Shiva Purana

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अशोचं बहुधा चित्ते गृह्णीयात्स कथं स्त्रियम् ।। निर्विकारी जितात्मा स शंकरो योगतत्परः।।६।।

sanskrit

How will Śiva who is free from depravity, who has conquered himself and who is devoted to Yogic practices take up a wife unto himself? Thinking thus I bewailed a lot.

english translation

azocaM bahudhA citte gRhNIyAtsa kathaM striyam || nirvikArI jitAtmA sa zaMkaro yogatatparaH||6||

hk transliteration by Sanscript

siva.sh/siva-purana/rudra-samhita/30/6

अशोचं बहुधा चित्ते गृह्णीयात्स कथं स्त्रियम् ।। निर्विकारी जितात्मा स शंकरो योगतत्परः।।६।।

sanskrit

How will Śiva who is free from depravity, who has conquered himself and who is devoted to Yogic practices take up a wife unto himself? Thinking thus I bewailed a lot.

english translation

azocaM bahudhA citte gRhNIyAtsa kathaM striyam || nirvikArI jitAtmA sa zaMkaro yogatatparaH||6||

hk transliteration by Sanscript