Shiva Purana

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सदाशिवेन देवानां हितार्थं रूपमद्भुतम्॥ शारभं च धृतन्दिव्यं ज्वलज्ज्वालासमप्रभम् ॥ ४॥

sanskrit

For the benefit of the gods, the wonderfully divine form of a Śarabha (the mythological animal with eight legs and capacity of killing lions) of blazing fire-like lustre was assumed by lord Śiva.

english translation

sadAzivena devAnAM hitArthaM rUpamadbhutam॥ zArabhaM ca dhRtandivyaM jvalajjvAlAsamaprabham ॥ 4॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

siva.sh/siva-purana/saturda-samhita/10/4

सदाशिवेन देवानां हितार्थं रूपमद्भुतम्॥ शारभं च धृतन्दिव्यं ज्वलज्ज्वालासमप्रभम् ॥ ४॥

sanskrit

For the benefit of the gods, the wonderfully divine form of a Śarabha (the mythological animal with eight legs and capacity of killing lions) of blazing fire-like lustre was assumed by lord Śiva.

english translation

sadAzivena devAnAM hitArthaM rUpamadbhutam॥ zArabhaM ca dhRtandivyaM jvalajjvAlAsamaprabham ॥ 4॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript