Shiva Purana

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अधरः किं च बिंबं किं किं नासा शुकचंचुका ॥ किं स्वरः कोकिलालापः किं मध्यं चाथ वेदिका ॥ ३२ ॥

Is this your lower lip or Bimba fruit? Is this your nose or the beak of a parrot? Do I hear your voice or the cooing of the cuckoo? Is this your slender waist or the sacrificial altar?

english translation

adharaH kiM ca biMbaM kiM kiM nAsA zukacaMcukA ॥ kiM svaraH kokilAlApaH kiM madhyaM cAtha vedikA ॥ 32 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript