Shiva Purana

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शिव उवाच ॥ स यद्येवंविधतापस्ते तपसा किं प्रयोजनम् ॥ ममेच्छया स्वेच्छया वा वर्णान्तरवती भव ॥ ५२ ॥

Śiva said:— If your distress is such, of what avail is penance? You can assume any other colour at my will or at your choice.

english translation

ziva uvAca ॥ sa yadyevaMvidhatApaste tapasA kiM prayojanam ॥ mamecchayA svecchayA vA varNAntaravatI bhava ॥ 52 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript