Shiva Purana
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आकाशस्य च ताराणां रेणुकानां क्षितेस्तथा ॥ आसाराणां च वृद्धेन बहुकल्पैः कदापि हि ॥ ६॥
The stars of the sky and the dust of the earth And by the old man of the Asaras, by many ages, sometimes.
english translation
AkAzasya ca tArANAM reNukAnAM kSitestathA ॥ AsArANAM ca vRddhena bahukalpaiH kadApi hi ॥ 6॥
hk transliteration by Sanscriptसङ्ख्या विशक्यते कर्तुं सुप्राज्ञैर्बहुजन्मभिः ॥ शिवावताराणां नैव सत्यं जानीहि मद्वचः ॥ ७॥
It is possible to count them in many births by the wise Know that my words are not true of the incarnations of Lord Śiva.
english translation
saGkhyA vizakyate kartuM suprAjJairbahujanmabhiH ॥ zivAvatArANAM naiva satyaM jAnIhi madvacaH ॥ 7॥
hk transliteration by Sanscriptतथापि च यथाबुद्ध्या कथयामि कथाश्रुतम्॥ चरित्रं शारभं दिव्यं परमैश्वर्य्यसूचकम् ॥ ८ ॥
Still in accordance with my intelligence I shall mention, exactly as I had heard, the divine story of the Śarabha! portending great prosperity.
english translation
tathApi ca yathAbuddhyA kathayAmi kathAzrutam॥ caritraM zArabhaM divyaM paramaizvaryyasUcakam ॥ 8 ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscriptजयश्च विजयश्चैव भवद्भिः शापितौ यदा ॥ तदा दितिसुतौ द्वौ तावभूतां कश्यपान्मुने ॥ ९ ॥
O sage, when Jaya and Vijaya were cursed by you, they became the sons of Diti and Kaśyapa.
english translation
jayazca vijayazcaiva bhavadbhiH zApitau yadA ॥ tadA ditisutau dvau tAvabhUtAM kazyapAnmune ॥ 9 ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscriptहिरण्यकशिपुश्चाद्यो हिरण्याक्षोऽनुजो बली ॥ देवर्षिपार्षदौ जातौ तौ द्वावपि दितेस्सुतौ ॥ १० ॥
Those, two attendants; the celestial sages were born as Diti’s sons. The elder was Hiraṇyakaśipu and the younger was Hiraṇyākṣa the very powerful.
english translation
hiraNyakazipuzcAdyo hiraNyAkSo'nujo balI ॥ devarSipArSadau jAtau tau dvAvapi ditessutau ॥ 10 ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscript