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