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Shiva Purana

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वाच्यवाचकभावो ऽयमनादिसंस्थितस्तयोः ॥ यथा ऽनादिप्रवृत्तोयं घोरसंसारसागरः ॥ ११ ॥

This state of being the expressive and the expressed is beginningless inasmuch as this terrible ocean of worldly existence functions without a beginning.

english translation

शिवो ऽपि हि तथानादिसंसारान्मोचकः स्थितः ॥ व्याधीनां भेषजं यद्वत्प्रतिपक्षः स्वभावतः ॥ १२ ॥

Similarly Lord Śiva is situated as the liberator from the beginning of material existence Just as the opposite is by nature the cure for diseases.

english translation

तद्वत्संसारदोषाणां प्रतिपक्षः शिवस्स्मृतः ॥ असत्यस्मिन् जगन्नाथे तमोभूतमिदं भवेत् ॥ १३ ॥

Similarly, Lord Śiva is considered to be the counterpart of the evils of this world. O Lord of the universe this world will become dark in this untruth.

english translation

अचेतनत्वात्प्रकृतेरज्ञत्वात्पुरषस्य च ॥ प्रधानपरमाण्वादि यावत्किंचिदचेतनम् ॥ १४ ॥

Because of the unconsciousness of nature and the ignorance of the soul As far as anything unconscious, such as the principal atom.

english translation

न तत्कर्तृ स्वयं दृष्टं बुद्धिमत्कारणं विना ॥ धर्माधर्मोपदेशश्च बंधमोक्षौ विचारणात् ॥ १५ ॥

It is not seen by the doer himself without an intelligent cause From the consideration of the precepts of religion and irreligion bondage and liberation.

english translation