अवष्टब्धावथ क्षिप्त्वा पादौ शंकरपाणिना २७.
Then, holding her fast, he threw himself at her feet with his hand.
तस्यां व्रजन्त्यां कोपेन पुनराह पुरांतकः २७.
As she walked away in anger, the destroyer of cities spoke again.
हिमाचलस्य श्रृंगैस्तैर्मेघमालाकुलैर्मनः २७.
My mind is troubled by those peaks of Himāchala, wreathed in clouds.
काठिन्यं कष्टमस्मिंस्ते वनेभ्यो बहुधा गतम् २७.
The harshness and hardness in you has come in many ways from those forests.
संक्रांतं सर्वमेवैतत्तव देवी हिमाचलात् २७.
All of this has passed to you, O goddess, from Himāchala.
कोपकंपितधूम्रास्या प्रस्फुरद्दशनच्छदा २७.
With lips trembling in anger, her mouth smoky, her teeth bared.
तवापि दुष्टसंपर्कात्संक्रांतं सर्वमेवहि २७.
Indeed, all of this has come to you as well from wicked association.
हृत्कालुष्यं शशांकात्ते दुर्बोधत्वं वृषादपि २७.
From the moon you have taken impurity of heart, and from the bull, difficulty in understanding.
श्मशानवास आसीस्त्वं नग्नत्वान्न तव त्रपा २७.
You have lived in cremation grounds; you have no shame because of your nakedness.
व्रजंती गिरिजाऽपश्यत्सखीं मातुर्महाप्रभाम् २८.
As Girijā was going, she saw her friend, her mother's mighty attendant.
सापि दृष्ट्वा गिरिसुतां स्नेहविक्लवमानसा २८.
And seeing the daughter of the mountain, her heart overcome with affection—
सा चास्यै सर्वमाचख्यौ शंकरात्कोपकारणम् २८.
She told her everything: the reason for her anger with Śaṃkara.
नित्यं शैलाधिराजस्य देवता त्वमनिंदिते २८.
O faultless one, you are always the goddess of the king of mountains.
तदहं संप्रवक्ष्यामि यद्विधेयं तवाधुना २८.
Therefore, I shall now tell you what must be done by you.
त्वयाख्येयं मम शुबे युक्तं पश्चात्करोम्यहम् २८.
O auspicious one, you must tell me, and then I will do what is proper.
रम्ये तत्र महाशृंगे नानाश्चर्योपशोभिते २८.
There, on that beautiful great peak adorned with many wonders—
तपस्तेपे गिरिसुता पुत्रेण परिपालिता २८.
The daughter of the mountain performed austerities, protected by her son.
यथा न काचित्प्रविशेद्योषिदत्र हरांतिके २८.
So that no woman may enter here near Hara.
शीघ्रमेव करिष्यामि ततो युक्तमनंतरम् २८.
I will do it very quickly, and then immediately what is appropriate.
मातुराज्ञा सुतो ह्लाद प्लावितांगो गतज्वरः २८.
The son, joyful and his body filled with delight, free from fever, obeyed his mother's command.
गजवक्त्रं ततः प्राह प्रणम्य समवस्थितम् २८.
Then Gajavaktra, having bowed, spoke to the one standing there.
गजवक्त्रं हि त्वां बाल मामिवोपहसिष्यति २८.
O child, Gajavaktra will mock you just as he mocks me.
पराभवाद्धि धूर्तानां मरणं साधु पुत्रक २८.
For the defeat of the wicked, O dear son, death is indeed fitting.
इति श्रीस्कांदे महापुराण एकाशीतिसाहस्र्यां संहितायां प्रथमे माहेश्वरखण्डे कौमारिकाखण्डे कुमारेश्वरमाहात्म्ये पार्वत्यस्तपोर्थं गमनवर्णनंनामाष्टाविंशोऽध्यायः
Thus ends the twenty-eighth chapter, named 'The Description of Parvati's Going for Austerities,' in the section on the greatness of Kumāreśvara, in the Kaumārikā-khaṇḍa of the first Māheśvara-khaṇḍa, in the eighty-one-thousand-verse Skanda Mahāpurāṇa.
व्रजंती गिरिजाऽपश्यत्सखीं मातुर्महाप्रभाम् २९.
As Girijā was going, she saw her mother's great and glorious friend.
सापि दृष्ट्वा गिरिसुतां स्नेहविक्लवमानसा २९.
Seeing the daughter of the mountain, that friend became filled with affection.
सा चास्यै सर्वमाचख्यौ शंकरात्कोपकारणम् २९.
And she told her everything—the reason for Śaṃkara's anger.
नित्यं शैलाधिराजस्य देवता त्वमनिंदिते २९.
O faultless one, you are always the goddess of the king of mountains.
तदहं संप्रवक्ष्यामि यद्विधेयं तवाधुना २९.
Therefore, I shall now tell you what must be done by you.
त्वयाख्येयं मम शुभे युक्तं पश्चात्करोम्यहम् २९.
O auspicious one, you must tell me, and then I will do what is proper.