Shiva Purana

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प्रभावेण विना शंभोर्न जायेरन्निमाः प्रजाः ।। एवं संचिन्तयन्ब्रह्मा तपः कर्त्तुं प्रचक्रमे ।। ५ ।।

sanskrit

Brahmā then began to perform penance thinking “Without the power of Śiva, the subjects will not be born.”

english translation

prabhAveNa vinA zaMbhorna jAyerannimAH prajAH || evaM saMcintayanbrahmA tapaH karttuM pracakrame || 5 ||

hk transliteration by Sanscript