Shiva Purana

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जरासंधो महाशैवस्तद्वंश्याश्च नृपास्तथा ॥ निमिश्शैवश्च जनकस्तत्पुत्राश्शिवपूजकाः॥ ५१॥

sanskrit

Jarāsandha was a great devotee of Śiva. His successors were also so. Nimi and his son Janaka and his sons too were worshippers of Śiva.

english translation

jarAsaMdho mahAzaivastadvaMzyAzca nRpAstathA ॥ nimizzaivazca janakastatputrAzzivapUjakAH॥ 51॥

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siva.sh/siva-purana/kotirudra-samhita/37/52

नलेन च कृता पूजा वीरसेनसुतेन वै ॥ पूर्वजन्मनि यो भिल्लो वने पान्थसुरक्षकः ॥ ५२ ॥

sanskrit

Worship of Śiva was performed by Nala the son of Vīrasena. In his previous birth he was a forester who protected the travellers there.

english translation

nalena ca kRtA pUjA vIrasenasutena vai ॥ pUrvajanmani yo bhillo vane pAnthasurakSakaH ॥ 52 ॥

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siva.sh/siva-purana/kotirudra-samhita/37/53

यतिश्च रक्षितस्तेन पुरा हरसमीपतः ॥ स्वयंव्याघ्रादिभी रात्रौ भक्षितश्च मृतो वृषात् ॥ ५३ ॥

sanskrit

In the presence of Śiva a sage (who was Śiva himself) was saved by him. He was himself devoured by tigers and other beasts at night.

english translation

yatizca rakSitastena purA harasamIpataH ॥ svayaMvyAghrAdibhI rAtrau bhakSitazca mRto vRSAt ॥ 53 ॥

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siva.sh/siva-purana/kotirudra-samhita/37/54

तेन पुण्यप्रभावेण स भिल्लो हि नलोऽभवत् ॥ चक्रवर्ती महाराजो दमयन्ती प्रियोऽभवत् ॥ ५४ ॥

sanskrit

Thanks to that merit, the forester became Nala. He became a great emperor and the husband of Damayantī.

english translation

tena puNyaprabhAveNa sa bhillo hi nalo'bhavat ॥ cakravartI mahArAjo damayantI priyo'bhavat ॥ 54 ॥

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siva.sh/siva-purana/kotirudra-samhita/37/55

इति ते कथितं तात यत्पृष्टं भवतानघ ॥ शाङ्करं चरितं दिव्यं किमन्यत्प्रष्टुमिच्छसि ॥ ५५ ॥

sanskrit

O dear, thus I have narrated the divine story of Śiva as asked by you. What else do you wish to hear?

english translation

iti te kathitaM tAta yatpRSTaM bhavatAnagha ॥ zAGkaraM caritaM divyaM kimanyatpraSTumicchasi ॥ 55 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

siva.sh/siva-purana/kotirudra-samhita/37/51

जरासंधो महाशैवस्तद्वंश्याश्च नृपास्तथा ॥ निमिश्शैवश्च जनकस्तत्पुत्राश्शिवपूजकाः॥ ५१॥

sanskrit

Jarāsandha was a great devotee of Śiva. His successors were also so. Nimi and his son Janaka and his sons too were worshippers of Śiva.

english translation

jarAsaMdho mahAzaivastadvaMzyAzca nRpAstathA ॥ nimizzaivazca janakastatputrAzzivapUjakAH॥ 51॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

siva.sh/siva-purana/kotirudra-samhita/37/52

नलेन च कृता पूजा वीरसेनसुतेन वै ॥ पूर्वजन्मनि यो भिल्लो वने पान्थसुरक्षकः ॥ ५२ ॥

sanskrit

Worship of Śiva was performed by Nala the son of Vīrasena. In his previous birth he was a forester who protected the travellers there.

english translation

nalena ca kRtA pUjA vIrasenasutena vai ॥ pUrvajanmani yo bhillo vane pAnthasurakSakaH ॥ 52 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

siva.sh/siva-purana/kotirudra-samhita/37/53

यतिश्च रक्षितस्तेन पुरा हरसमीपतः ॥ स्वयंव्याघ्रादिभी रात्रौ भक्षितश्च मृतो वृषात् ॥ ५३ ॥

sanskrit

In the presence of Śiva a sage (who was Śiva himself) was saved by him. He was himself devoured by tigers and other beasts at night.

english translation

yatizca rakSitastena purA harasamIpataH ॥ svayaMvyAghrAdibhI rAtrau bhakSitazca mRto vRSAt ॥ 53 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

siva.sh/siva-purana/kotirudra-samhita/37/54

तेन पुण्यप्रभावेण स भिल्लो हि नलोऽभवत् ॥ चक्रवर्ती महाराजो दमयन्ती प्रियोऽभवत् ॥ ५४ ॥

sanskrit

Thanks to that merit, the forester became Nala. He became a great emperor and the husband of Damayantī.

english translation

tena puNyaprabhAveNa sa bhillo hi nalo'bhavat ॥ cakravartI mahArAjo damayantI priyo'bhavat ॥ 54 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

siva.sh/siva-purana/kotirudra-samhita/37/55

इति ते कथितं तात यत्पृष्टं भवतानघ ॥ शाङ्करं चरितं दिव्यं किमन्यत्प्रष्टुमिच्छसि ॥ ५५ ॥

sanskrit

O dear, thus I have narrated the divine story of Śiva as asked by you. What else do you wish to hear?

english translation

iti te kathitaM tAta yatpRSTaM bhavatAnagha ॥ zAGkaraM caritaM divyaM kimanyatpraSTumicchasi ॥ 55 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript