Shiva Purana

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निवृत्तिनिर्वृताश्चैव शकुना नामतः स्मृताः ॥ ते ब्रह्मचारिणस्सर्वे शकुना धर्मधारिणः ॥ ३३॥

sanskrit

They were birds only in name. They were holy b?xhelors delighted in renunciation. They were birds practising sacred rites.

english translation

nivRttinirvRtAzcaiva zakunA nAmataH smRtAH ॥ te brahmacAriNassarve zakunA dharmadhAriNaH ॥ 33॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

siva.sh/siva-purana/uma-samhita/41/33

निवृत्तिनिर्वृताश्चैव शकुना नामतः स्मृताः ॥ ते ब्रह्मचारिणस्सर्वे शकुना धर्मधारिणः ॥ ३३॥

sanskrit

They were birds only in name. They were holy b?xhelors delighted in renunciation. They were birds practising sacred rites.

english translation

nivRttinirvRtAzcaiva zakunA nAmataH smRtAH ॥ te brahmacAriNassarve zakunA dharmadhAriNaH ॥ 33॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript