Kalika Purana — Chapter 18
KaP 18.1
कालिकापुराणम् अष्टादशोऽध्यायः शिवविषादवर्णनम् अथ कालिका पुराण अध्याय १८ ।। मार्कण्डेय उवाच ।। दाक्षायणीगुणगणान् गणयन् गोरङ्गस्तदा । विललापातिदुःखार्तो मनुजः प्राकृतो यथा
kālikāpurāṇam aṣṭādaśo'dhyāyaḥ śivaviṣādavarṇanam atha kālikā purāṇa adhyāya 18 || mārkaṇḍeya uvāca || dākṣāyaṇīguṇagaṇān gaṇayan goraṅgastadā | vilalāpātiduḥkhārto manujaḥ prākṛto yathā
The Kālikā Purāṇa, eighteenth chapter: the description of Śiva's despondency. Now the Kālikā Purāṇa, chapter 18. Mārkaṇḍeya said: Then the ox-limbed one, counting over the multitude of Dakṣa's daughter's virtues, lamented, exceedingly stricken with grief, like an ordinary man.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 18.2
विलपन्तं तदा भर्ग विज्ञाय मकरध्वजः । रतीबसन्तसहित आससाद महेश्वरम्
vilapantaṃ tadā bharga vijñāya makaradhvajaḥ | ratībasantasahita āsasāda maheśvaram
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KaP 18.3
तं शुचातिपरिभ्रष्टं युगपत् स रतिपतिः । जघान पञ्चभिर्बाणैः रुदन्तं भ्रष्टचेतनम्
taṃ śucātiparibhraṣṭaṃ yugapat sa ratipatiḥ | jaghāna pañcabhirbāṇaiḥ rudantaṃ bhraṣṭacetanam
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KaP 18.4
शोकाभिहतचित्तोऽपि स्मरबाण समाकुलः । सङ्कीर्णभावमापन्नः शुशोच च मुमोह च
śokābhihatacitto'pi smarabāṇa samākulaḥ | saṅkīrṇabhāvamāpannaḥ śuśoca ca mumoha ca
Though his mind was struck down by grief, he was (also) overwhelmed by the arrows of love; fallen into a confused condition (of mixed feelings), he both grieved and swooned.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 18.5
क्षणं भूमौ निपतति क्षणमुत्थाय धावति । क्षणं भ्रमति तत्रैव निमीलति विभुः पुनः
kṣaṇaṃ bhūmau nipatati kṣaṇamutthāya dhāvati | kṣaṇaṃ bhramati tatraiva nimīlati vibhuḥ punaḥ
One moment he falls to the ground, the next he springs up and runs; one moment he wanders about in that very place, and again the Lord closes his eyes.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 18.6
ध्यायन् दाक्षायणीं देवीं हसमानः कदाचन । परिष्वजति भूमिष्ठां रसभावैरिव स्थिताम्
dhyāyan dākṣāyaṇīṃ devīṃ hasamānaḥ kadācana | pariṣvajati bhūmiṣṭhāṃ rasabhāvairiva sthitām
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KaP 18.7
सती सतीति सततं नाम व्याहृत्य शङ्करः । मानं त्यज वृथेत्येवमुक्त्वा स्पृशति पाणिना
satī satīti satataṃ nāma vyāhṛtya śaṅkaraḥ | mānaṃ tyaja vṛthetyevamuktvā spṛśati pāṇinā
Śaṅkara, continually uttering the name "Satī, Satī," and saying "Give up your pride, it is in vain," touches (her) with his hand.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 18.8
पाणिनापरिमाज्यैनामलङ्कारान् यथास्थितान् । तस्या विश्लिष्य च पुनस्तत्रैवानुयुयोज च
pāṇināparimājyaināmalaṅkārān yathāsthitān | tasyā viśliṣya ca punastatraivānuyuyoja ca
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KaP 18.9
एवं कुर्वति भूतेशे मृता नोवाच किञ्चन । यदा सती तदा भर्गः शोकाद्गाढं रुरोद ह
evaṃ kurvati bhūteśe mṛtā novāca kiñcana | yadā satī tadā bhargaḥ śokādgāḍhaṃ ruroda ha
While the Lord of beings was doing thus, the dead (woman) said nothing at all; and when Satī (remained silent), then Bharga wept bitterly out of grief.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 18.10
रुदतस्तस्य पततो वाष्पान् वीक्ष्य तदा सुराः । ब्रह्मादयः परां चिन्तां जग्मुश्चिन्तापरायणाः
rudatastasya patato vāṣpān vīkṣya tadā surāḥ | brahmādayaḥ parāṃ cintāṃ jagmuścintāparāyaṇāḥ
Then, seeing the tears falling from him as he wept, the gods with Brahmā at their head fell into extreme anxiety, wholly given over to worry.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 18.11
वाष्पाः पतन्तो भूमौ चेद्दहेयुः पृथिवीमिमाम् । उपायस्तत्र कः कार्य इति हा हेति चुक्रुशुः
vāṣpāḥ patanto bhūmau ceddaheyuḥ pṛthivīmimām | upāyastatra kaḥ kārya iti hā heti cukruśuḥ
"If the tears, as they fall to the ground, should burn up this earth, what remedy is to be applied in that case?" — so they cried out, "Alas! Alas!"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 18.12
ततो विमृष्यते देवा ब्रह्माद्यास्तु शनैश्चरम् । तुष्टुवुर्मूढभर्गस्य वाष्पधारणकारणात्
tato vimṛṣyate devā brahmādyāstu śanaiścaram | tuṣṭuvurmūḍhabhargasya vāṣpadhāraṇakāraṇāt
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KaP 18.13
शनिस्तोत्र ।। देवा ऊचुः ।। शनैश्चर महाभाग लोकानुग्रहकारक । मूलशक्तिसमुद्भूत नमस्ते सूर्यसम्भव
śanistotra || devā ūcuḥ || śanaiścara mahābhāga lokānugrahakāraka | mūlaśaktisamudbhūta namaste sūryasambhava
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KaP 18.14
नमस्ते शूलहस्ताय पाशहस्ताय धन्विने । तथा वरदहस्ताय तमश्छायात्मजाय ते
namaste śūlahastāya pāśahastāya dhanvine | tathā varadahastāya tamaśchāyātmajāya te
Homage to you who hold the trident, who hold the noose, who bear the bow, and likewise to you whose hand grants boons, to you the son of Chāyā, (born) of darkness.
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KaP 18.15
नीलमेघ प्रतीकाश भिन्नाञ्जनचयोपम । नमस्ते सर्व-लोकानां प्राणधारणहेतवे
nīlamegha pratīkāśa bhinnāñjanacayopama | namaste sarva-lokānāṃ prāṇadhāraṇahetave
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KaP 18.16
गृध्रध्वज नमस्तेऽस्तु प्रसीद भगवन् दृढम् । वाष्पेभ्यः शोकजेभ्यश्च पाहि भर्गस्य नः क्षितिम्
gṛdhradhvaja namaste'stu prasīda bhagavan dṛḍham | vāṣpebhyaḥ śokajebhyaśca pāhi bhargasya naḥ kṣitim
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KaP 18.17
यथा पुरा शतं वर्षानवजग्राह वर्षणम् । भवानेव तु मेघेभ्यस्तथा कुरु हराम्बुनि
yathā purā śataṃ varṣānavajagrāha varṣaṇam | bhavāneva tu meghebhyastathā kuru harāmbuni
— tr. refused: cyber
KaP 18.18
तव चापग्रहं दृष्ट्वा मेघास्ते पुष्करादयः । मुमुचुः सततं वर्ष महेन्द्रस्य किलाज्ञया
tava cāpagrahaṃ dṛṣṭvā meghāste puṣkarādayaḥ | mumucuḥ satataṃ varṣa mahendrasya kilājñayā
And seeing your withholding (of the rain), those clouds, Puṣkara and the rest, released rain continuously, by the command, it is said, of great Indra.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 18.19
आकाश एव वर्षाम्भस्तत्सर्वं भवता पुरा । विनाशितं यथा वाष्पं तथा नाशय शूलिनः
ākāśa eva varṣāmbhastatsarvaṃ bhavatā purā | vināśitaṃ yathā vāṣpaṃ tathā nāśaya śūlinaḥ
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KaP 18.20
न त्वामृतेऽन्यः शक्तोऽस्ति हरवाष्पनिवारणे । दहेत् सदेवगन्धर्वब्रह्मलोकान् सपर्वतान् । पृथिवीं पतितो वाष्पस्तस्माद्धारय मायया
na tvāmṛte'nyaḥ śakto'sti haravāṣpanivāraṇe | dahet sadevagandharvabrahmalokān saparvatān | pṛthivīṃ patito vāṣpastasmāddhāraya māyayā
Apart from you there is no other able to check Hara's vapour. Fallen upon the earth, that vapour would burn the worlds of the gods, the gandharvas and Brahmā, together with the mountains; therefore hold it back by your magic power.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 18.21
।। मार्कण्डेय उवाच ।। इत्येवम्भाषमाणेषु देवेषु मिहिरात्मजः । प्रत्युवाच स तान् देवान्नातिहृष्टमना इव
|| mārkaṇḍeya uvāca || ityevambhāṣamāṇeṣu deveṣu mihirātmajaḥ | pratyuvāca sa tān devānnātihṛṣṭamanā iva
Mārkaṇḍeya said: While the gods were speaking thus, the son of the Sun (Mihira) replied to those gods, as if not much pleased in mind.
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KaP 18.22
॥ शनैश्वर उवाच ॥ करिष्ये भवतां कर्म यथाशक्ति सुरोत्तमाः । तथा किन्तु विदग्धं हि न मां वेत्ति यथा हरः
|| śanaiśvara uvāca || kariṣye bhavatāṃ karma yathāśakti surottamāḥ | tathā kintu vidagdhaṃ hi na māṃ vetti yathā haraḥ
|| Śanaiścara said || I will do your work to the best of my ability, O best of the gods; but (it must be) in such a way that Hara does not recognize me, for (else I would be) burnt up.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
KaP 18.23
दुःखशोकाकुलस्यास्य समीपे वाष्पधारिणः । कोपान्नश्येच्छरीरं मे नियतं नात्र संशयः
duḥkhaśokākulasyāsya samīpe vāṣpadhāriṇaḥ | kopānnaśyeccharīraṃ me niyataṃ nātra saṃśayaḥ
In the presence of this one, stricken with grief and sorrow and shedding tears, my body would surely perish from (his) anger — there is no doubt in this.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 18.24
तस्माद् यथा मां भूतेशो न जानाति सतीपतिः । तथा कुरुध्वं नेत्रेभ्यो हरलोतकधारिणम्
tasmād yathā māṃ bhūteśo na jānāti satīpatiḥ | tathā kurudhvaṃ netrebhyo haralotakadhāriṇam
Therefore act so that the Lord of beings, Satī's husband, does not know me (as) the one taking up the flow of Hara's tears from his eyes.
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KaP 18.25
।। मार्कण्डेय उवाच ।। ततो ब्रह्मादयो देवास्ते सर्वे शङ्करान्तिकम् । गत्वा हरं सम्मुमुहुः सांसार्या योगमायया
|| mārkaṇḍeya uvāca || tato brahmādayo devāste sarve śaṅkarāntikam | gatvā haraṃ sammumuhuḥ sāṃsāryā yogamāyayā
|| Mārkaṇḍeya said || Then all those gods, Brahmā and the rest, having gone into Śaṅkara's presence, thoroughly bewildered Hara by the yoga-illusion of Saṃsārī (the deluding power of worldly existence).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
KaP 18.26
शनैश्चरोऽपि भूतेशमासाद्यान्तर्हितस्तदा । वाष्पवृष्टिं दुराधर्षामवजग्राह मायया
śanaiścaro'pi bhūteśamāsādyāntarhitastadā | vāṣpavṛṣṭiṃ durādharṣāmavajagrāha māyayā
Śanaiścara too, having approached the Lord of beings and then become invisible, took upon himself, by his magic power, that rain of tears, hard to withstand.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 18.27
यदा स नाशकद्वाष्पान् सन्धारयितुमर्कजः । तदा महागिरौ क्षिप्ता वाष्पास्ते जलधारके
yadā sa nāśakadvāṣpān sandhārayitumarkajaḥ | tadā mahāgirau kṣiptā vāṣpāste jaladhārake
When the son of the sun was unable to hold those tears, then the tears were cast by him upon the great mountain Jaladhāraka.
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KaP 18.28
लोकालोकस्य निकटे जलधाराह्वयो गिरिः । पुष्करद्वीपपृष्ठस्थस्तोयसागर पश्चिमे
lokālokasya nikaṭe jaladhārāhvayo giriḥ | puṣkaradvīpapṛṣṭhasthastoyasāgara paścime
Near Lokāloka is the mountain named Jaladhāra, standing on the surface of Puṣkara island, to the west of the ocean of water.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 18.29
स तु सर्वप्रमाणेन मेरुपर्वतसन्निभः । तस्मिन् विन्यस्तवान् वाष्पांस्तदाशक्तः शनैश्चरः
sa tu sarvapramāṇena meruparvatasannibhaḥ | tasmin vinyastavān vāṣpāṃstadāśaktaḥ śanaiścaraḥ
It is in every dimension like Mount Meru; upon it Śanaiścara, then unable (to hold them), laid down the tears.
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KaP 18.30
स पर्वतोपि तान् वाष्पान्न धर्तुं क्षम ईशितुः । विदीर्णस्तैस्तु वाष्पौघैर्भग्नमध्योऽभवद्द्भुतम्
sa parvatopi tān vāṣpānna dhartuṃ kṣama īśituḥ | vidīrṇastaistu vāṣpaughairbhagnamadhyo'bhavaddbhutam
But that mountain too was not able to hold those tears of the Lord; split apart by those floods of tears, it became — wonder of wonders — broken in the middle.
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KaP 18.31
ते वाष्पाः पर्वतं भित्वा विविशुस्तोयसागरम् । सागरोऽपि ग्रहीतुं तन्न शशाक खरानति
te vāṣpāḥ parvataṃ bhitvā viviśustoyasāgaram | sāgaro'pi grahītuṃ tanna śaśāka kharānati
Those tears, having split the mountain, entered the ocean of water; but the ocean too could not contain them, since they were exceedingly harsh.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
KaP 18.32
ततस्तु सागरं मध्ये भित्वा वाष्पाः समागताः । तोयधेः प्राग्भवां वेलां स्पर्शमात्राद्विभेद ताम्
tatastu sāgaraṃ madhye bhitvā vāṣpāḥ samāgatāḥ | toyadheḥ prāgbhavāṃ velāṃ sparśamātrādvibheda tām
Then the tears, having split the ocean in the middle, came together and, by mere touch, broke through the eastern shore of the water-holder (the sea).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 18.33
विभिद्य वेलां ते वाष्पाः पुष्करद्वीपमध्यगाः । नदी भूत्वा वैतरणी पूर्वसागरगाभवत्
vibhidya velāṃ te vāṣpāḥ puṣkaradvīpamadhyagāḥ | nadī bhūtvā vaitaraṇī pūrvasāgaragābhavat
Having broken through the shore, those tears, passing through the middle of Puṣkara island, became the river Vaitaraṇī and flowed to the eastern ocean.
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KaP 18.34
जलधारस्य भेदेन संसर्गात् सागरस्य च । अवाप्य सौम्यतां किञ्चिद्वाष्पास्ते नाभिन्दन् क्षितिम्
jaladhārasya bhedena saṃsargāt sāgarasya ca | avāpya saumyatāṃ kiñcidvāṣpāste nābhindan kṣitim
By the breaking of Jaladhāra and by the mingling with the ocean, the tears attained a somewhat gentler state, and (so) did not split the earth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 18.35
वैवस्वतपुरद्वारे योजनद्वयविस्तृता । अद्यापि तिष्ठत्यपगा हरलोतकसम्भवा
vaivasvatapuradvāre yojanadvayavistṛtā | adyāpi tiṣṭhatyapagā haralotakasambhavā
At the gate of the city of Vaivasvata (Yama), two yojanas broad, there still stands today the river arisen from Hara's tears.
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KaP 18.36
।। शक्ति पीठ स्थापन ।। अथ शोकविमूढात्मा विलपन् वृषभध्वजः । जगाम प्राच्यदेशांस्तु स्कन्धे कृत्वा सतीशवम्
|| śakti pīṭha sthāpana || atha śokavimūḍhātmā vilapan vṛṣabhadhvajaḥ | jagāma prācyadeśāṃstu skandhe kṛtvā satīśavam
|| The establishing of the Śakti-seats || Then he whose banner is the bull, his mind stupefied with grief, lamenting, went to the eastern regions, having placed Satī's corpse on his shoulder.
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KaP 18.37
उन्मत्तवद्गच्छतोऽस्य दृष्ट्वा भावं दिवौकसः । ब्रह्माद्याश्चिन्तयामासुः शवभ्रंशनकर्मणि
unmattavadgacchato'sya dṛṣṭvā bhāvaṃ divaukasaḥ | brahmādyāścintayāmāsuḥ śavabhraṃśanakarmaṇi
Seeing the state of him going along like a madman, the dwellers in heaven, Brahmā and the others, took thought about the task of making the corpse fall away.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 18.38
हरगात्रस्य संस्पर्शाच्छवो नायं विशीर्णताम् । गमिष्यति कथं तस्मादस्य भ्रंशो भविष्यति
haragātrasya saṃsparśācchavo nāyaṃ viśīrṇatām | gamiṣyati kathaṃ tasmādasya bhraṃśo bhaviṣyati
"Through contact with Hara's body this corpse will not go to decay; how then will its removal come about?"
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KaP 18.39
इति सञ्चिन्तयन्तस्ते ब्रह्मविष्णुशनैश्चराः । सतीशवान्तर्विविशुरदृश्या योगमायया
iti sañcintayantaste brahmaviṣṇuśanaiścarāḥ | satīśavāntarviviśuradṛśyā yogamāyayā
Thinking thus, Brahmā, Viṣṇu and Śanaiścara entered into Satī's corpse, invisible by their yoga-illusion.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 18.40
प्रविश्याथ शवं देवाः खण्डशस्ते सतीशवम् । भूतले पातयामासुः स्थाने स्थाने विशेषतः
praviśyātha śavaṃ devāḥ khaṇḍaśaste satīśavam | bhūtale pātayāmāsuḥ sthāne sthāne viśeṣataḥ
Then the gods, having entered the corpse, made Satī's corpse fall piece by piece upon the surface of the earth, in particular places one after another.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 18.41
देवीकूटे पादयुग्मं प्रथमं न्यपतत् क्षितौ । उड्डीयाने चोरुयुग्मं हिताय जगतां ततः
devīkūṭe pādayugmaṃ prathamaṃ nyapatat kṣitau | uḍḍīyāne coruyugmaṃ hitāya jagatāṃ tataḥ
At Devīkūṭa the pair of feet fell first upon the earth, and then, for the welfare of the worlds, the pair of thighs at Uḍḍīyāna.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 18.42
कामरूपे कामगिरौ न्यपतत्योनिमण्डलम् । तत्रैव न्यपतद्भूमौ पर्वते नाभिमण्डलम्
kāmarūpe kāmagirau nyapatatyonimaṇḍalam | tatraiva nyapatadbhūmau parvate nābhimaṇḍalam
— tr. refused: cyber
KaP 18.43
जालन्धरे स्तनयुगं स्वर्णहारविभूषितम् । अंशग्रीवं पूर्णगिरौ कामरूपात्ततः शिरः
jālandhare stanayugaṃ svarṇahāravibhūṣitam | aṃśagrīvaṃ pūrṇagirau kāmarūpāttataḥ śiraḥ
At Jālandhara (fell) the pair of breasts, adorned with a golden necklace; at Pūrṇagiri the shoulder-and-neck; and then the head at Kāmarūpa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
KaP 18.44
यावद्भुवं गतो भर्गः समादाय सतीशवम् प्राच्येषु याज्ञिको देशस्तावदेव प्रकीर्तितः
yāvadbhuvaṃ gato bhargaḥ samādāya satīśavam prācyeṣu yājñiko deśastāvadeva prakīrtitaḥ
— tr. refused: cyber
KaP 18.45
अन्ये शरीरावयवा लवश: खण्डिताः सुरैः । आकाशगङ्गामगमन् पवनेन समीरिताः
anye śarīrāvayavā lavaśa: khaṇḍitāḥ suraiḥ | ākāśagaṅgāmagaman pavanena samīritāḥ
— tr. refused: cyber
KaP 18.46
यत्र यत्रापतन् सत्यास्तदापादादयो द्विजाः । तत्र तत्र महादेव: स्वयं लिङ्गस्वरूपधृक् । तस्थौ मोहसमायुक्तः सतीस्नेहवशानुगः
yatra yatrāpatan satyāstadāpādādayo dvijāḥ | tatra tatra mahādeva: svayaṃ liṅgasvarūpadhṛk | tasthau mohasamāyuktaḥ satīsnehavaśānugaḥ
Wherever, O twice-born ones, Satī's feet and other (limbs) then fell, there Mahādeva himself, taking on the form of a liṅga, stood, overcome with bewilderment, in thrall to his love for Satī.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 18.47
ब्रह्मविष्णुशनिश्चापि सर्वे देवगणास्तथा । पूजयाञ्चक्रुरीशस्य प्रीत्या सत्याः पदादिकम्
brahmaviṣṇuśaniścāpi sarve devagaṇāstathā | pūjayāñcakrurīśasya prītyā satyāḥ padādikam
Brahmā, Viṣṇu, and Śani too, and likewise all the hosts of gods, with love worshipped the feet and the other (limbs) of Satī, (the wife) of the Lord.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 18.48
देवीकूटे महादेवी महाभागेति गीयते । सतीपादयुगे लीना योगनिद्रा जगत् प्रभुः
devīkūṭe mahādevī mahābhāgeti gīyate | satīpādayuge līnā yoganidrā jagat prabhuḥ
On Devīkūṭa the Great Goddess is celebrated (in song) as "Mahābhāgā"; merged into the pair of Satī's feet is Yoganidrā, the mistress of the world.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 18.49
कात्यायनी चोड्डीयाने कामाख्या कामरूपिणी । पूर्णेश्वरी पूर्णगिरौ चण्डी जालन्धरे गिरौ
kātyāyanī coḍḍīyāne kāmākhyā kāmarūpiṇī | pūrṇeśvarī pūrṇagirau caṇḍī jālandhare girau
— tr. refused: cyber
KaP 18.50
पूर्वान्त कामरूपस्य देवी दिक्करवासिनी । तथा ललितकान्तेति योगनिद्रा प्रगीयते
pūrvānta kāmarūpasya devī dikkaravāsinī | tathā lalitakānteti yoganidrā pragīyate
At the eastern edge of Kāmarūpa (is) the goddess Dikkaravāsinī, and she is also (called) Lalitakāntā; (thus) she is celebrated as Yoganidrā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 18.51
यत्रैव पतितं सत्या: शिरस्तत्र वृषध्वजः । उपविष्टः शिरो वीक्ष्य श्वसञ्छोकपरायणः
yatraiva patitaṃ satyā: śirastatra vṛṣadhvajaḥ | upaviṣṭaḥ śiro vīkṣya śvasañchokaparāyaṇaḥ
Where Satī's head had fallen, there the bull-bannered one (Śiva) sat down, gazing at the head, sighing, wholly given over to grief.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 18.52
उपविष्टे हरे तत्र ब्रह्माद्यास्ते दिवौकसः । समीपमगमंस्तस्य दूरत: सान्त्वयन् हरम्
upaviṣṭe hare tatra brahmādyāste divaukasaḥ | samīpamagamaṃstasya dūrata: sāntvayan haram
— tr. refused: cyber
KaP 18.53
देवानागच्छतो दृष्ट्वा शोक- लज्जासमन्वितः । गत्वा शिलात्वं तत्रैव लिङ्गत्वं गतवान् हरः
devānāgacchato dṛṣṭvā śoka- lajjāsamanvitaḥ | gatvā śilātvaṃ tatraiva liṅgatvaṃ gatavān haraḥ
Seeing the gods approaching, Hara, filled with grief and shame, turned into stone and there itself became a liṅga.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 18.54
हरे लिङ्गत्वमापन्ने ब्रह्माद्यास्तु दिवौकसः । तुष्टुवुत्र्यम्बकं तत्र लिङ्गरूपं जगद्गुरूम्
hare liṅgatvamāpanne brahmādyāstu divaukasaḥ | tuṣṭuvutryambakaṃ tatra liṅgarūpaṃ jagadgurūm
When Hara had assumed the form of the liṅga, Brahmā and the other dwellers in heaven praised the three-eyed one there, the teacher of the world in his liṅga-form.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 18.55
शिव स्तुति ।। देवा ऊचुः ।। महादेवं शिवं स्थाणुमुग्रं रूद्रं वृषध्वजम् । श्मशानवासिनं भर्गं सर्वान्तकरणं परम्
śiva stuti || devā ūcuḥ || mahādevaṃ śivaṃ sthāṇumugraṃ rūdraṃ vṛṣadhvajam | śmaśānavāsinaṃ bhargaṃ sarvāntakaraṇaṃ param
Hymn to Śiva. The gods said: (Thee) the great god, Śiva, the Pillar, the fierce one, Rudra, whose banner is the bull, the dweller in the cremation ground, Bharga, the ender of all, the supreme —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 18.56
त्वां नमामो वयं भक्त्या शङ्करं नीललोहितम् । गिरीशं वरदं देवं भूतभावनमव्ययम्
tvāṃ namāmo vayaṃ bhaktyā śaṅkaraṃ nīlalohitam | girīśaṃ varadaṃ devaṃ bhūtabhāvanamavyayam
We bow to you with devotion — to Śaṅkara, the blue-and-red one, the lord of the mountain, the boon-giver, the god, the origin of beings, the imperishable.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 18.57
अनादिमध्यसंसारयोगविद्याय शम्भवे । नमः शिवाय शान्ताय ब्रह्मणे लिङ्गमूर्तये
anādimadhyasaṃsārayogavidyāya śambhave | namaḥ śivāya śāntāya brahmaṇe liṅgamūrtaye
— tr. refused: cyber
KaP 18.58
जटिलाय गिरीशाय विद्याशक्तिधराय ते । नमः शिवाय शान्ताय ब्रह्मणे लिङ्गमूर्तये
jaṭilāya girīśāya vidyāśaktidharāya te | namaḥ śivāya śāntāya brahmaṇe liṅgamūrtaye
To you, the matted-haired one, the lord of the mountain, the bearer of the power of knowledge: homage to Śiva, the tranquil, to Brahman whose form is the liṅga.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 18.59
ज्ञानामृतान्तसम्पूर्णशुद्धदेहान्तराय च । नमः शिवाय शान्ताय ब्रह्मणे लिङ्गमूर्तये
jñānāmṛtāntasampūrṇaśuddhadehāntarāya ca | namaḥ śivāya śāntāya brahmaṇe liṅgamūrtaye
— tr. refused: cyber
KaP 18.60
आदिमध्यान्त भूताय स्वभावानलदीप्तये । नमः शिवाय शान्ताय ब्रह्मणे लिङ्गमूर्तये
ādimadhyānta bhūtāya svabhāvānaladīptaye | namaḥ śivāya śāntāya brahmaṇe liṅgamūrtaye
To him who is (himself) the beginning, the middle, and the end, whose blazing is the fire of his own nature — homage to Śiva, the tranquil, to Brahman whose form is the liṅga.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 18.61
प्रलयार्णवसंस्थाय प्रलयस्थितिहेतवे । नमः शिवाय शान्ताय ब्रह्मणे लिङ्गमूर्तये
pralayārṇavasaṃsthāya pralayasthitihetave | namaḥ śivāya śāntāya brahmaṇe liṅgamūrtaye
To him who abides in the ocean of dissolution, to the cause of dissolution and of continuance — homage to Śiva, the tranquil, to Brahman whose form is the liṅga.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 18.62
यः परेभ्यः परस्तस्मात् पराय परमात्मने । नमः शिवाय शान्ताय ब्रह्मणे लिङ्गमूर्तये
yaḥ parebhyaḥ parastasmāt parāya paramātmane | namaḥ śivāya śāntāya brahmaṇe liṅgamūrtaye
To him who is beyond those that are supreme, to that Supreme One, the highest Self — homage to Śiva, the tranquil, to Brahman whose form is the liṅga.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 18.63
ज्वालामालावृताङ्गाय नमस्ते विश्वरूपिणे । नमः शिवाय शान्ताय ब्रह्मणे लिङ्गमूर्तये
jvālāmālāvṛtāṅgāya namaste viśvarūpiṇe | namaḥ śivāya śāntāya brahmaṇe liṅgamūrtaye
To him whose body is wreathed in garlands of flame, homage to you whose form is the universe — homage to Śiva, the tranquil, to Brahman whose form is the liṅga.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 18.64
नमः परमार्थाय ज्ञानदीपाय वेधसे । नमः शिवाय शान्ताय ब्रह्मणे लिङ्गमूर्तये
namaḥ paramārthāya jñānadīpāya vedhase | namaḥ śivāya śāntāya brahmaṇe liṅgamūrtaye
Homage to the highest goal, to the lamp of knowledge, to the creator — homage to Śiva, the tranquil, to Brahman whose form is the liṅga.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 18.65
नमो दाक्षायणीकान्त मृड शर्व महेश्वर । नमस्ते सर्वभूतेश प्रसीद भगवञ्छिव
namo dākṣāyaṇīkānta mṛḍa śarva maheśvara | namaste sarvabhūteśa prasīda bhagavañchiva
Homage, O beloved of Dākṣāyaṇī, O Mṛḍa, O Śarva, O Maheśvara! Homage to you, lord of all beings; be gracious, O blessed Śiva.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 18.66
सशोके त्वयि लोकेशे चेष्टमाने महेश्वर । सुराः समाकुलाः सर्वे तस्माच्छोकं परित्यज
saśoke tvayi lokeśe ceṣṭamāne maheśvara | surāḥ samākulāḥ sarve tasmācchokaṃ parityaja
When you, the lord of the worlds, act thus in grief, O Maheśvara, all the gods are thrown into confusion; therefore give up your sorrow.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 18.67
नमो नमस्ते भूतेश सर्वकारणकारण । प्रसीद रक्ष नः सर्वांस्त्यज शोकं नमोऽस्तुते
namo namaste bhūteśa sarvakāraṇakāraṇa | prasīda rakṣa naḥ sarvāṃstyaja śokaṃ namo'stute
Homage, homage to you, lord of beings, cause of all causes! Be gracious, protect us all, abandon your grief — homage to you.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 18.68
।। मार्कण्डेय उवाच ।। इति संस्तूयमानस्तु महादेवो जगत्पतिः । निजं रूपं समास्थाय प्रादुर्भूतः शुचाहतः
|| mārkaṇḍeya uvāca || iti saṃstūyamānastu mahādevo jagatpatiḥ | nijaṃ rūpaṃ samāsthāya prādurbhūtaḥ śucāhataḥ
Mārkaṇḍeya said: Thus praised, Mahādeva, the lord of the world, taking on his own form, became manifest, stricken with grief.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 18.69
तं शुचा विह्वलं दृष्टा प्रादुर्भूतं विचेतसम् । शोकापहं विधिं साम्ना तुष्टाव वृषभध्वजम्
taṃ śucā vihvalaṃ dṛṣṭā prādurbhūtaṃ vicetasam | śokāpahaṃ vidhiṃ sāmnā tuṣṭāva vṛṣabhadhvajam
Seeing him appear overwhelmed by grief and out of his senses, (Brahmā), the ordainer, praised with a gentle chant the bull-bannered one, the remover of sorrow.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
KaP 18.70
ब्रह्मकृता शिवस्तुति ।। ब्रह्मोवाच ।। हिरण्यबाहो ब्रह्मा त्वं विष्णुस्त्वं जगतः पतिः । सृष्टिस्थितिविनाशानां हेतुस्त्वं केवलं हर
brahmakṛtā śivastuti || brahmovāca || hiraṇyabāho brahmā tvaṃ viṣṇustvaṃ jagataḥ patiḥ | sṛṣṭisthitivināśānāṃ hetustvaṃ kevalaṃ hara
Śiva's praise made by Brahmā. Brahmā said: O golden-armed one, you are Brahmā, you are Viṣṇu, the lord of the world; you alone are the cause of creation, maintenance and destruction, O Hara.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 18.71
त्वमष्टमूर्तिभिः सर्वं जगद्व्याप्य चराचरम् । उत्पादकः स्थापकश्च नाशक श्चापि विश्वकृत्
tvamaṣṭamūrtibhiḥ sarvaṃ jagadvyāpya carācaram | utpādakaḥ sthāpakaśca nāśaka ścāpi viśvakṛt
Pervading with your eight forms this whole world, moving and unmoving, you are the producer, the sustainer and also the destroyer, the maker of all.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 18.72
त्वामाराध्य महादेव मुक्तिं याता मुमुक्षवः । रागद्वेषादिभिस्त्यक्ताः संसारविमुखा बुधाः
tvāmārādhya mahādeva muktiṃ yātā mumukṣavaḥ | rāgadveṣādibhistyaktāḥ saṃsāravimukhā budhāḥ
Having worshipped you, O Mahādeva, those who seek release have gone to liberation — the wise, freed from passion, hatred and the rest, turned away from the round of rebirth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 18.73
विभिन्नवाय्वग्निजलौघवर्जितं न दूरसंस्थं रविचन्द्रसंयुतम् । त्रिमार्गमध्यस्थमनुप्रकाशकं तत्त्वं परं शुद्धमयं महेश्वर
vibhinnavāyvagnijalaughavarjitaṃ na dūrasaṃsthaṃ ravicandrasaṃyutam | trimārgamadhyasthamanuprakāśakaṃ tattvaṃ paraṃ śuddhamayaṃ maheśvara
O Maheśvara, (that) supreme reality, made of purity, is free of the separate masses of wind, fire and water, not situated far off, joined with sun and moon, standing in the middle of the three paths, illuminating (all).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
KaP 18.74
यदष्टशाखस्य तरोः प्रसूनं चिदम्बुवृद्धस्य समीपजस्य । तपश्छदः संस्थगितस्य पीनं सूक्ष्मोपगं ते वशगं सदैव
yadaṣṭaśākhasya taroḥ prasūnaṃ cidambuvṛddhasya samīpajasya | tapaśchadaḥ saṃsthagitasya pīnaṃ sūkṣmopagaṃ te vaśagaṃ sadaiva
That thick blossom of the eight-branched tree — a tree grown by the water of consciousness, born nearby, covered over by the foliage of ascetic heat — reaching to the subtle, is always subject to you.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
KaP 18.75
अधः समाधाय समीरणस्वनं निरुद्ध्यं चोर्द्धं निशि हंसमध्यतः । हृत्पद्ममध्ये सुमुखीकृतं रजः परन्तु तेजस्तव सर्वदेक्ष्यताम्
adhaḥ samādhāya samīraṇasvanaṃ niruddhyaṃ corddhaṃ niśi haṃsamadhyataḥ | hṛtpadmamadhye sumukhīkṛtaṃ rajaḥ parantu tejastava sarvadekṣyatām
Having settled the sound of the breath below, and checking it above at night from the middle of the 'goose' (haṃsa), the passion (or dust) turned favourably within the lotus of the heart — but let your supreme radiance be seen always.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
KaP 18.76
प्राणायामैः पूरकैः स्तम्भकैर्वा रिक्तैश्चित्रैश्चोदनं यत्पराख्यम् । दृश्यादृश्यं योगिभिस्ते प्रपञ्चाः शुद्धं वृद्धं तत्त्वतस्तेऽस्ति लब्धम्
prāṇāyāmaiḥ pūrakaiḥ stambhakairvā riktaiścitraiścodanaṃ yatparākhyam | dṛśyādṛśyaṃ yogibhiste prapañcāḥ śuddhaṃ vṛddhaṃ tattvataste'sti labdham
That which is called 'supreme', urged on by breath-controls — inhalations, retentions, or emptyings, in various ways — visible and invisible: these manifestations are yours, O yogins; pure and grown great, in truth it has been attained by you.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
KaP 18.77
सूक्ष्मं जगद्व्यापि गुणौघपीनं मृग्यम्बुधेःसाधनसाध्यरूपम् । चौरैर क्षैनोज्झितं नैव नीतं वित्तं तवास्त्यर्थहीनं महेश
sūkṣmaṃ jagadvyāpi guṇaughapīnaṃ mṛgyambudheḥsādhanasādhyarūpam | cauraira kṣainojjhitaṃ naiva nītaṃ vittaṃ tavāstyarthahīnaṃ maheśa
Subtle, pervading the world, swollen with the mass of the qualities, to be sought as (from) an ocean, having the form of both means and end, not carried off by thieves, not abandoned... — such is your wealth, O Maheśa, devoid of (worldly) worth.
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KaP 18.78
न कोपेन न शोकेन न मानेन न दम्भतः । उपयोज्य तु तद्वित्तमन्यथेव विवर्धते
na kopena na śokena na mānena na dambhataḥ | upayojya tu tadvittamanyatheva vivardhate
Not by anger, not by grief, not by pride, not by hypocrisy — but when that wealth is put to use it increases, unlike (ordinary wealth).
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KaP 18.79
मायया मोहितः शम्भो विस्मृतं ते हृदि स्थितम् । मायां भिन्नं परिज्ञाय धारयात्मानमात्मना
māyayā mohitaḥ śambho vismṛtaṃ te hṛdi sthitam | māyāṃ bhinnaṃ parijñāya dhārayātmānamātmanā
Deluded by māyā, O Śambhu, you have forgotten what abides in your own heart; recognising māyā as something distinct (from you), hold the Self by the Self.
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KaP 18.80
मायास्माभिः स्तुता पूर्वं जगदर्थे महेश्वर । तया ध्यानगतं चित्तं बहुयत्नैः प्रसाधितम्
māyāsmābhiḥ stutā pūrvaṃ jagadarthe maheśvara | tayā dhyānagataṃ cittaṃ bahuyatnaiḥ prasādhitam
Māyā was praised by us formerly for the sake of the world, O Maheśvara; by her your mind, absorbed in meditation, was won over with much effort.
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KaP 18.81
शोकः क्रोधश्च लोभश्च कामो मोहः परात्मता । ईर्ष्यामानौ विचिकित्सा कृपासूया जुगुप्सता
śokaḥ krodhaśca lobhaśca kāmo mohaḥ parātmatā | īrṣyāmānau vicikitsā kṛpāsūyā jugupsatā
Grief, anger, greed, desire, delusion, regarding another as oneself, envy and pride, doubt, pity, spite, disgust —
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KaP 18.82
द्वादशैते बुद्धिनाशहेतवो मनसो मलाः । न त्वादृशैर्निषेव्यन्ते शोकं त्यज ततो हर
dvādaśaite buddhināśahetavo manaso malāḥ | na tvādṛśairniṣevyante śokaṃ tyaja tato hara
These twelve are the impurities of the mind, causes of the destruction of intelligence; they are not to be indulged in by such as you. Therefore, O Hara, abandon grief.
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KaP 18.83
।। मार्कण्डेय उवाच ।। इति शाम्ना स्तुत: शम्भुः संस्मृत्यपि स्ववाञ्छितम् । नावदध्रे तदात्मानं शोकात् सत्या विनाकृतः
|| mārkaṇḍeya uvāca || iti śāmnā stuta: śambhuḥ saṃsmṛtyapi svavāñchitam | nāvadadhre tadātmānaṃ śokāt satyā vinākṛtaḥ
Mārkaṇḍeya said: Though Śambhu, praised thus with conciliatory words, did indeed recall his own purpose, he could not then compose himself, being separated from Satī by grief.
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KaP 18.84
अधोमुखः स्थितं वीक्ष्य ब्रह्माणं सः शनैरिदम् । प्राह ब्रह्मन्नायतिगं वद किं करवाण्यहम्
adhomukhaḥ sthitaṃ vīkṣya brahmāṇaṃ saḥ śanairidam | prāha brahmannāyatigaṃ vada kiṃ karavāṇyaham
Seeing Brahmā standing with face downcast, he said this softly: "Brahmā, tell (me) what is not (yet) come about; what shall I do?"
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KaP 18.85
।। मार्कण्डेय उवाच ॥ इत्युक्तो वामदेवेन विधाता सर्वदेवतैः । इदमाह तदेशस्य शोकविध्वंसकं वचः
|| mārkaṇḍeya uvāca || ityukto vāmadevena vidhātā sarvadevataiḥ | idamāha tadeśasya śokavidhvaṃsakaṃ vacaḥ
Mārkaṇḍeya said: Thus addressed by Vāmadeva, the Creator, together with all the gods, spoke this speech to that lord, destructive of grief.
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KaP 18.86
।। ब्रह्मोवाच ।। त्यज शोकं महादेव संस्मृत्यात्मानमात्मना । न त्वं शोकस्य सदनं परं शोकात्तवान्तरम्
|| brahmovāca || tyaja śokaṃ mahādeva saṃsmṛtyātmānamātmanā | na tvaṃ śokasya sadanaṃ paraṃ śokāttavāntaram
Brahmā said: Abandon grief, Mahādeva, remembering yourself by yourself. You are not the abode of grief; your inner self is beyond grief.
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KaP 18.87
सशोके त्वयि भूतेश देवा भूताः ससाध्वसाः । भ्रंशयेज्जगतीं कोपः शोकः सर्वांश्च शोषयेत्
saśoke tvayi bhūteśa devā bhūtāḥ sasādhvasāḥ | bhraṃśayejjagatīṃ kopaḥ śokaḥ sarvāṃśca śoṣayet
When you are grief-stricken, O lord of beings, the gods and the creatures are filled with terror. (Your) anger would cast down the earth, and (your) grief would dry up all beings.
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KaP 18.88
त्वद्वाष्पव्याकुला पृथ्वी विदीर्णा स्यान्न चेच्छनिः । अवजग्राह ते वाष्पं सोऽपि कृष्णोऽभवद् हठात्
tvadvāṣpavyākulā pṛthvī vidīrṇā syānna cecchaniḥ | avajagrāha te vāṣpaṃ so'pi kṛṣṇo'bhavad haṭhāt
Confounded by your tears the earth would be split apart, if Śani had not (checked them); he inhaled your tears, and he too became black by force (of them).
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KaP 18.89
यत्र देवाः सगन्धर्वाः सदा क्रीडन्ति सोत्सुकाः । सुमेरुसदृशो योऽसौ मानतः पर्वतोत्तमः
yatra devāḥ sagandharvāḥ sadā krīḍanti sotsukāḥ | sumerusadṛśo yo'sau mānataḥ parvatottamaḥ
That best of mountains, equal in measure to Sumeru, where the gods along with the gandharvas ever play eagerly—
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KaP 18.90
यस्मिन् प्रविश्य शिशिरे पद्मनालनिभे घनाः । उत्पिबन्ति स्म तोयानि पुष्करावर्तकादयः
yasmin praviśya śiśire padmanālanibhe ghanāḥ | utpibanti sma toyāni puṣkarāvartakādayaḥ
—into which, in the cool season, the clouds, Puṣkara, Āvartaka and the rest, having entered, would drink up the waters, (a mountain) like a lotus-stalk—
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KaP 18.91
मन्दरात् सततं यत्र कुम्भयोनिर्महामुनिः । गत्वा गत्वा तपस्तेपे हिताय जगतो हरः
mandarāt satataṃ yatra kumbhayonirmahāmuniḥ | gatvā gatvā tapastepe hitāya jagato haraḥ
—where the great sage born of a jar (Agastya) and Hara, going again and again from Mandara, practised austerity for the good of the world—
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KaP 18.92
यस्मिन् स्थित्वा गिरौ पूर्वमगस्त्यस्तोयसागरम् । पपौ तपोबलात् कृत्वा करमध्यगतं किल
yasmin sthitvā girau pūrvamagastyastoyasāgaram | papau tapobalāt kṛtvā karamadhyagataṃ kila
—the mountain on which, standing of old, Agastya drank the ocean of water, having brought it into the middle of his palm by the power of his austerity—
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KaP 18.93
शनैश्चरेण ते वोढुमसमर्थेन लोतकैः । क्षिप्तैर्विदारितस्तेऽसौ जलधाराह्वयो गिरिः
śanaiścareṇa te voḍhumasamarthena lotakaiḥ | kṣiptairvidāritaste'sau jaladhārāhvayo giriḥ
That mountain of yours called Jaladhārā was split apart by Śani, who, unable to bear (your tears), hurled lumps (of them).
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KaP 18.94
विभिद्य पर्वतं शम्भो वाष्पास्ते सागरं ययुः । भित्त्वा तु सागरं शीघ्रं प्रभीताण्डजसंकुलम्
vibhidya parvataṃ śambho vāṣpāste sāgaraṃ yayuḥ | bhittvā tu sāgaraṃ śīghraṃ prabhītāṇḍajasaṃkulam
Having split the mountain, O Śambhu, your tears went to the ocean; and having quickly cleft the ocean, thronged with terrified birds,
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KaP 18.95
जग्मुस्ते पूर्वपुलिनं तस्य द्विभिदुश्च ते । भित्वा वेलां ततः पृथ्वीं यिभिद्याशु तरङ्गिणीम्
jagmuste pūrvapulinaṃ tasya dvibhiduśca te | bhitvā velāṃ tataḥ pṛthvīṃ yibhidyāśu taraṅgiṇīm
they went to its eastern shore, and, splitting it in two, having broken the shoreline, they then swiftly cleft the earth and (made) a river,
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KaP 18.96
चक्रुर्वैतरणीं नाम्ना पूर्वसागरगामिनीम् । न नावा न विमानेन न द्रोण्या स्यन्दनेन च
cakrurvaitaraṇīṃ nāmnā pūrvasāgaragāminīm | na nāvā na vimānena na droṇyā syandanena ca
and they made (it) the river named Vaitaraṇī, flowing to the eastern ocean—not by boat, not by aerial car, not by trough nor by chariot
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KaP 18.97
तर्तुं शक्या सा तु नदी तप्ततोयातिभीषणा । दुःखेन तान्तु पृथिवी विभर्ति महताधुना
tartuṃ śakyā sā tu nadī taptatoyātibhīṣaṇā | duḥkhena tāntu pṛthivī vibharti mahatādhunā
is that river able to be crossed, most terrible with its scalding water; and the earth now bears it with great difficulty.
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KaP 18.98
सदा चोर्द्धगतैर्वाष्पैर्विक्षिपन्ती नभश्चरान् । तस्यास्तूपरि नो यान्ति देवा अपि भयातुराः
sadā corddhagatairvāṣpairvikṣipantī nabhaścarān | tasyāstūpari no yānti devā api bhayāturāḥ
And ever hurling away the sky-goers with its upward-rising vapours, even the gods, stricken with fear, do not travel above it.
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KaP 18.99
यमद्वारं परावृत्य योजनद्वयविस्तृता । निम्ना वहति सम्पूर्णा भीषयन्ती जगत्त्रयम्
yamadvāraṃ parāvṛtya yojanadvayavistṛtā | nimnā vahati sampūrṇā bhīṣayantī jagattrayam
Curving round the gate of Yama, two yojanas wide, it flows deep and full, terrifying the three worlds.
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KaP 18.100
त्वन्निःश्वासमरुज्जातैर्व्यस्ता पर्वतकाननाः । समाकुलद्वीपिनागा नाद्यापि प्रतिशेरते
tvanniḥśvāsamarujjātairvyastā parvatakānanāḥ | samākuladvīpināgā nādyāpi pratiśerate
The mountains and forests were scattered by the winds born of your sighing; the leopards and elephants, thrown into confusion, do not lie down to rest even today.
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KaP 18.101
तव निःश्वासजो वायुः पीडयन् जगतः सुखम् । नाद्यापि प्रशमं याति बाधाहीनः सनातनः
tava niḥśvāsajo vāyuḥ pīḍayan jagataḥ sukham | nādyāpi praśamaṃ yāti bādhāhīnaḥ sanātanaḥ
The wind born of your sighing, afflicting the happiness of the world, does not come to rest even today—unimpeded, everlasting.
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KaP 18.102
सतीशवं ते वहतः शीर्यमाणा पदे पदे । नाद्यापि व्याकुला पृथ्वी व्याकुलत्वं विमुञ्चति
satīśavaṃ te vahataḥ śīryamāṇā pade pade | nādyāpi vyākulā pṛthvī vyākulatvaṃ vimuñcati
As you carry Satī's corpse, being crushed at every step, the earth, distraught, even now does not let go of its distress.
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KaP 18.103
न स्वर्गे न च पाताले तत्सत्त्वं विद्यतेऽधुना । यत्ते क्रोधेन शोकेन नाकुलं वृषभध्वज
na svarge na ca pātāle tatsattvaṃ vidyate'dhunā | yatte krodhena śokena nākulaṃ vṛṣabhadhvaja
Neither in heaven nor in the netherworld is there now any being that is not distraught by your anger and your grief, O bull-bannered one.
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KaP 18.104
तस्माच्छोकममर्षञ्च त्यक्त्वा शान्तिं प्रयच्छ नः। आत्मानञ्चात्मना वेत्थ धारयात्मानमात्मना
tasmācchokamamarṣañca tyaktvā śāntiṃ prayaccha naḥ| ātmānañcātmanā vettha dhārayātmānamātmanā
Therefore, abandoning grief and resentment, grant us peace; you know the Self by the Self—uphold the Self by the Self.
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KaP 18.105
सती च दिव्यमानेन व्यतीते शरदां शते । सा च त्रेतायुगस्यादौ भार्या तव भविष्यति
satī ca divyamānena vyatīte śaradāṃ śate | sā ca tretāyugasyādau bhāryā tava bhaviṣyati
And Satī, when a hundred years by the divine reckoning have passed, she will become your wife at the beginning of the Tretā age.
