Shiva Purana

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केनोपायेन गिरिशः प्रसन्नः स्याद्गणाधिप ॥ तदुपायं समाचक्ष्व वयं त्वच्छरणं गताः ॥ ३६॥

O chief of the Gaṇas, we seek refuge in you. Please guide us. What is the remedy by which Śiva can be propitiated?

english translation

kenopAyena girizaH prasannaH syAdgaNAdhipa ॥ tadupAyaM samAcakSva vayaM tvaccharaNaM gatAH ॥ 36॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

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॥ ब्रह्मोवाच ।! इति विज्ञापितो देवैर्मुने हर्षादिभिस्तदा ॥ प्रत्युवाच सुरांस्तान्स नंदी शंभुप्रियो गणः ॥ ३७ ॥

Brahmā said: O sage, thus urged by the gods, Viṣṇu and others, Nandin, the favourite Gaṇa of Śiva replied to the gods.

english translation

॥ brahmovAca ।! iti vijJApito devairmune harSAdibhistadA ॥ pratyuvAca surAMstAnsa naMdI zaMbhupriyo gaNaH ॥ 37 ॥

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नंदीश्वर उवाच ॥ हे हरे हे विधे शक्रनिर्जरा मुनयस्तथा ॥ शृणुध्वं वचनं मे हि शिवसंतोषकारकम् ॥ ३८ ॥

Nandīśvara said: O Viṣṇu, O Brahmā, O Indra, O gods and O sages, pay heed to my words gratifying to Śiva.

english translation

naMdIzvara uvAca ॥ he hare he vidhe zakranirjarA munayastathA ॥ zRNudhvaM vacanaM me hi zivasaMtoSakArakam ॥ 38 ॥

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यदि वो हठ एवाद्य शिव दारपरिग्रहे ॥ अतिदीनतया सर्वे सुनुतिं कुरुतादरात् ॥ ३९ ॥

If you persist still in your wish that Śiva shall marry, you shall eulogise with respect and piteous request.

english translation

yadi vo haTha evAdya ziva dAraparigrahe ॥ atidInatayA sarve sunutiM kurutAdarAt ॥ 39 ॥

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भक्तेर्वश्यो महादेवो न साधारणतस्तुराः ॥ अकार्यमपि सद्भक्त्या करोति परमेश्वरः ॥ 2.3.24.४० ॥

O gods, great lord cannot be made subservient by ordinary devotion. The supreme lord does even what shall not be done when moved by extraordinary devotion.

english translation

bhaktervazyo mahAdevo na sAdhAraNatasturAH ॥ akAryamapi sadbhaktyA karoti paramezvaraH ॥ 2.3.24.40 ॥

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Chapter 87

Verses 31-35

Chapter 87

Verses 41-45