Shiva Purana

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ब्रह्मोवाच ॥ इत्येवमुक्त्वा तु विधूय पुण्यं निजं स तन्निंदनकर्मणा वै ॥ जग्राह शक्तिं परमाद्भुतां च स तारको युद्धवतां वरिष्ठः ॥ ३६ ॥

sanskrit

Brahmā said: Saying this and dispossessing himself of his own merit by that act of censure, Tāraka the foremost among war-mongers seized his wonderful spear.

english translation

brahmovAca ॥ ityevamuktvA tu vidhUya puNyaM nijaM sa tanniMdanakarmaNA vai ॥ jagrAha zaktiM paramAdbhutAM ca sa tArako yuddhavatAM variSThaH ॥ 36 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

siva.sh/siva-purana/rudra-samhita/127/36

ब्रह्मोवाच ॥ इत्येवमुक्त्वा तु विधूय पुण्यं निजं स तन्निंदनकर्मणा वै ॥ जग्राह शक्तिं परमाद्भुतां च स तारको युद्धवतां वरिष्ठः ॥ ३६ ॥

sanskrit

Brahmā said: Saying this and dispossessing himself of his own merit by that act of censure, Tāraka the foremost among war-mongers seized his wonderful spear.

english translation

brahmovAca ॥ ityevamuktvA tu vidhUya puNyaM nijaM sa tanniMdanakarmaNA vai ॥ jagrAha zaktiM paramAdbhutAM ca sa tArako yuddhavatAM variSThaH ॥ 36 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript