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Shiva Purana

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ततो देवः सरस्वत्या नासिकाग्रं सुशोभनम् ॥ चिच्छेद करजाग्रेण देवमातुस्तथैव च ॥ १६ ॥

Then the lord cut off the tip of the nose of Sarasvatī as well as of the mother of the gods with the tip of his nail.

english translation

चिच्छेद च कुठारेण बाहुदंडं विभावसोः ॥ अग्रतो द्व्यंगुलां जिह्वां मातुर्देव्या लुलाव च ॥ १७ ॥

With a dagger he chopped off an arm of Vibhāvasu, and the tongue up to two inches from the tip, of the mother of the gods.

english translation

स्वाहादेव्यास्तथा देवो दक्षिणं नासिकापुटम् ॥ चकर्त करजाग्रेण वामं च स्तनचूचुकम् ॥ १८ ॥

The lord nipped off the right nostril and the nipple of the left breast of Svāhā with his nail-end.

english translation

भगस्य विपुले नेत्रे शतपत्रसमप्रभे ॥ प्रसह्योत्पाटयामास भद्रः परमवेगवान् ॥ १९ ॥

The impetuous Bhadra uprooted the eyes of Bhaga large and lustrous like the lotus.

english translation

पूष्णो दशनरेखां च दीप्तां मुक्तावलीमिव ॥ जघान धनुषः कोट्या स तेनास्पष्टवागभूत् ॥ २० ॥

With the end of his bow he hit Puṣan’s pearl like row of teeth. Thereafter Puṣan could not utter words clearly.

english translation