Shiva Purana

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दुःखे स्वभावसंसिद्धे कथन्तत्कारणं शिवः ॥ स्वाभाविको मलः पुंसां स हि संसारयत्यमून् ॥ ८७ ॥

sanskrit

When misery is innately acquired how can Śiva be its cause? The dirt is inborn in men. It is that which makes them undergo the sufferings of worldly existence.

english translation

duHkhe svabhAvasaMsiddhe kathantatkAraNaM zivaH ॥ svAbhAviko malaH puMsAM sa hi saMsArayatyamUn ॥ 87 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

siva.sh/siva-purana/vayaviya-samhita/31/87

दुःखे स्वभावसंसिद्धे कथन्तत्कारणं शिवः ॥ स्वाभाविको मलः पुंसां स हि संसारयत्यमून् ॥ ८७ ॥

sanskrit

When misery is innately acquired how can Śiva be its cause? The dirt is inborn in men. It is that which makes them undergo the sufferings of worldly existence.

english translation

duHkhe svabhAvasaMsiddhe kathantatkAraNaM zivaH ॥ svAbhAviko malaH puMsAM sa hi saMsArayatyamUn ॥ 87 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript