श्रीमहादेव उवाच ।। अहो तपस्ते किं भद्रे न बुद्धं किंचिदेव हि ।। न दग्धो वह्निना देहो न च प्राप्तो मनीषितः
śrīmahādeva uvāca || aho tapaste kiṃ bhadre na buddhaṃ kiṃcideva hi || na dagdho vahninā deho na ca prāpto manīṣitaḥ
Roman (IAST) transliteration rendered by HREEM from the edition's Devanagari; the Devanagari is the edition's own.
Sanskrit only: no published translation is held for this verse.