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Shiva Purana

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त्वयि भक्तिर्महादेव प्रसीद वरमुत्तमम् ॥ नान्यमिच्छामि भक्तानामार्त्तयो नैव यत्प्रभो ॥ ३१ ॥

O great lord, devotion to you is the excellent boon I wish to have. Be pleased. I do not wish for anything else, because, O lord, devotees are never distressed.

english translation

सूत उवाच ॥ तच्छ्रुत्वा वचनं तस्य दया वान्सुतरां भवः ॥ पस्पर्श च तदंगं वै प्राह शीतांशुशेखरः ॥ ३२॥

Sūta said:— On hearing these words, the extremely sympathetic lord touched him. Then the moon-crested deity spoke.

english translation

शिव उवाच ॥ मयि भक्तिस्सदा ते तु हरे स्यादनपायिनी ॥ सदा वन्द्यश्च पूज्यश्च लोके भव सुरैरपि ॥ ३३॥

Śiva said:— O Viṣṇu, your devotion to me will always remain firm. Be worthy of the reverence and worship of all gods in the world.

english translation

विष्वंभरेति ते नाम सर्वपापहरं परम् ॥ भविष्यति न संदेहो मत्प्रसादात्सुरोत्तम ॥ ३४ ॥

O most excellent god, there is no doubt in this that, thanks to my favour, your name—Viśvambhara (bearer of the universe) will be destructive of all sins.

english translation

॥ सूत उवाच ॥ इत्युक्त्वांतर्दधे रुद्रस्सर्वदेवेश्वरः प्रभुः ॥ पश्यतस्तस्य विष्णोस्तु तत्रैव च मुनीश्वराः ॥ ३५ ॥

Sūta said:— O great sages, after saying this, lord Śiva, the lord of the gods, vanished there itself even as Viṣṇu was watching.

english translation