Origin of the Epithet Nīlakaṇṭha (Śiva swallowing poison) - Verse 96
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · 25 · Verse 96
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Sanskrit Original
त्वमेव सर्वस्य चराचरस्य धाता विधाता प्रलयस्त्वमेव। इत्येव मुक्त्वा वचनं सुरेद्राः प्रगृह्य सोमं प्रणिपत्य मूर्ध्रा। गता विमानैरनिलोपवेगैर्महानगं मेरुमुपेत्य सर्वे।।
tvameva sarvasya carācarasya dhātā vidhātā pralayastvameva| ityeva muktvā vacanaṃ suredrāḥ pragṛhya somaṃ praṇipatya mūrdhrā| gatā vimānairanilopavegairmahānagaṃ merumupetya sarve||
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Eulogy of God Śiva: You alone are the creator and sustainer of the entire world of mobile and immobile beings. You alone are its annihilation (i.e. annihilator)”