Shiva Purana

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चकारैवं बहुतपो न प्रसन्नस्तदापि हि ॥ परमात्मा महेशानो दुराराध्यो दुरात्मभिः ॥ ६ ॥

sanskrit

Thus he performed penance a great deal. Even then Śiva the supreme soul, difficult to be propitiated by the wicked was not delighted.

english translation

cakAraivaM bahutapo na prasannastadApi hi ॥ paramAtmA mahezAno durArAdhyo durAtmabhiH ॥ 6 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

siva.sh/siva-purana/kotirudra-samhita/28/6

चकारैवं बहुतपो न प्रसन्नस्तदापि हि ॥ परमात्मा महेशानो दुराराध्यो दुरात्मभिः ॥ ६ ॥

sanskrit

Thus he performed penance a great deal. Even then Śiva the supreme soul, difficult to be propitiated by the wicked was not delighted.

english translation

cakAraivaM bahutapo na prasannastadApi hi ॥ paramAtmA mahezAno durArAdhyo durAtmabhiH ॥ 6 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript