Shiva, Sati, and the Opening Narrative

विष्णुः पितामहश्चोभौ हरलिङ्गं समेत्य हि। कृता�जलिपुटौ भूत्वा स्तोतुं देवं प्रचक्रतुः।।

viṣṇuḥ pitāmahaścobhau haraliṅgaṃ sametya hi| kṛtā�jalipuṭau bhūtvā stotuṃ devaṃ pracakratuḥ||