Shiva Purana
देव्युवाच ॥ ईदृशो मम वर्णेस्मिन्न रतिर्भवतो ऽस्ति चेत् ॥ एवावन्तं चिरं कालं कथमेषा नियम्यते ॥ ३३ ॥
The goddess said:— “If my lord has no pleasure in my complexion how is it that I have been held up here so long.
english translation
devyuvAca ॥ IdRzo mama varNesminna ratirbhavato 'sti cet ॥ evAvantaM ciraM kAlaM kathameSA niyamyate ॥ 33 ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscript