Watercolors of Nature

        Arches HP 300gsm half sheet, Schminke Artists watercolors.

        Lord Shiva comes in the disguise of a hermit/sage to Parvathi devi and after finding out why she performs penance he says:

  ” Lady,” cried he, ” that mighty Lord I know ;
Ever his presence bringeth care and woe.
And wouldst thou still a second time prepare
The sorrows of his fearful life to share ?
Deluded maid, how shall thy tender hand,
Decked with the nuptial bracelet’s jewelled band,
Be clasped in his, when fearful serpents twine
In scaly horror round that arm divine ?
How shall thy robe, with gay flamingoes gleaming,
Suit with his coat of hide with blood-drops streaming ?
Of old thy pathway led where flowerets sweet
Made pleasant carpets for thy gentle feet.
And e’en thy foes would turn in grief away
To see these vermeil-tinted limbs essay,
Where scattered tresses strew the mournful place,
Their gloomy path amid the tombs to trace.

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  He must have been pleased with her answers for he sends the seven sages to Himaloy asking for her hand in marriage.