Shiva Purana (Books 1 & 7)

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.

अनुष्टुभं स वैराजमुत्तरादसृजन्मुखात् उच्चावचानि भूतानि गात्रेभ्यस्तस्य जज्ञिरे

From his northern face, he produced the Anuṣṭubh and the Vairāja; from his limbs arose beings of varied forms.

यक्षाः पिशाचा गंधर्वास्तथैवाप्सरसां गणाः नरकिन्नररक्षांसि वयःपशुमृगोरगाः

Yakṣas, Piśācas, Gandharvas, the hosts of Apsarases, humans, Kinnaras, Rākṣasas, birds, animals, and serpents were born.

अव्ययं चैव यदिदं स्थाणुस्थावरजंगमम् तेषां वै यानि कर्माणि प्राक्सृष्टानि प्रपेदिरे

The imperishable, the immovable and moving, all that is called Sthāṇu, and their actions previously created, entered into them.

तान्येव ते प्रपद्यंते सृज्यमानाः पुनः पुनः हिंस्राहिंस्रे मृदुक्रूरे धर्माधर्मावृतानृते

Those very actions are repeatedly assumed by beings as they are created again and again, whether violent or gentle, righteous or unrighteous, true or false.

तद्भाविताः प्रपद्यंते तस्मात्तत्तस्य रोचते महाभूतेषु नानात्वमिंद्रियार्थेषु मुक्तिषु

Influenced by those, beings take on their nature; thus, diversity is seen among the great elements, the senses, and in liberation.

विनियोगं च भूतानां धातैव व्यदधत्स्वयम् नाम रूपं च भूतानां प्राकृतानां प्रपञ्चनम्

The creator himself assigned the functions of beings, and their names and forms, as well as the manifestation of natural entities.

वेदशब्देभ्य एवादौ निर्ममे ऽसौ पितामहः आर्षाणि चैव नामानि याश्च वेदेषु वृत्तयः

In the beginning, the Grandfather fashioned from the words of the Vedas the names of sages and the usages found in the Vedas.

शर्वर्यंते प्रसूतानां तान्येवैभ्यो ददावजः यथर्तावृतुलिंगानि नानारूपाणि पर्यये

At the end of each cycle, he gave to those born the same forms and marks as before, with various appearances in succession.

दृश्यंते तानि तान्येव तथा भावा युगादिषु इत्येष करणोद्भूतो लोकसर्गस्स्वयंभुवः

Those same forms and states are seen at the beginning of each era; thus, the creation of the world arises spontaneously from the instruments.

महदाद्योविशेषांतो विकारः प्रकृतेः स्वयम् चंद्रसूर्यप्रभाजुष्टो ग्रहनक्षत्रमंडितः

The transformation of Prakṛti, from the great principle to the particular, is adorned with the radiance of the moon and sun, and encircled by planets and stars.

नदीभिश्च समुद्रैश्च पर्वतैश्च स मंडितः परैश्च विविधैरम्यैस्स्फीतैर्जनपदैस्तथा

It is adorned with rivers, oceans, mountains, and with delightful, prosperous regions of various kinds.

तस्मिन् ब्रह्मवने ऽव्यक्तो ब्रह्मा चरति सर्ववित् अव्यक्तबीजप्रभव ईश्वरानुग्रहे स्थितः

In that Brahma forest, the unmanifest Brahmā moves, all-knowing, established by the grace of the Lord, originating from the seed of the unmanifest.

बुद्धिस्कंधमहाशाख इन्द्रियांतरकोटरः महाभूतप्रमाणश्च विशेषामलपल्लवः

With intellect as the great branch, the senses as inner hollows, the measure of the great elements, and the pure shoots of particularities.

धर्माधर्मसुपुष्पाढ्यः सुखदुःखफलोदयः आजीव्यः सर्वभूतानां ब्रह्मवृक्षः सनातनः

Abundant with the blossoms of righteousness and unrighteousness, yielding the fruits of pleasure and pain, the eternal Brahma tree is the source of life for all beings.

द्यां मूर्धानं तस्य विप्रा वदंति खं वै नाभिं चंद्रसूर्यौ च नेत्रे दिशः श्रोत्रे चरणौ च क्षितिं च सो ऽचिन्त्यात्मा सर्वभूतप्रणेता

The sages say its head is the sky, its navel is space, its eyes are the moon and sun, its ears are the directions, its feet are the earth; this inconceivable Self is the mover of all beings.

वक्त्रात्तस्य ब्रह्मणास्संप्रसूतास्तद्वक्षसः क्षत्रियाः पूर्वभागात् वैश्या उरुभ्यां तस्य पद्भ्यां च शूद्राः सर्वे वर्णा गात्रतः संप्रसूताः

From its mouth arose the Brāhmaṇas, from its chest the Kṣatriyas, from its front the Vaiśyas, from its thighs and feet the Śūdras; all castes were born from its limbs.

भवता कथिता सृष्टिर्भवस्य परमात्मनः चतुर्मुखमुखात्तस्य संशयो नः प्रजायते

You have described the creation by the Supreme Self, Bhava, from the mouth of the Four-faced One; yet, we have a doubt regarding this.

देवश्रेष्ठो विरूपाक्षो दीप्तश्शूलधरो हरः कालात्मा भगवान् रुद्रः कपर्दी नीललोहितः

The foremost of gods, Virūpākṣa, radiant, bearing the trident, Hara, the embodiment of time, the blessed Rudra, with matted hair, dark and red-hued—

सब्रह्मकमिमं लोकं सविष्णुमपि पावकम् यः संहरति संक्रुद्धो युगांते समुपस्थिते

He who, when the end of the age arrives, in anger withdraws this world along with Brahmā, Viṣṇu, and even Fire—

यस्य ब्रह्मा च विष्णुश्च प्रणामं कुरुतो भयात् लोकसंकोचकस्यास्य यस्य तौ वशवर्तिनौ

Before whom Brahmā and Viṣṇu bow in fear, for he contracts the worlds, and those two remain under his control—