Shiva Purana

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सूत उवाच॥ नरनारायणाख्यौ याववतारौ हरेर्द्विजाः ॥ तेपाते भारते खण्डे बदर्याश्रम एव हि॥ १॥

Sūta said:— O brahmins, the incarnations of Viṣṇu—Nara and Nārāyaṇa performed their penance in the Bhārata Khaṇḍa in the hermitage of Badarikāśrama.

english translation

sUta uvAca॥ naranArAyaNAkhyau yAvavatArau harerdvijAH ॥ tepAte bhArate khaNDe badaryAzrama eva hi॥ 1॥

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ताभ्यां संप्रार्थितश्शंभुः पार्थिवे पूजनाय वै ॥ आयाति नित्यं तल्लिंगे भक्ताधीनतया शिव ॥ २॥

Requested by them for their worship, Śiva, being subservient to the devotees comes every day to that earthen phallic image of Śiva.

english translation

tAbhyAM saMprArthitazzaMbhuH pArthive pUjanAya vai ॥ AyAti nityaM talliMge bhaktAdhInatayA ziva ॥ 2॥

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एवं पूजयतोश्शंभुं तयोर्विष्ण्ववतारयोः ॥ चिरकालो व्यतीताय शैवयोर्धर्मपुत्रयोः ॥ ३ ॥

A long time elapsed while these two incarnations of Viṣṇu, the spiritual sons of Śiva, performed the worship of Śiva.

english translation

evaM pUjayatozzaMbhuM tayorviSNvavatArayoH ॥ cirakAlo vyatItAya zaivayordharmaputrayoH ॥ 3 ॥

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एकस्मिन्समये तत्र प्रसन्नः परमेश्वरः ॥ प्रत्युवाच प्रसन्नोस्मि वरो मे व्रियतामिति॥ ४॥

On one occasion the delighted Śiva told them—“I am delighted. Choose your boon from me.”

english translation

ekasminsamaye tatra prasannaH paramezvaraH ॥ pratyuvAca prasannosmi varo me vriyatAmiti॥ 4॥

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इत्युक्ते च तदा तेन नरो नारायणस्स्वयम्॥ ऊचतुर्वचनं तत्र लोकानां हितकाम्यया ॥ ५ ॥

When he said this, Nara and Nārāyaṇa spoke these words keeping in mind the welfare of the world.

english translation

ityukte ca tadA tena naro nArAyaNassvayam॥ UcaturvacanaM tatra lokAnAM hitakAmyayA ॥ 5 ॥

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Chapter 18

Verses 26-30

Chapter 19

Verses 6-10