Shiva Purana

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अशोचं बहुधा चित्ते गृह्णीयात्स कथं स्त्रियम् ॥ निर्विकारी जितात्मा स शंकरो योगतत्परः॥६॥

How will Śiva who is free from depravity, who has conquered himself and who is devoted to Yogic practices take up a wife unto himself? Thinking thus I bewailed a lot.

english translation

azocaM bahudhA citte gRhNIyAtsa kathaM striyam ॥ nirvikArI jitAtmA sa zaMkaro yogatatparaH॥6॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

इत्थं विचार्य बहुधा तदाहं विमदो मुने ॥ हरिं तं सोऽस्मरं भक्त्या शिवात्मानं स्वदेहदम् ॥७॥

Anxiously thinking all this about, O sage, I became free from haughtiness. I remembered Viṣṇu who is identical with Śiva and who is the cause of my origin.

english translation

itthaM vicArya bahudhA tadAhaM vimado mune ॥ hariM taM so'smaraM bhaktyA zivAtmAnaM svadehadam ॥7॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

अस्तवं च शुभस्तोत्रैर्दीनवाक्यसमन्वितैः॥ तच्छ्रुत्वा भगवानाशु बभूवाविर्हि मे पुरा॥८॥

I eulogised Him with auspicious hymns supplemented by statements of my miserable predicament on hearing which the lord appeared before me immediately.

english translation

astavaM ca zubhastotrairdInavAkyasamanvitaiH॥ tacchrutvA bhagavAnAzu babhUvAvirhi me purA॥8॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

चतुर्भुजोरविंदाक्षः शंरववार्ज गदाधरः॥ लसत्पीत पटश्श्यामतनुर्भक्तप्रियो हरिः ॥ ९ ॥

The lord Viṣṇu with four arms, lotus-like eyes, holding conch, lotus and mace in his hands and wearing the refulgent yellow robe, dark-complexioned and the beloved of the devotees.

english translation

caturbhujoraviMdAkSaH zaMravavArja gadAdharaH॥ lasatpIta paTazzyAmatanurbhaktapriyo hariH ॥ 9 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

तं दृष्ट्वा तादृशमहं सुशरण्यं मुहुर्मुहुः ॥ अस्तवं च पुनः प्रेम्णा बाष्पगद्गदया गिरा ॥2.2.10.१०॥

On seeing him in that form I eulogised him again with devotion and words choked with tears. I considered him as my sole refuge.

english translation

taM dRSTvA tAdRzamahaM suzaraNyaM muhurmuhuH ॥ astavaM ca punaH premNA bASpagadgadayA girA ॥2.2.10.10॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript