Shiva Purana

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अदुःखेना ऽपि शक्तो ऽसौ पशून्मोचयितुं शिवः ॥ कथं दुःखं करोतीति नात्र कार्या विचारणा ॥ ८२ ॥

sanskrit

In this regard no doubt need be entertained—“Śiva can liberate the souls without subjecting them to misery. Why does he then subject them to misery?”

english translation

aduHkhenA 'pi zakto 'sau pazUnmocayituM zivaH ॥ kathaM duHkhaM karotIti nAtra kAryA vicAraNA ॥ 82 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

siva.sh/siva-purana/vayaviya-samhita/31/82

अदुःखेना ऽपि शक्तो ऽसौ पशून्मोचयितुं शिवः ॥ कथं दुःखं करोतीति नात्र कार्या विचारणा ॥ ८२ ॥

sanskrit

In this regard no doubt need be entertained—“Śiva can liberate the souls without subjecting them to misery. Why does he then subject them to misery?”

english translation

aduHkhenA 'pi zakto 'sau pazUnmocayituM zivaH ॥ kathaM duHkhaM karotIti nAtra kAryA vicAraNA ॥ 82 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript