Karma Vipaka Samhita · by Anonymous
Chapter 34 · Pushya 3rd Pada
पुष्य नक्षत्र तृतीय चरण
॥ शिव उवाच ॥मध्यदेशे वरारोहे लोहकारश्च तस्थिवान् ॥गौरेका लोहकारेण बाल्यतः पालिता शिवे ॥ १ ॥
Shiva said: In the Middle country, O fair one, there lived a blacksmith. O Parvati, he had raised a cow from her calfhood.
Classical view, not medical advice.
एकस्मिन्दिवसे देवि पङ्के मग्ना च गौर्वरा ॥
One day, O Goddess, the fine cow sank in the mud. The blacksmith heard of it, but he did not go there, O Parvati.
मृता रात्रौ तदा देवि पंके वैतरणी च सा ॥
That night, O Goddess, the cow died there in the mud, and she became a Vaitarani (the river of hell). After many days, O Goddess, his own death came…
तस्य पत्नी सती जाता सत्यलोकं गतौ च तौ ॥
His wife became a sati (a wife who dies with her husband). The two went to Satyaloka (the world of truth). He stayed in Satyaloka for ten lakh years…