Shiva Purana

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सूत उवाच ॥ अंतर्हिते हरौ विप्रा नारदो मुनिसत्तमः ॥ विचचार महीं पश्यञ्छिवलिंगानि भक्तितः ॥ १ ॥

sanskrit

Sūta said: O brahmins, when Viṣṇu vanished, the excellent sage Nārada roamed over the Earth seeing Śiva Liṅgas (in the various holy centres) with piety.

english translation

sUta uvAca ॥ aMtarhite harau viprA nArado munisattamaH ॥ vicacAra mahIM pazyaJchivaliMgAni bhaktitaH ॥ 1 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

siva.sh/siva-purana/rudra-samhita/5/1

सूत उवाच ॥ अंतर्हिते हरौ विप्रा नारदो मुनिसत्तमः ॥ विचचार महीं पश्यञ्छिवलिंगानि भक्तितः ॥ १ ॥

sanskrit

Sūta said: O brahmins, when Viṣṇu vanished, the excellent sage Nārada roamed over the Earth seeing Śiva Liṅgas (in the various holy centres) with piety.

english translation

sUta uvAca ॥ aMtarhite harau viprA nArado munisattamaH ॥ vicacAra mahIM pazyaJchivaliMgAni bhaktitaH ॥ 1 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript