Shiva Purana

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॥ ब्रह्मोवाच ॥ विप्रवर्य सुतश्रेष्ठ शृणु तच्चरितं महत् ॥ प्रणम्य शंकरं भक्त्या वच्मि भक्तिविवर्द्धनम् ॥ ३ ॥

sanskrit

Brahmā said: O best of brahmins, O most excellent of my sons, listen to that great account. After bowing to Śiva with devotion I shall narrate that story which increases devotion.

english translation

॥ brahmovAca ॥ vipravarya sutazreSTha zRNu taccaritaM mahat ॥ praNamya zaMkaraM bhaktyA vacmi bhaktivivarddhanam ॥ 3 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

siva.sh/siva-purana/rudra-samhita/68/3

॥ ब्रह्मोवाच ॥ विप्रवर्य सुतश्रेष्ठ शृणु तच्चरितं महत् ॥ प्रणम्य शंकरं भक्त्या वच्मि भक्तिविवर्द्धनम् ॥ ३ ॥

sanskrit

Brahmā said: O best of brahmins, O most excellent of my sons, listen to that great account. After bowing to Śiva with devotion I shall narrate that story which increases devotion.

english translation

॥ brahmovAca ॥ vipravarya sutazreSTha zRNu taccaritaM mahat ॥ praNamya zaMkaraM bhaktyA vacmi bhaktivivarddhanam ॥ 3 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript