Parvati continues: had you met me first, great sages, I would have taken your advice on my head. Now I have staked my life for Shambhu; who weighs merits and faults now? My stubbornness will last ten million births: I will wed Shambhu or stay unmarried. I will not give up Narada's teaching even if Mahesha himself says so a hundred times. Jagadamba then says, I fall at your feet; go home, it is late. Seeing her love, the wise sages cry, victory, victory to you, Jagadambika Bhavani! You are Maya, and Shiva is the Bhagavan, father and mother of the whole world. Bowing at her feet, they leave, thrilled again and again.