Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 4 - Chapter 1 - Verse 11


Sanskrit:

भवस्तवाय कृतधीर्नाशक्नोदनुरागत: ।औत्कण्ठ्याद्बाष्पकलया सम्परेतां सुतां स्मरन् ॥ ११ ॥

ITRANS:

bhava-stavāya kṛta-dhīrnāśaknod anurāgataḥautkaṇṭhyād bāṣpa-kalayāsamparetāṁ sutāṁ smaran

Translation:

King Dakṣa wanted to offer prayers to Lord Śiva, but as he remembered the ill-fated death of his daughter Satī, his eyes filled with tears, and in bereavement his voice choked up and he could not say anything.

Purport: