ऋषयोऽपि तयोर्वीक्ष्य प्रसङ्गं रममाणयोः ।
निवृत्ताः प्रययुस्तस्मान्नरनारायणाश्रमम् ॥३१॥

ṛṣayo 'pi tayor vīkṣya
prasaṅgaṁ ramamāṇayoḥ
nivṛttāḥ prayayus tasmān
nara-nārāyaṇāśramam

 ṛṣayaḥ - all the great saintly persons; api - also; tayoḥ - of both of them; vīkṣya - seeing; prasaṅgam - engagement in sexual matters; ramamāṇayoḥ - who were enjoying in that way; nivṛttāḥ - desisted from going further; prayayuḥ - immediately departed; tasmāt - from that place; nara-nārāyaṇa-āśramam - to the āśrama of Nara-Nārāyaṇa.


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Seeing Lord Śiva and Pārvatī engaged in sexual affairs, all the great saintly persons immediately desisted from going further and departed for the āśrama of Nara-Nārāyaṇa.

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