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Shiva Purana

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अयन्दुष्टः पुनर्निंदां करिष्यति शिवस्य हि ॥ ब्राह्मणत्वादवध्यश्च त्याज्योऽदृश्यश्च सर्वथा ॥ ५१ ॥

This wicked fellow will insult Śiva again. Being a brahmin he cannot be killed. He shall be abandoned. He should not even be looked at.

english translation

स्थलमेतद्द्रुतं हित्वा यास्यामोऽन्यत्र मा चिरम् ॥ यथा संभाषणं न स्यादनेनाविदुषा पुनः ॥ ५२ ॥

Let us leave this place and go elsewhere. Do not delay, lest there should be any further talk with this ignorant man.

english translation

॥ नन्दीश्वर उवाच ॥ इत्युक्त्वा चोमया यावत्पदमुत्क्षिप्यते मुने ॥ असौ तावच्छिवः साक्षादाललम्बे पटं स्वयम्॥ ५३॥

Nandīśvara said:— O sage, after saying this Pārvatī was just to walk away when Śiva revealed himself and caught hold of her cloth.

english translation

कृत्वा स्वरूपं दिव्यं च शिवाध्यानं यथा तथा॥ दर्शयित्वा शिवायै तामुवाचावाङ्मुखी शिवः ॥ ५४॥

After assuming that divine form which Pārvatī was meditating upon, Śiva spoke to her as she stood face downwards.

english translation

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.

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