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Shiva Purana

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सूत उवाच ॥ अतःपरं प्रवक्ष्यामि श्रूयतामृषिसत्तमाः ॥ विश्वेश्वरस्य माहात्म्यं महापातकनाशनम् ॥ १॥

Sūta said:— O excellent sages, hereafter I shall narrate the greatness of Viśveśvara, destructive of great sins. May it be heard.

english translation

यदिदं दृश्यते किंचिज्जगत्यां वस्तुमात्रकम्॥ चिदानन्द स्वरूपं च निर्विकारं सनातनम् ॥ २ ॥

Whatever is seen in this world is merely an object. and the eternal form of the bliss of consciousness, without change.

english translation

तस्यैव कैवल्यरतेर्द्वितीयेच्छा ततोभवत् ॥ स एव सगुणो जातश्शिव इत्यभिधीयते ॥ ३॥

Then he had a second desire for liberation He alone is born with the modes of nature and is called Shiva.

english translation

स एव हि द्विधा जातः पुंस्त्रीरूपप्रभेदतः ॥ यः पुमान्स शिवः ख्यातः स्त्रीशक्तिस्सा हि कथ्यते ॥ ४ ॥

That split itself into two in the male and the female forms. The male is famous as Śiva and the female is known as Śakti.

english translation

चिदानन्देस्वरूपाभ्यां पुरुषावपि निर्मितौ ॥ ५ ॥

They are also created by the two forms of consciousness and bliss.

english translation