Shiva Purana

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पुत्रस्त्वं विश्वसंहर्त्तुस्त्वां प्राप्तुञ्चाऽक्षमा इमाः ।। नाग्निं गोप्तुं यथा शक्तश्शुष्कवृक्षस्स्व कोटरे ।। ५४ ।।

sanskrit

You are the son of the annihilator of the universe and these (Kṛttikas) are impatient to gain possession of you as the dry tree tries to conceal fire within its hollow though it is incapable of holding it.

english translation

putrastvaM vizvasaMharttustvAM prAptuJcA'kSamA imAH || nAgniM goptuM yathA zaktazzuSkavRkSassva koTare || 54 ||

hk transliteration by Sanscript

siva.sh/siva-purana/rudra-samhita/122/54

पुत्रस्त्वं विश्वसंहर्त्तुस्त्वां प्राप्तुञ्चाऽक्षमा इमाः ।। नाग्निं गोप्तुं यथा शक्तश्शुष्कवृक्षस्स्व कोटरे ।। ५४ ।।

sanskrit

You are the son of the annihilator of the universe and these (Kṛttikas) are impatient to gain possession of you as the dry tree tries to conceal fire within its hollow though it is incapable of holding it.

english translation

putrastvaM vizvasaMharttustvAM prAptuJcA'kSamA imAH || nAgniM goptuM yathA zaktazzuSkavRkSassva koTare || 54 ||

hk transliteration by Sanscript