Shiva Purana

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प्रेरितस्स प्रभुर्देवैर्मुनिभिः पर्वतैरथ ॥ दूतान् प्रस्थापयामास स्वपुत्रो यत्र तान् गणान् ॥ ३६ ॥

Urged by the gods, sages and mountains, the lord sent his Gaṇas as his emissaries to the place where his son was staying.

english translation

preritassa prabhurdevairmunibhiH parvatairatha ॥ dUtAn prasthApayAmAsa svaputro yatra tAn gaNAn ॥ 36 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

वीरभद्रं विशालाक्षं शंकुकर्णं कराक्रमम् ॥ नन्दीश्वरं महाकालं वज्रदंष्ट्रं महोन्मदम् ॥ ३७ ॥

Vīrabhadra, large-eyed, with conical ears and mighty arms; Nandīśvara, Mahākāla, with thunderous fangs and great fury.

english translation

vIrabhadraM vizAlAkSaM zaMkukarNaM karAkramam ॥ nandIzvaraM mahAkAlaM vajradaMSTraM mahonmadam ॥ 37 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

गोकर्णास्यं दधिमुखं ज्वलदग्निशिखोपमम् ॥ लक्षं च क्षेत्रपालानां भूतानां च त्रिलक्षकम् ॥ ३८ ॥

With cow-like ears and a face like curd (white or round), resembling a blazing flame of fire; a hundred thousand Kṣetrapālas and three hundred thousand Bhūtas accompanied him.

english translation

gokarNAsyaM dadhimukhaM jvaladagnizikhopamam ॥ lakSaM ca kSetrapAlAnAM bhUtAnAM ca trilakSakam ॥ 38 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

रुद्रांश्च भैरवांश्चैव शिवतुल्यपराक्रमान् ॥ अन्यांश्च विकृताकारानसंख्यानपि नारद ॥ ३९ ॥

And also Rudras and Bhairavas, equal in valor to Shiva himself, and countless others of terrifying forms, O Nārada.

english translation

rudrAMzca bhairavAMzcaiva zivatulyaparAkramAn ॥ anyAMzca vikRtAkArAnasaMkhyAnapi nArada ॥ 39 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

ते सर्वे शिवदूताश्च नानाशस्त्रास्त्रपाणयः ॥ कृत्तिकानां च भवनं वेष्टयामासुरुद्धताः ॥ 2.4.4.४० ॥

All the emissaries of Śiva went and haughtily encircled the abode of the Kṛttikās with various miraculous weapons in their hands.

english translation

te sarve zivadUtAzca nAnAzastrAstrapANayaH ॥ kRttikAnAM ca bhavanaM veSTayAmAsuruddhatAH ॥ 2.4.4.40 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript