Shiva Purana

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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

tataH prabhAte sA nArI zokena mahatA vRtA ॥ zanairnivavRte dInA svadezAyaiva kevalam ॥ 31 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

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

zrAMtA ciropavAsena nipataMtI padepade ॥ atItya tAvatIM bhUmiM nipapAta vicetanA ॥ 32॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

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

atha sA zaMbhukRpayA jagAma paramaM padam ॥ Aruhya suvimAnaM ca nItaM zivagaNairdrutam ॥ 33॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

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

Adau yadeSA zivanAma nArI pramAdato vApyasatI jagAda ॥ teneha bhUyaH sukRtena viprA mahAbalasthAnamavApa divyam ॥ 34॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

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

zrIgokarNe zivatithAvupoSya zivamastake ॥ kRtvA jAgaraNaM sA hi cakre bilvArcanaM nizi ॥ 35 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript