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Shiva Purana

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इत्युक्त्वा वचनं क्रुद्धो दधीचो मुनिसत्तमः ॥ निर्गम्य च ततो देशाज्जगाम स्वकमाश्रमम् ॥ २१ ॥

After saying this, the infuriated sage Dadhīca left for his hermitage.

english translation

निर्गते ऽपि मुनौ तस्मिन्देवा दक्षं न तत्यजुः ॥ अवश्यमनुभावित्वादनर्थस्य तु भाविनः ॥ २२ ॥

Even when the sage walked out, the gods did not leave Dakṣa in view of the inevitability of the disaster that was to take place.

english translation

एतस्मिन्नेव काले तु ज्ञात्वैतत्सर्वमीश्वरात् ॥ दग्धुं दक्षाध्वरं विप्रा देवी देवमचोदयत् ॥ २३ ॥

O brahmins, in the meantime knowing about all this from Śiva the goddess urged the lord to destroy the sacrifice of Dakṣa.

english translation

देव्या संचोदितो देवो दक्षाध्वरजिघांसया ॥ ससर्ज सहसा वीरं वीरभद्रं गणेश्वरम् ॥ २४ ॥

Urged by the goddess the lord created the heroic Vīrabhadra the chief of Ganas, intending to destroy the sacrifice.

english translation

सहस्रवदनं देवं सहस्रकमलेक्षणम् ॥ सहस्रमुद्गरधरं सहस्रशरपाणिकम् ॥ २५ ॥

He has a thousand faces and thousands of lotus-eyes. He carried a thousand hammers and a thousand arrows in his hand.

english translation