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त्वं प्रियः शंखचूडस्य चैकमन्वन्तरावधि ॥ शंखेन सार्द्धं त्वद्भेदः केवलं दुःखदस्तव ॥ ५६ ॥
You have been the beloved of Śaṅkhacūḍa for the period of a Manvantara. Your separation from Śaṅkhacūḍa is really painful to you.
english translation
सनत्कुमार उवाच ॥ इत्युक्त्वा शंकरस्तत्र माहात्म्यमूचिवांस्तदा ॥ शालग्रामशिलायाश्च तुलस्या बहुपुण्यदम् ॥ ५७ ॥
Sanatkumāra said: After saying so, Śiva narrated the greatness of Śālagrāma stone and Tulasī, that is highly meritorious.
english translation
ततश्चांतर्हितो भूत्वा मोदयित्वा हरिं च ताम् ॥ जगाम् स्वालयं शंभुः शर्मदो हि सदा सताम् ॥ ५८ ॥
After delighting Viṣṇu and Tulasī, Śiva the benefactor of the good vanished from there and went to his abode.
english translation
इति श्रुत्वा वचश्शंभोः प्रसन्ना तु तुलस्यभूत् ॥ तद्देहं च परित्यज्य दिव्यरूपा बभूव ह ॥ ५९ ॥
On hearing the words of Śiva, Tulasī was delighted. She cast off that bo:ly and assumed a divine form.
english translation
प्रजगाम तया सार्द्धं वैकुंठं कमलापतिः ॥ सद्यस्तद्देहजाता च बभूव गंडकी नदी ॥ 2-5-41-६० ॥
The lord of Lakṣmī went to Vaikuṇṭha with her. Immediately the river Gaṇḍakī took its origin from her cast off body.
english translation