Shiva Purana

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वामदेव उवाच ॥ नियत्यधस्तात्प्रकृतेरुपरिस्थः पुमानिति ॥ पूर्वत्र भवता प्रोक्तमिदानीं कथमन्यथा॥ १ ॥

Vamdeva said. From below destiny, the man is above nature. You told me earlier how can it be otherwise now.

english translation

vAmadeva uvAca ॥ niyatyadhastAtprakRteruparisthaH pumAniti ॥ pUrvatra bhavatA proktamidAnIM kathamanyathA॥ 1 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

मायया संकुचद्रूपस्तदधस्तादिति प्रभो ॥ इति मे संशयं नाथ छेत्तुमर्हसि तत्त्वतः ॥ २ ॥

By his illusory power the form shrank from below, O Lord. O lord you should really dispel my doubt about this.

english translation

mAyayA saMkucadrUpastadadhastAditi prabho ॥ iti me saMzayaM nAtha chettumarhasi tattvataH ॥ 2 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

श्रीसुबह्मण्य उवाच ॥ अद्वैतशैववादोऽयं द्वैतन्न सहते क्वचित् ॥ द्वैतं च नश्वरं ब्रह्माद्वैतम्परमनश्वरम् ॥ ३ ॥

Subrahmaṇya said:— This is the Śaivite philosophy of non-dualism. Nowhere does it brook duality. Duality perishes and the non-dualism remains imperishable.

english translation

zrIsubahmaNya uvAca ॥ advaitazaivavAdo'yaM dvaitanna sahate kvacit ॥ dvaitaM ca nazvaraM brahmAdvaitamparamanazvaram ॥ 3 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

सर्वज्ञस्सर्वकर्ता च शिवस्सर्वेश्वरोऽगुणः ॥ त्रिदेवजनको ब्रह्मा सच्चिदानन्दविग्रहः ॥ ४ ॥

The omniscient, omnipotent, Śiva, the Nirguṇa lord of all, the progenitor of the three deities, the Brahman, is formed of existence-knowledge-bliss.

english translation

sarvajJassarvakartA ca zivassarvezvaro'guNaH ॥ tridevajanako brahmA saccidAnandavigrahaH ॥ 4 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

स एव शंकरो देवस्स्वेच्छया च स्वमायया ॥ संकुचद्रूप इव सन्पुरुषस्संबभूव ह ॥ ५ ॥

That lord Śiva himself, out of his own will, through his own Māyā appears shrinking in size and becomes Puruṣa.

english translation

sa eva zaMkaro devassvecchayA ca svamAyayA ॥ saMkucadrUpa iva sanpuruSassaMbabhUva ha ॥ 5 ॥

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