Shiva Purana
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यद्यथावस्थितं वस्तु तत्तथैव सदाशिवः ॥ अयत्नेनैव जानाति तस्मात्सर्वज्ञ उच्यते ॥ २१॥
Whatever the object is as it is, so is Sadashiva. He knows without effort, therefore he is called omniscient.
english translation
yadyathAvasthitaM vastu tattathaiva sadAzivaH ॥ ayatnenaiva jAnAti tasmAtsarvajJa ucyate ॥ 21॥
hk transliteration by Sanscriptसर्वात्मा परमैरेभिर्गुणैर्नित्यसमन्वयात्॥ स्वस्मात्परात्मविरहात्परमात्मा शिवस्स्वयम् ॥ २२॥
Śiva is the great Atman because he is the Ātman of all, he is for ever endowed with the great qualities and there is no greater Ātman than him.
english translation
sarvAtmA paramairebhirguNairnityasamanvayAt॥ svasmAtparAtmavirahAtparamAtmA zivassvayam ॥ 22॥
hk transliteration by Sanscriptइति स्तुत्वा महादेवं प्रणवात्मानमव्ययम्॥ दत्त्वा पराङ्मुखाद्यञ्च पश्चादीशानमस्तके॥ २३॥
Thus praising the inexhaustible Mahadeva, the oṁkāra-self. Giving the other face and the rear to the north on the head.
english translation
iti stutvA mahAdevaM praNavAtmAnamavyayam॥ dattvA parAGmukhAdyaJca pazcAdIzAnamastake॥ 23॥
hk transliteration by Sanscriptपुनरर्च्य देवेशम्प्रणवेन समाहितः॥ हस्तेन बद्धाञ्जलिना पूजापुष्पम्प्रगृह्य च॥ २४॥
Again worshiping Lord of the gods with the oṁkāra in concentration. With folded hands he took the flowers of worship.
english translation
punararcya devezampraNavena samAhitaH॥ hastena baddhAJjalinA pUjApuSpampragRhya ca॥ 24॥
hk transliteration by Sanscriptउन्मनान्तं शिवं नीत्वा वामनासापुटाध्वना॥ देवोमुद्वास्य च ततो दक्षनासापुटाध्वना ॥ २५॥
He took Shiva to the end of his madness by the path of the left nostril. Then he drove the deity out of the right nostril.
english translation
unmanAntaM zivaM nItvA vAmanAsApuTAdhvanA॥ devomudvAsya ca tato dakSanAsApuTAdhvanA ॥ 25॥
hk transliteration by Sanscript