Srimad Bhagavatam 9.1.31-32

[makarand]

TEXT 31

ṛṣayo ’pi tayor vīkṣya

prasaṅgaṁ ramamāṇayoḥ

nivṛttāḥ prayayus tasmān

nara-nārāyaṇāśramam

SYNONYMS

ṛṣayaḥ—all the great saintly persons; api—also; tayoḥ—of both of them; vīkṣya—seeing; prasaṅgam—engagement in sexual matters; ramamāṇayoḥ—who were enjoying in that way; nivṛttāḥ—desisted from going further; prayayuḥ—immediately departed; tasmāt—from that place; nara-nārāyaṇa-āśramam—to the āśrama of Nara-Nārāyaṇa.

TRANSLATION

Seeing Lord Śiva and Pārvatī engaged in sexual affairs, all the great saintly persons immediately desisted from going further and departed for the āśrama of Nara-Nārāyaṇa.

TEXT 32

tad idaṁ bhagavān āha

priyāyāḥ priya-kāmyayā

sthānaṁ yaḥ praviśed etat

sa vai yoṣid bhaved iti

SYNONYMS

tat—because; idam—this; bhagavān—Lord Śiva; āha—said; priyāyāḥ—of his dear wife; priya-kāmyayā—for the pleasure; sthānam—place; yaḥ—anyone who; praviśet—will enter; etat—here; saḥ—that person; vai—indeed; yoṣit—female; bhavet—shall become; iti—thus.

TRANSLATION

Thereupon, just to please his wife, Lord Śiva said, “Any male entering this place shall immediately become a female!”