Shiva Purana
नन्दीश्वर उवाच ॥ इति विप्रगिरा भीतश्चिन्तयामास पार्थिवः ॥ अरक्षणान्महापापं पत्नीदानन्ततो वरम् ॥ ४२ ॥
Nandīśvara said:— At the words or the brahmin, the frightened king thought to himself, “It is a aw to withhold protection. It Is proper under the circumstance to give away my wife.”
english translation
nandIzvara uvAca ॥ iti vipragirA bhItazcintayAmAsa pArthivaH ॥ arakSaNAnmahApApaM patnIdAnantato varam ॥ 42 ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscript