Shiva Purana

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न बाला न च वृद्धासि तरुणी भासि शोभना ।। कथं पतिं विना तीक्ष्णं तपश्चरसि वै वने ।।११।।

sanskrit

You are neither a small girl nor an old woman. You appear to be an auspicious young woman. How is it that you are performing this penance even when you are unmarried.

english translation

na bAlA na ca vRddhAsi taruNI bhAsi zobhanA || kathaM patiM vinA tIkSNaM tapazcarasi vai vane ||11||

hk transliteration by Sanscript

siva.sh/siva-purana/rudra-samhita/89/11

न बाला न च वृद्धासि तरुणी भासि शोभना ।। कथं पतिं विना तीक्ष्णं तपश्चरसि वै वने ।।११।।

sanskrit

You are neither a small girl nor an old woman. You appear to be an auspicious young woman. How is it that you are performing this penance even when you are unmarried.

english translation

na bAlA na ca vRddhAsi taruNI bhAsi zobhanA || kathaM patiM vinA tIkSNaM tapazcarasi vai vane ||11||

hk transliteration by Sanscript