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अथ तां दुखितां ज्ञात्वा मेना शैलप्रिया शिवाम् ॥ निदेशं सा ददौ तस्याः पार्वत्यास्तपसे मुने ॥२६॥
O sage, on realising that Pārvatī was quite dejected, Menā, the beloved of the mountain, permitted her to perform penance.
english translation
मातुराज्ञां च संप्राप्य सुव्रता मुनिसत्तम ॥ ततः स्वांते सुखं लेभे पार्वती स्मृतशंकरा॥२७॥
O excellent sage, on getting permission from her mother, Pārvatī remembered Śiva and felt happy.
english translation
मातरं पितरं साथ प्रणिपत्य मुदा शिवा ॥ सखीभ्यां च शिवं स्मृत्वा तपस्तप्तुं समुद्गता॥२८॥
Bowing to her parents with joy, Pārvatī remembered Śiva and set out for performing penance along with her maids.
english translation
हित्वा मतान्यनेकानि वस्त्राणि विविधानि च॥ वल्कलानि धृतान्याशु मौंजीं बद्ध्वा तु शोभनाम् ॥२९॥
Discarding all the fine clothes of her taste, she wore tree-barks and the fine girdle of Muñja grass.
english translation
हित्वा हारं तथा चर्म्म मृगस्य परमं धृतम् ॥ जगाम तपसे तत्र गंगावतरणं प्रति॥2-3-22-३०॥
She eschewed necklace and wore the pure deer skin. She arrived at Gaṅgāvataraṇa for performing penance.
english translation