श्रुत्वा वेदवतीवाक्यं प्रहस्य जगदम्बिका
Hearing the words of Vedavati, the Mother of the Universe smiled.
पार्वत्युवाच भारतं पादरजसा पूतं कर्तुं समागता
Pārvatī said: I have come together to sanctify Bhārata with the dust of my feet.
निखिलानि च तीर्थानि पूतानि परमेश्वरी
And all the holy places have been purified, O Supreme Lady.
नारायणस्य कान्ता त्वं प्रिया जन्मनि जन्मनि
You are the beloved of Nārāyaṇa, dear to him in every birth.
रामो दाशरथिः पूर्णः कर्तुं दस्युविनिग्रहम्
Rāma, son of Daśaratha, will fully manifest to subdue the wicked.
अयोध्यायां च त्रेतायामाविर्भावो हरेरपि
Even Hari will appear in Ayodhyā during the Tretā age.
त्वामिमां प्राप्य जनकोऽप्ययोनिसंभवां सुताम्
Janaka, too, will obtain you as a daughter, born not from a womb.
गत्वा रामोऽपि मिथिलां त्वद्विवाहं करिष्यति
Rāma will go to Mithilā and marry you.
इत्युक्त्वा तां समालिङ्ग्य पार्वती स्वालयं ययौ 4.27.
Having said this, Pārvatī embraced her and returned to her own abode.
लाङ्गलस्य च रेखायां सुखात्तस्थौ च मायया
She happily remained by the furrow of the plough, through her own illusion.
तप्तकाञ्चनवर्णां च रुदन्तीं तेजसाऽन्विताम्
She shone with the color of molten gold, weeping, endowed with brilliance.
गच्छन्तं प्रति तत्रैव वाग्बभूवाशरीरिणी
As he was leaving, a bodiless voice spoke right there.
नारायणस्ते जामाता भवितेत्येव मे वचः
Nārāyaṇa will become your son-in-law—this is my word.
गत्वा ददौ स्वकान्तायै पालनाय मुदाऽन्वितः
He went and joyfully gave her to his beloved wife for protection.
व्रतस्यास्य प्रभावेण कान्तं त्रिजगतां पतिम्
By the power of this vow, one attains as a husband the Lord of the three worlds.
राधा कृत्वा व्रतमिदं श्रीकृष्णं प्राणवल्लभम्
Having performed this vow, Rādhā obtained Śrī Kṛṣṇa, dearer than life.
इत्येवं कथिता विप्र कथा गौरीव्रतस्य च स्वामिनं कृष्णतुल्यं च सा प्राप्नोति न संशयः
Thus, O brāhmaṇa, the story of the Gaurī vow has been told; she attains a husband equal to Kṛṣṇa, without doubt.
श्रीनारायण उवाच पूर्वस्तोत्रेण तां देवीं तुष्टुवुश्च दिनेदिने
Śrī Nārāyaṇa said: With the previous hymn, they praised that goddess day by day.
समाप्तिदिवसे गोप्यो व्रतं कृत्वा मुदाऽन्विताः 4.27.
On the day of completion, the cowherd women performed the vow, filled with joy.
येन स्तोत्रेण तां स्तुत्वा सीता सत्यपरायणा
By means of that hymn, Sita, devoted to truth, praised her.
जानक्युवाच सदा शंकरयुक्ते च पतिं देहि नमोऽस्तु ते
Janaki said: Always united with Shankara, grant me such a husband; I bow to you.
सृष्टिस्थित्यंतरूपेण सृष्टिस्थित्यन्तरूपिणी
You who take the forms of creation, preservation, and dissolution, and who are the embodiment of these.
हे गौरि पतिमर्मज्ञे पतिव्रतपरायणे
O Gauri, knower of the secrets of husbands, devoted to the path of chastity.
सर्वमंगलमाङ्गल्ये सर्वमंगलसंयुते
Source of all auspiciousness, united with every blessing.
सर्वप्रिये सर्वबीजे सर्वाशुभविनाशिनि
Beloved of all, seed of all, destroyer of all misfortune.
परमात्मस्वरूपे च नित्यरूपे सनातनि
Embodiment of the supreme self, of eternal and everlasting form.
क्षुत्तृष्णेच्छा दया श्रद्धा निद्रा तन्द्रा स्मृतिः क्षमा
Hunger, thirst, desire, compassion, faith, sleep, drowsiness, memory, and forgiveness—
लज्जा मेधा तुष्टिपुष्टी शान्तिसंपत्तिवृद्धयः
Modesty, intelligence, satisfaction, nourishment, peace, prosperity, and growth—
दृष्टादृष्टस्वरूपे च तयोर्बीजफलप्रदे 4.27.
Of seen and unseen forms, you grant the seed and fruit of both.
शिवे शंकरसौभाग्ययुक्ते सौभाग्यदायिनि
O Shiva, endowed with Shankara’s fortune, bestower of good fortune.