Shiva Purana

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क्व देव ते परं धाम क्व च तुच्छं च नो वचः ॥ तथापि भगवन् भक्त्या प्रलपंतं क्षमस्व माम् ॥ ३१ ॥

O lord, where is your great splendour and where the worthless words of ours. Still O lord, forgive me that babble but with devotion.

english translation

kva deva te paraM dhAma kva ca tucchaM ca no vacaH ॥ tathApi bhagavan bhaktyA pralapaMtaM kSamasva mAm ॥ 31 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

विज्ञाप्यैवंविधैः सूक्तैर्विश्वकर्मा चतुर्मुखः ॥ नमश्चकार रुद्राय रद्राण्यै च मुहुर्मुहुः ॥ ३२ ॥

After eulogising with these and similar hymns the four-faced lord, the creator of the universe bowed again and again to Rudra and Rudrāṇī.

english translation

vijJApyaivaMvidhaiH sUktairvizvakarmA caturmukhaH ॥ namazcakAra rudrAya radrANyai ca muhurmuhuH ॥ 32 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

इदं स्तोत्रवरं पुण्यं ब्रह्मणा समुदीरितम् ॥ अर्धनारीश्वरं नाम शिवयोर्हर्षवर्धनम् ॥ ३३ ॥

This holy and excellent hymn “Ardhanārīśvara Stotra” uttered by Brahma enhances the delight of Śiva and Śivā.

english translation

idaM stotravaraM puNyaM brahmaNA samudIritam ॥ ardhanArIzvaraM nAma zivayorharSavardhanam ॥ 33 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

य इदं कीर्तयेद्भक्त्या यस्य कस्यापि शिक्षया ॥ स तत्फलमवाप्नोति शिवयोः प्रीतिकारणात् ॥ ३४ ॥

He who recites this with devotion or teaches to anyone whatsoever reaps the fruit thereof as a result of the pleasure of Śiva and Śivā.

english translation

ya idaM kIrtayedbhaktyA yasya kasyApi zikSayA ॥ sa tatphalamavApnoti zivayoH prItikAraNAt ॥ 34 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

सकलभुवनभूतभावनाभ्यां जननविनाशविहीनविग्रहाभ्याम् ॥ नरवरयुवतीवपुर्धराभ्यां सततमहं प्रणतोस्मि शंकराभ्याम् ॥ ३५ ॥

I bow to Śiva and Śivā the sanctifiers of living beings in the entire universe; the couple whose bodies are devoid of birth and death and who have taken the bodies of an excellent man and a youthful maiden.

english translation

sakalabhuvanabhUtabhAvanAbhyAM jananavinAzavihInavigrahAbhyAm ॥ naravarayuvatIvapurdharAbhyAM satatamahaM praNatosmi zaMkarAbhyAm ॥ 35 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript