[3] It is unnecessary to remind the reader of the story of the Sibyl.
Book II.
Called Kathámukha.
This nectarous tale sprang in old time from the mouth of Śiva, set in motion by his love for the daughter of the Himálaya, as the nectar of immortality sprang from the sea, when churned by the mountain Mandara. Those who drink eagerly the nectar of this tale, have all impediments removed and gain prosperity, and by the favour of Śiva attain, while living upon earth, the high rank of gods.
Chapter IX.
May the water of Śiva’s sweat, fresh from the embrace of Gaurí,[1] which the god of love when afraid of the fire of Śiva’s eye, employs as his aqueous weapon, protect you.
Listen to the following tale of the Vidyádharas, which the excellent Gaṇa Pushpadanta heard on mount Kailása from the god of the matted locks, and which Káṇabhúti heard on the earth from the same Pushpadanta after he had become Vararuchi, and which Guṇáḍhya heard from Káṇabhúti, and Sátaváhana heard from Guṇáḍhya.