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Shiva Purana

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संगीतज्ञस्त्वमेवासि वेदविज्ञः परः प्रभुः ॥ सर्वस्थाता विधाता त्वं देवदेवस्सतां गतिः ॥२१॥

You alone are the knower of music, the great lord and knower of the Vedas. You are all-in-all, the creator, the lord of the gods and the goal of the good.

english translation

भवानीनन्दनश्शंभुतनयो वयुनः स्वराट् ॥ ध्याता ध्येयः पितॄणां हि पिता योनिः सदात्मनाम्॥ २२ ॥

You are the joy of Pārvatī, the son of Śiva. You are the perfect wisdom, the self-ruler, the meditator and the object of meditation. You are the father of the fathers and the source of origin of good souls.

english translation

॥ ब्रह्मोवाच ॥ इत्याकर्ण्य वचस्तस्य देवसम्राट् शिवात्मजः ॥ स्वगणं वीरबाह्वाख्यं प्रेषयामास तत्कृते ॥ २३ ॥

Brahmā said: On hearing his words, Śiva’s son, the emperor of the gods, sent his attendant Vīrabāhu on that mission.

english translation

तदाज्ञया वीरबाहुस्तदन्वेषणहेतवे॥ प्रणम्य स्वामिनं भक्त्या महावीरो द्रुतं ययौ ॥ २४ ॥

At his bidding, the great hero Vīrabāhu who bowed to his master with devotion started in search of it.

english translation

अन्वेषणं चकारासौ सर्वब्रह्माण्डगोलके ॥ न प्राप तमजं कुत्र शुश्राव तदुपद्रवम् ॥२५॥

He searched throughout the universe but nowhere did he find the goat (although) he heard about the havoc done by it.

english translation