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Shiva Purana

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वैरूप्यमतिरात्रं च पश्चिमादसृजन्मुखात् ॥ एकविंशमथर्वाणमाप्तोर्यामाणमेव च ॥ ६१ ॥

From the west he created a disfigurement and a nightmare. The twenty-first Atharva Veda and the Aptoryāma Veda are also mentioned.

english translation

अनुष्टुभं स वैराजमुत्तरादसृजन्मुखात् ॥ उच्चावचानि भूतानि गात्रेभ्यस्तस्य जज्ञिरे ॥ ६२ ॥

From his northern mouth he created the Anuṣṭubha Veda. From the limbs of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, various kinds of living entities were generated.

english translation

यक्षाः पिशाचा गंधर्वास्तथैवाप्सरसां गणाः ॥ नरकिन्नररक्षांसि वयःपशुमृगोरगाः ॥ ६३ ॥

Yakṣas, Piśācas, Gandharvas, Apsaras, human beings, Kinnaras, Rākṣasas, birds, deer and other animals, serpents etc. were born.

english translation

अव्ययं चैव यदिदं स्थाणुस्थावरजंगमम् ॥ तेषां वै यानि कर्माणि प्राक्सृष्टानि प्रपेदिरे ॥ ६४ ॥

The mobile and immobile beings which were perishable and imperishable attained their activities.

english translation

तान्येव ते प्रपद्यंते सृज्यमानाः पुनः पुनः ॥ हिंस्राहिंस्रे मृदुक्रूरे धर्माधर्मावृतानृते ॥ ६५ ॥

Created again and again the beings retain their previous nature, violent or non-violent, soft or ruthless, virtuous or evil, true or false.

english translation