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Shiva Purana

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तं विश्वरूपमभवं भवमीड्यं प्रजापतिम् ॥ देवदेवं जगत्पूज्यं स्वचित्तस्थमुपास्महे ॥ ५६ ॥

We worship and meditate upon th lord of manifold forms, the unborn, lord of people, object of worship and meditation by the entire universe. He is stationed in our minds.

english translation

कालादिभिः परो यस्मात्प्रपञ्चः परिवर्तते ॥ धर्मावहं पापनुदं भोगेशं विश्वधाम च ॥ ५७ ॥

He is beyond Kāla. From him the whole cosmos originates. He is the repository of the universe and effects virtue and quells sins. He is the lord of enjoyment.

english translation

तमीश्वराणां परमं महेश्वरं तं देवतानां परमं च दैवतम् ॥ पतिं पतीनां परमं परस्ताद्विदाम देवं भुवनेश्वरेश्वरम् ॥ ५८ ॥

We know him as the greatest of lords, the greatest of deities, the lord of the worlds.

english translation

न तस्य विद्येत कार्यं कारणं च न विद्यते ॥ न तत्समो ऽधिकश्चापि क्वचिज्जगति दृश्यते ॥ ५९ ॥

He has neither cause nor effect. Nowhere in the universe there is anyone equal or superior to him.

english translation

परास्य विविधा शक्तिः श्रुतौ स्वाभाविकी श्रुता ॥ ज्ञानं बलं क्रिया चैव याभ्यो विश्वमिदं कृतम् ॥ ६० ॥

It is mentioned in the Vedas that his threefold power is great, manifold and innate, comprising knowledge, strength and activity. It is by these activities that the universe is created.

english translation