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Shiva Purana

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मुनिः प्रोवाच नृपतिं कन्यां मे देहि भक्तितः ॥ अन्यथा भस्मसात्सर्वं करिष्येहं त्वया सह ॥ ६॥

The sage repeated the request, saying “Give me your daughter devoutly. Otherwise I will reduce everything to ashes along with you.”

english translation

अथो बभूवुराच्छन्नाः सर्वे राजजनास्तदा ॥ तेजसा पिप्पलादस्य दाधीचस्य महामुने ॥ ७ ॥

O great sage, then all the people of the king were enveloped by the brilliance of Pippalāda, son of Dadhīci.

english translation

अथ राजा महाभीतो विलप्य च मुहुर्मुहुः ॥ कन्यामलंकृताम्पद्मां वृद्धाय मुनये ददौ ॥ ८ ॥

Then the king was much frightened and he lamented again and again. He gave his daughter Padmā, fully bedecked in ornaments to the old sage.

english translation

पद्मां विवाह्य स मुनिश्शिवांशाम्भूपतेः सुताम् ॥ पिप्पलादो गृहीत्वा तां मुदितः स्वाश्रमं ययौ ॥ ९ ॥

After marrying Padmā, the daughter of the king and a part of Śivā, the sage Pippalāda joyously took her to his hermitage.

english translation

तत्र गत्वा मुनिवरो वयसा जर्जरोधिकः ॥ उवाच नार्या स तया तपस्वीनातिलम्पटः ॥ १०॥

After going to the hermitage the aged excellent sage stayed there with that woman. The sage was not too indulgent.

english translation