Kalika Purana — Chapter 36
KaP 36.1
कालिकापुराणम् षट्त्रिंशोऽध्यायः धरादुःखविमोचनम् अथ श्रीकालिका पुराण अध्याय ३६ ।। ऋषय ऊचुः । कथं वराहपुत्रोऽसौ नरको नाम वीर्यवान् । संजातोऽसुरसत्त्वः स देवदेवीसुतोऽपि सन्
kālikāpurāṇam ṣaṭtriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ dharāduḥkhavimocanam atha śrīkālikā purāṇa adhyāya 36 || ṛṣaya ūcuḥ | kathaṃ varāhaputro'sau narako nāma vīryavān | saṃjāto'surasattvaḥ sa devadevīsuto'pi san
The Kālikāpurāṇa, thirty-sixth chapter: the release of the Earth from sorrow. Now the Śrī Kālikā Purāṇa, chapter 36. The sages said: How was that mighty one named Naraka, the son of the Boar, born with the nature of an asura, although he was the son of the god and the goddess?
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KaP 36.2
चिरजीवी कथं सोऽभूत् किमर्थमुदरे चिरम् । पृथिव्यां न्यवसञ्जातः कुत्र वा स महाबलः
cirajīvī kathaṃ so'bhūt kimarthamudare ciram | pṛthivyāṃ nyavasañjātaḥ kutra vā sa mahābalaḥ
How did he become long-lived? Why (was he) long in the womb? And where on earth did he, of great strength, dwell once born?
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KaP 36.3
सोऽसुराणां कथं राजा पुरं तस्य किमाह्वयम् । मलिनीरतिसंजातः स क्षितौ पोत्रिणस्तथा
so'surāṇāṃ kathaṃ rājā puraṃ tasya kimāhvayam | malinīratisaṃjātaḥ sa kṣitau potriṇastathā
How (did) he (become) king of the asuras, and what was his city called? He was begotten upon the impure (menstruous earth) by the passion of the Boar upon the earth—
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KaP 36.4
श्रूयते मुनिशार्दूल कथं भूतस्तथाविधः । एतत्सर्वमशेषेण पृच्छतां त्वं वदस्व नः
śrūyate muniśārdūla kathaṃ bhūtastathāvidhaḥ | etatsarvamaśeṣeṇa pṛcchatāṃ tvaṃ vadasva naḥ
(It) is heard, O tiger among sages—how did such a being come to be? Tell us all this in full, for we ask.
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KaP 36.5
त्वं नो गुरुश्च शास्ता च सर्वं प्रत्यक्षदर्शिवान् । कथं लब्धवरो भूतो ब्रह्मणा प्रभविष्णुणा
tvaṃ no guruśca śāstā ca sarvaṃ pratyakṣadarśivān | kathaṃ labdhavaro bhūto brahmaṇā prabhaviṣṇuṇā
You are our teacher and our instructor, who has seen everything with (your) own eyes: how did (he) obtain a boon from Brahmā, the mighty lord?
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KaP 36.6
।। मार्कण्डेय उवाच ।। शृण्वन्तु मुनयः सर्वे यत् पृष्टोऽहं द्विजोत्तमाः । यथा स नरको जातो धरापुत्रो महासुरः
|| mārkaṇḍeya uvāca || śṛṇvantu munayaḥ sarve yat pṛṣṭo'haṃ dvijottamāḥ | yathā sa narako jāto dharāputro mahāsuraḥ
Mārkaṇḍeya said: Let all the sages hear what I have been asked, O best of the twice-born—how that Naraka, the son of Earth, the great asura, was born.
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KaP 36.7
रजस्वलाया गोत्राया गर्भे वीर्येण पोत्रिणः । यतो यातस्ततोभूतो देवपुत्रोऽपि सोऽसुरः
rajasvalāyā gotrāyā garbhe vīryeṇa potriṇaḥ | yato yātastatobhūto devaputro'pi so'suraḥ
(He was born) in the womb of the menstruous Earth by the seed of the Boar; from whom he came, thence he became—though a son of a god, he (was) an asura.
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KaP 36.8
गर्भसंस्थं महावीरं ज्ञात्वा ब्रह्मादयः सुराः । वराहपुत्रं दुर्धर्षं महाबलपराक्रमम्
garbhasaṃsthaṃ mahāvīraṃ jñātvā brahmādayaḥ surāḥ | varāhaputraṃ durdharṣaṃ mahābalaparākramam
When Brahmā and the (other) gods knew (that he was) set in the womb—a great hero, the son of the Boar, hard to assail, of great strength and prowess—
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KaP 36.9
गर्भ एव तदा देवाः शक्त्या दधुश्चिरं दृढम् । यथा कालेऽपि संप्राप्ते नो गर्भाज्जायते स च
garbha eva tadā devāḥ śaktyā dadhuściraṃ dṛḍham | yathā kāle'pi saṃprāpte no garbhājjāyate sa ca
then the gods held him fast for a long time by (their) power within the womb itself, so that even when the time came he would not be born from the womb.
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KaP 36.10
ततस्त्यक्तशरीरस्तु वराहस्तनयैः सह । अतीव शोकसन्तप्ता जगद्धात्र्यभवत् क्षितिः
tatastyaktaśarīrastu varāhastanayaiḥ saha | atīva śokasantaptā jagaddhātryabhavat kṣitiḥ
Then, when the Boar had laid aside his body together with (his) sons, the Earth, the nurse of the world, became exceedingly scorched with grief.
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KaP 36.11
शोकाकुला सा व्यलपच्चिरकालं मुहुर्मुहुः । प्रकृतिस्था क्षितिर्भूता माधवेन प्रबोधिता
śokākulā sā vyalapaccirakālaṃ muhurmuhuḥ | prakṛtisthā kṣitirbhūtā mādhavena prabodhitā
Overcome with grief she lamented for a long time, again and again; (then) the Earth was restored to her natural state, being awakened (comforted) by Mādhava.
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KaP 36.12
ततः कालेऽपि सम्प्राप्ते दैवशक्त्या यदा धृतः । न गर्भः प्रसवं याति तदाभूत् पीडिता क्षितिः
tataḥ kāle'pi samprāpte daivaśaktyā yadā dhṛtaḥ | na garbhaḥ prasavaṃ yāti tadābhūt pīḍitā kṣitiḥ
Then, when the time had come, since (the embryo) was held back by divine power and the womb did not come to birth, the Earth became afflicted.
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KaP 36.13
कठोरगर्भा सा देवी गर्भभारं न चाशकत् । यदा वोढुं तदा देवं माधवं शरणं गता
kaṭhoragarbhā sā devī garbhabhāraṃ na cāśakat | yadā voḍhuṃ tadā devaṃ mādhavaṃ śaraṇaṃ gatā
That goddess, her womb grown hard, when she could not bear the burden of the womb, then went for refuge to the god Mādhava.
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KaP 36.14
शरण्यं शरणं गत्वा माधवं जगतां पतिम् । प्रणम्य शिरसा देवी वाक्यमेतदुवाच ह
śaraṇyaṃ śaraṇaṃ gatvā mādhavaṃ jagatāṃ patim | praṇamya śirasā devī vākyametaduvāca ha
Having gone for refuge to Mādhava, the giver of refuge, the lord of the worlds, the goddess bowed with her head and spoke these words:
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KaP 36.15
।। पृथिव्युवाच ।। नमस्ते जगदव्यक्तरूप-कारणकारण । प्रधान-पुरुषातीत-स्थित्युत्पत्तिलयात्मक
|| pṛthivyuvāca || namaste jagadavyaktarūpa-kāraṇakāraṇa | pradhāna-puruṣātīta-sthityutpattilayātmaka
The Earth said: Homage to you, whose form is the unmanifest (ground) of the world, cause of causes, you who are beyond primal matter and spirit, whose nature is maintenance, origination and dissolution.
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KaP 36.16
जगन्नियोजनपरः स्वाहाभोगधरोत्तम । जगदानन्दनन्दात्मन् भगवन् जगदीश्वर
jaganniyojanaparaḥ svāhābhogadharottama | jagadānandanandātman bhagavan jagadīśvara
(You who are) intent on directing the world, best upholder of the enjoyment of the svāhā-offering, O self of the joy that delights the world, O Bhagavān, lord of the world!
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KaP 36.17
नियोजको नियोज्यश्च विभ्राजन् विष्णुरव्यय । नमस्तुभ्यं जगद्धातस्त्रिलोकालय विश्वकृत्
niyojako niyojyaśca vibhrājan viṣṇuravyaya | namastubhyaṃ jagaddhātastrilokālaya viśvakṛt
(You are) the director and the directed, shining forth, Viṣṇu the imperishable. Homage to you, upholder of the world, abode of the three worlds, maker of all.
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KaP 36.18
यः पालयति नित्यानि स्थापयत्येव तत्परः । त्वं त्वां नियमरूपेण नमामि जगदीश्वर
yaḥ pālayati nityāni sthāpayatyeva tatparaḥ | tvaṃ tvāṃ niyamarūpeṇa namāmi jagadīśvara
He who protects the eternal (things) and, devoted to that, establishes (them)—you (are he); I bow to you in the form of (cosmic) law, O lord of the world.
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KaP 36.19
त्वं माधवः प्रवेकश्च कामः कामालयो लयः । प्रसूतिच्युतिहेत्वर्थ त्राणकारणमीश्वर
tvaṃ mādhavaḥ pravekaśca kāmaḥ kāmālayo layaḥ | prasūticyutihetvartha trāṇakāraṇamīśvara
You are Mādhava, and the foremost; you are desire, the abode of desire, and dissolution; O you whose purpose is the cause of birth and of passing away, the cause of deliverance, O lord.
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KaP 36.20
न यस्य ते क्लेदाय स्युरापो नोष्मा तथोष्मणे । न शीताय भवेच्छीतं तस्मै तुभ्यं नमो नमः
na yasya te kledāya syurāpo noṣmā tathoṣmaṇe | na śītāya bhavecchītaṃ tasmai tubhyaṃ namo namaḥ
You for whom the waters do not (serve) to wet, nor heat to burn, nor cold to chill—to you, to such a one, homage, homage!
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KaP 36.21
न समुद्रः प्लवकरो न शोषाय दहात्मकः । न मृत्यवे यस्य यमस्तस्मै तुभ्यं नमो नमः
na samudraḥ plavakaro na śoṣāya dahātmakaḥ | na mṛtyave yasya yamastasmai tubhyaṃ namo namaḥ
For whom the ocean does not cause flooding, nor the fiery one (fire) dry up, nor Yama (bring) death—to you, to such a one, homage, homage!
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KaP 36.22
यच्चिद्धार्यं योगिभिः शान्तदेहै-रुन्मार्गाणां यात्यरिध्येयकृत्यम् । नित्यं यद्रूपमार्गावसक्तं स त्वं त्राहि त्राणमिच्छन् धरित्रीम्
yacciddhāryaṃ yogibhiḥ śāntadehai-runmārgāṇāṃ yātyaridhyeyakṛtyam | nityaṃ yadrūpamārgāvasaktaṃ sa tvaṃ trāhi trāṇamicchan dharitrīm
That which is to be held in consciousness by yogis whose bodies are stilled, (that) which goes as the object of meditation and the task ... for those on the wrong path, that (form) whose form is ever fixed upon the path—you being that, save the Earth, who seeks deliverance.
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KaP 36.23
।। मार्कण्डेय उवाच ।। इति स्तुतो हृषीकेश जगद्धात्र्या तदा हरिः । प्रार्दुभूतस्तदा प्राह धरित्रीं दीनमानसाम्
|| mārkaṇḍeya uvāca || iti stuto hṛṣīkeśa jagaddhātryā tadā hariḥ | prārdubhūtastadā prāha dharitrīṃ dīnamānasām
Mārkaṇḍeya said: Thus praised, O Hṛṣīkeśa, by the world's sustainer, Hari then became manifest and spoke to the earth, whose mind was wretched.
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KaP 36.24
।। श्रीभगवानुवाच ।। कथं दीनमना देवि धरित्र परिदेवसे । तव वा किं कृता पीडा वेत्तुमिच्छामि तामहम्
|| śrībhagavānuvāca || kathaṃ dīnamanā devi dharitra paridevase | tava vā kiṃ kṛtā pīḍā vettumicchāmi tāmaham
The Blessed Lord said: Why, O goddess Earth, do you lament with a wretched mind? Or what affliction has been inflicted on you? I wish to know it.
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KaP 36.25
मुखं ते परिशुष्कं तु शरीरं कान्तिवर्जितम् । आकुलं नयनद्वन्द्वं भ्रूविभ्रमविवर्जितम्
mukhaṃ te pariśuṣkaṃ tu śarīraṃ kāntivarjitam | ākulaṃ nayanadvandvaṃ bhrūvibhramavivarjitam
Your face is quite dried up, your body devoid of radiance, your pair of eyes is troubled and bereft of the play of the brows.
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KaP 36.26
ईदृशं तव रूपं तु दृष्टपूर्वं कदापि न । रूपस्य तु विपर्यासे दुःखबीजं च भाषये
īdṛśaṃ tava rūpaṃ tu dṛṣṭapūrvaṃ kadāpi na | rūpasya tu viparyāse duḥkhabījaṃ ca bhāṣaye
Such a form of yours has never been seen before; and when the form is thus reversed, I speak of (there being) a seed of sorrow.
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KaP 36.27
एतच्छ्रुत्वा वचस्तस्य माधवस्य जगत्पतेः । विनयावनता देवी पृथ्वी प्राह सगद्गदम्
etacchrutvā vacastasya mādhavasya jagatpateḥ | vinayāvanatā devī pṛthvī prāha sagadgadam
Hearing this speech of his, of Mādhava the lord of the world, the goddess Pṛthivī, bowed down in humility, spoke with a faltering voice.
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KaP 36.28
।। पृथिव्युवाच ।। न गर्भभारं संवोढुं माधवाहं क्षमाधुना । भृशं नित्यं विषीदामि तस्मात् त्वं त्रातुमर्हसि
|| pṛthivyuvāca || na garbhabhāraṃ saṃvoḍhuṃ mādhavāhaṃ kṣamādhunā | bhṛśaṃ nityaṃ viṣīdāmi tasmāt tvaṃ trātumarhasi
Pṛthivī said: I am not able now, O Mādhava, to carry the burden of the embryo; I am constantly and greatly distressed; therefore you ought to rescue me.
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KaP 36.29
त्वया वराहरूपेण मलिनी कामिता पुरा । तेन कामेन कुक्षौ मे यो गर्भोऽयं त्वयाहितः
tvayā varāharūpeṇa malinī kāmitā purā | tena kāmena kukṣau me yo garbho'yaṃ tvayāhitaḥ
Formerly, in the form of a boar, you made love to Malinī; by that act of love this embryo was placed by you in my womb.
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KaP 36.30
काले प्राप्तेऽपि गर्भोऽयं न प्रच्यवति माधव । कठोरगर्भा तेनाहं पीडितास्मि दिने दिने
kāle prāpte'pi garbho'yaṃ na pracyavati mādhava | kaṭhoragarbhā tenāhaṃ pīḍitāsmi dine dine
Though the time has come, this embryo does not come forth, O Mādhava; with the embryo grown hard, I am pained day by day.
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KaP 36.31
यदि न त्राहि मां देव गर्भदुःखाज्जगत्पते । नचिरादेव यास्यामि मृत्योर्वशमसंशयम्
yadi na trāhi māṃ deva garbhaduḥkhājjagatpate | nacirādeva yāsyāmi mṛtyorvaśamasaṃśayam
If you do not save me, O god, lord of the world, from the pain of this embryo, before long I shall without doubt go into the power of death.
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KaP 36.32
कयापि नेदृशो गर्भः पूर्वं माधव वै धृतः । योऽचलां चालयति मां सरसीमिव कुञ्जरः
kayāpi nedṛśo garbhaḥ pūrvaṃ mādhava vai dhṛtaḥ | yo'calāṃ cālayati māṃ sarasīmiva kuñjaraḥ
Never before has such an embryo been borne by anyone, O Mādhava — one that shakes me, the unshakable, as an elephant shakes a pond.
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KaP 36.33
एतच्छ्रुत्वा वचस्तस्याः पृथिव्याः पृथिवीपतिः । आह्लादयन् प्रत्युवाच हरिस्तप्तां लतामिव
etacchrutvā vacastasyāḥ pṛthivyāḥ pṛthivīpatiḥ | āhlādayan pratyuvāca haristaptāṃ latāmiva
Hearing this speech of hers, of the Earth, Hari, the lord of the earth, replied, gladdening her as (rain gladdens) a scorched creeper.
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KaP 36.34
।। श्रीभगवानुवाच ।। न धरे ते महद्दुःखं चिरस्थायी भविष्यति । शृणु येन प्रकारेण चानुभूतमिदं त्वया
|| śrībhagavānuvāca || na dhare te mahadduḥkhaṃ cirasthāyī bhaviṣyati | śṛṇu yena prakāreṇa cānubhūtamidaṃ tvayā
The Blessed Lord said: O Earth-bearer, this great pain of yours will not be long-lasting. Hear by what manner this has been experienced by you.
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KaP 36.35
मलिन्या सहसङ्गेन यो गर्भः सन्धृतस्त्वया । सोऽभूदसुरसत्त्वस्तु घृष्टेः पुत्रोऽपि दारुणः
malinyā sahasaṅgena yo garbhaḥ sandhṛtastvayā | so'bhūdasurasattvastu ghṛṣṭeḥ putro'pi dāruṇaḥ
The embryo that was conceived by you through union with Malinī became an asura-being, and, though a son, a cruel one, of Ghṛṣṭi.
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KaP 36.36
ज्ञात्वा तस्य च वृत्तान्तं गर्भस्य द्रुहिणादयः । दैवीभिः शक्तिभिर्बद्धस्तव कुक्षौ तु तत् पुरः
jñātvā tasya ca vṛttāntaṃ garbhasya druhiṇādayaḥ | daivībhiḥ śaktibhirbaddhastava kukṣau tu tat puraḥ
And knowing the account of that embryo, Brahmā and the others bound it beforehand in your womb with divine powers.
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KaP 36.37
सर्गादौ यदि जायेत भवत्यास्तादृशः सुतः । भ्रंशयेत् सकलान् लोकांस्त्रीनिमान् ससुरासुरान्
sargādau yadi jāyeta bhavatyāstādṛśaḥ sutaḥ | bhraṃśayet sakalān lokāṃstrīnimān sasurāsurān
If such a son of yours were born at the beginning of creation, he would cast down all these three worlds together with gods and asuras.
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KaP 36.38
अतस्तस्य बलं वीर्यं ज्ञात्वा ब्रह्मादयः सुराः । प्राक्सृष्टिकाले ते गर्भं तथा धूर्जगतां कृते
atastasya balaṃ vīryaṃ jñātvā brahmādayaḥ surāḥ | prāksṛṣṭikāle te garbhaṃ tathā dhūrjagatāṃ kṛte
Therefore, knowing his strength and valour, the gods led by Brahmā (bound) that embryo at the earlier time of creation, for the sake of the burden of the worlds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
KaP 36.39
अष्टाविंशतितमे प्राप्ते आदिसर्गाच्चतुर्युगे । त्रेतायुगस्य मध्ये तु सुतं त्वं जनयिष्यसि
aṣṭāviṃśatitame prāpte ādisargāccaturyuge | tretāyugasya madhye tu sutaṃ tvaṃ janayiṣyasi
When the twenty-eighth caturyuga from the first creation has arrived, in the middle of the Tretā age, you will give birth to the son.
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KaP 36.40
यावत् सत्ययुगं याति त्रेतार्थं च वरानने । तावद् वह महागर्भं दत्तः कालो मया तव
yāvat satyayugaṃ yāti tretārthaṃ ca varānane | tāvad vaha mahāgarbhaṃ dattaḥ kālo mayā tava
As long as the Satya age lasts, and half of the Tretā, O fair-faced one, so long carry the great embryo: this time has been fixed by me for you.
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KaP 36.41
न यावज्जायते धात्रि गर्भस्ते ह्यतिदारुणः । तावद् गर्भवती दुःखं न त्वं प्राप्स्यसि भामिनी
na yāvajjāyate dhātri garbhaste hyatidāruṇaḥ | tāvad garbhavatī duḥkhaṃ na tvaṃ prāpsyasi bhāminī
As long as that most terrible embryo of yours is not born, O sustainer, so long, though pregnant, you will not suffer pain, O lovely one.
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KaP 36.42
।। मार्कण्डेय उवाच ।। इत्युक्त्वा भगवान् विष्णुः पृथिवीं गर्भिणीं तदा । नाभौ पस्पर्श दयितां शङ्खाग्रेणातिपीडिताम्
|| mārkaṇḍeya uvāca || ityuktvā bhagavān viṣṇuḥ pṛthivīṃ garbhiṇīṃ tadā | nābhau pasparśa dayitāṃ śaṅkhāgreṇātipīḍitām
Mārkaṇḍeya said: Having said this, the blessed Viṣṇu then touched with the tip of his conch the navel of his beloved, the pregnant Earth, who was greatly afflicted.
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KaP 36.43
सा स्पृष्टा विष्णुणा पृथ्वी शरीरं लघु चासदत् । गर्भेऽपि लघिमानं सा प्रापातीव सुखप्रदम्
sā spṛṣṭā viṣṇuṇā pṛthvī śarīraṃ laghu cāsadat | garbhe'pi laghimānaṃ sā prāpātīva sukhapradam
Touched by Viṣṇu, that Earth found her body light; even with the child in her she attained a lightness that was exceedingly pleasant.
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KaP 36.44
अगर्भा यादृशी नारी तादृशी साप्यजायत । धृतगर्भाप मुदिता सा बभूव जगत्प्रसूः
agarbhā yādṛśī nārī tādṛśī sāpyajāyata | dhṛtagarbhāpa muditā sā babhūva jagatprasūḥ
She became just like a woman who bears no child; though carrying the child she grew glad, she, the mother of the world.
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KaP 36.45
ततः पुनरिदं वाक्यमुक्त्वा स भगवान् क्षितिम् । पुनः प्रसादयामास सामभिर्बहुभिश्च ताम्
tataḥ punaridaṃ vākyamuktvā sa bhagavān kṣitim | punaḥ prasādayāmāsa sāmabhirbahubhiśca tām
Then that Lord, having spoken this speech again to the Earth, once more conciliated her with many soothing words.
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KaP 36.46
जगद्धात्रि महासत्वे त्वं धृतिर्धारणात्मिका । सर्वेषां धारणाद्देवि त्वं धात्रीति प्रगीयसे
jagaddhātri mahāsatve tvaṃ dhṛtirdhāraṇātmikā | sarveṣāṃ dhāraṇāddevi tvaṃ dhātrīti pragīyase
"O bearer of the world, of great strength, you are steadfastness, whose nature is upholding; because you uphold all, O goddess, you are celebrated as 'Dhātrī' (the sustainer)."
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KaP 36.47
क्षमा यस्माज्जगद्धर्तुं शक्ता क्षान्तियुतात्र यत् । सर्वं वसु त्वयि न्यस्तं यस्माद्वसुमती ततः
kṣamā yasmājjagaddhartuṃ śaktā kṣāntiyutātra yat | sarvaṃ vasu tvayi nyastaṃ yasmādvasumatī tataḥ
"Since you are able to bear the world, being endowed with patience here, (you are called) Kṣamā; and since all wealth is deposited in you, therefore (you are) Vasumatī."
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KaP 36.48
तद्दुःखं त्यज पुत्रस्ते यदा संजायते तदा । माँ स्मरिष्यसि देवि त्वं पुत्रं ते पालयाम्यहम्
tadduḥkhaṃ tyaja putraste yadā saṃjāyate tadā | mā~ smariṣyasi devi tvaṃ putraṃ te pālayāmyaham
"So give up that sorrow. When your son is born, then, O goddess, you shall remember me; I will protect your son."
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KaP 36.49
इदं रहस्यं कुत्रापि न प्रकाश्यं त्वया धरे । यन्मया कथितं देवि रहस्यं परमं परम्
idaṃ rahasyaṃ kutrāpi na prakāśyaṃ tvayā dhare | yanmayā kathitaṃ devi rahasyaṃ paramaṃ param
"This secret is nowhere to be revealed by you, O Earth — what has been told by me, O goddess, is a secret supreme beyond the supreme."
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KaP 36.50
गर्भस्तव महाभागे त्रेतायामध्यभागतः । उत्पत्स्यते वीरे रावणे रामसंज्ञिना
garbhastava mahābhāge tretāyāmadhyabhāgataḥ | utpatsyate vīre rāvaṇe rāmasaṃjñinā
"Your child, O greatly fortunate one, will be born in the middle portion of the Tretā age, when the hero Rāvaṇa (lives), through the one named Rāma."
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KaP 36.51
।। मार्कण्डेय उवाच ।। इत्युक्त्वा भगवान् विष्णुस्तत्रैवान्तरधीयत । आज्ञाप्य पृथिवीं देवीं गर्भभारप्रपीडिताम्
|| mārkaṇḍeya uvāca || ityuktvā bhagavān viṣṇustatraivāntaradhīyata | ājñāpya pṛthivīṃ devīṃ garbhabhāraprapīḍitām
Mārkaṇḍeya said: Having spoken thus, and having given his command to the goddess Earth, who was oppressed by the burden of her child, the Lord Viṣṇu vanished on that very spot.
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KaP 36.52
धरापि कुशला क्षामा लघुकाया बलैर्युता । अगर्भेव ययौ देवी मुदा परमया युता
dharāpi kuśalā kṣāmā laghukāyā balairyutā | agarbheva yayau devī mudā paramayā yutā
And the Earth too, well, slender, light of body, endowed with strength, went off like one bearing no child, the goddess, filled with the highest joy.
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