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तां प्रणम्यैवमुक्त्वा च तपः कर्तुं प्रचक्रमे ॥ तमाह च तदा माता शुभं कुर्वंतु ते सुराः ॥ ५१ ॥
Having said this he bowed down to her and began to practice austerities. Then his mother said to him May the gods bless you.
english translation
अनुज्ञातस्तया तत्र तपस्तेपे स दुश्चरम् ॥ हिमवत्पर्वतं प्राप्य वायुभक्षः समाहितः ॥ ५२ ॥
With her permission, he performed severe austerities there. Reaching the Himalayan mountains the wind-eater concentrated.
english translation
अष्टेष्टकाभिः प्रसादं कृत्वा लिंगं च मृन्मयम् ॥ तत्रावाह्य महादेवं सांबं सगणमव्ययम् ॥ ५३ ॥
After offering grace to the deity with eight eshtakas he made a clay lingam There he invoked the inexhaustible Lord Mahadeva Sāmba and his host.
english translation
भक्त्या पञ्चाक्षरेणैव पुत्रैः पुष्पैर्वनोद्भवैः ॥ समभ्यर्च्य चिरं कालं चचार परमं तपः ॥ ५४ ॥
With devotion the five syllables were offered to the sons with flowers grown in the forest. After worshiping him he performed severe austerities for a long time.
english translation
ततस्तपश्चरत्तं तं बालमेकाकिनं कृशम् ॥ उपमन्युं द्विजवरं शिवसंसक्तमानसम् ॥ ५५ ॥
Thereafter, the young boy, alone and emaciated, began to practice austerities. Upamanyu the best of brahmins whose mind was attached to Lord Śiva.
english translation