तस्मा इत्युपनीताय यक्षराट्पात्रिकामदात् ।
भिक्षां भगवती साक्षाद् उमादादम्बिका सती ॥ १७ ॥
tasmai-unto Him (Lord Vamanadeva); iti-in this way; upanitaya-who had undergone His sacred thread ceremony; yaksa-rat-Kuvera, the treasurer of heaven and King of the Yaksas; patrikam-a pot for begging alms; adat-delivered; bhiksam-alms; bhagavati-mother Bhavani, the wife of Lord Siva; saksat-directly; uma-Uma; adat-gave; ambika-the mother of the universe; sati-the chaste.
When Vamanadeva had thus been given the sacred thread, Kuvera, King of the Yaksas, gave Him a pot for begging alms, and mother
Bhagavati, the wife of Lord
Siva and most chaste mother of the entire universe, gave Him His first alms.