manual SHOBNMK

katha0201

0200001i prathamas taraGgaH

0201001a gaurInavapariSvaGge vibhosH svedAmbu pAtu vaH
MAY the water of Śiva’s sweat protect you, fresh from the embrace of gaurI,

0201001c netrAgnibhItyA kAmena vAruNAstram ivAhitam
which the God of Love when afraid of the fire of ziva’s eye employs as his aqueous weapon,

0201002a kailAse dhUrjaTer vaktrAt puSpadantaGM gaNottamam
Which the excellent gaNa puSpadanta heard on Mount kailAsa from the god of the matted locks,

0201002c tasmAd vararucIbhUtAt kANabhUtiJM ca bhUtale
and which kANabhUti heard on the earth from the same puSpadanta after he had become vararuci,

0201003a kANabhUter guNADhyaJM ca guNADhyAt sAtavAhanam
and which guNADhya heard from kANabhUti, and sAtavAhana heard from guNADhya,

0201003c yat prAptaM zRNutedanM tad vidyAdharakathAdbhutam
listen to the following tale of the vidyAdharas.