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सूते कृताशिषि गते मुनयः सुवृत्ता यागे च पर्यवसिते महति प्रयोगे ॥ काले कलौ च विषयैः कलुषायमाणे वाराणसीपरिसरे वसतिं विनेतुः ॥ ४१ ॥
Then Sūta blessed them and left. The righteous sages fixed their abode permanently at the outskirts of Vārāṇasī after performing the sattra at Prayāga when they perceived that everything was being defiled by the advent of the Kali age.
english translation
अथ च ते पशुपाशमुमुक्षयाखिलतया कृतपाशुपतव्रताः ॥ अधिकृताखिलबोधसमाधयः परमनिर्वृतिमापुरनिंदिताः ॥ ४२ ॥
Then the sages performed the Pāśupata rites with the desire to get released from the bondage. They attained enlightenment. They learnt modes of Samādhi and achieved the greatest Bliss.
english translation
व्यास उवाच ॥ एतच्छिवपुराणं हि समाप्तं हितमादरात् ॥ पठितव्यं प्रयत्नेन श्रोतव्यं च तथैव हि ॥ ४३ ॥
Vyāsa said:— This wholesome Śivapurāṇa is concluded now. It shall be read and heard assiduously.
english translation
नास्तिकाय न वक्तव्यमश्रद्धाय शठाय च ॥ अभक्ताय महेशस्य तथा धर्मध्वजाय च ॥ ४४ ॥
It shall not be mentioned to an atheist nor to one lacking in faith nor to a stubborn rogue nor to one who is not a devotee of Śiva nor to a religious hypocrite.
english translation
एतच्छ्रुत्या ह्येकवारं भवेत्पापं हि भस्मसात् ॥ अभक्तो भक्तिमाप्नोति भक्तो भक्तिसमृद्धिभाक् ॥ ४५ ॥
On hearing this once, the sins are reduced to ashes. A non-devotee attains devotion and a devotee attains more devotion.
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