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maitreya uvāca bhavo bhavānyā nidhanaṁ prajāpater asat-kṛtāyā avagamya nāradāt sva-pārṣada-sainyaṁ ca tad-adhvararbhubhir vidrāvitaṁ krodham apāram ādadhe

Maitreya said: When Lord Śiva heard from Nārada that Satī, his wife, was now dead because of Prajāpati Dakṣa’s insult …

Lord Śiva understood that Satī, being the youngest daughter of Dakṣa, could present the case of Lord Śiva’s purity of …

When Satī passed away, giving up her body, the news was conveyed by Nārada to Lord Śiva. Nārada always carries …

kruddhaḥ sudaṣṭauṣṭha-puṭaḥ sa dhūr-jaṭir jaṭāṁ taḍid-vahni-saṭogra-rociṣam utkṛtya rudraḥ sahasotthito hasan gambhīra-nādo visasarja tāṁ bhuvi

Thus Lord Śiva, being extremely angry, pressed his lips with his teeth and immediately snatched from his head a strand …

tato ’tikāyas tanuvā spṛśan divaṁ sahasra-bāhur ghana-ruk tri-sūrya-dṛk karāla-daṁṣṭro jvalad-agni-mūrdhajaḥ kapāla-mālī vividhodyatāyudhaḥ

A fearful black demon as high as the sky and as bright as three suns combined was thereby created, his …

taṁ kiṁ karomīti gṛṇantam āha baddhāñjaliṁ bhagavān bhūta-nāthaḥ dakṣaṁ sa-yajñaṁ jahi mad-bhaṭānāṁ tvam agraṇī rudra bhaṭāṁśako me

When that gigantic demon asked with folded hands, “What shall I do, my lord?” Lord Śiva, who is known as …

Here is the beginning of competition between brahma-tejas and śiva-tejas. By brahma-tejas, brahminical strength, Bhṛgu Muni had created the Ṛbhu …

ājñapta evaṁ kupitena manyunā sa deva-devaṁ paricakrame vibhum mene tadātmānam asaṅga-raṁhasā mahīyasāṁ tāta sahaḥ sahiṣṇum

Maitreya continued: My dear Vidura, that black person was the personified anger of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and he …

anvīyamānaḥ sa tu rudra-pārṣadair bhṛśaṁ nadadbhir vyanadat subhairavam udyamya śūlaṁ jagad-antakāntakaṁ samprādravad ghoṣaṇa-bhūṣaṇāṅghriḥ

Many other soldiers of Lord Śiva followed the fierce personality in a tumultuous uproar. He carried a great trident, fearful …

athartvijo yajamānaḥ sadasyāḥ kakubhy udīcyāṁ prasamīkṣya reṇum tamaḥ kim etat kuta etad rajo ’bhūd iti dvijā dvija-patnyaś ca dadhyuḥ

At that time, all the persons assembled in the sacrificial arena — the priests, the chief of the sacrificial performance, …

vātā na vānti na hi santi dasyavaḥ prācīna-barhir jīvati hogra-daṇḍaḥ gāvo na kālyanta idaṁ kuto rajo loko ’dhunā kiṁ pralayāya …

Conjecturing on the origin of the storm, they said: There is no wind blowing, and no cows are passing, nor …

Specifically significant in this verse is prācīna-barhir jīvati. The king of that part of the land was known as Barhi, …