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 Sanscriptमायया 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 Sanscriptश्रीसुबह्मण्य 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 Sanscriptसर्वज्ञस्सर्वकर्ता 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 Sanscriptस 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 ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscript