[Chapter CXXIV.]

Translation
Of the
Kathá Sarit Ságara
Or
Ocean of the Streams of Story.

Book I.

Called Kathápíṭha

Chapter I.

May the dark neck of Śiva, which the god of love has, so to speak, surrounded with nooses in the form of the alluring looks of Párvatí reclining on his bosom, assign to you prosperity.