Shiva Purana — Kotirudra Samhita — Chapter 30
SiP 4 30.1
सूत उवाच ।। कदाचित्सेवकस्तस्य राक्षसस्य दुरात्मनः ।। तदग्रे सुंदरं रूपं शंकरस्य ददर्श ह
sūta uvāca || kadācitsevakastasya rākṣasasya durātmanaḥ || tadagre suṃdaraṃ rūpaṃ śaṃkarasya dadarśa ha
Sūta said: Once a servant of that evil-souled demon saw before him the beautiful form of Śaṃkara.
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SiP 4 30.2
तस्मै निवेदितं राज्ञे राक्षसानां यथार्थकम् ।। सर्वं तच्चरितं तेन सकौतुकमथाद्भुतम्
tasmai niveditaṃ rājñe rākṣasānāṃ yathārthakam || sarvaṃ taccaritaṃ tena sakautukamathādbhutam
By him all that deed, wonderful and marvellous, was reported just as it was to that king of the demons.
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SiP 4 30.3
राजापि तत्र चागत्य राक्षसानां स दारुकः ।। विह्वलस्सबलश्शीघ्रं पर्यपृच्छच्च तं शिवम्
rājāpi tatra cāgatya rākṣasānāṃ sa dārukaḥ || vihvalassabalaśśīghraṃ paryapṛcchacca taṃ śivam
And that Dāruka, the king of the demons, coming there in agitation with his army, quickly questioned that Śiva.
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SiP 4 30.4
दारुक उवाच ।। किं ध्यायसि हि वैश्य त्वं सत्यं वद ममाग्रतः ।। एवं सति न मृत्युस्ते मम वाक्यं च नान्यथा सूत उवाच ।। इति संप्रार्थितश्शंभुर्विवरान्निर्गतस्तदा ।। भवनेनोत्तमेनाथ चतुर्द्वारयुतेन च शिवोपि कुपितां देवीं दृष्ट्वा वरवशः प्रभुः ।। प्रत्युवाचेति सुप्रीत्या यथेच्छसि तथा कुरु स मे भक्त्यातिविक्रांतो दर्शनं मे करिष्यति ।। दर्शनं मे स कृत्वैव चक्रवर्ती भविष्यति पार्वत्याश्च बलं चैव संपूर्णं वै भविष्यति।। अन्ये च म्लेच्छरूपा ये भविष्यंति वने शुभाः
dāruka uvāca || kiṃ dhyāyasi hi vaiśya tvaṃ satyaṃ vada mamāgrataḥ || evaṃ sati na mṛtyuste mama vākyaṃ ca nānyathā sūta uvāca || iti saṃprārthitaśśaṃbhurvivarānnirgatastadā || bhavanenottamenātha caturdvārayutena ca śivopi kupitāṃ devīṃ dṛṣṭvā varavaśaḥ prabhuḥ || pratyuvāceti suprītyā yathecchasi tathā kuru sa me bhaktyātivikrāṃto darśanaṃ me kariṣyati || darśanaṃ me sa kṛtvaiva cakravartī bhaviṣyati pārvatyāśca balaṃ caiva saṃpūrṇaṃ vai bhaviṣyati|| anye ca mleccharūpā ye bhaviṣyaṃti vane śubhāḥ
Dāruka said: What indeed are you meditating on, merchant? Speak the truth before me; if so, there will be no death for you, and my word is not otherwise. Sūta said: Thus entreated, Śambhu then came out from the cleft, together with an excellent mansion furnished with four gates. And Śiva too, seeing the goddess angered, the Lord, subject to (his) boon, replied thus most affectionately: Do as you wish. He, greatly valorous through devotion to me, will grant me sight of him; and having seen me he will become a universal emperor; and Pārvatī's power too will indeed become complete; and others who are of barbarian form in the forest shall become auspicious.
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SiP 4 30.5
सूत उवाच ।। तेनोक्तं च न जानामि तच्छ्रुत्वा कुपितस्य वै ।। राक्षसान्प्रेरयामास हन्यतां राक्षसा अयम्
sūta uvāca || tenoktaṃ ca na jānāmi tacchrutvā kupitasya vai || rākṣasānprerayāmāsa hanyatāṃ rākṣasā ayam
Sūta said: And he said, 'I do not know.' Hearing that, (the demon) being enraged, urged on the demons: 'Demons, let this one be slain!'
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SiP 4 30.6
तदुक्तास्ते तदा हंतुं नानायुधधरा गताः ।। द्रुतं तं वैश्यशार्दूलं शंकरासक्तचेतसम्
taduktāste tadā haṃtuṃ nānāyudhadharā gatāḥ || drutaṃ taṃ vaiśyaśārdūlaṃ śaṃkarāsaktacetasam
Told that, they then went swiftly, bearing various weapons, to kill that tiger among merchants whose mind was fixed on Śaṃkara.
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SiP 4 30.7
तानागतांस्तदा दृष्ट्वा भयवित्रस्तलोचनः ।। शिवं सस्मार सुप्रीत्या तन्नामानि जगौ मुहुः
tānāgatāṃstadā dṛṣṭvā bhayavitrastalocanaḥ || śivaṃ sasmāra suprītyā tannāmāni jagau muhuḥ
Then, seeing them come, his eyes trembling with fear, he remembered Śiva with great love and sang his names again and again.
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SiP 4 30.8
वैश्यपतिरुवाच ।। पाहि शंकर देवेश पाहि शंभो शिवेति च ।। दुष्टादस्मात्त्रिलोकेश खलहन्भक्तवत्सल
vaiśyapatiruvāca || pāhi śaṃkara deveśa pāhi śaṃbho śiveti ca || duṣṭādasmāttrilokeśa khalahanbhaktavatsala
The merchant chief said: Protect (me), Śaṃkara, lord of gods; protect (me), Śambhu, Śiva! (Save me) from this wicked one, O lord of the three worlds, slayer of the wicked, fond of your devotees.
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SiP 4 30.9
सर्वस्वं च भवानद्य मम देव त्वमेव हि ।। त्वदधीनस्त्वदीयोऽहं त्वत्प्राणस्सर्वदा प्रभो
sarvasvaṃ ca bhavānadya mama deva tvameva hi || tvadadhīnastvadīyo'haṃ tvatprāṇassarvadā prabho
And you alone, O god, are today my all; I am dependent on you, I am yours, my life is yours always, O Lord.
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SiP 4 30.11
मध्यज्योतिस्स्वरूपं च शिवरूपं तदद्भुतम् ।। परिवारसमायुक्तं दृष्ट्वा चापूजयत्स वै
madhyajyotissvarūpaṃ ca śivarūpaṃ tadadbhutam || parivārasamāyuktaṃ dṛṣṭvā cāpūjayatsa vai
And seeing that wondrous form of Śiva, having the nature of light in the middle (of it), accompanied by his retinue, he worshipped (it).
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SiP 4 30.12
पूजितश्च तदा शंभुः प्रसन्नो ह्यभवत्स्वयम् ।। अस्त्रं पाशुपतं नाम दत्त्वा राक्षसपुंगवान्
pūjitaśca tadā śaṃbhuḥ prasanno hyabhavatsvayam || astraṃ pāśupataṃ nāma dattvā rākṣasapuṃgavān
And Śambhu, being worshipped, himself became pleased, and giving the weapon named Pāśupata, (he struck) the bulls among demons —
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SiP 4 30.13
जघान सोपकरणांस्तान्सर्वान्सगणान्द्रुतम् ।। अरक्षच्च स्वभक्तं वै दुष्टहा स हि शंकरः
jaghāna sopakaraṇāṃstānsarvānsagaṇāndrutam || arakṣacca svabhaktaṃ vai duṣṭahā sa hi śaṃkaraḥ
— he swiftly slew them all together with their equipment and their troops, and he protected his own devotee; for that Śaṃkara is the slayer of the wicked.
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SiP 4 30.14
सर्वांस्तांश्च तदा हत्वा वरं प्रादाद्वनस्य च ।। अत्यद्भुतकरश्शंभुस्स्वलीलात्तसुविग्रहः
sarvāṃstāṃśca tadā hatvā varaṃ prādādvanasya ca || atyadbhutakaraśśaṃbhussvalīlāttasuvigrahaḥ
And having then slain all of them, Śambhu, doer of most wondrous deeds, who takes on a fair body by his own play, granted a boon to the forest.
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SiP 4 30.15
अस्मिन्वने सदा वर्णधर्मा वै संभवंतु च ।। ब्राह्मणक्षत्रियविशां शूद्राणां हि तथैव च
asminvane sadā varṇadharmā vai saṃbhavaṃtu ca || brāhmaṇakṣatriyaviśāṃ śūdrāṇāṃ hi tathaiva ca
"In this forest let the duties of the classes always come into being — of brahmins, kshatriyas and vaishyas, and of shudras likewise."
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SiP 4 30.16
भवत्वत्र मुनिश्रेष्ठास्तामसा न कदाचन ।। शिवधर्मप्रवक्तारश्शिवधर्मप्रवर्तकाः
bhavatvatra muniśreṣṭhāstāmasā na kadācana || śivadharmapravaktāraśśivadharmapravartakāḥ
"Let there be here the best of sages, never men of darkness (tāmasa) — proclaimers of Śiva's law, promoters of Śiva's law."
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SiP 4 30.17
सूत उवाच ।। एतस्मिन्समये सा वै राक्षसी दारुकाह्वया ।। देव्याः स्तुतिं चकारासौ पार्वत्या दीनमानसा
sūta uvāca || etasminsamaye sā vai rākṣasī dārukāhvayā || devyāḥ stutiṃ cakārāsau pārvatyā dīnamānasā
Sūta said: At this moment that demoness named Dārukā, her mind dejected, made praise of the Goddess Pārvatī.
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SiP 4 30.18
प्रसन्ना च तदा देवी किं करोमीत्युवाच हि ।। साप्युवाच पुनस्तत्र वंशो मे रक्ष्यतां त्वया
prasannā ca tadā devī kiṃ karomītyuvāca hi || sāpyuvāca punastatra vaṃśo me rakṣyatāṃ tvayā
And then the Goddess, pleased, said, "What shall I do?" And she too spoke again there: "Let my lineage be protected by you."
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SiP 4 30.19
रक्षयिष्यामि ते वंशं सत्यं च कथ्यते मया ।। इत्युक्त्वा च शिवेनैव विग्रहं सा चकार ह
rakṣayiṣyāmi te vaṃśaṃ satyaṃ ca kathyate mayā || ityuktvā ca śivenaiva vigrahaṃ sā cakāra ha
"I shall protect your lineage; and this is spoken by me truthfully." And having said this, she made (her) body one with Śiva himself.
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SiP 4 30.21
सूत् उवाच ।। इति श्रुत्वा वचस्तस्य स्वपतेश्शंकरस्य वै ।। सुप्रसन्ना विहस्याशु पार्वती वाक्यमब्रवीत्
sūt uvāca || iti śrutvā vacastasya svapateśśaṃkarasya vai || suprasannā vihasyāśu pārvatī vākyamabravīt
Sūta said: Having heard that speech of her own husband Śaṃkara, Pārvatī, well pleased, laughing, at once spoke these words.
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SiP 4 30.22
पार्वत्युवाच ।। भवदीयं वचस्तथ्यं युगांते संभविष्यति ।। तावच्च तामसी सृष्टिर्भवत्विति मतं मम
pārvatyuvāca || bhavadīyaṃ vacastathyaṃ yugāṃte saṃbhaviṣyati || tāvacca tāmasī sṛṣṭirbhavatviti mataṃ mama
Pārvatī said: "Your word will come true at the end of the age; but until then let there be a dark (tāmasa) creation — such is my view."
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SiP 4 30.23
अन्यथा प्रलयस्स्याद्वै सत्यं मे व्याहृतं शिव ।। प्रमाणीक्रियतां नाथ त्वदीयास्मि त्वदाश्रया
anyathā pralayassyādvai satyaṃ me vyāhṛtaṃ śiva || pramāṇīkriyatāṃ nātha tvadīyāsmi tvadāśrayā
"Otherwise there would be dissolution; truly has it been declared by me, O Śiva. Let (my word) be made authoritative, O lord; I am yours, having you as my refuge."
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SiP 4 30.24
इयं च दारुका देवी राक्षसी शक्तिका मम ।। बलिष्ठा राक्षसीनां च रक्षोराज्यं प्रशास्तु च
iyaṃ ca dārukā devī rākṣasī śaktikā mama || baliṣṭhā rākṣasīnāṃ ca rakṣorājyaṃ praśāstu ca
"And this goddess Dārukā, the demoness, is a power of mine; strongest among demonesses, let her rule the kingdom of the rākṣasas."
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SiP 4 30.25
इमा राक्षसपत्न्यस्तु प्रसविष्यंति पुत्रकान् ।। ते सर्वे मिलिताश्चैव वने वासाय मे मताः
imā rākṣasapatnyastu prasaviṣyaṃti putrakān || te sarve militāścaiva vane vāsāya me matāḥ
"And these wives of the rākṣasas will bring forth sons; all of them assembled together are intended by me for dwelling in the forest."
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SiP 4 30.26
सूत उवाच ।। इत्येवं वचनं श्रुत्वा पार्वत्यास्स्वस्त्रियाः प्रभुः ।। प्रसन्नमानसो भूत्वा शंकरो वाक्यमब्रवीत्
sūta uvāca || ityevaṃ vacanaṃ śrutvā pārvatyāssvastriyāḥ prabhuḥ || prasannamānaso bhūtvā śaṃkaro vākyamabravīt
Sūta said: Having heard this speech of Pārvatī, his own wife, the Lord Śaṃkara, becoming pleased in mind, spoke these words.
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SiP 4 30.27
शङ्कर उवाच ।। इति ब्रवीषि त्वं वै चेच्छृणु मद्वचनं प्रिये ।। स्थास्याम्यस्मिन्वने प्रीत्या भक्तानां पालनाय च
śaṅkara uvāca || iti bravīṣi tvaṃ vai cecchṛṇu madvacanaṃ priye || sthāsyāmyasminvane prītyā bhaktānāṃ pālanāya ca
Śaṃkara said: "If you say so, then hear my word, dear one: I shall remain in this forest gladly, and for the protection of the devotees."
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SiP 4 30.28
अत्र मे वर्णधर्मस्थो दर्शनं प्रीतिसंयुतम् ।। करिष्यति च यो वै स चक्रवर्ती भविष्यति
atra me varṇadharmastho darśanaṃ prītisaṃyutam || kariṣyati ca yo vai sa cakravartī bhaviṣyati
"Here, whoever, abiding in the duty of his class, shall behold me with affection, he will become a universal sovereign."
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SiP 4 30.29
अन्यथा कलिपर्याये सत्यस्यादौ नृपेश्वर ।। महासेनसुतो यो वै वीरसेनेति विश्रुतः
anyathā kaliparyāye satyasyādau nṛpeśvara || mahāsenasuto yo vai vīraseneti viśrutaḥ
"Otherwise, at the turn of the Kali (age), at the beginning of the Satya (age), O lord of kings, (there will be) the son of Mahāsena who is renowned as Vīrasena."
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SiP 4 30.31
सूत उवाच ।। ।। इत्येवं दंपती तौ च कृत्वा हास्यं परस्परम् । स्थितौ तत्र स्वयं साक्षान्महत्त्वकारकौ द्विजाः
sūta uvāca || || ityevaṃ daṃpatī tau ca kṛtvā hāsyaṃ parasparam | sthitau tatra svayaṃ sākṣānmahattvakārakau dvijāḥ
Sūta said: Thus those two, husband and wife, having made jest with each other, remained there themselves, in visible presence, creators of greatness, O twice-born ones.
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SiP 4 30.33
ऋषय ऊचुः ।। वीरसेनः कथं तत्र यास्यते दारुकावने ।। कथमर्चिष्यति शिवं त्वं तद्वद महामते
ṛṣaya ūcuḥ || vīrasenaḥ kathaṃ tatra yāsyate dārukāvane || kathamarciṣyati śivaṃ tvaṃ tadvada mahāmate
The sages said: How will Vīrasena go there, to the Dāruka forest? How will he worship Śiva? Tell us that, O greatly wise one.
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SiP 4 30.34
सूत उवाच ।। निषधे सुंदरे देशे क्षत्रियाणां कुले च सः ।। महासेनसुतो वीरसेनश्चैव शिवप्रियः
sūta uvāca || niṣadhe suṃdare deśe kṣatriyāṇāṃ kule ca saḥ || mahāsenasuto vīrasenaścaiva śivapriyaḥ
Sūta said: In the fair land of Niṣadha, in a family of kshatriyas, he (was born) — the son of Mahāsena, Vīrasena indeed, dear to Śiva.
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SiP 4 30.35
पार्थिवेशार्चनं कृत्वा तपः परमदुष्करम् ।। चकार वीरसेनो वै वर्षाणां द्वादशावधिः
pārthiveśārcanaṃ kṛtvā tapaḥ paramaduṣkaram || cakāra vīraseno vai varṣāṇāṃ dvādaśāvadhiḥ
Having performed the worship of the Lord in earthen (liṅga) form, Vīrasena practised most difficult austerity for a term of twelve years.
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SiP 4 30.36
ततः प्रसन्नो देवेशः प्रत्यक्षं प्राह शंकरः ।। काष्ठस्य मत्स्यिकां कृत्वा त्रपुधातु विलेपनाम्
tataḥ prasanno deveśaḥ pratyakṣaṃ prāha śaṃkaraḥ || kāṣṭhasya matsyikāṃ kṛtvā trapudhātu vilepanām
Then the lord of gods, Śaṃkara, being pleased, spoke visibly (to him): "Having made a little fish of wood, coated with the metal tin,
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SiP 4 30.37
विधाय योगमायां च दास्यामि वीरसेनक ।। तां गृहीत्वा प्रविश्यैतं नृभिस्सह व्रजाधुना
vidhāya yogamāyāṃ ca dāsyāmi vīrasenaka || tāṃ gṛhītvā praviśyaitaṃ nṛbhissaha vrajādhunā
and having applied yoga-māyā (to it), I shall give (it to you), O Vīrasena. Taking it, enter this (forest) and go now together with (your) men."
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SiP 4 30.38
ततस्त्वं तत्र गत्वा च विवरे च कृते मया ।। प्रविश्य च तदा पूजां कृत्वा नागेश्वरस्य च
tatastvaṃ tatra gatvā ca vivare ca kṛte mayā || praviśya ca tadā pūjāṃ kṛtvā nāgeśvarasya ca
Then you, having gone there and an opening having been made by me, having entered, having then performed the worship of Nāgeśvara,
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SiP 4 30.39
ततः पाशुपतं प्राप्य हत्वा च राक्षसीमुखान् ।। मयि दृष्टे तदा किंचिन्न्यूनं ते न भविष्यति
tataḥ pāśupataṃ prāpya hatvā ca rākṣasīmukhān || mayi dṛṣṭe tadā kiṃcinnyūnaṃ te na bhaviṣyati
then, having obtained the Pāśupata (weapon) and having slain the rākṣasī and the rest — once I have been seen (by you), nothing whatever will be lacking for you.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 4 30.41
सूत उवाच ।। इत्युक्त्वा शंकरस्तत्र वीरसेनं हि दुःखह ।। कृत्वा कृपां च महतीं तत्रैवांतर्द्दधे प्रभुः
sūta uvāca || ityuktvā śaṃkarastatra vīrasenaṃ hi duḥkhaha || kṛtvā kṛpāṃ ca mahatīṃ tatraivāṃtarddadhe prabhuḥ
Sūta said: Having spoken thus to Vīrasena there, Śaṃkara, the destroyer of sorrow, having shown him great compassion, the Lord vanished on that very spot.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 4 30.42
इति दत्तवरस्सोऽपि शिवेन परमात्मना ।। शक्तस्स वै तदा कर्तुं संबभूव न संशयः
iti dattavarasso'pi śivena paramātmanā || śaktassa vai tadā kartuṃ saṃbabhūva na saṃśayaḥ
Thus, having been granted the boon by Śiva, the supreme Self, he too became able to do (it) then — there is no doubt.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 4 30.43
एवं नागेश्वरो देव उत्पन्नो ज्योतिषां पतिः ।। लिंगरूपस्त्रिलोकस्य सर्वकामप्रदस्सदा
evaṃ nāgeśvaro deva utpanno jyotiṣāṃ patiḥ || liṃgarūpastrilokasya sarvakāmapradassadā
Thus the god Nāgeśvara arose, the lord of lights, in the form of a liṅga, always the granter of all desires to the three worlds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 4 30.44
एतद्यश्शृणुयान्नित्यं नागेशोद्भवमादरात् ।। सर्वान्कामानियाद्धीमान्महापातकनाशनान्
etadyaśśṛṇuyānnityaṃ nāgeśodbhavamādarāt || sarvānkāmāniyāddhīmānmahāpātakanāśanān
Whoever should constantly listen with reverence to this arising of Nāgeśa, that wise man would obtain all desires, (which are) destroyers of great sins.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 4 30.352
ज्योतिर्लिंगस्वरूपो हि नाम्ना नागेश्वरश्शिवः ।। नागेश्वरी शिवा देवी बभूव च सतां प्रियौ
jyotirliṃgasvarūpo hi nāmnā nāgeśvaraśśivaḥ || nāgeśvarī śivā devī babhūva ca satāṃ priyau
For Śiva, whose nature is the light-liṅga, (is) by name Nāgeśvara; and the goddess Śivā became Nāgeśvarī — the two dear to the good.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition