Origin of the Rudra; his becoming eight Rudras; their wives and children - Verse 4
Vishnu Purana (GRETIL; M. M. Pathak critical edition) · 1 · Verse 8.4
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Sanskrit Original
नाम देहीति तं सो ऽथ प्रत्युवाच प्रजापतिः रुद्रस त्वं देव नाम्नासि मा रोदीर धैर्यम आवह एवम उक्तः पुनः सो ऽथ सप्तकृत्वो रुरोद वै ।।
nāma dehīti taṃ so 'tha pratyuvāca prajāpatiḥ rudras tvaṃ deva nāmnāsi mā rodīr dhairyam āvaha evam uktaḥ punaḥ so 'tha saptakṛtvo ruroda vai ||
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Then Prajapati replied to him, 'O Rudra, you are known by the name of the deity; do not weep, bear courage.' Thus addressed, he wept again seven times.