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Shiva Purana

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क्रतूनामश्वमेधोऽसि युगानां प्रथमो युगः ॥ पुष्यस्त्वं सर्वधिण्यानाममावास्या तिथिष्वसि ॥४६॥

Among sacrifices you are the horse-sacrifice. Among the Yugas you are the Kṛta yuga; among the asterisms you are Puṣya; among the Tithis you are Amāvāsyā.

english translation

सर्वर्तुषु वसंतस्त्वं सर्वपर्वसु संक्रमः ॥ कुशोऽसि तृणजातीनां स्थूलवृक्षेषु वै वटः ॥ ४७ ॥

Among the seasons you are the spring; among holy occasions you are the Saṃkrama; among grasses you are the Kuśa grass; among gross trees you are the Banyan tree.

english translation

योगेषु च व्यतीपातस्सोमवल्ली लतासु च ॥ बुद्धीनां धर्मबुद्धिस्त्वं कलत्रं सुहृदां भवान् ॥ ४८ ॥

Among the Yogas you are the Vyatīpāta; among creepers you are the Soma creeper; among intellectual activities you are the virtuous inclination, among intimate ones you are the wife.

english translation

साधकानां शुचीनां त्वं प्राणायामो महेश्वर ॥ ज्योतिर्लिंगेषु सर्वेषु भवान् विश्वे श्वरो मतः ॥ ४९ ॥

Among the pure activities of the aspirant, O great lord, you are Prāṇāyāma; among all Jyotirliṅgas you are Viśveśvara.

english translation

धर्मस्त्वं सर्वबंधूनामाश्रमाणां परो भवान् ॥ मोक्षस्त्वं सर्ववर्णेषु रुद्राणां नीललोहितः ॥2-5-2-५०॥

Among all kindred beings you are Dharma. In all stages of life you are Sannyāsa. You are the supreme Liberation in all Vargas. Among Rudras you are Nīlalohita.

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