Shiva Purana

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न तुष्टः सन्मुखो जातो यदा च भगवान्हरः ॥ तदाहं दुःखितोभूवं तपसोऽप्राप्य सत्फलम् ॥ ४६॥

When lord Śiva was not pleased and did not appear in my presence I was distressed as I could not obtain the fruits of penance.

english translation

na tuSTaH sanmukho jAto yadA ca bhagavAnharaH ॥ tadAhaM duHkhitobhUvaM tapaso'prApya satphalam ॥ 46॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

धिक् शरीरं बलं चैव धिक् तपः करणं मम ॥ इत्युक्त्वा तु मया तत्र स्थापितेग्नौ हुतं बहु ॥ ४७॥

“Fie upon my body. Fie upon my strength. Fie upon my penance”. Saying this I performed several sacrifices in the fire that had been kept there.

english translation

dhik zarIraM balaM caiva dhik tapaH karaNaM mama ॥ ityuktvA tu mayA tatra sthApitegnau hutaM bahu ॥ 47॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

पुनश्चेति विचार्यैव त्वक्षाम्यग्नौ निजां तनुम् ॥ संछिन्नानि शिरांस्येव तस्मिन् प्रज्वलिते शुचौ ॥ ४८॥

Thinking about it again I threw my body into the fire They looked like their heads had been cut off in the blazing fire.

english translation

punazceti vicAryaiva tvakSAmyagnau nijAM tanum ॥ saMchinnAni zirAMsyeva tasmin prajvalite zucau ॥ 48॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

सुच्छित्वैकैकशस्तानि कृत्वा शुद्धानि सर्वशः ॥ शंकरायार्पितान्येव नवसंख्यानि वै मया ॥ ४९ ॥

Cut them well one by one and make them clean in every way I have offered nine of them to Lord Śiva.

english translation

succhitvaikaikazastAni kRtvA zuddhAni sarvazaH ॥ zaMkarAyArpitAnyeva navasaMkhyAni vai mayA ॥ 49 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

यावच्च दशमं छेत्तुं प्रारब्धमृषिसत्तम ॥ तावदाविरभूत्तत्र ज्योतीरूपो हरस्स्वयम् ॥ ५०॥

O excellent sage, when I was about to cut off my tenth head, Śiva appeared before me as a mass of splendour.

english translation

yAvacca dazamaM chettuM prArabdhamRSisattama ॥ tAvadAvirabhUttatra jyotIrUpo harassvayam ॥ 50॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript