verse 13

Shiva Purana (siva.sh) · Chapter 26 · Verse 13

सर्वं शांतं निर्मलं निर्विकारं ज्ञानागम्यं स्वप्रकाशेऽविकारम् ॥ खाध्वप्रख्यं ध्वांतमार्गात्परस्तद्रूपं यस्य त्वां नमामि प्रसन्नम् ॥ १३ ॥

sarvaM zAMtaM nirmalaM nirvikAraM jJAnAgamyaM svaprakAze'vikAram ॥ khAdhvaprakhyaM dhvAMtamArgAtparastadrUpaM yasya tvAM namAmi prasannam ॥ 13 ॥

I bow to Thee, lord Śiva, whose form is like a road to heaven, beyond the path of darkness, and who art calm, pure, changeless incomprehensible through worldly knowledge, self-illuminated and unaltered.

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Rudra-samhita - Chapter 26 - Verse 14

Shiva Purana (siva.sh) · Chapter 26 · Verse 14

एकं शुद्धं दीप्यमानं तथाजं चिदानंदं सहजं चाविकारि ॥ नित्यानंदं सत्यभूतिप्रसन्नं यस्य श्रीदं रूपमस्मै नमस्ते ॥ १४ ॥

ekaM zuddhaM dIpyamAnaM tathAjaM cidAnaMdaM sahajaM cAvikAri ॥ nityAnaMdaM satyabhUtiprasannaM yasya zrIdaM rUpamasmai namaste ॥ 14 ॥

Obeisance to Thee whose form is solitary, pure, luminous, free from illusion, knowledge-cum-bliss, naturally undecaying, eternal bliss, delighted at the outcome of truth and prosperity and productive of glory.

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Rudra-samhita - Chapter 26 - Verse 15

Shiva Purana (siva.sh) · Chapter 26 · Verse 15

विद्याकारोद्भावनीयं प्रभिन्नं सत्त्वच्छंदं ध्येयमात्मस्वरूपम् ॥ सारं पारं पावनानां पवित्रं तस्मै रूपं यस्य चैवं नमस्ते ॥ १५ ॥

vidyAkArodbhAvanIyaM prabhinnaM sattvacchaMdaM dhyeyamAtmasvarUpam ॥ sAraM pAraM pAvanAnAM pavitraM tasmai rUpaM yasya caivaM namaste ॥ 15 ॥

Obeisance to Thee whose form can be imagined in the nature of Vidyā (Perfect Knowledge), which is different from insentient things, Sāttvika in will, that which should be meditated on as the form of Ātman, which is the utmost essence and which is the holiest of all sanctifying objects.

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Rudra-samhita - Chapter 26 - Verse 16

Shiva Purana (siva.sh) · Chapter 26 · Verse 16

यत्त्वाकारं शुद्धरूपं मनोज्ञं रत्नाकल्पं स्वच्छकर्पूरगौरम् ॥ इष्टाभीती शूलमुंडे दधानं हस्तैर्नमो योगयुक्ताय तुभ्यम् ॥१६॥

yattvAkAraM zuddharUpaM manojJaM ratnAkalpaM svacchakarpUragauram ॥ iSTAbhItI zUlamuMDe dadhAnaM hastairnamo yogayuktAya tubhyam ॥16॥

Obeisance to Thee, the Yogin whose Saguṇa form is pure, lovely, bedecked in jewels, as white and clean as camphor and which holds in its hand the desired boon, fearlessness, the trident and the scalp.

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Rudra-samhita - Chapter 26 - Verse 17

Shiva Purana (siva.sh) · Chapter 26 · Verse 17

गगनं भूर्दिशश्चैव सलिलं ज्योतिरेव च ॥ पुनः कालश्च रूपाणि यस्य तुभ्यं नमोस्तु ते ॥ १७ ॥

gaganaM bhUrdizazcaiva salilaM jyotireva ca ॥ punaH kAlazca rUpANi yasya tubhyaM namostu te ॥ 17 ॥

Obeisance to Thee whose forms are the sky, the earth, the quarters, the waters, the fire and the Eternal time.

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Rudra-samhita - Chapter 26 - Verse 18

Shiva Purana (siva.sh) · Chapter 26 · Verse 18

प्रधानपुरुषौ यस्य कायत्वेन विनिर्गतौ ॥ तस्मादव्यक्तरूपाय शंकराय नमोनमः ॥ १८ ॥

pradhAnapuruSau yasya kAyatvena vinirgatau ॥ tasmAdavyaktarUpAya zaMkarAya namonamaH ॥ 18 ॥

Obeisance, obeisance to Śiva of unmanifest form from whom unmanifest primordial nature and Puruṣa issued forth as its effect.

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Rudra-samhita - Chapter 26 - Verse 19

Shiva Purana (siva.sh) · Chapter 26 · Verse 19

यो ब्रह्मा कुरुते सृष्टिं यो विष्णुः कुरुते स्थितिम् ॥ संहरिष्यति यो रुद्रस्तस्मै तुभ्यं नमोनमः ॥१९॥

yo brahmA kurute sRSTiM yo viSNuH kurute sthitim ॥ saMhariSyati yo rudrastasmai tubhyaM namonamaH ॥19॥

Obeisance, obeisance to Thee who createst this universe in the form of Brahmā, who sustainest it in the form of Viṣṇu and who destroyest it in the form of Rudra.

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Rudra-samhita - Chapter 26 - Verse 20

Shiva Purana (siva.sh) · Chapter 26 · Verse 20

नमोनमः कारणकारणाय दिव्यामृतज्ञानविभूतिदाय॥ समस्तलोकांतरभूतिदाय प्रकाशरूपाय परात्पराय ॥ 2-2-6-२० ॥

namonamaH kAraNakAraNAya divyAmRtajJAnavibhUtidAya॥ samastalokAMtarabhUtidAya prakAzarUpAya parAtparAya ॥ 2-2-6-20 ॥

Obeisance, obeisance to the cause of causes, to the bestower of divine nectar, wisdom and prosperity; to the best-ower of the prosperity of all other worlds, and the luminous greatest of the great.

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Rudra-samhita - Chapter 26 - Verse 21

Shiva Purana (siva.sh) · Chapter 26 · Verse 21

यस्याऽपरं नो जगदुच्यते पदात् क्षितिर्दिशस्सूर्य इंदुर्मनौजः ॥ बर्हिर्मुखा नाभितश्चान्तरिक्षं तस्मै तुभ्यं शंभवे मे नमोस्तु ॥ २१ ॥

yasyA'paraM no jagaducyate padAt kSitirdizassUrya iMdurmanaujaH ॥ barhirmukhA nAbhitazcAntarikSaM tasmai tubhyaM zaMbhave me namostu ॥ 21 ॥

Obeisance to Thee, Śiva, beyond whose region no other world exists; from whose umbilical region arose the earth, the quarters, the sun, the moon, the cupid, the devas and the ether.

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Rudra-samhita - Chapter 26 - Verse 22

Shiva Purana (siva.sh) · Chapter 26 · Verse 22

त्वं परः परमात्मा च त्वं विद्या विविधा हरः ॥ सद्ब्रह्म च परं ब्रह्म विचारणपरायणः ॥२२॥

tvaM paraH paramAtmA ca tvaM vidyA vividhA haraH ॥ sadbrahma ca paraM brahma vicAraNaparAyaNaH ॥22॥

Thou art, the greatest supreme soul. Thou art Śiva, the various lores, the pure Brahman, the supreme Brahman and the utmost object of deliberation.

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Rudra-samhita - Chapter 26 - Verse 23

Shiva Purana (siva.sh) · Chapter 26 · Verse 23

यस्य नादिर्न मध्यं च नांतमस्ति जगद्यतः ॥ कथं स्तोष्यामि तं देवं वाङ्मनोगोचरं हरम्॥ ॥ २३ ॥

yasya nAdirna madhyaM ca nAMtamasti jagadyataH ॥ kathaM stoSyAmi taM devaM vAGmanogocaraM haram॥ ॥ 23 ॥

How can I adequately eulogise lord Śiva who is inexpressible by words, is incomprehensible to the mind, is the cause of the world and has no beginning, no middle, no end.

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Rudra-samhita - Chapter 26 - Verse 24

Shiva Purana (siva.sh) · Chapter 26 · Verse 24

यस्य ब्रह्मादयो देव मुनयश्च तपोधनाः ॥ न विप्रण्वंति रूपाणि वर्णनीयः कथं स मे ॥ २४ ॥

yasya brahmAdayo deva munayazca tapodhanAH ॥ na vipraNvaMti rUpANi varNanIyaH kathaM sa me ॥ 24 ॥

How can he be described by me, whose forms even Brahmā and other Gods or sages of great austerity cannot describe.

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Rudra-samhita - Chapter 26 - Verse 25

Shiva Purana (siva.sh) · Chapter 26 · Verse 25

स्त्रिया मया ते किं ज्ञेया निर्गुणस्य गुणाः प्रभो ॥ नैव जानंति यद्रूपं सेन्द्रा अपि सुरासुराः ॥ २५ ॥

striyA mayA te kiM jJeyA nirguNasya guNAH prabho ॥ naiva jAnaMti yadrUpaM sendrA api surAsurAH ॥ 25 ॥

O lord, Thou art attributeless. How can Thy attributes be known to me, a mere woman? Even the Gods including Indra and Asuras do not know it.

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Rudra-samhita - Chapter 26 - Verse 26

Shiva Purana (siva.sh) · Chapter 26 · Verse 26

नमस्तुभ्यं महेशान नमस्तुभ्यं तमोमय ॥ प्रसीद शंभो देवेश भूयोभूयो नमोस्तु ते ॥ २६ ॥

namastubhyaM mahezAna namastubhyaM tamomaya ॥ prasIda zaMbho deveza bhUyobhUyo namostu te ॥ 26 ॥

Obeisance to Thee, O Lord Śiva, obeisance to Thee, O personification of penance; O Śiva, lord of the Gods, be pleased, obeisance be to Thee again and again.

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Rudra-samhita - Chapter 26 - Verse 27

Shiva Purana (siva.sh) · Chapter 26 · Verse 27

ब्रह्मोवाच ॥ इत्याकर्ण्य वचस्तस्यास्संस्तुतः परमेश्वरः ॥ सुप्रसन्नतरश्चाभूच्छंकरो भक्तवत्सलः ॥ २७ ॥

brahmovAca ॥ ityAkarNya vacastasyAssaMstutaH paramezvaraH ॥ suprasannatarazcAbhUcchaMkaro bhaktavatsalaH ॥ 27 ॥

Brahmā said: Being thus eulogised and having heard her words Śiva favourably disposed to the devotees became highly pleased.

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Rudra-samhita - Chapter 26 - Verse 28

Shiva Purana (siva.sh) · Chapter 26 · Verse 28

अथ तस्याश्शरीरं तु वल्कलाजिनसंयुतम् ॥ परिच्छन्नं जटाव्रातैः पवित्रे मूर्ध्नि राजितैः ॥ २८ ॥

atha tasyAzzarIraM tu valkalAjinasaMyutam ॥ paricchannaM jaTAvrAtaiH pavitre mUrdhni rAjitaiH ॥ 28 ॥

Her body originally clad in barks of trees and deer-hide had by this time been completely covered by clusters of matted hair hanging down from the head.

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Rudra-samhita - Chapter 26 - Verse 29

Shiva Purana (siva.sh) · Chapter 26 · Verse 29

हिमानीतर्जितांभोजसदृशं वदनं तदा ॥ निरीक्ष्य कृपयाविष्टो हरः प्रोवाच तामिदम् ॥२९॥

himAnItarjitAMbhojasadRzaM vadanaM tadA ॥ nirIkSya kRpayAviSTo haraH provAca tAmidam ॥29॥

Her face appeared like a lotus threatened by frost. On seeing her Śiva melted with pity and said to her.

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Rudra-samhita - Chapter 26 - Verse 30

Shiva Purana (siva.sh) · Chapter 26 · Verse 30

महेश्वर उवाच ॥ प्रीतोस्मि तपसा भद्रे भवत्याः परमेण वै ॥ स्तवेन च शुभप्राज्ञे वरं वरय सांप्रतम् ॥ 2-2-6-३० ॥

mahezvara uvAca ॥ prItosmi tapasA bhadre bhavatyAH parameNa vai ॥ stavena ca zubhaprAjJe varaM varaya sAMpratam ॥ 2-2-6-30 ॥

Śiva said: O gentle lady, I am delighted by your great penance and this eulogy. O auspiciously intelligent woman, you can choose your boon.

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Rudra-samhita - Chapter 26 - Verse 31

Shiva Purana (siva.sh) · Chapter 26 · Verse 31

येन ते विद्यते कार्यं वरेणास्मिन्मनोगतम् ॥ तत्करिष्ये च भद्रं ते प्रसन्नोहं तव व्रतैः ॥ ३१ ॥

yena te vidyate kAryaM vareNAsminmanogatam ॥ tatkariSye ca bhadraM te prasannohaM tava vrataiH ॥ 31 ॥

Whatever boon seems to be useful to you and is desired by you I shall grant it to you. I am delighted by your rites.

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Rudra-samhita - Chapter 26 - Verse 32

Shiva Purana (siva.sh) · Chapter 26 · Verse 32

ब्रह्मोवाच ॥ इति श्रुत्वा महेशस्य प्रसन्नमनसस्तदा ॥ संध्योवाच सुप्रसन्ना प्रणम्य च मुहुर्मुहुः ॥ ३२ ॥

brahmovAca ॥ iti zrutvA mahezasya prasannamanasastadA ॥ saMdhyovAca suprasannA praNamya ca muhurmuhuH ॥ 32 ॥

Brahmā said: On hearing these words of Śiva who was delighted, Sandhyā was highly pleased and she said after repeated obeisance.

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Rudra-samhita - Chapter 26 - Verse 33

Shiva Purana (siva.sh) · Chapter 26 · Verse 33

संध्योवाच ॥ ॥ यदि देयो वरः प्रीत्या वरयोग्यास्म्यहं यदि ॥ यदि शुद्धास्म्यहं जाता तस्मात्पापान्महेश्वर॥३३॥

saMdhyovAca ॥ ॥ yadi deyo varaH prItyA varayogyAsmyahaM yadi ॥ yadi zuddhAsmyahaM jAtA tasmAtpApAnmahezvara॥33॥

O Lord Śiva, if I am to be favoured with the boon, if I am considered worthy of receiving a boon, if I am purified of that sin,॥ then grant me these boons॥.

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Rudra-samhita - Chapter 26 - Verse 34

Shiva Purana (siva.sh) · Chapter 26 · Verse 34

यदि देव प्रसव्रोऽसि तपसा मम सांप्रतम् ॥ वृतस्तदायं प्रथमो वरो मम विधीयताम् ॥३४॥

yadi deva prasavro'si tapasA mama sAMpratam ॥ vRtastadAyaM prathamo varo mama vidhIyatAm ॥34॥

if the lord is delighted with my penance, let the first boon chosen by me be granted.

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Rudra-samhita - Chapter 26 - Verse 35

Shiva Purana (siva.sh) · Chapter 26 · Verse 35

उत्पन्नमात्रा देवेश प्राणिनोस्मिन्नभः स्थले ॥ न भवंतु समेनैव सकामास्संभवंतु वै ॥३५॥

utpannamAtrA deveza prANinosminnabhaH sthale ॥ na bhavaMtu samenaiva sakAmAssaMbhavaMtu vai ॥35॥

Let no living being, O lord of the Gods, born in this atmosphere be full of lust at the time of its nativity.

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Rudra-samhita - Chapter 26 - Verse 36

Shiva Purana (siva.sh) · Chapter 26 · Verse 36

यद्धि वृत्ता हि लोकेषु त्रिष्वपि प्रथिता यथा ॥ भविष्यामि तथा नान्या वर एको वृतो मया ॥ ३६ ॥

yaddhi vRttA hi lokeSu triSvapi prathitA yathA ॥ bhaviSyAmi tathA nAnyA vara eko vRto mayA ॥ 36 ॥

This is another boon chosen by me that no other woman shall become so famous in the three worlds as I have become or shall become.

