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Shiva Purana

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शरत्पूर्णेन्दुवदनास्तडित्सूर्य्यानलप्रभाः ॥ हारकेयूरकटकैर्दिव्यरत्नैरलङ्कृताः ॥ २१॥

Their faces resembled the full moon in the Autumn; their lustre was as glittering and dazzling as fire, lightning or the sun and they were bedecked in divine jewels, necklaces, bracelets and bangles.

english translation

लावण्यामृततोयेन तास्सिंचन्त्यो दिशो दश ॥ जगदुन्मादयन्त्येव भ्रूभङ्गायतवीक्षणाः ॥ २२ ॥

Sprinkling the ten quarters by the water of nectarine beauty they seemed to madden the world by their beauteous glances.

english translation

कोटिशस्तास्समुत्पन्नास्त्वमृतात्कामनिस्सृताः ॥ ततोऽमृतं समुत्पन्नं जरामृत्युनिवारणम् ॥ २३ ॥

They emerged in crores from the nectar sprays. Then the nectar that wards off old age and death came out.

english translation

लक्ष्मीं शंखं कौस्तुभं च खड्गं जग्राह केशवः ॥ जग्राहार्को हयं दिव्यमुच्चैःश्रवसमादरात् ॥ २४ ॥

Viṣṇu kept for himself Lakṣmī, the conch, Kaustubha and the sword; the Sun chose the divine horse Uccaiśśravas for himself.

english translation

पारिजातं तरुवरमैरावतमिभेश्वरम् ॥ शचीपतिश्च जग्राह निर्जरेशो महादरात ॥ २५ ॥

With great eagerness the husband of Śacī, the lord of the gods, took Pārijāta the excellent tree and Airāvata the lordly elephant.

english translation