Rajatarangini (Dvitiya) 125
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“I praise Śaṅkara, the lord of Gaurī, whose gaze is pure as fire, whose feet are worshipped by hosts of gods, / and who is accompanied by the mirror that is the crescent moon.”
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To give water to wayfarers, to offer libations to the ancestors, / to destroy the sins of the couple, and to promote righteousness,
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a watering trough was built on the road at the border of the village of Maḍavāśrama, / through the donation of her own ornaments, by Gaurī, the wife of Śaṅkara.
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She was the daughter of the twice-born Prajja, the lord of Khonamoṣa; / endowed with truthfulness and virtuous conduct, devoted to Śaṅkara like Gaurī to Śiva.
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- Rājataraṅgiṇī (Dvitīyā) — Jonarāja, Sanskrit