Shiva Purana

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अंगुष्ठेन भुवं स्पृष्ट्वा शत वर्षं च तादृशः ॥ तेपे तपो दृढात्मा स तारकोऽसुरराट्प्रभुः ॥२४॥

sanskrit

Then for a hundred years, the lord and king of Asuras, Tāraka performed the penance: stood steady touching the ground with the single big toe.

english translation

aMguSThena bhuvaM spRSTvA zata varSaM ca tAdRzaH ॥ tepe tapo dRDhAtmA sa tArako'surarATprabhuH ॥24॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

siva.sh/siva-purana/rudra-samhita/78/24

अंगुष्ठेन भुवं स्पृष्ट्वा शत वर्षं च तादृशः ॥ तेपे तपो दृढात्मा स तारकोऽसुरराट्प्रभुः ॥२४॥

sanskrit

Then for a hundred years, the lord and king of Asuras, Tāraka performed the penance: stood steady touching the ground with the single big toe.

english translation

aMguSThena bhuvaM spRSTvA zata varSaM ca tAdRzaH ॥ tepe tapo dRDhAtmA sa tArako'surarATprabhuH ॥24॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript