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प्रभामहत्या शिखयेव दीपो भुवनस्य च ॥ त्रिमार्गयेव सन्मार्गस्तद्वद्गिरिजया गिरिः ॥ २१ ॥
Just as a lamp in the house is praised by leaping flames of brilliance, just as the path of the good by the Gaṅgā, so also the lord of mountains was respected on account of Pārvatī.
english translation
कन्दुकैः कृत्रिमैः पुत्रैस्सखीमध्यगता च सा ॥ गंगासैकतवेदीभिर्बाल्ये रेमे मुहुर्मुहुः ॥ २२ ॥
During her childhood, the goddess played frequently on the sandy banks of the Gaṅgā in the middle of her playmates with balls and dolls.
english translation
अथ देवी शिवा सा चोपदेशसमये मुने ॥ पपाठ विद्यात्सुप्रीत्या यतचित्ता च सद्गुरोः ॥२३॥
O sage, the goddess Śivā when the suitable time for her education arrived learnt all the lores from a good preceptor, with concentrated mind and great pleasure.
english translation
प्राक्तना जन्मविद्यास्तां शरदीव प्रपेदिरे ॥ हंसालिस्स्वर्णदी नक्तमात्मभासो महौषधिम् ॥ २४ ॥
Just as the flock of swans returns to the Gaṅgā in the autumnal season and just as the brilliant lustre manifests itself in the medicinal herbs during the night, so also all the learning of the previous birth returned to Kālī.
english translation
इत्थं सुवर्णिता लीला शिवायाः काचिदेव हि ॥ अन्यलीलाम्प्रवक्ष्येऽहं शृणु त्वं प्रेमतो मुने ॥ २५॥
O sage, thus I have described one of the divine sports of Śivā. I shall narrate another one of her divine sports. You listen to it lovingly.
english translation