Shiva Purana
देव्युवाच ॥ दृष्टः किमेष भवता शार्दूलो मदुपाश्रयः ॥ अनेन दुष्टसत्त्वेभ्यो रक्षितं मत्तपोवनम् ॥ २ ॥
The goddess said:— Is this tiger that has resorted to me seen by you? He has guarded my penance grove from wicked animals.
english translation
devyuvAca ॥ dRSTaH kimeSa bhavatA zArdUlo madupAzrayaH ॥ anena duSTasattvebhyo rakSitaM mattapovanam ॥ 2 ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscript