Mahabhagavata Purana (translation and study)
by Prabir Kumar Nanda Goswami | 1999 | 107,488 words
The English translation of the Mahabhagavata Purana including an introduction and study. Another name for this text is the Devi Purana and it represents an ancient Sanskrit text comprising 81 chapters and belonging to the Shaktism tradition (worship of the Goddess). The Shakti cult, focusing on the worship of the female principle, is a significant ...
Chapter 29 - The description of enjoyment of Shiva and Parvati
CHAPTER XXIX Sri Mahadeva said Thinking day and night about the retrieval of Parvati the suffering arising out of meditation became pleasurable for Mahadeva. (1) Always Mahesvara engaged his ears to hear her speech, her eyes to see her beauty and his mind to engress her thus he inculcated love in Parvati. Once collecting wild flowers Mahesvara prepared a beautiful garland and infused with the scent of camphor and aguru and presented her and embraced her out of passion and desired quickly to produce a son. The Lord commanded Nandi do not allow anybody else from outside without my permission, be he a person or a god or else adored by them. So you protect the gate of my dwelling with all my followers. Having heard this he engaged himself along with the followers to protect the gate on the order of the Lord of the gods. Then secretly Sambhu over powered with passion engrossed in amorous dalliance with Parvati for fifteen years. Being engrossed in joy of love out of passion, Hara did not distinguish between the day and night. Enjoying thus neither he was satisfied nor his semen was discharged. (2-10) O the best among the sages, the earth being tortured by His kick went to sun in the form of a cow and weeping with eyes full of tears she communicated her pain due to Siva's kick. (11-12)
205 O Sun, Lord Hara, the Lord of the world being passionate is enjoying Parvati since very long time in the plane of the Himalaya. (13) I have been oppressed day and night by the weight of Siva and Sakti (Parvati). I am not able to stay. So please advise me some remedy. He, the Lord of the world also getting Parvati and being passionate does not know the distinction between day and night. There appears no break of Siva's enjoyment. The semen neither falls out nor do they feel satisfied. (14-16) Sri Mahadeva said Listening to the speech of Earth Sun went to Indra with her and said them the fact as narrated by the Earth. Having heard this all went to Brahma. O the great sage the gods keeping the earth in the form of a cow in their front said to Lord Brahma, the master of the world, O Brahma you please listen, Hara is enjoying Parvati, the nourisher of the world for fifteen years in the Himalayan plain. Yet neither His semen fall down nor he got satisfaction above all he never held his attention. This inident heard of or seen by anybody also any where. (17-22) The Earth being suppressed by the load of the sexual union of Siva and Sakti about to enter into the nether region, has come to us. So into the nether region, has come to us. So O the Lord of the three world please suggest us the remedy. (23-24)
206 Thus listening their speech Brahma the grandfather of the world, consoling them again and again and said to the gods. (25) That Mahesvara is engaged in such amorous affairs for the accomplishment of the welfare of the gods. He who will be born out of this semen will no doubt be the killer of Taraka. But if a son is born out of this semen through the goddess he will be the destroyer of gods as well as the demons. The world will not be able to tolerate his prowess. O gols you arrange to produce a son by the semen of Sambhu through any where else. I will go to that place where Mahesvara is enjoying Parvati out of passion. You all accompany me quickly to pray Mahesvari for the termination of Sambhu's union. (26-31) Brahma having informed to gods thus, Narada went to that place where the Lord of the gods was enjoying with Uma earlier. (32) The gods also went thereafter to see them who were engaged in sexual union. (33) In spite of their arrival the passionate Siva did not desist from their union nor Parvati felt shame for it. On the other hand Parvati did not abandon Mahesa who was enjoying day and night. (34) Here ends the twenty ninth chapter called the description of enjoyment of Siva and Parvati of Sri Mahabhagavata Upapurana.