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ततः प्रभाते सा नारी शोकेन महता वृता ॥ शनैर्निववृते दीना स्वदेशायैव केवलम् ॥ ३१ ॥
Then in the next morning, overcome with great grief the dejected woman returned to her native place alone slowly.
english translation
श्रांता चिरोपवासेन निपतंती पदेपदे ॥ अतीत्य तावतीं भूमिं निपपात विचेतना ॥ ३२॥
Exhausted by long starvation, and faltering and staggering at every step she somehow covered the long distance but fell down unconscious.
english translation
अथ सा शंभुकृपया जगाम परमं पदम् ॥ आरुह्य सुविमानं च नीतं शिवगणैर्द्रुतम् ॥ ३३॥
Seated in an aerial chariot brought immediately by Śiva’s Gaṇas, thanks to Śiva’s mercy, she went to Śiva’s region.
english translation
आदौ यदेषा शिवनाम नारी प्रमादतो वाप्यसती जगाद ॥ तेनेह भूयः सुकृतेन विप्रा महाबलस्थानमवाप दिव्यम् ॥ ३४॥
O brahmins, since at the outset the unchaste woman had cried out Śiva’s name unwittingly, she acquired a great merit whereby she reached the divine abode of Mahābala.
english translation
श्रीगोकर्णे शिवतिथावुपोष्य शिवमस्तके ॥ कृत्वा जागरणं सा हि चक्रे बिल्वार्चनं निशि ॥ ३५ ॥
At Gokarṇa on Śiva’s Tithi during the night she had kept awake and observed fast. She had performed the worship of Śiva’s image with Bilva bunch.
english translation