bhagavan sarvadharmajña vṛatānām vṛatanāyakam | brūhi me kṛpyā śambho gurumahātmyam-uttamam || 14 ||🔗

14. O Bhagavan, O Sarvadharmajña-knower of all dharmas, that vṛata (sacred vow) which is the chief hero of all the vṛatas, kindly narrate to me, O Śambho, the Gurumahātmyam-glory of Guru, which is the ultimate and greatest.

Notes: plural 'sarvadharmajña' Bhagavan Śiva is the knower and the authority of all dharmas.

kena mārgena bho svāmin dehī brahmamayo bhavet | tatkṛpām kuru me svāmin namāmi caranau tava || 15 ||

15. O Svāmi (my Lord)! By adopting which particular path can an embodied being become Brahmamaya—complete, united into the Brahman, the Absolute Reality? Kindly be graceful to me, Svāmi. I bow down and worship Your feet.

iti samprārthitaḥ śaśvanmahādevo maheśvaraḥ | ānandabharitaḥ svānte pārvatīmidam-bravīt || 16 ||

16. Thus repeatedly prayed to by Pārvatī, the great Lord Mahādeva, Maheśvara (Śiva), with His inner-space overflowing with abundant bliss, spoke the following words to Pārvatī.

(sva-ānte: self inner-space)