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 Sanscriptधिक् 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 Sanscriptपुनश्चेति 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 Sanscriptसुच्छित्वैकैकशस्तानि 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 Sanscriptयावच्च 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