श्रीशुक उवाच
इति श्रुत्वा भगवतः शिवस्योमाभिभाषितम् ।
बभूव शान्तधी राजन् देवी विगतविस्मया ॥३६॥

Å›rÄ«-Å›uka uvÄca
iti Å›rutvÄ bhagavataḥ
Å›ivasyomÄbhibhÄá¹£itam
babhÅ«va Å›Änta-dhÄ« rÄjan
devÄ« vigata-vismayÄ

 Å›rÄ«-Å›ukaḥ uvÄca - ÅšrÄ« Åšukadeva GosvÄmÄ« said; iti - thus; Å›rutvÄ - hearing; bhagavataḥ - of the most powerful demigod; Å›ivasya - of Lord Åšiva; umÄ - PÄrvatÄ«; abhibhÄá¹£itam - instruction; babhÅ«va - became; Å›Änta-dhīḥ - very peaceful; rÄjan - O King ParÄ«ká¹£it; devÄ« - the goddess; vigata-vismayÄ - released from astonishment.


Text

ÅšrÄ« Åšukadeva GosvÄmÄ« said: O King, after hearing this speech by her husband, the demigoddess [UmÄ, the wife of Lord Åšiva] gave up her astonishment at the behavior of King Citraketu and became steady in intelligence.

Purport

ÅšrÄ«la ViÅ›vanÄtha CakravartÄ« ṬhÄkura remarks that the word Å›Änta-dhīḥ means svÄ«ya-pÅ«rva-svabhÄva-smá¹›tyÄ. When PÄrvatÄ« remembered her former behavior in cursing Citraketu, she became very much ashamed and covered her face with the skirt of her sari, admitting that she was wrong in cursing Citraketu.