Shiva Purana
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अप्रज्ञाते जगत्यस्मिन्नेक एव महेश्वरः ॥ उपास्य रजनीं कृत्स्नां परां माहेश्वरीं ततः ॥ २१ ॥
In this unconscious world there is only one Supreme Lord. Then he worshiped the supreme goddess Maheswari for the whole night.
english translation
aprajJAte jagatyasminneka eva mahezvaraH ॥ upAsya rajanIM kRtsnAM parAM mAhezvarIM tataH ॥ 21 ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscriptप्रभातायां तु शर्वर्यां प्रधानपुरुषावुभौ ॥ प्रविश्य क्षोभयामास मायायोगान्महेश्वरः ॥ २२ ॥
On the day of Prabhātā, the two great sages appeared in the morning. Lord Mahadeva entered and stirred them by His magic power.
english translation
prabhAtAyAM tu zarvaryAM pradhAnapuruSAvubhau ॥ pravizya kSobhayAmAsa mAyAyogAnmahezvaraH ॥ 22 ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscriptततः पुनरशेषाणां भूतानां प्रभवाप्ययात् ॥ अव्यक्तादभवत्सृष्टिराज्ञया परमेष्ठिनः ॥ २३ ॥
Then at the bidding of Brahmā, the creation evolved out of the unmanifest that is the source of origin and the spot of merger for all living creatures.
english translation
tataH punarazeSANAM bhUtAnAM prabhavApyayAt ॥ avyaktAdabhavatsRSTirAjJayA parameSThinaH ॥ 23 ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscriptविश्वोत्तरोत्तरविचित्रमनोरथस्य यस्यैकशक्तिशकले सकलस्समाप्तः ॥ आत्मानमध्वपतिमध्वविदो वदंति तस्मै नमः सकललोकविलक्षणाय ॥ २४ ॥
Obeisance to him who is different from the worlds, in a fraction of whose Śakti everything terminates, whose will is ever variegated and wonderful far above that of the universe and whom those who know the path call the lord of the path—the Ātman.
english translation
vizvottarottaravicitramanorathasya yasyaikazaktizakale sakalassamAptaH ॥ AtmAnamadhvapatimadhvavido vadaMti tasmai namaH sakalalokavilakSaNAya ॥ 24 ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscript