Shiva Purana

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व्यास उवाच ।। सनत्कुमार सर्वज्ञ त्वत्सकाशान्मया मुने।। स्त्रीस्वभावः श्रुतः प्रीत्या कालज्ञानं वदस्व मे ।। १ ।।

sanskrit

Vyāsa said:— O omniscient Sanatkumāra, O sage, the nature of women has been heard by me from you. Please narrate the knowledge of Kāla with pleasure.

english translation

vyAsa uvAca || sanatkumAra sarvajJa tvatsakAzAnmayA mune|| strIsvabhAvaH zrutaH prItyA kAlajJAnaM vadasva me || 1 ||

hk transliteration by Sanscript

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सनत्कुमार उवाच ।। इदमेव पुराऽपृच्छत्पार्वती परमेश्वरम् ।। श्रुत्वा नानाकथां दिव्यां प्रसन्ना सुप्रणम्य तम् ।। २ ।।

sanskrit

Sanatkumāra said:— Formerly, this very same thing Pārvatī asked lord Śiva after hearing various divine stories and delightedly bowing to him.

english translation

sanatkumAra uvAca || idameva purA'pRcchatpArvatI paramezvaram || zrutvA nAnAkathAM divyAM prasannA supraNamya tam || 2 ||

hk transliteration by Sanscript

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पार्वत्युवाच ।। भगवंस्त्वत्प्रसादेन ज्ञातं मे सकलं मतम् ।। यथार्चनं तु ते देव यैर्मंत्रैश्च यथाविधि ।। ३ ।।

sanskrit

Pārvati said:— O lord, thanks to your grace, everything has been understood by me and pondered over, such as your due worship, O lord, and the mantra befitting the same.

english translation

pArvatyuvAca || bhagavaMstvatprasAdena jJAtaM me sakalaM matam || yathArcanaM tu te deva yairmaMtraizca yathAvidhi || 3 ||

hk transliteration by Sanscript

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अद्यापि संशयस्त्वेकः कालचक्रं प्रति प्रभो ।। मृत्युचिह्नं यथा देव किं प्रमाणं यथायुषः ।। ४।।

sanskrit

But still, O lord, a doubt regarding the wheel of time lingers in my mind. What are the signs of death? What is the extent of life?

english translation

adyApi saMzayastvekaH kAlacakraM prati prabho || mRtyucihnaM yathA deva kiM pramANaM yathAyuSaH || 4||

hk transliteration by Sanscript

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तथा कथय मे नाथ यद्यहं तव वल्लभा ।। इति पृष्टस्तया देव्या प्रत्युवाच महेश्वरः ।। ५।।

sanskrit

O lord, please tell me everything if I am your beloved. On being asked thus by the goddess, lord Śiva replied.

english translation

tathA kathaya me nAtha yadyahaM tava vallabhA || iti pRSTastayA devyA pratyuvAca mahezvaraH || 5||

hk transliteration by Sanscript