Shiva Purana

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वर्षायुतं तत्र तपश्चचार जजाप जाप्यं विधृतैकपादः ॥ आहारहीनो नियमोर्द्ध्वबाहुः कर्त्तुं न शक्यं हि सुरा सुरैर्यत् ॥ ५ ॥

For ten thousand years he performed a severe penance, repeating mantras. He stood on one leg, observed fast and lifted up his arms continuously. In short, he performed a penance that no god or Asura could do.

english translation

varSAyutaM tatra tapazcacAra jajApa jApyaM vidhRtaikapAdaH ॥ AhArahIno niyamorddhvabAhuH karttuM na zakyaM hi surA surairyat ॥ 5 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript