Shiva Purana

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ततः शिवाज्ञया तस्मात्तासु राज्ञस्स्वयं हरिः ॥ चतुर्भिश्चैव रूपैश्चाविर्बभूव नृपात्मजः ॥ ३६ ॥

sanskrit

Then at the behest of Śiva, Viṣṇu himself was born of the ladies in four different forms.

english translation

tataH zivAjJayA tasmAttAsu rAjJassvayaM hariH ॥ caturbhizcaiva rUpaizcAvirbabhUva nRpAtmajaH ॥ 36 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

siva.sh/siva-purana/kotirudra-samhita/37/36

ततः शिवाज्ञया तस्मात्तासु राज्ञस्स्वयं हरिः ॥ चतुर्भिश्चैव रूपैश्चाविर्बभूव नृपात्मजः ॥ ३६ ॥

sanskrit

Then at the behest of Śiva, Viṣṇu himself was born of the ladies in four different forms.

english translation

tataH zivAjJayA tasmAttAsu rAjJassvayaM hariH ॥ caturbhizcaiva rUpaizcAvirbabhUva nRpAtmajaH ॥ 36 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript