निखिलेन कथां सर्वामृषिमध्ये न्यवेदयत्। पुरा राम कृतोद्वाहः शितिकण्ठो महातपाः॥ दृष्ट्वा च भगवान् देवीं मैथुनायोपचक्रमे। तस्य संक्रीडमानस्य महादेवस्य धीमतः। शितिकण्ठस्य देवस्य दिव्यं वर्षशतं गतम्॥
nikhilena kathāṃ sarvāmṛṣimadhye nyavedayat| purā rāma kṛtodvāhaḥ śitikaṇṭho mahātapāḥ|| dṛṣṭvā ca bhagavān devīṃ maithunāyopacakrame| tasya saṃkrīḍamānasya mahādevasya dhīmataḥ| śitikaṇṭhasya devasya divyaṃ varṣaśataṃ gatam||
English Meaning
In days of yore, O Rāma, the blue-throated one of mighty asceticism, having entered into matrimony, commenced upon knowing the goddess. And as that intelligent blue-throated god, Mahadeva, was thus engaged in sport, a divine hundred years passed away.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)