श्रीशिवमहापुराण

मार्जनं लेपनं (mārjanaṃ lepanaṃ) — the sweeping and the plasteringthe sweeping and the plastering·सम्यक्कारयामास तस्य सः (samyakkārayāmāsa tasya saḥ) — he had it thoroughly done, of that [courtyard]he had it thoroughly done, of that [courtyard]·स सुगन्धैरलञ्चक्रे (sa sugandhairalañcakre) — he adorned it with fragrant substanceshe adorned it with fragrant substances·नानावस्तुभिरादरात् (nānāvastubhirādarāt) — with manifold articles, with carewith manifold articles, with care

अथ शैलः सुरान्सर्वान् (atha śailaḥ surānsarvān) — then the mountain-lord, all the godsthen the mountain-lord, all the gods·अन्यानपि च सेश्वरान् (anyānapi ca seśvarān) — and also the others, together with their lordsand also the others, together with their lords·भोजनायाह्वयामास (bhojanāyāhvayāmāsa) — invited [them] for the mealinvited [them] for the meal·पुत्रैः शैलैः परैरपि (putraiḥ śailaiḥ parairapi) — together with his sons and other mountains tootogether with his sons and other mountains too

शैलाह्वानमथाकर्ण्य (śailāhvānamathākarṇya) — then, having heard the mountain's invitationthen, having heard the mountain's invitation·स प्रभुः साच्युतो मुने (sa prabhuḥ sācyuto mune) — O sage, that lord, together with AcyutaO sage, that lord, together with Acyuta·सर्वैः सुरादिभिस्तत्र (sarvaiḥ surādibhistatra) — there, with all the gods and the restthere, with all the gods and the rest·भोजनाय ययौ मुदा (bhojanāya yayau mudā) — went joyfully for the mealwent joyfully for the meal

गिरिः प्रभुं च सर्वांस्तान् (giriḥ prabhuṃ ca sarvāṃstān) — the mountain-lord, the lord and all of themthe mountain-lord, the lord and all of them·सुसत्कृत्य यथाविधि (susatkṛtya yathāvidhi) — having duly honoured [them]having duly honoured [them]·मुदोपवेशयामास (mudopaveśayāmāsa) — joyfully seated [them]joyfully seated [them]·सत्पीठेषु गृहान्तरे (satpīṭheṣu gṛhāntare) — upon excellent seats, within the houseupon excellent seats, within the house

नानासुभोज्यवस्तूनि (nānāsubhojyavastūni) — various excellent articles of foodvarious excellent articles of food·परिवेष्य च तत्पुनः (pariveṣya ca tatpunaḥ) — and having then served [them] roundand having then served [them] round·साञ्जलिर्भोजनायाज्ञां (sāñjalirbhojanāyājñāṃ) — with folded hands, for [permission for their] eatingwith folded hands, for [permission for their] eating·चक्रे विज्ञप्तिमानतः (cakre vijñaptimānataḥ) — bowed low, he made his entreatybowed low, he made his entreaty

अथ सम्मानितास्तत्र (atha sammānitāstatra) — then, honoured therethen, honoured there·देवा विष्णुपुरोगमाः (devā viṣṇupurogamāḥ) — the gods, headed by Viṣṇuthe gods, headed by Viṣṇu·सदाशिवं पुरस्कृत्य (sadāśivaṃ puraskṛtya) — placing Sadāśiva at the foreplacing Sadāśiva at the fore·बुभुजुः सकलाश्च ते (bubhujuḥ sakalāśca te) — all of them ateall of them ate

तदा सर्वे हि मिलिता (tadā sarve hi militā) — then all of them, gathered togetherthen all of them, gathered together·ऐकपद्येन सर्वशः (aikapadyena sarvaśaḥ) — as one body, in every respectas one body, in every respect·पंक्तिभूताश्च बुभुजुः (paṃktibhūtāśca bubhujuḥ) — and, formed into rows, they ateand, formed into rows, they ate·विहसन्तः पृथक्पृथक् (vihasantaḥ pṛthakpṛthak) — laughing, each group separatelylaughing, each group separately

नन्दिभृंगिवीरभद्र (nandibhṛṃgivīrabhadra) — Nandin, Bhṛṅgī, and VīrabhadraNandin, Bhṛṅgī, and Vīrabhadra·वीरभद्रगणाः पृथक् (vīrabhadragaṇāḥ pṛthak) — and the hosts of Vīrabhadra, separatelyand the hosts of Vīrabhadra, separately·बुभुजुस्ते महाभागाः (bubhujuste mahābhāgāḥ) — those most fortunate ones atethose most fortunate ones ate·कुतूहलसमन्विताः (kutūhalasamanvitāḥ) — filled with eager delightfilled with eager delight

देवाः सेन्द्रा लोकपाला (devāḥ sendrā lokapālā) — the gods, with Indra, the guardians of the worldthe gods, with Indra, the guardians of the world·नानाशोभासमन्विताः (nānāśobhāsamanvitāḥ) — endowed with manifold splendourendowed with manifold splendour·बुभुजुस्ते महाभागा (bubhujuste mahābhāgā) — those most fortunate ones atethose most fortunate ones ate·नानाहास्यरसैस्सह (nānāhāsyarasaissaha) — amid various flavours of laughter and jestamid various flavours of laughter and jest

सर्वे च मुनयो विप्राः (sarve ca munayo viprāḥ) — and all the sages, the brāhmaṇasand all the sages, the brāhmaṇas·भृग्वाद्या ऋषयस्तथा (bhṛgvādyā ṛṣayastathā) — and likewise the ṛṣis headed by Bhṛguand likewise the ṛṣis headed by Bhṛgu·बुभुजुः प्रीतितः सर्वे (bubhujuḥ prītitaḥ sarve) — all of them ate, with loveall of them ate, with love·पृथक् पंक्तिगतास्तदा (pṛthak paṃktigatāstadā) — then, seated separately, row by rowthen, seated separately, row by row

तथा चण्डीगणाः सर्वे (tathā caṇḍīgaṇāḥ sarve) — likewise, all the hosts of Caṇḍīlikewise, all the hosts of Caṇḍī·बुभुजुः कृतभोजनाः (bubhujuḥ kṛtabhojanāḥ) — ate, having taken their mealate, having taken their meal·कुतूहलं प्रकुर्वन्तः (kutūhalaṃ prakurvantaḥ) — making merry with curiositymaking merry with curiosity·नानाहास्यकरा मुदा (nānāhāsyakarā mudā) — causing much laughter, with joycausing much laughter, with joy

एवं ते भुक्तवन्तश्चाचम्य (evaṃ te bhuktavantaścācamya) — thus, having eaten and rinsed afterwardthus, having eaten and rinsed afterward·सर्वे मुदान्विताः (sarve mudānvitāḥ) — all of them, filled with joyall of them, filled with joy·विश्रामार्थं गताः प्रीत्या (viśrāmārthaṃ gatāḥ prītyā) — went lovingly for the sake of restwent lovingly for the sake of rest·विष्ण्वाद्याः स्वं स्वमाश्रमम् (viṣṇvādyāḥ svaṃ svamāśramam) — Viṣṇu and the rest, each to his own dwellingViṣṇu and the rest, each to his own dwelling

मेनाज्ञया स्त्रियः साध्व्यः (menājñayā striyaḥ sādhvyaḥ) — by Menā's command, the virtuous womenby Menā's command, the virtuous women·शिवं सम्प्रार्थ्य भक्तितः (śivaṃ samprārthya bhaktitaḥ) — having devoutly entreated Śivahaving devoutly entreated Śiva·गेहे निवासयामासुः (gehe nivāsayāmāsuḥ) — lodged [him] in the houselodged [him] in the house·वासाख्ये परमोत्सवे (vāsākhye paramotsave) — in the lodging-house, amid supreme festivityin the lodging-house, amid supreme festivity

रत्नसिंहासने शम्भुः (ratnasiṃhāsane śambhuḥ) — Śambhu, upon the jewelled throneŚambhu, upon the jewelled throne·मेनादत्ते मनोहरे (menādatte manohare) — given by Menā, the lovely [throne]given by Menā, the lovely [throne]·सन्निधाय मुदा युक्तः (sannidhāya mudā yuktaḥ) — having seated himself, filled with joyhaving seated himself, filled with joy·ददृशे वासमन्दिरम् (dadṛśe vāsamandiram) — he beheld the dwelling-househe beheld the dwelling-house

रत्नप्रदीपशतकैः (ratnapradīpaśatakaiḥ) — with hundreds of jewelled lampswith hundreds of jewelled lamps·ज्वलद्भिर्ज्वलितं श्रिया (jvaladbhirjvalitaṃ śriyā) — burning, it was ablaze with splendourburning, it was ablaze with splendour·रत्नपात्रघटाकीर्णं (ratnapātraghaṭākīrṇaṃ) — filled with rows of jewelled vesselsfilled with rows of jewelled vessels·मुक्तामणिविराजितम् (muktāmaṇivirājitam) — resplendent with pearls and gemsresplendent with pearls and gems

रत्नदर्पणशोभाढ्यं (ratnadarpaṇaśobhāḍhyaṃ) — rich with the beauty of jewelled mirrorsrich with the beauty of jewelled mirrors·मण्डितं श्वेतचामरैः (maṇḍitaṃ śvetacāmaraiḥ) — adorned with white chowriesadorned with white chowries·मुक्तामणिसुमालाभिः (muktāmaṇisumālābhiḥ) — with fine garlands of pearls and gemswith fine garlands of pearls and gems·वेष्टितं परमर्द्धिमत् (veṣṭitaṃ paramarddhimat) — encircled [by them], possessed of supreme splendourencircled [by them], possessed of supreme splendour

अनौपम्यं महादिव्यं (anaupamyaṃ mahādivyaṃ) — incomparable, greatly divineincomparable, greatly divine·विचित्रं सुमनोहरम् (vicitraṃ sumanoharam) — wondrous, exceedingly lovelywondrous, exceedingly lovely·चित्ताह्लादकरं (cittāhlādakaraṃ) — delighting the minddelighting the mind·नानारचनारचितस्थलम् (nānāracanāracitasthalam) — every part fashioned with manifold craftsmanshipevery part fashioned with manifold craftsmanship

शिवदत्तवरस्यैव (śivadattavarasyaiva) — of the boon granted by Śiva himselfof the boon granted by Śiva himself·प्रभावमतुलं परम् (prabhāvamatulaṃ param) — the incomparable, supreme majestythe incomparable, supreme majesty·दर्शयन्तं समुल्लासि (darśayantaṃ samullāsi) — displaying [it], gloriously radiantdisplaying [it], gloriously radiant·शिवलोकाभिधानकम् (śivalokābhidhānakam) — bearing the very name 'Śivaloka'bearing the very name 'Śivaloka'

नानासुगन्धसद्द्रव्यैः (nānāsugandhasaddravyaiḥ) — with manifold fine, fragrant substanceswith manifold fine, fragrant substances·वासितं सुप्रकाशकम् (vāsitaṃ suprakāśakam) — perfumed, brightly luminousperfumed, brightly luminous·चन्दनागरुसंयुक्तं (candanāgarusaṃyuktaṃ) — furnished with sandal and aloe-woodfurnished with sandal and aloe-wood·पुष्पशय्यासमन्वितम् (puṣpaśayyāsamanvitam) — endowed with a bed of flowersendowed with a bed of flowers

नानाचित्रविचित्राढ्यं (nānācitravicitrāḍhyaṃ) — rich with manifold wondrous paintingsrich with manifold wondrous paintings·निर्मितं विश्वकर्मणा (nirmitaṃ viśvakarmaṇā) — fashioned by Viśvakarmāfashioned by Viśvakarmā·रत्नेन्द्रसाररचितैः (ratnendrasāraracitaiḥ) — made from the finest essence of the choicest gemsmade from the finest essence of the choicest gems·आचितं हारकैर्वरैः (ācitaṃ hārakairvaraiḥ) — filled with excellent garlandsfilled with excellent garlands

कुत्रचित्सुरनिर्माणं (kutracitsuranirmāṇaṃ) — in one place, of the gods' makingin one place, of the gods' making·वैकुण्ठं सुमनोहरम् (vaikuṇṭhaṃ sumanoharam) — a lovely Vaikuṇṭhaa lovely Vaikuṇṭha·कुत्रचिच्च ब्रह्मलोकं (kutracicca brahmalokaṃ) — and in another place, Brahmalokaand in another place, Brahmaloka·लोकपालपुरं क्वचित् (lokapālapuraṃ kvacit) — and somewhere, the city of a world-guardianand somewhere, the city of a world-guardian

कैलासं कुत्रचिद्रम्यं (kailāsaṃ kutracidramyaṃ) — in one place, a beautiful Kailāsain one place, a beautiful Kailāsa·कुत्रचिच्छक्रमन्दिरम् (kutracicchakramandiram) — in another, Indra's palacein another, Indra's palace·कुत्रचिच्छिवलोकं च (kutracicchivalokaṃ ca) — and in another, Śivalokaand in another, Śivaloka·सर्वोपरि विराजितम् (sarvopari virājitam) — resplendent above all the restresplendent above all the rest

एतादृशं गृहं सर्वं (etādṛśaṃ gṛhaṃ sarvaṃ) — that whole house of such a kindthat whole house of such a kind·दृष्ट्वाश्चर्यं महेश्वरः (dṛṣṭvāścaryaṃ maheśvaraḥ) — Maheśvara, having seen [it] with wonderMaheśvara, having seen [it] with wonder·प्रशंसन् हिमशैलेशं (praśaṃsan himaśaileśaṃ) — praising the lord of the snowy mountainpraising the lord of the snowy mountain·परितुष्टो बभूव ह (parituṣṭo babhūva ha) — he became greatly content indeedhe became greatly content indeed

तत्रातिरमणीये च (tatrātiramaṇīye ca) — there, and upon that most delightfulthere, and upon that most delightful·रत्नपर्यङ्के उत्तमे (ratnaparyaṅke uttame) — excellent jewelled couchexcellent jewelled couch·अशयिष्ट मुदा युक्तः (aśayiṣṭa mudā yuktaḥ) — he lay down, filled with joyhe lay down, filled with joy·लीलया परमेश्वरः (līlayā parameśvaraḥ) — the supreme lord, at his sportthe supreme lord, at his sport

हिमाचलश्च स्वभ्रातृन् (himācalaśca svabhrātṛn) — and Himācala, his own brothersand Himācala, his own brothers·भोजयामास कृत्स्नशः (bhojayāmāsa kṛtsnaśaḥ) — he fed, entirely, all of themhe fed, entirely, all of them·सर्वानन्यांश्च सुप्रीत्या (sarvānanyāṃśca suprītyā) — and all the others too, with great loveand all the others too, with great love·शेषकृत्यं चकार ह (śeṣakṛtyaṃ cakāra ha) — he performed the remaining duties indeedhe performed the remaining duties indeed

एवं कुर्वति शैलेशे (evaṃ kurvati śaileśe) — thus, while the mountain-lord was actingthus, while the mountain-lord was acting·स्वपिति प्रेष्ठ ईश्वरे (svapiti preṣṭha īśvare) — while the beloved lord was sleepingwhile the beloved lord was sleeping·व्यतीता रजनी सर्वा (vyatītā rajanī sarvā) — the whole night passedthe whole night passed·प्रातःकालो बभूव ह (prātaḥkālo babhūva ha) — morning came indeedmorning came indeed

अथ प्रभातकाले च (atha prabhātakāle ca) — then, at the time of daybreakthen, at the time of daybreak·धृत्युत्साहपरायणाः (dhṛtyutsāhaparāyaṇāḥ) — intent on steadiness and enthusiasmintent on steadiness and enthusiasm·नानाप्रकारवाद्यानि (nānāprakāravādyāni) — instruments of many kindsinstruments of many kinds·वादयाञ्चक्रिरे जनाः (vādayāñcakrire janāḥ) — the people began to playthe people began to play

सर्वे सुराः समुत्तस्थुः (sarve surāḥ samuttasthuḥ) — all the gods aroseall the gods arose·विष्णुवाद्याः सुमुदान्विताः (viṣṇuvādyāḥ sumudānvitāḥ) — headed by Viṣṇu, filled with great joyheaded by Viṣṇu, filled with great joy·स्वेष्टं संस्मृत्य देवेशं (sveṣṭaṃ saṃsmṛtya deveśaṃ) — recalling their own beloved lord of the godsrecalling their own beloved lord of the gods·सज्जीभूताः ससंभ्रमाः (sajjībhūtāḥ sasaṃbhramāḥ) — they made themselves ready, in eager hastethey made themselves ready, in eager haste

स्ववाहनानि सज्जानि (svavāhanāni sajjāni) — their own mounts, made readytheir own mounts, made ready·कैलासं गन्तुमुत्सुकाः (kailāsaṃ gantumutsukāḥ) — eager to go to Kailāsaeager to go to Kailāsa·कृत्वा सम्प्रेषयामासुः (kṛtvā sampreṣayāmāsuḥ) — having done [this], they senthaving done [this], they sent·धर्मं शिवसमीपतः (dharmaṃ śivasamīpataḥ) — Dharma, into Śiva's presenceDharma, into Śiva's presence

वासगेहमथागत्य (vāsagehamathāgatya) — then, having come to the dwelling-housethen, having come to the dwelling-house·धर्मो नारायणाज्ञया (dharmo nārāyaṇājñayā) — Dharma, by Nārāyaṇa's commandDharma, by Nārāyaṇa's command·उवाच शंकरं योगी (uvāca śaṃkaraṃ yogī) — that yogin spoke to Śaṅkarathat yogin spoke to Śaṅkara·योगीशं समयोचितम् (yogīśaṃ samayocitam) — words fitting the occasion, to the lord of yoginswords fitting the occasion, to the lord of yogins

उत्तिष्ठोत्तिष्ठ भद्रं ते (uttiṣṭhottiṣṭha bhadraṃ te) — arise, arise, may good come to youarise, arise, may good come to you·भव नः प्रमथाधिप (bhava naḥ pramathādhipa) — be gracious to us, O lord of the pramathasbe gracious to us, O lord of the pramathas·जनावासं समागच्छ (janāvāsaṃ samāgaccha) — come to the Janavāsacome to the Janavāsa·कृतार्थं कुरु तत्र तान् (kṛtārthaṃ kuru tatra tān) — make those [people] there fulfilledmake those [people] there fulfilled

इति धर्मवचः श्रुत्वा (iti dharmavacaḥ śrutvā) — hearing this speech of Dharmahearing this speech of Dharma·विजहास महेश्वरः (vijahāsa maheśvaraḥ) — Maheśvara laughedMaheśvara laughed·ददर्श कृपया दृष्ट्या (dadarśa kṛpayā dṛṣṭyā) — he looked with a glance of compassionhe looked with a glance of compassion·तल्पमुज्झाञ्चकार ह (talpamujjhāñcakāra ha) — and gave up his couch indeedand gave up his couch indeed

