Shiva's Consolation of Parvati

Verse 1 (shiva.rudra.86.1)

ब्रह्मोवाच । एवं तपत्यां पार्वत्यां शिवप्राप्तौ मुनीश्वर । चिरकालो व्यतीयाय प्रादुर्भूतो हरो न हि

brahmovāca evaṁ tapatyāṁ pārvatyāṁ śivaprāptau munīśvara cirakālo vyatīyāya prādurbhūto haro na hi

Brahma said: O lord of sages, thus, as Parvati went on performing austerity to attain Shiva, a long time passed, yet Hara did not appear.

Verse 2 (shiva.rudra.86.2)

हिमालयस्तदागत्य पार्वतीं कृतनिश्चयाम् । सभार्यः ससुतामात्य उवाच परमेश्वरीम्

himālayastadāgatya pārvatīṁ kṛtaniścayām sabhāryaḥ sasutāmātya uvāca parameśvarīm

Then Himalaya, together with his wife, his son, and his ministers, went to Parvati, whose resolve had grown unshakable, and spoke to that supreme goddess.

Verse 3 (shiva.rudra.86.3)

हिमालय उवाच । मा खिद्यतां महाभागे तपसानेन पार्वती । रुद्रो न दृश्यते बाले विरक्तो नात्र संशयः

himālaya uvāca mā khidyatāṁ mahābhāge tapasānena pārvatī rudro na dṛśyate bāle virakto nātra saṁśayaḥ

Himalaya said: "Do not grieve, O most blessed Parvati, through this austerity, my child. Rudra is nowhere to be seen -- he is utterly detached, without any doubt."

Verse 4 (shiva.rudra.86.4)

त्वं तन्वी सुकुमाराङ्गी तपसा च विमोहिता । भविष्यसि न सन्देहः सत्यं सत्यं वदामि ते

tvaṁ tanvī sukumārāṅgī tapasā ca vimohitā bhaviṣyasi na sandehaḥ satyaṁ satyaṁ vadāmi te

"You are slender and delicate of limb, and by this austerity you will only waste away, without doubt; I speak to you nothing but the truth, the very truth."

Verse 5 (shiva.rudra.86.5)

तस्मादुत्तिष्ठ चैहि त्वं स्वगृहं वरवर्णिनि । किं तेन तव रुद्रेण येन दग्धः पुरा स्मरः

tasmāduttiṣṭha caihi tvaṁ svagṛhaṁ varavarṇini kiṁ tena tava rudreṇa yena dagdhaḥ purā smaraḥ

"Therefore, O fairest one, arise and return with me to your own home. What use is that Rudra to you -- he by whom Smara was once burned to ashes?"

Verse 6 (shiva.rudra.86.6)

अतो हि निर्विकारत्वात्त्वामादातुं वरां हरः । नागमिष्यति देवेशि तं कथं प्रार्थयिष्यसि

ato hi nirvikāratvāttvāmādātuṁ varāṁ haraḥ nāgamiṣyati deveśi taṁ kathaṁ prārthayiṣyasi

"Being beyond all change, Hara will never come to take you as his bride, O goddess of gods; how then will you even entreat him?"

Verse 7 (shiva.rudra.86.7)

गगनस्थो यथा चन्द्रो ग्रहीतुं न हि शक्यते । तथैव दुर्गमं शम्भुं जानीहि त्वमिहानघे

gaganastho yathā candro grahītuṁ na hi śakyate tathaiva durgamaṁ śambhuṁ jānīhi tvamihānaghe

"Just as the moon, set in the sky, can never be seized, so too, O sinless one, know Shambhu here to be beyond any reach."

Verse 8 (shiva.rudra.86.8)

ब्रह्मोवाच । तथैव मेनया चोक्ता तथा सह्याद्रिणा सती । मेरुणा मन्दरेणैव मैनाकेन तथैव सा

brahmovāca tathaiva menayā coktā tathā sahyādriṇā satī meruṇā mandareṇaiva mainākena tathaiva sā

Brahma said: Just as Mena had spoken thus to that virtuous one, so too did Sahyadri, and Meru, and Mandara, and Mainaka speak to her in the very same way.

Verse 9 (shiva.rudra.86.9)

एवमन्यैः क्षितिध्रैश्च क्रौञ्चादिभिरनातुरा । तथैव गिरिजा प्रोक्ता नानावादविधायिभिः

evamanyaiḥ kṣitidhraiśca krauñcādibhiranāturā tathaiva girijā proktā nānāvādavidhāyibhiḥ

In just the same way did other mountains too, Krauncha and the rest, unshaken though she was, urge upon Girija their manifold arguments.

Verse 10 (shiva.rudra.86.10)

एवं प्रोक्ता यदा तन्वी सा सर्वैः तपसि स्थिता । उवाच प्रहसन्त्येव हिमवन्तं शुचिस्मिता

evaṁ proktā yadā tanvī sā sarvaiḥ tapasi sthitā uvāca prahasantyeva himavantaṁ śucismitā

Thus addressed by all of them, that slender goddess, established in her austerity, replied to Himavan with a smile, her laughter utterly pure.

Verse 11 (shiva.rudra.86.11)

पार्वत्युवाच । पुरा प्रोक्तं मया तात मातः किं विस्मृतं त्वया । अधुनापि प्रतिज्ञां च शृणुध्वं मम बान्धवाः

pārvatyuvāca purā proktaṁ mayā tāta mātaḥ kiṁ vismṛtaṁ tvayā adhunāpi pratijñāṁ ca śṛṇudhvaṁ mama bāndhavāḥ

Parvati said: "Father, mother, have you forgotten what I declared before? Hear my vow again even now, O my kinsfolk."

Verse 12 (shiva.rudra.86.12)

विरक्तोऽसौ महादेवो येन दग्धो रुषा स्मरः । तं तोषयामि तपसा शङ्करं भक्तवत्सलम्

virakto'sau mahādevo yena dagdho ruṣā smaraḥ taṁ toṣayāmi tapasā śaṅkaraṁ bhaktavatsalam

"That very Mahadeva who, in his wrath, burned Smara to ashes -- that detached Shankara, so tender to his devotees, I shall content through austerity."

Verse 13 (shiva.rudra.86.13)

सर्वे भवन्तो गच्छन्तु स्वं स्वं धाम प्रहर्षिताः । भविष्यत्येव तुष्टोऽसौ नात्र कार्या विचारणा

sarve bhavanto gacchantu svaṁ svaṁ dhāma praharṣitāḥ bhaviṣyatyeva tuṣṭo'sau nātra kāryā vicāraṇā

"Go, all of you, rejoicing, each to your own abode; he will surely be won over -- there is no need for any doubt in this matter."

Verse 14 (shiva.rudra.86.14)

दग्धो हि मदनो येन येन दग्धं गिरेर्वनम् । तमानयिष्ये चात्रैव तपसा केवलेन हि

dagdho hi madano yena yena dagdhaṁ girervanam tamānayiṣye cātraiva tapasā kevalena hi

"He by whom Madana was burned, and by whom even the mountain's forest was scorched -- him I shall bring here, by the power of austerity alone."

Verse 15 (shiva.rudra.86.15)

तपोबलेन महता सुसेव्यो हि सदाशिवः । जानीध्वं हि महाभागाः सत्यं सत्यं वदामि वः

tapobalena mahatā susevyo hi sadāśivaḥ jānīdhvaṁ hi mahābhāgāḥ satyaṁ satyaṁ vadāmi vaḥ

"By the great power of tapas, Sadashiva is won over with ease; know this well, O most blessed ones -- I speak to you nothing but the truth, the very truth."

Verse 16 (shiva.rudra.86.16)

आभाष्य चैवं गिरिजा च मेनकां मैनाकबन्धुं पितरं हिमालयम् । तूष्णीं बभूवाशु सुभाषिणी शिवा समन्दरं पर्वतराजबालिका

ābhāṣya caivaṁ girijā ca menakāṁ mainākabandhuṁ pitaraṁ himālayam tūṣṇīṁ babhūvāśu subhāṣiṇī śivā samandaraṁ parvatarājabālikā

Having thus spoken to Menaka, and to her father Himalaya, kinsman of Mainaka, that eloquent Shiva, daughter of the mountain-king, together with Mandara, at once fell silent.

Verse 17 (shiva.rudra.86.17)

जग्मुस्तथोक्ताः शिवया हि पर्वता यथागतेनापि विचक्षणास्ते । प्रशंसमाना गिरिजां मुहुर्मुहुः सुविस्मिता हेमनगेश्वराद्याः

jagmustathoktāḥ śivayā hi parvatā yathāgatenāpi vicakṣaṇāste praśaṁsamānā girijāṁ muhurmuhuḥ suvismitā hemanageśvarādyāḥ

Thus addressed by Shiva, the mountains, wise as they were, went back by the very way they had come, Himachal, lord of the golden mountain, and the rest, praising Girija again and again, filled with wonder.

Verse 18 (shiva.rudra.86.18)

गतेषु तेषु सूर्वेषु सखीभिः परिवारिता । तपस्तेपे तदधिकं परमार्थसुनिश्चया

gateṣu teṣu sūrveṣu sakhībhiḥ parivāritā tapastepe tadadhikaṁ paramārthasuniścayā

When all of them had gone, surrounded by her friends, she, her resolve fixed firmly on the highest truth, performed austerity more intensely still.

Verse 19 (shiva.rudra.86.19)

तपसा महता तेन तप्तमासीच्चराचरम् । त्रैलोक्यं हि मुनिश्रेष्ठ सदेवासुरमानुषम्

tapasā mahatā tena taptamāsīccarācaram trailokyaṁ hi muniśreṣṭha sadevāsuramānuṣam

O best of sages, by that great austerity the three worlds, moving and unmoving alike, together with gods, demons, and men, all grew scorched.

Verse 20 (shiva.rudra.86.20)

तदा सुरासुराः सर्वे यक्षकिन्नरचारणाः । सिद्धाःसाध्याश्च मुनयो विद्याधरमहोरगाः

tadā surāsurāḥ sarve yakṣakinnaracāraṇāḥ siddhāḥsādhyāśca munayo vidyādharamahoragāḥ

Then all the gods and demons, the yakshas, kinnaras, and charanas, the siddhas and sadhyas, the sages, vidyadharas, and great serpents --

Verse 21 (shiva.rudra.86.21)

सप्रजापतयश्चैव गुह्यकाश्च तथापरे । कष्टात् कष्टतरं प्राप्ताः कारणं न विदुः स्म तत्

saprajāpatayaścaiva guhyakāśca tathāpare kaṣṭāt kaṣṭataraṁ prāptāḥ kāraṇaṁ na viduḥ sma tat

together with the Prajapatis, and the guhyakas besides, fell into one distress after another, and none of them knew its cause.

Verse 22 (shiva.rudra.86.22)

सर्वे मिलित्वा शक्राद्या गुरुमामन्त्र्य विह्वलाः । सुमेरौ तप्तसर्वाङ्गा विधिं मां शरणं ययुः

sarve militvā śakrādyā gurumāmantrya vihvalāḥ sumerau taptasarvāṅgā vidhiṁ māṁ śaraṇaṁ yayuḥ

Then Indra and all the gods, gathering together and consulting with their preceptor, utterly distraught, their every limb scorched, came at Sumeru to seek refuge with me, Brahma.

