Shiva Purana
धैर्यं समाश्रितास्ते च रेखामात्रं तदा द्विजाः ॥ न चेलुः परमध्यानाद्वराकाः के शिवाग्रतः ॥ २७ ॥
Resorting to courage, the brahmins did not move even a line’s breadth from meditation. With Śiva to help who can remain in distress?
english translation
dhairyaM samAzritAste ca rekhAmAtraM tadA dvijAH ॥ na celuH paramadhyAnAdvarAkAH ke zivAgrataH ॥ 27 ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscript