Kalika Purana — Chapter 41
KaP 41.1
कालिकापुराणम् एकचत्वारिंशोऽध्यायः नारदागमनम् अथ श्रीकालिका पुराण अध्याय ४१ ।। ऋषयः ऊचुः ।। कथं गिरिसुता काली बभूव जगतां प्रसूः । दाक्षायणी त्यक्ततनुः कथमाप हरं पतिम्
kālikāpurāṇam ekacatvāriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ nāradāgamanam atha śrīkālikā purāṇa adhyāya 41 || ṛṣayaḥ ūcuḥ || kathaṃ girisutā kālī babhūva jagatāṃ prasūḥ | dākṣāyaṇī tyaktatanuḥ kathamāpa haraṃ patim
Kālikāpurāṇa, chapter forty-one: The Coming of Nārada. Now Śrī Kālikā Purāṇa, chapter 41. The seers said: How did the daughter of the mountain become Kālī, the mother of the worlds? How did Dākṣāyaṇī, having abandoned her body, obtain Hara as husband?
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KaP 41.2
कथमर्धशरीरं सा जहार च पिनाकिनः । एतन्नः पृच्छतां सम्यक् कथयस्व महामते
kathamardhaśarīraṃ sā jahāra ca pinākinaḥ | etannaḥ pṛcchatāṃ samyak kathayasva mahāmate
And how did she take away half the body of the bearer of the Pināka? Tell this properly to us who ask, O greatly wise one.
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KaP 41.3
।। मार्कण्डेय उवाच ।। शृणुध्वं मुनिशार्दूलाः यथा दाक्षायणी सती । भूता गिरिसुता पूर्वं यथार्धमहरत्तनुम्
|| mārkaṇḍeya uvāca || śṛṇudhvaṃ muniśārdūlāḥ yathā dākṣāyaṇī satī | bhūtā girisutā pūrvaṃ yathārdhamaharattanum
Mārkaṇḍeya said: Hear, O tigers among sages, how Satī Dākṣāyaṇī formerly became the daughter of the mountain, and how she took away half (his) body.
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KaP 41.4
यदाऽत्यजत्तनुं देवी पूर्वं दाक्षायणी सती । तदैव मनसागच्छन् मेनकां हिमवद्गिरिम्
yadā'tyajattanuṃ devī pūrvaṃ dākṣāyaṇī satī | tadaiva manasāgacchan menakāṃ himavadgirim
When the goddess, Satī Dākṣāyaṇī, formerly gave up her body, at that very moment she went in mind to Menakā and to the Himavat mountain.
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KaP 41.5
यदा हरेण सहिता दक्षकन्या हिमाचले । चिक्रीड च तदा तस्या मेनकाऽभूद् हितैषिणी
yadā hareṇa sahitā dakṣakanyā himācale | cikrīḍa ca tadā tasyā menakā'bhūd hitaiṣiṇī
When Dakṣa's daughter, together with Hara, played on the Himālaya, at that time Menakā was one who wished her well.
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KaP 41.6
तस्याः सुतास्यामिति च आधाय मनसि द्विजाः । त्यक्तप्राणा तदा देवी भूता हिमवतः सुता
tasyāḥ sutāsyāmiti ca ādhāya manasi dvijāḥ | tyaktaprāṇā tadā devī bhūtā himavataḥ sutā
Having placed in her mind, O twice-born, the thought 'I shall be her daughter,' the goddess then, having given up her life-breaths, became the daughter of Himavat.
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KaP 41.7
यदा दाक्षायणी प्राणान् दक्षकोपाज्जहौ पुरा । तदैव मेनका देवी आरिराधयिषुः शिवाम्
yadā dākṣāyaṇī prāṇān dakṣakopājjahau purā | tadaiva menakā devī ārirādhayiṣuḥ śivām
When formerly Dākṣāyaṇī gave up her life-breaths because of Dakṣa's anger, at that very time the goddess Menakā wished to propitiate Śivā —
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KaP 41.8
महामायां जगद्धात्रीं योगनिद्रां सनातनीम् । मोहिनी सर्वभूतानां शरणं सर्वनाकिनाम्
mahāmāyāṃ jagaddhātrīṃ yoganidrāṃ sanātanīm | mohinī sarvabhūtānāṃ śaraṇaṃ sarvanākinām
— Mahāmāyā, the sustainer of the world, the eternal Yoganidrā, the deluder of all beings, the refuge of all the dwellers in heaven.
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KaP 41.9
मेनका कृताराधन अष्टम्यामुपवासं तु कृत्वा सा नवमीतिथौ । मोदकैर्बलिभिः पिष्टैः पायसैर्गन्धपुष्पकैः
menakā kṛtārādhana aṣṭamyāmupavāsaṃ tu kṛtvā sā navamītithau | modakairbalibhiḥ piṣṭaiḥ pāyasairgandhapuṣpakaiḥ
Menakā's performance of the propitiation: having fasted on the eighth day, she then on the ninth lunar day (worshipped) with sweetmeats, with offerings, with ground-meal cakes, with milk-rice, with perfumes and flowers.
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KaP 41.10
चैत्रे मासि समारभ्य सप्तविंशतिवत्सरान् । यावत् सम्पूजयामास पुत्रार्थिन्यन्वहं शुचिः
caitre māsi samārabhya saptaviṃśativatsarān | yāvat sampūjayāmāsa putrārthinyanvahaṃ śuciḥ
Beginning in the month of Caitra, she went on worshipping for twenty-seven years, pure, day after day, desiring a son.
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KaP 41.11
गङ्गायामोषधिप्रस्थे कृत्वा मूर्तिं महीमयीम् । कदाचित् सा निराहारा कदाचित् सा धृतव्रता
gaṅgāyāmoṣadhiprasthe kṛtvā mūrtiṃ mahīmayīm | kadācit sā nirāhārā kadācit sā dhṛtavratā
Having made an image of earth on the Gaṅgā at Oṣadhiprastha, sometimes she went without food, sometimes she kept a vow.
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KaP 41.12
शिवाविन्यस्तमनसा सप्तविंशतिवत्सरान् । निनाय मेनका देवी परमां भूतिमिच्छती
śivāvinyastamanasā saptaviṃśativatsarān | nināya menakā devī paramāṃ bhūtimicchatī
With her mind fixed on Śivā, the goddess Menakā passed twenty-seven years, desiring the highest welfare.
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KaP 41.13
सप्तविंशतिवर्षान्ते जगन्माता जगन्मयी । सुप्रीताऽभवदत्यर्थं प्राह प्रत्यक्षतां गता
saptaviṃśativarṣānte jaganmātā jaganmayī | suprītā'bhavadatyarthaṃ prāha pratyakṣatāṃ gatā
At the end of the twenty-seven years the mother of the world, she who is the world itself, became exceedingly pleased, and becoming visible, spoke.
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KaP 41.14
।। देव्युवाच ।। यत् प्रार्थितं त्वया देवि मत्तस्तत्प्रार्थयाधुना । दास्ये तवाहं तत्सर्वं वाञ्छितं यद् हृदा भवेत्
|| devyuvāca || yat prārthitaṃ tvayā devi mattastatprārthayādhunā | dāsye tavāhaṃ tatsarvaṃ vāñchitaṃ yad hṛdā bhavet
The goddess said: What has been sought by you, O goddess — ask it now from me. I shall give you all that which is desired in your heart.
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KaP 41.15
।। मार्कण्डेय बोले ।। ततः सा मेनका देवी प्रत्यक्षं कालिकां गताम् । दृष्ट्वैव प्रणनामाथ वचनं चेदमब्रवीत्
|| mārkaṇḍeya bole || tataḥ sā menakā devī pratyakṣaṃ kālikāṃ gatām | dṛṣṭvaiva praṇanāmātha vacanaṃ cedamabravīt
Mārkaṇḍeya said: Then that goddess Menakā, on seeing Kālikā come into visible presence, bowed down and spoke these words.
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KaP 41.16
।। मेनकोवाच ।। देवी प्रत्यक्षतो रूपं तव दृष्टं मयाऽधुना । त्वामहं स्तोतुमिच्छामि प्रसन्ना यदि मे शिवे
|| menakovāca || devī pratyakṣato rūpaṃ tava dṛṣṭaṃ mayā'dhunā | tvāmahaṃ stotumicchāmi prasannā yadi me śive
Menakā said: O goddess, your form has now been seen by me directly. I wish to praise you, if you are pleased with me, O Śivā.
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KaP 41.17
।। मार्कण्डेय उवाच ।। ततः सा मातरित्युक्त्वा कालिका सर्वमोहिनी । बाहुभ्यां चारुवृत्ताभ्यां मेनकां परिषस्वजे
|| mārkaṇḍeya uvāca || tataḥ sā mātarityuktvā kālikā sarvamohinī | bāhubhyāṃ cāruvṛttābhyāṃ menakāṃ pariṣasvaje
Mārkaṇḍeya said: Then Kālikā, the deluder of all, saying 'Mother!', embraced Menakā with her two beautifully rounded arms.
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KaP 41.18
ततः सा मेनका देवी कालिकां परमेश्वरीम् । तुष्टाव वाग्भिरिष्टाभिः शिवां प्रत्यक्षतः स्थिताम्
tataḥ sā menakā devī kālikāṃ parameśvarīm | tuṣṭāva vāgbhiriṣṭābhiḥ śivāṃ pratyakṣataḥ sthitām
Then that goddess Menakā praised Kālikā, the supreme sovereign, Śivā, standing there visibly, with the words she wished (to speak).
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KaP 41.19
।। मेनकोवाच ।। प्रेरयन्तीं जगद्धाम चण्डिकां लोकधारिणीम् । प्रणमामि जगद्धात्रीं सर्वकामार्थसाधिनीम्
|| menakovāca || prerayantīṃ jagaddhāma caṇḍikāṃ lokadhāriṇīm | praṇamāmi jagaddhātrīṃ sarvakāmārthasādhinīm
Menakā said: To her who impels (all), the abode of the world, Caṇḍikā, the upholder of the worlds, I bow — to the mother of the world, who accomplishes all desires and aims.
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KaP 41.20
नित्यानन्दां ज्ञानमयीं योगनिद्रां जगत्प्रसूम् । प्रणमामि शिवां शुद्धां विधिशौरिशिवात्मिकाम्
nityānandāṃ jñānamayīṃ yoganidrāṃ jagatprasūm | praṇamāmi śivāṃ śuddhāṃ vidhiśauriśivātmikām
To her who is eternal bliss, made of knowledge, the sleep of yoga, the bearer of the world, I bow — to Śivā, the pure, whose essence is Vidhi (Brahmā), Śauri (Viṣṇu) and Śiva.
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KaP 41.21
मायामयीं महामायां भक्तशोकविनाशिनीम् । कामस्यवनितां भद्रां त्वां चितिं शिवाम्
māyāmayīṃ mahāmāyāṃ bhaktaśokavināśinīm | kāmasyavanitāṃ bhadrāṃ tvāṃ citiṃ śivām
(I bow to) you, made of illusion, the great Māyā, destroyer of the sorrow of devotees, the woman of Kāma(?), the auspicious one, consciousness itself, Śivā.
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KaP 41.22
सत्त्वोद्रेकाद् या भवित्रीह नित्या नित्या चापि प्राणिनां बुद्धिरूपा । सा त्वं बन्धच्छेदहेतुर्यतीनां कस्ते गद्यो मादृशीभिः प्रभावः
sattvodrekād yā bhavitrīha nityā nityā cāpi prāṇināṃ buddhirūpā | sā tvaṃ bandhacchedaheturyatīnāṃ kaste gadyo mādṛśībhiḥ prabhāvaḥ
She who here, through the predominance of sattva, is the eternal one that comes to be, and who is eternal too as the intelligence of living beings — you are she, the cause of the cutting of bonds for ascetics; what power of yours can be told by such as I?
