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Shiva Purana

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भिक्षितुन्नाधिगच्छामि न मे परिचितिः क्वचित् ॥ न च पार्श्वे धनं किञ्चित्किमत्र शरणं भवेत् ॥६॥

I cannot even beg as I have no acquaintance, no money. Where shall I seek refuge?

english translation

सदानभ्युदिते भानौ प्रसूर्मे मिष्टभोजनम् ॥ दद्यादद्यात्र कं याचे न चेह जननी मम ॥ ७ ॥

Everyday, even before sunrise, my mother used to feed me with sweet pudding. Today whom shall I beg? My mother too is away from me.

english translation

भिक्षितुन्नाधिगच्छामि न मे परिचितिः क्वचित् ॥ न च पार्श्वे धनं किञ्चित्किमत्र शरणं भवेत् ॥६॥

O Nārada, even as he was musing like this woefully, sitting at the foot of a tree, the sun set.

english translation

एतस्मिन्नेव समये कश्चिन्माहेश्वरो नरः ॥ सहोपहारानादाय नगराद्बहिरभ्यगात् ॥९॥

In the meantime a certain devotee of Lord Śiva came out of the city taking with him various articles of offering.

english translation

नानाविधान्महादिव्यान्स्वजनैः परिवारितः ॥ समभ्यर्चितुमीशानं शिवरात्रावुपोषितः ॥2-1-18-१०॥

He had observed fast on the Śivarātri[1] day. In order to worship lord Śiva, he was on his way, along with his kinsmen and was carrying different sorts of delightful offerings.

english translation