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Shiva Purana

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न दास्यामि सुतं तेऽहं मृत्युहीनमयोनिजम् ॥ हरिर्विधिश्च भगवान्किमुतान्यो महामुने ॥ ११॥

I shall not give you a son devoid of death and not born of a womb. O great sage, even lord Viṣṇu and Brahmā die. Not to speak of others then?

english translation

तावपि त्रिपुरार्यंगसम्भावौ मरणान्वितौ ॥ तयोरप्यायुषा मानं कथितं निगमे पृथक् ॥ १२॥

Even these two, born of Śiva, the destroyer of the Tripuras, die. The extent of their longevity has been mentioned separately in. the sacred lore.

english translation

तस्मादयोनिजे पुत्रे मृत्युहीने प्रयत्नतः ॥ परित्यजाशां विप्रेन्द्र गृहाणात्मक्षमं सुतम्॥ १३॥

Hence O great brahmin, abandon your desire of deathless son who is not born of a womb. Accept a son befitting your mortal nature.

english translation

किन्तु देवेश्वरो रुद्रः प्रसीदति महेश्वरः ॥ सुदुर्लभो मृत्युहीनस्तव पुत्रो ह्ययोनिजः ॥ १४ ॥

But if Śiva, the lord of the gods, becomes delighted, even an immortal son not born of a womb, though hard to get, may be obtained.

english translation

अहं च विष्णुर्भगवान्द्रुहिणश्च महामुने ॥ अयोनिजं मृत्युहीनं पुत्रं दातुं न शक्नुमः ॥ १५ ॥

Neither I, nor lord Viṣṇu, nor Brahmā, O, great sage, can give an immortal son not born of a womb.

english translation