Shiva Purana

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नन्दीश्वर उवाच ।। इति विप्रगिरा भीतश्चिन्तयामास पार्थिवः ।। अरक्षणान्महापापं पत्नीदानन्ततो वरम् ।। ४२ ।।

sanskrit

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