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सूत उवाच॥ नरनारायणाख्यौ याववतारौ हरेर्द्विजाः ॥ तेपाते भारते खण्डे बदर्याश्रम एव हि॥ १॥
Sūta said:— O brahmins, the incarnations of Viṣṇu—Nara and Nārāyaṇa performed their penance in the Bhārata Khaṇḍa in the hermitage of Badarikāśrama.
english translation
ताभ्यां संप्रार्थितश्शंभुः पार्थिवे पूजनाय वै ॥ आयाति नित्यं तल्लिंगे भक्ताधीनतया शिव ॥ २॥
Requested by them for their worship, Śiva, being subservient to the devotees comes every day to that earthen phallic image of Śiva.
english translation
एवं पूजयतोश्शंभुं तयोर्विष्ण्ववतारयोः ॥ चिरकालो व्यतीताय शैवयोर्धर्मपुत्रयोः ॥ ३ ॥
A long time elapsed while these two incarnations of Viṣṇu, the spiritual sons of Śiva, performed the worship of Śiva.
english translation
एकस्मिन्समये तत्र प्रसन्नः परमेश्वरः ॥ प्रत्युवाच प्रसन्नोस्मि वरो मे व्रियतामिति॥ ४॥
On one occasion the delighted Śiva told them—“I am delighted. Choose your boon from me.”
english translation
इत्युक्ते च तदा तेन नरो नारायणस्स्वयम्॥ ऊचतुर्वचनं तत्र लोकानां हितकाम्यया ॥ ५ ॥
When he said this, Nara and Nārāyaṇa spoke these words keeping in mind the welfare of the world.
english translation