Bhagavata Purana 4.7.14
Srimad Bhagavatam · 7 · Verse 14
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Sanskrit Original
विद्यातपोव्रतधरान् मुखत: स्म विप्रान् ब्रह्मात्मतत्त्वमवितुं प्रथमं त्वमस्राक् । तद्ब्राह्मणान् परम सर्वविपत्सु पासि पाल: पशूनिव विभो प्रगृहीतदण्ड: ॥ १४ ॥
vidyā-tapo-vrata-dharān mukhataḥ sma viprān brahmātma-tattvam avituṁ prathamaṁ tvam asrāk tad brāhmaṇān parama sarva-vipatsu pāsi pālaḥ paśūn iva vibho pragṛhīta-daṇḍaḥ
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My dear great and powerful Lord Śiva, you were created first from the mouth of Lord Brahmā in order to protect the brāhmaṇas in pursuing education, austerities, vows and self-realization. As protector of the brāhmaṇas, you always protect the regulative principles they follow, just as a cowherd boy keeps a stick in his hand to give protection to the cows.