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Rudra-samhita - Chapter 26 - Verse 37

Shiva Purana (siva.sh) · Chapter 26 · Verse 37

सकामा मम सृष्टिस्तु कुत्रचिन्न पतिष्यति ॥ यो मे पतिर्भवेन्नाथ सोपि मेऽतिसुहृच्च वै ॥ ३७ ॥

sakAmA mama sRSTistu kutracinna patiSyati ॥ yo me patirbhavennAtha sopi me'tisuhRcca vai ॥ 37 ॥

No creation of mine shall become lustful or fall anywhere degraded. He who becomes my husband shall be my intimate friend of pure mind.

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Rudra-samhita - Chapter 26 - Verse 38

Shiva Purana (siva.sh) · Chapter 26 · Verse 38

यो द्रक्ष्यति सकामो मां पुरुषस्तस्य पौरुषम् ॥ नाशं गमिष्यति तदा स च क्लीबो भविष्यति ॥।३८॥

yo drakSyati sakAmo mAM puruSastasya pauruSam ॥ nAzaM gamiSyati tadA sa ca klIbo bhaviSyati ॥।38॥

Any person who looks at me with lustful eyes shall lose his manliness and become a eunuch.

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Rudra-samhita - Chapter 26 - Verse 39

Shiva Purana (siva.sh) · Chapter 26 · Verse 39

ब्रह्मोवाच ॥ इति श्रुत्वा वचस्तस्यश्शंकरो भक्तवत्सलः ॥ उवाच सुप्रसन्नात्मा निष्पापायास्तयेरिते ॥३९॥

brahmovAca ॥ iti zrutvA vacastasyazzaMkaro bhaktavatsalaH ॥ uvAca suprasannAtmA niSpApAyAstayerite ॥39॥

On hearing the words of that woman who had become freed of sin Śiva who is favourably disposed to His devotees and who was delighted at what she had said, spoke as follows.

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Rudra-samhita - Chapter 26 - Verse 40

Shiva Purana (siva.sh) · Chapter 26 · Verse 40

महेश्वर उवाच ॥ शृणु देवि च संध्ये त्वं त्वत्पापं भस्मतां गतम् ॥ त्वयि त्यक्तो मया क्रोधः शुद्धा जाता तपःकरात् ॥2-2-6-४०॥

mahezvara uvAca ॥ zRNu devi ca saMdhye tvaM tvatpApaM bhasmatAM gatam ॥ tvayi tyakto mayA krodhaH zuddhA jAtA tapaHkarAt ॥2-2-6-40॥

Maheśvara said: O lady Sandhyā, listen. Your sin has been reduced to ashes. I have abandoned my anger towards you. By this penance you have become pure.

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Rudra-samhita - Chapter 26 - Verse 41

Shiva Purana (siva.sh) · Chapter 26 · Verse 41

यद्यद्वृतं त्वया भद्रे दत्तं तदखिलं मया॥ सुप्रसन्नेन तपसा तव संध्ये वरेण हि ॥ ४१ ॥

yadyadvRtaM tvayA bhadre dattaM tadakhilaM mayA॥ suprasannena tapasA tava saMdhye vareNa hi ॥ 41 ॥

O gentle lady Sandhyā, whatever you have asked I grant you entirely. I am delighted by this excellent penance of yours.

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Rudra-samhita - Chapter 26 - Verse 42

Shiva Purana (siva.sh) · Chapter 26 · Verse 42

प्रथमं शैशवो भावः कौमाराख्यो द्वितीयकः ॥ तृतीयो यौवनो भावश्चतुर्थो वार्द्धकस्तथा ॥४२॥

prathamaM zaizavo bhAvaH kaumArAkhyo dvitIyakaH ॥ tRtIyo yauvano bhAvazcaturtho vArddhakastathA ॥42॥

(In all living beings) the first stage shall be infancy, the second childhood, the third youth and the fourth stage shall be old age.

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Rudra-samhita - Chapter 26 - Verse 43

Shiva Purana (siva.sh) · Chapter 26 · Verse 43

तृतीये त्वथ संप्राप्ते वयोभागे शरीरिणः॥ सकामास्स्युर्द्वितीयांतो भविष्यति क्वचित् क्वचित् ॥ ४३ ॥

tRtIye tvatha saMprApte vayobhAge zarIriNaH॥ sakAmAssyurdvitIyAMto bhaviSyati kvacit kvacit ॥ 43 ॥

When the third stage in life is reached, the living beings shall become lustful. In some cases it shall be at the end of the second stage.

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Rudra-samhita - Chapter 26 - Verse 44

Shiva Purana (siva.sh) · Chapter 26 · Verse 44

तपसा तव मर्यादा जगति स्थापिता मया ॥ उत्पन्नमात्रा न यथा सकामास्स्युश्शरीरिणः ॥४४॥

tapasA tava maryAdA jagati sthApitA mayA ॥ utpannamAtrA na yathA sakAmAssyuzzarIriNaH ॥44॥

This new limitation is imposed by me as a result of your penance. No living being shall be lustful at the time of its nativity.

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Rudra-samhita - Chapter 26 - Verse 45

Shiva Purana (siva.sh) · Chapter 26 · Verse 45

त्वं च लोके सतीभावं तादृशं समवाप्नुहि ॥ त्रिषु लोकेषु नान्यस्या यादृशं संभविष्यति ॥ ४५ ॥

tvaM ca loke satIbhAvaM tAdRzaM samavApnuhi ॥ triSu lokeSu nAnyasyA yAdRzaM saMbhaviSyati ॥ 45 ॥

You will attain such a pure chastity as will not be attained by any other woman in the three worlds.

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Rudra-samhita - Chapter 26 - Verse 46

Shiva Purana (siva.sh) · Chapter 26 · Verse 46

यः पश्यति सकामस्त्वां पाणिग्राहमृते तव ॥ स सद्यः क्लीबतां प्राप्य दुर्बलत्वं गमिष्यति ॥ ४६ ॥

yaH pazyati sakAmastvAM pANigrAhamRte tava ॥ sa sadyaH klIbatAM prApya durbalatvaM gamiSyati ॥ 46 ॥

Excepting your husband whoever looks at you with lustful eyes shall immediately become impotent and weak.

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Rudra-samhita - Chapter 26 - Verse 47

Shiva Purana (siva.sh) · Chapter 26 · Verse 47

पतिस्तव महाभागस्तपोरूपसमन्वितः ॥ सप्तकल्पांतजीवी च भविष्यति सह त्वया ॥ ४७ ॥

patistava mahAbhAgastaporUpasamanvitaH ॥ saptakalpAMtajIvI ca bhaviSyati saha tvayA ॥ 47 ॥

Your husband shall be one endowed with great fortune, penance and comely features. He shall live for a period of seven Kalpas along with you.

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Rudra-samhita - Chapter 26 - Verse 48

Shiva Purana (siva.sh) · Chapter 26 · Verse 48

इति ते ये वरा मत्तः प्रार्थितास्ते कृता मया ॥ अन्यच्च ते वदिष्यामि पूर्वजन्मनि संस्थितम् ॥ ४८ ॥

iti te ye varA mattaH prArthitAste kRtA mayA ॥ anyacca te vadiSyAmi pUrvajanmani saMsthitam ॥ 48 ॥

Thus I have granted you all the boons requested by you. I shall tell you another incident that transpired in the previous birth.

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Rudra-samhita - Chapter 26 - Verse 49

Shiva Purana (siva.sh) · Chapter 26 · Verse 49

अग्नौ शरीत्यागस्ते पूर्वमेव प्रतिश्रुतः ॥ तदुपायं वदामि त्वां तत्कुरुष्व न संशयः ॥४९॥

agnau zarItyAgaste pUrvameva pratizrutaH ॥ tadupAyaM vadAmi tvAM tatkuruSva na saMzayaH ॥49॥

That you would cast off your body in the fire has been foretold. I shall tell you the means thereof. You will certainly carry it out.

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Rudra-samhita - Chapter 26 - Verse 50

Shiva Purana (siva.sh) · Chapter 26 · Verse 50

स च मेधातिथिर्यज्ञे मुने द्वादशवार्षिके ॥ कृत्स्नप्रज्वलिते वह्नावचिरात् क्रियतां त्वया ॥2-2-6-५०॥

sa ca medhAtithiryajJe mune dvAdazavArSike ॥ kRtsnaprajvalite vahnAvacirAt kriyatAM tvayA ॥2-2-6-50॥

Let that be performed by you at the twelve-year-sacrifice of the sage Medhātithi in the blazing sacrificial fire ere long.

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Rudra-samhita - Chapter 26 - Verse 51

Shiva Purana (siva.sh) · Chapter 26 · Verse 51

एतच्छैलोपत्यकायां चंद्रभागानदीतटे ॥ मेधातिथिर्महायज्ञं कुरुते तापसाश्रमे ॥५१॥

etacchailopatyakAyAM caMdrabhAgAnadItaTe ॥ medhAtithirmahAyajJaM kurute tApasAzrame ॥51॥

In the ridge of this mountain, on the banks of this river Candrabhāgā, Medhātithi is performing a great penance in his hermitage.

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Rudra-samhita - Chapter 26 - Verse 52

Shiva Purana (siva.sh) · Chapter 26 · Verse 52

तत्र गत्वा स्वयं छंदं मुनिभिर्न्नोपलक्षिता ॥ मत्प्रसादाद्वह्निजाता तस्य पुत्री भविष्यसि ॥ ५२ ॥

tatra gatvA svayaM chaMdaM munibhirnnopalakSitA ॥ matprasAdAdvahnijAtA tasya putrI bhaviSyasi ॥ 52 ॥

You go there unobserved by the sages. Thanks to my favour, you will become his fire-born daughter.

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Rudra-samhita - Chapter 26 - Verse 53

Shiva Purana (siva.sh) · Chapter 26 · Verse 53

यस्ते वरो वाञ्छनीयः स्वामी मनसि कश्चन ॥ तं निधाय निजस्वांते त्यज वह्नौ वपुः स्वकम् ॥ ५३ ॥

yaste varo vAJchanIyaH svAmI manasi kazcana ॥ taM nidhAya nijasvAMte tyaja vahnau vapuH svakam ॥ 53 ॥

If you have chosen in your mind a desirable bridegroom as your husband, you shall think of him while you consign your body into the fire.

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Rudra-samhita - Chapter 26 - Verse 54

Shiva Purana (siva.sh) · Chapter 26 · Verse 54

यदा त्वं दारुणं संध्ये तपश्चरसि पर्वते ॥ यावच्चतुर्युगं तस्य व्यतीते तु कृते युगे ॥५४॥

yadA tvaM dAruNaM saMdhye tapazcarasi parvate ॥ yAvaccaturyugaM tasya vyatIte tu kRte yuge ॥54॥

O Sandhyā, while you were performing severe penance—which had lasted for four yugas—in the earlier part of Tretā Yuga, after the Kṛta Yuga had elapsed.

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Rudra-samhita - Chapter 26 - Verse 55

Shiva Purana (siva.sh) · Chapter 26 · Verse 55

त्रेतायाः प्रथमे भागे जाता दक्षस्य कन्यका ॥ वाक्पाश्शीलसमापन्ना यथा योग्यं विवाहिताः॥५५॥

tretAyAH prathame bhAge jAtA dakSasya kanyakA ॥ vAkpAzzIlasamApannA yathA yogyaM vivAhitAH॥55॥

In the first part of the Tretā Yuga, Was born a daughter of Dakṣa. Endowed with eloquence, modesty, and virtue, She was married, as appropriate, to a worthy husband.

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Rudra-samhita - Chapter 26 - Verse 56

Shiva Purana (siva.sh) · Chapter 26 · Verse 56

तन्मध्ये स ददौ कन्या विधवे सप्तविंशतिः ॥ चन्द्रोऽन्यास्संपरित्यज्य रोहिण्यां प्रीतिमानभूत् ॥५६॥

tanmadhye sa dadau kanyA vidhave saptaviMzatiH ॥ candro'nyAssaMparityajya rohiNyAM prItimAnabhUt ॥56॥

He gave twenty seven of his daughters to the moon in marriage. But the moon had a special liking for only Rohiṇī and he neglected others.

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Rudra-samhita - Chapter 26 - Verse 57

Shiva Purana (siva.sh) · Chapter 26 · Verse 57

तद्धेतोर्हि यदा चन्द्रश्शप्तो दक्षेण कोपिना ॥ तदा भवत्या निकटे सर्वे देवास्समागताः ॥५७॥

taddhetorhi yadA candrazzapto dakSeNa kopinA ॥ tadA bhavatyA nikaTe sarve devAssamAgatAH ॥57॥

For that reason, when Chandra (the Moon) was cursed by the angry Dakṣa, At that time, all the gods gathered near you.

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Rudra-samhita - Chapter 26 - Verse 58

Shiva Purana (siva.sh) · Chapter 26 · Verse 58

न दृष्टाश्च त्वया संध्ये ते देवा ब्रह्मणा सह ॥ मयि विन्यस्तमनसा खं च दृष्ट्वा लभेत्पुनः ॥५८॥

na dRSTAzca tvayA saMdhye te devA brahmaNA saha ॥ mayi vinyastamanasA khaM ca dRSTvA labhetpunaH ॥58॥

O Sandhyā, those gods along with Brahmā were not seen by you, Because your mind was absorbed in Me. One who sees the sky with a mind fixed on Me can attain (you) again.

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Rudra-samhita - Chapter 26 - Verse 59

Shiva Purana (siva.sh) · Chapter 26 · Verse 59

चंद्रस्य शापमोक्षार्थं जाता चंद्रनदी तदा॥ सृष्टा धात्रा तदैवात्र मेधातिथिरुपस्थितः॥५९॥

caMdrasya zApamokSArthaM jAtA caMdranadI tadA॥ sRSTA dhAtrA tadaivAtra medhAtithirupasthitaH॥59॥

For the removal of Chandra’s curse, the Candranadī (Moon River) came into being at that time. It was created by Dhātrā (the Creator, i.e., Brahmā), and at that very moment, Medhātithi also appeared there.

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Rudra-samhita - Chapter 26 - Verse 60

Shiva Purana (siva.sh) · Chapter 26 · Verse 60

तपसा सत्समो नास्ति न भूतो न भविष्यति॥ येन यज्ञस्समारब्धो ज्योतिष्टोमो महाविधिः॥2-2-6-६०॥

tapasA satsamo nAsti na bhUto na bhaviSyati॥ yena yajJassamArabdho jyotiSTomo mahAvidhiH॥2-2-6-60॥

There is none equal to him in penance. There has never been such a person, nor will there ever be one. He has now started the sacrifice of Jyotiṣṭoma of many great rites.

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Rudra-samhita - Chapter 26 - Verse 61

Shiva Purana (siva.sh) · Chapter 26 · Verse 61

तत्र प्रज्वलितो वह्निस्तस्मिन्त्यज वपुः स्वकम् ॥ सुपवित्रा त्वमिदानीं संपूर्णोस्तु पणस्तव ॥६१॥

tatra prajvalito vahnistasmintyaja vapuH svakam ॥ supavitrA tvamidAnIM saMpUrNostu paNastava ॥61॥

In that blazing sacrificial fire you shall cast off your body. You are pure now. May your other desires be also fulfilled.

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Rudra-samhita - Chapter 26 - Verse 62

Shiva Purana (siva.sh) · Chapter 26 · Verse 62

एतन्मया स्थापितन्ते कार्यार्थं भो तपस्विनि॥ तत्कुरुष्व महाभागे याहि यज्ञे महामुनेः । तस्याहितं च देवेशस्तत्रैवांतरधीयत॥६२॥

etanmayA sthApitante kAryArthaM bho tapasvini॥ tatkuruSva mahAbhAge yAhi yajJe mahAmuneH । tasyAhitaM ca devezastatraivAMtaradhIyata॥62॥

O Hermitess, these things have been ordained by me for my own end. O fortunate woman, do as I instruct you. Go to the sacrifice of that sage.Thus after instructing her for her welfare the lord vanished from the scene.

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