Verse 23 (shiva.rudra.86.23)

तत्र गत्वा प्रणम्याशु विह्वला नष्टसुत्विषः । ऊचुःसर्वे च संस्तूय ह्यैकपद्येन मां हि ते

tatra gatvā praṇamyāśu vihvalā naṣṭasutviṣaḥ ūcuḥsarve ca saṁstūya hyaikapadyena māṁ hi te

Reaching that place, bowing swiftly, distraught and their radiance dimmed, all of them, with one voice, spoke to me, praising me together.

Verse 24 (shiva.rudra.86.24)

देवा ऊचुः । त्वया सृष्टमिदं सर्वं जगदेतच्चराचरम् । सन्तप्तमति कस्माद्वै न ज्ञातं कारणं विभो

devā ūcuḥ tvayā sṛṣṭamidaṁ sarvaṁ jagadetaccarācaram santaptamati kasmādvai na jñātaṁ kāraṇaṁ vibho

The gods said: "All this world, moving and unmoving, was created by you alone; why then is it so grievously scorched? Do you not know the cause, O all-pervading one?"

Verse 25 (shiva.rudra.86.25)

तद् ब्रूहि कारणं ब्रह्मन् ज्ञातुमर्हसि नः प्रभो । दग्धीभूततनून्देवान् त्वत्तो नान्योऽस्ति रक्षकः

tad brūhi kāraṇaṁ brahman jñātumarhasi naḥ prabho dagdhībhūtatanūndevān tvatto nānyo'sti rakṣakaḥ

"Tell us that cause, O Brahma; you alone, O lord, are fit to know it. For us gods, our very bodies now scorched, there is no protector but you."

Verse 26 (shiva.rudra.86.26)

ब्रह्मोवाच । इत्याकर्ण्य वचस्तेषामहं स्मृत्वा शिवं हृदा । विचार्य मनसा सर्वं गिरिजायास्तपः फलम्

brahmovāca ityākarṇya vacasteṣāmahaṁ smṛtvā śivaṁ hṛdā vicārya manasā sarvaṁ girijāyāstapaḥ phalam

Brahma said: Hearing their words, I called Shiva to mind within my heart, and, reflecting upon everything in my mind, I understood it to be the very fruit of Girija's austerity.

Verse 27 (shiva.rudra.86.27)

दग्धं विश्वमिति ज्ञात्वा तैः सर्वैरिह सादरात् । हरये तत्कथयितुं क्षीराब्धिमगमं द्रुतम्

dagdhaṁ viśvamiti jñātvā taiḥ sarvairiha sādarāt haraye tatkathayituṁ kṣīrābdhimagamaṁ drutam

Knowing that the whole universe was thus being scorched, I went at once, together with all of them, with due reverence, to the ocean of milk, to tell Hari of this.

Verse 28 (shiva.rudra.86.28)

तत्र गत्वा हरिं दृष्ट्वा विलसन्तं सुखासने । सुप्रणम्य सुसंस्तूय प्रावोचं साञ्जलिः सुरैः

tatra gatvā hariṁ dṛṣṭvā vilasantaṁ sukhāsane supraṇamya susaṁstūya prāvocaṁ sāñjaliḥ suraiḥ

Arriving there, and beholding Hari, radiant, seated at his ease, I bowed to him well, praised him duly, and, together with the gods, spoke to him with joined palms.

Verse 29 (shiva.rudra.86.29)

त्राहि त्राहि महाविष्णो तप्तान्नः शरणागतान् । तपसोग्रेण पार्वत्यास्तपन्त्याः परमेण हि

trāhi trāhi mahāviṣṇo taptānnaḥ śaraṇāgatān tapasogreṇa pārvatyāstapantyāḥ parameṇa hi

"Save us, save us, O great Vishnu! We, who have come to you for refuge, are scorched by the fierce and utmost austerity that Parvati is performing."

Verse 30 (shiva.rudra.86.30)

इत्याकर्ण्य वचस्तेषामस्मदादिदिवौकसाम् । शेषासने समाविष्टोऽस्मानुवाच रमेश्वरः

ityākarṇya vacasteṣāmasmadādidivaukasām śeṣāsane samāviṣṭo'smānuvāca rameśvaraḥ

Having heard these words of us, the dwellers of heaven, Rameshvara, seated upon his couch of Shesha, spoke to us.

Verse 31 (shiva.rudra.86.31)

विष्णुरुवाच । ज्ञातं सर्वं निदानं मे पार्वतीतपसोऽद्य वै । युष्माभिः सहितस्त्वद्य व्रजामि परमेश्वरम्

viṣṇuruvāca jñātaṁ sarvaṁ nidānaṁ me pārvatītapaso'dya vai yuṣmābhiḥ sahitastvadya vrajāmi parameśvaram

Vishnu said: "I now know the entire cause of Parvati's austerity. This very day, together with all of you, I shall go to Parameshvara."

Verse 32 (shiva.rudra.86.32)

महादेवं प्रार्थयामो गिरिजाप्रापणाय तम् । पाणिग्रहार्थमधुना लोकानां स्वस्तयेऽमराः

mahādevaṁ prārthayāmo girijāprāpaṇāya tam pāṇigrahārthamadhunā lokānāṁ svastaye'marāḥ

"O immortals, we shall entreat Mahadeva to accept Girija, to take her hand in marriage now, for the welfare of all the worlds."

Verse 33 (shiva.rudra.86.33)

वरं दातुं शिवायै हि देवदेवः पिनाकधृक् । यथा चेष्यति तत्रैव करिष्यामोऽधुना हि तत्

varaṁ dātuṁ śivāyai hi devadevaḥ pinākadhṛk yathā ceṣyati tatraiva kariṣyāmo'dhunā hi tat

"As for granting Shiva her boon, whatever the God of gods, the wielder of the Pinaka, may there desire, that alone shall we now do."

Verse 34 (shiva.rudra.86.34)

तस्माद् वयं गमिष्यामो यत्र रुद्रो महाप्रभुः । तपसोग्रेण संयुक्तोऽद्यास्ते परममङ्गलः

tasmād vayaṁ gamiṣyāmo yatra rudro mahāprabhuḥ tapasogreṇa saṁyukto'dyāste paramamaṅgalaḥ

"Therefore let us go to where the great lord Rudra, joined now with fierce austerity, dwells today, most auspicious of all."

Verse 35 (shiva.rudra.86.35)

ब्रह्मोवाच । विष्णोस्तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा सर्व ऊचुः सुरादयः । महाभीता हठात् कुद्धाद्दग्धुकामात् लयङ्करात्

brahmovāca viṣṇostadvacanaṁ śrutvā sarva ūcuḥ surādayaḥ mahābhītā haṭhāt kuddhāddagdhukāmāt layaṅkarāt

Brahma said: Hearing Vishnu's words, all the gods and the rest, greatly afraid of that fierce, wrathful, world-consuming power ready to burn all, spoke thus.

Verse 36 (shiva.rudra.86.36)

देवा ऊचुः । महाभयङ्करं क्रुद्धं कालानलसमप्रभम् । न यास्यामो वयं सर्वे विरूपाक्षं महाप्रभुम्

devā ūcuḥ mahābhayaṅkaraṁ kruddhaṁ kālānalasamaprabham na yāsyāmo vayaṁ sarve virūpākṣaṁ mahāprabhum

The gods said: "To that most fearsome, wrathful one, blazing like the very fire of dissolution, that great lord Virupaksha -- we shall none of us go."

Verse 37 (shiva.rudra.86.37)

यथा दग्धः पुरा तेन मदनो दुरतिक्रमः । तथैव क्रोधयुक्तो नः स धक्ष्यति न संशयः

yathā dagdhaḥ purā tena madano duratikramaḥ tathaiva krodhayukto naḥ sa dhakṣyati na saṁśayaḥ

"Just as he once burned that formidable Madana to ashes, so too, filled with the same wrath, will he surely burn us as well -- of this there is no doubt."

Verse 38 (shiva.rudra.86.38)

ब्रह्मोवाच तदाकर्ण्य वचस्तेषां शक्रादीनां रमेश्वरः । सान्त्वयंस्तान्सुरान्सर्वान्प्रोवाच स हरिर्मुने

brahmovāca tadākarṇya vacasteṣāṁ śakrādīnāṁ rameśvaraḥ sāntvayaṁstānsurānsarvānprovāca sa harirmune

Brahma said: O sage, hearing these words of Indra and the rest, Rameshvara, consoling all those gods, spoke to them thus.

Verse 39 (shiva.rudra.86.39)

हरिरुवाच । हे सुरा मद्वचः प्रीत्या शृणुतादरतोऽखिलाः । न वो धक्ष्यति स स्वामी देवानां भयनाशनः

hariruvāca he surā madvacaḥ prītyā śṛṇutādarato'khilāḥ na vo dhakṣyati sa svāmī devānāṁ bhayanāśanaḥ

Hari said: "O gods, listen all of you, with love and with reverence, to my word. That Lord, destroyer of the gods' every fear, will not burn you."

Verse 40 (shiva.rudra.86.40)

तस्माद्भवद्भिर्गन्तव्यं मया सार्धं विचक्षणैः । शम्भुं शुभकरं मत्वा शरणं तस्य सुप्रभोः

tasmādbhavadbhirgantavyaṁ mayā sārdhaṁ vicakṣaṇaiḥ śambhuṁ śubhakaraṁ matvā śaraṇaṁ tasya suprabhoḥ

"Therefore, O wise ones, you must all go together with me, considering Shambhu the bringer of all good, and taking refuge in that great and glorious lord."

Verse 41 (shiva.rudra.86.41)

शिवं पुराणं पुरुषं ह्यधीशं वरेण्यरूपं हि परं पुराणम् । तपो जुषाणं परमात्मरूपं परात्परं तं शरणं व्रजामः

śivaṁ purāṇaṁ puruṣaṁ hyadhīśaṁ vareṇyarūpaṁ hi paraṁ purāṇam tapo juṣāṇaṁ paramātmarūpaṁ parātparaṁ taṁ śaraṇaṁ vrajāmaḥ

"Let us take refuge in that Shiva -- the ancient Purusha, the supreme lord, of a form most excellent, most ancient of all, absorbed in austerity, the very form of the Supreme Self, higher than the highest."

Verse 42 (shiva.rudra.86.42)

ब्रह्मोवाच । एवमुक्तास्तदा देवा विष्णुना प्रभविष्णुना । जग्मुः सर्वे तेन सह द्रष्टुकामाः पिनाकिनम्

brahmovāca evamuktāstadā devā viṣṇunā prabhaviṣṇunā jagmuḥ sarve tena saha draṣṭukāmāḥ pinākinam

Brahma said: Thus addressed by the mighty Vishnu, all the gods, desiring to behold the wielder of the Pinaka, set out together with him.

Verse 43 (shiva.rudra.86.43)

प्रथमं शैलपुत्र्यास्तत्तपो द्रष्टुं तदाश्रमम् । जग्मुर्मार्गवशात्सर्वे विष्ण्वाद्याः सकुतूहलाः

prathamaṁ śailaputryāstattapo draṣṭuṁ tadāśramam jagmurmārgavaśātsarve viṣṇvādyāḥ sakutūhalāḥ

First, drawn by the way, Vishnu and all the other gods went, eager with curiosity, to behold the mountain-daughter's austerity at her very hermitage.

Verse 44 (shiva.rudra.86.44)

पार्वत्याः सुतपो दृष्ट्वा तेजसा व्यापृतास्तदा । प्रणेमुस्तां जगद्धात्रीं तेजोरूपां तपःस्थिताम्

pārvatyāḥ sutapo dṛṣṭvā tejasā vyāpṛtāstadā praṇemustāṁ jagaddhātrīṁ tejorūpāṁ tapaḥsthitām

Beholding Parvati's excellent austerity, overwhelmed by her very radiance, they bowed to her, the mother of the world, her form itself made of light, established in tapas.

Verse 45 (shiva.rudra.86.45)

प्रशंसन्तस्तपस्तस्याः साक्षात्सिद्धितनोः सुराः । जग्मुस्तत्र तदा ते च यत्रास्ते वृषभध्वजः

praśaṁsantastapastasyāḥ sākṣātsiddhitanoḥ surāḥ jagmustatra tadā te ca yatrāste vṛṣabhadhvajaḥ

Praising her austerity, which was itself the very embodiment of accomplishment made visible, the gods then went on from there to where the bull-bannered Shiva dwelt.

Verse 46 (shiva.rudra.86.46)

तत्र गत्वा च ते देवास्त्वां मुने प्रैषयंस्तदा । पश्यन्तो दूरतस्तस्थुः कामभस्मकृतो हरात्

tatra gatvā ca te devāstvāṁ mune praiṣayaṁstadā paśyanto dūratastasthuḥ kāmabhasmakṛto harāt

Arriving there, the gods, O sage, sent you ahead, while they themselves remained at a distance, watching from afar, still fearful of Hara, who had reduced Kama to ashes.

Verse 47 (shiva.rudra.86.47)

नारद त्वं शिवस्थानं तदा गत्वाभयः सदा । शिवभक्तो विशेषेण प्रसन्नं दृष्टवान् प्रभुम्

nārada tvaṁ śivasthānaṁ tadā gatvābhayaḥ sadā śivabhakto viśeṣeṇa prasannaṁ dṛṣṭavān prabhum

You, Narada, ever fearless and especially devoted to Shiva, went then to Shiva's own place, and there beheld the Lord, gracious and well pleased.

Verse 48 (shiva.rudra.86.48)

पुनरागत्य यत्नेन देवानाहूय तांस्ततः । निनाय शङ्करस्थानं तदा विष्ण्वादिकान्मुने

punarāgatya yatnena devānāhūya tāṁstataḥ nināya śaṅkarasthānaṁ tadā viṣṇvādikānmune

Then, returning with due effort, and calling the gods to you, O sage, you led Vishnu and the others to Shankara's own place.

Verse 49 (shiva.rudra.86.49)

अथ विष्ण्वादयः सर्वे तत्र गत्वा शिवं प्रभुम् । ददृशुः सुखमासीनं प्रसन्नं भक्तवत्सलम्

atha viṣṇvādayaḥ sarve tatra gatvā śivaṁ prabhum dadṛśuḥ sukhamāsīnaṁ prasannaṁ bhaktavatsalam

Then Vishnu and all the gods, arriving there, beheld the Lord Shiva, seated at his ease, gracious, and ever tender to his devotees.

Verse 50 (shiva.rudra.86.50)

योगपट्टस्थितं शम्भुं गणैश्च परिवारितम् । तपोरूपं दधानं च परमेश्वररूपिणम्

yogapaṭṭasthitaṁ śambhuṁ gaṇaiśca parivāritam taporūpaṁ dadhānaṁ ca parameśvararūpiṇam

They beheld Shambhu, seated in the band of his yoga-posture, surrounded by his own attendants, bearing the very form of austerity, the embodiment of the Supreme Lord himself.

Verse 51 (shiva.rudra.86.51)

ततो विष्णुर्मयान्ये च सुरसिद्धमुनीश्वराः । प्रणम्य तुष्टुवुः सूक्तैर्वेदोपनिषदन्वितैः

tato viṣṇurmayānye ca surasiddhamunīśvarāḥ praṇamya tuṣṭuvuḥ sūktairvedopaniṣadanvitaiḥ

Then Vishnu, and I, and the other gods, siddhas, and lords of sages, having bowed to him, began to praise him with hymns drawn from the Vedas and the Upanishads.