श्रीशिवमहापुराण

तस्मिन्नवसरे तात (tasminnavasare tāta) — at that time, O dear oneat that time, O dear one·विश्वामित्रः प्रतापवान् (viśvāmitraḥ pratāpavān) — the mighty Viśvāmitrathe mighty Viśvāmitra·प्रेरितो विधिना तत्र (prerito vidhinā tatra) — urged by fate, went thereurged by fate, went there·आगच्छत्प्रीतो यदृच्छया (āgacchatprīto yadṛcchayā) — and came, delighted, of his own accordand came, delighted, of his own accord

स दृष्ट्वालौकिकं धाम (sa dṛṣṭvālaukikaṃ dhāma) — having seen the extraordinary splendourhaving seen the extraordinary splendour·तत्सुतस्य सुतेजसः (tatsutasya sutejasaḥ) — of that greatly radiant son [of Śiva]of that greatly radiant son [of Śiva]·अभवत्पूर्णकामस्तु (abhavatpūrṇakāmastu) — he became fulfilled in desirehe became fulfilled in desire·सुप्रसन्नो ननाम च (suprasanno nanāma ca) — and, well pleased, bowed downand, well pleased, bowed down

अकरोत्सुनुतिं तस्य (akarotsunutiṃ tasya) — he made excellent praise of himhe made excellent praise of him·सुप्रसन्नेन चेतसा (suprasannena cetasā) — with a mind well pleasedwith a mind well pleased·विधिप्रेरितवाग्भिश्च (vidhipreritavāgbhiśca) — with words inspired by fate/Brahmāwith words inspired by fate/Brahmā·विश्वामित्रः प्रभाववित् (viśvāmitraḥ prabhāvavit) — Viśvāmitra, who knew his greatnessViśvāmitra, who knew his greatness

ततःसोऽभूत्सुतस्तत्र (tataḥso'bhūtsutastatra) — then that son there becamethen that son there became·सुप्रसन्नो महोतिकृत् (suprasanno mahotikṛt) — well pleased, worker of great wonderswell pleased, worker of great wonders·सुप्रहस्याद्भुतमहो (suprahasyādbhutamaho) — having smiled greatly, in wonderhaving smiled greatly, in wonder·विश्वामित्रमुवाच च (viśvāmitramuvāca ca) — and spoke to Viśvāmitraand spoke to Viśvāmitra

शिवेच्छया महाज्ञानिन् (śivecchayā mahājñānin) — "by Śiva's will, O great sage"by Śiva's will, O great sage·अकस्मात्त्वमिहागतः (akasmāttvamihāgataḥ) — you have come here of a suddenyou have come here of a sudden·संस्कारं कुरु मे तात (saṃskāraṃ kuru me tāta) — perform my saṃskāra rites, O fatherperform my saṃskāra rites, O father·यथावद्वेदसम्मितम् (yathāvadvedasammitam) — duly, as prescribed by the Vedas"duly, as prescribed by the Vedas"

अद्यारभ्य पुरोधास्त्वं (adyārabhya purodhāstvaṃ) — "from today, be my family priest"from today, be my family priest·भव मे प्रीतिमावहन् (bhava me prītimāvahan) — bringing me delightbringing me delight·भविष्यसि सदा पूज्यः (bhaviṣyasi sadā pūjyaḥ) — you will always be worthy of worshipyou will always be worthy of worship·सर्वेषां नात्र संशयः (sarveṣāṃ nātra saṃśayaḥ) — to all — there is no doubt of this"to all — there is no doubt of this"

इत्याकर्ण्य वचस्तस्य (ityākarṇya vacastasya) — having heard his wordshaving heard his words·सुप्रसन्नो हि गाधिजः (suprasanno hi gādhijaḥ) — the son of Gādhi [Viśvāmitra], well pleasedthe son of Gādhi [Viśvāmitra], well pleased·तमुवाचानुदात्तेन (tamuvācānudāttena) — spoke to him, in a lowspoke to him, in a low·स्वरेण च सुविस्मितः (svareṇa ca suvismitaḥ) — and very astonished voiceand very astonished voice

शृणु तात न विप्रोऽहं (śṛṇu tāta na vipro'haṃ) — "listen, dear child, I am not a brāhmaṇa"listen, dear child, I am not a brāhmaṇa·गाधिक्षत्रियबालकः (gādhikṣatriyabālakaḥ) — I am the kṣatriya son of GādhiI am the kṣatriya son of Gādhi·विश्वामित्रेति विख्यातः (viśvāmitreti vikhyātaḥ) — known by the name Viśvāmitraknown by the name Viśvāmitra·क्षत्रियो विप्रसेवकः (kṣatriyo viprasevakaḥ) — a kṣatriya, a servant of brāhmaṇas"a kṣatriya, a servant of brāhmaṇas"

इति स्वचरितं ख्यातं (iti svacaritaṃ khyātaṃ) — "thus my own story has been told"thus my own story has been told·मया ते वरबालक (mayā te varabālaka) — by me to you, O excellent childby me to you, O excellent child·कस्त्वं स्वचरितं ब्रूहि (kastvaṃ svacaritaṃ brūhi) — who are you? tell your own storywho are you? tell your own story·विस्मितायाखिलं हि मे (vismitāyākhilaṃ hi me) — to me, wholly, for I am astonished"to me, wholly, for I am astonished"

इत्याकर्ण्य वचस्तस्य (ityākarṇya vacastasya) — having heard his wordshaving heard his words·तत्स्ववृत्तं जगाद ह (tatsvavṛttaṃ jagāda ha) — he told his own accounthe told his own account·ततश्चोवाच सुप्रीत्या (tataścovāca suprītyā) — and then, with great affection, spokeand then, with great affection, spoke·गाधिजं तं महोतिकृत् (gādhijaṃ taṃ mahotikṛt) — to that son of Gādhi, that worker of wondersto that son of Gādhi, that worker of wonders

विश्वामित्र वरान्मे (viśvāmitra varānme) — "O Viśvāmitra, by my boon"O Viśvāmitra, by my boon·त्वं ब्रह्मर्षिर्नात्र संशयः (tvaṃ brahmarṣirnātra saṃśayaḥ) — you are a brahmarṣi, no doubt of thisyou are a brahmarṣi, no doubt of this·वसिष्ठाद्याश्च नित्यं (vasiṣṭhādyāśca nityaṃ) — and Vasiṣṭha and others will alwaysand Vasiṣṭha and others will always·त्वां प्रशंसिष्यन्ति चादरात् (tvāṃ praśaṃsiṣyanti cādarāt) — praise you, and with reverence"praise you, and with reverence"

अतस्त्वमाज्ञया मे हि (atastvamājñayā me hi) — "therefore, by my command"therefore, by my command·संस्कारं कर्तुमर्हसि (saṃskāraṃ kartumarhasi) — you should perform the saṃskārayou should perform the saṃskāra·इदं सर्वं सुगोप्यं ते (idaṃ sarvaṃ sugopyaṃ te) — all this is to be well kept secret by youall this is to be well kept secret by you·कथनीयं न कुत्रचित् (kathanīyaṃ na kutracit) — not to be told anywhere"not to be told anywhere"

ततोऽकार्षीत्स संस्कारं (tato'kārṣītsa saṃskāraṃ) — then he performed the saṃskārathen he performed the saṃskāra·तस्य प्रीत्याऽखिलं यथा (tasya prītyā'khilaṃ yathā) — of him, lovingly, in full, as prescribedof him, lovingly, in full, as prescribed·शिवबालस्य देवर्षे (śivabālasya devarṣe) — of Śiva's child, O divine sageof Śiva's child, O divine sage·वेदोक्तविधिना परम् (vedoktavidhinā param) — entirely by the Vedic riteentirely by the Vedic rite

शिवबालोपि सुप्रीतो (śivabālopi suprīto) — Śiva's child too, well pleasedŚiva's child too, well pleased·दिव्यज्ञानमदात्परम् (divyajñānamadātparam) — gave supreme divine knowledgegave supreme divine knowledge·विश्वामित्राय मुनये (viśvāmitrāya munaye) — to the sage Viśvāmitrato the sage Viśvāmitra·महोतिकारकः प्रभुः (mahotikārakaḥ prabhuḥ) — that lord, the worker of great wondersthat lord, the worker of great wonders

पुरोहितं चकारासौ (purohitaṃ cakārāsau) — he made [him] the family priesthe made [him] the family priest·विश्वामित्रं शुचेस्सुतः (viśvāmitraṃ śucessutaḥ) — Viśvāmitra — [he,] the son of Śuci [Agni]Viśvāmitra — [he,] the son of Śuci [Agni]·तदारभ्य द्विजवरो (tadārabhya dvijavaro) — from then on that best of the twice-bornfrom then on that best of the twice-born·नानालीलाविशारदः (nānālīlāviśāradaḥ) — was skilled in manifold divine sportswas skilled in manifold divine sports

इत्थं लीला कृता तेन (itthaṃ līlā kṛtā tena) — thus was the sport performed by himthus was the sport performed by him·कथिता सा मया मुने (kathitā sā mayā mune) — and it has been told by me, O sageand it has been told by me, O sage·तल्लीलामपरां तात (tallīlāmaparāṃ tāta) — now another of his sports, O dear onenow another of his sports, O dear one·शृणु प्रीत्या वदाम्यहम् (śṛṇu prītyā vadāmyaham) — listen, I tell it lovinglylisten, I tell it lovingly

तस्मिन्नवसरे तात (tasminnavasare tāta) — at that time, dear oneat that time, dear one·श्वेतनामा च सम्प्रति (śvetanāmā ca samprati) — the one named Śveta [Agni], at that momentthe one named Śveta [Agni], at that moment·तत्राऽपश्यत्सुतं दिव्यं (tatrā'paśyatsutaṃ divyaṃ) — saw there the divine childsaw there the divine child·निजं परमपावनम् (nijaṃ paramapāvanam) — his own, most sacredhis own, most sacred

ततस्तं पावको गत्वा (tatastaṃ pāvako gatvā) — then Fire, having gone to himthen Fire, having gone to him·दृष्ट्वालिङ्ग्य चुचुम्ब च (dṛṣṭvāliṅgya cucumba ca) — having seen him, embraced and kissed himhaving seen him, embraced and kissed him·पुत्रेति चोक्त्वा तस्मै (putreti coktvā tasmai) — and, calling him "son"and, calling him "son"·स शस्त्रं शक्तिं ददौ च सः (sa śastraṃ śaktiṃ dadau ca saḥ) — he gave him the weapon, the Śaktihe gave him the weapon, the Śakti

गुहस्तां शक्तिमादाय (guhastāṃ śaktimādāya) — Guha, having taken that ŚaktiGuha, having taken that Śakti·तच्छृङ्गं चारुरोह ह (tacchṛṅgaṃ cāruroha ha) — climbed onto its [Mount Krauñca's] peakclimbed onto its [Mount Krauñca's] peak·तं जघान तया शक्त्या (taṃ jaghāna tayā śaktyā) — he struck it with that Śaktihe struck it with that Śakti·शृङ्गो भुवि पपात सः (śṛṅgo bhuvi papāta saḥ) — and the peak fell to the groundand the peak fell to the ground

दशपद्ममिता वीरा (daśapadmamitā vīrā) — heroic warriors numbering ten padmas [a huge number]heroic warriors numbering ten padmas [a huge number]·राक्षसाः पूर्वमागताः (rākṣasāḥ pūrvamāgatāḥ) — rākṣasas who had come beforerākṣasas who had come before·तद्वधार्थं द्रुतं नष्टा (tadvadhārthaṃ drutaṃ naṣṭā) — to slay him, swiftly destroyedto slay him, swiftly destroyed·बभूवुस्तत्प्रहारतः (babhūvustatprahārataḥ) — they were, by that blowthey were, by that blow

हाहाकारो महानासीत् (hāhākāro mahānāsīt) — there was a great cry of woethere was a great cry of woe·चकम्पे साचला मही (cakampe sācalā mahī) — the earth, with its mountains, trembledthe earth, with its mountains, trembled·त्रैलोक्यं च सुरेशानः (trailokyaṃ ca sureśānaḥ) — and the three worlds; the lord of the gods [Indra]and the three worlds; the lord of the gods [Indra]·सदेवस्तत्र चागमत् (sadevastatra cāgamat) — together with the gods, came theretogether with the gods, came there

दक्षिणे तस्य पार्श्वे च (dakṣiṇe tasya pārśve ca) — and on his right sideand on his right side·वज्रेण स जघान च (vajreṇa sa jaghāna ca) — he [Indra] struck him with the thunderbolthe [Indra] struck him with the thunderbolt·शाखनामा ततो जातः (śākhanāmā tato jātaḥ) — from that was born one named Śākhafrom that was born one named Śākha·पुमांश्चैको महाबलः (pumāṃścaiko mahābalaḥ) — a single man of great strengtha single man of great strength

पुनश्शक्रो जघानाशु (punaśśakro jaghānāśu) — again Śakra [Indra] swiftly struckagain Śakra [Indra] swiftly struck·वामपार्श्वे हि तं तदा (vāmapārśve hi taṃ tadā) — him then, indeed, on the left sidehim then, indeed, on the left side·वज्रेणाऽन्यः पुमाञ्जातो (vajreṇā'nyaḥ pumāñjāto) — with the thunderbolt, and another man was bornwith the thunderbolt, and another man was born·विशाखाख्योऽपरो बली (viśākhākhyo'paro balī) — a further strong one named Viśākhaa further strong one named Viśākha

ततस्तद्धृदयं शक्रो (tatastaddhṛdayaṃ śakro) — then Śakra, [struck] his heartthen Śakra, [struck] his heart·जघान पविना तदा (jaghāna pavinā tadā) — struck with the thunderbolt thenstruck with the thunderbolt then·परोऽभून्नैगमोपाख्यः (paro'bhūnnaigamopākhyaḥ) — another was born, called Naigamaanother was born, called Naigama·पुमांस्तद्वन्महाबलः (pumāṃstadvanmahābalaḥ) — a man, likewise of great strengtha man, likewise of great strength

तदा स्कन्दादिचत्वारो (tadā skandādicatvāro) — then Skanda and the three othersthen Skanda and the three others·महावीरा महाबलाः (mahāvīrā mahābalāḥ) — great heroes of great strengthgreat heroes of great strength·इन्द्रं हन्तुं द्रुतं जग्मुः (indraṃ hantuṃ drutaṃ jagmuḥ) — went swiftly to slay Indrawent swiftly to slay Indra·सोऽयं तच्छरणं ययौ (so'yaṃ taccharaṇaṃ yayau) — and he [Indra] went for refuge to him [Śiva]and he [Indra] went for refuge to him [Śiva]

शक्रः ससामरगणो (śakraḥ sasāmaragaṇo) — Śakra, together with the hosts of godsŚakra, together with the hosts of gods·भयं प्राप्य गृहात्ततः (bhayaṃ prāpya gṛhāttataḥ) — having become afraid, then from that placehaving become afraid, then from that place·ययौ स्वलोकं चकितो (yayau svalokaṃ cakito) — went, alarmed, to his own worldwent, alarmed, to his own world·न भेदं ज्ञातवान्मुने (na bhedaṃ jñātavānmune) — not having known the distinction, O sagenot having known the distinction, O sage

स बालकस्तु तत्रैव (sa bālakastu tatraiva) — that child, however, right therethat child, however, right there·तस्थाऽऽवानन्दसंयुतः (tasthā''vānandasaṃyutaḥ) — remained, filled with joyremained, filled with joy·पूर्ववन्निर्भयस्तात (pūrvavannirbhayastāta) — fearless as before, dear onefearless as before, dear one·नानालीलाकरः प्रभुः (nānālīlākaraḥ prabhuḥ) — that lord, doer of manifold sportsthat lord, doer of manifold sports

तस्मिन्नवसरे तत्र (tasminnavasare tatra) — at that time, thereat that time, there·कृत्तिकाख्याश्च षट् स्त्रियः (kṛttikākhyāśca ṣaṭ striyaḥ) — the six women called the Kṛttikāsthe six women called the Kṛttikās·स्नातुं समागता बालं (snātuṃ samāgatā bālaṃ) — having come to bathe, saw the childhaving come to bathe, saw the child·ददृशुस्तं महाप्रभुम् (dadṛśustaṃ mahāprabhum) — that great lordthat great lord

ग्रहीतुं तं मनश्चक्रुः (grahītuṃ taṃ manaścakruḥ) — they all made up their mind to take himthey all made up their mind to take him·सर्वास्ता कृत्तिकाः स्त्रियः (sarvāstā kṛttikāḥ striyaḥ) — all those Kṛttikā womenall those Kṛttikā women·वादो बभूव तासां (vādo babhūva tāsāṃ) — a dispute arose among thema dispute arose among them·तद्ग्रहणेच्छापरो मुने (tadgrahaṇecchāparo mune) — each intent on the wish to take him, O sageeach intent on the wish to take him, O sage

तद्वादशमनार्थं स (tadvādaśamanārthaṃ sa) — to settle that dispute, heto settle that dispute, he·षण्मुखानि चकार ह (ṣaṇmukhāni cakāra ha) — made [himself] six-facedmade [himself] six-faced·पपौ दुग्धं च सर्वासां (papau dugdhaṃ ca sarvāsāṃ) — and drank the milk of all of themand drank the milk of all of them·तुष्टास्ता अभवन्मुने (tuṣṭāstā abhavanmune) — and they became satisfied, O sageand they became satisfied, O sage

तन्मनोगतिमाज्ञाय (tanmanogatimājñāya) — having understood the movement of his mindhaving understood the movement of his mind·सर्वास्ताः कृत्तिकास्तदा (sarvāstāḥ kṛttikāstadā) — then all those Kṛttikāsthen all those Kṛttikās·तमादाय ययुर्लोकं (tamādāya yayurlokaṃ) — took him and went to their worldtook him and went to their world·स्वकीयं मुदिता मुने (svakīyaṃ muditā mune) — their own, delighted, O sagetheir own, delighted, O sage

