शिव उवाच।। कुत्र त्वं यासि मां हित्वा न त्वन्त्याज्या मया शिवे।। मया परीक्षितासि त्वं दृढभक्तासि मेऽनघे ।। ५५।।
Śiva said:— “O Pārvatī, where are you going, leaving me? You cannot be forsaken by me. You have been tested by me O faultless one, you are really steady in your devotion to me.