Linga Purana

त्रिभिश् च धर्षितं शार्ङ्गं त्रिधाभूतं प्रभोस्तदा शार्ङ्गकोटिप्रसङ्गाद् वै चिछेद च शिरः प्रभोः

Then the lord's bow Śārṅga was shattered in three places; by the force at the tip of Śārṅga, the lord's head was severed.

छिन्नं च निपपातासु शिरस्तस्य रसातले वायुना प्रेरितं चैव प्राणजेन पिनाकिना

Severed, his head fell to the netherworld, driven by the wind, by the force of Pinākin, the bringer of life.

प्रविवेश तदा चैव तदीयाहवनीयकम् तत् प्रतिध्वस्तकलशं भग्नयूपं सतोरणम्

At that time, it entered his sacrificial fire, with its altar destroyed, its posts broken, and its gateway fallen.

प्रदीपितमहाशालं दृष्ट्वा यज्ञो ऽपि दुद्रुवे तं तदा मृगरूपेण धावन्तं गगनं प्रति

Seeing the great hall ablaze, even the sacrifice fled, running in the form of a deer toward the sky.

वीरभद्रः समाधाय विशिरस्कमथाकरोत् ततः प्रजापतिं धर्मं कश्यपं च जगद्गुरुम्

Vīrabhadra, having seized him, made him headless; then he struck down Prajāpati Dharma and Kaśyapa, the teacher of the world.

अरिष्टनेमिनं वीरो बहुपुत्रं मुनीश्वरम् मुनिम् अङ्गिरसं चैव कृष्णाश्वं च महाबलः

The mighty hero struck Ariṣṭanemi, lord of many sons, the sage Aṅgiras, and Kṛṣṇāśva as well.

जघान मूर्ध्नि पादेन दक्षं चैव यशस्विनम् चिछेद च शिरस्तस्य ददाहाग्नौ द्विजोत्तमाः

He struck the renowned Dakṣa on the head with his foot, cut off his head, and the best of twice-born ones burned it in the fire.

सरस्वत्याश् च नासाग्रं देवमातुस्तथैव च निकृत्य करजाग्रेण वीरभद्रः प्रतापवान्

He cut off the tip of Sarasvatī's nose and that of the mother of the gods as well, using the tip of his finger, Vīrabhadra the mighty.

तस्थौ श्रिया वृतो मध्ये प्रेतस्थाने यथा भवः एतस्मिन्नेव काले तु भगवान्पद्मसंभवः

Surrounded by splendor, he stood in the midst of the cremation ground, just as Bhava does; at that very moment, the blessed one born from the lotus appeared.

भद्रमाह महातेजाः प्रार्थयन्प्रणतः प्रभुः अलं क्रोधेन वै भद्र नष्टाश्चैव दिवौकसः

The glorious one, bowing and praying, spoke words of peace: 'Enough of anger, O Bhadra; even the gods have been destroyed.'

प्रसीद क्षम्यतां सर्वं रोमजैः सह सुव्रत सो ऽपि भद्रः प्रभावेण ब्रह्मणः परमेष्ठिनः

'Be gracious, let all be forgiven, together with those born of hair, O steadfast one.' And Bhadra, by the power of Brahmā, the supreme lord, became calm.

शमं जगाम शनकैः शान्तस्तस्थौ तदाज्ञया देवो ऽपि तत्र भगवान् अन्तरिक्षे वृषध्वजः

Gradually, calm was restored; the Lord, Vṛṣadhvaja, also stood there peacefully in the sky by that command.

सगणः सर्वदः शर्वः सर्वलोकमहेश्वरः प्रार्थितश्चैव देवेन ब्रह्मणा भगवान् भवः

Śarva, the giver of all, the great Lord of all worlds, accompanied by his attendants, was then earnestly entreated by the god Brahmā.

हतानां च तदा तेषां प्रददौ पूर्ववत्तनुम् इन्द्रस्य च शिरस्तस्य विष्णोश्चैव महात्मनः

At that time, he restored the bodies of those who had been slain, just as before, including the head of Indra and that of the great-souled Viṣṇu.

दक्षस्य च मुनीन्द्रस्य तथान्येषां महेश्वरः वागीश्याश्चैव नासाग्रं देवमातुस्तथैव च

The great Lord likewise restored to Dakṣa, the foremost sage, and to others, as well as the tip of the nose to Vāgīśī and to the mother of the gods.

नष्टानां जीवितं चैव वराणि विविधानि च दक्षस्य ध्वस्तवक्त्रस्य शिरसा भगवान्प्रभुः

He granted life to those who had perished, and various boons as well; to Dakṣa, whose face had been destroyed, the blessed Lord bestowed a head.

कल्पयामास वै वक्त्रं लीलया च महान् भवः दक्षो ऽपि लब्धसंज्ञश् च समुत्थाय कृताञ्जलिः

By his play, the great Bhava fashioned a face for Dakṣa; Dakṣa, regaining consciousness, rose up with joined palms.

तुष्टाव देवदेवेशं शङ्करं वृषभध्वजम् स्तुतस्तेन महातेजाः प्रदाय विविधान्वरान्

He praised Śaṅkara, Lord of the gods, the Bull-bannered one; thus praised by him, the mighty Lord granted various boons.

गाणपत्यं ददौ तस्मै दक्षायाक्लिष्टकर्मणे देवाश् च सर्वे देवेशं तुष्टुवुः परमेश्वरम्

He granted to Dakṣa, whose actions were pure, the lordship of the Gaṇas; and all the gods praised the supreme Lord of gods.

नारायणश् च भगवान् तुष्टाव च कृताञ्जलिः ब्रह्मा च मुनयः सर्वे पृथक्पृथगजोद्भवम्

The blessed Nārāyaṇa, with joined palms, also praised him, as did Brahmā and all the sages, each one praising the one born from the elephant.

तुष्टुवुर् देवदेवेशं नीलकण्ठं वृषध्वजम् तान् देवान् अनुगृह्यैव भवो ऽप्यन्तरधीयत

They praised the Lord of gods, Nīlakaṇṭha, the Bull-bannered one; having shown favor to those gods, Bhava then disappeared.

कथं हिमवतः पुत्री बभूवांबा सती शुभा कथं वा देवदेवेशम् अवाप पतिमीश्वरम्

How did Satī, the auspicious daughter of Himavat, come to be, and how did she obtain the Lord of gods as her husband?

सा मेनातनुम् आश्रित्य स्वेच्छयैव वराङ्गना तदा हैमवती जज्ञे तपसा च द्विजोत्तमाः

Assuming the body of Menā by her own will, that excellent woman was then born as the daughter of Himavat, O best of twice-born, through austerity.

जातकर्मादिकाः सर्वाश् चकार च गिरीश्वरः द्वादशे च तदा वर्षे पूर्णे हैमवती शुभा

The Lord of the Mountain performed all the birth and other rites; and in her twelfth year, the auspicious daughter of Himavat—

तपस्तेपे तया सार्धम् अनुजा च शुभानना अन्या च देवी ह्यनुजा सर्वलोके नमस्कृता

Practiced austerity together with her, and her younger sister, the beautiful-faced one, and another goddess, also a younger sister, honored by all the worlds.

ऋषयश् च तदा सर्वे सर्वलोकमहेश्वरीम् तुष्टुवुस् तपसा देवीं समावृत्य समन्ततः

Then all the sages surrounded the goddess, the great Lady of all worlds, and praised her for her austerity on every side.

ज्येष्ठा ह्यपर्णा ह्यनुजा चैकपर्णा शुभानना तृतीया च वरारोहा तथा चैवैकपाटला

The eldest was Aparṇā, the younger was Ekaparṇā, the beautiful-faced one; the third was Varārohā, and also Ekapāṭalā.

तपसा च महादेव्याः पार्वत्याः परमेश्वरः वशीकृतो महादेवः सर्वभूतपतिर्भवः

By the austerity of the great goddess Pārvatī, the supreme Lord, Mahādeva, the Lord of all beings, was brought under her sway.

एतस्मिन्नेव काले तु तारको नाम दानवः तारात्मजो महातेजा बभूव दितिनन्दनः

At that very time, there was a demon named Tāraka, the mighty son of Tārā, a radiant offspring of Diti.