Shiva Purana

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प्रकृतेः परमश्चेत्त्वं किमर्थं तप्यसे तपः ॥ त्वया शंभोऽधुना ह्यस्मिन्गिरौ हिमवति प्रभो ॥ १४ ॥

sanskrit

O lord, if you are greater than Prakṛti, wherefore do you perform penance, O Śiva, now, on this mountain Himavat.

english translation

prakRteH paramazcettvaM kimarthaM tapyase tapaH ॥ tvayA zaMbho'dhunA hyasmingirau himavati prabho ॥ 14 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

siva.sh/siva-purana/rudra-samhita/76/14

प्रकृतेः परमश्चेत्त्वं किमर्थं तप्यसे तपः ॥ त्वया शंभोऽधुना ह्यस्मिन्गिरौ हिमवति प्रभो ॥ १४ ॥

sanskrit

O lord, if you are greater than Prakṛti, wherefore do you perform penance, O Śiva, now, on this mountain Himavat.

english translation

prakRteH paramazcettvaM kimarthaM tapyase tapaH ॥ tvayA zaMbho'dhunA hyasmingirau himavati prabho ॥ 14 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript