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Shiva Purana

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उपमन्युरुवाच ॥ स्थाने पृष्टं त्वया कृष्ण तद्वक्ष्यामि यथातथम् ॥ भवभक्तस्य युक्तस्य तव कल्याणचेतसः ॥ ६ ॥

Upamanyu said:— You have very pertinently put the question O Kṛṣṇa. I shall explain it precisely to you of auspicious mind. You as the devotee of Śiva are the person fit to hear it.

english translation

महीधरवरे दिव्ये मंदरे चारुकंदरे ॥ देव्या सह महादेवो दिव्यो ध्यानगतो ऽभवत् ॥ ७ ॥

Accompanied by the goddess, the lord went to his beautiful garden on the beautiful mountain Mandara abounding in beautiful caves.

english translation

तदा देव्याः प्रियसखी सुस्मितास्या शुभावती ॥ फुल्लान्यतिमनोज्ञानि पुष्पाणि समुदाहरत् ॥ ८ ॥

Then Śubhāvatī, the beloved friend of the goddess with a smiling face, brought many full-blown flowers of great beauty.

english translation

ततः स्वमंकमारोप्य देवीं देववरोरहः ॥ अलंकृत्य च तैः पुष्पैरास्ते हृष्टतरः स्वयम् ॥ ९ ॥

Thereupon Śiva, the chief of the gods, seated the goddess on his lap and bedecked her with the flowers. He was much pleased with himself.

english translation

अथांतःपुरचारिण्यो देव्यो दिव्यविभूषणाः ॥ अंतरंगा गणेन्द्राश्च सर्वलोकमहेश्वरीम् ॥ १० ॥

Then the goddesses, adorned with divine ornaments, wandered about in the inner palaces. The innermost Gandharvas worshiped the great goddess of all the worlds.

english translation