Shiva Purana

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ब्रह्मोवाच ॥ इत्युक्त्वा विररामाथ किंचिद्विरहमुक्तधीः ॥ लोकाचारकरो रुद्रो निर्विकारी सताम्प्रियः ॥ २४ ॥

sanskrit

Brahmā said: After saying this He stopped. He was a bit relieved of His pangs of separation. Śiva, free from aberrations, and a lover of good men, acted thus only for following the worldly conventions.

english translation

brahmovAca ॥ ityuktvA virarAmAtha kiMcidvirahamuktadhIH ॥ lokAcArakaro rudro nirvikArI satAmpriyaH ॥ 24 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

siva.sh/siva-purana/rudra-samhita/73/24

ब्रह्मोवाच ॥ इत्युक्त्वा विररामाथ किंचिद्विरहमुक्तधीः ॥ लोकाचारकरो रुद्रो निर्विकारी सताम्प्रियः ॥ २४ ॥

sanskrit

Brahmā said: After saying this He stopped. He was a bit relieved of His pangs of separation. Śiva, free from aberrations, and a lover of good men, acted thus only for following the worldly conventions.

english translation

brahmovAca ॥ ityuktvA virarAmAtha kiMcidvirahamuktadhIH ॥ lokAcArakaro rudro nirvikArI satAmpriyaH ॥ 24 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript