Shiva Purana

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॥ सनत्कुमार उवाच ॥ तपस्तपति योऽरण्ये वन्यमूलफलाशनः ॥ योऽधीते ऋचमेकां हि फलं स्यात्तत्समं मुने ॥ १ ॥

sanskrit

Sanatkumāra said:— O sage, the fruit is the same whether one performs penance in a forest restricting his diet to roots and fruits there or studies a single Vedic verse.

english translation

॥ sanatkumAra uvAca ॥ tapastapati yo'raNye vanyamUlaphalAzanaH ॥ yo'dhIte RcamekAM hi phalaM syAttatsamaM mune ॥ 1 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

siva.sh/siva-purana/uma-samhita/13/1

॥ सनत्कुमार उवाच ॥ तपस्तपति योऽरण्ये वन्यमूलफलाशनः ॥ योऽधीते ऋचमेकां हि फलं स्यात्तत्समं मुने ॥ १ ॥

sanskrit

Sanatkumāra said:— O sage, the fruit is the same whether one performs penance in a forest restricting his diet to roots and fruits there or studies a single Vedic verse.

english translation

॥ sanatkumAra uvAca ॥ tapastapati yo'raNye vanyamUlaphalAzanaH ॥ yo'dhIte RcamekAM hi phalaM syAttatsamaM mune ॥ 1 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript