Shloka 3
Aṣṭāvakra’s Visit to Kubera: Hospitality, Temptation, and the Ethics of Restraint (अष्टावक्र-वैश्रवणोपाख्यानम्)
लब्धवानीप्सितान् कामानहं वै पाण्डुनन्दन | तथा त्वमपि शर्वाद्धि सर्वान् कामानवाप्स्यसि
labdhavān īpsitān kāmān ahaṃ vai pāṇḍunandana | tathā tvam api śarvād dhi sarvān kāmān avāpsyasi ||
पाण्डुनन्दन! मैंने इस पाठ के द्वारा अपनी मनोवांछित कामनाएँ प्राप्त कर ली थीं; उसी प्रकार तुम भी शर्व (शंकर) से समस्त कामनाएँ प्राप्त करोगे।
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Steadfast devotion and proper recitation/observance connected with Śiva is presented as efficacious: the speaker assures that sincere practice leads to the fulfillment of legitimate aims, emphasizing faith and divine grace.
Vaiśampāyana addresses a Pāṇḍava, testifying from personal experience that he attained his desired ends, and he encourages the listener that, likewise, Śiva (Śarva) will grant the listener complete fulfillment of wishes.