Shiva Purana

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देवा ऊचुः ॥ देवदेव महादेव करुणासागर प्रभो ॥ अन्तर्यामी हि सर्वेषां सर्वं जानासि शंकर ॥६॥

O lord, carry out the task of the gods. O great lord, save the gods. Slay Tāraka and other demons and take pity on us.

english translation

devA UcuH ॥ devadeva mahAdeva karuNAsAgara prabho ॥ antaryAmI hi sarveSAM sarvaM jAnAsi zaMkara ॥6॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

॥ शिव उवाच ॥ हे विष्णो हे विधे देवास्सर्वेषां वो मनोगतिः ॥ यद्भावि तद्भवत्येव कोऽपि नो तन्निवारकः ॥ ८ ॥

On hearing these words of the gods, lord Śiva agitated in soul and dispirited in the mind, replied.

english translation

॥ ziva uvAca ॥ he viSNo he vidhe devAssarveSAM vo manogatiH ॥ yadbhAvi tadbhavatyeva ko'pi no tannivArakaH ॥ 8 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

यज्जातं तज्जातमेव प्रस्तुतं शृणुताऽमराः ॥ शिरस्तस्खलितं वीर्यं को ग्रहीष्यति मेऽधुना ॥ ९ ॥

Śiva said: O Viṣṇu, O Brahmā, O gods, you are the goal of everybody’s mind. What should happen necessarily must happen. There is none to stop it.

english translation

yajjAtaM tajjAtameva prastutaM zRNutA'marAH ॥ zirastaskhalitaM vIryaM ko grahISyati me'dhunA ॥ 9 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

स गृह्णीयादिति प्रोच्य पातयामास तद्भुवि ॥ अग्निर्भूत्वा कपोतो हि प्रेरितस्सर्वनिर्जरैः ॥ 2.4.2.१० ॥

What has happened has already happened. Now O gods, listen to what is relevant to the context. Let him who will, take up this discharged semen”

english translation

sa gRhNIyAditi procya pAtayAmAsa tadbhuvi ॥ agnirbhUtvA kapoto hi preritassarvanirjaraiH ॥ 2.4.2.10 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

अभक्षच्छांभवं वीर्यं चंच्वा तु निखिलं तदा ॥ एतस्मिन्नंतरे तत्राऽऽजगाम गिरिजा मुने ॥ ११ ॥

After saying this He let it fall on the ground. Urged by the gods Agni became a dove and swallowed it with his beak. O sage, in the meantime Pārvatī came there.

english translation

abhakSacchAMbhavaM vIryaM caMcvA tu nikhilaM tadA ॥ etasminnaMtare tatrA''jagAma girijA mune ॥ 11 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript