Shloka 4

मदनदाहः — पार्वतीतपः, स्वयंवरलीला, देवस्तम्भनं, दिव्यचक्षुर्दानम्

Devanagari script

प्रदक्षिणीकृत्य च तां देवीं स जगतो ऽरणीम् किम् अर्थं तपसा लोकान् संतापयसि शैलजे

Transliteration

pradakṣiṇīkṛtya ca tāṃ devīṃ sa jagato 'raṇīm kim arthaṃ tapasā lokān saṃtāpayasi śailaje

Translation

Nachdem er jene Göttin—die araṇī, den Feuerreibstab des Universums—im Uhrzeigersinn umschritten hatte, sprach er: „O Tochter des Berges, zu welchem Zweck versengst du die Welten durch deine Askese?“

Word by Word

• प्रदक्षिणीकृत्य: having circumambulated (in reverence)

• च: and

• ताम्: that

• देवीं: Goddess

• सः: he

• जगतः: of the universe/worlds

• अरणीम्: the arani (fire-churning stick

• किम् अर्थम्: for what purpose

• तपसा: by austerity/penance

• लोकान्: the worlds/realms

• संतापयसि: you cause to burn/afflict/scorch

• शैलजे: O mountain-born one (Parvati).

Speaker

An unnamed male interlocutor (likely a Deva or sage within Suta’s narration) addressing Parvati (Shailaja)