Shiva Purana

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।। शिव उवाच ।। पूर्वमाराधितो विप्र ब्रह्मणाहं तपोधन ।। तपसा चावतारार्थं मुनिभिश्च सुरोत्तमैः।। ३३।।

sanskrit

Śiva said:— O brahmin, O sage, formerly I have been propitiated by means of penance by Brahmā, by sages and by leading gods and urged to take an incarnation.

english translation

|| ziva uvAca || pUrvamArAdhito vipra brahmaNAhaM tapodhana || tapasA cAvatArArthaM munibhizca surottamaiH|| 33||

hk transliteration by Sanscript