Shiva Purana

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

sanskrit

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