Shiva Purana

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ब्रह्मोवाच ।। इत्थं विचार्य बहुधा हृदा तामत्यजत्सतीम् ।। पणं न नाशयामास वेदधर्मप्रपालकः ।। ५१ ।।

sanskrit

Brahmā said: Thus pondering within himself in diverse ways He mentally discarded Satī but did not break his promise as the protector of Vedic Virtue.

english translation

brahmovAca || itthaM vicArya bahudhA hRdA tAmatyajatsatIm || paNaM na nAzayAmAsa vedadharmaprapAlakaH || 51 ||

hk transliteration

ततो विहाय मनसा सतीं तां परमेश्वरः ।। जगाम स्वगिरि भेदं जगावद्धा स हि प्रभुः ।। ५२ ।।

sanskrit

Then after forsaking Satī mentally, the lord returned to His abode. He did not at all reveal the promise.

english translation

tato vihAya manasA satIM tAM paramezvaraH || jagAma svagiri bhedaM jagAvaddhA sa hi prabhuH || 52 ||

hk transliteration

चलंतं पथि तं व्योमवाण्युवाच महेश्वरम् ।। सर्वान् संश्रावयन् तत्र दक्षजां च विशेषतः ।। ५३ ।।

sanskrit

While they were on their way, an unembodied speech rose in the sky telling Him within the hearing of everyone particularly of Satī, Dakṣa’s daughter.

english translation

calaMtaM pathi taM vyomavANyuvAca mahezvaram || sarvAn saMzrAvayan tatra dakSajAM ca vizeSataH || 53 ||

hk transliteration

व्योमवाण्युवाच ।। धन्यस्त्वं परमेशान त्वत्त्समोद्य तथा पणः ।। न कोप्यन्यस्त्रिलोकेस्मिन् महायोगी महाप्रभुः ।। ५४ ।।

sanskrit

The celestial voice said: O great Lord, you are blessed indeed. There is no other great Yogin or great lord in the three worlds, on a par with you. No one else can maintain that promise.

english translation

vyomavANyuvAca || dhanyastvaM paramezAna tvattsamodya tathA paNaH || na kopyanyastrilokesmin mahAyogI mahAprabhuH || 54 ||

hk transliteration

ब्रह्मोवाच ।। श्रुत्वा व्योमवचो देवी शिवं पप्रच्छ विप्रभा।। कं पणं कृतवान्नाथ ब्रूहि मे परमेश्वर ।। ५५ ।।

sanskrit

Brahmā said: On hearing the celestial voice, the goddess, utterly lustreless asked Śiva—“O lord, please tell me, what is the promise that you made?”

english translation

brahmovAca || zrutvA vyomavaco devI zivaM papraccha viprabhA|| kaM paNaM kRtavAnnAtha brUhi me paramezvara || 55 ||

hk transliteration