Shiva Purana

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॥ ब्रह्मोवाच ॥ गतेषु तेषु मुनिषु स्वं लोकं शंकरः स्वयम् ॥ परीक्षितुं तपो देव्या ऐच्छत्सूतिकरः प्रभुः ॥१॥

sanskrit

Brahmā said: When those sages returned to their abodes, lord Śiva, the cause of great enjoyment and protection wanted to test the penance of the goddess.

english translation

॥ brahmovAca ॥ gateSu teSu muniSu svaM lokaM zaMkaraH svayam ॥ parIkSituM tapo devyA aicchatsUtikaraH prabhuH ॥1॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

siva.sh/siva-purana/rudra-samhita/89/1

॥ ब्रह्मोवाच ॥ गतेषु तेषु मुनिषु स्वं लोकं शंकरः स्वयम् ॥ परीक्षितुं तपो देव्या ऐच्छत्सूतिकरः प्रभुः ॥१॥

sanskrit

Brahmā said: When those sages returned to their abodes, lord Śiva, the cause of great enjoyment and protection wanted to test the penance of the goddess.

english translation

॥ brahmovAca ॥ gateSu teSu muniSu svaM lokaM zaMkaraH svayam ॥ parIkSituM tapo devyA aicchatsUtikaraH prabhuH ॥1॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript