Shiva Purana
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॥ शम्भुरुवाच ॥ हे विष्णो सर्वभक्तेश कथमात्मा विधिर्मम ॥ लक्ष्यते भिन्न एवायं प्रत्यक्षेणाग्रतः स्थितः ॥ ६६ ॥
Śiva said: O Viṣṇu, lord of all devotees, how can this Brahmā be my own self? He is observed as different, standing before me.
english translation
॥ zambhuruvAca ॥ he viSNo sarvabhakteza kathamAtmA vidhirmama ॥ lakSyate bhinna evAyaM pratyakSeNAgrataH sthitaH ॥ 66 ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscript॥ ब्रह्मोवाच ॥ इत्याज्ञप्तो महेशेन सर्वेषां पुरतस्तदा ॥ इदमूचे महादेवं तोषयन् गरुडध्वजः ॥ ६७ ॥
Brahmā said: Thus commanded by Śiva in the presence of all, Viṣṇu spoke thus propitiating the great lord.
english translation
॥ brahmovAca ॥ ityAjJapto mahezena sarveSAM puratastadA ॥ idamUce mahAdevaM toSayan garuDadhvajaH ॥ 67 ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscriptविष्णुरुवाच ॥ न ब्रह्मा भवतो भिन्नो न त्वं तस्मात्सदाशिव ॥ न वाहं भवतो भिन्नो न मत्त्वं परमेश्वर ॥ ६८ ॥
Viṣṇu said: O Sadāśiva, Brahmā is not different from you, nor are you different from him. I am not different from you, O great lord, nor are you different from me.
english translation
viSNuruvAca ॥ na brahmA bhavato bhinno na tvaM tasmAtsadAziva ॥ na vAhaM bhavato bhinno na mattvaM paramezvara ॥ 68 ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscriptसर्वं जानासि सर्वज्ञ परमेश सदाशिव ॥ मन्मुखादखिलान्सर्वं संश्रावयितुमिच्छसि ॥ ६९ ॥
O omniscient, great lord, Sadāśiva, you know all. But you wish to make it all heard through my oral explanation.
english translation
sarvaM jAnAsi sarvajJa parameza sadAziva ॥ manmukhAdakhilAnsarvaM saMzrAvayitumicchasi ॥ 69 ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscriptत्वदाज्ञया वदामीश शृण्वंतु निखिलास्सुराः ॥ मुनयश्चापरे शैवं तत्त्वं संधार्य स्वं मनः ॥ 2-2-19-७० ॥
O Śiva I say at your bidding. May all the devas, the sages and others hear after retaining the principles of Śaiva cult in their mind.
english translation
tvadAjJayA vadAmIza zRNvaMtu nikhilAssurAH ॥ munayazcApare zaivaM tattvaM saMdhArya svaM manaH ॥ 2-2-19-70 ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscript