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Shiva Purana

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अथोऽनरण्यकन्या सा सिषेवे भक्तितो मुनिम् ॥ कर्मणा मनसा वाचा लक्ष्मीर्नारायणं यथा ॥ ११॥

Then the daughter of Anaraṇya served the sage with devotion, in mind, word and deed, like Lakṣmī serving Viṣṇu.

english translation

इत्थं स पिप्पलादो हि शिवांशो मुनिसत्तमः ॥ रेमे तया युवत्या च युवाभूय स्वलीलया ॥ १२ ॥

Then the excellent sage Pippalāda, a part of Śiva, became a young man by means of his divine sport and sported with that young lady.

english translation

दश पुत्रा महात्मानो बभूवुस्सुतपस्विनः ॥ मुनेः पितुस्समाः सर्वे पद्मायाः सुखवर्द्धनाः ॥ १३॥

Ten noble sons, all of them great sons, were born to the sage. They were equal to their father and increased the pleasure of Padmā.

english translation

एवं लीलावतारो हि शंकरस्य महाप्रभोः ॥ पिप्पलादो मुनिवरो नानालीलाकरः प्रभुः ॥ १४ ॥

This is the sportive incarnation of Śiva the great lord. The excellent sage Pippalāda was the lord indulgent in different kinds of divine sports.

english translation

येन दत्तो वरः प्रीत्या लोकेभ्यो हि दयालुना ॥ दृष्ट्वा लोके शनेः पीडां सर्वेषामनिवारिणीम् ॥ १५ ॥

On seeing the harassment by the planet Saturn of every one irremediably, the sympathetic lord lovingly granted a boon to all the world.

english translation