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कस्तत्त्रितयमाहात्म्यं संजानाति द्विजोत्तमाः । महेश्वरं विना सर्वं ब्रह्माण्डे सदसत्परम् २१ ।
O foremost among the brahmins! Who ever does know the real greatness of the three except Śiva who is beyond all in the whole universe?
english translation
कस्तत्त्रितयमाहात्म्यं संजानाति द्विजोत्तमाः । महेश्वरं विना सर्वं ब्रह्माण्डे सदसत्परम् २१ ।वच्म्यहं नाम माहात्म्यं यथाभक्ति समासतः । शृणुत प्रीतितो विप्राः सर्वपापहरं परम् २२ ।
Briefly I shall explain the greatness of the names as prompted by my devotion. O brahmins, do you lovingly listen to his greatness: the destroyer of all sins.
english translation
शिवेति नामदावाग्नेर्महापातकपर्वताः । भस्मीभवंत्यनायासात्सत्यंसत्यं न संशयः २३ ।
Mountainous heaps of great sins are destroyed as in a blazing forest fire when the names of Śiva are repeated. They are reduced to ashes without any difficulty. It is true, undoubtedly true.
english translation
पापमूलानि दुःखानि विविधान्यपि शौनक । शिवनामैकनश्यानि नान्यनश्यानि सर्वथा २४ ।
O Śaunaka, different sorts of miseries with sins as their roots can be quelled only by muttering Śiva’s names, and not by anything else entirely.
english translation
स वैदिकः स पुण्यात्मा स धन्यस्स बुधो मतः । शिवनामजपासक्तो यो नित्यं भुवि मानव २५ ।
The man who is devotedly attached to the Japas of Śiva’s names in the world, is really a follower of the Vedas, a meritorious soul and a blessed scholar.
english translation