Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita — Chapter 89
SiP 2 89.1
।। ब्रह्मोवाच ।। गतेषु तेषु मुनिषु स्वं लोकं शंकरः स्वयम् ।। परीक्षितुं तपो देव्या ऐच्छत्सूतिकरः प्रभुः
|| brahmovāca || gateṣu teṣu muniṣu svaṃ lokaṃ śaṃkaraḥ svayam || parīkṣituṃ tapo devyā aicchatsūtikaraḥ prabhuḥ
Brahmā said: When those sages had gone to their own world, Śaṅkara himself, the Lord who wields the trident, wished to test the goddess's austerity.
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SiP 2 89.2
परीक्षा छद्मना शंभुर्द्रष्टुं तां तुष्टमानसः।। जाटिलं रूपमास्थाय स ययौ पार्वतीवनम् का त्वं कस्यासि तनया किमर्थ विजने वने ।। तपश्चरसि दुर्धर्षं मुनिभिः प्रपदैरपि गच्छ त्वं प्रविशाम्यग्नौ शिवेनांगीकृता न हि ।। यत्र यत्र जनुर्लप्स्ये वरिष्यामि शिवं वरम् तत्सर्वं कारणं ब्रूहि तपसस्त्वस्य सत्यतः ।। तच्छ्रुत्वा विप्रवर्योऽहं यथा हर्षमावाप्नुयाम् मत्सखी नारदोपदेशात्तपस्तपति दारुणम् ।। मनोरथः कुतस्तस्या न फलिष्यति तापस
parīkṣā chadmanā śaṃbhurdraṣṭuṃ tāṃ tuṣṭamānasaḥ|| jāṭilaṃ rūpamāsthāya sa yayau pārvatīvanam kā tvaṃ kasyāsi tanayā kimartha vijane vane || tapaścarasi durdharṣaṃ munibhiḥ prapadairapi gaccha tvaṃ praviśāmyagnau śivenāṃgīkṛtā na hi || yatra yatra janurlapsye variṣyāmi śivaṃ varam tatsarvaṃ kāraṇaṃ brūhi tapasastvasya satyataḥ || tacchrutvā vipravaryo'haṃ yathā harṣamāvāpnuyām matsakhī nāradopadeśāttapastapati dāruṇam || manorathaḥ kutastasyā na phaliṣyati tāpasa
Śambhu, pleased in mind, (resolved) to see her by a disguise, for testing; assuming the form of a matted-haired (ascetic), he went to Pārvatī's forest. "Who are you? Whose daughter are you? For what purpose, in this lonely wood, do you practise austerity hard to be borne even by sages with their utmost efforts?" — "Go! I shall enter the fire, for I have not been accepted by Śiva. In whatever birth I obtain, I shall choose Śiva as my husband." — "Tell me truly all the cause of this austerity of yours; hearing it, I, the best of brahmins, might attain joy." — "My friend performs dreadful austerity by Nārada's instruction. Why, O ascetic, should her heart's wish not bear fruit?"
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SiP 2 89.3
अतीव स्थविरो विप्रदेहधारी स्वतेजसा ।। प्रज्वलन्मनसा हृष्टो दंडी छत्री बभूव सः
atīva sthaviro vipradehadhārī svatejasā || prajvalanmanasā hṛṣṭo daṃḍī chatrī babhūva saḥ
Extremely aged, wearing a brahmin's body, blazing with his own splendour, glad in mind, he became one bearing a staff and a parasol.
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SiP 2 89.4
तत्रापश्यत्स्थितां देवीं सखीभिः परिवारिताम् ।। वेदिकोपरि शुद्धां तां शिवामिव विधोः कलाम्
tatrāpaśyatsthitāṃ devīṃ sakhībhiḥ parivāritām || vedikopari śuddhāṃ tāṃ śivāmiva vidhoḥ kalām
There he saw the Goddess standing, surrounded by her companions, upon an altar — she, pure and auspicious, like a digit of the moon.
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SiP 2 89.5
शंभु निरीक्ष्य तां देवीं ब्रह्मचारिस्वरूपवान् ।। उपकंठं ययौ प्रीत्या तदाऽसौ भक्तवत्सलः
śaṃbhu nirīkṣya tāṃ devīṃ brahmacārisvarūpavān || upakaṃṭhaṃ yayau prītyā tadā'sau bhaktavatsalaḥ
Having beheld that Goddess, Śambhu, in the form of a celibate student — he, fond of his devotees — then went near her with affection.
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SiP 2 89.6
आगतं तं तदा दृष्ट्वा ब्राह्मणं तेजसाद्भुतम् ।। अपूजयच्छिवा देवी सर्वपूजोपहारकैः
āgataṃ taṃ tadā dṛṣṭvā brāhmaṇaṃ tejasādbhutam || apūjayacchivā devī sarvapūjopahārakaiḥ
Seeing that brahmin, wondrous with splendour, who had come then, the goddess Śivā worshipped (him) with all the offerings of worship.
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SiP 2 89.7
सुसत्कृतं संविधाभिः पूजितं परया मुदा ।। पार्वती कुशलं प्रीत्या पप्रच्छ द्विजमादरात
susatkṛtaṃ saṃvidhābhiḥ pūjitaṃ parayā mudā || pārvatī kuśalaṃ prītyā papraccha dvijamādarāta
Him, well honoured with the proper arrangements and worshipped with the highest joy, Pārvatī with affection respectfully asked, the twice-born, about his welfare.
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SiP 2 89.8
।। पार्वत्युवाच ।। ब्रह्मचारिस्वरूपेण कस्त्वं हि कुत आगतः ।। इदं वनं भासयसे वद वेदविदां वर
|| pārvatyuvāca || brahmacārisvarūpeṇa kastvaṃ hi kuta āgataḥ || idaṃ vanaṃ bhāsayase vada vedavidāṃ vara
Pārvatī said: Who indeed are you, in the form of a celibate student, and whence have you come? You illumine this forest — speak, O best of the knowers of the Veda.
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SiP 2 89.9
।। विप्र उवाच ।। अहमिच्छाभिगामी च वृद्धो विप्रतनुस्सुधीः ।। तपस्वी सुखदोऽन्येषामुपकारी न संशयः
|| vipra uvāca || ahamicchābhigāmī ca vṛddho vipratanussudhīḥ || tapasvī sukhado'nyeṣāmupakārī na saṃśayaḥ
The brahmin said: I go where I wish; I am old, of brahmin body, of good understanding, an ascetic, a giver of happiness to others, a benefactor — there is no doubt (of it).
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SiP 2 89.11
न बाला न च वृद्धासि तरुणी भासि शोभना ।। कथं पतिं विना तीक्ष्णं तपश्चरसि वै वने
na bālā na ca vṛddhāsi taruṇī bhāsi śobhanā || kathaṃ patiṃ vinā tīkṣṇaṃ tapaścarasi vai vane
You are neither a child nor old; you appear a beautiful young woman. How is it that, without a husband, you practise fierce austerity here in the forest?
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SiP 2 89.12
कि त्वं तपस्विनी भद्रे कस्यचित्सहचारिणी ।। तपस्वी स न पुष्णाति देवि त्वां च गतोऽन्यतः
ki tvaṃ tapasvinī bhadre kasyacitsahacāriṇī || tapasvī sa na puṣṇāti devi tvāṃ ca gato'nyataḥ
Are you an ascetic woman, good lady, the companion of someone? That ascetic does not sustain you, O goddess, and he has gone elsewhere.
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SiP 2 89.13
वद कस्य कुले जाता कः पिता तव का विधा ।। महासौभाग्यरूपा त्वं वृथा तव तपोरतिः
vada kasya kule jātā kaḥ pitā tava kā vidhā || mahāsaubhāgyarūpā tvaṃ vṛthā tava taporatiḥ
Tell me, in whose family were you born, who is your father, of what sort are you? You are of great good fortune and beauty; your delight in austerity is in vain.
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SiP 2 89.14
किं त्वं वेदप्रसूर्लक्ष्मीः किं सुरूपा सरस्वती ।। एतासु मध्ये का वा त्वं नाहं तर्कितुमुत्सहे
kiṃ tvaṃ vedaprasūrlakṣmīḥ kiṃ surūpā sarasvatī || etāsu madhye kā vā tvaṃ nāhaṃ tarkitumutsahe
Are you Lakṣmī, or the mother of the Vedas, or the fair-formed Sarasvatī? Which among these are you? I am unable to work it out.
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SiP 2 89.15
।। पार्वत्युवाच ।। नाहं वेदप्रसूर्विप्र न लक्ष्मीश्च सरस्वती ।। अहं हिमाचलसुता सांप्रतं नाम पार्वती
|| pārvatyuvāca || nāhaṃ vedaprasūrvipra na lakṣmīśca sarasvatī || ahaṃ himācalasutā sāṃprataṃ nāma pārvatī
Pārvatī said: I am not the mother of the Vedas, O brahmin, nor Lakṣmī nor Sarasvatī. I am the daughter of Himālaya, and at present my name is Pārvatī.
