Shiva Purana

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नारद उवाच ॥ देवदेव प्रजानाथ ततः किमभवद्विधे ॥ वदेदानीं कृपातस्तु शिवलीलासमन्वितम् ॥१॥

Nārada said: O lord of people, O Brahmā, O lord of gods, what happened after that? Narrate it to me kindly besides the description of Śiva’s sports.

english translation

nArada uvAca ॥ devadeva prajAnAtha tataH kimabhavadvidhe ॥ vadedAnIM kRpAtastu zivalIlAsamanvitam ॥1॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

॥ ब्रह्मोवाच ॥ कृत्तिकाभिर्गृहीते वै तस्मिञ्शंभुसुते मुने ॥ कश्चित्कालो व्यतीयाय बुबुधे न हिमाद्रिजा ॥२॥

Brahmā said: O sage, after the son of Śiva had been taken over by the Krttikās some time elapsed but the daughter of Himavat had no knowledge of the same.

english translation

॥ brahmovAca ॥ kRttikAbhirgRhIte vai tasmiJzaMbhusute mune ॥ kazcitkAlo vyatIyAya bubudhe na himAdrijA ॥2॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

तस्मिन्नवसरे दुर्गा स्मेराननसरोरुहा॥ उवाच स्वामिनं शंभुं देवदेवेश्वरं प्रभुम् ॥ ३ ॥

Meanwhile Pārvatī beaming with her lotus like face told her husband Śiva, the lord of the gods.

english translation

tasminnavasare durgA smerAnanasaroruhA॥ uvAca svAminaM zaMbhuM devadevezvaraM prabhum ॥ 3 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

पार्वत्युवाच ॥ देवदेव महादेव शृणु मे वचनं शुभम् ॥ पूर्वपुण्यातिभारेण त्वं मया प्राप्त ईश्वर ॥४॥

Pārvatī said: O lord of the gods, listen to my auspicious words. O lord, you have been attained by me, thanks to my previous merits.

english translation

pArvatyuvAca ॥ devadeva mahAdeva zRNu me vacanaM zubham ॥ pUrvapuNyAtibhAreNa tvaM mayA prApta Izvara ॥4॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

कृपया योगिषु श्रेष्ठो विहारैस्तत्परोऽभवः ॥ रतिभंगः कृतो देवैस्तत्र मे भवता भव ॥५॥

Although you are the most excellent among the Yogins, O lord, you became desirous of dalliance. But my dalliance with you was interrupted in the middle by the gods.

english translation

kRpayA yogiSu zreSTho vihAraistatparo'bhavaH ॥ ratibhaMgaH kRto devaistatra me bhavatA bhava ॥5॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript