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Shiva Purana

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यस्मिञ्च्छरीरे पित्रा मे ह्यभिलाषस्स्वयं कृतः॥ भातृभिस्तेन कायेन किंचिन्नास्ति प्रयोजनम् ॥३१॥

No purpose will be served with this body for which love was cherished by my father and brothers.

english translation

मया येन शरीरेण तातेषु सहजेषु च ॥ उद्भावितः कामभावो न तत्सुकृतसाधनम्॥३२॥

This body cannot be the means for achieving merit, for, it was through this body that lustful feelings were generated in my father and brothers.

english translation

इति संचित्य मनसा संध्या शैलवरं ततः ॥ जगाम चन्द्रभागाख्यं चन्द्रभागापगा यतः ॥ ३३ ॥

Thinking thus in her mind, Sandhyā went to the mountain Candrabhāga from which the river Candrabhāgā flows.

english translation

अथ तत्र गतां ज्ञात्वा संध्यां गिरिवरं प्रति ॥ तपसे नियतात्मानं ब्रह्मावोचमहं सुतम् ॥ ३४ ॥

Then, knowing that Sandhyā had gone to the great mountain For penance, with a controlled and disciplined mind, I, Brahmā, spoke to my son.

english translation

वशिष्ठं संयतात्मानं सर्वज्ञं ज्ञानयोगिनम् ॥ समीपे स्वे समासीनं वेदवेदाङ्गपारगम् ॥३५॥

I saw Vasiṣṭha, who had self-control, who was all-knowing, A yogi established in wisdom, Sitting nearby, A master of the Vedas and the Vedāṅgas.

english translation