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Shiva Purana

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तत्कुर्वन्स यतिस्सम्यक्छिवध्यानपरो भवेत् ॥ नियमेन मुने नित्यं प्रणवासक्तमानसः ॥ ११ ॥

O sage, practising it regularly the ascetic shall be attached to Praṇava and be well-engaged in the meditation on Śiva.

english translation

देहदौर्बल्यवशतो यद्यधैर्य्यधरो यतिः ॥ अकामश्च शिवं स्मृत्वा स जीर्णां स्वां तनुं त्यजेत् ॥ १२ ॥

If he is devoid of courage due to physical weakness, he shall remember Śiva with specific desires and cast off his worn-out body.

english translation

सदाशिवानुग्रहतो नंदिना प्रेरिता मुने॥ आतिवाहिकरूपिण्यो(?) देवताः पञ्च विश्रुताः॥ १३ ॥

O sage, there are five deities in the forms of messengers who by the favour of Sadāśiva are put in the charge of Nandin.

english translation

आत्महन्ताकृतिः काचिज्ज्योत्तिःपुंजवपुष्मती ॥ अह्नोऽभिमानिनी काचिच्छुक्लपक्षाभिमानिनी ॥ १४ ॥

A woman in the form of a suicide bomber flowered with a beam of light Some of them were proud of the day and some of them were proud of their white wings.

english translation

उत्तरायणरूपा च पंचानुग्रहतत्परा ॥ धूम्रा तमस्विनी रात्रिः कृष्णपक्षाभिमानिनी ॥ १५ ॥

She is in the form of Uttarayana and is devoted to the five graces. The night is smoky and dark and proud of its dark wings.

english translation