Shiva Purana

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क्षुव उवाच ॥ अष्टानां लोकपालानां वपुर्धारयते नृपः ॥ तस्मान्नृपो वरिष्ठो हि वर्णाश्रमपतिः प्रभुः ॥१२॥

sanskrit

Kṣuva said: A king holds in his body parts of the eight guardians of the worlds. Hence a king is the most excellent lord of all Varṇas and Āśramas. He is the supreme lord.

english translation

kSuva uvAca ॥ aSTAnAM lokapAlAnAM vapurdhArayate nRpaH ॥ tasmAnnRpo variSTho hi varNAzramapatiH prabhuH ॥12॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

siva.sh/siva-purana/rudra-samhita/58/12

क्षुव उवाच ॥ अष्टानां लोकपालानां वपुर्धारयते नृपः ॥ तस्मान्नृपो वरिष्ठो हि वर्णाश्रमपतिः प्रभुः ॥१२॥

sanskrit

Kṣuva said: A king holds in his body parts of the eight guardians of the worlds. Hence a king is the most excellent lord of all Varṇas and Āśramas. He is the supreme lord.

english translation

kSuva uvAca ॥ aSTAnAM lokapAlAnAM vapurdhArayate nRpaH ॥ tasmAnnRpo variSTho hi varNAzramapatiH prabhuH ॥12॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript