Shiva Purana

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यत्ते पृष्टं द्विजश्रेष्ठ मत्सख्या मनसीप्सितम् ॥ मया ख्यातं च तत्प्रीत्या किमन्यच्छ्रोतुमिच्छसि ॥ ४१ ॥

O excellent brahmin, you enquired of her desire. I have just told you out of my love for her. What else do you wish to hear.

english translation

yatte pRSTaM dvijazreSTha matsakhyA manasIpsitam ॥ mayA khyAtaM ca tatprItyA kimanyacchrotumicchasi ॥ 41 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

ब्रह्मोवाच ॥ इत्येवं वचनं श्रुत्वा विजयाया यथार्थतः ॥ मुने स जटिलो रुद्रो विहसन्वाक्यमब्रवीत् ॥ ४२ ॥

Brahmā said: On hearing these truthful words of Vijayā, O sage, Śiva who came disguised as an ascetic said laughingly.

english translation

brahmovAca ॥ ityevaM vacanaM zrutvA vijayAyA yathArthataH ॥ mune sa jaTilo rudro vihasanvAkyamabravIt ॥ 42 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

जटिल उवाच ॥ सख्येदं कथितं तत्र परिहासोनुमीयते ॥ यथार्थं चेत्तदा देवी स्वमुखेनाभिभाषताम् ॥४३॥

The ascetic said: The maid has said something, but I deduce only a huge joke therefrom. If it be true, let the gentle lady herself speak out.

english translation

jaTila uvAca ॥ sakhyedaM kathitaM tatra parihAsonumIyate ॥ yathArthaM cettadA devI svamukhenAbhibhASatAm ॥43॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

॥ ब्रह्मोवाच ॥ इत्युक्ते च तदा तेन जटिलेन द्विजन्मना ॥ उवाच पार्वती देवी स्वमुखेनैव तं द्विजम् ॥ ४४ ॥

Brahmā said: When these words were uttered by that brahmin ascetic, goddess Pārvatī spoke to the brahmin thus.

english translation

॥ brahmovAca ॥ ityukte ca tadA tena jaTilena dvijanmanA ॥ uvAca pArvatI devI svamukhenaiva taM dvijam ॥ 44 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript