Treating them to be of no consequence, again meditated upon and then the creatures which could move up and having Sartvagin (or the divine creation) appeared.

she was quite firm in her resolve and did no think of any one else.

You are the lord of yoga. The yogin having their minds devoted to yoga adore yo in that position. Therefore salutation to you.

Brahmans, such of the things which please th ears and other organs of the body. By givin away the ten things relating to the sound, a the ten directions are pleased.

another wife, nor does he do so or would do's in future, he is suitable for you. There is non else comparable with him. He shall be you husband."

The sages said, "O Sita, you are well ware of everything, therefore you kindly peak about the country and the time suitable or the adoration." Sita said, "For the erforming of the good deeds like the Deva- aia, in one's own house, yields equal merit

"You meditate upon Siva." 0 Sage, at thi advice of Visny, I performed severe tapas.

means of prowess, the money earned by th Vaidyas by trade, and the money earned by th $ndras, by means of serving others, is calle the best.

0 Lord, the heat of consciousness, is talen with the sacrificial churning stick for th production of the fire, you are the form of fir you are Mahesvara, who is beyond the reac] of fools, but reside in the hearts of the peop possessing knowledge or wisdom. We alway offer salutation to you.

SRR: TER AH gol We seck refuge under his fect, wh happens to be the Supreme Brahman, who i the soul of every one, and is the greates witness with unrestricted vision, and the on who assumes different forms.

Brahma said, "O Sage, once 1 saw 580, ssence of three worlds, seated with her father, long with yo

Narada said, *0 Creator, 0 Brahma- the ortunate one, foremost among the gods, you re graceful, You have recited today the xtremely auspicious story of Siva, in which

Brahma said, "You have put me a correc question, 1 had heard about the subsequer happenings which 1 shell relate to you briefly.

att following the worldly conventions, she fered her salutation to us.

In the Trerayuga, the reward is reduced 1 a third of fit, while in Dvapara it is reduced t one fourth of it, which is further reduce towards the end of Kaliyuga.

A Brahmana who is in need, when giver the charity, it would bestow the complet reward. The charity which is given afte begging, bestows half the merit.

'The amount the women receive from thei husbands and the parents is fit for religion purposes. On the month of Caitra, and others one should give away twelve things includin the cows.

'You are the one who shatters the bondage of the people and provide salvation to you noble devotees, you are self illuminated everlasting, imperishable and are the form o incessant knowledge. Salutation to you.

0 Lord your force is unbearable; you hav three Sakis, comparzbie with the three Vedas You posses three gunas, you protect thos who take refuge in you. You possess immens potentiality. Salutation to you.

(Tanuary-February) she remained awak during the night, and adored Siva on the bank of the river wearing wet clothes.

pleasant. But I again started thinking, taking them to be an obstruction in the achieving o my goal.

to the gods, 7sis, and even the siddhas. Ther 'who also can know about the same.

y performing 50 in a cowshed, and ten times wore of it by doing so at the bank of a river or tank. Still one eams ten times more the eward by doing so under a creeper, the Tidast lant (holy basil) or a pipala tree.

Still ten times more of the reward can be ad by doing so in the temple of the god, and en times more by doing so in one's own 0086. One can get the reward ten times more 11, by performing at the river bank and still mes more by doing so over the river bank at sacred place.

When he first desired to take to that Varah form, since that time in every Aalpa, th Varaha-kalpa was repeated.

transpired _thereafler, the grandeur of th created things and particularly the mode o creation. You kindly speak out the same."

Daksa, on hearing the words of Brahms felt extremely pleased and reassured, an taking her daughter as Paramesvart, h honoured her.

The great saints, free from all th attachments, make enormous effort becomin desirous of seeing your region and your nob conduct. They take refuge in you.

Reaching there, the gods found Sat engaged in the meditation for Siva an embodied form of success incamate and ha reached the stage of the enlightened seers.

food on all the seven days of the week, he | rewarded with health and other benefits.

Al these words of Brahma, Vis who i always ready to obey the command of Siva took to the infinite form and entered the egg

FETE Fe Ter ge A person with a spotless mind, whe performs an auspicious deed on an auspiciou day, it bestows equal rewards. Further te times of the reward is achieved by a devote on the Sirya-Sarkranti day.

You are the self contemplator, free from al the deficiencies, possessor of the best o fortunes; who is adored by dharma, arth kama and moksa and by those who desire th cherished goal. 0 Lord don't be harsh on u but be pleased, salutation to you.

0 Lord of Durga, such of the people whi are involved in the worldly or sensuou pleasures can hardly reach you. But in cas they happen to be your devotees, you redeer them as well. Therefore salutation to yo possessing the invisible or secret strengtt Salutation to you.

In case the first day of the month falls i Aries and Libra Zodiac signs, one gets i times more the reward. It multiplies to te times more, on the day the sun goes in th 'north of equator or in the south of equator, on gets ten times more reward. On the first day 0 Margasirsa, one achieves ten times more th reward, while on the day of lunar eclipse, th reward is further increased by ten times.

themselves. They are solely desirous singing the auspicious glory of you auspicious life.

'Then at the command of Siva, the bia (goblins) were created. In this way five type of creation also called Vaikria were set i motion.

TE EERE RIERA 'Then Mahesvara- the god of gods, listening to my words, started creating several being like himself and filled with rajoguna.

towards her devotees, had taken to the huma form at her own will, during her childhood displayed sports and passed that age.

Similarly with the use of the milk, curd an ghee, the sins committed by body, speech an:

'The foolish people are unable to recognise You because of your Maya, you are th greatest of the lords whose greatness cannc be imagined. Salutation to you."

Similarly when a donor serves food 10 hundred Brahmanas on Sundey, he remaiz hale and hearty for a thousand years, and the achieves the piace of Siva.

'Though you are free from the blemishes 0 the birth and death, but you still accept ther with the influence of your Maya.

'The Brahmana who recites Gayatr, and if he charity is given to him, the donor, as a eward thereof, enjoys pleasures in Satyaloka or ten years. The one who gives charity to a rahmans, who is devoted to Visa, the donor chieves Vaikuntha (after his death).

thousand eyes and a thousand fee encompassed the cosmic egg, touching th earth everywhere.

chieved by performing over the banks of the eptagangd river, which include, Garis, jodavarl, Kaver, Tamrapars, Sindhu, Saray

The gods with folded hands, delightfull offered their respect to Sati, bending dow their shoulders in respect. Then Vispu an other gods felt delighted.

Narada said, "O Brahma, possessin enormous wisdom, 1 have developed a gre: doubt in my mind you kindly remove the sam with great compassion.

Prakrti, were made by Brahma. Of these th first was Mahatsarga, the second was subtl Bhautika.

youthful age, crossing the age of childhoo

getting surprised started praising the fapas 0

seastmum seeds, on the third day of the brigh half of the month of Mdgha (Tanuary

O Brahman, both myself and Visou fel immensely comfortable.

Being the great T a, you perform miracle salutation to you, you are the Suprem; Brahman, and the Supreme saint, salutation t you

Brahmanas, one enjoys all the pleasures fc ten thousand years. Similar is the case wit Monday and, other week days.

who entered the cosmic egg comprising of th twenty four tattvas which got activated.

more times when the performance is made o the day of solar eclipse, which is the bes

wisdom from Visnu, and feeling blissful, mentally decided 10 start creation of universe

'Then myself and Visnu, in the form of th swan as well as boar, surrounded the carth fo its protection."

0 Lord, you are formless and have th gigantic form as well, you are Supreme having prowess beyond measure, the lord o the three worlds witess of all and a pervading lord. Salutation to you.

fering of cloths and Brhati flowers on the ull moon night of the month of Jyestha (May- une) she observed the fast throughout the month.

Lord Hari, who happens to be the preserver f all the seven lokas, himself appeared in his antic or virdy form.

Brahmanas, who purify themselves wit reciting of the Gayatri-mantra, the dono remains healthy for long in the Satyalo

erformed daily. Beautified with one's own arna and the noble qualities, even the house hould be donated.

Therefore in order to pacify that poison, ne should take bath and perform charities s well as the japam. Because of it being the eriod of pacifying the poison, itis considered e the auspicious time.

Indeed the best place is where a person | able to concentrate his mind. One gets th complete reward for the performing of th yajiia, charities etc. in Sarvayuga.

Thus speaking, 1 stayed for long in th abode of Daksa. Thereafter Daksa sent of both myself and Narada. We went to ou abdes.

"O Sage, Siva, the ocean of compassion hen smiled and said.

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If a donor gives charity food to the ten rahmanas with the incense composed of ten weredients (which is used at the time of orship), he, in the next birth remains healthy 00 without any ailment for ten years aT TE

58 on the other hand also got anxious to chieve Siva. Realising the mental condition { her father, she wen to her mother.

Lord Visnu, offering his salutation to Sivi and bestowing the appropriate enlightenmen 10 me, disappeared, 0 Dear one.

ortnight of the month of Adadha (June-July), he clad herself in a black cloth, and adored ude, offering Brhat flowers.

3rihmanas achieves the Visnuloka, and by erving food to a lakh of Brahmana he chieves the Indraloka.

You are the light of the soul, fully ndowed with the bliss of liberation, the form f knowledge and all pervasive lord, salutation 9 you.

'The dasanga donation of the food includes 9 respect, application of invite, an ointment ver the body, pressing of the feet, adoring ith costumes, fragrance and then adoring a rahmana, offering sweet cakes, Six types of atables, betel, offering of money as daksind, alutation 10 see off some one afer walking ome distance arc called the dasnga- nnadana.

A person who listens or reads this chapter, ( atieins devotion i. dharma as well as the potless wisdom.

By achieving the grace of Siva, Visnu went o Vaikuntha, out of Brahmanda and started wing there.

0 Divine Rsi, even if the whole cosmic egg destroyed Kailada and Vaikuntha would ever be destroyed.

1, in fact, redeem the people drowned in the cean of misery and as their preceptor I estow knowledge on them.

0 Lord, you are neither a god nor the emon or asura, neither a human nor the bird r animal or even a Brahmana. You are either man, nor women nor even a eunuch. fou are neither an evil nor a noble person. herefore you are formiess.

0 Brihmanes, the pumpkin, bestows all ypes of fortunes, and all the pleasures in both he worlds.

Those performing tapas, the eople, yogis 28 well as the yatis are adorable nd by worshipping them the sins are washed ut

"The persons desirous of achieving wisdom r knowledge, should serve food to the mana boys with Brahmabuddhi. The ersons who arc desirous of sons, should serve ood to the young Brahmanas taking them to < lord Visnu.

Salutation to the lord of salvation, who can reached only after one's detachment from he worldly activities or attractions. You are a real Purusa, the great lord, the bestower of the boons. Salutation to you.

he month of (July-August) Sravana, she vorshipped Siva, offering the yajiopavits and he cloths.

Both of you took to the form of swan an the boar, but why did you do so? What ha been the reason for it 77

bove, except those, you have the form vhatever remains thereof. You are the creator f the universe besides being its preserver and he destroyer, being soul of the universe. We ow in reverence to you.

Reaching there, we were surprised at the ight of Siva. Then folding our hands with umility, we started praising Siva, reciting everal stotras." a :

leasure throughout the life. The jack-fruit,

O Prajapati, "You better create the people ho have to suffer for their sins. At my ommand, you would not be bound in any fusion."

'The people who are desirous of achieving rapa or wisdom, should serve food to the old jrahmanas taking them to be Siva. The girls hould be served food taking them to be arasvatl, with the intention of achieving visdom.

0 Sage, 1 am dwelling in the Satyaloka. 0 dear one, at the command of lord Mahadeva, T ngaged myself in the task of creation.

Then getting consent of her mother, Sati, vith a firm mind, started adoring Siva in her ome in order to receive him as her husband.

Sanaka and others are my mind born sons, tho resemble me. All the five of them were ally detached from the world and were great ccluses.

Sta said, "Listening to the words of the age Narada, Brahma, concentrating his mind t the feet of Siva, spoke with respect."

wanira by tweaty four lakhs of times, he also s adorable and by adoring him one gets all the omforts,

0 Brahmana, then out of that water egg awenty four rattvas was formed and it took 9 gigantic form.

Brahma said, "The swan can fly upwards teadily and has the power to distinguish tween falsehood and the truth. Because of his it can seperate milk from the water.

Then Daksa- the lord of the universe, felt nxious at the sight of the youthful daughter. fc thought, "How should the girl be given to iva.

The gods said, "Salutation to you from vhom, the mobile and immobile creatures ave emerged. Salutation to such of Purusa, 00 is also known as Mahea, Paresa and the reat soul.

When I started creation, the sin was created rst of all in the form of five illusions. It was re nawre of darkness endowed with nowledge.

eciting various mantras she worshipped Siva, ffering different fruits, flowers and leaves vhich were quite fresh and readily available.

'The one, who saves others from falling, is alled Patra in the scriptures. One who rotects donor from sins is also called Parra.

You are the presiding deity of all, you are reat, you are the basic Prakrti, Purusa, the upreme Tsvara and the bestower of all alutation to you

0 Sage Narada, listening to their refusal to et engaged in the task of creation, I was nraged and confused.

wiry Fre Mion You have three eyes, five faces, always aving the form of lustre, salutation to you. alutation to you. You observer all the sense rgans and the gunas, besides being the auseless. Salutation to you.

ill and was always engaged in the worship of

You are the cause of the entire universe, he cause of absolute consciousness, the xcellent one, unblemished, the one beyond 'urusa and Prakti and known as the Supreme. brahman.

pnorance and knowledge. Because of this, raha, the creator of the universe took to the orm of a swan.

You are the cause of the three world as vel as the salvation Salutation to you. You re the bestower of moksa and redeem the erson who takes refuge in you.

0 Sage, having been overpowered with the nger and confusion, two drops of tears fell om my eyes

fore FEE 'The money received from the Brahmana as

The one who creates the universe, by vhom the world is illuminated, from whom it vas originated, by whom it is sustained, to whom this belongs and the one who controls verything.

But O Narada, I failed to find out the efulgent form of Siva and therefore it was bsorbed in the same.

At the end of the constellation of birth, the fect of the charities is like the solar eclipse. he keeping of the company of the ascetics is mparsble to a crore of the solar eclipses.

"The one who is beyond this, and is beyond ne great things, the one who is without lemish and observes everyone in his own oul, we offer salutation to the self-born lord.

The one who is absorbed in the creation of he universe, how could he be blessed with the cal knowledge? Because of thus, I even after aking ( the form of swan, could not achieve he true knowledge.

Lord Visnu said, "O Brahm, ask for a oon. T am pleased with you. There is nothing 1 the world which cannot be given to you. By he grace of Siva, I can bestow everything on ou"

In the month of Afvin, (September- )ctober), on the Nanda-tithi (i.e. first, sixth nd the eleventh day of the lunar) fortnight, he adored Siva with great devotion offering ie cooked rice with jaggery, and salt, for a nonth.

A boar can steadily go down deep below, herefore lord Visnu took to the form of a wild oar.

Carttika, she adored and meditated upon Siva ffering the sweet pies and pudding.

Or in other words Visnu took to the forn of a white boar in order to start Sveta-varaha Kapa.

form, Varaha-kalpa started from that time.

On the seventh day of the bright half of th month of Pausa (December-January) Sa remained awake during the night and adore

mantra is considered to be purified. Therefor in the activities like giving of charities, japan performing of oma and adoration, for th receiving of the donations and to protect th host, Brahmana is the appropriate person. Ili is also the suitable person to receive the food Whosoever, be a man or a woman, whe: invites the excellent Brahmana, then he shoul carefully give the charities. His word and it meaning portrays the intelligence and bestow the desired reward.

O Narada, in this way I have replied 1; your question. You listen to it. O Sage now, Concentrating my mind at the lotus like feet o Siva, shall narrate the sequence of th creation.

After the disappearing of lord Mahadeva, ] being the Grandsire of the lokas, in order t obey his commend, sat in meditation recitin his name.

She, on the fourteenth day of the dark hal of the month of Phalguna (February-March remained awake during the night an performed special worship of Siva, with woo apple fruits and leaves in a span of every thre hours.

She said to her mother, "I intend to erform tapas in order to achieve Siva as my usband, 1 seck your permission." These were he words spoken by 580 Parmesvari 10 her nother.

On the fourteenth day of the bright half 0 the month of Caitra (March-April), Siva wa worshipped by her with palasa (Bute frondosa) and damana flowers offered durin the day and the night. She spent the rest of th 'month reciting his name.

The charity which is given to 2 servan bestows one fourth of the merit. 0 Brahmans; a Br hmana, whose entire family is poor, i

In order to resolve for creation, devoting wy mind at Siva and Visu, 1 created the vater first of all and I poured hand cup full water in it sritsvam a

0 Siva, the donor achieves Kailas, the abode f Siva. The charity is given for achieving of 1056 respective plac

'Then I becoming doubtful, meditated upon ism for a period of twelve years.

On the thirteenth day of the dark half of hadrapads, (August-September) she vorshipped Siva, offering various fruits and lowers She took water on the fourteenth day. fr we ok: rs

0 Dear one, at that point of time, lord jisnu himself appeared before me and ouched my limbs and then delightfully said."

comprises of twenty four attvas. There is n life in it in the beginning. Therefore it look lifeless.

Brzhmanas on Sunday, he remains healthy fo a hundred years.

0 Sage, thereafter, all the gods and sage 'making me to lead them, together with Visn went to the place where Sau had bee performing tapas.

and other days is rewarded according 10 th quality of the food. By giving away the foot one is rebor as a human being in the nes birth

0 Visa, you have appeared before m today by the grace of Siva. Therefore yo activate this egg with the strength of Siva."

1 (Brahma) accompanied with Sarasvatl, Visnu with Laksmi, then went 10 Siva.

In these seven lokas, the charming Kailada, vas lodged at the top most position, which vas made by Siva, his own dwelling place.

"The persons who intend to enjoy comforts, hould serve food to the young damsels, aking them to be the form of Laksmf. The ersons desirous of self consciousness, should erve food to the old Brahmans women taking hem to be Parvati.

Thereafter, 1 fecling delighted created the mmobile beings. At the command of Siva, ontinued my meditation in an unattached manner of the conscious beings.

rain after harvest, or having livelihood from he gleaning of the field, or the amount earned y means of guru-daksina, is considered to be uite pure. One achieves full merits by ionating the same

Observing that creation, 1, for the success f my efforts, started other type of creation, en the creatures moving in transverse manner appeared like the cows and others. hey were the form of misery, which could

'Then at the command of Siva, the creatio with dominant rajoguna was made whicl moved downwards, like those of the human beings, who were the great aspirants.

the sake of charity during the auspicious time which include the cow, land, sesamum, gold ghi, costumes, cereals, guda, silver, sal pumpkin and the girl. These are the twelv dravyas which would be given in charities Giving away of a cow, or the padartha mad of cow's milk, and the cow-dung which doe good, to remove the pains of the people wh are dependants financially on others. With th use of water, cow's urine etc., the miseries 0 the dependants should be removed. arf dd

The third was the vaikdrika-sarga. Thu: there are three Prakrti-sargas. Combining th Prakrti and Vaikarika-sargas, eight types o creations have been defined.

Kumara-sarga happens to be the ninth, vhich is the combination of Prakrt and aikrta. Their further divisions are beyond my apacity to escribe.

(0 Brikmanas, with the donation of land, a erson is honoured in this world as well as the sure world, With the giving away of esamum, the strength is increased and one vercomes the death,

AU the end, 1 shall now describe the rahmanical creation, which is of very little onsequence. It is in this sarga, that the great reation of Sanaka and other ryis referred to bove as kumara-sarga has taken place.

With the giving away of the gold, the ower of digestion is increased besides the ength. The body becomes stronger with the. iving away of ghee The age is increased vith the giving away of the clothes.

You are Ksetrajiia, the form of Soul, cause f all the perceptions, salutation to you. alutation to you

With the giving away of the cereals, the ortunes are increased, by giving of the guda, ne gets sweet food. By giving away the , strength is increased and by giving way of the salt, all the six rasas are ncreased.

They possessed enormous wisdom, and rere detached from the world at my command nd they always meditated upon Siva. They ad declined to engage themselves in the task f the creation.

The devout people say, by hearing Us

king, the devoutness which develops in person, is considered (0 be a bil lesser tha best of devout wisdom. The poor people in th absence of all the dravyas noted above shoul adore the lord with (heir sweet voice an noble deeds,

While performing for the sake 0 creation, from a point in between my eyebrows as well as the nose, called avinuta he manifested himself as half man and hal woman or Ardhandrisvara.

'The reciting of mantras, sirotras (eulogy) Japam (muttering) should be treated as Ox adoration by the tongue. The vratas (fasting and going on pilgrimage is to be treated as th adoration with the body.

You are the imperishable Suprem: Brahman, with unclear form, you could b

trength of the organs, are without any upport, but you yourself arc the support of he universe, without any cause, without eginning or the end, subtle, lord of all, we our obeisance to you

the god or the slightest dedication to hin bestows comfort 10 the performer.

On seeing the unborn lord Siva, who wa: the heap of lustre, lord of Uma, omniscient the creator of all, well known as Nilalohita before me, I offered my salutation to lors Siva, I praised him with great devotion, whic} delighted me. Then I said to ford Siva, the go of gods, "You take up several types 0 creation yourself."

ther gods, all the okas, besides the mobile nd immobile beings, with the difference of he name and merits with his smallest digits, vith your invisible influence there appear parks from fire and the rays from the sun, gain and again.

'Then I said to Mahesvara- the Maharudra "O Deva, you create the people who are afrai of birth and death.

he gods, one achieves all types of comforts nd by doing so, ane achieves comforts in the resent as well as the fuse life. In case the herities are dedicated to the ford Siva, onc chieves salvation

Mahadeva said, "O Brahma, I shall not reate people, who are afraid of the birth and cath besides those who are ugly and remain rowned in the ocean of mercy because of weir sins,

Brahma said, "Saying this, the glorious ord Siva,, in my full view, disappeared from wat place with his attendants.

Brahma said, "All the gods including Visnu and others, after offering prayer to Siva the great lord, silently stood before the lor bending their shoulders with great devotion.