Shiva Purana

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विष्ण्वादय ऊचुः ॥ देवदेव महादेव लौकिकाचारकृत्प्रभो ॥ ब्रह्म त्वामीश्वरं शंभुं जानीमः कृपया तव ॥ १ ॥

Viṣṇu and others said: O great lord, the lord of the gods and the prescriber of worldly conventions, we know you to be Śiva and Brahman, thanks to your favour.

english translation

viSNvAdaya UcuH ॥ devadeva mahAdeva laukikAcArakRtprabho ॥ brahma tvAmIzvaraM zaMbhuM jAnImaH kRpayA tava ॥ 1 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

किं मोहयसि नस्तात मायया परया तव ॥ दुर्ज्ञेयया सदा पुंसां मोहिन्या परमेश्वर ॥ २ ॥

O lord Śiva, why do you delude us by your illusion which is inscrutable and which deludes people always.

english translation

kiM mohayasi nastAta mAyayA parayA tava ॥ durjJeyayA sadA puMsAM mohinyA paramezvara ॥ 2 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

प्रकृतः पुरुषस्यापि जगतो योनिबीजयोः ॥ परब्रह्म परस्त्वं च मनोवाचामगोचरः ॥ ३ ॥

You are the supreme Brahman, greater than Prakṛti and Puruṣa, the material and activating cause of the universe. You are incomprehensible and inexpressible.

english translation

prakRtaH puruSasyApi jagato yonibIjayoH ॥ parabrahma parastvaM ca manovAcAmagocaraH ॥ 3 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

त्वमेव विश्वं सृजसि पास्यत्सि निजतंत्रतः ॥ स्वरूपां शिवशक्तिं हि क्रीडन्नूर्णपटो यथा ॥ ४ ॥

You alone create, sustain and annihilate the universe under your control like a spider (weaving its web). You sport about with Śivaśakti—your own manifestation.

english translation

tvameva vizvaM sRjasi pAsyatsi nijataMtrataH ॥ svarUpAM zivazaktiM hi krIDannUrNapaTo yathA ॥ 4 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

त्वमेव क्रतुमीशान ससर्जिथ दयापरः ॥ दक्षेण सूत्रेण विभो सदा त्रय्यभिपत्तये ॥ ५ ॥

O Śiva, merciful that you are, you alone created the sacrifice through Dakṣa for the fulfilment of the Vedas.

english translation

tvameva kratumIzAna sasarjitha dayAparaH ॥ dakSeNa sUtreNa vibho sadA trayyabhipattaye ॥ 5 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript