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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 8, Ch. 7]
situation created by the  hālahala  poison. As stated in  Bhagavad-gītā  (7.20),  kāmais tais tair hṛta-jñānāḥ prapadyante 'nya-devatāḥ : when one worships demigods, this is certainly because of deep-rooted desires he wants fulfilled by the mercy of those demigods. People are generally attached to the worship of demigods for some motive.
TEXT 36
श्रीशुक उवाच
तद्वीक्ष्य व्यसनं तासां कृपया भृशपीडितः । सर्वभूतसुहृद् देव इदमाह सतीं प्रियाम् ॥३६॥
śrī-śuka uvāca tad vīkṣya vyasanam tāsām kṛpayā bhṛśa-pīḍitaḥ sarva-bhūta-suhṛd deva idam āha satīm priyām
śrī-śukaḥ uvāca—Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said; tat—this situation; vīkṣya—seeing; vyasanam—dangerous; tāsām—of all the demigods; kṛpayā—out of compassion; bhṛśa-pīḍitaḥ—greatly aggrieved; sarva-bhūta-suhṛt—the friend of all living entities; devaḥ—Mahādeva; idam—this; āha—said; satīm—unto Satīdevī; priyām—his very dear wife.
TRANSLATION
Śrīla Śukadeva Gosvāmī continued: Lord Śiva is always benevolent toward all living entities. When he saw that the living entities were very much disturbed by the poison, which was spreading everywhere, he was very compassionate. Thus he spoke to his eternal consort, Satī, as follows.
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श्रीशिव उवाच
अहो बत भवान्येतत् प्रजानां पश्य वैशसम् । क्षीरोदमथनोद्धतात् कालकूटादुपस्थितम् ॥३७॥