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Shiva Purana

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॥ देवा ऊचुः ॥ नमो रुद्राय देवाय मदनांतकराय च ॥ स्तुत्याय भूरिभासाय त्रिनेत्राय नमोनमः ॥ १॥

The gods said: Obeisance to lord Śiva, obeisance to the destroyer of Kāma; obeisance, obeisance to one worthy of eulogy; to one of profuse splendour, to the three-eyed lord.

english translation

शिपिविष्टाय भीमाय भीमाक्षाय नमोनमः॥ महादेवाय प्रभवे त्रिविष्टपतये नमः ॥२॥

Obeisance to Śiva clad in skin; obeisance to the terrible, to the terrible-eyed, to great lord and to the lord of the three worlds.

english translation

त्वं नाथः सर्वलोकानां पिता माता त्वमीश्वरः ॥ शंभुरीशश्शंकरोसि दयालुस्त्वं विशेषतः ॥ ३ ॥

You are the lord of worlds; you are the father, the mother and the lord; you are Śiva the benefactor. You are particularly compassionate.

english translation

त्वं धाता सर्वजगतां त्रातुमर्हसि नः प्रभो ॥ त्वां विना कस्समर्थोस्ति दुःखनाशे महेश्वर ॥ ४ ॥

You are the creator of all the worlds; O lord, you shall save us. O great God, except you who else is competent to destroy misery?

english translation

ब्रह्मोवाच ॥ इत्याकर्ण्य वचस्तेषां सुराणां नन्दिकेश्वरः ॥ कृपया परया युक्तो विज्ञप्तुं शंभुमारभत् ॥ ५ ॥

Brahmā said: On hearing these words of the gods, Nandikeśvara who was endowed with great sympathy began to inform Śiva.

english translation