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एतस्मिन्नंतरे तत्र सखीभ्यां संयुता शिवा ॥ जगाम शिवपूजार्थं नीत्वा पुष्पाण्यनेकशः ॥ २१ ॥
In the mean time Pārvatī came there along with her two maids and brought various kinds of flowers for Śiva’s worship.
english translation
पृथिव्यां यादृशं लोकैस्सौंदर्यं वर्ण्यते महत् ॥ तत्सर्वमधिकं तस्यां पार्वत्यामस्ति निश्चितम् ॥ २२ ॥
Certainly Pārvatī had a greater beauty than the most exquisite lady described by people on the earth.
english translation
आर्तवाणि सुपुष्पाणि धृतानि च तया यदा ॥ तत्सौंदर्यं कथं वर्ण्यमपि वर्षशतैरपि ॥२३॥
When she wore pretty flowers of the season how could her beauty be described even in a hundred years?
english translation
यदा शिवसमीपे तु गता सा पर्वतात्मजा ॥ तदैव शंकरो ध्यानं त्यक्त्वा क्षणमवस्थितः ॥२४॥
No sooner did she enter within the proximity of Śiva than He came out of his meditation for a short while.
english translation
तच्छिद्रं प्राप्य मदनः प्रथमं हर्षणेन तु ॥ बाणेन हर्षयामास पार्श्वस्थं चन्द्रशेखरम् ॥ २५ ॥
Profiting by that opportune moment, Kāma, by means of his arrow Harṣaṇa delighted the moon-crest god Śiva who was nearby.
english translation