Shiva Purana
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सूत उवाच ॥ श्रूयतामृषयः श्रेष्ठाः कथां पापप्रणाशिनीम्॥ कथयामि यथा व्यासात्सद्गुरोश्च श्रुता मया॥ १॥
Sūta said:— O excellent sages, listen. I shall tell you the story that dispels sins in the manner I have heard it from Vyāsa, the good preceptor.
english translation
sUta uvAca ॥ zrUyatAmRSayaH zreSThAH kathAM pApapraNAzinIm॥ kathayAmi yathA vyAsAtsadgurozca zrutA mayA॥ 1॥
hk transliteration by Sanscriptपुरा ऋषिवरश्चासीद्गौतमो नाम विश्रुतः ॥ अहल्या नाम तस्यासीत्पत्नी परमधार्मिकी ॥ २ ॥
Formerly there was an excellent sage named Gautama. His wife Ahalyā was extremely virtuous.
english translation
purA RSivarazcAsIdgautamo nAma vizrutaH ॥ ahalyA nAma tasyAsItpatnI paramadhArmikI ॥ 2 ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscriptदक्षिणस्यां दिशि हि यो गिरिर्ब्रह्मेति संज्ञकः ॥ तत्र तेन तपस्तप्तं वर्षाणाम युतं तथा ॥ ३ ॥
A penance extending to ten thousand years was performed by him on the Brahmagiri mountain in the southern quarter.
english translation
dakSiNasyAM dizi hi yo girirbrahmeti saMjJakaH ॥ tatra tena tapastaptaM varSANAma yutaM tathA ॥ 3 ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscriptकदाचिच्च ह्यनावृष्टिरभवत्तत्र सुव्रताः ॥ वर्षाणां च शतं रौद्री लोका दुःखमुपागताः ॥ ४ ॥
O great ones of good rites, once a terrible drought lasting for a hundred years occurred there. All the people were put to great distress.
english translation
kadAcicca hyanAvRSTirabhavattatra suvratAH ॥ varSANAM ca zataM raudrI lokA duHkhamupAgatAH ॥ 4 ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscriptआर्द्रं च पल्लवं न स्म दृश्यते पृथिवीतले ॥ कुतो जलं विदृश्येत जीवानां प्राणधारकम् ॥ ५ ॥
Not a single juicy tender sprout was seen on the face of the earth. How could there be a water, the sustainer of living beings.
english translation
ArdraM ca pallavaM na sma dRzyate pRthivItale ॥ kuto jalaM vidRzyeta jIvAnAM prANadhArakam ॥ 5 ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscript