The Slaying of the Daityas Vidala and Utpala

Verse 1 (shiva.rudra.197.1)

सनत्कुमार उवाच । शृणु व्यास सुसम्प्रीत्या चरितं परमेशितुः । यथावधीत्स्वप्रियया दैत्यमुद्दिश्य संज्ञया

sanatkumāra uvāca śṛṇu vyāsa susamprītyā caritaṁ parameśituḥ yathāvadhītsvapriyayā daityamuddiśya saṁjñayā

Sanatkumara said: Hear, O Vyasa, with great love, the deed of the Supreme Lord — how, through a sign given to his own beloved, he had the daityas slain.

Verse 2 (shiva.rudra.197.2)

आस्तां पुरा महादैत्यौ विदलोत्पलसंज्ञकौ । अपुंवध्यौ महावीरौ सुदृप्तौ वरतो विधेः

āstāṁ purā mahādaityau vidalotpalasaṁjñakau apuṁvadhyau mahāvīrau sudṛptau varato vidheḥ

Long ago there lived two great daityas named Vidala and Utpala, great heroes, unslayable by any man, exceedingly proud through a boon of Brahma —

Verse 3 (shiva.rudra.197.3)

तृणीकृतत्रिजगती पुरुषाभ्यां स्वदोर्बलात् । ताभ्यां सर्वे सुरा ब्रह्मन् दैत्याभ्यां निर्जिता रणे

tṛṇīkṛtatrijagatī puruṣābhyāṁ svadorbalāt tābhyāṁ sarve surā brahman daityābhyāṁ nirjitā raṇe

who, by the strength of their own arms, reduced the three worlds to mere straw. O brahmin, by those two daityas were all the gods defeated in battle.

Verse 4 (shiva.rudra.197.4)

ताभ्यां पराजिता देवा विधेस्ते शरणं गताः । नत्वा तं विधिवत्सर्वे कथयामासुरादरात्

tābhyāṁ parājitā devā vidheste śaraṇaṁ gatāḥ natvā taṁ vidhivatsarve kathayāmāsurādarāt

Defeated by them, the gods went for refuge to Brahma, and, bowing to him duly, all reported to him with reverence.

Verse 5 (shiva.rudra.197.5)

इति ब्रह्मा ह्यवोचत्तान् देव्या वध्यौ च तौ ध्रुवम् । धैर्यं कुरुत संस्मृत्य सशिवां शिवमादरात्

iti brahmā hyavocattān devyā vadhyau ca tau dhruvam dhairyaṁ kuruta saṁsmṛtya saśivāṁ śivamādarāt

Thus Brahma said to them: "Those two are surely to be slain by the Devi alone; take courage, and reverently call to mind Shiva together with Shivaa."

Verse 6 (shiva.rudra.197.6)

भक्तवत्सलनामासौ सशिवाशङ्करः शिवः । शं करिष्यत्यदीर्घेण कालेन परमेश्वरः

bhaktavatsalanāmāsau saśivāśaṅkaraḥ śivaḥ śaṁ kariṣyatyadīrgheṇa kālena parameśvaraḥ

"That Shankara, Shiva, together with Shivaa, who bears the very name 'kind to his devotees,' the Supreme Lord, will bring about your welfare before long."

Verse 7 (shiva.rudra.197.7)

सनत्कुमार उवाच इत्युक्त्वा तांस्ततो ब्रह्मा तूष्णीमासीच्छिवं स्म्रन् । तेऽपि देवा मुदं प्राप्य स्वं स्वं धाम ययुस्तदा

sanatkumāra uvāca ityuktvā tāṁstato brahmā tūṣṇīmāsīcchivaṁ smran te'pi devā mudaṁ prāpya svaṁ svaṁ dhāma yayustadā

Sanatkumara said: Having spoken thus to them, Brahma fell silent, his mind fixed on Shiva; and the gods too, their hearts glad, then returned each to his own abode.

Verse 8 (shiva.rudra.197.8)

अथ नारददेवर्षिः शिवप्रेरणया तदा । गत्वा तदीयभवनं शिवासौन्दर्यमुज्जगौ

atha nāradadevarṣiḥ śivapreraṇayā tadā gatvā tadīyabhavanaṁ śivāsaundaryamujjagau

Then the divine sage Narada, moved by Shiva's own inspiration, went to their dwelling and sang aloud the beauty of Shiva, the Goddess.

Verse 9 (shiva.rudra.197.9)

श्रुत्वा तद्वचनं दैत्यावास्तां मायाविमोहितौ । देवीं परिजिहीर्षू तौ विषमेषुप्रपीडितौ

śrutvā tadvacanaṁ daityāvāstāṁ māyāvimohitau devīṁ parijihīrṣū tau viṣameṣuprapīḍitau

Hearing his words, those two daityas became bewitched by that very illusion, tormented by the arrows of Kama, desiring to carry off the Goddess.

Verse 10 (shiva.rudra.197.10)

विचारयामासतुस्तौ कदा कुत्र शिवा च सा । भविष्यति विधेः प्राप्तोदयान्नाविति

vicārayāmāsatustau kadā kutra śivā ca sā bhaviṣyati vidheḥ prāptodayānnāviti

They pondered together: when and where would that Shiva, the Goddess, be found, so that they, aided by Brahma's own boon, might succeed?

Verse 11 (shiva.rudra.197.11)

एकस्मिन्समये शम्भुर्विजहार सुलीलया । कौतुकेनैव चिक्रीडे शिवा कन्दुकलीलया

ekasminsamaye śambhurvijahāra sulīlayā kautukenaiva cikrīḍe śivā kandukalīlayā

At one time, Shambhu sported delightfully with fine play, and Shiva, the Goddess, out of sheer delight, played a game of ball —

Verse 12 (shiva.rudra.197.12)

सखीभिः सह सुप्रीत्या कौतुकाच्छिवसन्निधौ

sakhībhiḥ saha suprītyā kautukācchivasannidhau

with her friends, full of joy, playfully, in Shiva's own presence.

Verse 13 (shiva.rudra.197.13)

उदञ्चन्त्यञ्चदङ्गानां लाघवं परितन्वती । निश्वासामोदमुदितभ्रमराकुलितेक्षणा

udañcantyañcadaṅgānāṁ lāghavaṁ paritanvatī niśvāsāmodamuditabhramarākulitekṣaṇā

Displaying the graceful lightness of her rising and bending limbs, her eyes made restless by the bees delighted with the fragrance of her breath,

Verse 14 (shiva.rudra.197.14)

भ्रश्यद्धम्मिल्लसन्माल्यस्वपुराकृतभूमिका । स्विद्यत्कपोलपत्रालीस्रवदम्बुकणोज्ज्वला

bhraśyaddhammillasanmālyasvapurākṛtabhūmikā svidyatkapolapatrālīsravadambukaṇojjvalā

her hair-knot loosening, its lovely garland scattering, marking out its own trace upon the ground, her cheeks moist with sweat and shining with trickling drops over their painted leaf-patterns,

Verse 15 (shiva.rudra.197.15)

स्फुटच्चोलांशुकपथतिर्यदङ्गप्रभावृता । उल्लसत्कन्दुकास्फालातिश्रोणितकराम्बुजा

sphuṭaccolāṁśukapathatiryadaṅgaprabhāvṛtā ullasatkandukāsphālātiśroṇitakarāmbujā

her body's radiance visible through her loosening bodice-cloth, her lotus-hands reddened by the repeated bouncing of the rising ball,

Verse 16 (shiva.rudra.197.16)

कन्दुकानुगसद्दृष्टिनर्तितभ्रूलताञ्चला । मृडानी किल खेलन्ती ददृशे जगदम्बिका

kandukānugasaddṛṣṭinartitabhrūlatāñcalā mṛḍānī kila khelantī dadṛśe jagadambikā

her creeper-like brows dancing as her fine gaze followed the ball — thus was Mridani, the Mother of the world, seen at her play.

Verse 17 (shiva.rudra.197.17)

अन्तरिक्षचराभ्यां च दितिजाभ्यां कटाक्षिता । क्रोडीकृताभ्यामिव वै समुपस्थितमृत्युना

antarikṣacarābhyāṁ ca ditijābhyāṁ kaṭākṣitā kroḍīkṛtābhyāmiva vai samupasthitamṛtyunā

She was watched with sidelong glances by those two sons of Diti, roaming the sky, who, as though clasping their own death to their breast, had thus drawn near.

Verse 18 (shiva.rudra.197.18)

विदलोत्पलसंज्ञाभ्यां दृप्ताभ्यां वरतो विधेः । तृणीकृतत्रिजगतीपुरुषाभ्यां स्वदोर्बलात्

vidalotpalasaṁjñābhyāṁ dṛptābhyāṁ varato vidheḥ tṛṇīkṛtatrijagatīpuruṣābhyāṁ svadorbalāt

— those two named Vidala and Utpala, proud through Brahma's boon, who by the strength of their own arms had reduced the three worlds to mere straw —

Verse 19 (shiva.rudra.197.19)

देवीं तां सञ्जिहीर्षन्तौ विषमेषुप्रपीडितौ । दिव उत्तेरतुः क्षिप्रं मायां स्वीकृत्य शाम्बरीम्

devīṁ tāṁ sañjihīrṣantau viṣameṣuprapīḍitau diva utteratuḥ kṣipraṁ māyāṁ svīkṛtya śāmbarīm

desiring to carry off that Goddess, tormented by the arrows of desire, the two swiftly descended from the sky, taking on the illusion of Shambara.

Verse 20 (shiva.rudra.197.20)

धृत्वा पारिषदीं मायामायातामम्बिकान्तिकम् । तावत्यन्तं सुदुर्वृत्तावतिचञ्चलमानसौ

dhṛtvā pāriṣadīṁ māyāmāyātāmambikāntikam tāvatyantaṁ sudurvṛttāvaticañcalamānasau

Taking on the guise of her own attendants, those two, exceedingly wicked, their minds utterly restless, approached close to Ambika.

Verse 21 (shiva.rudra.197.21)

अथ दुष्टनिहन्त्रा वै सावज्ञेन हरेण तौ । विज्ञातौ च क्षणादास्तां चाञ्चल्याल्लोचनोद्भवात्

atha duṣṭanihantrā vai sāvajñena hareṇa tau vijñātau ca kṣaṇādāstāṁ cāñcalyāllocanodbhavāt

But then, by Hara, the destroyer of the wicked, with a mere sidelong glance, they were instantly recognized, on account of a certain restlessness that showed in their very eyes.

Verse 22 (shiva.rudra.197.22)

कटाक्षिताथ देवेन दुर्गा दुर्गतिघातिनी । दैत्याविमाविति गणौ नेति सर्वस्वरूपिणा

kaṭākṣitātha devena durgā durgatighātinī daityāvimāviti gaṇau neti sarvasvarūpiṇā

Then, by the god whose very form is all things, with a mere sidelong glance, Durga, destroyer of misfortune, was signaled: "These two are daityas, gana-attendants they are not."

Verse 23 (shiva.rudra.197.23)

अथ सा नेत्रसंज्ञां स्वस्वामिनस्तां बुबोध ह । महाकौतुकिनस्तात शङ्करस्य परेशितुः

atha sā netrasaṁjñāṁ svasvāminastāṁ bubodha ha mahākautukinastāta śaṅkarasya pareśituḥ

O dear one, then she understood that eye-signal of her own Lord — of that supremely playful Shankara, the Supreme Ruler.

Verse 24 (shiva.rudra.197.24)

ततो विज्ञाय संज्ञां तां सर्वज्ञार्द्धशरीरिणी । तेनैव कन्दुकेनाथ युगपन्निर्जघान तौ

tato vijñāya saṁjñāṁ tāṁ sarvajñārddhaśarīriṇī tenaiva kandukenātha yugapannirjaghāna tau

Understanding that signal, she who is half the body of the all-knowing one struck down both of them at once with that very ball.

Verse 25 (shiva.rudra.197.25)

महाबलौ महादेव्या कन्दुकेन समाहतौ । परिभ्रम्य परिभ्रम्य तौ दुष्टौ विनिपेततुः

mahābalau mahādevyā kandukena samāhatau paribhramya paribhramya tau duṣṭau vinipetatuḥ

Struck by the great Goddess's ball, those two mighty ones, whirling round and round, those two wicked ones, fell down.

Verse 26 (shiva.rudra.197.26)

वृन्तादिव फले पक्वे तालेनानिललोलिते । दम्भोलिना परिहते शृङ्गे इव महागिरेः

vṛntādiva phale pakve tālenānilalolite dambholinā parihate śṛṅge iva mahāgireḥ

— as a ripe fruit falls from its stalk, shaken loose by the wind through the palm-tree, or as the peak of a great mountain, split apart by the thunderbolt.

Verse 27 (shiva.rudra.197.27)

तौ निपात्य महादैत्यावकार्यकरणोद्यतौ । ततः परिणतिं यातो लिङ्गरूपेण कन्दुकः

tau nipātya mahādaityāvakāryakaraṇodyatau tataḥ pariṇatiṁ yāto liṅgarūpeṇa kandukaḥ

Having felled those two great daityas, who had been intent on committing that improper deed, the ball itself then underwent a transformation into the form of a linga.

Verse 28 (shiva.rudra.197.28)

कन्दुकेश्वरसंज्ञं च तल्लिङ्गमभवत्तदा । ज्येष्ठेश्वरसमीपे तु सर्वदुष्टनिवारणम्

kandukeśvarasaṁjñaṁ ca talliṅgamabhavattadā jyeṣṭheśvarasamīpe tu sarvaduṣṭanivāraṇam

That linga then became known by the name Kandukeshvara, near Jyeshtheshvara, the ward-off of every evil.

Verse 29 (shiva.rudra.197.29)

एतस्मिन्नेव समये हरिब्रह्मादयः सुराः । शिवाविर्भावमाज्ञाय ऋषयश्च समाययुः

etasminneva samaye haribrahmādayaḥ surāḥ śivāvirbhāvamājñāya ṛṣayaśca samāyayuḥ

At that very moment, Hari, Brahma, and the other gods, and the sages too, learning of Shiva's manifestation, came there.

Verse 30 (shiva.rudra.197.30)

अथ सर्वे सुराः शम्भोर्वरान्प्राप्य तदाज्ञया । स्वधामानि ययुः प्रीतास्तथा काशीनिवासिनः

atha sarve surāḥ śambhorvarānprāpya tadājñayā svadhāmāni yayuḥ prītāstathā kāśīnivāsinaḥ

Then all the gods, having obtained boons from Shambhu, went by his command, glad, to their own abodes, and so too did the dwellers of Kashi.

Verse 31 (shiva.rudra.197.31)

साम्बिकं शङ्करं दृष्ट्वा कृताञ्जलिपुटाश्च ते । प्रणम्य तुष्टुवुर्भक्त्या वाग्भिरिष्टाभिरादरात्

sāmbikaṁ śaṅkaraṁ dṛṣṭvā kṛtāñjalipuṭāśca te praṇamya tuṣṭuvurbhaktyā vāgbhiriṣṭābhirādarāt

Seeing Shankara together with Ambika, they, with hands folded, bowed and, with devotion, praised him with fitting words and reverence.

Verse 32 (shiva.rudra.197.32)

साम्बिकोऽपि शिवो व्यास क्रीडित्वा सुविहारवित् । जगाम स्वालयं प्रीतः सगणो भक्तवत्सलः

sāmbiko'pi śivo vyāsa krīḍitvā suvihāravit jagāma svālayaṁ prītaḥ sagaṇo bhaktavatsalaḥ

O Vyasa, Shiva, together with Ambika, well-versed in delightful pastimes, having sported, pleased, ever affectionate to his devotees, then went to his own abode with his ganas.

Verse 33 (shiva.rudra.197.33)

कन्दुकेश्वरलिङ्गं च काश्यां दुष्टनिबर्हणम् । भुक्तिमुक्तिप्रदं सर्वकामदं सर्वदा सताम्

kandukeśvaraliṅgaṁ ca kāśyāṁ duṣṭanibarhaṇam bhuktimuktipradaṁ sarvakāmadaṁ sarvadā satām

This Kandukeshvara linga in Kashi, destroyer of the wicked, forever grants enjoyment, liberation, and every desire to the virtuous.

Verse 34 (shiva.rudra.197.34)

इदमाख्यानमतुलं शृणुयाद्यो मुदान्वितः । श्रावयेद्वा पठेद्यश्च तस्य दुःखभयं कुतः

idamākhyānamatulaṁ śṛṇuyādyo mudānvitaḥ śrāvayedvā paṭhedyaśca tasya duḥkhabhayaṁ kutaḥ

Whoever, filled with joy, hears this incomparable tale, or causes it to be heard, or recites it — how could sorrow or fear ever touch him?

Verse 35 (shiva.rudra.197.35)

इह सर्वसुखं भुक्त्वा नानाविधमनुत्तमम् । परत्र लभते दिव्यां गतिं वै देवदुर्लभाम्

iha sarvasukhaṁ bhuktvā nānāvidhamanuttamam paratra labhate divyāṁ gatiṁ vai devadurlabhām

Having enjoyed here every kind of unsurpassed happiness, he attains hereafter a divine state, rare even for the gods.

Verse 36 (shiva.rudra.197.36)

इति ते वर्णितं तात चरितं परमाद्भुतम् । शिवयोर्भक्तवात्सल्यसुचकं शिवदं सताम्

iti te varṇitaṁ tāta caritaṁ paramādbhutam śivayorbhaktavātsalyasucakaṁ śivadaṁ satām

Thus, dear one, has this most wondrous deed been described to you, a sign of Shiva and Shivaa's own love for their devotees, bestowing auspiciousness upon the virtuous.

Verse 37 (shiva.rudra.197.37)

ब्रह्मोवाच इत्युक्त्वामन्त्र्य तं व्यासं तन्नुतो मद्वरात्मजः । ययौ विहायसा काशीं चरितं शशिमौलिनः

brahmovāca ityuktvāmantrya taṁ vyāsaṁ tannuto madvarātmajaḥ yayau vihāyasā kāśīṁ caritaṁ śaśimaulinaḥ

Brahma said: Having spoken thus, and taking leave of Vyasa, praised by him, my own son born through a boon went by the sky-path to Kashi — this is the deed of the moon-crested one.

Verse 38 (shiva.rudra.197.38)

युद्धखण्डमिदं प्रोक्तं मया ते मुनिसत्तम । रौद्रीयसंहितामध्ये सर्वकामफलप्रदम्

yuddhakhaṇḍamidaṁ proktaṁ mayā te munisattama raudrīyasaṁhitāmadhye sarvakāmaphalapradam

"O best of sages, this Yuddha Khanda has been told by me to you within the Raudra Samhita — bestowing the fruit of every desire."

Verse 39 (shiva.rudra.197.39)

इयं हि संहिता रौद्री सम्पूर्णा वर्णिता मया । सदाशिवप्रियतरा भुक्तिमुक्तिफलप्रदा

iyaṁ hi saṁhitā raudrī sampūrṇā varṇitā mayā sadāśivapriyatarā bhuktimuktiphalapradā

"This Raudra Samhita has now been fully described by me — most dear to Sadashiva, bestowing the fruits of both enjoyment and liberation."

Verse 40 (shiva.rudra.197.40)

इमां यश्च पठेन्नित्यं शत्रुबाधानिवारिकाम् । सर्वान्कामानवाप्नोति ततो मुक्तिं लभेत ना

imāṁ yaśca paṭhennityaṁ śatrubādhānivārikām sarvānkāmānavāpnoti tato muktiṁ labheta nā

"Whoever recites this constantly, which wards off the affliction of enemies, obtains all desires, and thereafter that person attains liberation."

Verse 41 (shiva.rudra.197.41)

सूत उवाच इति ब्रह्मसुतः श्रुत्वा पित्रा शिवयशः परम् । शतनामाप्य शम्भोश्च कृतार्थोऽभूच्छिवानुगः

sūta uvāca iti brahmasutaḥ śrutvā pitrā śivayaśaḥ param śatanāmāpya śambhośca kṛtārtho'bhūcchivānugaḥ

Suta said: Thus, having heard from his father the supreme glory of Shiva, and having obtained the hundred names of Shambhu as well, the son of Brahma, a follower of Shiva, became fulfilled.

Verse 42 (shiva.rudra.197.42)

ब्रह्मनारदसंवादः सम्पूर्णः कथितो मया । शिवः सर्वप्रधानो हिकिं भूयः श्रोतुमिच्छिसि

brahmanāradasaṁvādaḥ sampūrṇaḥ kathito mayā śivaḥ sarvapradhāno hikiṁ bhūyaḥ śrotumicchisi

I have now told in full the dialogue between Brahma and Narada; Shiva indeed is supreme over all — what more do you wish to hear?