Shiva Purana

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।। शम्भुरुवाच ।। हे विष्णो सर्वभक्तेश कथमात्मा विधिर्मम ।। लक्ष्यते भिन्न एवायं प्रत्यक्षेणाग्रतः स्थितः ।। ६६ ।।

sanskrit

Śiva said: O Viṣṇu, lord of all devotees, how can this Brahmā be my own self? He is observed as different, standing before me.

english translation

|| zambhuruvAca || he viSNo sarvabhakteza kathamAtmA vidhirmama || lakSyate bhinna evAyaM pratyakSeNAgrataH sthitaH || 66 ||

hk transliteration by Sanscript

siva.sh/siva-purana/rudra-samhita/39/66

।। शम्भुरुवाच ।। हे विष्णो सर्वभक्तेश कथमात्मा विधिर्मम ।। लक्ष्यते भिन्न एवायं प्रत्यक्षेणाग्रतः स्थितः ।। ६६ ।।

sanskrit

Śiva said: O Viṣṇu, lord of all devotees, how can this Brahmā be my own self? He is observed as different, standing before me.

english translation

|| zambhuruvAca || he viSNo sarvabhakteza kathamAtmA vidhirmama || lakSyate bhinna evAyaM pratyakSeNAgrataH sthitaH || 66 ||

hk transliteration by Sanscript