इति भागवतो देव्या: प्रतिशप्तुमलन्तम: । मूर्ध्ना स जगृहे शापमेतावत्साधुलक्षणम् ॥ ३७ ॥
iti bhagavato devyah pratisaptum alantamah murdhna sa jagrhe sapam etavat sadhu-laksanam
- iti
- thus
- bhagavatah
- the most exalted devotee
- devyah
- of Parvati
- pratisaptum
- to make a counter-curse
- alantamah
- able in all respects
- murdhna
- with his head
- sah
- he (Citraketu)
- jagrhe
- accepted
- sapam
- the curse
- etavat
- this much
- sadhu-laksanam
- the symptom of a devotee.
The great devotee Citraketu was so powerful that he was quite competent to curse mother Parvati in retaliation, but instead of doing so he very humbly accepted the curse and bowed his head before Lord Siva and his wife. This is very much to be appreciated as the standard behavior of a Vaisnava.