Varāha Purāṇa 21.7

तपोर्थित्वं तपोहीनः स्त्रष्टुं शक्नोति न प्रजाः । एवं चिन्त्य जले मग्नस्ततो रुद्रः प्रतापवान्

taporthitvaṃ tapohīnaḥ straṣṭuṃ śaknoti na prajāḥ | evaṃ cintya jale magnastato rudraḥ pratāpavān

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.