उवाच विहसन् धर्मं (uvāca vihasan dharmaṃ) — smiling, he said to Dharmasmiling, he said to Dharma·त्वमग्रे गच्छ तत्र ह (tvamagre gaccha tatra ha) — you go on ahead there indeedyou go on ahead there indeed·अहमप्यागमिष्यामि (ahamapyāgamiṣyāmi) — I too shall comeI too shall come·द्रुतमेव न संशयः (drutameva na saṃśayaḥ) — quickly indeed, there is no doubtquickly indeed, there is no doubt

इत्युक्तः शंकरेणाथ (ityuktaḥ śaṃkareṇātha) — thus addressed by Śaṅkara, thenthus addressed by Śaṅkara, then·जनावासं जगाम सः (janāvāsaṃ jagāma saḥ) — he [Dharma] went to the Janavāsahe [Dharma] went to the Janavāsa·स्वयं गन्तुमना आसीत् (svayaṃ gantumanā āsīt) — he intended to go there himselfhe intended to go there himself·तत्र शम्भुरपि प्रभुः (tatra śambhurapi prabhuḥ) — there, the lord Śambhu alsothere, the lord Śambhu also

तज्ज्ञात्वा स्त्रीगणः सोऽसौ (tajjñātvā strīgaṇaḥ so'sau) — learning this, that host of womenlearning this, that host of women·तत्रागच्छन्महोत्सवः (tatrāgacchanmahotsavaḥ) — came there, in great festivitycame there, in great festivity·चक्रे मङ्गलगानं हि (cakre maṅgalagānaṃ hi) — indeed sang songs of auspiciousnessindeed sang songs of auspiciousness·पश्यन् शम्भुपदद्वयम् (paśyan śambhupadadvayam) — beholding Śambhu's pair of feetbeholding Śambhu's pair of feet

अथ शम्भुर्भवाचारी (atha śambhurbhavācārī) — then Śambhu, observing worldly customthen Śambhu, observing worldly custom·प्रातःकृत्यं विधाय च (prātaḥkṛtyaṃ vidhāya ca) — and having performed his morning ritesand having performed his morning rites·मेनामामन्त्र्य कुध्रं च (menāmāmantrya kudhraṃ ca) — having taken leave of Menā and of the mountain-lordhaving taken leave of Menā and of the mountain-lord·जनावासं जगाम सः (janāvāsaṃ jagāma saḥ) — he went to the Janavāsahe went to the Janavāsa

महोत्सवस्तदा चासीत् (mahotsavastadā cāsīt) — then there was a great festivalthen there was a great festival·वेदध्वनिरभून्मुने (vedadhvanirabhūnmune) — O sage, the sound of the Vedas aroseO sage, the sound of the Vedas arose·वाद्यानि वादयामासुः (vādyāni vādayāmāsuḥ) — they played [various] instrumentsthey played [various] instruments·जनाश्चतुर्विधानि च (janāścaturvidhāni ca) — and the people, [instruments] of the four kindsand the people, [instruments] of the four kinds

शम्भुरागत्य स्वस्थानं (śambhurāgatya svasthānaṃ) — Śambhu, having come to his own placeŚambhu, having come to his own place·ववन्दे च मुनींस्तदा (vavande ca munīṃstadā) — then bowed to the sagesthen bowed to the sages·हरिं च मां भवाचारात् (hariṃ ca māṃ bhavācārāt) — and to Hari and to me, by worldly customand to Hari and to me, by worldly custom·वन्दितोऽभूत्सुरादिभिः (vandito'bhūtsurādibhiḥ) — and he was bowed to by the gods and the restand he was bowed to by the gods and the rest

जयशब्दो बभूवाथ (jayaśabdo babhūvātha) — then arose the cry of 'victory'then arose the cry of 'victory'·नमःशब्दस्तथैव च (namaḥśabdastathaiva ca) — and likewise the cry of 'homage'and likewise the cry of 'homage'·वेदध्वनिश्च शुभदो (vedadhvaniśca śubhado) — and the auspicious sound of the Vedasand the auspicious sound of the Vedas·महाकोलाहलोऽभवत् (mahākolāhalo'bhavat) — there was a great uproar [of joy]there was a great uproar [of joy]