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KaP 18.106
।। मार्कण्डेय उवाच ।। इत्युक्तो वेधसा शम्भुस्तूष्णीं ध्यानपरायणः । अधोमुखस्तदा प्राह ब्रह्माणममितौजसम्
|| mārkaṇḍeya uvāca || ityukto vedhasā śambhustūṣṇīṃ dhyānaparāyaṇaḥ | adhomukhastadā prāha brahmāṇamamitaujasam
Mārkaṇḍeya said: Addressed thus by the Creator, Śambhu, silent and given over to meditation, his face downcast, then spoke to Brahmā of immeasurable power.
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KaP 18.107
।। ईश्वर उवाच ।। यावद् ब्रह्मन्नहं शोकादुत्तरामि सतीकृतान् । तावन्मम सखा भूत्वा कुरु शोकापनोदनम्
|| īśvara uvāca || yāvad brahmannahaṃ śokāduttarāmi satīkṛtān | tāvanmama sakhā bhūtvā kuru śokāpanodanam
The Lord said: Until, O Brahmā, I rise out of the grief caused by Satī, until then be my companion and effect the removal of my grief.
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KaP 18.108
तस्मिन्नवसरे यत्र यत्र गच्छाम्यहं विधे । तत्र तत्र भवान् गत्वा शोकहानिं करोतु मे
tasminnavasare yatra yatra gacchāmyahaṃ vidhe | tatra tatra bhavān gatvā śokahāniṃ karotu me
On that occasion, wherever I go, O Ordainer, there let you go too and bring about the ceasing of my grief.
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KaP 18.109
।। मार्कण्डेय उवाच ।। एवमस्त्विति लोकेश प्रोक्त्वा वृषभवाहनम् । हरेण सार्धं कैलासं गन्तुं चक्रे मनस्ततः
|| mārkaṇḍeya uvāca || evamastviti lokeśa proktvā vṛṣabhavāhanam | hareṇa sārdhaṃ kailāsaṃ gantuṃ cakre manastataḥ
Mārkaṇḍeya said: Having said "So be it" to the bull-rider, the lord of the worlds then set his mind on going to Kailāsa together with Hara.
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KaP 18.110
ब्रह्मणा सहितं शम्भुं कैलासगमनोत्सुकम् । समासेदुर्गणा दृष्ट्वा नन्दिभृंगिमुखाश्च ये
brahmaṇā sahitaṃ śambhuṃ kailāsagamanotsukam | samāsedurgaṇā dṛṣṭvā nandibhṛṃgimukhāśca ye
Seeing Śambhu, accompanied by Brahmā, eager to go to Kailāsa, the troops—Nandin, Bhṛṅgin and the rest—drew near.
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KaP 18.111
ततः पर्वतसंकाशो वृषभ: पुरतो विधेः । उपतस्थे सिताभ्रस्य सदृशो गैरिको यथा
tataḥ parvatasaṃkāśo vṛṣabha: purato vidheḥ | upatasthe sitābhrasya sadṛśo gairiko yathā
Then the bull, resembling a mountain, presented himself before the Ordainer, like a white cloud, as if ochre-coloured.
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KaP 18.112
वासुक्याद्याश्च ये सर्पा यथास्थानञ्च ते हरम् । भूषयांचक्रुरुद्रम्य शिरोबाह्वादिषु द्रुतम्
vāsukyādyāśca ye sarpā yathāsthānañca te haram | bhūṣayāṃcakrurudramya śirobāhvādiṣu drutam
And the serpents, Vāsuki and the others, rising up, quickly adorned Hara, each in its own place, on his head, arms and so forth.
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KaP 18.113
ततो ब्रह्मा च विष्णुश्च महादेवः सतीपतिः । सर्वैः सुरगणैः सार्धं जग्मुः प्रालेयपर्वतम्
tato brahmā ca viṣṇuśca mahādevaḥ satīpatiḥ | sarvaiḥ suragaṇaiḥ sārdhaṃ jagmuḥ prāleyaparvatam
Then Brahmā and Viṣṇu and Mahādeva, Satī's husband, together with all the hosts of gods, went to the mountain of snow.
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KaP 18.114
ततस्तानौषधिप्रस्थान् निःसृत्य नगराद्गिरिः । सर्वैरमात्यैः सहित उपतस्थे सुरोत्तमान्
tatastānauṣadhiprasthān niḥsṛtya nagarādgiriḥ | sarvairamātyaiḥ sahita upatasthe surottamān
Then the mountain, coming out from his city on Auṣadhiprastha, together with all his ministers, waited upon those best of gods.
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KaP 18.115
ततः सम्पूजितास्तेन सुरौघा गिरिणा सह । सचिवैः पौरवर्णैश्च मुमुदुस्ते सुरर्षभाः
tataḥ sampūjitāstena suraughā giriṇā saha | sacivaiḥ pauravarṇaiśca mumuduste surarṣabhāḥ
Then the throngs of gods, honoured by that mountain along with his counsellors and townspeople, those bulls among the gods rejoiced.
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KaP 18.116
ततो ददर्श तत्रैव गिरीन्द्रस्य पुरे हरः । विजयामौषधिप्रस्थे सखीभिर्गौतमात्मजाम्
tato dadarśa tatraiva girīndrasya pure haraḥ | vijayāmauṣadhiprasthe sakhībhirgautamātmajām
Then, right there in the city of the lord of mountains, at Auṣadhiprastha, Hara saw Vijayā, the daughter of Gautama, with her friends.
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KaP 18.117
सापि सर्वान् सुरवरान् प्रणम्य हरमुक्तवान् । चुक्रोश मातृभगिनीं पृच्छन्तीं गिरिशं सतीम्
sāpi sarvān suravarān praṇamya haramuktavān | cukrośa mātṛbhaginīṃ pṛcchantīṃ giriśaṃ satīm
She too, having bowed to all the foremost gods, spoke to Hara; asking Giriśa about Satī, she cried out for her mother's sister.
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KaP 18.118
क्व सती ते महादेव शोभसे न तया विना । विस्मृतापि त्वया तात मद्हृदो नापसर्पति
kva satī te mahādeva śobhase na tayā vinā | vismṛtāpi tvayā tāta madhṛdo nāpasarpati
Where is your Satī, Mahādeva? Without her you have no beauty. Even if she has been forgotten by you, father, she does not go away from my heart.
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KaP 18.119
ममाग्रे सा पुरा प्राणान् यदा त्यजति कोपतः । तदैवाहं शोकशल्यविद्धा नाप्नोमि वै सुखम्
mamāgre sā purā prāṇān yadā tyajati kopataḥ | tadaivāhaṃ śokaśalyaviddhā nāpnomi vai sukham
Ever since she gave up her life-breaths before me out of anger, from that very moment I, pierced by the barb of grief, find no happiness.
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KaP 18.120
इत्युक्त्वा वदनं वस्त्रप्रान्तेनाच्छाद्य सा भृशम् । रुदन्ती प्रापतद्भूमौ कश्मलञ्चाविशत्तदा
ityuktvā vadanaṃ vastraprāntenācchādya sā bhṛśam | rudantī prāpatadbhūmau kaśmalañcāviśattadā
Having said this, covering her face with the edge of her garment, weeping bitterly, she fell to the ground and then sank into a swoon.
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