Shiva Purana

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आकाशादीनि भूतानि भौतिकानि च लीलया ॥ इति बुद्ध्वा प्रजानाथ शरणं व्रज मे विधे ॥४२॥

sanskrit

I have created the elements Ether etc. and all created beings out of sheer sport. Realising this, O Brahmā, the lord of subjects, seek refuge in me.

english translation

AkAzAdIni bhUtAni bhautikAni ca lIlayA ॥ iti buddhvA prajAnAtha zaraNaM vraja me vidhe ॥42॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

siva.sh/siva-purana/rudra-samhita/7/42

आकाशादीनि भूतानि भौतिकानि च लीलया ॥ इति बुद्ध्वा प्रजानाथ शरणं व्रज मे विधे ॥४२॥

sanskrit

I have created the elements Ether etc. and all created beings out of sheer sport. Realising this, O Brahmā, the lord of subjects, seek refuge in me.

english translation

AkAzAdIni bhUtAni bhautikAni ca lIlayA ॥ iti buddhvA prajAnAtha zaraNaM vraja me vidhe ॥42॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript