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.
रम्ये तत्र महाशृंगे नानाश्चर्योपशोभिते २९.
There, on that splendid great peak adorned with many wonders,
तपस्तेपे गिरिसुता पुत्रेण परिपालिता २९.
The daughter of the mountain performed austerities, protected by her son.
स्थंडिलस्था च हेमंते निराहारा तताप सा २९.
In winter, she remained on the bare ground, fasting, practicing penance.
ज्ञात्वा गतां गिरिसुतां पितुर्वैरमनुस्मरन् २९.
Knowing that the mountain’s daughter had departed, he remembered his enmity with her father.
जिते किलांधके दैत्ये गिरिशेनामरद्विषि २९.
When the demon Andhaka, the enemy of the gods, was defeated by the Lord of the Mountain,
तमागत्याब्रवीद्ब्रह्मा तपसा परितोषितः २९.
Then Brahmā, pleased by his austerities, came to him and spoke.
ब्रह्माणमाह दैत्यस्तु निर्मृत्युत्वमहं वृणे ब्रह्मोवाच २९.
The demon said to Brahmā: 'I choose freedom from death.' Brahmā replied:
यतस्ततोऽपि दैत्येंद्र मृत्युः प्राप्यः शरीरिणा २९.
Even so, O lord of demons, death is inevitable for embodied beings.
रूपस्य परिवर्तो मे यदा स्यात्पद्मसंभव २९.
When my form changes, O Lotus-born, let death come to me.
इत्युक्तस्तं तथेत्याह तुष्टः कमलसंभवः २९.
Thus addressed, the Lotus-born, being pleased, replied, 'So be it.'
आजगाम स च स्थानं तदा त्रिपुरघातिनः २९.
Then he went to the abode of the destroyer of Tripura.
तं चासौ वंचयित्वा च आडिः सर्पशरीरभृत् २९.
Deceiving him, the leader, who bore a serpent’s body,
भुजंगरूपं संत्यज्य बभूवाथ महासुरः २९.
Abandoning the form of a serpent, the great demon then assumed another shape.
कृत्वोमायास्ततो रूपमप्रतर्क्यमनोहरम् २९.
By his magic, he took on a form that was unfathomable and captivating.
चक्रे भगांतरे दैत्यो दंतान्वज्रोपमान्दृढान् २९.
The demon made his teeth within his mouth as hard as diamonds.
कृत्वोमारूपमेवं स स्थितो दैत्यो हरांतिके २९.
Thus taking the form of Umā, the demon stood before Hara.
मन्यमानो गिरिसुतां सर्वै रवयवांतरैः २९.
Thinking himself to be the mountain’s daughter in every limb,
या त्वं मदशयं ज्ञात्वा प्राप्तेह वरवर्णिनि २९.
O best-complexioned one, knowing your prideful intent, you have come here.
प्राप्ता प्रसन्ना या त्वं मां युक्तमेवंविधं त्वयि २९.
You, who have come to me pleased, are indeed rightly disposed towards me in this way.
यातास्मि तपसश्चर्तुं कालीवाक्यात्तवातुलम् २९.
I have set out to undertake austerities, driven by your words, O wind-like one.