Shiva Purana

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नानापिशाचा वेताला दैतेयाश्च महाबलाः ॥ नागाश्शेषादयस्सर्वे सिद्धाश्च मुनयोऽखिलाः ॥ २१ ॥

Various devils vetalas and mighty demons All the serpents Shesha and others and all the siddhas and sages.

english translation

nAnApizAcA vetAlA daiteyAzca mahAbalAH ॥ nAgAzzeSAdayassarve siddhAzca munayo'khilAH ॥ 21 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

प्रणुवन्ति च तं देवं प्रणमन्ति महाबलम् ॥ लभन्त ईप्सितान्कामान्रमन्ते च यथासुखम् ॥ २२॥

They bow down and offer obeisances to that mighty god They obtain their desired desires and enjoy themselves happily.

english translation

praNuvanti ca taM devaM praNamanti mahAbalam ॥ labhanta IpsitAnkAmAnramante ca yathAsukham ॥ 22॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

बहुभिस्तत्र सुतपस्तप्तं सम्पूज्य तं विभुम् ॥ लब्धा हि परमा सिद्धिरिहामुत्रापि सौख्यदा ॥ २३ ॥

Good penance has been performed by many after worshipping the lord. Great achievements pleasing here and hereafter have been secured by them.

english translation

bahubhistatra sutapastaptaM sampUjya taM vibhum ॥ labdhA hi paramA siddhirihAmutrApi saukhyadA ॥ 23 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

गोकर्णे शिवलिंगं तु मोक्षद्वार उदाहृतः ॥ महाबलाभिधानोऽसौ पूजितः संस्तुतो द्विजाः ॥ २४ ॥

O brahmins, the Mahābala image of Śiva at Gokarṇa worshipped and eulogised is the doorway to salvation.

english translation

gokarNe zivaliMgaM tu mokSadvAra udAhRtaH ॥ mahAbalAbhidhAno'sau pUjitaH saMstuto dvijAH ॥ 24 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

माघासितचतुर्दश्यां महाबलसमर्चनम् ॥ विमुक्तिदं विशेषेण सर्वेषां पापिनामपि ॥ २५ ॥

The worship of Mahābala on the fourteenth day in the dark half of the month of Māgha yields salvation particularly even to the sinners.

english translation

mAghAsitacaturdazyAM mahAbalasamarcanam ॥ vimuktidaM vizeSeNa sarveSAM pApinAmapi ॥ 25 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript