Shiva Purana (Books 1 & 7)

माभैर्माभैर्महाभाग विरिंच जगतां गुरो मया ते प्राणिताः प्राणाः सुखमुत्तिष्ठ सुव्रत

Do not fear, do not fear, O greatly fortunate one, O Virincha, teacher of the worlds; by me your life-breaths have been restored—rise happily, O virtuous one.

स्वप्नानुभूतमिव तच्छ्रुत्वा वाक्यं मनोहरम् हरं निरीक्ष्य शनकैर्नेत्रैः फुल्लाम्बुजप्रभैः

Hearing those charming words, as if experienced in a dream, he gazed slowly upon Hara with eyes shining like blossoming lotuses.

तथा प्रत्यागतप्राणः स्निग्धगम्भीरया गिरा उवाच वचनं ब्रह्मा तमुद्दिश्य कृताञ्जलिः

Thus, with his life-breath restored, Brahma, with hands joined and voice gentle and deep, spoke these words to him.

त्वं हि दर्शनमात्रेण चानन्दयसि मे मनः को भवान् विश्वमूर्त्या वा स्थित एकादशात्मकः

For by your very sight you gladden my mind; who are you, standing here as the universal form, composed of eleven aspects?

तस्य तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा व्याजहार महेश्वरः स्पृशन् काराभ्यां ब्रह्माणं सुसुखाभ्यां सुरेश्वरः

Hearing those words, Maheshvara, the Lord of gods, touching Brahma with his gentle hands, spoke.

मां विद्धि परमात्मानं तव पुत्रत्वमागतम् एते चैकादश रुद्रास्त्वां सुरक्षितुमागताः

Know me as the supreme self, who has come as your son; and these eleven Rudras have come to protect you.

तस्मात्तीव्रामिमाम्मूर्छां विधूय मदनुग्रहात् प्रबुद्धस्व यथापूर्वं प्रजा वै स्रष्टुमर्हसि

Therefore, casting off this intense faintness by my grace, awaken as before; you ought to create beings again.

एवं भगवता प्रोक्तो ब्रह्मा प्रीतमना ह्यभूत् नानाष्टकेन विश्वात्मा तुष्टाव परमेश्वरम्

Thus addressed by the blessed one, Brahma became pleased in mind; the soul of the universe praised the supreme lord with various hymns of eight verses.

नमस्ते भगवन् रुद्र भास्करामिततेजसे नमो भवाय देवाय रसायाम्बुमयात्मने शर्वाय क्षितिरूपाय नन्दीसुरभये नमः

Salutations to you, blessed Rudra, whose radiance equals the sun; obeisance to Bhava, the god, whose essence is water and sap; to Sharva, whose form is earth, to Nandi and Surabhi, I bow.

ईशाय वसवे तुभ्यं नमस्स्पर्शमयात्मने पशूनां पतये चैव पावकायातितेजसे भीमाय व्योमरूपाय शब्दमात्राय ते नमः

Homage to you, O Lord, O Vasava, whose nature is touch; to you, the Lord of creatures, to the blazing one of surpassing brilliance, to the terrible one, to the one whose form is space, to the one who is mere sound—salutations to you.

उग्रायोग्रस्वरूपाय यजमानात्मने नमः महादेवाय सोमाय नमोस्त्वमृतमूर्तये

Salutations to the fierce one, of fierce form, whose essence is the sacrificer; to the great god, to Soma, to you whose form is immortal.

एवं स्तुत्वा महादेवं ब्रह्मा लोकपितामहः प्रार्थयामास विश्वेशं गिरा प्रणतिपूर्वया

Having thus praised the great god, Brahmā, the grandsire of the worlds, addressed the Lord of all with words preceded by reverent salutation.

भगवन् भूतभव्येश मम पुत्र महेश्वर सृष्टिहेतोस्त्वमुत्पन्नो ममांगे ऽनंगनाशनः

O Blessed One, O Lord of past and future, O my son, O Great Lord, you have arisen from my body for the purpose of creation, as the destroyer of Kāmadeva.

तस्मान्महति कार्येस्मिन् व्यापृतस्य जगत्प्रभो सहायं कुरु सर्वत्र स्रष्टुमर्हसि स प्रजाः

Therefore, O Lord of the universe, as I am engaged in this great task, grant me your assistance everywhere; you ought to create these beings.

तेनैषां पावितो देवो रुद्रस्त्रिपुरमर्दनः बाढमित्येव तां वाणीं प्रतिजग्राह शंकरः

By this, the god Rudra, destroyer of the three cities, was purified; and Śaṅkara accepted those words, saying, 'So be it.'

ततस्स भगवान् ब्रह्मा हृष्टं तमभिनंद्य च स्रष्टुं तेनाभ्यनुज्ञातस्तथान्याश्चासृजत्प्रजाः

Then the blessed Brahmā, delighted, honored him, and, having been thus permitted by him, created other beings as well.

मरीचिभृग्वंगिरसः पुलस्त्यं पुलहं क्रतुम् दक्षमत्रिं वसिष्ठं च सो ऽसृजन्मनसैव च पुरस्तादसृजद्ब्रह्मा धर्मं संकल्पमेव च

He created Marīci, Bhṛgu, Aṅgiras, Pulastya, Pulaha, Kratu, Dakṣa, Atri, and Vasiṣṭha by mind alone; and before them, Brahmā created Dharma and resolve.

इत्येते ब्रह्मणः पुत्रा द्वादशादौ प्रकीर्तिताः सह रुद्रेण संभूताः पुराणा गृहमेधिनः

Thus, these twelve sons of Brahmā are first proclaimed, together with Rudra, as the ancient householders.

तेषां द्वादश वंशाः स्युर्दिव्या देवगणान्विताः प्रजावन्तः क्रियावन्तो महर्षिभिरलंकृताः

From them arise twelve lineages, divine and accompanied by hosts of gods, abounding in progeny and rites, adorned by great sages.

अथ देवासुरपित्ःन् मनुष्यांश्च चतुष्टयम् सह रुद्रेण सिसृक्षुरंभस्येतानि वै विधिः

Then, desiring to create the fourfold groups—gods, asuras, ancestors, and humans—along with Rudra, the ordinance was set forth in the waters.

स सृष्ट्यर्थं समाधाय ब्रह्मात्मानमयूयुजत् मुखादजनयद्देवान् पित्ःंश्चैवोपपक्षतः

For the sake of creation, Brahmā concentrated himself and engaged his own self; from his mouth he generated the gods, and the ancestors as well, in due order.

जघनादसुरान् सर्वान् प्रजनादपि मानुषान् अवस्करे क्षुधाविष्टा राक्षसास्तस्य जज्ञिरे

From his loins he generated all the asuras, and from his lower parts, humans; from the refuse, possessed by hunger, the rākṣasas were born.

पुत्रास्तमोरजःप्राया बलिनस्ते निशाचराः सर्पा यक्षास्तथा भूता गंधर्वाः संप्रजज्ञिरे

His sons, mostly of darkness and passion, powerful, roaming at night, serpents, yakṣas, spirits, and gandharvas were also born.

वयांसि पक्षतः सृष्टाः पक्षिणो वक्षसो ऽसृजत् मुखतोजांस्तथा पार्श्वादुरगांश्च विनिर्ममे

He created birds from his feathers, and from his chest he produced winged creatures; likewise, from his sides he brought forth serpents.

पद्भ्यां चाश्वान्समातंगान् शरभान् गवयान् मृगान्

From his feet he created horses, elephants, śarabhas, wild oxen, and deer.

औषध्यः फलमूलानि रोमभ्यस्तस्य जज्ञिरे गायत्रीं च ऋचं चैव त्रिवृत्साम रथंतरम्

From his hairs were born herbs, fruits, and roots; also Gāyatrī, Ṛc, the threefold Sāman, and Rathantara.

अग्निष्टोमं च यज्ञानां निर्ममे प्रथमान्मुखात् यजूंषि त्रैष्टुभं छंदःस्तोमं पञ्चदशं तथा

From his mouth he first produced Agniṣṭoma among sacrifices, as well as the Yajus, the Triṣṭubh meter, and the Stoma of fifteen parts.

बृहत्साम तथोक्थं च दक्षिणादसृजन्मुखात् सामानि जगतीछंदः स्तोमं सप्तदशं तथा

From his mouth, he produced the Bṛhatsāma, the Uktha, the Sāma hymns, the Jagatī meter, and the seventeenth Stoma.

वैरूप्यमतिरात्रं च पश्चिमादसृजन् मुखात् एकविंशमथर्वाणमाप्तोर्यामाणमेव च

From his western face, he brought forth the Vairūpya, the Atirātra, the twenty-first Atharva, and the Āptoryāma sacrifice.