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SiP 2 89.16
पुरा दक्षसुता जाता सती नामान्यजन्मनि ।। योगेन त्यक्तदेहाऽहं यत्पित्रा निन्दितः पतिः
purā dakṣasutā jātā satī nāmānyajanmani || yogena tyaktadehā'haṃ yatpitrā ninditaḥ patiḥ
Formerly, in another birth, I was born as Dakṣa's daughter, Satī by name; I abandoned my body by yoga, because my husband was reviled by my father.
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SiP 2 89.17
अत्र जन्मनि संप्राप्तश्शिवोऽपि विधिवैभवात् ।। मां त्यक्त्वा भस्मसात्कृत्य मन्मथं स जगाम ह
atra janmani saṃprāptaśśivo'pi vidhivaibhavāt || māṃ tyaktvā bhasmasātkṛtya manmathaṃ sa jagāma ha
In this birth Śiva too came, by the power of fate; but abandoning me, and having reduced Kāma to ashes, he went away.
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SiP 2 89.18
प्रयाते शंकरे तापोद्विजिताहं पितुर्गृहात् ।। आगता तपसे विप्र सुदृढा स्वर्णदीतटे
prayāte śaṃkare tāpodvijitāhaṃ piturgṛhāt || āgatā tapase vipra sudṛḍhā svarṇadītaṭe
When Śaṅkara had departed, I, distressed with grief, came from my father's house for austerity, O brahmin, firm of resolve, to the bank of the golden river (Gaṅgā).
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SiP 2 89.19
कृत्वा तपः कठोरं च सुचिरं प्राणवल्लभम् ।। न प्राप्याग्नौ विविक्षन्ती त्वं दृष्ट्वा संस्थिता क्षणम्
kṛtvā tapaḥ kaṭhoraṃ ca suciraṃ prāṇavallabham || na prāpyāgnau vivikṣantī tvaṃ dṛṣṭvā saṃsthitā kṣaṇam
Having performed harsh austerity for a very long time, and not having obtained him who is dearer than life, I was about to enter the fire; seeing you, I have stayed a moment.
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SiP 2 89.21
ब्रह्मोवाच ।। इत्युक्त्वा पार्वती वह्नौ तत्पुरः प्रविवेश सा ।। निषिध्यमाना पुरतो ब्राह्मणेन पुनः पुनः
brahmovāca || ityuktvā pārvatī vahnau tatpuraḥ praviveśa sā || niṣidhyamānā purato brāhmaṇena punaḥ punaḥ
Brahmā said: Having spoken thus, Pārvatī entered the fire there before him, though again and again forbidden to her face by the brahmin.
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SiP 2 89.22
वह्निप्रवेशं कुर्वत्याः पार्वत्यास्तत्प्रभावतः।। बभूव तत्क्षणं सद्यो वह्नि श्चंदनपंकवत्
vahnipraveśaṃ kurvatyāḥ pārvatyāstatprabhāvataḥ|| babhūva tatkṣaṇaṃ sadyo vahni ścaṃdanapaṃkavat
As Pārvatī made her entry into the fire, by her power the fire at that very instant at once became like sandal paste.
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SiP 2 89.23
क्षणं तदंतरे स्थित्वा ह्युत्पतंती दिवं द्विजः ।। पुनः पप्रच्छ सहसा विहसन्सुतनुं शिवः
kṣaṇaṃ tadaṃtare sthitvā hyutpataṃtī divaṃ dvijaḥ || punaḥ papraccha sahasā vihasansutanuṃ śivaḥ
Staying a moment within it, and (then) rising up toward the sky — the twice-born, Śiva, laughing, suddenly asked the slender-bodied one again.
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SiP 2 89.24
द्विज उवाच ।। अहो तपस्ते किं भद्रे न बुद्धं किंचिदेव हि ।। न दग्धो वह्निना देहो न च प्राप्तं मनीषितम्
dvija uvāca || aho tapaste kiṃ bhadre na buddhaṃ kiṃcideva hi || na dagdho vahninā deho na ca prāptaṃ manīṣitam
The twice-born said: Ah, good lady, what is this austerity of yours? Nothing at all has been understood (by you): your body has not been burnt by fire, nor has what you desired been obtained.
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SiP 2 89.25
अतस्सत्यं निकामं वै वद देवि मनोरथम् ।। ममाग्रे विप्रवर्यस्य सर्वानंदप्रदस्य हि
atassatyaṃ nikāmaṃ vai vada devi manoratham || mamāgre vipravaryasya sarvānaṃdapradasya hi
Therefore speak the truth, O goddess, your heart's wish just as you desire, before me, who am the best of brahmins and the giver of all delight.
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SiP 2 89.26
यथाविधि त्वया देवि कीर्त्यतां सर्वथात्मना ।। तस्मान्मैत्री च संजाता कार्य्यं गोप्यं त्वया न हि
yathāvidhi tvayā devi kīrtyatāṃ sarvathātmanā || tasmānmaitrī ca saṃjātā kāryyaṃ gopyaṃ tvayā na hi
Let (it) be declared by you as is fitting, O goddess, with your whole self; since friendship has arisen (between us), nothing should be kept hidden by you.
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SiP 2 89.27
किमिच्छसि वरं देवि प्रष्टुमिच्छाम्यतः परम् ।। त्वय्येव तदसौ देवि फलं सर्वं प्रदृश्यते
kimicchasi varaṃ devi praṣṭumicchāmyataḥ param || tvayyeva tadasau devi phalaṃ sarvaṃ pradṛśyate
What boon do you desire, O goddess? This is what I wish to ask further: in you alone, O goddess, all this fruit is seen.
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SiP 2 89.28
परार्थे च तपश्चेद्वै तिष्ठेत्तु तप एव तत् ।। रत्नं हस्ते समादाय हित्वा काचस्तु संचितः
parārthe ca tapaścedvai tiṣṭhettu tapa eva tat || ratnaṃ haste samādāya hitvā kācastu saṃcitaḥ
And if austerity is (undertaken) for another's sake, then that austerity merely stands (fruitless) — like taking a jewel in the hand and, casting it away, hoarding glass instead.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 2 89.29
ईदृशं तव सौंदर्यं कथं व्यर्थीकृतं त्वया ।। हित्वा वस्त्राण्यनेकानि चर्मादि च धृतं त्वया
īdṛśaṃ tava sauṃdaryaṃ kathaṃ vyarthīkṛtaṃ tvayā || hitvā vastrāṇyanekāni carmādi ca dhṛtaṃ tvayā
How has such beauty of yours been made useless by you? Having cast off your many garments, a hide and the like has been worn by you.
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SiP 2 89.31
ब्रह्मोवाच ।। इति पृष्टा तदा तेन सखीं प्रैरयताम्बिका ।। तन्मुखेनैव तत्सर्वं कथयामास सुव्रता
brahmovāca || iti pṛṣṭā tadā tena sakhīṃ prairayatāmbikā || tanmukhenaiva tatsarvaṃ kathayāmāsa suvratā
Brahmā said: Being thus questioned by him, Ambikā then urged on her friend, and through that one's mouth she of good vows had all of it told.
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SiP 2 89.32
तया च प्रेरिता तत्र पार्वत्या विजयाभिधा ।। प्राणप्रिया सुव्रतज्ञा सखी जटिलमब्रवीत्
tayā ca preritā tatra pārvatyā vijayābhidhā || prāṇapriyā suvratajñā sakhī jaṭilamabravīt
And urged by Pārvatī, there the friend named Vijayā, dear as life and knowing (Pārvatī's) good vow, spoke to the matted-haired one.
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SiP 2 89.33
सख्युवाच ।। शृणु साधो प्रवक्ष्यामि पार्वतीचरितं परम् ।। हेतुं च तपसस्सर्वं यदि त्वं श्रोतुमिच्छसि
sakhyuvāca || śṛṇu sādho pravakṣyāmi pārvatīcaritaṃ param || hetuṃ ca tapasassarvaṃ yadi tvaṃ śrotumicchasi
The friend said: Listen, good sir, I shall relate the supreme deeds of Pārvatī, and the whole reason for the austerity, if you wish to hear.
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SiP 2 89.34
सखा मे गिरिराजस्य सुतेयं हिमभूभृतः ।। ख्याता वै पार्वती नाम्ना सा कालीति च मेनका
sakhā me girirājasya suteyaṃ himabhūbhṛtaḥ || khyātā vai pārvatī nāmnā sā kālīti ca menakā
This friend of mine is the daughter of the mountain-king, the bearer of snow; she is known indeed by the name Pārvatī, and also as Kālī, (born) of Menakā.
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SiP 2 89.35
ऊढेयं न च केनापि न वाञ्छति शिवात्परम् ।। त्रीणि वर्षसहस्राणि तपश्चरणसाधिनी
ūḍheyaṃ na ca kenāpi na vāñchati śivātparam || trīṇi varṣasahasrāṇi tapaścaraṇasādhinī
She has not been married by anyone, and she desires none other than Śiva; for three thousand years she has been accomplishing the practice of austerity.
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SiP 2 89.36
तदर्थं मेऽनया सख्या प्रारब्धं तप ईदृशम् ।। तदत्र कारणं वक्ष्ये शृणु साधो द्विजोत्तम
tadarthaṃ me'nayā sakhyā prārabdhaṃ tapa īdṛśam || tadatra kāraṇaṃ vakṣye śṛṇu sādho dvijottama
For that purpose such austerity has been begun by this friend of mine; I shall tell the reason for it here — listen, good sir, best of the twice-born.
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SiP 2 89.37
हित्वेन्द्रप्रमुखान्देवान् हरिं ब्रह्माणमेव च ।। पतिं पिनाकपाणिं वै प्राप्नुमिच्छति पार्वती
hitvendrapramukhāndevān hariṃ brahmāṇameva ca || patiṃ pinākapāṇiṃ vai prāpnumicchati pārvatī
Passing over Indra and the foremost gods, and Hari and Brahmā too, Pārvatī wishes to obtain as husband the bearer of the Pināka.
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SiP 2 89.38
इयं सखी मदीया वै वृक्षानारोप यत्पुरा ।। तेषु सर्वेषु संजातं फलपुष्पादिकं द्विज
iyaṃ sakhī madīyā vai vṛkṣānāropa yatpurā || teṣu sarveṣu saṃjātaṃ phalapuṣpādikaṃ dvija
This friend of mine planted trees here formerly, and on all of them fruit, flowers and the rest have appeared, O twice-born one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 89.39
रूपसार्थाय जनककुलालंकरणाय च ।। समुद्दिश्य महेशानं कामस्यानुग्रहाय च
rūpasārthāya janakakulālaṃkaraṇāya ca || samuddiśya maheśānaṃ kāmasyānugrahāya ca
For the sake of (fulfilling) her beauty, and for the adornment of her father's family, having fixed upon Maheśāna, and for the favouring of Kāma.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 2 89.41
यत्ते पृष्टं द्विजश्रेष्ठ मत्सख्या मनसीप्सितम् ।। मया ख्यातं च तत्प्रीत्या किमन्यच्छ्रोतुमिच्छसि
yatte pṛṣṭaṃ dvijaśreṣṭha matsakhyā manasīpsitam || mayā khyātaṃ ca tatprītyā kimanyacchrotumicchasi
What you asked, best of the twice-born — my friend's heart's desire — that I have declared out of affection; what else do you wish to hear?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 89.42
ब्रह्मोवाच ।। इत्येवं वचनं श्रुत्वा विजयाया यथार्थतः ।। मुने स जटिलो रुद्रो विहसन्वाक्यमब्रवीत्
brahmovāca || ityevaṃ vacanaṃ śrutvā vijayāyā yathārthataḥ || mune sa jaṭilo rudro vihasanvākyamabravīt
Brahmā said: Having heard Vijayā's words thus spoken as they truly were, O sage, that matted-haired Rudra, laughing, spoke these words.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 89.43
जटिल उवाच ।। सख्येदं कथितं तत्र परिहासोनुमीयते ।। यथार्थं चेत्तदा देवी स्वमुखेनाभिभाषताम्
jaṭila uvāca || sakhyedaṃ kathitaṃ tatra parihāsonumīyate || yathārthaṃ cettadā devī svamukhenābhibhāṣatām
The matted-haired one said: This has been told by the friend, but a jest is to be suspected in it; if it is true, then let the goddess speak with her own mouth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 89.44
।। ब्रह्मोवाच ।। इत्युक्ते च तदा तेन जटिलेन द्विजन्मना ।। उवाच पार्वती देवी स्वमुखेनैव तं द्विजम्
|| brahmovāca || ityukte ca tadā tena jaṭilena dvijanmanā || uvāca pārvatī devī svamukhenaiva taṃ dvijam
Brahmā said: And when this had been said by that matted-haired twice-born one, the goddess Pārvatī addressed that brahmin with her own mouth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition