Shiva Purana

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ब्रह्मोवाच ॥ इत्थं विचार्य बहुधा हृदा तामत्यजत्सतीम् ॥ पणं न नाशयामास वेदधर्मप्रपालकः ॥ ५१ ॥

sanskrit

Brahmā said: Thus pondering within himself in diverse ways He mentally discarded Satī but did not break his promise as the protector of Vedic Virtue.

english translation

brahmovAca ॥ itthaM vicArya bahudhA hRdA tAmatyajatsatIm ॥ paNaM na nAzayAmAsa vedadharmaprapAlakaH ॥ 51 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

siva.sh/siva-purana/rudra-samhita/45/51

ब्रह्मोवाच ॥ इत्थं विचार्य बहुधा हृदा तामत्यजत्सतीम् ॥ पणं न नाशयामास वेदधर्मप्रपालकः ॥ ५१ ॥

sanskrit

Brahmā said: Thus pondering within himself in diverse ways He mentally discarded Satī but did not break his promise as the protector of Vedic Virtue.

english translation

brahmovAca ॥ itthaM vicArya bahudhA hRdA tAmatyajatsatIm ॥ paNaM na nAzayAmAsa vedadharmaprapAlakaH ॥ 51 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript