Kalika Purana — Chapter 19
KaP 19.1
कालिकापुराणम् एकोनविंशोऽध्यायः सन्ध्यातपश्चरणम् कालिका पुराण अध्याय १९ ।। मार्कण्डेय उवाच ।। ततस्तां पतितां दृष्ट्वा तदा दाक्षायणीं स्मरन् । न शशाक हवै सोढुं शोकमुद्वेगसम्भवम्
kālikāpurāṇam ekonaviṃśo'dhyāyaḥ sandhyātapaścaraṇam kālikā purāṇa adhyāya 19 || mārkaṇḍeya uvāca || tatastāṃ patitāṃ dṛṣṭvā tadā dākṣāyaṇīṃ smaran | na śaśāka havai soḍhuṃ śokamudvegasambhavam
Kālikāpurāṇa, chapter nineteen: the performance of Sandhyā's austerities. Kālikā Purāṇa, chapter 19. Mārkaṇḍeya said: Then, seeing her fallen, remembering Dākṣāyaṇī at that moment, he was unable to bear the grief that arose from his agitation.
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KaP 19.2
भ्रष्टधैर्यस्ततः शम्भुर्वाष्पव्याकुललोचनः । पश्यतां सर्वदेवानां चिन्ताध्यानपरोऽभवत्
bhraṣṭadhairyastataḥ śambhurvāṣpavyākulalocanaḥ | paśyatāṃ sarvadevānāṃ cintādhyānaparo'bhavat
Then Śambhu, his composure broken, his eyes clouded with tears, in the sight of all the gods became lost in brooding thought.
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KaP 19.3
अथाश्वास्य तदा धाता विजयां शोककर्षिताम् । हरमाश्वासयन् सान्त्वपूर्वमेतदुवाच ह
athāśvāsya tadā dhātā vijayāṃ śokakarṣitām | haramāśvāsayan sāntvapūrvametaduvāca ha
Then the Creator, having first consoled Vijayā, who was wasted with grief, comforting Hara, spoke this with soothing words.
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KaP 19.4
।। ब्रह्मोवाच ।। पुराणयोगिन् भगवन्न शोकस्तव युज्यते । परधानि तव ध्यानमासीत् कस्मात् स्त्रियामिह
|| brahmovāca || purāṇayogin bhagavanna śokastava yujyate | paradhāni tava dhyānamāsīt kasmāt striyāmiha
Brahmā said: O ancient yogin, O Lord, grief is not fitting for you. Your meditation was set upon the highest; why is it here upon a woman?
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KaP 19.5
प्रभविष्णुः परः शान्तः सूक्ष्मः स्थूलतरः सदा । तव स्वभावश्च कथं शोकेन बहुधाकृतः
prabhaviṣṇuḥ paraḥ śāntaḥ sūkṣmaḥ sthūlataraḥ sadā | tava svabhāvaśca kathaṃ śokena bahudhākṛtaḥ
(You are) the mighty one, supreme, tranquil, subtle, ever grosser than the gross — and how has your own nature been made manifold by grief?
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KaP 19.6
निरञ्जनं ध्यानगम्यं यतीनां परात्परं निर्मलं सर्वगामि । मलैर्हीनं रागलोभादिभिर्यत् तत् ते रूपं त्वद्भूयों तद् गृह्ण बुद्ध्या
nirañjanaṃ dhyānagamyaṃ yatīnāṃ parātparaṃ nirmalaṃ sarvagāmi | malairhīnaṃ rāgalobhādibhiryat tat te rūpaṃ tvadbhūyoṃ tad gṛhṇa buddhyā
Unblemished, reached by meditation of ascetics, higher than the highest, stainless, all-pervading, free from the taints of passion, greed and the rest — that is your form; take hold of it again with your understanding.
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KaP 19.7
शोको लोभः क्रोधमोहौ च हिंसा मानो दम्भो मदमोहप्रमोदाः । ईर्ष्यासूयाक्षान्तिरसत्यता च चतुर्दश ज्ञाननाशा हि दोषाः
śoko lobhaḥ krodhamohau ca hiṃsā māno dambho madamohapramodāḥ | īrṣyāsūyākṣāntirasatyatā ca caturdaśa jñānanāśā hi doṣāḥ
Grief, greed, anger and delusion, violence, pride, hypocrisy, intoxication, bewilderment and elation, envy, spite, impatience and untruthfulness: these are the fourteen faults that destroy knowledge.
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KaP 19.8
ध्यानेन त्वां योगिनश्चिन्तयन्ति त्वं विष्णुरूपी जगतां विधाता । या ते महामोहकरी सतीति तवैव सा लोकमोहाय माया
dhyānena tvāṃ yoginaścintayanti tvaṃ viṣṇurūpī jagatāṃ vidhātā | yā te mahāmohakarī satīti tavaiva sā lokamohāya māyā
Yogins contemplate you in meditation; you, having Viṣṇu's form, are the ordainer of the worlds. She who works great delusion upon you as Satī — she is your very own māyā, for the deluding of the world.
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KaP 19.9
या सर्वलोकाञ्जननेऽथ गर्भे विमोहयन्ती पूर्वदेहस्य बुद्धिम् । विनाश्य बाल्यं कुरुते हि जन्तो-र्विमोहयत्यद्य सा त्वं सशोकम्
yā sarvalokāñjanane'tha garbhe vimohayantī pūrvadehasya buddhim | vināśya bālyaṃ kurute hi janto-rvimohayatyadya sā tvaṃ saśokam
She who, at the birth of all beings, in the womb, deluding the mind's memory of the former body and destroying it, brings about a creature's infancy — it is she who today deludes you, sunk in grief.
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KaP 19.10
सतीसहस्राणि पुरोज्झितानि त्वया मृतानि प्रतिकल्पमेवम् । हिताय लोकस्य चराचरस्य पुनर्गृहीता च तथा त्वयेयम्
satīsahasrāṇi purojjhitāni tvayā mṛtāni pratikalpamevam | hitāya lokasya carācarasya punargṛhītā ca tathā tvayeyam
Thousands of Satīs, abandoned by you before, have died in just this way in kalpa after kalpa; and for the good of the world, moving and unmoving, she has been taken by you again.
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KaP 19.11
भवान्तरे ध्यानयोगेन पश्य सतीसहस्राणि मृतानि यानि । यथा तथा त्वं परिवर्जितश्च यथास्ति सा वा वृषराजकेतो
bhavāntare dhyānayogena paśya satīsahasrāṇi mṛtāni yāni | yathā tathā tvaṃ parivarjitaśca yathāsti sā vā vṛṣarājaketo
See by the yoga of meditation, in another birth, those thousands of Satīs that have died — how you were bereft, and how she is, O you whose emblem is the lord of bulls.
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KaP 19.12
यतः समुत्पद्य मुहुर्भवन्तं सा प्राप्स्यतीश त्रिदशैदुरापम् । पुनश्चजाया यादृशी ते भवित्री तत्तत् सर्वं ध्यानयोगेन पश्य
yataḥ samutpadya muhurbhavantaṃ sā prāpsyatīśa tridaśaidurāpam | punaścajāyā yādṛśī te bhavitrī tattat sarvaṃ dhyānayogena paśya
How, being born again, she will presently obtain you, O Lord, hard for the thirty gods to obtain, and what sort of wife she will again become for you — all that see by the yoga of meditation.
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KaP 19.13
।। मार्कण्डेय उवाच ॥ एवं बहुविधं ब्रह्मा व्याहरत् साम शङ्करम् । गिरिराजपुरात्तस्माद्गमयामास निर्जनम्
|| mārkaṇḍeya uvāca || evaṃ bahuvidhaṃ brahmā vyāharat sāma śaṅkaram | girirājapurāttasmādgamayāmāsa nirjanam
Mārkaṇḍeya said: Thus in many ways Brahmā spoke conciliating words to Śaṅkara, and made him go from that city of the mountain-king to a solitary place.
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KaP 19.14
ततो हिमवतः प्रस्थे प्रतीच्यां तत्पुरस्य च । शिप्रं नाम सरः पूर्णं ददृशुर्दुहिणादयः
tato himavataḥ prasthe pratīcyāṃ tatpurasya ca | śipraṃ nāma saraḥ pūrṇaṃ dadṛśurduhiṇādayaḥ
Then on a plateau of Himavat, to the west of that city, Brahmā and the others saw a full lake named Śiprā.
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KaP 19.15
तद्रहस्थानमासाद्य ब्रह्मशक्रादयः सुराः । उपविष्टा यथान्यायं पुरस्कृत्य महेश्वरम्
tadrahasthānamāsādya brahmaśakrādayaḥ surāḥ | upaviṣṭā yathānyāyaṃ puraskṛtya maheśvaram
Reaching that secluded spot, the gods, Brahmā, Śakra and the rest, sat down in proper order, with Maheśvara placed in front.
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KaP 19.16
तं शिप्रसंज्ञं कासारं मनोज्ञं सर्वदेहिनाम् । शीतामलजलं सर्वैर्गुणैर्मानससम्मितम् । दृष्ट्वा क्षणं हरस्तस्मिन् सोत्सुकोऽभूदवेक्षणे
taṃ śiprasaṃjñaṃ kāsāraṃ manojñaṃ sarvadehinām | śītāmalajalaṃ sarvairguṇairmānasasammitam | dṛṣṭvā kṣaṇaṃ harastasmin sotsuko'bhūdavekṣaṇe
Seeing that lake called Śiprā, pleasing to all embodied beings, with cool clear water, in all its qualities a match for Mānasa, Hara for a moment became eager to gaze upon it.
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KaP 19.17
शिप्रां नाम नदीं तस्मान्निः सृतां दक्षिणोदधिम् । गच्छन्तीञ्च ददर्शासौ पावयन्तीं जगज्जनान्
śiprāṃ nāma nadīṃ tasmānniḥ sṛtāṃ dakṣiṇodadhim | gacchantīñca dadarśāsau pāvayantīṃ jagajjanān
He saw the river named Śiprā, issuing from it and going to the southern ocean, purifying the people of the world.
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KaP 19.18
तत्सरः पूर्णमासाद्य चरतः शकुनान् बहून् । नानादेशागताञ्छम्भुर्वीक्षाञ्चक्रे मनोरमान्
tatsaraḥ pūrṇamāsādya carataḥ śakunān bahūn | nānādeśāgatāñchambhurvīkṣāñcakre manoramān
Having come to that brimming lake, Śambhu looked upon the many birds moving about there, delightful, arrived from various regions.
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KaP 19.19
गम्भीरपवनोद्धतिसम्पन्नेषु विराजितः । कोकद्वन्द्वांस्तरङ्गेषु ददर्श नृत्यतो यथा
gambhīrapavanoddhatisampanneṣu virājitaḥ | kokadvandvāṃstaraṅgeṣu dadarśa nṛtyato yathā
Seated there, he saw pairs of cakravāka birds upon the waves raised up by the strong deep wind, as though dancing.
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KaP 19.20
मद्गुचञ्चषु सम्पृक्तांस्तरङ्गान् सः पृथक् पृथक् । वीक्षाञ्चक्रे यथा तोयादुत्पतत्पतगान् मुहुः
madgucañcaṣu sampṛktāṃstaraṅgān saḥ pṛthak pṛthak | vīkṣāñcakre yathā toyādutpatatpatagān muhuḥ
He gazed at the waves caught in the beaks of the diving birds, each one separately, and at the birds flying up again and again from the water.
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KaP 19.21
कादम्बैः सारसैर्हसैः श्रेणीभूतैस्तटे तटे । भङ्गीकृतैर्यथा शङ्खैः सागरस्तादृशं सरः
kādambaiḥ sārasairhasaiḥ śreṇībhūtaistaṭe taṭe | bhaṅgīkṛtairyathā śaṅkhaiḥ sāgarastādṛśaṃ saraḥ
With kādamba geese, sārasa cranes and swans formed into rows on bank after bank, that lake was like the ocean with conches arranged in curving lines.
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KaP 19.22
महामीनाहतिक्षुब्धैस्तोयशब्दोत्थसाध्वसैः। पक्षिभिर्विहितैः शब्दस्तत्र तत्र मनोहरम्
mahāmīnāhatikṣubdhaistoyaśabdotthasādhvasaiḥ| pakṣibhirvihitaiḥ śabdastatra tatra manoharam
With (waters) stirred by the striking of great fish, with alarms arising from the sound of the water, and with the cries made by birds, (the lake was) charming here and there.
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KaP 19.23
प्रफुल्लैः पङ्कजैश्चैव क्वचिर्ज्जालर्मनोहरैः । सरो रेजे यथा स्वर्गे नक्षत्रैः स्थूलसूक्ष्मकैः
praphullaiḥ paṅkajaiścaiva kvacirjjālarmanoharaiḥ | saro reje yathā svarge nakṣatraiḥ sthūlasūkṣmakaiḥ
And with blossoming lotuses, in places charming with their clusters, the lake shone as (the sky) shines in heaven with stars both large and small.
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KaP 19.24
महोत्पलानां मध्येषु विरलं नीलमुत्पलम् । रेजे नक्षत्रमध्येषु नीलनीरदखण्डवत्
mahotpalānāṃ madhyeṣu viralaṃ nīlamutpalam | reje nakṣatramadhyeṣu nīlanīradakhaṇḍavat
Amid the great lotuses a sparse blue lotus shone like a patch of dark cloud amid the stars.
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KaP 19.25
पद्मसङ्घात- मध्यस्था हंसा: कैश्चिन्न संस्तुताः । प्रफुल्लपङ्कजभ्रान्त्या निश्चलाः स्वर्गवासिभिः
padmasaṅghāta- madhyasthā haṃsā: kaiścinna saṃstutāḥ | praphullapaṅkajabhrāntyā niścalāḥ svargavāsibhiḥ
The geese standing motionless amid the mass of lotuses were not recognized by some dwellers of heaven, who mistook them for opened lotuses.
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KaP 19.26
द्विधा दृष्ट्वा शोणशुक्ले पद्मे फुल्ले विधिः स्वके । कायेऽरुणत्वं फुल्लत्वं स्वासनाब्जे निनिन्द च
dvidhā dṛṣṭvā śoṇaśukle padme phulle vidhiḥ svake | kāye'ruṇatvaṃ phullatvaṃ svāsanābje nininda ca
Seeing the two kinds of opened lotuses, red and white, Vidhi (Brahmā) blamed the redness in his own body and the blossoming in the lotus that is his own seat.
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KaP 19.27
फुल्लं महोत्पलं वीक्ष्य सरसस्तस्य शङ्करः । मौलीन्दुकान्तिमलिनं हस्तस्थं नोत्पलं ममे
phullaṃ mahotpalaṃ vīkṣya sarasastasya śaṅkaraḥ | maulīndukāntimalinaṃ hastasthaṃ notpalaṃ mame
Seeing the great lotus of that lake in bloom, Śaṅkara did not value the lotus in his hand, dimmed as it was by the radiance of the moon on his crest.
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KaP 19.28
हरे: स्वचक्रसूर्यांशुफुल्लं हस्तगताम्बुजम् । सरः पद्मञ्च सदृशं मेने वीक्ष्य समन्ततः
hare: svacakrasūryāṃśuphullaṃ hastagatāmbujam | saraḥ padmañca sadṛśaṃ mene vīkṣya samantataḥ
Hari, looking all around, thought the lotus in his hand—opened by the sun-rays of his own discus—and the lake's lotus to be alike.
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KaP 19.29
तत्सरो वीक्ष्य सम्पूर्णं नानापक्षिसमाकुलम् । पद्मिनीशतसञ्छन्नं नीलोत्पलचयैर्वृतम्
tatsaro vīkṣya sampūrṇaṃ nānāpakṣisamākulam | padminīśatasañchannaṃ nīlotpalacayairvṛtam
Seeing that lake full, crowded with birds of many kinds, covered over by hundreds of lotus-clusters, encircled by masses of blue lotuses,
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KaP 19.30
देवदारुतरूणाञ्च तटस्थानां प्रसूनजैः । परागैर्वासितजलं हृदयानन्दकारकम्
devadārutarūṇāñca taṭasthānāṃ prasūnajaiḥ | parāgairvāsitajalaṃ hṛdayānandakārakam
its water perfumed by the pollen born of the blossoms of the deodar trees standing on its banks, causing delight to the heart,
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KaP 19.31
तीरे तीरे महावृक्षैः शाद्वलैः परिवारितम् । दृष्ट्वा शम्भुः क्षणं तत्र सोत्सुकः शोकवर्जितः । शिप्रामालोकयामास निःसृतां सरसस्ततः
tīre tīre mahāvṛkṣaiḥ śādvalaiḥ parivāritam | dṛṣṭvā śambhuḥ kṣaṇaṃ tatra sotsukaḥ śokavarjitaḥ | śiprāmālokayāmāsa niḥsṛtāṃ sarasastataḥ
encircled on every shore by great trees and by grassy lawns—having seen (it), Śambhu, eager for a moment there and freed of sorrow, gazed at the Śiprā that had issued from that lake.
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KaP 19.32
यथेन्दुमण्डलद् गङ्गा मेरोर्जाम्बूनदी यथा । तथा दृष्ट्वा महेशेन शिप्रा शिप्राद्विनिःसृता
yathendumaṇḍalad gaṅgā merorjāmbūnadī yathā | tathā dṛṣṭvā maheśena śiprā śiprādviniḥsṛtā
As the Gaṅgā (flows) from the orb of the moon, as the Jāmbūnadī from Meru, so, when Maheśa looked, the Śiprā issued forth from (the lake) Śiprā.
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KaP 19.33
।। ऋषय ऊचुः ।। शिप्राह्वयः कः कासारः कथं शिप्रा ततः सृता । कीदृशोऽस्य प्रभावश्च तत् समाचक्ष्व विस्तरात्
|| ṛṣaya ūcuḥ || śiprāhvayaḥ kaḥ kāsāraḥ kathaṃ śiprā tataḥ sṛtā | kīdṛśo'sya prabhāvaśca tat samācakṣva vistarāt
The sages said: What is this lake named Śiprā? How did the Śiprā flow forth from it? And of what sort is its power? Tell that in full.
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KaP 19.34
।। मार्कण्डेय उवाच ।। शृण्वन्तु मुनयः सर्वे यथा शिप्रा नदी सृता । शिप्रस्य च महाभागाः प्रभावं गदतो मम
|| mārkaṇḍeya uvāca || śṛṇvantu munayaḥ sarve yathā śiprā nadī sṛtā | śiprasya ca mahābhāgāḥ prabhāvaṃ gadato mama
Mārkaṇḍeya said: Let all you sages listen, O greatly blessed ones, as I tell how the river Śiprā flowed forth, and the power of Śipra.
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KaP 19.35
वसिष्ठेन यदा देवी परिणीता त्वरुन्धती । तदा वैवाहिकैस्तोयैः शिप्रासिन्धुर भूद्विजाः
vasiṣṭhena yadā devī pariṇītā tvarundhatī | tadā vaivāhikaistoyaiḥ śiprāsindhura bhūdvijāḥ
When the goddess Arundhatī was wedded by Vasiṣṭha, then, O twice-born, from the waters of the wedding the Śiprā river came to be.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 19.36
सा समागत्य पतिता शिप्रे सरसि शासनात् । यथा मन्दाकिनी विष्णुपादादब्धौ शिवोदका
sā samāgatya patitā śipre sarasi śāsanāt | yathā mandākinī viṣṇupādādabdhau śivodakā
Having come, she fell by (divine) command into the lake Śipra, as the Mandākinī with her auspicious water (falls) from Viṣṇu's foot into the ocean.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 19.37
ब्रह्मविष्णुमहादेवैस्तोयं सिक्तं तयोः पुरा । विवाहे शान्तिविहितं गायत्रीद्रुपदादिभिः
brahmaviṣṇumahādevaistoyaṃ siktaṃ tayoḥ purā | vivāhe śāntivihitaṃ gāyatrīdrupadādibhiḥ
Formerly, at the wedding of those two, water was sprinkled by Brahmā, Viṣṇu, and Mahādeva, made propitiatory with the Gāyatrī, the Drupada verses, and the rest.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 19.38
एकीभूतन्तु तत्तोयं मानसाचलकन्दरात् । तत् सर्वं पतितं शिप्रे कासारे सागरोपमे
ekībhūtantu tattoyaṃ mānasācalakandarāt | tat sarvaṃ patitaṃ śipre kāsāre sāgaropame
That water, become one (stream), came from a cavern of Mount Mānasa, and all of it fell into the lake Śipra, which was like the ocean.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 19.39
देवानामुपभोगार्थं पुरा धात्रा विनिर्मितम् । सर: शिप्राह्वयं सानौ प्रालेयस्य गिरेर्महत्
devānāmupabhogārthaṃ purā dhātrā vinirmitam | sara: śiprāhvayaṃ sānau prāleyasya girermahat
Formerly the great lake named Śiprā was fashioned by the Creator on a ridge of the snowy mountain, for the enjoyment of the gods.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 19.40
तत्राद्यापि सुनासीर: सहितश्चाप्सरोगणैः । शचीसहायो रमते प्रसन्ने सलिले शुभे
tatrādyāpi sunāsīra: sahitaścāpsarogaṇaiḥ | śacīsahāyo ramate prasanne salile śubhe
There even today Sunāsīra (Indra), together with the throngs of apsarases and accompanied by Śacī, takes his pleasure in the clear, auspicious water.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 19.41
तद्देवैः सर्वदा यत्नाद्रक्ष्यतेऽद्यापि रत्नवत् । न तत्र मानुषः कश्चिद् यातुं शक्नोति योऽमुनिः
taddevaiḥ sarvadā yatnādrakṣyate'dyāpi ratnavat | na tatra mānuṣaḥ kaścid yātuṃ śaknoti yo'muniḥ
That is guarded with effort by the gods at all times, even today, like a jewel; no human being who is not a sage is able to go there.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 19.42
तपः प्रभावान्मुनयः प्रयान्ति सरसीं शुभाम् । शिप्राख्यान्तु महायनात् स्नातुं पातुञ्च तज्जलम्
tapaḥ prabhāvānmunayaḥ prayānti sarasīṃ śubhām | śiprākhyāntu mahāyanāt snātuṃ pātuñca tajjalam
By the power of their austerity the sages go to that auspicious lake known as Śiprā, along the great road, to bathe and to drink its water.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 19.43
तत्र स्नात्वा च पीत्वा च मनुष्याः दैवयोगतः । अवश्यममरत्वाय गच्छन्त्यविकलेन्द्रियाः
tatra snātvā ca pītvā ca manuṣyāḥ daivayogataḥ | avaśyamamaratvāya gacchantyavikalendriyāḥ
Having bathed and drunk there, men, by the conjunction of destiny, inevitably go to immortality with their faculties unimpaired.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 19.44
वृद्धिं गच्छति वर्षासु सरो नैतद्विजोत्तमाः । न ग्रीष्मे शोषतां याति सर्वदा तद्यथा तथा
vṛddhiṃ gacchati varṣāsu saro naitadvijottamāḥ | na grīṣme śoṣatāṃ yāti sarvadā tadyathā tathā
This lake does not swell in the rainy season, O best of the twice-born, nor does it go dry in summer: it is always just as it is.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 19.45
तत्र तत् पतितं तोयं वसिष्ठोद्वाहसम्भवम् । ब्रह्मविष्णुमहादेवकरपद्मैरुदीरितम्
tatra tat patitaṃ toyaṃ vasiṣṭhodvāhasambhavam | brahmaviṣṇumahādevakarapadmairudīritam
There that water fell, arisen from the wedding of Vasiṣṭha, poured out by the lotus-hands of Brahmā, Viṣṇu and Mahādeva.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 19.46
ववृधे शिप्रगर्भस्थमन्वहं द्विजसत्तमाः । तत्र वृद्धन्तु तत्तोयञ्चक्रेण च हरिः पुरा
vavṛdhe śipragarbhasthamanvahaṃ dvijasattamāḥ | tatra vṛddhantu tattoyañcakreṇa ca hariḥ purā
Lying within the womb of the Śiprā, it grew day by day, O best of the twice-born; and when that water there had swelled, Hari long ago, with his discus,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 19.47
गिरेः शृङ्गं विनिर्भिद्य लोकानां हितकाम्यया । पृथिवीं प्रेरयामास कृत्वा पुण्यतमां नदीम्
gireḥ śṛṅgaṃ vinirbhidya lokānāṃ hitakāmyayā | pṛthivīṃ prerayāmāsa kṛtvā puṇyatamāṃ nadīm
splitting open the peak of the mountain out of a wish for the welfare of the worlds, made it a most holy river and sent it forth over the earth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 19.48
परिवृत्य महेन्द्रं सा पुनाना स्नानकारिणः । दक्षिणं सागरं याता फलंदा जाह्नवी समा
parivṛtya mahendraṃ sā punānā snānakāriṇaḥ | dakṣiṇaṃ sāgaraṃ yātā phalaṃdā jāhnavī samā
Having circled Mahendra, purifying those who bathe (in her), she went to the southern ocean, bestowing fruit equal to that of the Jāhnavī.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 19.49
शिप्राख्यात् सरसो यस्मान्निःसृता सा महानदी । अतः शिप्रेति तन्नाम पुरैव ब्रह्मणा कृतम्
śiprākhyāt saraso yasmānniḥsṛtā sā mahānadī | ataḥ śipreti tannāma puraiva brahmaṇā kṛtam
Because that great river issued forth from the lake named Śiprā, therefore its name is Śiprā, made long before by Brahmā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 19.50
कार्तिक्यां पौर्णमास्यां तु तस्यां यः स्नाति मानवः । स याति विष्णुसदनं विमानेनातिदीप्यता
kārtikyāṃ paurṇamāsyāṃ tu tasyāṃ yaḥ snāti mānavaḥ | sa yāti viṣṇusadanaṃ vimānenātidīpyatā
And the man who bathes in her on the full-moon day of Kārttika goes to Viṣṇu's abode in an exceedingly brilliant celestial car.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 19.51
कार्तिकं सकलं मासं स्नात्वा शिप्राजले नरः । प्रयाति ब्रह्मसदनं पश्चान्मोक्षमवाप्नुयात्
kārtikaṃ sakalaṃ māsaṃ snātvā śiprājale naraḥ | prayāti brahmasadanaṃ paścānmokṣamavāpnuyāt
A man who bathes in the water of the Śiprā for the whole month of Kārttika goes to Brahmā's abode, and afterwards would attain liberation.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 19.52
।। ऋषय ऊचुः । वसिष्ठेन कथं देवी परिणीता त्वरुन्धती । कस्य सा तनया ब्रह्मन्नुत्पन्ना वा वदस्व नः
|| ṛṣaya ūcuḥ | vasiṣṭhena kathaṃ devī pariṇītā tvarundhatī | kasya sā tanayā brahmannutpannā vā vadasva naḥ
The sages said: How was the goddess Arundhatī married by Vasiṣṭha? Whose daughter was she, or how was she born? Tell us, O brahman.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 19.53
पतिव्रतासु प्रथिता त्रिषु लोकेषु या वरा । भर्तृपादौ विनान्यत्र या न चक्षुः प्रदास्यति
pativratāsu prathitā triṣu lokeṣu yā varā | bhartṛpādau vinānyatra yā na cakṣuḥ pradāsyati
She who is renowned among faithful wives, who is the best in the three worlds, who casts her eye nowhere else but on her husband's feet,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 19.54
यस्या: स्मृत्वा कथामात्रं माहात्म्यसहितं स्त्रियः । प्रेत्येह च सतीत्वं वै प्राप्नुवन्त्यन्यजन्मनि
yasyā: smṛtvā kathāmātraṃ māhātmyasahitaṃ striyaḥ | pretyeha ca satītvaṃ vai prāpnuvantyanyajanmani
by merely recalling whose story together with (an account of) her greatness women surely attain chastity here, after death, and in another birth—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 19.55
आसन्नकालधर्मो यां न पश्यति तथा शुचिः । पुरुषः पापकारी च तस्या जन्म वदस्व नः
āsannakāladharmo yāṃ na paśyati tathā śuciḥ | puruṣaḥ pāpakārī ca tasyā janma vadasva naḥ
whom one whose death is at hand does not see, and likewise the pure man and the doer of evil—tell us of her birth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
KaP 19.56
।। मार्कण्डेय उवाच ।। शृणुध्वं सा यथा जाता यस्य वा तनया शुभा । यथावाप वसिष्ठं सा यथाभूता प्रतिव्रता
|| mārkaṇḍeya uvāca || śṛṇudhvaṃ sā yathā jātā yasya vā tanayā śubhā | yathāvāpa vasiṣṭhaṃ sā yathābhūtā prativratā
Mārkaṇḍeya said: Hear how that auspicious woman was born, or whose daughter she was, how she obtained Vasiṣṭha, and how she became devoted to her husband.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 19.57
या सा सन्ध्या ब्रह्मसुता मनोजाता पुराभवत् । तपस्तप्त्वा तनुं त्यक्त्वा सैव भूता त्वरुन्धती
yā sā sandhyā brahmasutā manojātā purābhavat | tapastaptvā tanuṃ tyaktvā saiva bhūtā tvarundhatī
She who long ago was Sandhyā, Brahmā's daughter, born of his mind—she, having performed austerity and abandoned that body, became Arundhatī,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 19.58
मेधातिथेः सुता भूत्वा मुनिश्रेष्ठस्य सा सती । ब्रह्मविष्णुमहेशानां वचनाच्चरितव्रता । वव्रे पतिं महात्मानं वसिष्ठं संशितव्रतम्
medhātitheḥ sutā bhūtvā muniśreṣṭhasya sā satī | brahmaviṣṇumaheśānāṃ vacanāccaritavratā | vavre patiṃ mahātmānaṃ vasiṣṭhaṃ saṃśitavratam
becoming the daughter of Medhātithi, the best of sages; that chaste woman, having carried out her vow at the word of Brahmā, Viṣṇu and Maheśa, chose as husband the great-souled Vasiṣṭha of strict vows.
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KaP 19.59
।। ऋषय ऊचुः । कथं तया तपस्तप्तं किमर्थं कुत्र सन्ध्यया । कथं शरीरं सा त्यक्त्वा भूता मेधातिथेः सुता
|| ṛṣaya ūcuḥ | kathaṃ tayā tapastaptaṃ kimarthaṃ kutra sandhyayā | kathaṃ śarīraṃ sā tyaktvā bhūtā medhātitheḥ sutā
The sages said: How was the austerity performed by her, by Sandhyā? For what purpose, and where? How did she abandon her body and become the daughter of Medhātithi?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 19.60
कथं वा गदितं देवैर्ब्रह्मविष्णुशिवैः पतिम् । वसिष्ठं सुमहात्मानं सा वव्रे संशितव्रतम्
kathaṃ vā gaditaṃ devairbrahmaviṣṇuśivaiḥ patim | vasiṣṭhaṃ sumahātmānaṃ sā vavre saṃśitavratam
And how was he spoken of as her husband by the gods Brahmā, Viṣṇu and Śiva—the greatly noble Vasiṣṭha of strict vows, whom she chose?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 19.61
तन्नः सर्वं समाचक्ष्व विस्तरेण द्विजोत्तम । एतन्नः श्रोष्यमाणानां चरितं द्विजसत्तम । अरुन्धत्या महासत्याः परं कौतुहलं महत्
tannaḥ sarvaṃ samācakṣva vistareṇa dvijottama | etannaḥ śroṣyamāṇānāṃ caritaṃ dvijasattama | arundhatyā mahāsatyāḥ paraṃ kautuhalaṃ mahat
Tell us all that at length, O best of the twice-born. As we are about to hear this history of Arundhatī, the great chaste woman, O best of the twice-born, our curiosity is exceedingly great.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 19.62
।। मार्कण्डेय उवाच ।। ब्रह्मापि तनयां सन्ध्यां दृष्ट्वा पूर्वमथात्मनः । कामाय मानसञ्चक्रे त्यक्ता सा च सुतेति वै
|| mārkaṇḍeya uvāca || brahmāpi tanayāṃ sandhyāṃ dṛṣṭvā pūrvamathātmanaḥ | kāmāya mānasañcakre tyaktā sā ca suteti vai
Markandeya said: Brahma too, formerly, on seeing Sandhya his own daughter, set his mind upon desire (for her), and she too was abandoned (by him) with the thought "she is my daughter."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
KaP 19.63
तस्यांच चलितं चित्तं कामवाणविलोडितम् । ऋषीणां प्रेक्षतां तेषां मानसानां महात्मनाम्
tasyāṃca calitaṃ cittaṃ kāmavāṇaviloḍitam | ṛṣīṇāṃ prekṣatāṃ teṣāṃ mānasānāṃ mahātmanām
And her mind too was unsettled, stirred by the arrow of desire, while those great-souled sages, the mind-born (sons), looked on.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 19.64
भर्गस्य वचनं श्रुत्वा सोपहासविधिं प्रति । आत्मनश्चलचित्तत्वममर्यादमृषीन् प्रति
bhargasya vacanaṃ śrutvā sopahāsavidhiṃ prati | ātmanaścalacittatvamamaryādamṛṣīn prati
Having heard the words of Bharga (Shiva), which were by way of mockery, (and having recognised) her own fickleness of mind, improper towards the sages—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
KaP 19.65
कामस्य तादृशं भावं मुनिमोहकरं मुहुः । दृष्ट्वा सन्ध्या स्वयं तत्र त्रपामायाति दुःखिता
kāmasya tādṛśaṃ bhāvaṃ munimohakaraṃ muhuḥ | dṛṣṭvā sandhyā svayaṃ tatra trapāmāyāti duḥkhitā
—and seeing there such a nature of Kama, repeatedly bewildering the sages, Sandhya herself, grieved, came to shame.
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KaP 19.66
ततस्तु ब्रह्मा शप्ते मदने तदनन्तरम् । अन्तर्भूते विधौ शम्भौ गते चापि निजास्पदम्
tatastu brahmā śapte madane tadanantaram | antarbhūte vidhau śambhau gate cāpi nijāspadam
Then, after Kama had been cursed by Brahma, immediately after that, when the Ordainer (Brahma) had vanished and Shambhu too had gone to his own abode,
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KaP 19.67
अमर्षवशमापन्ना सन्ध्या ध्यानपराभवत् । ध्यायन्ती क्षणमेवाशु पूर्ववृत्तं मनस्विनी
amarṣavaśamāpannā sandhyā dhyānaparābhavat | dhyāyantī kṣaṇamevāśu pūrvavṛttaṃ manasvinī
Sandhya, fallen under the sway of indignation, became given over to reflection; the thoughtful woman, meditating for just a moment, quickly (recalled) what had happened before.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 19.68
इदं विममृशे सन्ध्या तस्मिन् काले यथोचितम् । उत्पन्नमात्रां मां दृष्ट्वा युवतीं मदनेरितः । अकार्षीत् सानुरागोऽयमभिलाषं पितामहः
idaṃ vimamṛśe sandhyā tasmin kāle yathocitam | utpannamātrāṃ māṃ dṛṣṭvā yuvatīṃ madaneritaḥ | akārṣīt sānurāgo'yamabhilāṣaṃ pitāmahaḥ
Sandhya reflected thus, as was fitting at that time: "Seeing me a young woman the very instant I was born, this grandsire (Brahma), impelled by Kama and filled with passion, formed a longing (for me).
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KaP 19.69
सर्वेषां मानसानाञ्च मुनीनां भावितात्मनाम् । दृष्टैव माममर्यादं सकाममभवन् मनः
sarveṣāṃ mānasānāñca munīnāṃ bhāvitātmanām | dṛṣṭaiva māmamaryādaṃ sakāmamabhavan manaḥ
"And the minds of all the mind-born sages, of disciplined selves, became lustful, improperly, at the mere sight of me.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 19.70
ममापि मथितं चित्तं मदनेन दुरात्मना । येन दृष्ट्वा मुनीन् सर्वान् चलितं मे मनोभृशम्
mamāpi mathitaṃ cittaṃ madanena durātmanā | yena dṛṣṭvā munīn sarvān calitaṃ me manobhṛśam
"My mind too was churned by evil-natured Kama, whereby, on seeing all the sages, my mind was greatly shaken.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 19.71
फलमेतस्य पापस्य मदनः स्वयमाप्तवान् । स्वयं शशाप कुपितः शम्भोरग्रे पितामहः
phalametasya pāpasya madanaḥ svayamāptavān | svayaṃ śaśāpa kupitaḥ śambhoragre pitāmahaḥ
"The fruit of this sin Kama himself has obtained: the grandsire himself, angered, cursed (him) before Shambhu.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 19.72
ममोचितं फलं सर्वं प्राप्तुमिच्छामि साम्प्रतम्
mamocitaṃ phalaṃ sarvaṃ prāptumicchāmi sāmpratam
"I wish now to obtain in full the fruit that is fitting for me.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 19.73
यन्मां पिता भ्रातरश्च सकामामपरोक्षतः । दृष्ट्वा चक्रुः स्पृहां तस्मान्न मत्तः काऽपि पापकृत्
yanmāṃ pitā bhrātaraśca sakāmāmaparokṣataḥ | dṛṣṭvā cakruḥ spṛhāṃ tasmānna mattaḥ kā'pi pāpakṛt
"Since my father and my brothers, seeing me lustful right before them, felt desire (for me), therefore no woman is a greater doer of evil than I.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 19.74
ममापि कामभावोऽभूदमर्यादं समीक्ष्य तान् । पत्याविव स्वके ताते सर्वेषु सहजेष्वपि
mamāpi kāmabhāvo'bhūdamaryādaṃ samīkṣya tān | patyāviva svake tāte sarveṣu sahajeṣvapi
"In me too there arose a state of desire, improperly, on looking at them—at my own father and at all my brothers as though at a husband.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 19.75
करिष्याम्यस्य पापस्य प्रायश्चित्तमहं स्वयम् । आत्मानमग्नौ होष्यामि वेदमार्गानुसारतः
kariṣyāmyasya pāpasya prāyaścittamahaṃ svayam | ātmānamagnau hoṣyāmi vedamārgānusārataḥ
"I shall myself perform the expiation for this sin: I shall offer myself into the fire, following the way of the Veda.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 19.76
किन्त्वेकां स्थापयिष्यामि मर्यादामिह भूतले । उत्पन्नमात्रा न यथा सकामाः स्युः शरीरिणः
kintvekāṃ sthāpayiṣyāmi maryādāmiha bhūtale | utpannamātrā na yathā sakāmāḥ syuḥ śarīriṇaḥ
"But I shall establish one rule here on earth, so that embodied beings shall not be lustful the moment they are born.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 19.77
एतदर्थमहं कृत्वा तपः परमदारुणम् । मर्यादां स्थापयित्वैव पश्चात्त्यक्ष्यामि जीवितम्
etadarthamahaṃ kṛtvā tapaḥ paramadāruṇam | maryādāṃ sthāpayitvaiva paścāttyakṣyāmi jīvitam
"For this purpose I, having performed most terrible austerity and having established the rule, shall afterwards give up my life.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 19.78
यस्मिञ्छरीरे पित्रा मे ह्यभिलाषः स्वयं कृतः । भ्रातृभिस्तेन कायेन किञ्चिन्नास्ति प्रयोजनम्
yasmiñcharīre pitrā me hyabhilāṣaḥ svayaṃ kṛtaḥ | bhrātṛbhistena kāyena kiñcinnāsti prayojanam
"With that body in which a longing was formed by my father himself and by my brothers, there is no use whatever.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 19.79
येन स्वेन शरीरेण ताते च सहजे स्वके । उद्भावितः कामभावो न तत्सुकृतसाधकम्
yena svena śarīreṇa tāte ca sahaje svake | udbhāvitaḥ kāmabhāvo na tatsukṛtasādhakam
"That body of mine by which a state of desire was aroused towards my own father and my own brother is no means of merit."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 19.80
इति सञ्चिन्त्य मनसा सन्ध्या शैलवरं ततः। जगाम चन्द्रभागाख्यं चन्द्रभागा यतः सृता
iti sañcintya manasā sandhyā śailavaraṃ tataḥ| jagāma candrabhāgākhyaṃ candrabhāgā yataḥ sṛtā
Having thus reflected in her mind, Sandhya then went to the best of mountains, called Candrabhaga, from which the Candrabhaga (river) flowed forth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 19.81
तया स शैलैः समधिष्ठितः तदा सुवर्णगौर्या सुसमप्रभाभृता । सोमेन सन्ध्यासमयोदितेन यथोदयाद्रिर्विरराज शश्वत्
tayā sa śailaiḥ samadhiṣṭhitaḥ tadā suvarṇagauryā susamaprabhābhṛtā | somena sandhyāsamayoditena yathodayādrirvirarāja śaśvat
Occupied then by her, golden-fair and bearing a radiance quite equal (to his own), that mountain shone perpetually as the mountain of sunrise (shines) with the moon risen at the twilight hour.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain