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Shiva Purana

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नमो रुद्राय शांताय ब्रह्मणे परमात्मने॥ कपर्दिने महेशाय ज्योत्स्नाय महते नमः ॥११॥

Obeisance to Śiva who is calm, the supreme and the highest soul, of matted hair, great lord and the bright one.

english translation

त्वं हि विश्वसृजां स्रष्टा धाता त्वं प्रपितामहः॥ त्रिगुणात्मा निर्गुणश्च प्रकृतेः पुरुषात्परः ॥ १२ ॥

You are the creator of the creators of the universe. You are the sustainer and the forefather, possessed of three attributes and attributeless. You are greater than primordial nature and the supreme Being.

english translation

नमस्ते नीलकंठाय वेधसे परमात्मने ॥ विश्वाय विश्वबीजाय जगदानंदहेतवे ॥ १३ ॥

Obeisance to Thee the blue-necked, the creator, the supreme soul, the universe, the speed [seed?] of the universe and the cause of the bliss of the universe.

english translation

ओंकारस्त्वं वषट्कारस्सर्वारंभप्रवर्तकः ॥ हंतकास्स्वधाकारो हव्यकव्यान्नभुक् सदा ॥१४॥

You are Oṃkāra, Vaṣaṭkāra, the initiator of enterprises, Hantakāra, Svadhākāra and the partaker of Havya and Kavya offerings always.

english translation

कृतः कथं यज्ञभंगस्त्वया धर्मपरायण। ब्रह्मण्यस्त्वं महादेव कथं यज्ञहनो विभो ॥ १५ ॥

O righteous one, how is it that the sacrifice has been broken by you? O great God, you are a benefactor of brahmins. O lord, how can you be a destroyer of sacrificers?

english translation