Kalika Purana — Chapter 4

KaP 4.1

कालिकापुराणम् चतुर्थोऽध्यायः वसन्तोत्पत्तिः अथ कालिका पुराण अध्याय ४ ।। मार्कण्डेय उवाच ।। ततः प्रभृति धातापि यदैवान्तर्हितः पुरा । चिन्तयामास सततं शम्भुवाक्यविनिंदितः

kālikāpurāṇam caturtho'dhyāyaḥ vasantotpattiḥ atha kālikā purāṇa adhyāya 4 || mārkaṇḍeya uvāca || tataḥ prabhṛti dhātāpi yadaivāntarhitaḥ purā | cintayāmāsa satataṃ śambhuvākyaviniṃditaḥ

The Kālikā Purāṇa, fourth chapter: The Origin of Spring. Now the Kālikā Purāṇa, chapter 4. Mārkaṇḍeya said: From that time onward the Creator too, ever since he had vanished of old, reproached by Śambhu's words, kept thinking continually:

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KaP 4.2

कान्ताभिलाषमात्रं मे दृष्ट्वा शम्भुरगर्हयत् । मुनीनां पुरतः कस्मात् स दारान् संग्रहीष्यति

kāntābhilāṣamātraṃ me dṛṣṭvā śambhuragarhayat | munīnāṃ purataḥ kasmāt sa dārān saṃgrahīṣyati

"Merely seeing my desire for a beautiful woman, Śambhu censured me before the sages; why then will he himself take a wife?

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KaP 4.3

का वा भवित्री तंज्जाया का च तन्मनसि स्थिता । योगमार्गमवज्ञाप्य तस्य मोहं करिष्यति

kā vā bhavitrī taṃjjāyā kā ca tanmanasi sthitā | yogamārgamavajñāpya tasya mohaṃ kariṣyati

And who will become his wife, and who is it that dwells in his mind, who, causing him to disregard the path of yoga, will bring about his infatuation?"

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KaP 4.4

मन्मथोऽपि समर्थो नो भविष्यत्यस्य मोहने । नितान्तयोगी वामानां नामापि सहते न सः ॥ श्रीकालिकापुराणे वसन्तोत्पत्तिर्नाम चतुर्थोध्यायः

manmatho'pi samartho no bhaviṣyatyasya mohane | nitāntayogī vāmānāṃ nāmāpi sahate na saḥ || śrīkālikāpurāṇe vasantotpattirnāma caturthodhyāyaḥ

"Even Manmatha will not be able to delude him; being an utter yogin, he does not endure even the name of women." — In the glorious Kālikāpurāṇa, the fourth chapter, called "The Origin of Spring."

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KaP 4.5

अगृहीतेषु दारेषु हरेषु कथमादितः । मध्येऽन्ते च भवेत् सृष्टिस्तद्वधो न न्यकारितः

agṛhīteṣu dāreṣu hareṣu kathamāditaḥ | madhye'nte ca bhavet sṛṣṭistadvadho na nyakāritaḥ

So long as Hara has taken no wife, how should creation come to be at the beginning, in the middle, and at the end? (And) the slaying of them was not set aside.

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KaP 4.6

केचिद्भविष्यन्ति भुवि मया बध्या महाबलाः । केचिद्विष्णोबाधनीयाः केचिच्छम्भोरुपायतः

kecidbhaviṣyanti bhuvi mayā badhyā mahābalāḥ | kecidviṣṇobādhanīyāḥ kecicchambhorupāyataḥ

Some mighty ones will come to be on earth who are to be slain by me, some are to be struck down by Viṣṇu, some by Śambhu's agency.

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KaP 4.7

संसारविमुखे शम्भौ तद्विकारविरागिणो । अस्मादृते न कर्मान्यत् करिष्यति न संशयः

saṃsāravimukhe śambhau tadvikāravirāgiṇo | asmādṛte na karmānyat kariṣyati na saṃśayaḥ

Since Śambhu has turned away from the round of existence and is indifferent to its changes, without this (device) he will perform no other action — of that there is no doubt.

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KaP 4.8

चिन्तयिन्निति लोकेशो ब्रह्मा लोकपितामहः । पुनर्द्ददर्श भूमिस्थान् दक्षादीन् वियति स्थितः

cintayinniti lokeśo brahmā lokapitāmahaḥ | punarddadarśa bhūmisthān dakṣādīn viyati sthitaḥ

Thinking thus, Brahmā, the lord of worlds, the grandfather of the worlds, standing in the sky, looked again at Dakṣa and the others who stood on the earth.

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KaP 4.9

रतिद्वितीयं मदनं मोदयुक्तं निरीक्ष्य च । पुनस्तत्र गतःप्राह सान्त्वयन् पुष्पसायकम्

ratidvitīyaṃ madanaṃ modayuktaṃ nirīkṣya ca | punastatra gataḥprāha sāntvayan puṣpasāyakam

And having seen Madana, with Rati as his companion, filled with delight, he went there again and spoke, consoling the flower-arrowed one.

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KaP 4.10

।। ब्रह्मोवाच ।। अनया सहचारिण्या शोभसे त्वं मनोभव । एषा च भवता पत्या युक्ता संशोभते भृशम्

|| brahmovāca || anayā sahacāriṇyā śobhase tvaṃ manobhava | eṣā ca bhavatā patyā yuktā saṃśobhate bhṛśam

Brahmā said: With this companion you are radiant, O mind-born one; and she, joined with you as her husband, shines exceedingly.

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KaP 4.11

यथा श्रिया हृषीकेशो यथा तेन हरिप्रिया । क्षणदा विधुना युक्ता तया युक्तो यथा विधुः

yathā śriyā hṛṣīkeśo yathā tena haripriyā | kṣaṇadā vidhunā yuktā tayā yukto yathā vidhuḥ

As Hṛṣīkeśa (shines) with Śrī, as Hari's beloved with him, as the night joined with the moon, and as the moon joined with her,

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KaP 4.12

तथैव युवयोः शोभा दाम्पत्यञ्च पुरस्कृतम् । अतस्त्वं जगतः केतुर्विश्वकेतुर्भविष्यसि

tathaiva yuvayoḥ śobhā dāmpatyañca puraskṛtam | atastvaṃ jagataḥ keturviśvaketurbhaviṣyasi

just such is the splendour of you two, and your wedded union is held foremost. Therefore you shall be the banner of the world, the banner of the universe.

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KaP 4.13

जगद्धिताय वत्स त्वं मोहयस्व पिनाकिनम् । यथा सुखमनाः शम्भुः कुर्य्याद्दारपरिग्रहम्

jagaddhitāya vatsa tvaṃ mohayasva pinākinam | yathā sukhamanāḥ śambhuḥ kuryyāddāraparigraham

For the good of the world, child, delude the bearer of the Pināka, so that Śambhu, his mind made happy, may take a wife.

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KaP 4.14

विजनेऽस्मिन् वनोद्देशे पर्वतेषु सरित्सु च । यत्र यत्र प्रयातीशस्तत्रतत्रानयासह

vijane'smin vanoddeśe parvateṣu saritsu ca | yatra yatra prayātīśastatratatrānayāsaha

In this uninhabited forest tract, on the mountains and by the rivers — wherever the Lord goes, there, together with her,

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KaP 4.15

मोहयस्व यतात्मानं वनिताविमुखं हरम् । त्वदृते विद्यते नान्यः कश्चिदस्य विमोहकः

mohayasva yatātmānaṃ vanitāvimukhaṃ haram | tvadṛte vidyate nānyaḥ kaścidasya vimohakaḥ

delude Hara, the self-restrained, who is averse to women. Apart from you there exists no other who can delude him.

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KaP 4.16

भूते हरे सानुरागे भवतोऽपि मनोभव । शापोपशान्तिर्भविता तस्मादात्महितं कुरु

bhūte hare sānurāge bhavato'pi manobhava | śāpopaśāntirbhavitā tasmādātmahitaṃ kuru

When Hara has become filled with passion, there will be an end to your curse too, O mind-born one; therefore do what is for your own good.

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KaP 4.17

सानुरागो वरारोहां यदीच्छति मनोभव । तदा तवोपभोगाय स त्वां सम्भावयिष्यति

sānurāgo varārohāṃ yadīcchati manobhava | tadā tavopabhogāya sa tvāṃ sambhāvayiṣyati

If, filled with passion, he desires a fair-hipped woman, O mind-born one, then he will show you favour, for your enjoyment.

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KaP 4.18

तस्माज्जगद्धिताय त्वं यतस्व हरमोहने । विश्वस्य भव केतुस्त्वं मोहयित्वा महेश्वरम्

tasmājjagaddhitāya tvaṃ yatasva haramohane | viśvasya bhava ketustvaṃ mohayitvā maheśvaram

Therefore, for the good of the world, exert yourself in deluding Hara; by deluding Maheśvara, become the banner of the universe.

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KaP 4.19

।। मार्कण्डेय उवाच ।। इति श्रुत्वा वचस्तस्य ब्रह्मणः परमात्मनः । उवाच मन्मथस्तथ्यं ब्रह्माणं जगतो हितम्

|| mārkaṇḍeya uvāca || iti śrutvā vacastasya brahmaṇaḥ paramātmanaḥ | uvāca manmathastathyaṃ brahmāṇaṃ jagato hitam

Mārkaṇḍeya said: Having heard that speech of Brahmā, the supreme Self, Manmatha spoke to Brahmā words that were true and beneficial to the world.

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KaP 4.20

।। मन्मथ उवाच ।। करिष्येऽहं तव विभो वचनाच्छम्भुमोहनम् । किन्तु योषिन्महास्त्रं मे तत्र कान्तां प्रभो सृज

|| manmatha uvāca || kariṣye'haṃ tava vibho vacanācchambhumohanam | kintu yoṣinmahāstraṃ me tatra kāntāṃ prabho sṛja

Manmatha said: I shall, O mighty one, at your word, bring about the deluding of Śambhu; but, O lord, create there for me a beloved woman, my great weapon.

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KaP 4.21

मया सम्मोहिते शम्भौ यया तस्यानुमोहनम् । कार्यं मनोरमां रामां तां निदेशय लोकभृत्

mayā sammohite śambhau yayā tasyānumohanam | kāryaṃ manoramāṃ rāmāṃ tāṃ nideśaya lokabhṛt

When Śambhu has been fully deluded by me, appoint that charming woman by whom the further deluding of him is to be done, O upholder of the worlds.

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KaP 4.22

तामहं नहि पश्यामि यया तस्यानुमोहनम् । कर्तव्यमधुना धातस्तत्रोपायं तथा कुरु

tāmahaṃ nahi paśyāmi yayā tasyānumohanam | kartavyamadhunā dhātastatropāyaṃ tathā kuru

I do not see her by whom his further deluding is now to be accomplished; O creator, so make the means for that.

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KaP 4.23

।। मार्कण्डेय उवाच ।। एवं वादिनि कन्दर्पे धाता लोकपितामहः । कुर्यां सन्मोहनीं योषामिति चिन्तां जगाम ह

|| mārkaṇḍeya uvāca || evaṃ vādini kandarpe dhātā lokapitāmahaḥ | kuryāṃ sanmohanīṃ yoṣāmiti cintāṃ jagāma ha

Mārkaṇḍeya said: When Kandarpa spoke thus, the creator, the grandfather of the worlds, fell to pondering: "Let me make a truly bewitching woman."

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KaP 4.24

चिन्ताविष्टस्य तस्याथ निःश्वासो यो विनिःसृतः । तस्माद्वसन्तः संजातः पुष्पव्रातविभूषितः

cintāviṣṭasya tasyātha niḥśvāso yo viniḥsṛtaḥ | tasmādvasantaḥ saṃjātaḥ puṣpavrātavibhūṣitaḥ

Then, as he was sunk in thought, the sigh that went out from him — from that Spring came into being, adorned with a multitude of flowers.

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KaP 4.25

चूताङ्कुरान् मुकुलितान् विभ्रद्भ्रमरसंहतिम् । किंशुकान् सारसान् रेजे प्रफुल्ल इव पादपाः

cūtāṅkurān mukulitān vibhradbhramarasaṃhatim | kiṃśukān sārasān reje praphulla iva pādapāḥ

Bearing budding mango shoots and a swarm of bees, (and) kiṃśuka and sārasa (blossoms), he shone like trees in full bloom.

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KaP 4.26

शोणराजीवसंकाशः फुल्लतामरसेक्षणः । सन्ध्योदिताखण्डशशिप्रतिमास्यः सुनासिकः

śoṇarājīvasaṃkāśaḥ phullatāmarasekṣaṇaḥ | sandhyoditākhaṇḍaśaśipratimāsyaḥ sunāsikaḥ

Resembling a red lotus, with eyes like an opened lotus, with a face like the unbroken moon risen at twilight, with a handsome nose,

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KaP 4.27

शङ्खवच्छ्रवणावर्तः श्यामकुञ्चितमूर्द्धजः । सन्ध्यांशुमालिसदृश-कुण्डलद्वयमण्डितः

śaṅkhavacchravaṇāvartaḥ śyāmakuñcitamūrddhajaḥ | sandhyāṃśumālisadṛśa-kuṇḍaladvayamaṇḍitaḥ

with the whorls of his ears like conches, with dark curling hair, adorned with a pair of earrings like the garlanded rays of twilight,

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KaP 4.28

प्रमत्तमातङ्गगतिर्विस्तीर्णहृदयस्थलः। पीनस्थूलायतभुजः कठोरकरयुग्मकः

pramattamātaṅgagatirvistīrṇahṛdayasthalaḥ| pīnasthūlāyatabhujaḥ kaṭhorakarayugmakaḥ

with the gait of a rutting elephant, with a broad expanse of chest, with plump, thick, long arms, with a pair of firm hands,

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KaP 4.29

सुवृत्तोरुकटीजङ्घः कम्बुग्रीवोन्नतांशकः । गूढजत्रुःपीनवक्षाः सम्पूर्णः सर्वलक्षणैः

suvṛttorukaṭījaṅghaḥ kambugrīvonnatāṃśakaḥ | gūḍhajatruḥpīnavakṣāḥ sampūrṇaḥ sarvalakṣaṇaiḥ

with well-rounded thighs, hips and shanks, with a neck like a conch and raised shoulders, with hidden collarbones and a full chest, complete in all (auspicious) marks —

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KaP 4.30

तादृशेऽथ समुत्पन्ने सम्पूर्णे कुसुमाकरे । ववौ वायुः स सुरभिः पादपा अपि पुष्पिताः

tādṛśe'tha samutpanne sampūrṇe kusumākare | vavau vāyuḥ sa surabhiḥ pādapā api puṣpitāḥ

Now when such a one, the perfect Flower-Time (Spring), had arisen, the wind blew fragrant, and the trees too came into blossom.

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KaP 4.31

पिकाश्च नेदुः शतश: पञ्चमं मधुरस्वनाः । प्रफुल्लपद्मा अभवन् सरस्यः पुष्टपुष्कराः

pikāśca neduḥ śataśa: pañcamaṃ madhurasvanāḥ | praphullapadmā abhavan sarasyaḥ puṣṭapuṣkarāḥ

And cuckoos, sweet-voiced, cried out the fifth note by the hundreds; the lakes became full of blossoming lotuses, with their pools abundant.

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KaP 4.32

तमुत्पन्नमवेक्ष्याथ तथा तादृसमुत्तमम् । हिरण्यगर्भो मदनं जगाद मधुरं वचः

tamutpannamavekṣyātha tathā tādṛsamuttamam | hiraṇyagarbho madanaṃ jagāda madhuraṃ vacaḥ

Then, seeing him so arisen, excellent as he was, Hiraṇyagarbha spoke sweet words to Madana.

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KaP 4.33

।। ब्रह्मोवाच ।। एष मन्मथ ते मित्रं सदा सहचरो भवन् । आनुकूल्यं तव कृते सर्वदैव करिष्यति

|| brahmovāca || eṣa manmatha te mitraṃ sadā sahacaro bhavan | ānukūlyaṃ tava kṛte sarvadaiva kariṣyati

Brahmā said: This one, Manmatha, being always your friend and companion, will always act favourably for your sake.

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KaP 4.34

यथाग्नेः श्वसनो मित्रं सर्वत्रोपकरोति च । तथायं भवतो मित्रं सदा त्वामनुयास्यति

yathāgneḥ śvasano mitraṃ sarvatropakaroti ca | tathāyaṃ bhavato mitraṃ sadā tvāmanuyāsyati

Just as the wind is the friend of fire and everywhere assists it, so this one, your friend, will always follow you.

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KaP 4.35

तवानुगमनं कर्म तथा लोकानुरञ्जनम्

tavānugamanaṃ karma tathā lokānurañjanam

Your work is to follow you (i.e. to accompany you) and likewise to delight the worlds.

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KaP 4.36

वसतेरन्तहेतुत्वाद्वसन्ताख्यो भवत्वयम् । असौ वसन्तः शृङ्गारो वसन्ते मलयानिलः । भवन्तु सुहृदो भावाः सदा त्वद्वशवर्तिनः

vasaterantahetutvādvasantākhyo bhavatvayam | asau vasantaḥ śṛṅgāro vasante malayānilaḥ | bhavantu suhṛdo bhāvāḥ sadā tvadvaśavartinaḥ

Since he is the cause of dwelling (vasati), let him be named Vasanta (Spring). This Spring is erotic passion; in spring (blows) the Malaya breeze. Let the (amorous) moods be your friends, always subject to your will.

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KaP 4.37

विव्वोकाद्यास्तथा हावाश्चतुःषष्टिकलास्तथा । कुर्वन्तु रत्याः सौहृद्यं सुहृदस्ते यथा तव

vivvokādyāstathā hāvāścatuḥṣaṣṭikalāstathā | kurvantu ratyāḥ sauhṛdyaṃ suhṛdaste yathā tava

And let vivvoka and the rest, the (amorous) gestures, and likewise the sixty-four arts, and Rati's, show friendship, so that they are your friends.

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KaP 4.38

एभिः सहचरैः काम वसन्तप्रमुखैर्भवान् । अनया सहचारिण्या त्वद्युक्तपरिवारया

ebhiḥ sahacaraiḥ kāma vasantapramukhairbhavān | anayā sahacāriṇyā tvadyuktaparivārayā

With these companions, Kāma, headed by Spring, and with this companion (Rati), whose retinue is joined to you,

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KaP 4.39

मोहयस्व महादेवं कुरु सृष्टिं सनातनीम् । यथेष्टदेशं गच्छ त्वं सर्वैः सहचरैर्वृतः । अहं तां भावयिष्यामि यो हरं मोहयिष्यति

mohayasva mahādevaṃ kuru sṛṣṭiṃ sanātanīm | yatheṣṭadeśaṃ gaccha tvaṃ sarvaiḥ sahacarairvṛtaḥ | ahaṃ tāṃ bhāvayiṣyāmi yo haraṃ mohayiṣyati

bewilder Mahādeva, bring about the eternal creation. Go where you please, surrounded by all your companions; I shall bring into being her who will bewilder Hara.

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KaP 4.40

एवमुक्तोऽथ मदनः सुरज्येष्ठेन हर्षितः । जगाम सगणस्तत्र सपन्यनुचरस्तदा

evamukto'tha madanaḥ surajyeṣṭhena harṣitaḥ | jagāma sagaṇastatra sapanyanucarastadā

Thus addressed, Madana, gladdened by the eldest of the gods, went there then with his troop and with his companions.

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KaP 4.41

दक्षं प्रणम्य तान् सर्वान् मानसानभिवाद्य च । यत्रास्ति शम्भुर्गतवांस्तत्स्थानं मन्मथस्तदा

dakṣaṃ praṇamya tān sarvān mānasānabhivādya ca | yatrāsti śambhurgatavāṃstatsthānaṃ manmathastadā

Having bowed to Dakṣa and saluted all those mind-born (sons), Manmatha then went to that place where Śambhu was.

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KaP 4.42

तस्मिन् गते सानुचरेऽथ मन्मथे शृङ्गारभावादियुते द्विजोत्तमाः । प्रोवाच दक्षं मधुरं पितामहः सार्द्ध मरीच्यत्रिमुखैर्मुनीश्वरैः

tasmin gate sānucare'tha manmathe śṛṅgārabhāvādiyute dvijottamāḥ | provāca dakṣaṃ madhuraṃ pitāmahaḥ sārddha marīcyatrimukhairmunīśvaraiḥ

When Manmatha had gone with his followers, together with Śṛṅgāra, the Moods and the rest, O best of the twice-born, the Grandfather, along with the lords of sages headed by Marīci and Atri, spoke sweetly to Dakṣa.

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