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Shiva Purana

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चचाल वसुधा साद्रिर्जज्वलुस्सकला दिशः ॥ चुक्षुभुस्सरितस्सर्वाः सागराश्च विशेषतः ॥ ६ ॥

The earth with all the mountains quaked; the quarters blazed; the rivers and oceans were particularly agitated.

english translation

हूत्करानीरयन्धीरान्खरस्पर्शो मरुद्ववौ ॥ उन्मूलयन्महावृक्षान्वात्यानीकोरजोध्वजः॥७॥

The rough wind blew with a hissing noise. Gusts of wind with troops of tempests and dust for banner uprooted several trees.

english translation

सराह्वोस्सूर्य्यविध्वोस्तु मुहुः परिधयोऽभवन्॥ महाभयस्य विप्रेन्द्र सूचकास्सुखहारकः ॥८॥

O great brahmin, the misty haloes around the sun and the moon in the grip of Rāhu became the harbingers of great fear and unhappiness.

english translation

महीध्रविवरेभ्यश्च निर्घाता भयसूचकाः ॥ रथनिर्ह्रादतुल्याश्च जज्ञिरेऽवसरे ततः ॥९॥

At that time terrifying sounds that resembled those of the chariot issued forth from cracks and crevices in the mountains.

english translation

सृगालोलूकटंकारैर्वमन्त्यो मुखतोऽनलम् ॥ अंतर्ग्रामेषु विकटं प्रणेदुरशिवाश्शिवाः ॥ 2-3-15-१० ॥

Within villages, inauspicious vixens howled hideously vomitting fires; as it were, through their mouths along with the hissing and twanging sounds of the hootings and howlings of owls and jackals.

english translation