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व्रतस्य करणान्नूनं शिवोऽहं सर्वदुःखहा ॥ दद्मि भुक्तिं च मुक्तिं च सर्वं वै वाञ्छितं फलम् ॥ ८६॥
Certainly for the performance of this Vrata, I, Śiva, the destroyer of all miseries grant all desired benefits, worldly pleasures and salvation.
english translation
सूत उवाच ॥ इति शिववचनं निशम्य विष्णुर्हिततरमद्भुतमाजगाम धाम ॥ तदनु व्रतमुत्तमं जनेषु समचरदात्महितेषु चैतदेव ॥ ८७ ॥
Sūta said:— After hearing these beneficial and wonderful words of Śiva, Viṣṇu returned to his abode. Thereafter this excellent rite became popular among the people desiring welfare of their soul
english translation
कदाचिन्नारदायाथ शिवरात्रिव्रतन्त्विदम् ॥ भुक्तिमुक्तिप्रदं दिव्यं कथयामास केशवः ॥ ८८ ॥
Once Viṣṇu narrated to Nārada this divine Śivarātrivrata which yields worldly pleasures and salvation.
english translation