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शल्य उवाच । अथैनां रुपिणीं साध्वीमुपातिष्ठदुपश्रुतिः । तां वयोरूपसंपन्नां दृष्ट्वा देवीमुपस्थिताम् ॥५-१४-१॥
Śalya said: Then Upaśruti attended upon that virtuous lady of radiant form; seeing the goddess present, endowed with youth and beauty, she approached in reverent service.
english translation
इन्द्राणी संप्रहृष्टा सा संपूज्यैनामपृच्छत । इच्छामि त्वामहं ज्ञातुं का त्वं ब्रूहि वरानने ॥५-१४-२॥
Indrāṇī, delighted, honored her and asked: “I wish to know you—who are you? Tell me, fair-faced one.”
english translation
उपश्रुतिरुवाच । उपश्रुतिरहं देवि तवान्तिकमुपागता । दर्शनं चैव संप्राप्ता तव सत्येन तोषिता ॥५-१४-३॥
Upaśruti said: “I am Upaśruti, O goddess. I have come into your presence and obtained an audience with you, satisfied by your truthfulness.”
english translation
पतिव्रतासि युक्ता च यमेन नियमेन च । दर्शयिष्यामि ते शक्रं देवं वृत्रनिषूदनम् । क्षिप्रमन्वेहि भद्रं ते द्रक्ष्यसे सुरसत्तमम्॥५-१४-४॥
“You are devoted to your husband, a pativratā, and disciplined by restraint and observance. I will show you Śakra, the god who subdued Vṛtra. Follow quickly—may it be well with you—you will see the foremost of the gods.”
english translation
शल्य उवाच । ततस्तां प्रस्थितां देवीमिन्द्राणी सा समन्वगात् । देवारण्यान्यतिक्रम्य पर्वतांश्च बहूंस्ततः । हिमवन्तमतिक्रम्य उत्तरं पार्श्वमागमत्॥५-१४-५॥
Śalya said: “Then Indrāṇī followed that goddess as she set out. Passing beyond the divine forests and many mountains, and crossing the Himavat, she reached the northern region.”
english translation