Shiva Purana

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॥ नारद उवाच॥ ब्रह्मन्विधे महाभाग किं जातं तदनंतरम्॥ कथय त्वं प्रसादेन तां कथां पापनाशिनीम् ॥ १ ॥

Nārada said: O Brahmā, the most fortunate one, what happened then? Be pleased to tell me that story that destroys our sins altogether.

english translation

॥ nArada uvAca॥ brahmanvidhe mahAbhAga kiM jAtaM tadanaMtaram॥ kathaya tvaM prasAdena tAM kathAM pApanAzinIm ॥ 1 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

॥ ब्रह्मोवाच ॥ श्रूयतां सा कथा तात यज्जातं तदनंतरम् ॥ तव स्नेहात्प्रवक्ष्यामि शिवलीलां मुदावहाम् ॥ २ ॥

Brahmā said: O dear one, hear the story of what happened thereafter. Out of love for me I shall recount Śiva’s sports that bring about joy.

english translation

॥ brahmovAca ॥ zrUyatAM sA kathA tAta yajjAtaM tadanaMtaram ॥ tava snehAtpravakSyAmi zivalIlAM mudAvahAm ॥ 2 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

धैर्यस्य व्यसनं दृष्ट्वा महायोगी महेश्वरः ॥ विचिंतितं मनस्येवं विस्मितोऽतिततः परम् ॥ ३ ॥

On seeing the dissipation of His courage, lord Śiva, the great Yogin, thought within Himself wondering much.

english translation

dhairyasya vyasanaM dRSTvA mahAyogI mahezvaraH ॥ viciMtitaM manasyevaM vismito'titataH param ॥ 3 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

॥ शिव उवाच ॥ किमु विघ्नाः समुत्पन्नाः कुर्वतस्तप उत्तमम् ॥ केन मे विकृतं चित्तं कृतमत्र कुकर्मिणा ॥ ४ ॥

Śiva said: How is it that obstacles have cropped up while I am performing the great penance? Who can be that wicked person who has made my mind highly perturbed?

english translation

॥ ziva uvAca ॥ kimu vighnAH samutpannAH kurvatastapa uttamam ॥ kena me vikRtaM cittaM kRtamatra kukarmiNA ॥ 4 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

कुवर्णनं मया प्रीत्या परस्त्र्युपरि वै कृतम् ॥ जातो धर्मविरोधोऽत्र श्रुतिसीमा विलंघिता ॥ ५ ॥

With love I have described in bad taste another man’s woman. I have contravened rules of virtue and transgressed the bounds of the Vedas.

english translation

kuvarNanaM mayA prItyA parastryupari vai kRtam ॥ jAto dharmavirodho'tra zrutisImA vilaMghitA ॥ 5 ॥

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