तं बालकं कुमाराख्यं (taṃ bālakaṃ kumārākhyaṃ) — that child, called Kumārathat child, called Kumāra·स्तनं दत्त्वा स्तनार्थिने (stanaṃ dattvā stanārthine) — giving the breast to him who desired the breastgiving the breast to him who desired the breast·वर्द्धयामासुरीशस्य (varddhayāmāsurīśasya) — they raised up the Lord's [child]they raised up the Lord's [child]·सुतं सूर्याधिकप्रभम् (sutaṃ sūryādhikaprabham) — the son of splendour surpassing the sunthe son of splendour surpassing the sun

न चक्रुर्बालकं याश्च (na cakrurbālakaṃ yāśca) — they never let the childthey never let the child·लोचनानामगोचरम् (locanānāmagocaram) — go beyond the range of their eyesgo beyond the range of their eyes·प्राणेभ्योऽपि प्रेमपात्रं (prāṇebhyo'pi premapātraṃ) — more dear than life itselfmore dear than life itself·यः पोष्टा तस्य पुत्रकः (yaḥ poṣṭā tasya putrakaḥ) — was that little son to his nurturerwas that little son to his nurturer

यानि यानि च वस्त्राणि (yāni yāni ca vastrāṇi) — whatever garmentswhatever garments·त्रैलोक्ये दुर्लभानि च (trailokye durlabhāni ca) — were rare in the three worldswere rare in the three worlds·ददुस्तस्मै च ताः प्रेम्णा (dadustasmai ca tāḥ premṇā) — they gave him, lovinglythey gave him, lovingly·भूषणानि वराणि वै (bhūṣaṇāni varāṇi vai) — and excellent ornaments as welland excellent ornaments as well

दिने दिने ताः पुपुषुः (dine dine tāḥ pupuṣuḥ) — day by day they nourishedday by day they nourished·बालकं तं महाप्रभुम् (bālakaṃ taṃ mahāprabhum) — that child, that great lordthat child, that great lord·प्रशंसितानि स्वादूनि (praśaṃsitāni svādūni) — with praised, delicious [foods]with praised, delicious [foods]·भोजयित्वा विशेषतः (bhojayitvā viśeṣataḥ) — feeding him especiallyfeeding him especially

अथैकस्मिन् दिने तात (athaikasmin dine tāta) — then one day, dear onethen one day, dear one·स बालः कृत्तिकात्मजः (sa bālaḥ kṛttikātmajaḥ) — that child, the son of the Kṛttikāsthat child, the son of the Kṛttikās·गत्वा देवसभां दिव्यां (gatvā devasabhāṃ divyāṃ) — having gone to the divine assembly of the godshaving gone to the divine assembly of the gods·सुचरित्रं चकार ह (sucaritraṃ cakāra ha) — performed a wondrous deedperformed a wondrous deed

स्वमहो दर्शयामास (svamaho darśayāmāsa) — he showed his own greatnesshe showed his own greatness·देवेभ्यो हि महाद्भुतम् (devebhyo hi mahādbhutam) — to the gods, indeed most wonderfulto the gods, indeed most wonderful·सविष्णुभ्योऽखिलेभ्यश्च (saviṣṇubhyo'khilebhyaśca) — to all of them, including Viṣṇuto all of them, including Viṣṇu·महोतिकरबालकः (mahotikarabālakaḥ) — that child, worker of great wondersthat child, worker of great wonders

तं दृष्ट्वा सकलास्ते वै (taṃ dṛṣṭvā sakalāste vai) — having seen him, all of themhaving seen him, all of them·साच्युताःसर्षयः सुराः (sācyutāḥsarṣayaḥ surāḥ) — the gods, together with Acyuta and the sagesthe gods, together with Acyuta and the sages·विस्मयं प्रापुरत्यन्तं (vismayaṃ prāpuratyantaṃ) — attained the greatest astonishmentattained the greatest astonishment·पप्रच्छुस्तं च बालकम् (papracchustaṃ ca bālakam) — and questioned that childand questioned that child

को भवानिति तच्छ्रुत्वा (ko bhavāniti tacchrutvā) — "who are you?" — having heard this"who are you?" — having heard this·न किञ्चित्स जगाद ह (na kiñcitsa jagāda ha) — he said nothing at allhe said nothing at all·स्वालयं स जगामाशु (svālayaṃ sa jagāmāśu) — he swiftly went to his own dwellinghe swiftly went to his own dwelling·गुप्तस्तस्थौ हि पूर्ववत् (guptastasthau hi pūrvavat) — and remained hidden, indeed, as beforeand remained hidden, indeed, as before