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Mother Pārvatī Curses Citraketu
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instructions of Lord Śiva, Pārvatī must have been very much ashamed for cursing Citraketu to become a demon. Mother Pārvatī could not appreciate Citraketu's position, and therefore she cursed him, but when she understood the instructions of Lord Śiva she was ashamed.
TEXT 36
श्रीशुक उवाच
इति श्रुत्वा भगवतः शिवस्योमाभिभाषितम् । बभूव शान्तधी राजन् देवी विगतविसया ॥३६॥
śrī-śuka uvāca iti śrutvā bhagavataḥ śivasyomābhibhāṣitam babhūva śānta-dhī rājan devī vigata-vismayā
śrī-śukaḥ uvāca—Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said;  iti —thus;  śrutvā —hearing;  bhagavataḥ —of the most powerful demigod;  śivasya —of Lord Śiva;  umā —Pārvatī;  abhibhāṣitam —instruction;  babhūva —became;  śānta-dhīḥ —very peaceful;  rājan —O King Parikṣit;  devī —the goddess;  vigata-vismayā —released from astonishment.
TRANSLATION
Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: O King, after hearing this speech by her husband, the demigoddess [Umā, the wife of Lord Śiva] gave up her astonishment at the behavior of King Citraketu and became steady in intelligence.
PURPORT
Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī Thākura remarks that the word  śānta-dhīḥ  means  svīya-pūrva-svabhāva-smṛtyā . When Pārvatī remembered her former behavior in cursing Citraketu, she became very much ashamed and covered her face with the skirt of her sari, admitting that she was wrong in cursing Citraketu.