O son of Brahma, O good-natured

Nurse no ill-will from now on.

All this misfortune came about

because of your heightened arrogance

 

Now you may forget all your sorrows

and live happily as you wish.

Let your glory spread till the sun and moon live

With Siva’s blessings let everything end well.

 

If that idiotic son of Brahma doesn’t

give me my due in the sacrificial rites

you may go and kill that evil Daksha today itself

 

O Veerabhadra and Bhadrakali,

victory will be yours!

 

Do not grieve, my dear lotus-eyed

I will bring you joy without delay

O elephant-gaited beauty!

 

I am always keen to fulfil your wishes,

there is no exception to that

 

O dark-haired beauty, I kept quiet till now

since I didn’t want to bring sorrow to you

You watch now, I will get him beheaded

Watch him fall like grass amid the fire of Siva’s agents.

O lotus-eyed beauty! since the villainous Dakshan

hasn’t even informed us about the rites,

if you happen to go there he will abuse you

in public; have no doubts about that.

 

My girl, O mild-mannered wife,

my dear, please hear my words

 

O honey-tongued, O beautiful, when I am here to make you happy why are you walking away gloomily? I came disguised as the Brahmin and spoke thus only to find out your inner desire. O my wife, shed your anger. I will fulfil all your wishes.

 

O brave Kuru prince, O friend of Krishna, do not feel sad

Phalguna, I came as hunter and fought to know your prowess.

Now accept the divine Pasupata arrow, go and vanquish

your enemies and rule the world for a long time.

Rise, handsome prince; do not grieve,

you are the most valiant in your clan.

I wanted to feel the power of your arms

and that’s why I staged this fight.

I fought with you hard and thus

came to know your full prowess

I am most delighted with your blows;

I will wipe off the world’s misery.

Deciding to follow Goddess Parvathi’s words, Lord Siva, who has won over death, the destroyer of Tripura, the protector of devotees, the good-natured Lord Siva, accompanied by his wife and sons led by Ganapati, emerged with a big heart and wearing the impeccable costumes of a hunter, and thunderous sounds filled the forest. Spreading a wide net Lord Parameswara rounded off animals and hunted them down. At this time, Mookasura, who had come in a pig’s disguise on orders from Duryodhana, was trapped in the net. As Siva’s Third Eye turned red Parvathi spoke thus to Siva.