History of Bengali Language and Literature c6.s6.2

c6.s6.2

But the Purāṇas completely changed the Great God. We have heard of the fiery planets growing cold with lapse of time in the celestial regions, the pleasant verdure of shrubs and plants covering those orbs from which once emanated sparks of living fire. The God Çiva has passed through a similar transformation. In the Paurāṇik age he is represented as the very personification of calmness.