Shiva Purana

siva.sh/siva-purana/rudra-samhita/25/11

नारद उवाच।। कथं तया तपस्तप्तं किमर्थं कुत्र संध्यया।। कथं शरीरं सा त्यक्त्वाऽभवन्मेधातिथेः सुता।।११।।

sanskrit

How did she perform penance? Why and where? How did she cast off her body and become the daughter of Medhātithi?

english translation

nArada uvAca|| kathaM tayA tapastaptaM kimarthaM kutra saMdhyayA|| kathaM zarIraM sA tyaktvA'bhavanmedhAtitheH sutA||11||

hk transliteration

siva.sh/siva-purana/rudra-samhita/25/12

कथं वा विहितं देवैर्ब्रह्मविष्णुशिवैः पतिम्। वसिष्ठं तु महात्मानं संवव्रे शंसितव्रतम्।।१२।।

sanskrit

What did the deities Brahmā, Viṣṇu and Śiva command her to do? and how did she choose the noble-souled Vasiṣṭha of praiseworthy rites as her husband?

english translation

kathaM vA vihitaM devairbrahmaviSNuzivaiH patim| vasiSThaM tu mahAtmAnaM saMvavre zaMsitavratam||12||

hk transliteration

siva.sh/siva-purana/rudra-samhita/25/13

एतन्मे श्रोष्यमाणाय विस्तरेण पितामह।। कौतूहलमरुंधत्याश्चरितं ब्रूहि तत्त्वतः ।।१३।। ।

sanskrit

I am eager to hear all these things. O Grand Father, tell me in detail the story of Sandhyā precisely.

english translation

etanme zroSyamANAya vistareNa pitAmaha|| kautUhalamaruMdhatyAzcaritaM brUhi tattvataH ||13|| |

hk transliteration

siva.sh/siva-purana/rudra-samhita/25/14

ब्रह्मोवाच ।। अहं स्वतनयां संध्यां दृष्ट्वा पूर्वमथात्मनः।। कामायाशु मनोऽकार्षं त्यक्त्वा शिवभयाच्च सा ।।१४।।

sanskrit

Brahmā said: Formerly on seeing Sandhyā, my daughter, I cherished a love for her, which, being afraid of Śiva, I forsook.

english translation

brahmovAca || ahaM svatanayAM saMdhyAM dRSTvA pUrvamathAtmanaH|| kAmAyAzu mano'kArSaM tyaktvA zivabhayAcca sA ||14||

hk transliteration

siva.sh/siva-purana/rudra-samhita/25/15

संध्यायाश्चलितं चित्तं कामबाणविलोडितम् ।। ऋषीणामपि संरुद्धमानसानां महात्मनाम्।।१५।।

sanskrit

Sandhyā’s mind too was shaken on being stirred by Kāma’s arrows. The same had happened with the mind of the noble-souled sages who had so far curbed their minds.

english translation

saMdhyAyAzcalitaM cittaM kAmabANaviloDitam || RSINAmapi saMruddhamAnasAnAM mahAtmanAm||15||

hk transliteration

siva.sh/siva-purana/rudra-samhita/25/11

नारद उवाच।। कथं तया तपस्तप्तं किमर्थं कुत्र संध्यया।। कथं शरीरं सा त्यक्त्वाऽभवन्मेधातिथेः सुता।।११।।

sanskrit

How did she perform penance? Why and where? How did she cast off her body and become the daughter of Medhātithi?

english translation

nArada uvAca|| kathaM tayA tapastaptaM kimarthaM kutra saMdhyayA|| kathaM zarIraM sA tyaktvA'bhavanmedhAtitheH sutA||11||

hk transliteration

siva.sh/siva-purana/rudra-samhita/25/12

कथं वा विहितं देवैर्ब्रह्मविष्णुशिवैः पतिम्। वसिष्ठं तु महात्मानं संवव्रे शंसितव्रतम्।।१२।।

sanskrit

What did the deities Brahmā, Viṣṇu and Śiva command her to do? and how did she choose the noble-souled Vasiṣṭha of praiseworthy rites as her husband?

english translation

kathaM vA vihitaM devairbrahmaviSNuzivaiH patim| vasiSThaM tu mahAtmAnaM saMvavre zaMsitavratam||12||

hk transliteration

siva.sh/siva-purana/rudra-samhita/25/13

एतन्मे श्रोष्यमाणाय विस्तरेण पितामह।। कौतूहलमरुंधत्याश्चरितं ब्रूहि तत्त्वतः ।।१३।। ।

sanskrit

I am eager to hear all these things. O Grand Father, tell me in detail the story of Sandhyā precisely.

english translation

etanme zroSyamANAya vistareNa pitAmaha|| kautUhalamaruMdhatyAzcaritaM brUhi tattvataH ||13|| |

hk transliteration

siva.sh/siva-purana/rudra-samhita/25/14

ब्रह्मोवाच ।। अहं स्वतनयां संध्यां दृष्ट्वा पूर्वमथात्मनः।। कामायाशु मनोऽकार्षं त्यक्त्वा शिवभयाच्च सा ।।१४।।

sanskrit

Brahmā said: Formerly on seeing Sandhyā, my daughter, I cherished a love for her, which, being afraid of Śiva, I forsook.

english translation

brahmovAca || ahaM svatanayAM saMdhyAM dRSTvA pUrvamathAtmanaH|| kAmAyAzu mano'kArSaM tyaktvA zivabhayAcca sA ||14||

hk transliteration

siva.sh/siva-purana/rudra-samhita/25/15

संध्यायाश्चलितं चित्तं कामबाणविलोडितम् ।। ऋषीणामपि संरुद्धमानसानां महात्मनाम्।।१५।।

sanskrit

Sandhyā’s mind too was shaken on being stirred by Kāma’s arrows. The same had happened with the mind of the noble-souled sages who had so far curbed their minds.

english translation

saMdhyAyAzcalitaM cittaM kAmabANaviloDitam || RSINAmapi saMruddhamAnasAnAM mahAtmanAm||15||

hk transliteration