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नन्दीश्वर उवाच ॥ यक्षेश्वरावतारं च शृणु शंभोर्मुनीश्वर ॥ गर्विणं गर्वहन्तारं सताम्भक्तिविवर्द्धनम् ॥ १ ॥
Nandīśvara said:— O great sage, listen to the Yakṣeśvara incarnation of Śiva, that dispels the arrogance of the arrogant and lets the devotion of the good flourish.
english translation
पुरा देवाश्च दैत्याश्च पीयूषार्थम्महाबलाः ॥ क्षीरोदधिं ममन्थुस्ते सुकृत स्वार्थ सन्धयः ॥ २ ॥
Formerly, the powerful gods and the Daityas motivated by the desire to gain their selfish ends churned the milk ocean for achieving nectar.
english translation
मथ्यमानेऽमृते पूर्वं क्षीराब्धेस्सुरदानवैः ॥ अग्नेः समुत्थितं तस्माद्विषं कालानलप्रभम् ॥ ३ ॥
When the churning of the milk ocean started as the gods and demons wanted nectar, poison blazing as the fire of dissolution came out at first.
english translation
तं दृष्ट्वा निखिला देवा दैत्याश्च भयविह्वलाः ॥ विद्रुत्य तरसा तात शंभोस्ते शरणं ययुः ॥ ४ ॥
O dear, at the sight of it, the gods and the daityas were highly agitated and frightened. They fled from there immediately and sought refuge in Śiva.
english translation
दृष्ट्वा तं शंकरं सर्वे सर्वदेवशिखामणिम् ॥ प्रणम्य तुष्टुवुर्भक्त्या साच्युता नतमस्तकाः ॥ ५ ॥
After seeing Śiva, the crestjewel of all the gods, all of them including Viṣṇu devoutly bent their heads and bowed to Viṣṇu with devotion.
english translation