Shiva Purana
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अनसूयोवाच ॥ आगम्यतां मया सार्द्धं त्वया नाथ महामुने ॥ सरिद्वराया गंगाया द्रष्टुमिच्छा भवेद्यदि ॥ ३१ ॥
Anasūyā said:— O lord, O great sage, please come with me if you wish to see Gaṅgā, the foremost among the rivers.
english translation
anasUyovAca ॥ AgamyatAM mayA sArddhaM tvayA nAtha mahAmune ॥ saridvarAyA gaMgAyA draSTumicchA bhavedyadi ॥ 31 ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscriptसूत उवाच ॥ इत्युक्त्वा तु समादाय पतिं तं सा पतिव्रता ॥ गता द्रुतं शिवं स्मृत्वा यत्र गंगा सरिद्वरा॥ ३२॥
Sūta said:— After saying this and remembering Śiva, the chaste lady took her husband to the place where Gaṅgā, the foremost among the rivers was present.
english translation
sUta uvAca ॥ ityuktvA tu samAdAya patiM taM sA pativratA ॥ gatA drutaM zivaM smRtvA yatra gaMgA saridvarA॥ 32॥
hk transliteration by Sanscriptदर्शयामास तां तत्र गंगां पत्ये पतिव्रता ॥ गर्ते च संस्थितां तत्र स्वयं दिव्यस्वरूपिणीम् ॥ ३३॥
There the chaste lady showed to her husband Gaṅgā of divine form stationed within the pit.
english translation
darzayAmAsa tAM tatra gaMgAM patye pativratA ॥ garte ca saMsthitAM tatra svayaM divyasvarUpiNIm ॥ 33॥
hk transliteration by Sanscriptतत्र गत्वा ऋषिश्रेष्ठो गर्तं च जलपूरितम् ॥ आकण्ठं सुन्दरं दृष्ट्वा धन्येयमिति चाब्रवीत् ॥ ३४॥
Going there and seeing the beautiful pit full to the brim with water, the excellent sage said—“She is blessed.”
english translation
tatra gatvA RSizreSTho gartaM ca jalapUritam ॥ AkaNThaM sundaraM dRSTvA dhanyeyamiti cAbravIt ॥ 34॥
hk transliteration by Sanscriptकिं मदीयं तपश्चैव किमन्येषां पुनस्तदा ॥ इत्युक्तो मुनिशार्दूलो भक्त्या तुष्टाव तां तदा ॥ ३५॥
“Is this the fruit of my own penance or of somebody else?” After saying this the leading sage eulogised her with devotion.
english translation
kiM madIyaM tapazcaiva kimanyeSAM punastadA ॥ ityukto munizArdUlo bhaktyA tuSTAva tAM tadA ॥ 35॥
hk transliteration by Sanscript