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ब्रह्मोवाच ॥ इत्युक्त्वा चोमया यावत्पादमुत्क्षिप्यते मुने ॥ असौ तावच्छिवस्साक्षादालंबे प्रियया स्वयम् ॥ ४१ ॥
Brahmā said: Saying this, O sage, even as Pārvatī was about to step ahead, the brahmin manifesting as Śiva clasped his beloved.
english translation
कृत्वा स्वरूपं सुभगं शिवाध्यानं यथा तथा ॥ दर्शयित्वा शिवायै तामुवाचावाङ्मुखीं शिवः ॥४२॥
After assuming the handsome form in the manner Pārvatī had meditated upon and manifesting it to Pārvatī, Śiva addressed her while she stood with her lowered head.
english translation
शिव उवाच ॥ कुत्र यास्यसि मां हित्वा न त्वं त्याज्या मया पुनः ॥ प्रसन्नोऽस्मि वरं ब्रूहि नादेयम्विद्यते तव ॥ ॥ ४३ ॥
Śiva said: Where will you go, leaving me? You are not to be discarded again by me. I am delighted. Tell me what boon shall I grant you. There is nothing that cannot be given to you.
english translation
अद्यप्रभृति ते दासस्तपोभिः क्रीत एव ते ॥ क्रीतोऽस्मि तवसौन्दर्यात्क्षणमेकं युगाय ते ॥ ४४ ॥
From today I am your slave bought by you by performing penance.[4] I have been bought by your beauty. Even a moment appears like a Yuga.
english translation
त्यज्यतां च त्वया लज्जा मम पत्नी सनातनी ॥ गिरिजे त्वं हि सद्बुध्या विचारय महेश्वरि ॥ ४५ ॥
O Pārvatī, O great Goddess, you are my eternal wife. Let this shyness be eschewed. You please ponder with your keen intellect.
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