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एताभ्यां खलु बालाभ्यां शिवपूजाविधीयताम् ॥ उपवीतानन्तरं हि शिवः श्रेयः करिष्यति ॥ ६१ ॥
Let the worship of Śiva be performed by these two sons. Only after the investiture with the sacred thread will Śiva bestow glory.
english translation
नन्दीश्वर उवाच ॥ इति तामुपदिश्याथ भिक्षुवर्ण्यतनुः शिवः ॥ स्वरूपं दर्शयामास परमं भक्तवत्सलः ॥ ६२ ॥
Nandīśvara said:— After instructing her thus, Śiva in the form of a mendicant, favourably disposed towards his devotees revealed his real self to her.
english translation
अथ सा विप्रवनिता ज्ञात्वा तं शंकरम्प्रभुम्॥ सुप्रणम्य हि तुष्टाव प्रेम्णा गद्गदया गिरा ॥ ६३॥
On coming to know that he was lord Śiva the brahmin lady bowed to and eulogised him with choking words full of devotion.
english translation
ततस्स भगवाञ्च्छम्भुर्धृतभिक्षुतनुर्द्रुतम् ॥ पश्यन्त्या विप्रपन्त्यास्तु तत्रैवान्तरधीयत ॥ ६४॥
Even as the brahmin lady stood watching, Śiva who had taken the form of a mendicant vanished there itself.
english translation
अथ तस्मिन् गते भिक्षौ विश्रब्धा ब्राह्मणी च सा॥ तमर्भकं समादाय सस्वपुत्रा गृहं ययौ ॥ ६५ ॥
When the mendicant disappeared, the care-free brahmin woman took that boy and her son home.
english translation