Shiva Purana

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वर्णानां ब्राह्मणोऽसि त्वं नृणां राजासि शंकर ।। मुक्तिक्षेत्रेषु काशी त्वं तीर्थानां तीर्थराड् भवान् ।।३७।।

sanskrit

Among the four castes you are the brahmin. O Śiva, among men you are the king. Among holy centres of salvation you are Kāśī. Among the sacred rivers you are the supreme sacred river.

english translation

varNAnAM brAhmaNo'si tvaM nRNAM rAjAsi zaMkara || muktikSetreSu kAzI tvaM tIrthAnAM tIrtharAD bhavAn ||37||

hk transliteration by Sanscript

siva.sh/siva-purana/rudra-samhita/140/37

वर्णानां ब्राह्मणोऽसि त्वं नृणां राजासि शंकर ।। मुक्तिक्षेत्रेषु काशी त्वं तीर्थानां तीर्थराड् भवान् ।।३७।।

sanskrit

Among the four castes you are the brahmin. O Śiva, among men you are the king. Among holy centres of salvation you are Kāśī. Among the sacred rivers you are the supreme sacred river.

english translation

varNAnAM brAhmaNo'si tvaM nRNAM rAjAsi zaMkara || muktikSetreSu kAzI tvaM tIrthAnAM tIrtharAD bhavAn ||37||

hk transliteration by Sanscript