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व्यास उवाच ॥ सनत्कुमार सर्वज्ञ त्वत्सकाशान्मया मुने॥ स्त्रीस्वभावः श्रुतः प्रीत्या कालज्ञानं वदस्व मे ॥ १ ॥
Vyāsa said:— O omniscient Sanatkumāra, O sage, the nature of women has been heard by me from you. Please narrate the knowledge of Kāla with pleasure.
english translation
सनत्कुमार उवाच ॥ इदमेव पुराऽपृच्छत्पार्वती परमेश्वरम् ॥ श्रुत्वा नानाकथां दिव्यां प्रसन्ना सुप्रणम्य तम् ॥ २ ॥
Sanatkumāra said:— Formerly, this very same thing Pārvatī asked lord Śiva after hearing various divine stories and delightedly bowing to him.
english translation
पार्वत्युवाच ॥ भगवंस्त्वत्प्रसादेन ज्ञातं मे सकलं मतम् ॥ यथार्चनं तु ते देव यैर्मंत्रैश्च यथाविधि ॥ ३ ॥
Pārvati said:— O lord, thanks to your grace, everything has been understood by me and pondered over, such as your due worship, O lord, and the mantra befitting the same.
english translation
अद्यापि संशयस्त्वेकः कालचक्रं प्रति प्रभो ॥ मृत्युचिह्नं यथा देव किं प्रमाणं यथायुषः ॥ ४॥
But still, O lord, a doubt regarding the wheel of time lingers in my mind. What are the signs of death? What is the extent of life?
english translation
तथा कथय मे नाथ यद्यहं तव वल्लभा ॥ इति पृष्टस्तया देव्या प्रत्युवाच महेश्वरः ॥ ५॥
O lord, please tell me everything if I am your beloved. On being asked thus by the goddess, lord Śiva replied.
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