Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita — Chapter 41
SiP 2 41.1
।। नारद उवाच ।। समीचीनं वचस्तात सर्वज्ञस्य तवाऽनघ ।। महाद्भुतं श्रुतं नो वै चरितं शिवयोश्शुभम्
|| nārada uvāca || samīcīnaṃ vacastāta sarvajñasya tavā'nagha || mahādbhutaṃ śrutaṃ no vai caritaṃ śivayośśubham
Nārada said: Fitting is the speech of you, the all-knowing, O sinless father; most wonderful is the auspicious history of Śiva and (Satī) that we have heard.
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SiP 2 41.2
विवाहश्च श्रुतस्सम्यक् सर्वमोहापहारकः ।। परमज्ञानसंपन्नो मंगलालय उत्तमः महेश उवाच ।। यदाहं च स्मराम्यत्र स्मरणादरमानसाः ।। समागमिष्यथ तदा मत्पार्श्वं मे गणा द्रुतम् सौवर्णपद्मकलिकातुल्ये तस्या कुचद्वये ।। चकार भ्रमराकारं मृगनाभिविशेषकम् सर्वे च पुष्पिता वृक्षा लताश्चान्याश्च पुष्पिताः। अंभांसि फुल्लपद्मानि पद्मास्सभ्रमरास्तथा तस्मिन्काले महादेवस्सह सत्या धरोत्तमे ।। रेमे स सुचिरं छन्दं निकुंजेषु नदीषु च
vivāhaśca śrutassamyak sarvamohāpahārakaḥ || paramajñānasaṃpanno maṃgalālaya uttamaḥ maheśa uvāca || yadāhaṃ ca smarāmyatra smaraṇādaramānasāḥ || samāgamiṣyatha tadā matpārśvaṃ me gaṇā drutam sauvarṇapadmakalikātulye tasyā kucadvaye || cakāra bhramarākāraṃ mṛganābhiviśeṣakam sarve ca puṣpitā vṛkṣā latāścānyāśca puṣpitāḥ| aṃbhāṃsi phullapadmāni padmāssabhramarāstathā tasminkāle mahādevassaha satyā dharottame || reme sa suciraṃ chandaṃ nikuṃjeṣu nadīṣu ca
And the marriage has been heard fully, (the account) that removes all delusion, filled with supreme knowledge, an abode of blessings, the highest. Maheśa said: When I remember (you) here, then, with minds intent upon that remembrance, you shall come swiftly to my side, O my attendants. On her two breasts, like the buds of a golden lotus, he made a bee-shaped mark of musk. And all the trees were in bloom, and the creepers too and others were in bloom; the waters had blossoming lotuses, and the lotuses had bees upon them. At that time Mahādeva together with Satī, O best (upholder) of dharma, sported for a long while at will in the thickets and in the rivers.
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SiP 2 41.3
भूय एव विवित्सा मे चरितं शिवयोश्शुभम् ।। तद्वर्णय महाप्राज्ञ कृपां कृत्वाऽतुलामरम् कदाचिद्वन्य पुष्पाणि समाहृत्य मनोहराम् ।। मालां विधाय सत्यास्तु हारस्थाने स योजयत्
bhūya eva vivitsā me caritaṃ śivayośśubham || tadvarṇaya mahāprājña kṛpāṃ kṛtvā'tulāmaram kadācidvanya puṣpāṇi samāhṛtya manoharām || mālāṃ vidhāya satyāstu hārasthāne sa yojayat
Again I wish to know the auspicious history of Śiva and (Satī); describe that, O greatly wise one, showing me incomparable, ceaseless favour. Once, having gathered wild flowers and made a lovely garland, he fastened it on Satī in the place of a necklace.
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SiP 2 41.4
।। ब्रह्मोवाच ।। सम्यक्कारुणिकस्यैव मुने ते विचिकित्सितम् ।। यदहं नोदितस्सौम्य शिवलीलानुवर्णने
|| brahmovāca || samyakkāruṇikasyaiva mune te vicikitsitam || yadahaṃ noditassaumya śivalīlānuvarṇane
Brahmā said: Rightly, O sage, does the doubt belong to a compassionate one such as you, in that I have been urged by you, gentle one, to recount Śiva's play.
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SiP 2 41.5
विवाह्य दक्षजां देवीं सतीं त्रैलोक्यमातरम् ।। गत्वा स्वधाम सुप्रीत्या यदकार्षीन्निबोध मे
vivāhya dakṣajāṃ devīṃ satīṃ trailokyamātaram || gatvā svadhāma suprītyā yadakārṣīnnibodha me
Having married the goddess Satī, daughter of Dakṣa, the mother of the three worlds, and having gone to his own abode, learn from me what he did with great delight.
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SiP 2 41.6
ततो हरस्स स्वगणस्स्वस्थानं प्राप्य मोदनम ।। देवर्षे तत्र वृषभादवातरदतिप्रियात्
tato harassa svagaṇassvasthānaṃ prāpya modanama || devarṣe tatra vṛṣabhādavātaradatipriyāt
Then, O divine sage, that Hara with his attendants, having reached his own place, (which was) delightful, dismounted there from the bull that was very dear to him.
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SiP 2 41.7
यथायोग्यं निजस्थानं प्रविश्य स सतीसखः ।। मुमुदेऽतीव देवर्षे भवाचारकरश्शिवः
yathāyogyaṃ nijasthānaṃ praviśya sa satīsakhaḥ || mumude'tīva devarṣe bhavācārakaraśśivaḥ
Having entered his own place as was fitting, that Śiva, with Satī beside him, behaving in worldly fashion, rejoiced exceedingly, O divine sage.
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SiP 2 41.8
ततो विरूपाक्ष इमां प्राप्य दाक्षायणीं गणान् ।। स्वीयानिर्यापयामास नद्यादीन् गिरिकंदरात्
tato virūpākṣa imāṃ prāpya dākṣāyaṇīṃ gaṇān || svīyāniryāpayāmāsa nadyādīn girikaṃdarāt
Then the one of odd eyes, having obtained this daughter of Dakṣa, sent away his own attendants, Nandin and the rest, from the mountain cave.
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SiP 2 41.9
उवाच चैतास्तान् सर्वान्नंद्यादीनतिसूनृतम् ।। लौकिकीं रीतिमाश्रित्य करुणासागरः प्रभुः
uvāca caitāstān sarvānnaṃdyādīnatisūnṛtam || laukikīṃ rītimāśritya karuṇāsāgaraḥ prabhuḥ
And the Lord, an ocean of compassion, adopting worldly custom, spoke very truthfully to all of them, Nandin and the rest.
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SiP 2 41.11
इत्युक्ते वामदेवेन नद्याद्यास्स्वगणाश्च ते ।। महावेगा महावीरा नानास्थानेषु संययुः
ityukte vāmadevena nadyādyāssvagaṇāśca te || mahāvegā mahāvīrā nānāsthāneṣu saṃyayuḥ
When this had been said by Vāmadeva, Nandin and the others, his own attendants, of great speed and great valour, went off to various places.
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SiP 2 41.12
ईश्वरोपि तया सार्द्धं तेषु यातेषु विभ्रमी ।। दाक्षायण्या समं रेमे रहस्ये मुदितो भृशम्
īśvaropi tayā sārddhaṃ teṣu yāteṣu vibhramī || dākṣāyaṇyā samaṃ reme rahasye mudito bhṛśam
And the Lord too, when they had gone, playful, sported together with the daughter of Dakṣa in private, exceedingly delighted.
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SiP 2 41.14
कदाचिद्दर्पणे चैव वीक्षतीमात्मनस्सतीम् ।। अनुगम्य हरो वक्त्रम् स्वीयमप्यवलोकयत
kadāciddarpaṇe caiva vīkṣatīmātmanassatīm || anugamya haro vaktram svīyamapyavalokayata
Once, following Satī as she was looking at herself in a mirror, Hara looked also at his own face.
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SiP 2 41.15
कदाचित्कुंडलं तस्या उल्लास्योल्लास्य संगतः।। बध्नाति मोचयत्येव सा स्वयं मार्जयत्यपि
kadācitkuṃḍalaṃ tasyā ullāsyollāsya saṃgataḥ|| badhnāti mocayatyeva sā svayaṃ mārjayatyapi
Sometimes, drawing close, he lifts up her earring again and again — he fastens it and unfastens it, while she herself even wipes it clean.
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SiP 2 41.16
सरागौ चरणावस्याः पावकेनोज्ज्वलेन च ।। निसर्गरक्तौ कुरुते पूर्णरागौ वृषध्वजः
sarāgau caraṇāvasyāḥ pāvakenojjvalena ca || nisargaraktau kurute pūrṇarāgau vṛṣadhvajaḥ
Her two feet, already red, red by their own nature, the bull-bannered one makes fully red with a blazing fire (i.e. with lac-dye).
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SiP 2 41.17
उच्चैरपि यदाख्येयमन्येषां पुरतो बहु ।। तत कर्णे कथयत्त्यस्याहरो द्रष्टुं तदाननम्
uccairapi yadākhyeyamanyeṣāṃ purato bahu || tata karṇe kathayattyasyāharo draṣṭuṃ tadānanam
Even what could be said aloud, much of it, before others — that Hara speaks into her ear, in order to look at her face.
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SiP 2 41.18
न दूरमपि गन्तासौ समागत्य प्रयत्नतः।। अनुबध्नाति नामाक्षी पृष्ठदेशेन्यमानसाम्
na dūramapi gantāsau samāgatya prayatnataḥ|| anubadhnāti nāmākṣī pṛṣṭhadeśenyamānasām
Even when she is going not far, he comes up deliberately and follows the fair-eyed one closely from behind, though she is set on something else.
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SiP 2 41.19
अंतर्हितस्तु तत्रैव मायया वृषभध्वजः ।। तामालिलिंग भीत्या स्वं चकिता व्याकुलाऽभवत्
aṃtarhitastu tatraiva māyayā vṛṣabhadhvajaḥ || tāmāliliṃga bhītyā svaṃ cakitā vyākulā'bhavat
But the bull-bannered one, becoming invisible right there by his magic, embraced her; out of fear she became startled and agitated.
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SiP 2 41.21
हारमस्याः कुचयुगाद्वियोज्य सहसा हरः ।। न्ययोजयच्च तत्रैव स्वकरस्पर्शनं मुहुः
hāramasyāḥ kucayugādviyojya sahasā haraḥ || nyayojayacca tatraiva svakarasparśanaṃ muhuḥ
Suddenly detaching her necklace from her pair of breasts, Hara fastened it back in that very place, (thus) again and again applying the touch of his own hand there.
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SiP 2 41.22
अंगदान्वलयानूर्मान्विश्लेष्य च पुनः पुनः।। तत्स्थानात्पुनरेवासौ तत्स्थाने प्रत्ययोजयत्
aṃgadānvalayānūrmānviśleṣya ca punaḥ punaḥ|| tatsthānātpunarevāsau tatsthāne pratyayojayat
And having loosened her armlets, bracelets and rings again and again, he refastened them from that place back into that same place.
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SiP 2 41.23
कालिकेति समायाति सवर्णा ते सखी त्विमाम् ।। यास्यत्वस्यास्तथेक्षंत्याः प्रोत्तुंगौ साहसं कुचौ
kāliketi samāyāti savarṇā te sakhī tvimām || yāsyatvasyāstathekṣaṃtyāḥ prottuṃgau sāhasaṃ kucau
"Kālikā, your friend of like colour is coming here; her breasts, so high, are audacious" — (he says this) to her while she looks on thus.
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SiP 2 41.24
कदाचिन्मदनोन्मादचेतनः प्रमथाधिपः ।। चकार नर्म शर्माणि तथाकृत्प्रियया मुदा
kadācinmadanonmādacetanaḥ pramathādhipaḥ || cakāra narma śarmāṇi tathākṛtpriyayā mudā
Once, his mind deranged with the frenzy of love, the lord of the Pramathas made jests and delights, and his beloved likewise did so with joy.
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SiP 2 41.25
आहृत्य पद्मपुष्पाणि रम्यपुष्पाणि शंकरः ।। सर्वांगेषु करोति स्म पुष्पाभरणमादरात्
āhṛtya padmapuṣpāṇi ramyapuṣpāṇi śaṃkaraḥ || sarvāṃgeṣu karoti sma puṣpābharaṇamādarāt
Fetching lotus flowers and lovely flowers, Śaṃkara would carefully make flower-ornaments on all her limbs.
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SiP 2 41.26
गिरिकुंजेषु रम्येषु सत्या सह महेश्वरः ।। विजहार समस्तेषु प्रियया भक्तवत्सलः
girikuṃjeṣu ramyeṣu satyā saha maheśvaraḥ || vijahāra samasteṣu priyayā bhaktavatsalaḥ
In all the pleasant mountain thickets Maheśvara, fond of his devotees, roamed about with Satī, his beloved.
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SiP 2 41.27
तया विना स्म नो याति नास्थितो न स्म चेष्टते ।। तया विना क्षममपि शर्म लेभे न शंकरः
tayā vinā sma no yāti nāsthito na sma ceṣṭate || tayā vinā kṣamamapi śarma lebhe na śaṃkaraḥ
Without her he would not go, nor stand, nor stir; without her Śaṃkara found not even a bearable comfort.
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SiP 2 41.28
विहृत्य सुचिरं कालं कैलासगिरिकुंजरे ।। अगमद्धिमवत्प्रस्थं सस्मार स्वेच्छया स्मरन्
vihṛtya suciraṃ kālaṃ kailāsagirikuṃjare || agamaddhimavatprasthaṃ sasmāra svecchayā smaran
Having sported for a very long time in the thicket of Mount Kailāsa, he went to a slope of Himavat, and by his own will remembering, he called Kāma to mind.
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SiP 2 41.29
तस्मिन्प्रविष्टे कामे तु वसंतश्शंकरांतिके ।। वितस्तार निजं भावं हार्दं विज्ञाय यत्प्रभो
tasminpraviṣṭe kāme tu vasaṃtaśśaṃkarāṃtike || vitastāra nijaṃ bhāvaṃ hārdaṃ vijñāya yatprabho
But when Kāma had entered him, Spring, near Śaṃkara, spread out its own nature, having understood what the Lord desired in his heart.
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SiP 2 41.31
प्रविष्टे तत्र सदृतौ ववौ स मलयो मरुत् ।। सुगंधिगंधपुष्पेण मोदकश्च सुगंधियुक्
praviṣṭe tatra sadṛtau vavau sa malayo marut || sugaṃdhigaṃdhapuṣpeṇa modakaśca sugaṃdhiyuk
When it had entered there in that season, the Malaya breeze blew, and, joined with sweet scent, was delighting through the sweet-smelling fragrant flowers.
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SiP 2 41.32
संध्यार्द्रचन्द्रसंकाशाः पलाशाश्च विरेजिरे ।। कामास्त्रवत्सुमनसः प्रमोदात्पादपाधरः
saṃdhyārdracandrasaṃkāśāḥ palāśāśca virejire || kāmāstravatsumanasaḥ pramodātpādapādharaḥ
And the palāśa trees shone, resembling the moon moist at twilight; the trees bore blossoms out of joy, like the arrows of Kāma.
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SiP 2 41.33
बभुः पंकजपुष्पाणि सरस्सु संकलाञ्जनान् ।। संमोहयितुमुद्युक्ता सुमुखी वायुदेवता
babhuḥ paṃkajapuṣpāṇi sarassu saṃkalāñjanān || saṃmohayitumudyuktā sumukhī vāyudevatā
The lotus flowers shone in the lakes...; the fair-faced wind-deity was intent on bewildering (them).
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SiP 2 41.34
नागकेशरवृक्षाश्च स्वर्णवर्णैः प्रसूनकैः ।। बभुर्मदनकेत्वाभा मनोज्ञाश्शंकरांतिके
nāgakeśaravṛkṣāśca svarṇavarṇaiḥ prasūnakaiḥ || babhurmadanaketvābhā manojñāśśaṃkarāṃtike
And the nāgakeśara trees, with their gold-coloured blossoms, shone near Śaṃkara, charming, with the sheen of Kāma's banner.
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SiP 2 41.35
लवंगवल्लीसुरभिगंधेनोद्वास्य मारुतम् ।। मोहयामास चेतांसि भृशं कामिजने पुरा
lavaṃgavallīsurabhigaṃdhenodvāsya mārutam || mohayāmāsa cetāṃsi bhṛśaṃ kāmijane purā
Perfuming the wind with the fragrant scent of the clove creeper, it utterly bewildered the minds of amorous folk, as of old.
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SiP 2 41.36
चारु पावकचर्चित्सु सुस्वराश्चूतशालिनः ।। बभुर्मदनबाणौघपर्यंकमदनावृताः
cāru pāvakacarcitsu susvarāścūtaśālinaḥ || babhurmadanabāṇaughaparyaṃkamadanāvṛtāḥ
The sweet-voiced (cuckoos), lovely upon the mango trees... shone, wrapped in the couch of passion that is the flood of Kāma's arrows.
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SiP 2 41.37
अंभांसि मलहीनानि रेजुः फुल्लकुशाशयाः ।। मुनीनामिव चेतांसि प्रव्यक्तज्योतिरुद्गमम्
aṃbhāṃsi malahīnāni rejuḥ phullakuśāśayāḥ || munīnāmiva cetāṃsi pravyaktajyotirudgamam
The waters, free of impurity, shone, their beds of kuśa in bloom, like the minds of sages in which light has risen forth manifestly.
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SiP 2 41.38
तुषारास्सूर्यरश्मीनां संगमादगमन् बहिः ।। प्रमत्वानीक्ष्यतेक्षाश्च सलिलीहृदयास्तदा
tuṣārāssūryaraśmīnāṃ saṃgamādagaman bahiḥ || pramatvānīkṣyatekṣāśca salilīhṛdayāstadā
The frosts, from contact with the sun's rays, passed away outside; and then the glances (?) were beheld unheeded, with hearts turned to water.
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SiP 2 41.39
प्रसन्नास्सह चन्द्रेण ननिषारास्तदाऽभवन् ।। विभावर्यः प्रियेणैवं कामिन्यस्तु मनोहराः
prasannāssaha candreṇa naniṣārāstadā'bhavan || vibhāvaryaḥ priyeṇaivaṃ kāminyastu manoharāḥ
The nights then became clear along with the moon, free of frost — thus, as loving women are charming with a beloved.
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SiP 2 41.41
तथा तेन समं रेजे तदा दाक्षायिणि मुने ।। यथा हरः क्षणमपि शांतिमाप तया विना
tathā tena samaṃ reje tadā dākṣāyiṇi mune || yathā haraḥ kṣaṇamapi śāṃtimāpa tayā vinā
So did (Śiva) shine together with her then, O sage, O daughter of Dakṣa (?) — such that Hara could not find peace even for a moment without her.
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SiP 2 41.42
संभोगविषये देवी सती तस्य मनः प्रिया ।। विशतीव हरस्यांगे पाययन्निव तद्रसम्
saṃbhogaviṣaye devī satī tasya manaḥ priyā || viśatīva harasyāṃge pāyayanniva tadrasam
In matters of enjoyment the goddess Satī, dear to his heart, seemed to enter into Hara's body, as if making (him) drink its essence.
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SiP 2 41.43
तस्या कुसुममालाभिर्भूषयन्सकलां तनुम् ।। स्वहस्तरचिताभिस्तु नवशर्माकरोच्च सः
tasyā kusumamālābhirbhūṣayansakalāṃ tanum || svahastaracitābhistu navaśarmākarocca saḥ
And adorning her whole body with garlands of flowers strung by his own hands, he gave (her) fresh delight.
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SiP 2 41.44
आलापैर्वीक्षितैर्हास्यैस्तथा संभाषणैर्हरः ।। तस्यादिदेश गिरिजां सपतीवात्मसंविदम्
ālāpairvīkṣitairhāsyaistathā saṃbhāṣaṇairharaḥ || tasyādideśa girijāṃ sapatīvātmasaṃvidam
By conversations, by glances, by laughter, and by talk, Hara taught the mountain-born one knowledge of himself, like a husband (with his wife).
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SiP 2 41.45
तद्वक्त्रचंद्र पीयूषपानस्थिरतनुर्हरः ।। नानावैशेषिकीं तन्वीमवस्थां स कदाचन
tadvaktracaṃdra pīyūṣapānasthiratanurharaḥ || nānāvaiśeṣikīṃ tanvīmavasthāṃ sa kadācana
Hara, his body held fixed in drinking the nectar of that moon-face of hers, at times (took on) a subtle condition of many particular kinds.
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SiP 2 41.46
तद्वक्त्राम्बुजवासेन तत्सौन्दर्य्यैश्च नर्मभिः ।। गुणैरिव महादंती बद्धो नान्यविचेष्टितः
tadvaktrāmbujavāsena tatsaundaryyaiśca narmabhiḥ || guṇairiva mahādaṃtī baddho nānyaviceṣṭitaḥ
By dwelling in that lotus of her face, by her beauties and her playful jests, he was bound as a great elephant is bound by ropes, and did nothing else.
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SiP 2 41.47
इति हिमगिरिकुंजप्रस्थभागे दरीषु प्रतिदिनमभिरेमे दक्षपुत्र्या महेशः ।। क्रतुभुजपरिमाणैः क्रीडतस्तस्य जाता दश दश च सुरर्षे वत्सराः पंच चान्ये
iti himagirikuṃjaprasthabhāge darīṣu pratidinamabhireme dakṣaputryā maheśaḥ || kratubhujaparimāṇaiḥ krīḍatastasya jātā daśa daśa ca surarṣe vatsarāḥ paṃca cānye
Thus, in the caves on the slopes and thickets of the Himālaya, Maheśa took his pleasure day after day with Dakṣa's daughter; and while he played, O divine sage, ten and ten and five other years passed for him, measured by the enjoyment of the sacrifice (?).
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