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एष मे शिष्यतां प्राप्तो यन्मे दुहितुरग्रहीत् ।
पाणिं विप्राग्निमुखतः सावित्र्या इव साधुवत् ॥ ११ ॥

esa me sisyatam prapto

yan me duhitur agrahit

panim vipragni-mukhatah

savitrya iva sadhuvat

esah-he (Siva); me-my; sisyatam-subordinate position; praptah-accepted; yat-because; me duhituh-of my daughter; agrahit-he took; panim-the hand; vipra-agni-of brahmanas and fire; mukhatah-in the presence; savitryah-Gayatri; iva-like; sadhuvat-like an honest person.