अध्याय 8
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॥ श्रीगणेशाय नमः
|| śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ
हिन्दी अर्थ
॥ समाप्तेयं चतुर्थी कोटिरुद्रसंहिता
English
Visnu famous as Narayana slept there enveloped by Maya. The Prakrti is known as Narayani (belonging to Narayana.)
अध्याय 8
॥ श्रीगणेशाय नमः
|| śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ
हिन्दी अर्थ
॥ समाप्तेयं चतुर्थी कोटिरुद्रसंहिता
English
Visnu famous as Narayana slept there enveloped by Maya. The Prakrti is known as Narayani (belonging to Narayana.)
अध्याय 8
श्रीगौरीशङ्कराभ्यां नमः
śrīgaurīśaṅkarābhyāṃ namaḥ
हिन्दी अर्थ
॥ समाप्तेयं चतुर्थी कोटिरुद्रसंहिता
English
Visnu famous as Narayana slept there enveloped by Maya. The Prakrti is known as Narayani (belonging to Narayana.)
अध्याय 8
श्रीशिवमहापुराणम् ॥ चतुर्थी कोटिरुद्रसंहिता ४.३२. द्वात्रिंशोऽध्यायः ।सुदेहासुधर्माचरितवर्णनम् ।सूत उवाच ।अतः परं च घुश्मेशं ज्योतिर्लिङ्गमुदाहृतम् ।तस्यैव च सुमाहात्म्यं श्रूयतामृषिसत्तमाः
śrīśivamahāpurāṇam || caturthī koṭirudrasaṃhitā 4.32. dvātriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ | sudehāsudharmācaritavarṇanam | sūta uvāca | ataḥ paraṃ ca ghuśmeśaṃ jyotirliṅgamudāhṛtam | tasyaiva ca sumāhātmyaṃ śrūyatāmṛṣisattamāḥ
हिन्दी अर्थ
॥ समाप्तेयं चतुर्थी कोटिरुद्रसंहिता
English
The formless one became one with forms in order to facilitate meditation. He alone is 8iva himself, favourably disposed towards his devotees.
अध्याय 8
दक्षिणस्यां दिशि श्रेष्ठो गिरिर्देवेति संज्ञकः ।महाशोभान्वितो नित्यं राजतेऽद्भुतदर्शनः
dakṣiṇasyāṃ diśi śreṣṭho girirdeveti saṃjñakaḥ | mahāśobhānvito nityaṃ rājate'dbhutadarśanaḥ
हिन्दी अर्थ
॥ समाप्तेयं चतुर्थी कोटिरुद्रसंहिता
English
On hearing these words, Suta the excellent pro¬ pounder of the Puranas remembered the lotus-like feet of Siva and spoke these words to the sages.
अध्याय 8
तस्यैव निकटे कश्चिद्भारद्वाजकुलोद्भवः ।सुधर्मा नाम विप्रश्च न्यवसद् ब्रह्मवित्तमः
tasyaiva nikaṭe kaścidbhāradvājakulodbhavaḥ | sudharmā nāma vipraśca nyavasad brahmavittamaḥ
हिन्दी अर्थ
॥ समाप्तेयं चतुर्थी कोटिरुद्रसंहिता
English
The ocean or the lump of clay or the piece of gold attains different shapes due to delimiting conditions. Siva too is so.
अध्याय 8
तस्य प्रिया सुदेहा च शिवधर्मपरायणा ।पतिसेवापरा नित्यं गृहकर्मविचक्षणा
tasya priyā sudehā ca śivadharmaparāyaṇā | patisevāparā nityaṃ gṛhakarmavicakṣaṇā
हिन्दी अर्थ
॥ समाप्तेयं चतुर्थी कोटिरुद्रसंहिता
English
O brahmins, these words have been uttered by me after considering the statement of sages. You shall retain these strenuously in your minds.
अध्याय 8
सुधर्मा च द्विजश्रेष्ठो देवतातिथिपूजकः ।वेदमार्गपरो नित्यमग्निसेवापरायणः
sudharmā ca dvijaśreṣṭho devatātithipūjakaḥ | vedamārgaparo nityamagnisevāparāyaṇaḥ
हिन्दी अर्थ
॥ समाप्तेयं चतुर्थी कोटिरुद्रसंहिता
English
On hearing his words the sages were extremely
अध्याय 8
त्रिकालसन्ध्यया युक्तः सूर्यरूपसमद्युतिः ।शिष्याणां पाठकश्चैव वेदशास्त्रविचक्षणः
trikālasandhyayā yuktaḥ sūryarūpasamadyutiḥ | śiṣyāṇāṃ pāṭhakaścaiva vedaśāstravicakṣaṇaḥ
हिन्दी अर्थ
॥ समाप्तेयं चतुर्थी कोटिरुद्रसंहिता
English
He who listens to this with devotion and narrates this with pure mind enjoys all pleasures here and attains salvation hereafter.
अध्याय 8
धनवांश्च परो दाता सौजन्यगुणभाजनः ।शिवकर्मरतो नित्यं शैवः शैवजनप्रियः
dhanavāṃśca paro dātā saujanyaguṇabhājanaḥ | śivakarmarato nityaṃ śaivaḥ śaivajanapriyaḥ
हिन्दी अर्थ
॥ समाप्तेयं चतुर्थी कोटिरुद्रसंहिता
English
[He was] wealthy, supremely generous, a vessel of kindness and virtue, always devoted to Shiva's rites, a Shaiva dear to Shaivas.
अध्याय 8
आयुर्बहु व्यतीयाय तस्य धर्मं प्रकुर्वतः ।पुत्रश्च नाभवत्तस्य ऋतुः स्यादफलः स्त्रियाः
āyurbahu vyatīyāya tasya dharmaṃ prakurvataḥ | putraśca nābhavattasya ṛtuḥ syādaphalaḥ striyāḥ
हिन्दी अर्थ
॥ समाप्तेयं चतुर्थी कोटिरुद्रसंहिता
English
Much of his life passed as he practised dharma, but no son was born to him; his wife's seasons were fruitless.
अध्याय 8
तेन दुःखं कृतं नैव वस्तुज्ञानपरेण हि ।आत्मनस्तारकश्चात्मा ह्यात्मनः पावनश्च सः
tena duḥkhaṃ kṛtaṃ naiva vastujñānapareṇa hi | ātmanastārakaścātmā hyātmanaḥ pāvanaśca saḥ
हिन्दी अर्थ
॥ समाप्तेयं चतुर्थी कोटिरुद्रसंहिता
English
Yet, being intent on knowledge of reality, he did not grieve at this: the self is the self's deliverer and the self's purifier.
अध्याय 8
इत्येवं मानसं धृत्वा दुःखं न कृतवान्स्तदा ।सुदेहा च तदा दुःखं चकारापुत्रसम्भवम्
ityevaṃ mānasaṃ dhṛtvā duḥkhaṃ na kṛtavānstadā | sudehā ca tadā duḥkhaṃ cakārāputrasambhavam
हिन्दी अर्थ
॥ समाप्तेयं चतुर्थी कोटिरुद्रसंहिता
English
Their forms and activities are the same; they bestow good goal on the devotees equally; they are equally worthy of being served by all and they indulge in various divine sports.
अध्याय 8
नित्यं च स्वामिनं सा वै प्रार्थयद्यत्नसाधने ।पुत्रोत्पादनहेतोश्च सर्वविद्याविशारदम्
nityaṃ ca svāminaṃ sā vai prārthayadyatnasādhane | putrotpādanahetośca sarvavidyāviśāradam
हिन्दी अर्थ
॥ समाप्तेयं चतुर्थी कोटिरुद्रसंहिता
English
Rudra of terrible exploits has the form of Siva in every respect. He was born for carrying out the tasks of the devotees. He helps Visnu and Brahma.
अध्याय 8
सोऽपि स्त्रियं तदाभर्त्स्य किं पुत्रश्च करिष्यति ।का माता कः पिता पुत्रः को बन्धुश्च प्रियश्च कः
so'pi striyaṃ tadābhartsya kiṃ putraśca kariṣyati | kā mātā kaḥ pitā putraḥ ko bandhuśca priyaśca kaḥ
हिन्दी अर्थ
॥ समाप्तेयं चतुर्थी कोटिरुद्रसंहिता
English
Other beings and gods who are born get dissolved in due order but not so Rudra. Rudra gets merged in 8iva.
अध्याय 8
सर्वं स्वार्थपरं देवि त्रिलोक्यां नात्र संशयः ।जानीहि त्वं विशेषेण बुद्ध्या शोकं न वै कुरु
sarvaṃ svārthaparaṃ devi trilokyāṃ nātra saṃśayaḥ | jānīhi tvaṃ viśeṣeṇa buddhyā śokaṃ na vai kuru
हिन्दी अर्थ
॥ समाप्तेयं चतुर्थी कोटिरुद्रसंहिता
English
All worship Rudra but Rudra does not worship any one. Yet due to his favourable attitude to his devotees sometimes he worships himself.
अध्याय 8
तस्माद्देवि त्वया दुःखं त्यजनीयं सुनिश्चितम् ।नित्यं मह्यं त्वया नैव कथनीयं शुभव्रते
tasmāddevi tvayā duḥkhaṃ tyajanīyaṃ suniścitam | nityaṃ mahyaṃ tvayā naiva kathanīyaṃ śubhavrate
हिन्दी अर्थ
॥ समाप्तेयं चतुर्थी कोटिरुद्रसंहिता
English
Those who worship others get dissolved in them. That is why they attain Rudra in due course, O learned ones.
अध्याय 8
एवं तां सन्निवार्यैव भगवद्धर्मतत्परः ।आसीत्परमसन्तुष्टो द्वन्द्वदुःखं समत्यजत्
evaṃ tāṃ sannivāryaiva bhagavaddharmatatparaḥ | āsītparamasantuṣṭo dvandvaduḥkhaṃ samatyajat
हिन्दी अर्थ
॥ समाप्तेयं चतुर्थी कोटिरुद्रसंहिता
English
Tho'C who are Rudra's devotees attain the state of Siva in a trice. They need not depend on any one else. This is the eternal statement in the Vedas.
अध्याय 8
कदाचिच्च सुदेहा वै गेहे च सहवासिनः ।जगाम प्रियगोष्ठ्यर्थं विवादस्तत्र सङ्गतः
kadācicca sudehā vai gehe ca sahavāsinaḥ | jagāma priyagoṣṭhyarthaṃ vivādastatra saṅgataḥ
हिन्दी अर्थ
॥ समाप्तेयं चतुर्थी कोटिरुद्रसंहिता
English
The eternal Sruli says—"Isanah Sarvavidyanam". Hence Siva is the creator of the Vedas and the lord of the Vedas.
अध्याय 8
तत्पत्नी स्त्रीस्वभावाच्च भर्त्सिता सा तया तदा ।उक्ता चेति दुरुक्त्या वै सुदेहा विप्रकामिनी
tatpatnī strīsvabhāvācca bhartsitā sā tayā tadā | uktā ceti duruktyā vai sudehā viprakāminī
हिन्दी अर्थ
॥ समाप्तेयं चतुर्थी कोटिरुद्रसंहिता
English
He has no progenitor, no sustainer and no anni¬ hilator. He himself is the cause of all Visnu and others are his creations.
अध्याय 8
पत्न्युवाच ।अपुत्रिणि कथं गर्वं कुरुषे पुत्रिणी ह्यहम् ।मद्धनं भोक्ष्यते पुत्रो धनं ते कश्च भोक्ष्यते
patnyuvāca | aputriṇi kathaṃ garvaṃ kuruṣe putriṇī hyaham | maddhanaṃ bhokṣyate putro dhanaṃ te kaśca bhokṣyate
हिन्दी अर्थ
॥ समाप्तेयं चतुर्थी कोटिरुद्रसंहिता
English
A single seed grows into a tree and produces many seeds. Even in their multiplicity they are of one tree. MaheSvara in the form of Siva is verily like this.
अध्याय 8
नूनं हरिष्यते राजा त्वद्धनं नात्र संशयः ।धिग्धिक्त्वां ते धनं धिक्च धिक् ते मानं हि वन्ध्यके
nūnaṃ hariṣyate rājā tvaddhanaṃ nātra saṃśayaḥ | dhigdhiktvāṃ te dhanaṃ dhikca dhik te mānaṃ hi vandhyake
हिन्दी अर्थ
॥ समाप्तेयं चतुर्थी कोटिरुद्रसंहिता
English
Please explain that knowledge with all its chara¬ cteristics realising which one attains the state of Siva. How is Siva all and how is all Siva?
अध्याय 8
सूत उवाच ।भर्त्सिता ताभिरिति सा गृहमागत्य दुःखिता ।स्वामिने कथयामास तदुक्तं सर्वमादरात्
sūta uvāca | bhartsitā tābhiriti sā gṛhamāgatya duḥkhitā | svāmine kathayāmāsa taduktaṃ sarvamādarāt
हिन्दी अर्थ
॥ समाप्तेयं चतुर्थी कोटिरुद्रसंहिता
English
O ye sages, may this be heard. I shall explain the perfect knowledge of Siva in the manner I have heard. It is a great secret as it is the form of the highest salvation.
अध्याय 8
ब्राह्मणोऽपि तदा दुःखं न चकार सुबुद्धिमान् ।कथितं कथ्यतामेव यद्भावि तद्भवेत्प्रिये
brāhmaṇo'pi tadā duḥkhaṃ na cakāra subuddhimān | kathitaṃ kathyatāmeva yadbhāvi tadbhavetpriye
हिन्दी अर्थ
॥ समाप्तेयं चतुर्थी कोटिरुद्रसंहिता
English
In the assembly of Brahma, Narada, Kumara, Vyasa and Kapila they had discussed this and come to this conclusion.
अध्याय 8
इत्येवं च तदा तेन ह्याश्वस्तापि पुनः पुनः ।न तदा सात्यजद्दुःखं ह्याग्रहं कृतवत्यसौ
ityevaṃ ca tadā tena hyāśvastāpi punaḥ punaḥ | na tadā sātyajadduḥkhaṃ hyāgrahaṃ kṛtavatyasau
हिन्दी अर्थ
॥ समाप्तेयं चतुर्थी कोटिरुद्रसंहिता
English
It shall be known that the entire universe is wholly Siva. That Siva is in everything must be known by the learned scholar.
अध्याय 8
सुदेहोवाच ॥ यथा तथा त्वया पुत्रः समुत्पाद्यः प्रियोऽसि मे ।त्यक्षयामि ह्यन्यथाहं च देहं देहभृतां वर
sudehovāca || yathā tathā tvayā putraḥ samutpādyaḥ priyo'si me | tyakṣayāmi hyanyathāhaṃ ca dehaṃ dehabhṛtāṃ vara
हिन्दी अर्थ
॥ समाप्तेयं चतुर्थी कोटिरुद्रसंहिता
English
Beginning with Brahma and ending with a blade of grass whatever is seen as constituting the universe is Siva himself. That deity is called Siva.
अध्याय 8
सूत उवाच ।एवमुक्तं तया श्रुत्वा सुधर्मा ब्राह्मणोत्तमः ।शिवं सस्मार मनसा तदाग्रहनिपीडितः
sūta uvāca | evamuktaṃ tayā śrutvā sudharmā brāhmaṇottamaḥ | śivaṃ sasmāra manasā tadāgrahanipīḍitaḥ
हिन्दी अर्थ
॥ समाप्तेयं चतुर्थी कोटिरुद्रसंहिता
English
He himself creates it and enters it but stands far
अध्याय 8
अग्नेरग्रेऽक्षिपत्पुष्पद्वयं विप्रो ह्यतन्द्रितः ।मनसा दक्षिणं पुष्पं तन्मेने पुत्रकामदम्
agneragre'kṣipatpuṣpadvayaṃ vipro hyatandritaḥ | manasā dakṣiṇaṃ puṣpaṃ tanmene putrakāmadam
हिन्दी अर्थ
॥ समाप्तेयं चतुर्थी कोटिरुद्रसंहिता
English
Luminary beings are reflected in water etc. They do not actually enter them. Similarly Siva too appears ente¬ ring other things.
अध्याय 8
एवं कृत्वा पणं पत्नीमुवाच ब्राह्मणः स च ।अनयोर्ग्राह्यमेकं ते पुष्पं पुत्रफलाप्तये
evaṃ kṛtvā paṇaṃ patnīmuvāca brāhmaṇaḥ sa ca | anayorgrāhyamekaṃ te puṣpaṃ putraphalāptaye
हिन्दी अर्थ
॥ समाप्तेयं चतुर्थी कोटिरुद्रसंहिता
English
Really Siva alone, the auspicious being, manifests himself. The ignorance of the same is a defect of the mind. In fact there is no second entity.
अध्याय 8
तया च मनसा धृत्वा पुत्रश्चैव भवेन्मम ।तदा च स्वामिना यच्च धृतं पुष्पं समेतु माम्
tayā ca manasā dhṛtvā putraścaiva bhavenmama | tadā ca svāminā yacca dhṛtaṃ puṣpaṃ sametu mām
हिन्दी अर्थ
॥ समाप्तेयं चतुर्थी कोटिरुद्रसंहिता
English
In all philosophical systems the concept of duality is evident. But the Vedantins call him eternal and non- dualistic.
अध्याय 8
इत्युक्त्वा च तया तत्र नमस्कृत्य शिवं तदा ।नत्वा चाग्निं पुनः प्रार्थ्य गृहीतं पुष्पमेककम्
ityuktvā ca tayā tatra namaskṛtya śivaṃ tadā | natvā cāgniṃ punaḥ prārthya gṛhītaṃ puṣpamekakam
हिन्दी अर्थ
॥ समाप्तेयं चतुर्थी कोटिरुद्रसंहिता
English
He who cleverly tries means of realising him after resorting to the Vedantic path attains the fruit of hi.s sight.
अध्याय 8
स्वामिना चिन्तितं यच्च तद् गृहीतं तया न हि ।सुदेहया विमोहेन शिवेच्छासम्भवेन वै
svāminā cintitaṃ yacca tad gṛhītaṃ tayā na hi | sudehayā vimohena śivecchāsambhavena vai
हिन्दी अर्थ
॥ समाप्तेयं चतुर्थी कोटिरुद्रसंहिता
English
So also, the clever devotee who makes use of the expedients of devotion etc. certainly reaches Siva. This is undoubtedly true.
अध्याय 8
तद् दृष्ट्वा पुरुषश्चैव निःश्वासं पर्यमोचयत् ।स्मृत्वा शिवपदाम्भोजमुवाच निजकामिनीम्
tad dṛṣṭvā puruṣaścaiva niḥśvāsaṃ paryamocayat | smṛtvā śivapadāmbhojamuvāca nijakāminīm
हिन्दी अर्थ
॥ समाप्तेयं चतुर्थी कोटिरुद्रसंहिता
English
The shooting sprout from a seed may exhibit multi¬ plicity but ultimately it becomes the seed and the shoot perishes.
अध्याय 8
सुधर्मोवाच ।निर्मितं चेश्वरेणैव कथं चैवान्यथा भवेत् ।आशां त्यज प्रिये त्वं च परिचर्यां कुरु प्रभोः
sudharmovāca | nirmitaṃ ceśvareṇaiva kathaṃ caivānyathā bhavet | āśāṃ tyaja priye tvaṃ ca paricaryāṃ kuru prabhoḥ
हिन्दी अर्थ
॥ समाप्तेयं चतुर्थी कोटिरुद्रसंहिता
English
Gold mixed with silver or other base metal de¬ preciates in value. So also is the individual soul in its associa¬ tion with the ego.
अध्याय 8
इत्युक्त्वा तु स्वयं विप्र आशां परिविहाय च ।धर्मकार्यरतः सोऽभूच्छङ्करध्यानतत्परः
ityuktvā tu svayaṃ vipra āśāṃ parivihāya ca | dharmakāryarataḥ so'bhūcchaṅkaradhyānatatparaḥ
हिन्दी अर्थ
॥ समाप्तेयं चतुर्थी कोटिरुद्रसंहिता
English
The devotee at the outset shall go to a com¬ petent preceptor with devout and reverential feelings. He shall worship and serve him considering him Siva.
अध्याय 8
सा सुदेहाग्रहं नैव मुमोचात्मजकाम्यया ।प्रत्युवाच पतिं प्रेम्णा साञ्जलिर्नतमस्तका
sā sudehāgrahaṃ naiva mumocātmajakāmyayā | pratyuvāca patiṃ premṇā sāñjalirnatamastakā
हिन्दी अर्थ
॥ समाप्तेयं चतुर्थी कोटिरुद्रसंहिता
English
Thanks to this conception, all sins and dirts are removed from the body. When he gains knowledge his ignorance disappears.
अध्याय 8
सुदेहोवाच ।मयि पुत्रो न चास्त्वन्यां पत्नीं कुरु मदाज्ञया ।तस्यां नूनं सुतश्चैव भविष्यति न संशयः
sudehovāca | mayi putro na cāstvanyāṃ patnīṃ kuru madājñayā | tasyāṃ nūnaṃ sutaścaiva bhaviṣyati na saṃśayaḥ
हिन्दी अर्थ
॥ समाप्तेयं चतुर्थी कोटिरुद्रसंहिता
English
Freed from the ego, the individual soul attains pure intellect. Thanks to Siva's grace he attains the state of!§iva again.
अध्याय 8
सूत उवाच ।तदैव प्रर्थितो वै स ब्रह्मणः शैवसत्तमः ।उवाच स्वप्रियां तां च सुदेहां धर्मतत्परः
sūta uvāca | tadaiva prarthito vai sa brahmaṇaḥ śaivasattamaḥ | uvāca svapriyāṃ tāṃ ca sudehāṃ dharmatatparaḥ
हिन्दी अर्थ
॥ समाप्तेयं चतुर्थी कोटिरुद्रसंहिता
English
Just as one sees one's own form in the mirror so also the pure soul sees the all-pervading Siva, certainly.
अध्याय 8
सुधर्मोवाच ।त्वदीयं च मदीयं च सर्वं दुःखं गतं ध्रुवम् ।तस्मात्त्वं धर्मविघ्नं च प्रिये मा कुरु साम्प्रतम्
sudharmovāca | tvadīyaṃ ca madīyaṃ ca sarvaṃ duḥkhaṃ gataṃ dhruvam | tasmāttvaṃ dharmavighnaṃ ca priye mā kuru sāmpratam
हिन्दी अर्थ
॥ समाप्तेयं चतुर्थी कोटिरुद्रसंहिता
English
He becomes the living liberated soul. When the body perishes he merges into Siva. The body is begot by the Prarabdha karman. The perfectly wise is considered different from it.
अध्याय 8
सूत उवाच ।इत्येवं वारिता सा च स्वमातुः पुत्रिकां तदा ।गृहमानीय भर्तारं वृणु त्वेनामिदं जगौ
sūta uvāca | ityevaṃ vāritā sā ca svamātuḥ putrikāṃ tadā | gṛhamānīya bhartāraṃ vṛṇu tvenāmidaṃ jagau
हिन्दी अर्थ
॥ समाप्तेयं चतुर्थी कोटिरुद्रसंहिता
English
By the practice of Yoga, discrimination between the different principles is generated. Then there is a desire
अध्याय 8
सुधर्मोवाच ।इदानीं वदसि त्वं च मत्प्रियेयं ततः पुनः ।पुत्रसूश्च यदा स्याद्वै तदा स्पर्धां करिष्यसि
sudharmovāca | idānīṃ vadasi tvaṃ ca matpriyeyaṃ tataḥ punaḥ | putrasūśca yadā syādvai tadā spardhāṃ kariṣyasi
हिन्दी अर्थ
॥ समाप्तेयं चतुर्थी कोटिरुद्रसंहिता
English
From devotion there arises love; from love, the desire to hear about the lord; from this desire, association with the good and from this association a competent preceptor is attained.
अध्याय 8
सूत उवाच ।इत्युक्ता तेन पतिना सा सुदेहा च तत्प्रिया ।पुनः प्राह करौ बद्ध्वा सुधर्माणं पतिं द्विजाः
sūta uvāca | ityuktā tena patinā sā sudehā ca tatpriyā | punaḥ prāha karau baddhvā sudharmāṇaṃ patiṃ dvijāḥ
हिन्दी अर्थ
॥ समाप्तेयं चतुर्थी कोटिरुद्रसंहिता
English
He shall worship iSiva with unflinching and exclusive devotion. Salvation is the result. There is nothing to be doubtful about this.
अध्याय 8
नाहं स्पर्धां भगिन्या वै करिष्ये द्विजसत्तम ।उपयच्छस्व पुत्रार्थमिमामाज्ञापयामि च
nāhaṃ spardhāṃ bhaginyā vai kariṣye dvijasattama | upayacchasva putrārthamimāmājñāpayāmi ca
हिन्दी अर्थ
॥ समाप्तेयं चतुर्थी कोटिरुद्रसंहिता
English
I have now communicated it to you. For the welfare of the world you shall establish this in the world strenuously. It is conducive to the attainment of Siva.
अध्याय 8
इत्येवं प्रार्थितः सोऽपि सुधर्मा प्रियया तया ।घुश्मां तां समुपायंस्त विवाहविधिना द्विजः
ityevaṃ prārthitaḥ so'pi sudharmā priyayā tayā | ghuśmāṃ tāṃ samupāyaṃsta vivāhavidhinā dvijaḥ
हिन्दी अर्थ
॥ समाप्तेयं चतुर्थी कोटिरुद्रसंहिता
English
O great sages; thus, what I have been asked has been narrated by me. You shall preserve this carefully. What else do you wish to hear?
अध्याय 8
ततस्तां परिणीयाथ प्रार्थयामास तां द्विजः ।त्वदीयेयं कनिष्ठा हि सदा पोष्याऽनघे प्रिये
tatastāṃ pariṇīyātha prārthayāmāsa tāṃ dvijaḥ | tvadīyeyaṃ kaniṣṭhā hi sadā poṣyā'naghe priye
हिन्दी अर्थ
॥ समाप्तेयं चतुर्थी कोटिरुद्रसंहिता
English
On hearing this, the sages attained great bliss. After bowing to him they eulogised him again and again with words choked with pleasure.
अध्याय 8
उक्त्वैवं स च धर्मात्मा सुधर्मा शैवसत्तमः ।यथायोग्यं चकाराशु धर्मसङ्ग्रहमात्मनः
uktvaivaṃ sa ca dharmātmā sudharmā śaivasattamaḥ | yathāyogyaṃ cakārāśu dharmasaṅgrahamātmanaḥ
हिन्दी अर्थ
॥ समाप्तेयं चतुर्थी कोटिरुद्रसंहिता
English
O disciple of Vyasa, obeisance be to yi>u. You are blessed. You are the most excellent of the devotees of Siva. The highest thing, the excellent knowledge of Siva has been imparted to us.
अध्याय 8
सा चापि मातृपुत्रीं तां सखीवत्पर्यवर्त्तत ।परित्यज्य विरोधं हि पुपोषाहर्निशं प्रिया
sā cāpi mātṛputrīṃ tāṃ sakhīvatparyavarttata | parityajya virodhaṃ hi pupoṣāharniśaṃ priyā
हिन्दी अर्थ
॥ समाप्तेयं चतुर्थी कोटिरुद्रसंहिता
English
Thanks to your mercy, our mental delusion has vanished. Securing the excellent knowledge of Siva from you we are satisfied. This knowledge yields salvation.
अध्याय 8
कनिष्ठा चैव या पत्नी स्वस्रनुज्ञामवाप्य च ।पार्थिवान्सा चकाराशु नित्यमेकोत्तरं शतम्
kaniṣṭhā caiva yā patnī svasranujñāmavāpya ca | pārthivānsā cakārāśu nityamekottaraṃ śatam
हिन्दी अर्थ
॥ समाप्तेयं चतुर्थी कोटिरुद्रसंहिता
English
O brahmins, this shall not be mentioned to an atheist or an unfaithful man or a rogue. Nor shall it be mentioned to one who has no devotion to Siva or who does not wish to hear.
अध्याय 8
विधानपूर्वकं घुश्मा सोपचारसमन्वितम् ।कृत्वा तान्प्राक्षिपत्तत्र तडागे निकटस्थिते
vidhānapūrvakaṃ ghuśmā sopacārasamanvitam | kṛtvā tānprākṣipattatra taḍāge nikaṭasthite
हिन्दी अर्थ
॥ समाप्तेयं चतुर्थी कोटिरुद्रसंहिता
English
On hearing this once, all sins are reduced to ashes. A non-devotee becomes a devotee. This enhances the devotion of the devotee.
अध्याय 8
एवं नित्यं सा चकार शिवपूजां स्वकामदाम् ।विसृज्य पुनरावाह्य तत्सपर्य्याविधानतः
evaṃ nityaṃ sā cakāra śivapūjāṃ svakāmadām | visṛjya punarāvāhya tatsaparyyāvidhānataḥ
हिन्दी अर्थ
॥ समाप्तेयं चतुर्थी कोटिरुद्रसंहिता
English
With the expectation of the greatest benefit it shall be repeated five, times. There is no doubt. He will attain it. Vyasa has said so.
अध्याय 8
कुर्वन्त्या नित्यमेवं हि तस्याः शङ्करपूजनम् ।लक्षसङ्ख्याभवत्पूर्णा सर्वकामफलप्रदा
kurvantyā nityamevaṃ hi tasyāḥ śaṅkarapūjanam | lakṣasaṅkhyābhavatpūrṇā sarvakāmaphalapradā
हिन्दी अर्थ
॥ समाप्तेयं चतुर्थी कोटिरुद्रसंहिता
English
Ancient kings, brahmins and excellent Vaiyas have attained great Siddhis by listening to this with attention, five times.
अध्याय 8
कृपया शङ्करस्यैव तस्याः पुत्रो व्यजायत ।सुन्दरः सुभगश्चैव कल्याणगुणभाजनः
kṛpayā śaṅkarasyaiva tasyāḥ putro vyajāyata | sundaraḥ subhagaścaiva kalyāṇaguṇabhājanaḥ
हिन्दी अर्थ
॥ समाप्तेयं चतुर्थी कोटिरुद्रसंहिता
English
Even now if a man listens to this with devotion he will attain perfect knowledge of 8iva, worldly pleasures and salvation.
अध्याय 8
तं दृष्ट्वा परमप्रीतः स विप्रो धर्मवित्तमः ।अनासक्तः सुखं भेजे ज्ञानधर्मपरायणः
taṃ dṛṣṭvā paramaprītaḥ sa vipro dharmavittamaḥ | anāsaktaḥ sukhaṃ bheje jñānadharmaparāyaṇaḥ
हिन्दी अर्थ
॥ समाप्तेयं चतुर्थी कोटिरुद्रसंहिता
English
Satisfied and cleared of their doubts they bowed to him, eulogised him, hailed him. and blessed him.
अध्याय 8
सुदेहा तावदस्यास्तु स्पर्धामुग्रां चकार सा ।प्रथमं शीतलं तस्या हृदयं ह्यसिवत्पुनः
sudehā tāvadasyāstu spardhāmugrāṃ cakāra sā | prathamaṃ śītalaṃ tasyā hṛdayaṃ hyasivatpunaḥ
हिन्दी अर्थ
॥ समाप्तेयं चतुर्थी कोटिरुद्रसंहिता
English
Considering Suta to be the great lord Siva they worshipped him and bowed to him. With good intellect they praised him speaking to one another,
अध्याय 8
ततः परं च यज्जातं कुत्सितं कर्म दुःखदम् ।सावधानेन मनसा श्रूयतां तन्मुनीश्वराः
tataḥ paraṃ ca yajjātaṃ kutsitaṃ karma duḥkhadam | sāvadhānena manasā śrūyatāṃ tanmunīśvarāḥ
हिन्दी अर्थ
॥ समाप्तेयं चतुर्थी कोटिरुद्रसंहिता
English
Thus the fourth meritorious and pleasing compendium of Sivapuraa named Kotirudra has been narrated.
अध्याय 8
॥ श्रीगणेशाय नमः
|| śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ
हिन्दी अर्थ
॥ समाप्तेयं चतुर्थी कोटिरुद्रसंहिता
English
Salutations to Shri Ganesha.
अध्याय 8
श्रीगौरीशङ्कराभ्यां नमः
śrīgaurīśaṅkarābhyāṃ namaḥ
हिन्दी अर्थ
॥ समाप्तेयं चतुर्थी कोटिरुद्रसंहिता
English
Salutations to Shri Gauri and Shankara.
अध्याय 8
श्रीशिवमहापुराणम् ॥ चतुर्थी कोटिरुद्रसंहिता ४.३३. त्रयस्त्रिंशोऽध्यायः ।धुश्मेशज्योतिर्लिङ्गोत्पत्तिमाहात्म्यवर्णनम् ।सूत उवाच ।पुत्रं दृष्ट्वा कनिष्ठाया ज्येष्ठा दुःखमुपागता ।विरोधं सा चकाराशु न सहन्ती च तत्सुखम्
śrīśivamahāpurāṇam || caturthī koṭirudrasaṃhitā 4.33. trayastriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ | dhuśmeśajyotirliṅgotpattimāhātmyavarṇanam | sūta uvāca | putraṃ dṛṣṭvā kaniṣṭhāyā jyeṣṭhā duḥkhamupāgatā | virodhaṃ sā cakārāśu na sahantī ca tatsukham
हिन्दी अर्थ
॥ समाप्तेयं चतुर्थी कोटिरुद्रसंहिता
English
The glorious Shiva Mahapurana, fourth book, the Kotirudra Samhita, chapter 33: the description of the origin and greatness of the Ghushmesha Jyotirlinga. Suta said: Seeing the younger wife's son, the elder was grieved; not bearing her happiness, she quickly turned hostile.
अध्याय 8
सर्वे पुत्रप्रसूतिं तां प्रशसंसुर्निरन्तरम् ।तया तत्सह्यते न स्म शिशो रूपादिकं तथा
sarve putraprasūtiṃ tāṃ praśasaṃsurnirantaram | tayā tatsahyate na sma śiśo rūpādikaṃ tathā
हिन्दी अर्थ
॥ समाप्तेयं चतुर्थी कोटिरुद्रसंहिता
English
Everyone constantly praised her for bearing a son; the elder could not bear it, nor the child's beauty and the rest.
अध्याय 8
सुप्रियं तनयं तं च पित्रोः सद्गुणभाजनम् ।दृष्ट्वाभवत्तदा तस्या हृदयं तप्तमग्निवत्
supriyaṃ tanayaṃ taṃ ca pitroḥ sadguṇabhājanam | dṛṣṭvābhavattadā tasyā hṛdayaṃ taptamagnivat
हिन्दी अर्थ
॥ समाप्तेयं चतुर्थी कोटिरुद्रसंहिता
English
Seeing that beloved son, a vessel of good qualities to his parents, her heart then burned like fire.
अध्याय 8
एतस्मिन्नन्तरे विप्राः कन्यां दातुं समागताः ।विवाहं तस्य तत्रैव चकार विधिवच्च सः
etasminnantare viprāḥ kanyāṃ dātuṃ samāgatāḥ | vivāhaṃ tasya tatraiva cakāra vidhivacca saḥ
हिन्दी अर्थ
॥ समाप्तेयं चतुर्थी कोटिरुद्रसंहिता
English
Meanwhile brahmins came to give a girl in marriage, and he duly performed his son's wedding there.
अध्याय 8
सुधर्मा घुश्मया सार्धमानन्दं परं गतः ।सर्वे सम्बन्धिनस्तस्यां घुश्मायां मानमादधुः
sudharmā ghuśmayā sārdhamānandaṃ paraṃ gataḥ | sarve sambandhinastasyāṃ ghuśmāyāṃ mānamādadhuḥ
हिन्दी अर्थ
॥ समाप्तेयं चतुर्थी कोटिरुद्रसंहिता
English
Sudharma rejoiced greatly with Ghushma, and all the relatives paid honour to Ghushma.
अध्याय 8
तं दृष्ट्वा सा सुदेहा हि मनसि ज्वलिता तदा ।अत्यन्तं दुःखमापन्ना हा हतास्मीति वादिनी
taṃ dṛṣṭvā sā sudehā hi manasi jvalitā tadā | atyantaṃ duḥkhamāpannā hā hatāsmīti vādinī
हिन्दी अर्थ
॥ समाप्तेयं चतुर्थी कोटिरुद्रसंहिता
English
Seeing him, Sudeha burned inwardly; she fell into extreme grief, saying, "Alas, I am ruined!"
अध्याय 8
सुधर्मा गृहमागत्य वधूं पुत्रं विवाहितम् ।उत्साहं दर्शयामास प्रियाभ्यां हर्षयन्निव
sudharmā gṛhamāgatya vadhūṃ putraṃ vivāhitam | utsāhaṃ darśayāmāsa priyābhyāṃ harṣayanniva
हिन्दी अर्थ
॥ समाप्तेयं चतुर्थी कोटिरुद्रसंहिता
English
Sudharma came home with the married son and his bride and showed his delight, as if to gladden both his dear wives.
अध्याय 8
अभवद् हर्षिता घुश्मा सुदेहा दुःखमागता ।न सहन्ती सुखं तच्च दुःखं कृत्वापतद्भुवि
abhavad harṣitā ghuśmā sudehā duḥkhamāgatā | na sahantī sukhaṃ tacca duḥkhaṃ kṛtvāpatadbhuvi
हिन्दी अर्थ
॥ समाप्तेयं चतुर्थी कोटिरुद्रसंहिता
English
Ghushma was delighted, but Sudeha fell into grief; unable to bear that happiness, she fell to the ground in anguish.
अध्याय 8
घुश्मावदद्वधूपुत्रौ त्वदीयौ न मदीयकौ ।वधूः पुत्रश्च तां प्रीत्या प्रसूं श्वश्रूममन्यत
ghuśmāvadadvadhūputrau tvadīyau na madīyakau | vadhūḥ putraśca tāṃ prītyā prasūṃ śvaśrūmamanyata
हिन्दी अर्थ
॥ समाप्तेयं चतुर्थी कोटिरुद्रसंहिता
English
Ghushma said, "The bride and son are yours, not mine," and the bride and son lovingly regarded Sudeha as mother-in-law and mother.
अध्याय 8
भर्ता प्रियां तां ज्येष्ठां च मेने नैव कनिष्ठिकाम् ।तथापि सा तदा ज्येष्ठा स्वान्तर्मलवती ह्यभूत्
bhartā priyāṃ tāṃ jyeṣṭhāṃ ca mene naiva kaniṣṭhikām | tathāpi sā tadā jyeṣṭhā svāntarmalavatī hyabhūt
हिन्दी अर्थ
॥ समाप्तेयं चतुर्थी कोटिरुद्रसंहिता
English
The husband regarded the elder as dear and not the younger, yet that elder then became foul within.
अध्याय 8
एकस्मिन्दिवसे ज्येष्ठा सा सुदेहा च दुःखिनी ।हृदये सञ्चिचिन्तेति दुःखशान्तिः कथं भवेत्
ekasmindivase jyeṣṭhā sā sudehā ca duḥkhinī | hṛdaye sañcicinteti duḥkhaśāntiḥ kathaṃ bhavet
हिन्दी अर्थ
॥ समाप्तेयं चतुर्थी कोटिरुद्रसंहिता
English
One day the elder, Sudeha, grieving, thought in her heart, "How may my sorrow be quieted?"
अध्याय 8
सुदेहोवाच ।मदीयो हृदयाग्निश्च घुश्मानेत्रजलेन वै ।भविष्यति ध्रुवं शान्तो नान्यथा दुःखजेन हि
sudehovāca | madīyo hṛdayāgniśca ghuśmānetrajalena vai | bhaviṣyati dhruvaṃ śānto nānyathā duḥkhajena hi
हिन्दी अर्थ
॥ समाप्तेयं चतुर्थी कोटिरुद्रसंहिता
English
Sudeha said: "The fire in my heart will surely be quenched only by the tears of Ghushma's eyes, not otherwise, arising from sorrow.
अध्याय 8
अतोऽहं मारयाम्यद्य तत्पुत्रं प्रियवादिनम् ।अग्रे भावि भवेदेवं निश्चयः परमो मम
ato'haṃ mārayāmyadya tatputraṃ priyavādinam | agre bhāvi bhavedevaṃ niścayaḥ paramo mama
हिन्दी अर्थ
॥ समाप्तेयं चतुर्थी कोटिरुद्रसंहिता
English
So today I will kill her sweet-spoken son; whatever is to come after will come — this is my firm resolve."
अध्याय 8
सूत उवाच ।कदर्याणां विचारश्च कृत्याकृत्ये भवेन्नहि ।कठोरः प्रायशो विप्राः सापत्नो भाव आत्महा
sūta uvāca | kadaryāṇāṃ vicāraśca kṛtyākṛtye bhavennahi | kaṭhoraḥ prāyaśo viprāḥ sāpatno bhāva ātmahā
हिन्दी अर्थ
॥ समाप्तेयं चतुर्थी कोटिरुद्रसंहिता
English
Suta said: The mean have no discernment of what should and should not be done; the feeling of a co-wife is mostly harsh and self-destroying, O brahmins.
अध्याय 8
एकस्मिन्दिवसे ज्येष्ठा सुप्तं पुत्रं वधूयुतम् ।चिच्छिदे निशि चाङ्गेषु गृहीत्वा छुरिकां च सा
ekasmindivase jyeṣṭhā suptaṃ putraṃ vadhūyutam | cicchide niśi cāṅgeṣu gṛhītvā churikāṃ ca sā
हिन्दी अर्थ
॥ समाप्तेयं चतुर्थी कोटिरुद्रसंहिता
English
One day at night the elder, taking a knife, cut the limbs of the son as he slept beside his bride.
अध्याय 8
सर्वाङ्गं खण्डयामास रात्रौ घुश्मासुतस्य सा ।नीत्वा सरसि तत्रैवाक्षिपद् दृप्ता महाबला
sarvāṅgaṃ khaṇḍayāmāsa rātrau ghuśmāsutasya sā | nītvā sarasi tatraivākṣipad dṛptā mahābalā
हिन्दी अर्थ
॥ समाप्तेयं चतुर्थी कोटिरुद्रसंहिता
English
That night she hacked every limb of Ghushma's son; then, proud and strong, she carried him off and threw him into the lake,
अध्याय 8
यत्र क्षिप्तानि लिङ्गानि घुश्मया नित्यमेव हि ।तत्र क्षिप्त्वा समायाता सुष्वाप सुखमागता
yatra kṣiptāni liṅgāni ghuśmayā nityameva hi | tatra kṣiptvā samāyātā suṣvāpa sukhamāgatā
हिन्दी अर्थ
॥ समाप्तेयं चतुर्थी कोटिरुद्रसंहिता
English
there where Ghushma daily cast her lingas. Having thrown him in, she came back content and slept at ease.
अध्याय 8
प्रातश्चैव समुत्थाय घुश्मा नित्यं तथाकरोत् ।सुधर्मा च स्वयं श्रेष्ठो नित्यकर्म समाचरत्
prātaścaiva samutthāya ghuśmā nityaṃ tathākarot | sudharmā ca svayaṃ śreṣṭho nityakarma samācarat
हिन्दी अर्थ
॥ समाप्तेयं चतुर्थी कोटिरुद्रसंहिता
English
Rising at dawn, Ghushma did her daily worship as always, and the excellent Sudharma himself performed his daily rites.
अध्याय 8
एतस्मिन्नन्तरे सा च ज्येष्ठा कार्यं गृहस्य वै ।चकारानन्दसंयुक्ता सुशान्तहृदयानला
etasminnantare sā ca jyeṣṭhā kāryaṃ gṛhasya vai | cakārānandasaṃyuktā suśāntahṛdayānalā
हिन्दी अर्थ
॥ समाप्तेयं चतुर्थी कोटिरुद्रसंहिता
English
Meanwhile the elder went about the household work full of joy, the fire in her heart now quieted.
अध्याय 8
प्रातःकाले समुत्थाय वधूः शय्यां विलोक्य सा ।रुधिरार्द्रां देहखण्डैर्युक्तां दुःखमुपागता
prātaḥkāle samutthāya vadhūḥ śayyāṃ vilokya sā | rudhirārdrāṃ dehakhaṇḍairyuktāṃ duḥkhamupāgatā
हिन्दी अर्थ
॥ समाप्तेयं चतुर्थी कोटिरुद्रसंहिता
English
Rising at dawn, the bride looked at the bed, saw it wet with blood and strewn with pieces of the body, and was stricken with grief.
अध्याय 8
श्वश्रूं निवेदयामास पुत्रस्ते च कुतो गतः ।शय्या च रुधिरार्द्रा वै दृश्यन्ते देहखण्डकाः
śvaśrūṃ nivedayāmāsa putraste ca kuto gataḥ | śayyā ca rudhirārdrā vai dṛśyante dehakhaṇḍakāḥ
हिन्दी अर्थ
॥ समाप्तेयं चतुर्थी कोटिरुद्रसंहिता
English
She told her mother-in-law: "Where has your son gone? The bed is wet with blood, and pieces of his body are to be seen.
अध्याय 8
हा हतास्मि कृतं केन दुष्टं कर्म शुचिव्रते ।इत्युच्चार्य रुरोदाति विविधं तत्प्रिया च सा
hā hatāsmi kṛtaṃ kena duṣṭaṃ karma śucivrate | ityuccārya rurodāti vividhaṃ tatpriyā ca sā
हिन्दी अर्थ
॥ समाप्तेयं चतुर्थी कोटिरुद्रसंहिता
English
Alas, I am ruined! Who has done this wicked deed, O you of pure vows?" Saying this, his beloved wept bitterly in many ways.
अध्याय 8
ज्येष्ठा दुःखं तदापन्ना हा हतास्मि किलेति च ।बहिर्दुःखं चकारासौ मनसा हर्षसंयुता
jyeṣṭhā duḥkhaṃ tadāpannā hā hatāsmi kileti ca | bahirduḥkhaṃ cakārāsau manasā harṣasaṃyutā
हिन्दी अर्थ
॥ समाप्तेयं चतुर्थी कोटिरुद्रसंहिता
English
The elder then made a show of grief, crying "Alas, I am ruined!"; outwardly she grieved, but in her mind she was full of delight.
अध्याय 8
घुश्मा चापि तदा तस्या वध्वा दुःखं निशम्य सा ।न चचाल व्रतात्तस्मान्नित्यपार्थिवपूजनात्
ghuśmā cāpi tadā tasyā vadhvā duḥkhaṃ niśamya sā | na cacāla vratāttasmānnityapārthivapūjanāt
हिन्दी अर्थ
॥ समाप्तेयं चतुर्थी कोटिरुद्रसंहिता
English
Ghushma too, hearing her daughter-in-law's grief, did not waver from her vow of daily worship of the earthen linga.
अध्याय 8
मनश्चैवोत्सुकं नैव जातं तस्या मनागपि ।भर्तापि च तथैवासीद्यावद् व्रतविधिर्भवेत्
manaścaivotsukaṃ naiva jātaṃ tasyā manāgapi | bhartāpi ca tathaivāsīdyāvad vratavidhirbhavet
हिन्दी अर्थ
॥ समाप्तेयं चतुर्थी कोटिरुद्रसंहिता
English
Her mind was not the least bit agitated; her husband too remained so until the rite of the vow was complete.
अध्याय 8
मध्याह्ने पूजनान्ते च दृष्ट्वा शय्यां भयावहाम् ।तथापि न तदा किञ्चित्कृतं दुःखं हि घुश्मया
madhyāhne pūjanānte ca dṛṣṭvā śayyāṃ bhayāvahām | tathāpi na tadā kiñcitkṛtaṃ duḥkhaṃ hi ghuśmayā
हिन्दी अर्थ
॥ समाप्तेयं चतुर्थी कोटिरुद्रसंहिता
English
At midday, at the end of the worship, she saw the dreadful bed; even then Ghushma showed no grief at all.
अध्याय 8
येनैव चार्पितश्चायं स वै रक्षां करिष्यति ।भक्तप्रियः स विख्यातः कालकालः सतां गतिः
yenaiva cārpitaścāyaṃ sa vai rakṣāṃ kariṣyati | bhaktapriyaḥ sa vikhyātaḥ kālakālaḥ satāṃ gatiḥ
हिन्दी अर्थ
॥ समाप्तेयं चतुर्थी कोटिरुद्रसंहिता
English
"He who gave this son will himself protect him. He is famed as the lover of his devotees, the Death of Death, the refuge of the good.
अध्याय 8
यदि नो रक्षिता शम्भुरीश्वरः प्रभुरेकलः ।मालाकार इवासौ यान्युङ्क्ते तान्वियुनक्ति च
yadi no rakṣitā śambhurīśvaraḥ prabhurekalaḥ | mālākāra ivāsau yānyuṅkte tānviyunakti ca
हिन्दी अर्थ
॥ समाप्तेयं चतुर्थी कोटिरुद्रसंहिता
English
If Shambhu, the one sole lord and master, does not protect us — like a garland-maker, he joins those he unites and parts them too —
अध्याय 8
अद्य मे चिन्तया किं स्यादिति तत्त्वं विचार्य सा ।न चकार तदा दुःखं शिवे धैर्यं समागता
adya me cintayā kiṃ syāditi tattvaṃ vicārya sā | na cakāra tadā duḥkhaṃ śive dhairyaṃ samāgatā
हिन्दी अर्थ
॥ समाप्तेयं चतुर्थी कोटिरुद्रसंहिता
English
what would my worrying achieve today?" Reflecting on this truth, she did not grieve, for she had found steadfastness in Shiva.
अध्याय 8
पार्थिवांश्च गृहीत्वा सा पूर्ववत्स्वस्थमानसा ।शम्भोर्नामान्युच्चरन्ती जगाम सरसस्तटे
pārthivāṃśca gṛhītvā sā pūrvavatsvasthamānasā | śambhornāmānyuccarantī jagāma sarasastaṭe
हिन्दी अर्थ
॥ समाप्तेयं चतुर्थी कोटिरुद्रसंहिता
English
Taking the earthen lingas, calm in mind as before, she went to the shore of the lake uttering the names of Shambhu.
अध्याय 8
क्षिप्त्वा च पार्थिवांस्तत्र परावर्तत सा यदा ।तदा पुत्रस्तडागस्थो दृश्यते स्म तटे तया
kṣiptvā ca pārthivāṃstatra parāvartata sā yadā | tadā putrastaḍāgastho dṛśyate sma taṭe tayā
हिन्दी अर्थ
॥ समाप्तेयं चतुर्थी कोटिरुद्रसंहिता
English
When she had cast the earthen lingas there and turned back, she saw her son, risen from the lake, standing on the bank.
अध्याय 8
पुत्र उवाच ।मातरेहि मिलिष्यामि मृतोऽहं जीवितोऽधुना ।तव पुण्यप्रभावाद्धि कृपया शङ्करस्य वै
putra uvāca | mātarehi miliṣyāmi mṛto'haṃ jīvito'dhunā | tava puṇyaprabhāvāddhi kṛpayā śaṅkarasya vai
हिन्दी अर्थ
॥ समाप्तेयं चतुर्थी कोटिरुद्रसंहिता
English
The son said: "Come, mother, let me embrace you. I was dead and now I am alive, by the power of your merit and the grace of Shankara."
अध्याय 8
सूत उवाच ।जीवितं तं सुतं दृष्ट्वा घुश्मा सा तत्प्रसूर्द्विजाः ।प्रहृष्टा नाभवत्तत्र दुःखिता न यथा पुरा
sūta uvāca | jīvitaṃ taṃ sutaṃ dṛṣṭvā ghuśmā sā tatprasūrdvijāḥ | prahṛṣṭā nābhavattatra duḥkhitā na yathā purā
हिन्दी अर्थ
॥ समाप्तेयं चतुर्थी कोटिरुद्रसंहिता
English
Suta said: Seeing her son alive, Ghushma his mother, O brahmins, was not elated, just as she had not grieved before.
अध्याय 8
एतस्मिन्समये तत्र स्वाविरासीच्छिवो द्रुतम् ।ज्योतीरूपो महेशश्च सन्तुष्टः प्रत्युवाच ह
etasminsamaye tatra svāvirāsīcchivo drutam | jyotīrūpo maheśaśca santuṣṭaḥ pratyuvāca ha
हिन्दी अर्थ
॥ समाप्तेयं चतुर्थी कोटिरुद्रसंहिता
English
At that moment Shiva swiftly appeared there in the form of light, and Mahesha, well pleased, spoke.
अध्याय 8
शिव उवाच ।प्रसन्नोऽस्मि वरं ब्रूहि दुष्टया मारितो ह्ययम् ।एनां च मारयिष्यामि त्रिशूलेन वरानने
śiva uvāca | prasanno'smi varaṃ brūhi duṣṭayā mārito hyayam | enāṃ ca mārayiṣyāmi triśūlena varānane
हिन्दी अर्थ
॥ समाप्तेयं चतुर्थी कोटिरुद्रसंहिता
English
Shiva said: "I am pleased; ask a boon. This boy was killed by that wicked woman; I will kill her with my trident, O fair-faced one."
अध्याय 8
सूत उवाच ।घुश्मा तदा वरं वव्रे सुप्रणम्य शिवं नता ।रक्षणीया त्वया नाथ सुदेहेयं स्वसा मम
sūta uvāca | ghuśmā tadā varaṃ vavre supraṇamya śivaṃ natā | rakṣaṇīyā tvayā nātha sudeheyaṃ svasā mama
हिन्दी अर्थ
॥ समाप्तेयं चतुर्थी कोटिरुद्रसंहिता
English
Suta said: Then Ghushma, bowing low to Shiva, chose her boon: "Lord, this Sudeha, my sister, must be protected by you."
अध्याय 8
शिव उवाच ।अपकारः कृतस्तस्यामुपकारः कथं त्वया ।क्रियते हननीया च सुदेहा दुष्टकारिणी
śiva uvāca | apakāraḥ kṛtastasyāmupakāraḥ kathaṃ tvayā | kriyate hananīyā ca sudehā duṣṭakāriṇī
हिन्दी अर्थ
॥ समाप्तेयं चतुर्थी कोटिरुद्रसंहिता
English
Shiva said: "She has done you harm; how can you do her a kindness? Sudeha, the evil-doer, deserves to be killed."
अध्याय 8
घुश्मोवाच ॥ तव दर्शनमात्रेण पातकं नैव तिष्ठति ।इदानीं त्वां च वै दृष्ट्वा तत्पापं भस्मतां व्रजेत्
ghuśmovāca || tava darśanamātreṇa pātakaṃ naiva tiṣṭhati | idānīṃ tvāṃ ca vai dṛṣṭvā tatpāpaṃ bhasmatāṃ vrajet
हिन्दी अर्थ
॥ समाप्तेयं चतुर्थी कोटिरुद्रसंहिता
English
Ghushma said: "At the mere sight of you no sin remains; now that she has seen you, that sin of hers will be reduced to ashes.
अध्याय 8
अपकारेषु यश्चैव ह्युपकारं करोति च ।तस्य दर्शनमात्रेण पापं दूरतरं व्रजेत्
apakāreṣu yaścaiva hyupakāraṃ karoti ca | tasya darśanamātreṇa pāpaṃ dūrataraṃ vrajet
हिन्दी अर्थ
॥ समाप्तेयं चतुर्थी कोटिरुद्रसंहिता
English
Whoever does good in return for harm — at the mere sight of such a one, sin goes far away.
अध्याय 8
इति श्रुतं मया देव भगवद्वाक्यमद्भुतम् ।तस्माच्चैवं कृतं येन क्रियतां च सदाशिव
iti śrutaṃ mayā deva bhagavadvākyamadbhutam | tasmāccaivaṃ kṛtaṃ yena kriyatāṃ ca sadāśiva
हिन्दी अर्थ
॥ समाप्तेयं चतुर्थी कोटिरुद्रसंहिता
English
So I have heard, O God, the wonderful word of the Lord; therefore, O Sadashiva, let it be done as such a one would do."
अध्याय 8
सूत उवाच ।इत्युक्तस्तु तया तत्र प्रसन्नोऽत्यभवत्पुनः ।महेश्वरः कृपासिन्धुः तामूचे भक्तवत्सलः
sūta uvāca | ityuktastu tayā tatra prasanno'tyabhavatpunaḥ | maheśvaraḥ kṛpāsindhuḥ tāmūce bhaktavatsalaḥ
हिन्दी अर्थ
॥ समाप्तेयं चतुर्थी कोटिरुद्रसंहिता
English
Suta said: Addressed thus by her, Maheshvara, ocean of compassion and fond of his devotees, was again greatly pleased and said to her:
अध्याय 8
शिव उवाच ।अन्यद्वरं ब्रूहि घुश्मे ददामि च हितं तव ।त्वद्भक्त्या सुप्रसन्नोऽस्मि निर्विकारस्वभावतः
śiva uvāca | anyadvaraṃ brūhi ghuśme dadāmi ca hitaṃ tava | tvadbhaktyā suprasanno'smi nirvikārasvabhāvataḥ
हिन्दी अर्थ
॥ समाप्तेयं चतुर्थी कोटिरुद्रसंहिता
English
Shiva said: "Ask another boon, Ghushma; I will grant what is good for you. I am well pleased by your devotion and your unperturbed nature."
अध्याय 8
सूत उवाच ।सोवाच तद्वचः श्रुत्वा यदि देवो वरस्त्वया ।लोकानां चैव रक्षार्थमत्र स्थेयं मदाख्यया
sūta uvāca | sovāca tadvacaḥ śrutvā yadi devo varastvayā | lokānāṃ caiva rakṣārthamatra stheyaṃ madākhyayā
हिन्दी अर्थ
॥ समाप्तेयं चतुर्थी कोटिरुद्रसंहिता
English
Suta said: Hearing his words she said: "If a boon is to be given by you, O God, then for the protection of the worlds dwell here under my name."
अध्याय 8
तदोवाच शिवस्तत्र सुप्रसन्नो महेश्वरः ।स्थास्येऽत्र तव नाम्नाहं घुश्मेशाख्यः सुखप्रदः
tadovāca śivastatra suprasanno maheśvaraḥ | sthāsye'tra tava nāmnāhaṃ ghuśmeśākhyaḥ sukhapradaḥ
हिन्दी अर्थ
॥ समाप्तेयं चतुर्थी कोटिरुद्रसंहिता
English
Then Shiva, Maheshvara, well pleased, said: "I shall dwell here under your name as Ghushmesha, the giver of happiness.
अध्याय 8
घुश्मेशाख्यं सुप्रसिद्धं लिङ्गं मे जायतां शुभम् ।इदं सरस्तु लिङ्गानामालयं जायतां सदा
ghuśmeśākhyaṃ suprasiddhaṃ liṅgaṃ me jāyatāṃ śubham | idaṃ sarastu liṅgānāmālayaṃ jāyatāṃ sadā
हिन्दी अर्थ
॥ समाप्तेयं चतुर्थी कोटिरुद्रसंहिता
English
Let my auspicious linga, renowned as Ghushmesha, come into being, and let this lake always be the abode of lingas.
अध्याय 8
तस्माच्छिवालयं नाम प्रसिद्धं भुवनत्रये ।सर्वकामप्रदं ह्येतद्दर्शनात्स्यात्सदा सरः
tasmācchivālayaṃ nāma prasiddhaṃ bhuvanatraye | sarvakāmapradaṃ hyetaddarśanātsyātsadā saraḥ
हिन्दी अर्थ
॥ समाप्तेयं चतुर्थी कोटिरुद्रसंहिता
English
Hence it shall be famed in the three worlds by the name Shivalaya; the very sight of this lake shall always grant every desire.
अध्याय 8
तव वंशे शतं चैकं पुरुषावधि सुव्रते ।ईदृशाः पुत्रकाः श्रेष्ठा भविष्यन्ति न संशयः
tava vaṃśe śataṃ caikaṃ puruṣāvadhi suvrate | īdṛśāḥ putrakāḥ śreṣṭhā bhaviṣyanti na saṃśayaḥ
हिन्दी अर्थ
॥ समाप्तेयं चतुर्थी कोटिरुद्रसंहिता
English
In your line, O woman of good vows, for a hundred and one generations such excellent sons will be born, without doubt —
अध्याय 8
सुस्त्रीकाः सुधनाश्चैव स्वायुष्याश्च विचक्षणाः ।विद्यावन्तो ह्युदाराश्च भुक्तिमुक्तिफलाप्तये
sustrīkāḥ sudhanāścaiva svāyuṣyāśca vicakṣaṇāḥ | vidyāvanto hyudārāśca bhuktimuktiphalāptaye
हिन्दी अर्थ
॥ समाप्तेयं चतुर्थी कोटिरुद्रसंहिता
English
with good wives, wealthy, long-lived and wise, learned and generous, attaining the fruit of enjoyment and liberation.
अध्याय 8
शतमेकोत्तरं चैव भविष्यन्ति गुणाधिकाः ।ईदृशो वंशविस्तारो भविष्यति सुशोभनः
śatamekottaraṃ caiva bhaviṣyanti guṇādhikāḥ | īdṛśo vaṃśavistāro bhaviṣyati suśobhanaḥ
हिन्दी अर्थ
॥ समाप्तेयं चतुर्थी कोटिरुद्रसंहिता
English
A hundred and one, abounding in virtue, will be born; such will be the splendid extension of your line."
अध्याय 8
सूत उवाच ।इत्युक्त्वा च शिवस्तत्र लिङ्गरूपोऽभवत्तदा ।घुश्मेशो नाम विख्यातः सरश्चैव शिवालयम्
sūta uvāca | ityuktvā ca śivastatra liṅgarūpo'bhavattadā | ghuśmeśo nāma vikhyātaḥ saraścaiva śivālayam
हिन्दी अर्थ
॥ समाप्तेयं चतुर्थी कोटिरुद्रसंहिता
English
Suta said: Having said this, Shiva became a linga there, famed by the name Ghushmesha, and the lake was known as Shivalaya.
अध्याय 8
सुधर्मा स च घुश्मा च सुदेहा च समागताः ।प्रदक्षिणं शिवस्याशु शतमेकोत्तरं दधुः
sudharmā sa ca ghuśmā ca sudehā ca samāgatāḥ | pradakṣiṇaṃ śivasyāśu śatamekottaraṃ dadhuḥ
हिन्दी अर्थ
॥ समाप्तेयं चतुर्थी कोटिरुद्रसंहिता
English
Sudharma, Ghushma and Sudeha came together and quickly circumambulated Shiva a hundred and one times.
अध्याय 8
पूजां कृत्वा महेशस्य मिलित्वा च परस्परम् ।हित्वा चान्तर्मलं तत्र लेभिरे परमं सुखम्
pūjāṃ kṛtvā maheśasya militvā ca parasparam | hitvā cāntarmalaṃ tatra lebhire paramaṃ sukham
हिन्दी अर्थ
॥ समाप्तेयं चतुर्थी कोटिरुद्रसंहिता
English
Having worshipped Mahesha and embraced one another, they cast off the impurity within and gained supreme happiness there.
अध्याय 8
पुत्रं दृष्ट्वा सुदेहा सा जीवितं लज्जिताभवत् ।तौ क्षमाप्याचरद्विप्रा निजपापापहं व्रतम्
putraṃ dṛṣṭvā sudehā sā jīvitaṃ lajjitābhavat | tau kṣamāpyācaradviprā nijapāpāpahaṃ vratam
हिन्दी अर्थ
॥ समाप्तेयं चतुर्थी कोटिरुद्रसंहिता
English
Seeing the son alive, Sudeha was ashamed; having begged the two for forgiveness, O brahmins, she performed a vow that removes one's own sin.
अध्याय 8
घुश्मेशाख्यमिदं लिङ्गमित्थं जातं मुनीश्वराः ।तद् दृष्ट्वा पूजयित्वा हि सुखं संवर्धते सदा
ghuśmeśākhyamidaṃ liṅgamitthaṃ jātaṃ munīśvarāḥ | tad dṛṣṭvā pūjayitvā hi sukhaṃ saṃvardhate sadā
हिन्दी अर्थ
॥ समाप्तेयं चतुर्थी कोटिरुद्रसंहिता
English
Thus did this linga named Ghushmesha arise, O lords of sages; by seeing and worshipping it, happiness always grows.
अध्याय 8
इति वश्च समाख्याता ज्योतिर्लिङ्गावली मया ।द्वादशप्रमिता सर्वकामदा भुक्तिमुक्तिदा
iti vaśca samākhyātā jyotirliṅgāvalī mayā | dvādaśapramitā sarvakāmadā bhuktimuktidā
हिन्दी अर्थ
॥ समाप्तेयं चतुर्थी कोटिरुद्रसंहिता
English
Thus I have told you the series of the twelve jyotirlingas, which grant all desires and give enjoyment and liberation.
अध्याय 8
एतज्ज्योतिर्लिङ्गकथां यः पठेच्छृणुयादपि ।मुच्यते सर्वपापेभ्यो भुक्तिं मुक्तिं च विन्दति
etajjyotirliṅgakathāṃ yaḥ paṭhecchṛṇuyādapi | mucyate sarvapāpebhyo bhuktiṃ muktiṃ ca vindati
हिन्दी अर्थ
॥ समाप्तेयं चतुर्थी कोटिरुद्रसंहिता
English
Whoever reads or hears this story of the jyotirlingas is freed from all sins and gains enjoyment and liberation.
अध्याय 8
॥ श्रीगणेशाय नमः
|| śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ
हिन्दी अर्थ
॥ समाप्तेयं चतुर्थी कोटिरुद्रसंहिता
English
Salutations to Shri Ganesha.
अध्याय 8
श्रीगौरीशङ्कराभ्यां नमः
śrīgaurīśaṅkarābhyāṃ namaḥ
हिन्दी अर्थ
॥ समाप्तेयं चतुर्थी कोटिरुद्रसंहिता
English
Salutations to Shri Gauri and Shankara.
अध्याय 8
श्रीशिवमहापुराणम् ॥ चतुर्थी कोटिरुद्रसंहिता ४.३४. चतुस्त्रिंशोऽध्यायः ।विष्णुसुदर्शनचक्रलाभवर्णनम् ।व्यास उवाच ।इति श्रुत्वा वचस्तस्य सूतस्य च मुनीश्वराः ।समूचुस्तं सुप्रशस्य लोकानां हितकाम्यया
śrīśivamahāpurāṇam || caturthī koṭirudrasaṃhitā 4.34. catustriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ | viṣṇusudarśanacakralābhavarṇanam | vyāsa uvāca | iti śrutvā vacastasya sūtasya ca munīśvarāḥ | samūcustaṃ supraśasya lokānāṃ hitakāmyayā
हिन्दी अर्थ
॥ समाप्तेयं चतुर्थी कोटिरुद्रसंहिता
English
The glorious Shiva Mahapurana, fourth book, the Kotirudra Samhita, chapter 34: the account of Vishnu's gaining of the Sudarshana discus. Vyasa said: Having heard these words of Suta, the lords of sages praised him highly and, desiring the good of the worlds, said to him:
अध्याय 8
ऋषय ऊचुः ।सूत सर्वं विजानासि ततः पृच्छामहे वयम् ।हरीश्वरस्य लिङ्गस्य महिमानं वद प्रभो
ṛṣaya ūcuḥ | sūta sarvaṃ vijānāsi tataḥ pṛcchāmahe vayam | harīśvarasya liṅgasya mahimānaṃ vada prabho
हिन्दी अर्थ
॥ समाप्तेयं चतुर्थी कोटिरुद्रसंहिता
English
The sages said: "Suta, you know everything, so we ask you: tell us, lord, the greatness of the Harishvara linga.
अध्याय 8
चक्रं सुदर्शनं प्राप्तं विष्णुनेति श्रुतं पुरा ।तदाराधनतस्तात तत्कथां च विशेषतः
cakraṃ sudarśanaṃ prāptaṃ viṣṇuneti śrutaṃ purā | tadārādhanatastāta tatkathāṃ ca viśeṣataḥ
हिन्दी अर्थ
॥ समाप्तेयं चतुर्थी कोटिरुद्रसंहिता
English
We heard long ago that Vishnu obtained the Sudarshana discus by worshipping him; tell us that story in detail, dear one."
अध्याय 8
सूत उवाच ।श्रूयतां च ऋषिश्रेष्ठा हरीश्वरकथा शुभा ।यतः सुदर्शनं लब्धं विष्णुना शङ्करात्पुरा
sūta uvāca | śrūyatāṃ ca ṛṣiśreṣṭhā harīśvarakathā śubhā | yataḥ sudarśanaṃ labdhaṃ viṣṇunā śaṅkarātpurā
हिन्दी अर्थ
॥ समाप्तेयं चतुर्थी कोटिरुद्रसंहिता
English
Suta said: Listen, best of sages, to the auspicious story of Harishvara, whereby Vishnu obtained Sudarshana from Shankara long ago.
अध्याय 8
कस्मिंश्चित्समये दैत्याः सञ्जाता बलवत्तराः ।लोकांस्ते पीडयामासुर्धर्मलोपं च चक्रिरे
kasmiṃścitsamaye daityāḥ sañjātā balavattarāḥ | lokāṃste pīḍayāmāsurdharmalopaṃ ca cakrire
हिन्दी अर्थ
॥ समाप्तेयं चतुर्थी कोटिरुद्रसंहिता
English
At a certain time very mighty demons arose; they oppressed the worlds and brought about the decline of dharma.
अध्याय 8
ते देवाः पीडिता दैत्यैर्महाबलपराक्रमैः ।स्वं दुःखं कथयामासुर्विष्णुं निर्जररक्षकम्
te devāḥ pīḍitā daityairmahābalaparākramaiḥ | svaṃ duḥkhaṃ kathayāmāsurviṣṇuṃ nirjararakṣakam
हिन्दी अर्थ
॥ समाप्तेयं चतुर्थी कोटिरुद्रसंहिता
English
The gods, oppressed by those demons of great strength and valour, told their sorrow to Vishnu, protector of the immortals.
अध्याय 8
देवा ऊचुः ।कृपां कुरु प्रभो त्वं च दैत्यैः सम्पीडिता भृशम् ।कुत्र यामश्च किं कुर्मः शरण्यं त्वां समाश्रिताः
devā ūcuḥ | kṛpāṃ kuru prabho tvaṃ ca daityaiḥ sampīḍitā bhṛśam | kutra yāmaśca kiṃ kurmaḥ śaraṇyaṃ tvāṃ samāśritāḥ
हिन्दी अर्थ
॥ समाप्तेयं चतुर्थी कोटिरुद्रसंहिता
English
The gods said: "Have mercy, lord; we are sorely oppressed by the demons. Where shall we go, what shall we do? We have come to you, our refuge."
अध्याय 8
सूत उवाच ।इत्येवं वचनं श्रुत्वा देवानां दुःखितात्मनाम् ।स्मृत्वा शिवपदाम्भोजं विष्णुर्वचनमब्रवीत्
sūta uvāca | ityevaṃ vacanaṃ śrutvā devānāṃ duḥkhitātmanām | smṛtvā śivapadāmbhojaṃ viṣṇurvacanamabravīt
हिन्दी अर्थ
॥ समाप्तेयं चतुर्थी कोटिरुद्रसंहिता
English
Suta said: Hearing these words of the grieving gods, Vishnu, remembering the lotus feet of Shiva, spoke.
अध्याय 8
विष्णुरुवाच ।करिष्यामि च वः कार्यमाराध्य गिरिशं सुराः ।बलिष्ठाः शत्रवो ह्येते विजेतव्याः प्रयत्नतः
viṣṇuruvāca | kariṣyāmi ca vaḥ kāryamārādhya giriśaṃ surāḥ | baliṣṭhāḥ śatravo hyete vijetavyāḥ prayatnataḥ
हिन्दी अर्थ
॥ समाप्तेयं चतुर्थी कोटिरुद्रसंहिता
English
Vishnu said: "I will accomplish your task, O gods, by worshipping Girisha; these enemies are very strong and must be conquered with effort."
अध्याय 8
सूत उवाच ।इत्युक्तास्ते सुराः सर्वे विष्णुना प्रभविष्णुना ।मत्वा दैत्यान्हतान्दुष्टान्ययुर्धाम स्वकं स्वकम्
sūta uvāca | ityuktāste surāḥ sarve viṣṇunā prabhaviṣṇunā | matvā daityānhatānduṣṭānyayurdhāma svakaṃ svakam
हिन्दी अर्थ
॥ समाप्तेयं चतुर्थी कोटिरुद्रसंहिता
English
Suta said: Addressed thus by the mighty Vishnu, all the gods, counting the wicked demons as already slain, went each to his own abode.
अध्याय 8
विष्णुरप्यमराणां तु जयार्थमभजच्छिवम् ।सर्वामराणामधिपं सर्वसाक्षिणमव्ययम्
viṣṇurapyamarāṇāṃ tu jayārthamabhajacchivam | sarvāmarāṇāmadhipaṃ sarvasākṣiṇamavyayam
हिन्दी अर्थ
॥ समाप्तेयं चतुर्थी कोटिरुद्रसंहिता
English
Vishnu too, for the victory of the immortals, worshipped Shiva, the ruler of all immortals, witness of all, the imperishable.
अध्याय 8
गत्वा कैलासनिकटे तपस्तेपे हरिः स्वयम् ।कृत्वा कुण्डं च संस्थाप्य जातवेदसमग्रतः
gatvā kailāsanikaṭe tapastepe hariḥ svayam | kṛtvā kuṇḍaṃ ca saṃsthāpya jātavedasamagrataḥ
हिन्दी अर्थ
॥ समाप्तेयं चतुर्थी कोटिरुद्रसंहिता
English
Going near Kailasa, Hari himself performed austerities, making a fire-pit and establishing the sacred fire before him.
अध्याय 8
पार्थिवेन विधानेन मन्त्रैर्नानाविधैरपि ।स्तोत्रैश्चैवाप्यनेकैश्च गिरिशं चाभजन्मुदा
pārthivena vidhānena mantrairnānāvidhairapi | stotraiścaivāpyanekaiśca giriśaṃ cābhajanmudā
हिन्दी अर्थ
॥ समाप्तेयं चतुर्थी कोटिरुद्रसंहिता
English
With the rite of the earthen linga, with mantras of many kinds and with many hymns, he joyfully worshipped Girisha.
अध्याय 8
कमलैः सरसो जातैर्मानसाख्यान्मुनीश्वराः ।बद्ध्वा चैवासनं तत्र न चचाल हरिः स्वयम्
kamalaiḥ saraso jātairmānasākhyānmunīśvarāḥ | baddhvā caivāsanaṃ tatra na cacāla hariḥ svayam
हिन्दी अर्थ
॥ समाप्तेयं चतुर्थी कोटिरुद्रसंहिता
English
With lotuses grown in the lake called Manasa, O lords of sages, Hari took his seat there and did not stir.
अध्याय 8
प्रसादावधि चैवात्र स्थेयं वै सर्वथा मया ।इत्येवं निश्चयं कृत्वा समानर्च शिवं हरिः
prasādāvadhi caivātra stheyaṃ vai sarvathā mayā | ityevaṃ niścayaṃ kṛtvā samānarca śivaṃ hariḥ
हिन्दी अर्थ
॥ समाप्तेयं चतुर्थी कोटिरुद्रसंहिता
English
"I must stay here by all means until he grants his grace" — having made this resolve, Hari worshipped Shiva.
अध्याय 8
यदा नैव हरस्तुष्टो बभूव हरये द्विजाः ।तदा स भगवान्विष्णुर्विचारे तत्परोऽभवत्
yadā naiva harastuṣṭo babhūva haraye dvijāḥ | tadā sa bhagavānviṣṇurvicāre tatparo'bhavat
हिन्दी अर्थ
॥ समाप्तेयं चतुर्थी कोटिरुद्रसंहिता
English
When Hara still was not pleased with Hari, O brahmins, the blessed Vishnu became absorbed in reflection.
अध्याय 8
विचार्यैवं स्वमनसि सेवनं बहुधा कृतम् ।तथापि न हरस्तुष्टो बभूवोतिकरः प्रभुः
vicāryaivaṃ svamanasi sevanaṃ bahudhā kṛtam | tathāpi na harastuṣṭo babhūvotikaraḥ prabhuḥ
हिन्दी अर्थ
॥ समाप्तेयं चतुर्थी कोटिरुद्रसंहिता
English
Reflecting thus in his mind, he rendered service in many ways, yet Hara, the lord who grants aid, was not pleased.
अध्याय 8
ततः सुविस्मितो विष्णुर्भक्त्या परमयान्वितः ।सहस्रैर्नामभिः प्रीत्या तुष्टाव परमेश्वरम्
tataḥ suvismito viṣṇurbhaktyā paramayānvitaḥ | sahasrairnāmabhiḥ prītyā tuṣṭāva parameśvaram
हिन्दी अर्थ
॥ समाप्तेयं चतुर्थी कोटिरुद्रसंहिता
English
Then Vishnu, greatly astonished and filled with supreme devotion, lovingly praised the supreme lord with a thousand names.
अध्याय 8
प्रत्येकं कमलं तस्मै नाममन्त्रमुदीर्य च ।पूजयामास वै शम्भुं शरणागतवत्सलम्
pratyekaṃ kamalaṃ tasmai nāmamantramudīrya ca | pūjayāmāsa vai śambhuṃ śaraṇāgatavatsalam
हिन्दी अर्थ
॥ समाप्तेयं चतुर्थी कोटिरुद्रसंहिता
English
Uttering a name-mantra for each lotus, he worshipped Shambhu, who is kind to those who seek refuge.
अध्याय 8
परीक्षार्थं विष्णुभक्तेस्तदा वै शङ्करेण ह ।कमलानां सहस्रात्तु हृतमेकं च नीरजम्
parīkṣārthaṃ viṣṇubhaktestadā vai śaṅkareṇa ha | kamalānāṃ sahasrāttu hṛtamekaṃ ca nīrajam
हिन्दी अर्थ
॥ समाप्तेयं चतुर्थी कोटिरुद्रसंहिता
English
Then, to test Vishnu's devotion, Shankara took away one lotus from the thousand.
अध्याय 8
न ज्ञातं विष्णुना तच्च मायाकारणमद्भुतम् ।न्यूनं तच्चापि संज्ञाय तदन्वेषणतत्परः
na jñātaṃ viṣṇunā tacca māyākāraṇamadbhutam | nyūnaṃ taccāpi saṃjñāya tadanveṣaṇatatparaḥ
हिन्दी अर्थ
॥ समाप्तेयं चतुर्थी कोटिरुद्रसंहिता
English
Vishnu did not know of this wonderful working of maya; but realizing one was missing, he set about searching for it.
अध्याय 8
बभ्राम सकलां पृथ्वीं तत्प्रीत्यै सुदृढव्रतः ।तदप्राप्य विशुद्धात्मा नेत्रमेकमुदाहरत्
babhrāma sakalāṃ pṛthvīṃ tatprītyai sudṛḍhavrataḥ | tadaprāpya viśuddhātmā netramekamudāharat
हिन्दी अर्थ
॥ समाप्तेयं चतुर्थी कोटिरुद्रसंहिता
English
Firm in his vow, he wandered the whole earth to please him; not finding it, the pure-souled one plucked out one of his own eyes.
अध्याय 8
तं दृष्ट्वा स प्रसन्नोऽभूच्छङ्करः सर्वदुःखहा ।आविर्बभूव तत्रैव जगाद वचनं हरिम्
taṃ dṛṣṭvā sa prasanno'bhūcchaṅkaraḥ sarvaduḥkhahā | āvirbabhūva tatraiva jagāda vacanaṃ harim
हिन्दी अर्थ
॥ समाप्तेयं चतुर्थी कोटिरुद्रसंहिता
English
Seeing that, Shankara, remover of all sorrow, was pleased; he appeared right there and spoke to Hari.
अध्याय 8
शिव उवाच ।प्रसन्नोऽस्मि हरे तुभ्यं वरं ब्रूहि यथेप्सितम् ।मनोऽभिलषितं दद्मि नादेयं विद्यते तव
śiva uvāca | prasanno'smi hare tubhyaṃ varaṃ brūhi yathepsitam | mano'bhilaṣitaṃ dadmi nādeyaṃ vidyate tava
हिन्दी अर्थ
॥ समाप्तेयं चतुर्थी कोटिरुद्रसंहिता
English
Shiva said: "I am pleased with you, Hari; ask a boon as you wish. I will give what your mind desires; nothing is withheld from you."
अध्याय 8
सूत उवाच ।तच्छ्रुत्वा शम्भुवचनं केशवः प्रीतमानसः ।महाहर्षसमापन्नो ह्यब्रवीत्साञ्जलिः शिवम्
sūta uvāca | tacchrutvā śambhuvacanaṃ keśavaḥ prītamānasaḥ | mahāharṣasamāpanno hyabravītsāñjaliḥ śivam
हिन्दी अर्थ
॥ समाप्तेयं चतुर्थी कोटिरुद्रसंहिता
English
Suta said: Hearing Shambhu's words, Keshava, delighted in mind and filled with great joy, spoke to Shiva with folded hands.
अध्याय 8
विष्णुरुवाच ।वाच्यं किं मे त्वदग्रे वै ह्यन्तर्यामी त्वमास्थितः ।तथापि कथ्यते नाथ तव शासनगौरवात्
viṣṇuruvāca | vācyaṃ kiṃ me tvadagre vai hyantaryāmī tvamāsthitaḥ | tathāpi kathyate nātha tava śāsanagauravāt
हिन्दी अर्थ
॥ समाप्तेयं चतुर्थी कोटिरुद्रसंहिता
English
Vishnu said: "What need I say before you? You abide within as the inner controller. Still, lord, I speak out of respect for your command.
अध्याय 8
दैत्यैश्च पीडितं विश्वं सुखं नो नः सदाशिव ।दैत्यान् हन्तुं मम स्वामिन्स्वायुधं न प्रवर्तते
daityaiśca pīḍitaṃ viśvaṃ sukhaṃ no naḥ sadāśiva | daityān hantuṃ mama svāminsvāyudhaṃ na pravartate
हिन्दी अर्थ
॥ समाप्तेयं चतुर्थी कोटिरुद्रसंहिता
English
The world is oppressed by demons and we have no happiness, O Sadashiva; my own weapon, master, does not avail to slay the demons.
अध्याय 8
किं करोमि क्व गच्छामि नान्यो मे रक्षकः परः ।अतोऽहं परमेशान शरणं त्वां समागतः
kiṃ karomi kva gacchāmi nānyo me rakṣakaḥ paraḥ | ato'haṃ parameśāna śaraṇaṃ tvāṃ samāgataḥ
हिन्दी अर्थ
॥ समाप्तेयं चतुर्थी कोटिरुद्रसंहिता
English
What shall I do, where shall I go? I have no other protector. Therefore, supreme lord, I have come to you for refuge."
अध्याय 8
सूत उवाच ।इत्युक्त्वा च नमस्कृत्य शिवाय परमात्मने ।स्थितश्चैवाग्रतः शम्भोः स्वयं च पुरुपीडितः
sūta uvāca | ityuktvā ca namaskṛtya śivāya paramātmane | sthitaścaivāgrataḥ śambhoḥ svayaṃ ca purupīḍitaḥ
हिन्दी अर्थ
॥ समाप्तेयं चतुर्थी कोटिरुद्रसंहिता
English
Suta said: Having said this and bowed to Shiva, the supreme self, he stood before Shambhu, himself greatly afflicted.
अध्याय 8
सूत उवाच ।इति श्रुत्वा वचो विष्णोर्देवदेवो महेश्वरः ।ददौ तस्मै स्वकं चक्रं तेजोराशिं सुदर्शनम्
sūta uvāca | iti śrutvā vaco viṣṇordevadevo maheśvaraḥ | dadau tasmai svakaṃ cakraṃ tejorāśiṃ sudarśanam
हिन्दी अर्थ
॥ समाप्तेयं चतुर्थी कोटिरुद्रसंहिता
English
Suta said: Hearing these words of Vishnu, Maheshvara, god of gods, gave him his own discus Sudarshana, a mass of radiance.
अध्याय 8
तत्प्राप्य भगवान्विष्णुर्दैत्यांस्तान्बलवत्तरान् ।जघान तेन चक्रेण द्रुतं सर्वान्विना श्रमम्
tatprāpya bhagavānviṣṇurdaityāṃstānbalavattarān | jaghāna tena cakreṇa drutaṃ sarvānvinā śramam
हिन्दी अर्थ
॥ समाप्तेयं चतुर्थी कोटिरुद्रसंहिता
English
Having obtained it, the blessed Vishnu swiftly slew all those mighty demons with that discus, without effort.
अध्याय 8
जगत्स्वास्थ्यं परं लेभे बभूवुः सुखिनः सुराः ।सुप्रीतः स्वायुधं प्राप्य हरिरासीन्महासुखी
jagatsvāsthyaṃ paraṃ lebhe babhūvuḥ sukhinaḥ surāḥ | suprītaḥ svāyudhaṃ prāpya harirāsīnmahāsukhī
हिन्दी अर्थ
॥ समाप्तेयं चतुर्थी कोटिरुद्रसंहिता
English
The world regained perfect well-being and the gods became happy; delighted at obtaining his weapon, Hari was greatly joyful.
अध्याय 8
ऋषय ऊचुः ॥ किं तन्नामसहस्रं वै कथय त्वं हि शाङ्करम् ।येन तुष्टो ददौ चक्रं हरये स महेश्वरः
ṛṣaya ūcuḥ || kiṃ tannāmasahasraṃ vai kathaya tvaṃ hi śāṅkaram | yena tuṣṭo dadau cakraṃ haraye sa maheśvaraḥ
हिन्दी अर्थ
॥ समाप्तेयं चतुर्थी कोटिरुद्रसंहिता
English
The sages said: "What is that thousand names of Shankara? Tell us, since it was by that that Maheshvara, pleased, gave the discus to Hari.
अध्याय 8
तन्माहात्म्यं मम ब्रूहि शिवसंवादपूर्वकम् ।कृपालुत्वं च शम्भोर्हि विष्णूपरि यथातथम्
tanmāhātmyaṃ mama brūhi śivasaṃvādapūrvakam | kṛpālutvaṃ ca śambhorhi viṣṇūpari yathātatham
हिन्दी अर्थ
॥ समाप्तेयं चतुर्थी कोटिरुद्रसंहिता
English
Tell us its greatness together with Shiva's dialogue, and Shambhu's compassion toward Vishnu, just as it was."
अध्याय 8
व्यास उवाच ।इति तेषां वचः श्रुत्वा मुनीनां भावितात्मनाम् ।स्मृत्वा शिवपदाम्भोजं सूतो वचनमब्रवीत्
vyāsa uvāca | iti teṣāṃ vacaḥ śrutvā munīnāṃ bhāvitātmanām | smṛtvā śivapadāmbhojaṃ sūto vacanamabravīt
हिन्दी अर्थ
॥ समाप्तेयं चतुर्थी कोटिरुद्रसंहिता
English
Vyasa said: Hearing these words of the sages of cultivated minds, Suta, remembering the lotus feet of Shiva, spoke.
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