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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 6, Ch. 17]
citraketur uvāca eṣa loka-guruḥ sākṣād dharmam vaktā śarīrīṇām āste mukhyaḥ sabhāyām vai mithunī-bhūya bhāryayā
citraketuḥ uvāca —King Citraketu said;  eṣaḥ —this;  loka-guruḥ —the spiritual master of the people who follow Vedic instructions;  sākṣāt —directly;  dharmam —of religion;  vaktā —the speaker;  śarīrīṇām —for all living entities who have accepted material bodies;  āste —sits;  mukhyaḥ —the chief;  sabhāyām —in an assembly;  vai —indeed;  mithunī-bhūya —embracing;  bhāryayā —with his wife.
TRANSLATION
Citraketu said:  Lord Śiva, the spiritual master of the general populace, is the best of all living entities who have accepted material bodies. He enunciates the system of religion. Yet how wonderful it is that he is embracing his wife, Pārvatī, in the midst of an assembly of great saintly persons.
TEXT 7
जटाधरस्तीत्रतपा त्रह्मवादिसभापतिः । अङ्कीकृत्य स्त्रियं चास्ते गतहीः प्राकृतो यथा ॥ ७ ॥
jaṭā-dharas tīvra-tapā brahmavādi-sabhā-patiḥ aṅkīkṛtya striyam cāste gata-hrīḥ prākṛto yathā
jaṭā-dharaḥ —keeping matted locks of hair;  tīvra-tapāḥ —highly elevated due to undergoing fierce austerities and penances;  brahma-vādi —of strict followers of the Vedic principles;  sabhā-patiḥ —the president of an assembly;  aṅkīkṛtya —embracing;  striyam —a woman;  ca —and;  āste —sits;  gata-hrīḥ —without shame;  prākṛtaḥ —a person conditioned by material nature;  yathā —just as.