Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita — Chapter 108
SiP 2 108.1
ब्रह्मोवाच ।। एतस्मिन्नन्तरे त्वं हि विष्णुना प्रेरितो द्रुतम् ।। अनुकूलयितुं शंभुमयास्तन्निकटे मुने
brahmovāca || etasminnantare tvaṃ hi viṣṇunā prerito drutam || anukūlayituṃ śaṃbhumayāstannikaṭe mune
Brahmā said: In this interval you, urged by Viṣṇu, went quickly to Śambhu's side, O sage, in order to make him agreeable (to this).
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SiP 2 108.2
तत्र गत्वा स वै रुद्रो भवता सुप्रबोधितः ।। स्तोत्रैर्नानाविधैस्स्तुत्वा देवकार्यचिकीर्षया सुप्रसन्नं सुहासं च सुलावण्यं मनोहरम् ।। गौराभं द्युतिसंयुक्तं चन्द्ररेखाविभूषितम्। तस्मिंश्च समये तत्र सुषमा या परात्मनः ।। वर्णितुं तां विशेषेण कश्शक्नोति मुनीश्वर भोजनार्थं स्थितं कान्तं हित्वा काचिद्ययौ प्रिया।। द्रष्टुं शिवावरं प्रीत्या सतृष्णा सकुतूहला विना तु तपसा शम्भोर्दर्शनं दुर्लभन्नृणाम् ।। दर्शनाच्छंकरस्यैव सर्वे याताः कृतार्थताम्
tatra gatvā sa vai rudro bhavatā suprabodhitaḥ || stotrairnānāvidhaisstutvā devakāryacikīrṣayā suprasannaṃ suhāsaṃ ca sulāvaṇyaṃ manoharam || gaurābhaṃ dyutisaṃyuktaṃ candrarekhāvibhūṣitam| tasmiṃśca samaye tatra suṣamā yā parātmanaḥ || varṇituṃ tāṃ viśeṣeṇa kaśśaknoti munīśvara bhojanārthaṃ sthitaṃ kāntaṃ hitvā kācidyayau priyā|| draṣṭuṃ śivāvaraṃ prītyā satṛṣṇā sakutūhalā vinā tu tapasā śambhordarśanaṃ durlabhannṛṇām || darśanācchaṃkarasyaiva sarve yātāḥ kṛtārthatām
Having gone there, that Rudra was well instructed by you, who praised him with hymns of many kinds, out of the wish to accomplish the gods' business — (a form) most gracious, with a beautiful smile, of fine loveliness, captivating, of fair complexion, endowed with radiance, adorned with the crescent of the moon. And at that time the great beauty of the Supreme Self that was there — who is able to describe it in detail, O lord of sages? Leaving her husband, who had sat down to eat, some beloved woman went off with longing and curiosity to behold, out of love, the excellent (form of) Śiva. But without austerities the sight of Śambhu is hard for men to obtain; by the mere sight of Śaṃkara all attained fulfilment.
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SiP 2 108.3
श्रुत्वा त्वद्वचनं प्रीत्या शंभुना धृतमद्भुतम् ।। स्वरूपमुत्तमन्दिव्यं कृपालुत्वं च दर्शितम्
śrutvā tvadvacanaṃ prītyā śaṃbhunā dhṛtamadbhutam || svarūpamuttamandivyaṃ kṛpālutvaṃ ca darśitam
Having heard your words, Śambhu with pleasure assumed a wondrous, supreme, divine form, and showed his compassion.
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SiP 2 108.4
तद्दृष्ट्वा सुन्दरं शम्भुं स्वरूपम्मन्मथा धिकम् ।। अत्यहृष्यो मुने त्वं हि लावण्यपरमायनम्
taddṛṣṭvā sundaraṃ śambhuṃ svarūpammanmathā dhikam || atyahṛṣyo mune tvaṃ hi lāvaṇyaparamāyanam
Seeing that beautiful Śambhu, that form surpassing Kāma's, you, O sage, rejoiced greatly (at him who is) the supreme abode of loveliness.
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SiP 2 108.5
स्तोत्रैर्नानाविधैस्स्तुत्वा परमानन्दसंयुतः ।। आगच्छस्त्वं मुने तत्र यत्र मेना स्थिताखिलैः
stotrairnānāvidhaisstutvā paramānandasaṃyutaḥ || āgacchastvaṃ mune tatra yatra menā sthitākhilaiḥ
Having praised (him) with hymns of many kinds, filled with supreme bliss, you came, O sage, there where Menā was staying with all (her people).
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SiP 2 108.6
तत्रागत्य सुप्रसन्नो मुनेऽतिप्रेमसंकुलः ।। हर्षयंस्तां शैलपत्नी मेनान्त्वं वाक्यमब्रवीः।
tatrāgatya suprasanno mune'tipremasaṃkulaḥ || harṣayaṃstāṃ śailapatnī menāntvaṃ vākyamabravīḥ|
Having arrived there, well pleased, O sage, overflowing with great love, gladdening her, you spoke these words to Menā, the mountain's wife.
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SiP 2 108.7
नारद उवाच ।। मेने पश्य विशालाक्षि शिवरूपमनुत्तमम् ।। कृता शिवेन तेनैव सुकृपा करुणात्मना
nārada uvāca || mene paśya viśālākṣi śivarūpamanuttamam || kṛtā śivena tenaiva sukṛpā karuṇātmanā
Nārada said: Menā, wide-eyed one, behold Śiva's incomparable form! By that very Śiva, whose nature is compassion, great grace has been shown.
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SiP 2 108.8
ब्रह्मोवाच ।। श्रुत्वा सा तद्वचो मेना विस्मिता शैलकामिनी ।। ददर्श शिवरूपन्तत्परमानन्ददायकम्
brahmovāca || śrutvā sā tadvaco menā vismitā śailakāminī || dadarśa śivarūpantatparamānandadāyakam
Brahmā said: Hearing that speech of his, Menā, the mountain's beloved, amazed, beheld that form of Śiva which bestows supreme bliss:
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SiP 2 108.9
कोटिसूर्यप्रतीकाशं सर्वावयवसुन्दरम् ।। विचित्रवसनं चात्र नानाभूषणभूषितम्
koṭisūryapratīkāśaṃ sarvāvayavasundaram || vicitravasanaṃ cātra nānābhūṣaṇabhūṣitam
resembling ten million suns, beautiful in every limb, with wondrous garments, and adorned here with manifold ornaments,
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SiP 2 108.11
सर्वैर्देवगणैः प्रीत्या विष्ण्वाद्यस्सेवितं तथा।। सूर्येण च्छत्रितं मूर्ध्नि चन्द्रेण च विशोभितम्
sarvairdevagaṇaiḥ prītyā viṣṇvādyassevitaṃ tathā|| sūryeṇa cchatritaṃ mūrdhni candreṇa ca viśobhitam
served with love by all the hosts of gods, Viṣṇu and the rest, and shaded as with a parasol by the sun overhead, and made splendid by the moon.
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SiP 2 108.12
सर्वथा रमणीयं च भूषितस्य विभूषणैः ।। वाहनस्य महाशोभा वर्णितुं नैव शक्यते
sarvathā ramaṇīyaṃ ca bhūṣitasya vibhūṣaṇaiḥ || vāhanasya mahāśobhā varṇituṃ naiva śakyate
And the great splendour of his mount, in every way delightful, adorned as it was with ornaments, cannot be described.
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SiP 2 108.13
गंगा च यमुना चैव विधत्तः स्म सुचामरे।। सिद्धयोऽष्टौ पुरस्तस्य कुर्वन्ति स्म सुनर्त्तनम्
gaṃgā ca yamunā caiva vidhattaḥ sma sucāmare|| siddhayo'ṣṭau purastasya kurvanti sma sunarttanam
Gaṅgā and Yamunā were plying fine fly-whisks; the eight siddhis were performing a fine dance before him.
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SiP 2 108.14
मया चैव तदा विष्णुरिन्द्राद्या ह्यमरास्तथा ।। स्वं स्वं वेषं सुसम्भूष्य गिरिशेनाचरन्युताः
mayā caiva tadā viṣṇurindrādyā hyamarāstathā || svaṃ svaṃ veṣaṃ susambhūṣya giriśenācaranyutāḥ
And then, by me, and by Viṣṇu, and by Indra and the other immortals too, each having well adorned his own attire, they walked along, joined with the Lord of the Mountain.
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SiP 2 108.15
तथा जयेति भाषन्तो नानारूपा गणास्तदा ।। स्वलङ्कृतमहामोदा गिरीशपुरतोऽचरन्
tathā jayeti bhāṣanto nānārūpā gaṇāstadā || svalaṅkṛtamahāmodā girīśapurato'caran
And so the hosts, of many forms, crying "Victory!", well adorned and in great joy, walked in front of the Lord of the Mountain.
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SiP 2 108.16
सिद्धाश्चोपसुरास्सर्वे मुनयश्च महासुखाः ।। ययुश्शिवेन सुप्रीतास्सकलाश्चापरे तथा
siddhāścopasurāssarve munayaśca mahāsukhāḥ || yayuśśivena suprītāssakalāścāpare tathā
And the siddhas and all the lesser gods and the sages, in great happiness, went along with Śiva, well pleased, and all the others likewise.
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SiP 2 108.17
एवन्देवादयस्सर्वे कुतूहलसमन्विताः ।। परंब्रह्म गृणन्तस्ते स्वपत्नीभिरलंकृताः
evandevādayassarve kutūhalasamanvitāḥ || paraṃbrahma gṛṇantaste svapatnībhiralaṃkṛtāḥ
Thus all the gods and the rest, filled with eager curiosity, praising the Supreme Brahman, graced by their own wives (at their sides),
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SiP 2 108.18
विश्वावसुमुखास्तत्र ह्यप्सरोगणसंयुताः ।। गायन्तोप्यग्रतस्तस्य परमं शाङ्करं यशः
viśvāvasumukhāstatra hyapsarogaṇasaṃyutāḥ || gāyantopyagratastasya paramaṃ śāṅkaraṃ yaśaḥ
There (the gandharvas) headed by Viśvāvasu, joined by the hosts of apsarases, sang before him the supreme glory of Śaṅkara.
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SiP 2 108.19
इत्थं महोत्सवस्तत्र बभूव मुनिस त्तम ।। नानाविधो महेशे हि शैलद्वारि च गच्छति
itthaṃ mahotsavastatra babhūva munisa ttama || nānāvidho maheśe hi śailadvāri ca gacchati
Thus there came about a great festival there, O best of sages, of many kinds, as Maheśa was going to the mountain('s king's) door.
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SiP 2 108.21
तथाविधं च तन्दृष्ट्वा मेना चित्रगता इव ।। क्षणमासीत्ततः प्रीत्या प्रोवाच वचनं मुने
tathāvidhaṃ ca tandṛṣṭvā menā citragatā iva || kṣaṇamāsīttataḥ prītyā provāca vacanaṃ mune
And seeing him in that state, Menā (stood) for a moment as if painted in a picture; then out of joy she spoke these words, O sage.
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SiP 2 108.22
मेनोवाच ।। धन्या पुत्री मदीया च यया तप्तं महत्तपः ।। यत्प्रभावान्महेशान त्वं प्राप्त इह मद्गृहे
menovāca || dhanyā putrī madīyā ca yayā taptaṃ mahattapaḥ || yatprabhāvānmaheśāna tvaṃ prāpta iha madgṛhe
Menā said: Blessed is that daughter of mine who performed the great austerity, by whose power, O great lord, you have come here to my house.
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SiP 2 108.23
मया कृता पुरा या वै शिवनिन्दा दुरत्यया ।। तां क्षमस्व शिवास्वामिन्सुप्रसन्नो भवाधुना
mayā kṛtā purā yā vai śivanindā duratyayā || tāṃ kṣamasva śivāsvāminsuprasanno bhavādhunā
The reviling of Śiva that I committed formerly, hard to get past — forgive that, O lord of Śivā; be well pleased now.
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SiP 2 108.24
ब्रह्मोवाच ।। इत्थं सम्भाष्य सा मेना संस्तूयेन्दुललाटकम् ।। साञ्जलिः प्रणता शैलप्रिया लज्जापराऽभवत्
brahmovāca || itthaṃ sambhāṣya sā menā saṃstūyendulalāṭakam || sāñjaliḥ praṇatā śailapriyā lajjāparā'bhavat
Brahmā said: Having spoken thus, that Menā, praising him who bears the moon on his brow, with palms joined, the beloved of the mountain (Himavat) bowed down and became filled with shame.
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SiP 2 108.25
तावत्स्त्रियस्समाजग्मुर्हित्वा कामाननेकशः ।। बह्व्यस्ताः पुरवासिन्यश्शिवदर्शनलालसाः
tāvatstriyassamājagmurhitvā kāmānanekaśaḥ || bahvyastāḥ puravāsinyaśśivadarśanalālasāḥ
Meanwhile women came together, abandoning their many tasks — many of them, dwellers in the city, longing for the sight of Śiva.
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SiP 2 108.26
मज्जनं कुर्वती काचित्तच्चूर्णसहिता ययौ ।। द्रष्टुं कुतूहलाढ्या च शङ्करं गिरिजावरम्
majjanaṃ kurvatī kācittaccūrṇasahitā yayau || draṣṭuṃ kutūhalāḍhyā ca śaṅkaraṃ girijāvaram
One woman, in the midst of bathing, went off still smeared with the bath-powder, full of curiosity to see Śaṅkara, the husband of the mountain's daughter.
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SiP 2 108.27
काचित्तु स्वामिनस्सेवां सखीयुक्ता विहाय च ।। सुचामरकरा प्रीत्यागाच्छम्भोर्दर्शनाय वै
kācittu svāminassevāṃ sakhīyuktā vihāya ca || sucāmarakarā prītyāgācchambhordarśanāya vai
And one, abandoning the service of her husband, together with her friend, with a fine fly-whisk in her hand, came gladly to see Śambhu.
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SiP 2 108.28
काचित्तु बालकं हित्वा पिबन्तं स्तन्यमादरात्।। अतृप्तं शङ्करन्द्रष्टुं ययौ दर्शनलालसा
kācittu bālakaṃ hitvā pibantaṃ stanyamādarāt|| atṛptaṃ śaṅkarandraṣṭuṃ yayau darśanalālasā
And one, leaving her child who was eagerly drinking her breast-milk and not yet satisfied, went to see Śaṅkara, longing for the sight.
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SiP 2 108.29
रशनां बध्नती काचित्तयैव सहिता ययौ ।। वसनं विपरीतं वै धृत्वा काचिद्ययौ ततः
raśanāṃ badhnatī kācittayaiva sahitā yayau || vasanaṃ viparītaṃ vai dhṛtvā kācidyayau tataḥ
One went off along with her girdle while (still) tying it; and one went off having put her garment on inside out.
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SiP 2 108.31
काचिद्धस्ते शलाकां च धृत्वांजनकरा प्रिया ।। अञ्जित्वैकाक्षि सन्द्रष्टुं ययौ शैलसुतावरम्
kāciddhaste śalākāṃ ca dhṛtvāṃjanakarā priyā || añjitvaikākṣi sandraṣṭuṃ yayau śailasutāvaram
One dear woman, holding the applicator in her hand with collyrium on her fingers, having painted only one eye, went to see the husband of the mountain's daughter.
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SiP 2 108.32
काचित्तु कामिनी पादौ रञ्जयन्ती ह्यलक्तकैः ।। श्रुत्वा घोषं च तद्धित्वा दर्शनार्थमुपागता
kācittu kāminī pādau rañjayantī hyalaktakaiḥ || śrutvā ghoṣaṃ ca taddhitvā darśanārthamupāgatā
And one loving woman, while reddening her feet with lac-dye, hearing the clamour, abandoned that and came for the sight.
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SiP 2 108.33
इत्यादि विविधं कार्यं हित्वा वासं स्त्रियो ययुः ।। दृष्ट्वा तु शांकरं रूपं मोहं प्राप्तास्तदाऽभवन्
ityādi vividhaṃ kāryaṃ hitvā vāsaṃ striyo yayuḥ || dṛṣṭvā tu śāṃkaraṃ rūpaṃ mohaṃ prāptāstadā'bhavan
Abandoning such various tasks and their dwellings, the women went; and seeing Śaṅkara's form, they then became bewildered.
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SiP 2 108.34
ततस्ताः प्रेमसंविग्नाश्शिवदर्शनहर्षिताः ।। निधाय हृदि तन्मूर्तिं वचनं चेदमब्रुवन्
tatastāḥ premasaṃvignāśśivadarśanaharṣitāḥ || nidhāya hṛdi tanmūrtiṃ vacanaṃ cedamabruvan
Then they, agitated with love, delighted at the sight of Śiva, setting that form in their hearts, spoke these words.
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SiP 2 108.35
पुरवासिन्य ऊचुः।। नेत्राणि सफलान्यासन्हिमवत्पुरवासिनाम् ।। यो योऽपश्यददो रूपं तस्य वै सार्थकं जनुः
puravāsinya ūcuḥ|| netrāṇi saphalānyāsanhimavatpuravāsinām || yo yo'paśyadado rūpaṃ tasya vai sārthakaṃ januḥ
The city-dwelling women said: The eyes of the dwellers in Himavat's city have borne fruit; whoever has seen this form — his birth is indeed fulfilled.
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SiP 2 108.36
तस्यैव सफलं जन्म तस्यैव सफलाः क्रियाः ।। येन दृष्टश्शिवस्साक्षात्सर्वपापप्रणाशकः
tasyaiva saphalaṃ janma tasyaiva saphalāḥ kriyāḥ || yena dṛṣṭaśśivassākṣātsarvapāpapraṇāśakaḥ
His birth alone is fruitful, his acts alone are fruitful, by whom Śiva, the destroyer of all sins, has been seen in person.
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SiP 2 108.37
पार्वत्या साधितं सर्वं शिवार्थं यत्तपः कृतम् ।। धन्येयं कृतकृत्येयं शिवा प्राप्य शिवम्पतिम्
pārvatyā sādhitaṃ sarvaṃ śivārthaṃ yattapaḥ kṛtam || dhanyeyaṃ kṛtakṛtyeyaṃ śivā prāpya śivampatim
All that austerity which was performed by Pārvatī for Śiva's sake has been accomplished; blessed is she, she has achieved her aim, Śivā, having obtained Śiva as her husband.
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SiP 2 108.38
यदीदं युगलं ब्रह्मा न युंज्याच्छिवयोर्मुदा ।। तदा च सकलोऽप्यस्य श्रमो निष्फलतामियात्
yadīdaṃ yugalaṃ brahmā na yuṃjyācchivayormudā || tadā ca sakalo'pyasya śramo niṣphalatāmiyāt
If Brahmā had not joyfully joined this pair, Śiva and Śivā, then all her toil too would have come to fruitlessness.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 108.39
सम्यक् कृतं तथा चात्र योजितं युग्ममुत्तमम् ।। सर्वेषां सार्थता जाता सर्वकार्यसमुद्भवा
samyak kṛtaṃ tathā cātra yojitaṃ yugmamuttamam || sarveṣāṃ sārthatā jātā sarvakāryasamudbhavā
It was rightly done, and this excellent pair was joined here; the fulfilment of all has come about, arising from the accomplishment of every purpose.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 2 108.41
लक्ष्मीर्नारायणं लेभे यथा वै स्वामिनम्पुरा ।। तथासौ पार्वती देवी हरम्प्राप्य सुभूषिता
lakṣmīrnārāyaṇaṃ lebhe yathā vai svāminampurā || tathāsau pārvatī devī haramprāpya subhūṣitā
Just as Lakṣmī formerly obtained Nārāyaṇa as her husband, so this goddess Pārvatī, having obtained Hara, is well adorned.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 108.42
ब्रह्माणं च यथा लेभे स्वामिनं वै सरस्वती ।। तथासौ पार्वती देवी हरम्प्राप्य सुभूषिता
brahmāṇaṃ ca yathā lebhe svāminaṃ vai sarasvatī || tathāsau pārvatī devī haramprāpya subhūṣitā
And just as Sarasvatī obtained Brahmā as her husband, so this goddess Pārvatī, having obtained Hara, is well adorned.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 108.43
वयन्धन्याः स्त्रियस्सर्वाः पुरुषास्सकला वराः ।। ये ये पश्यन्ति सर्वेशं शंकरं गिरिजापतिम्
vayandhanyāḥ striyassarvāḥ puruṣāssakalā varāḥ || ye ye paśyanti sarveśaṃ śaṃkaraṃ girijāpatim
Blessed are we, all (we) women; excellent are all the men — whoever they be who behold the Lord of all, Śaṃkara, the husband of the mountain's daughter.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 108.44
ब्रह्मोवाच ।। इत्थमुक्त्वा तु वचनं चन्दनैश्चाक्षतैरपि ।। शिवं समर्चयामासुर्लाजान्ववृषुरादरात्
brahmovāca || itthamuktvā tu vacanaṃ candanaiścākṣatairapi || śivaṃ samarcayāmāsurlājānvavṛṣurādarāt
Brahmā said: Having spoken thus, they worshipped Śiva with sandal paste and with unbroken rice grains, and reverently showered parched grain (upon him).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 108.45
तस्थुस्तत्र स्त्रियः सर्वा मेनया सह सोत्सुकाः।। वर्णयन्त्योऽधिकम्भाग्यम्मेनायाश्च गिरेरपि
tasthustatra striyaḥ sarvā menayā saha sotsukāḥ|| varṇayantyo'dhikambhāgyammenāyāśca girerapi
All the women stood there together with Menā, full of eagerness, extolling the surpassing good fortune of Menā and of the Mountain too.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 108.46
कथास्तथाविधाश्शृण्वंस्तद्वामा वर्णिताश्शुभाः ।। प्रहृष्टोऽभूत्प्रभुः सर्वैर्मुने विष्ण्वादिभिस्तदा
kathāstathāvidhāśśṛṇvaṃstadvāmā varṇitāśśubhāḥ || prahṛṣṭo'bhūtprabhuḥ sarvairmune viṣṇvādibhistadā
Hearing such tales, auspicious ones told by those women, the Lord then became greatly delighted, O sage, along with all (the gods) beginning with Viṣṇu.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition