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[ Sanskrit text for this chapter is available ] Note: Himavat or Himācala is represented in two forms (1) the mobile …
[ Sanskrit text for this chapter is available ] 1. O Brahmā, the intelligent one, please now tell me reverently about…
[ Sanskrit text for this chapter is available ] 1. O Brahmā, the best of eloquent ones, of great wisdom, please tell …
[ Sanskrit text for this chapter is available ] 1. Thus eulogised by the Gods, the Goddess Durgā, the mother of the u…
[ Sanskrit text for this chapter is available ] 1. When the Goddess Durgā vanished and the gods returned to their abo…
[ Sanskrit text for this chapter is available ] 1. Then the couple, with great devotion remembered the goddess for he…
[ Sanskrit text for this chapter is available ] 1. The goddess of great brilliance assumed the form of her baby child…
[ Sanskrit text for this chapter is available ] 1. Once, induced by Śiva, you went to the abode of Himācala lovingly,…
[ Sanskrit text for this chapter is available ] 1. O Brahmā, O dear one, O foremost among the devotees of Śiva, O int…
[ Sanskrit text for this chapter is available ] 1. O Brahmā, the fortunate disciple of Viṣṇu, O lord, foremost among …
[ Sanskrit text for this chapter is available ] 1-2. O Nārada, the daughter of the mountain, honoured in the three wo…
[ Sanskrit text for this chapter is available ] 1. Then, the delighted lord of the mountains, took some fresh flowers…
[ Sanskrit text for this chapter is available ] 1. O Yogin, O lord, wise and clever, please listen to the reply to wh…
[ Sanskrit text for this chapter is available ] 1. O Brahmā, great devotee of Śiva and disciple of Viṣṇu, this great …
[ Sanskrit text for this chapter is available ] 1. Then that Varāṅgī. devoted to him, conceived. The child within her…
[ Sanskrit text for this chapter is available ] Summary: Brahmā consoles the gods harassed and frightened by the demo…
[ Sanskrit text for this chapter is available ] 1. When the gods had gone, Indra remembered Kama. He was so afflicted…
[ Sanskrit text for this chapter is available ] 1. After going there, the haughty Kāma, deluded by Śiva ’s magic powe…
[ Sanskrit text for this chapter is available ] 1. O Brahmā, the most fortunate one, what happened then? Be pleased t…
[ Sanskrit text for this chapter is available ] 1. O Brahmā, please tell me “Where did the flame of fire emerging fro…
[ Sanskrit text for this chapter is available ] 1. O dear Brahmā, O disciple of Viṣṇu, of great intellect. O Creator …
[ Sanskrit text for this chapter is available ] 1. After your departure, O celestial sage, convinced that Śiva could …
[ Sanskrit text for this chapter is available ] 1. O excellent sage, while Pārvatī was engaged in penance thus for at…
[ Sanskrit text for this chapter is available ] 1. Obeisance to lord Śiva, obeisance to the destroyer of Kāma; obeisa…
[ Sanskrit text for this chapter is available ] 1. When Brahmā, Viṣṇu and other gods had gone along with the sages wh…
[ Sanskrit text for this chapter is available ] 1. When those sages returned to their abodes, lord Śiva, the cause of…
[ Sanskrit text for this chapter is available ] 1. O great brahmin, listen to my story entirely. What my friend has s…
[ Sanskrit text for this chapter is available ] 1. So long I have been thinking that some one else has come. Now ever…
[ Sanskrit text for this chapter is available ] 1. O Brahmā, O fortunate one, what happened thereafter? I wish to hea…
[ Sanskrit text for this chapter is available ] 1. O Brahmā, O dear, of great fortune, you have the real vision and a…
[ Sanskrit text for this chapter is available ] 1. On knowing their undistracted great devotion to Śiva, O Nārada, In…
[ Sanskrit text for this chapter is available ] 1. On hearing the words of the brahmin, Menā spoke to Himavat with te…
[ Sanskrit text for this chapter is available ] 1. Śiva is the father of the universe. Pārvatī is the mother of the u…
[ Sanskrit text for this chapter is available ] 1. The king Anaraṇya hailed from the race of the fourteenth Manu Indr…
[ Sanskrit text for this chapter is available ] 1. O dear, what did the excellent mountain do after hearing the anecd…
[ Sanskrit text for this chapter is available ] 1. On hearing the words of the seven sages, Himācala, his wife and at…
[ Sanskrit text for this chapter is available ] Summary: The letter of betrothal is despatched, the requisites for th…
[ Sanskrit text for this chapter is available ] 1. Then the lord of mountains, O excellent sage, attended to the deco…
[ Sanskrit text for this chapter is available ] 1. O dear father Brahmā, O intelligent disciple of Viṣṇu, obeisance b…
[ Sanskrit text for this chapter is available ] 1. Then Śiva called Nandin and other Gaṇas and ordered them to accomp…
[ Sanskrit text for this chapter is available ] 1. Then after mutual consultation and getting Śiva ’s permission, O s…
[ Sanskrit text for this chapter is available ] 1. On hearing that the all-pervading Śiva had come very near his city…
[ Sanskrit text for this chapter is available ] 1. O sage, I shall first see the bridegroom of Pārvatī. Let me have a…
[ Sanskrit text for this chapter is available ] 1-2. On regaining consciousness, the chaste beloved of the mountain l…
[ Sanskrit text for this chapter is available ] 1. In the meantime, O sage, urged by Viṣṇu you went immediately to Śi…
[ Sanskrit text for this chapter is available ] 1. The delighted Śiva accompanied by His Bhūtas, Gaṇas, gods and othe…
[ Sanskrit text for this chapter is available ] Summary: The ceremonious entry of Śiva into the inner apartments of t…
[ Sanskrit text for this chapter is available ] 1. In the meantime, urged by the priest Garga Himavat started the rit…
[ Sanskrit text for this chapter is available ] 1. Then at my behest, the lord made the brahmins kindle the sacrifici…
[ Sanskrit text for this chapter is available ] 1. O Nārada, thereafter at the bidding of Śiva, I carried out the con…
[ Sanskrit text for this chapter is available ] 1. At that time, thinking that the hour was favourable, Rati hopefull…
[ Sanskrit text for this chapter is available ] 1. O dear one, then the clever chief of mountains caused suitable arr…
[ Sanskrit text for this chapter is available ] 1. Then Viṣṇu and other gods, the sages and ascetics sent message to …
[ Sanskrit text for this chapter is available ] 1. Then the seven sages spoke to the lord of the mountains —“O mounta…
[ Sanskrit text for this chapter is available ] 1. Thus instructing the goddess in the rites of a chaste lady, the br…