ŚB 4.1.65
Canto 4, Chapter 1, Text 65
भवस्य पत्नी तु सती भवं देवमनुव्रता ।
आत्मन: सदृशं पुत्रं न लेभे गुणशीलत: ॥ ६५ ॥
आत्मन: सदृशं पुत्रं न लेभे गुणशीलत: ॥ ६५ ॥
bhavasya patnī tu satī
bhavaṁ devam anuvratā
ātmanaḥ sadṛśaṁ putraṁ
na lebhe guṇa-śīlataḥ
bhavaṁ devam anuvratā
ātmanaḥ sadṛśaṁ putraṁ
na lebhe guṇa-śīlataḥ
Word by word
bhavasya — of Bhava (Lord Śiva); patnī — the wife; tu — but; satī — named Satī; bhavam — to Bhava; devam — a demigod; anuvratā — faithfully engaged in service; ātmanaḥ — of herself; sadṛśam — similar; putram — a son; na lebhe — did not obtain; guṇa-śīlataḥ — by good qualities and by character.
Translation
The sixteenth daughter, whose name was Satī, was the wife of Lord Śiva. She could not produce a child, although she always faithfully engaged in the service of her husband.