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जरासंधो महाशैवस्तद्वंश्याश्च नृपास्तथा ॥ निमिश्शैवश्च जनकस्तत्पुत्राश्शिवपूजकाः॥ ५१॥
Jarāsandha was a great devotee of Śiva. His successors were also so. Nimi and his son Janaka and his sons too were worshippers of Śiva.
english translation
नलेन च कृता पूजा वीरसेनसुतेन वै ॥ पूर्वजन्मनि यो भिल्लो वने पान्थसुरक्षकः ॥ ५२ ॥
Worship of Śiva was performed by Nala the son of Vīrasena. In his previous birth he was a forester who protected the travellers there.
english translation
यतिश्च रक्षितस्तेन पुरा हरसमीपतः ॥ स्वयंव्याघ्रादिभी रात्रौ भक्षितश्च मृतो वृषात् ॥ ५३ ॥
In the presence of Śiva a sage (who was Śiva himself) was saved by him. He was himself devoured by tigers and other beasts at night.
english translation
तेन पुण्यप्रभावेण स भिल्लो हि नलोऽभवत् ॥ चक्रवर्ती महाराजो दमयन्ती प्रियोऽभवत् ॥ ५४ ॥
Thanks to that merit, the forester became Nala. He became a great emperor and the husband of Damayantī.
english translation
इति ते कथितं तात यत्पृष्टं भवतानघ ॥ शाङ्करं चरितं दिव्यं किमन्यत्प्रष्टुमिच्छसि ॥ ५५ ॥
O dear, thus I have narrated the divine story of Śiva as asked by you. What else do you wish to hear?
english translation