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The Vision of Śiva7.69

7.69
नैतच्छास्त्रं विना प्रोक्तं कायाकारेण कायिकम् । जलेन जलरूपं स्यादित्याद्यैर्वचनैः स्मृतम् ॥६९॥
naitacchāstraṃ vinā proktaṃ kāyākāreṇa kāyikam | jalena jalarūpaṃ syādityādyairvacanaiḥ smṛtam
— this is not ; — without scripture ; — declared ; — by way of bodily form ; — what pertains to the body ; — by water ; — of the form of water ; — would be ; — by sayings such as these ; — is recorded (in tradition)

This is not declared without scriptural warrant: that what pertains to the body (is mastered) by (assuming) bodily form, that by (identifying with) water one would become of the form of water — by sayings such as these it is recorded in tradition.