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Shiva Purana

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अस्या दर्शनमात्रेण महानंदो भवत्यलम् ॥ यदालिंगनमेनस्याः कुर्य्यां किन्तु ततस्सुखम् ॥ ४१ ॥

I feel great pleasure on merely seeing her. What pleasure shall I derive by embracing her?

english translation

क्षणमात्रं विचार्य्येत्थं संपूज्य गिरिजां ततः ॥ प्रबुद्धस्य महायोगी सुविरक्तो जगाविति ॥ ४२ ॥

Thinking thus only for a moment, the enlightened Śiva became detached, honoured Pārvatī and spoke.

english translation

किं जातं चरितं चित्रं किमहं मोहमागतः ॥ कामेन विकृतश्चाद्य भूत्वापि प्रभुरीश्वरः ॥ ४३ ॥

How wonderful and mysterious is the situation that has arisen! How is it that I have been deluded and fascinated? Though I am the lord and master, I have been perturbed by Kāma.

english translation

ईश्वरोहं यदीच्छेयं परांगस्पर्शनं खलु॥ तर्हि कोऽन्योऽक्षमः क्षुद्रः किं किं नैव करिष्यति ॥४४॥

If I, the master, were to yearn for the touch of a woman’s limbs what will not be done by other incompetent and insignificant creatures.

english translation

एवं वैराग्यमासाद्य पर्य्यंकासादनं च तत्॥ वारयामास सर्वात्मा परेशः किं पतेदिह ॥४५॥

Thus resuming detachment, lord Śiva forbade her sitting on the couch. How can there be a downfall for the great lord Śiva?

english translation