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॥ ब्रह्मोवाच ॥ एवमुक्तस्तया शंभुर्दाक्षायण्या तथाऽसकृत ॥ संजहास च शीर्षस्थचन्द्ररश्मिस्मितालयम् ॥ २१ ॥
Brahmā said: Thus advised by Satī frequently Śiva laughed provoking a smile from the moon on his head by way of its beams.
english translation
अथोवाच सतीं देवीं स्मितभिन्नौष्ठसंपुटः ॥। महात्मा सर्वतत्त्वज्ञस्तोषयन्परमेश्वरः ॥ २२ ॥
Then the high-souled lord Śiva who knew all the principles spoke to Satī with a smile breaking his lips asunder and consoling her.
english translation
ईश्वरः उवाच ॥ यत्र प्रीत्यै मया कार्यो वासस्तव मनोहरे ॥ मेघास्तत्र न गंतारः कदाचिदपि मत्प्रिये ॥ २३ ॥
Śiva said: O my beloved, beautiful woman, clouds will not reach the place where I have to make an abode for you.
english translation
मेघा नितंबपर्यंतं संचरंति महीभृतः ॥ सदा प्रालेयसानोस्तु वर्षास्वपि मनोहरे । ॥ २४ ॥
O comely lass! even in the rainy seasons the clouds move about in the side ridges alone of the Himālayas.
english translation
कैलासस्य तथा देवि पादगाः प्रायशो घनाः ॥ संचरंति न गच्छंति तत ऊर्द्ध्वं कदाचन ॥ २५ ॥
O gentle lady, the clouds usually come only upto the foot of Kailāsa. They never go above it.
english translation