Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 8 - Chapter 1 - Verse 42


Sanskrit:

आत्मांशभूतां तां मायां भवानीं भगवान्भव: । सम्मतामृषिमुख्यानां प्रीत्याचष्टाथ भारत ॥ ४२ ॥

ITRANS:

ātmāṁśa-bhūtāṁ tāṁ māyāṁbhavānīṁ bhagavān bhavaḥsammatām ṛṣi-mukhyānāṁprītyācaṣṭātha bhārata

Translation:

O descendant of Bharata Mahārāja, Lord Śiva, in jubilation, then addressed his wife, Bhavānī, who is accepted by all authorities as the potency of Lord Viṣṇu.

Purport: