Shiva Purana

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शौनक उवाच ॥ व्यासशिष्यमहाभाग सूत ज्ञानदयानिधे ॥ वद शंभ्ववतारांश्च यैरकार्षीत्सतां शिवम् ॥१॥

Śaunaka said:— O Sūta, O great fortunate disciple of Vyāsa, O storehouse of wisdom and mercy; please narrate the incarnations of lord Śiva by means of which the lord enhanced the welfare of the good.

english translation

zaunaka uvAca ॥ vyAsaziSyamahAbhAga sUta jJAnadayAnidhe ॥ vada zaMbhvavatArAMzca yairakArSItsatAM zivam ॥1॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

सूत उवाच ॥ मुने शौनक सद्भक्त्या दत्तचित्तो जितेन्द्रियः ॥ अवताराञ्छिवस्याहं वच्मि ते मुनये शृणु ॥२॥

Sūta said:— O sage Śaunaka, with great devotion I shall narrate the incarnations of Śiva to you a sage. Listen to it with attention and control over the senses.

english translation

sUta uvAca ॥ mune zaunaka sadbhaktyA dattacitto jitendriyaH ॥ avatArAJchivasyAhaM vacmi te munaye zRNu ॥2॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

एतत्पृष्टः पुरा नन्दी शिवमूर्तिस्सतां गतिः ॥ सनत्कुमारेण मुने तमुवाच शिवं स्मरन् ॥३॥

O sage, formerly, Nandin, a form of Śiva and of the good, when asked by Sanatkumāra, told him the narrative with devotion to Siva.

english translation

etatpRSTaH purA nandI zivamUrtissatAM gatiH ॥ sanatkumAreNa mune tamuvAca zivaM smaran ॥3॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

नन्दीश्वर उवाच ॥ असंख्याता हि कल्पेषु विभोः सर्व्वेश्वरस्य वै॥ अवतारास्तथापीह वच्म्यहं तान्यथामति ॥ ४ ॥

Nandīśvara said:— The incarnations of the omnipresent lord Śiva are countless in the different aeons. Yet I shall narrate them as far as I know.

english translation

nandIzvara uvAca ॥ asaMkhyAtA hi kalpeSu vibhoH sarvvezvarasya vai॥ avatArAstathApIha vacmyahaM tAnyathAmati ॥ 4 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

एकोनविंशकः कल्पो विज्ञेयः श्वेत लोहितः ॥ सद्योजातावतारस्तु प्रथमः परिकीर्तितः ॥५॥

The nineteenth Kalpa is known as Śvetalohita. The first incarnation is glorified as the incarnation of Sadyojāta.

english translation

ekonaviMzakaH kalpo vijJeyaH zveta lohitaH ॥ sadyojAtAvatArastu prathamaH parikIrtitaH ॥5॥

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