Shiva Purana

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प्रथमं तारकस्यैव भवं संशृणु नारद।। यद्वधार्थं महा यत्नः कृतो दैवैश्शिवाश्रयैः।।७।।

sanskrit

O Nārada, first of all, you hear the birth of Tāraka himself, to secure whose death great effort was made by the gods depending on Śiva.

english translation

prathamaM tArakasyaiva bhavaM saMzRNu nArada|| yadvadhArthaM mahA yatnaH kRto daivaizzivAzrayaiH||7||

hk transliteration by Sanscript