विश्वानर उवाच ।।। किमदेयं हि सुश्रोणि तव प्रियहितैषिणी ।। तत्प्रार्थय महाभागे प्रयच्छाम्यविलम्बितम् ।। ११ ।।
Viśvānara said:— O gentle lady of beautiful hips ever desirous of my welfare, what is there that cannot be granted to you? O lucky one, you may ask for it. I shall grant it to you without delay.
Nandīśvara said:— On hearing these words of her husband she who thought her husband to be a deity was delighted. Joining her palms in reverence she humbly said.
शुचिष्मत्युवाच ।। वरयोग्यास्मि चेन्नाथ यदि देयो वरो मम ।। महेशसदृशम्पुत्रन्देहि नान्यं वरं वृणे ।। १४ ।।
Śuciṣmatī said:— O Lord, if I deserve a boon, if a boon is to be granted to me, please give me a son equal to Lord Śiva. I am not choosing any other boon.