Shiva Purana

siva.sh/siva-purana/rudra-samhita/31/27

हरे गृहीतकांते तु कथं सृष्टिश्शुभावहा ॥ आद्यंतमध्ये चैतस्य हेतौ तस्मिन्विरागिणि ॥२७॥

sanskrit

Śiva is the cause of this universe in the beginning, middle and end. If He remains detached and refuses to take a wife, how can auspicious creation come into being?

english translation

hare gRhItakAMte tu kathaM sRSTizzubhAvahA ॥ AdyaMtamadhye caitasya hetau tasminvirAgiNi ॥27॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

siva.sh/siva-purana/rudra-samhita/31/27

हरे गृहीतकांते तु कथं सृष्टिश्शुभावहा ॥ आद्यंतमध्ये चैतस्य हेतौ तस्मिन्विरागिणि ॥२७॥

sanskrit

Śiva is the cause of this universe in the beginning, middle and end. If He remains detached and refuses to take a wife, how can auspicious creation come into being?

english translation

hare gRhItakAMte tu kathaM sRSTizzubhAvahA ॥ AdyaMtamadhye caitasya hetau tasminvirAgiNi ॥27॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript