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सनत्कुमार उवाच॥ अथान्यच्छंभुचरितं प्रेमतः शृणु वै मुने॥ यस्य श्रवणमात्रेण शिवभक्तिर्दृढा भवेत्॥१॥
Sanatkumāra said: O sage, now listen to another story of Śiva lovingly, by listening to which the devotion to Śiva is stabilised.
english translation
शंखचूडाभिधो वीरो दानवो देवकंटकः॥ यथा शिवेन निहतो रणमूर्ध्नि त्रिशूलतः ॥२॥
The story narrates how the heroic Dānava Śaṅkhacūḍa who harassed the gods was killed by Śiva in the battle by means of his trident.
english translation
तच्छंभुचरितं दिव्यं पवित्रं पापनाशनम् ॥ शृणु व्यास सुसंप्रीत्या वच्मि सुस्नेहतस्तव ॥३॥
O Vyāsa, listen lovingly to the story of Śiva, divine, holy and destructive of sins. I shall narrate the same because of my affection to you.
english translation
मरीचेस्तनयो धातुः पुत्रो यः कश्यपो मुनिः ॥ स धर्मिष्ठस्सृष्टिकर्त्ता विध्याज्ञप्तः प्रजापतिः ॥ ४ ॥
The sage Kaśyapa son of Marīci and grandson of Brahmā was a virtuous Prajāpati engaged in creation. He possessed great learning.
english translation
दक्षः प्रीत्या ददौ तस्मै निजकन्यास्त्रयोदश॥ तासां प्रसूतिः प्रसभं न कथ्या बहुविस्तृताः ॥५॥
Dakṣa gave him his thirteen daughters in marriage. The descendants of these women are many and they cannot be enumerated easily.
english translation