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Shiva Purana

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व्यास उवाच ॥ सनत्कुमार सर्वज्ञ हते तस्मिन्सुरद्रुहि ॥ किमकार्षीत्ततस्तस्य ज्येष्ठभ्राता महासुरः ॥१॥

Vyāsa said: O Santakumāra of great intellect, when that Asura was killed what did his elder brother, the great Asura, do?

english translation

कुतूहलमिति श्रोतुं ममाऽतीह मुनीश्वर ॥ तच्छ्रावय कृपां कृत्वा ब्रह्मपुत्र नमोस्तु ते ॥ २ ॥

O great sage, I am eager to hear this. O son of Brahmā, please narrate the same. Obeisance be to you.

english translation

ब्रह्मोवाच ॥ इत्याकर्ण्य वचस्तस्य व्यासस्य स मुनीश्वरः ॥ सनत्कुमारः प्रोवाच स्मृत्वा शिवपदाम्बुजम् ॥३॥

Brahmā said: On hearing these words of Vyāsa, that great sage, Sanatkumāra spoke after remembering the lotus like feet of Śiva.

english translation

॥ सनत्कुमार उवाच ॥ भ्रातर्येवं विनिहते हरिणा क्रोडमूर्तिना ॥ हिरण्यकशिपुर्व्यास पर्यतप्यद्रुषा शुचा॥४॥

Sanatkumāra said: When his brother was thus killed by Viṣṇu in the form of a Boar, O Vyāsa, Hiraṇyakaśipu was distressed with grief and excited by anger.

english translation

ततः प्रजानां कदनं विधातुं कदनप्रियान् ॥ निर्दिदेशाऽसुरान्वीरान्हरि वैरप्रियो हि सः ॥५॥

Always fond of enmity with Viṣṇu that he was, he instigated heroic Asuras, fond of havoc, to work havoc among the people.

english translation