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KaP 41.23
या त्वं साम्नां सिद्धिरुक्तिस्तथार्चा या वृत्तिर्या यजुषां दीर्घरूपा । हिंसाचैवाथर्ववेदस्य सा त्वं नित्यं कामं त्वं ममेष्टं विधेहि
yā tvaṃ sāmnāṃ siddhiruktistathārcā yā vṛttiryā yajuṣāṃ dīrgharūpā | hiṃsācaivātharvavedasya sā tvaṃ nityaṃ kāmaṃ tvaṃ mameṣṭaṃ vidhehi
You who are the perfected utterance of the Sāmans, and likewise the verse (of the Ṛcs), you who are the mode (of recitation) and the long form of the Yajus verses, and (you who are) the destructive rite of the Atharvaveda — being that, grant me always what I desire.
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KaP 41.24
नित्यानित्यैर्भागहीनैः पुरस्थै: स्तन्मात्रैयैर्यत्यते भूतवर्ग: । तेषां शक्तिस्त्वं सदा नित्यरूपा का ते योषा योग्यं वक्तुं समर्था
nityānityairbhāgahīnaiḥ purasthai: stanmātraiyairyatyate bhūtavarga: | teṣāṃ śaktistvaṃ sadā nityarūpā kā te yoṣā yogyaṃ vaktuṃ samarthā
By the tanmātras — eternal and non-eternal, without parts, standing before (all) — by which the host of beings is brought about: you are ever their power, eternal in form; what woman is able to speak of you fitly?
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KaP 41.25
क्षितिर्धरित्री जगतां त्वमेव त्वमेव नित्या प्रकृतिस्वरूपा । यया वशः क्रियते ब्रह्मरूपः सा त्वं नित्या मे प्रसीदास्तु मातः
kṣitirdharitrī jagatāṃ tvameva tvameva nityā prakṛtisvarūpā | yayā vaśaḥ kriyate brahmarūpaḥ sā tvaṃ nityā me prasīdāstu mātaḥ
You alone are the earth, the sustainer of the worlds; you alone are the eternal one whose form is Prakṛti, by whom even he who has the form of Brahman is brought under control. Being that eternal one, be gracious to me, O mother.
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KaP 41.26
त्वं जातवेदोगतशक्तिरूपा त्वं दाहिका सूर्यकरस्य शक्तिः । आह्लादिका त्वं बहु चन्द्रिकायास्तां त्वामहं स्तौमि नमामि चाम्बिकाम्
tvaṃ jātavedogataśaktirūpā tvaṃ dāhikā sūryakarasya śaktiḥ | āhlādikā tvaṃ bahu candrikāyāstāṃ tvāmahaṃ staumi namāmi cāmbikām
You are the form of the power residing in fire; you are the burning power of the sun's ray; you are the greatly gladdening (power) of the moonlight — I praise you as that, and I bow to you, Ambikā.
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KaP 41.27
योषा योषित्प्रियाणां त्वं विद्या त्वं चोर्ध्वरेतसाम् । वाञ्छा त्वं सर्वजगतां माया च त्वं तथा हरेः
yoṣā yoṣitpriyāṇāṃ tvaṃ vidyā tvaṃ cordhvaretasām | vāñchā tvaṃ sarvajagatāṃ māyā ca tvaṃ tathā hareḥ
You are the woman of those who love women, and you are the knowledge of those whose seed is drawn upward; you are the longing of all the worlds, and you are likewise the Māyā of Hari.
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KaP 41.28
याऽनेकरूपाणि विधाय नित्यं सृष्टिं स्थितिं हानिमपीह कर्त्री । ब्रह्माच्युतस्थाणुशरीरहेतुः सा त्वं प्रसीदाद्य पुनर्नमस्ते
yā'nekarūpāṇi vidhāya nityaṃ sṛṣṭiṃ sthitiṃ hānimapīha kartrī | brahmācyutasthāṇuśarīrahetuḥ sā tvaṃ prasīdādya punarnamaste
She who, having fashioned many forms, is ever here the maker of creation, preservation and destruction, the cause of the bodies of Brahmā, Acyuta and Sthāṇu — being that, be gracious now; again I bow to you.
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KaP 41.29
।। मार्कण्डेय उवाच ।। ततः सा जगतां माता कालिका पुनरेव हि । उवाच मेनकां देवीं वाञ्छितं वरयेत्युत
|| mārkaṇḍeya uvāca || tataḥ sā jagatāṃ mātā kālikā punareva hi | uvāca menakāṃ devīṃ vāñchitaṃ varayetyuta
Mārkaṇḍeya said: Then that Kālikā, the mother of the worlds, spoke once more to the goddess Menakā: "Choose what you wish."
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KaP 41.30
ततः सा प्रथमं पुत्रशतं वने यशस्विनी । वीर्यवञ्चायुषायुक्तमृद्धिसिद्धिसमन्वितम्
tataḥ sā prathamaṃ putraśataṃ vane yaśasvinī | vīryavañcāyuṣāyuktamṛddhisiddhisamanvitam
Then that illustrious woman (chose) first a hundred sons in the forest, possessed of valour and long life, endowed with prosperity and success,
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KaP 41.31
पश्चात् तथैकां तनयां सुरूषां गुणशालिनीम् । कुलद्वयानन्दकरीं भुवनत्रयदुर्लभाम्
paścāt tathaikāṃ tanayāṃ surūṣāṃ guṇaśālinīm | kuladvayānandakarīṃ bhuvanatrayadurlabhām
and afterwards one daughter, beautiful, rich in virtues, who would bring joy to both families, hard to obtain in the three worlds.
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KaP 41.32
ततो भगवती प्राह मेनकां मुनिसन्निभाम् । स्मितपूर्वं तदा तस्याः पूरयन्ती मनोरथम्
tato bhagavatī prāha menakāṃ munisannibhām | smitapūrvaṃ tadā tasyāḥ pūrayantī manoratham
Then the Blessed One, fulfilling her wish, spoke smilingly to Menakā, who was like a sage:
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KaP 41.33
।। देव्युवाच ।। शतं पुत्राः सम्भवन्तु भवत्या वीर्यसंयुताः । तत्रैको बलवान्मुख्यः प्रथमं सम्भविष्यति
|| devyuvāca || śataṃ putrāḥ sambhavantu bhavatyā vīryasaṃyutāḥ | tatraiko balavānmukhyaḥ prathamaṃ sambhaviṣyati
The Goddess said: Let a hundred sons be born to you, endowed with valour; among them one, strong and foremost, shall be born first.
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KaP 41.34
सुता च तव देवानां मानुषाणां च रक्षसाम् । हिताय सर्वजगतां भविष्याम्यहमेव ते
sutā ca tava devānāṃ mānuṣāṇāṃ ca rakṣasām | hitāya sarvajagatāṃ bhaviṣyāmyahameva te
And I myself shall become your daughter, for the good of the gods, of men and of the rākṣasas, for the welfare of all the worlds.
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KaP 41.35
त्वं सुखप्रसवा नित्यं तथा नित्यं पतिव्रता । अम्लाना रूपसम्पन्ना सुभगा च भविष्यसि
tvaṃ sukhaprasavā nityaṃ tathā nityaṃ pativratā | amlānā rūpasampannā subhagā ca bhaviṣyasi
You shall always give birth easily, and shall always be devoted to your husband; you shall be unfading, endowed with beauty, and fortunate.
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KaP 41.36
।। मार्कण्डेय उवाच ।। एवमुक्ता जगद्धात्री तत्रैवान्तरधीयत । मेनका च मुदं लब्धा स्वस्थानं प्रविवेश ह
|| mārkaṇḍeya uvāca || evamuktā jagaddhātrī tatraivāntaradhīyata | menakā ca mudaṃ labdhā svasthānaṃ praviveśa ha
Mārkaṇḍeya said: Having spoken thus, the mother of the world vanished on that very spot; and Menakā, having obtained joy, went into her own dwelling.
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KaP 41.37
ततः काले तु सम्प्राप्ते मैनाकमचलोत्तमम् । पक्षेण सह योऽद्यापि सिन्धुमध्ये प्रवर्तते । मेनका सुषुवे देवी देवेन्द्रं स्पर्धयागतम्
tataḥ kāle tu samprāpte mainākamacalottamam | pakṣeṇa saha yo'dyāpi sindhumadhye pravartate | menakā suṣuve devī devendraṃ spardhayāgatam
Then, when the time came, the goddess Menakā gave birth to Maināka, best of mountains, who even today moves within the ocean with his wings, and who rivalled the lord of the gods.
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KaP 41.38
अन्यानूनशतं पुत्रान् क्रमात् सा सुषुवे सती । महावीर्यान् महासत्त्वान् सम्पन्नान् सर्वतो गुणैः
anyānūnaśataṃ putrān kramāt sā suṣuve satī | mahāvīryān mahāsattvān sampannān sarvato guṇaiḥ
That virtuous woman then bore in succession a full hundred other sons, of great valour and great strength, endowed with virtues in every way.
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KaP 41.39
ततः सा कालिका देवी योगनिद्रा जगन्मयी । पूर्वत्यक्तसतीरूपा जन्मार्थं मेनकां ययौ
tataḥ sā kālikā devī yoganidrā jaganmayī | pūrvatyaktasatīrūpā janmārthaṃ menakāṃ yayau
Then that goddess Kālikā, Yoganidrā, made of the world, who had formerly abandoned her form as Satī, went to Menakā in order to be born.
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KaP 41.40
समयस्यानुरूपेण मेनका जठरे शिवा । समुद्धृय समुत्पन्ना सा लक्ष्मीरिव सागरात्
samayasyānurūpeṇa menakā jaṭhare śivā | samuddhṛya samutpannā sā lakṣmīriva sāgarāt
At the fitting time, the auspicious one, having gathered herself together, was born from Menakā's womb, like Lakṣmī from the ocean.
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KaP 41.41
॥ पार्वती - जन्म । वसन्तसमये देवी नवम्यामृक्षयोगतः । अर्धरात्रे समुत्पन्ना गङ्गेव शशिमण्डलात्
|| pārvatī - janma | vasantasamaye devī navamyāmṛkṣayogataḥ | ardharātre samutpannā gaṅgeva śaśimaṇḍalāt
(The birth of Pārvatī.) In the spring season, on the ninth (lunar day), under the conjunction of the (proper) asterism, at midnight the goddess was born, like the Gaṅgā from the disc of the moon.
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KaP 41.42
ततस्तस्यां तु जातायां प्रसन्ना अभवन् दिशः
tatastasyāṃ tu jātāyāṃ prasannā abhavan diśaḥ
Then, when she was born, the directions became clear.
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KaP 41.43
अनुकूलो ववौ वायुर्गम्भीरो गन्धवाञ् शुभः । बभूव पुष्पवृष्टिश्च तोयवृष्टिस्तथापरा
anukūlo vavau vāyurgambhīro gandhavāñ śubhaḥ | babhūva puṣpavṛṣṭiśca toyavṛṣṭistathāparā
A favorable wind blew, deep, fragrant, auspicious; and there was a rain of flowers and likewise another, a rain of water.
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KaP 41.44
जज्वलुश्चाग्नयः शान्ता जगर्जुश्च घनाघनम् । तस्यां तु जातमात्रायां सर्वं स्वास्थ्यमपद्यत
jajvaluścāgnayaḥ śāntā jagarjuśca ghanāghanam | tasyāṃ tu jātamātrāyāṃ sarvaṃ svāsthyamapadyata
The fires blazed up calmly, and the clouds thundered densely; the moment she was born, everything attained well-being.
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KaP 41.45
तां तु दृष्ट्वा तथा जातां नीलोत्पलदलानुगाम् । श्यामां सा मेनका देवी मुदमापातिहर्षिता
tāṃ tu dṛṣṭvā tathā jātāṃ nīlotpaladalānugām | śyāmāṃ sā menakā devī mudamāpātiharṣitā
Seeing her born thus, dark like the petal of a blue lotus, that lady Menakā, exceedingly delighted, felt joy.
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KaP 41.46
देवाश्च हर्षमतुलं प्रापुस्तत्र मुहुर्मुहुः । तुष्टुवुश्चान्तरिक्षस्था गन्धर्वाप्सरसां गणाः
devāśca harṣamatulaṃ prāpustatra muhurmuhuḥ | tuṣṭuvuścāntarikṣasthā gandharvāpsarasāṃ gaṇāḥ
And the gods there again and again attained incomparable joy, and the hosts of gandharvas and apsarases, standing in the sky, sang praises.
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KaP 41.47
तां तु नीलोत्पलदलश्यामां हिमवतः सुताम् । कालीति नाम्ना हिमवानाजुहाव कृतोदने
tāṃ tu nīlotpaladalaśyāmāṃ himavataḥ sutām | kālīti nāmnā himavānājuhāva kṛtodane
Himavat called that daughter of his, dark as a blue lotus petal, by the name Kālī at the rice-feeding ceremony.
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KaP 41.48
बान्धवैस्तु समस्तैस्तन्नाम्ना सा पार्वतीति च । कालिकेति तथा नाम्ना कीर्तिता गिरिनन्दिनी
bāndhavaistu samastaistannāmnā sā pārvatīti ca | kāliketi tathā nāmnā kīrtitā girinandinī
And by all her kinsmen she was called by the name Pārvatī after him (the mountain), and likewise the mountain's daughter was celebrated by the name Kālikā.
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KaP 41.49
ततः सा ववृधे देवी गिरिराजगृहे शुभा । गङ्गेव वर्षासमये शरदीवाथ चन्द्रिका
tataḥ sā vavṛdhe devī girirājagṛhe śubhā | gaṅgeva varṣāsamaye śaradīvātha candrikā
Then that lovely goddess grew up in the house of the mountain-king, like the Gaṅgā in the rainy season, or like moonlight in autumn.
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KaP 41.50
एधमानानुदिवसं चार्वङ्गी चारुतां मुहुः । दध्रे सानुदिनं काली चन्द्रबिम्बं कलामिव
edhamānānudivasaṃ cārvaṅgī cārutāṃ muhuḥ | dadhre sānudinaṃ kālī candrabimbaṃ kalāmiva
Increasing day by day, the fair-limbed Kālī took on beauty ever more, day after day, as the moon's disc takes on its digits.
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KaP 41.51
सा बालभावमापन्ना क्रीडन्ती कालिका मुदम् । सखीभिः प्राप विपुलां कालिन्दीव सरिद् व्रजैः
sā bālabhāvamāpannā krīḍantī kālikā mudam | sakhībhiḥ prāpa vipulāṃ kālindīva sarid vrajaiḥ
Having reached childhood, Kālikā, playing with her companions, attained abundant joy, as the river Kālindī does with herds (of cattle on its banks).
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KaP 41.52
षड्गुणास्तां स्वयं देवी पूर्वजन्मवशीकृताः । स्वयमीयुर्द्विजश्रेष्ठाः प्रावृषं कालिका यथा
ṣaḍguṇāstāṃ svayaṃ devī pūrvajanmavaśīkṛtāḥ | svayamīyurdvijaśreṣṭhāḥ prāvṛṣaṃ kālikā yathā
The six qualities, best of twice-born, came to the goddess of themselves, subdued by her in a former birth, as the rains come to the kālikā (cloud/cuckoo).
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KaP 41.53
अतिचक्राम स्वगुणैः सा देवी देवकन्यकाः । रूपैरप्सरसः सर्वा गीतैर्गन्धर्व कन्यकाः
aticakrāma svaguṇaiḥ sā devī devakanyakāḥ | rūpairapsarasaḥ sarvā gītairgandharva kanyakāḥ
That goddess surpassed the daughters of the gods by her own qualities, all the apsarases by her beauty, and the gandharva maidens by her songs.
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KaP 41.54
सा बाल्य एव सततं बन्धुवर्गप्रिया शुभा । गुणैः स्वबन्धून् पितरं मातरं चाप्यतोषयत्
sā bālya eva satataṃ bandhuvargapriyā śubhā | guṇaiḥ svabandhūn pitaraṃ mātaraṃ cāpyatoṣayat
Even in childhood that auspicious one was always dear to the circle of her relatives, and by her virtues she pleased her kinsmen, her father, and her mother.
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KaP 41.55
मातुः स्तुतिकरी नित्यं पितृपूजनतत्परा । सर्वदा भ्रातृसहिता जगन्माताऽभवत्तदा
mātuḥ stutikarī nityaṃ pitṛpūjanatatparā | sarvadā bhrātṛsahitā jaganmātā'bhavattadā
Constantly praising her mother, devoted to honoring her father, always in company with her brothers — such was the Mother of the world then.
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KaP 41.56
सर्वदा सा जगन्माता कन्या सा समुपस्थिता । पितुः समीपे वसति कालिन्दीव विभावसोः
sarvadā sā jaganmātā kanyā sā samupasthitā | pituḥ samīpe vasati kālindīva vibhāvasoḥ
Always that Mother of the world, being a maiden, stayed close at hand and dwelt near her father, like the Kālindī near the sun.
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KaP 41.57
अथैकदा तां निकटे निधाय हिमवद्गिरिः । तनयैः सह सङ्गम्य स्थितः परमकौतुकात्
athaikadā tāṃ nikaṭe nidhāya himavadgiriḥ | tanayaiḥ saha saṅgamya sthitaḥ paramakautukāt
Then one day the mountain Himavat, having placed her near him, sat together with his sons out of the greatest delight.
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KaP 41.58
अथागतस्तत्र मुनिर्नारदो देवलोकतः । हिमवन्तं सुखासीनं सुतैः सार्धं ददर्श सः
athāgatastatra munirnārado devalokataḥ | himavantaṃ sukhāsīnaṃ sutaiḥ sārdhaṃ dadarśa saḥ
Then the sage Nārada came there from the world of the gods, and he saw Himavat seated at ease together with his sons.
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KaP 41.59
अपश्यन्निकटे कालीं कालिकामिव सूर्यतः । ज्योत्स्नामिव सुधांशोस्तु सम्यग्वृद्धा शरन्निशि
apaśyannikaṭe kālīṃ kālikāmiva sūryataḥ | jyotsnāmiva sudhāṃśostu samyagvṛddhā śaranniśi
He saw Kālī near (him), like a dark streak (arising) from the sun, or like the moonlight of the nectar-rayed moon fully waxed on an autumn night.
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KaP 41.60
पूजितस्तेन गिरिणा कृतासन - परिग्रहः । नारदः प्रथमं शैलं वृत्तान्तं पर्यपृच्छत
pūjitastena giriṇā kṛtāsana - parigrahaḥ | nāradaḥ prathamaṃ śailaṃ vṛttāntaṃ paryapṛcchata
Honoured by that mountain, and having accepted a seat, Nārada first asked the mountain about what had happened.
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KaP 41.61
ततो विदितवृत्तान्तो नारदो मेनकां प्रति । उवाच हर्षयन् वाक्यं मुनिर्वाक्यविशारदः
tato viditavṛttānto nārado menakāṃ prati | uvāca harṣayan vākyaṃ munirvākyaviśāradaḥ
Then, having learned what had happened, Nārada the sage, skilled in speech, spoke words to Menakā, gladdening (her).
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KaP 41.62
।। नारद उवाच ।। एषा ते तनया रुच्या शुद्धांशोरिव वर्धिता । आद्या कला शैलराज सर्वलक्षणशालिनी
|| nārada uvāca || eṣā te tanayā rucyā śuddhāṃśoriva vardhitā | ādyā kalā śailarāja sarvalakṣaṇaśālinī
Nārada said: This daughter of yours, reared in beauty like (a portion) of the pure-rayed moon, is the primordial Kalā, O king of mountains, endowed with all the (auspicious) marks.
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KaP 41.63
शम्भोर्भवित्री दयिता सानुकूला सदा हरे । तस्य चित्तं वशे चैषा करिष्यति तपस्विनी
śambhorbhavitrī dayitā sānukūlā sadā hare | tasya cittaṃ vaśe caiṣā kariṣyati tapasvinī
She will become the beloved of Śambhu, ever agreeable to Hara; and she, the ascetic, will bring his mind under her control.
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KaP 41.64
स चाप्येनामृ जायां नान्यामुद्वाहयिष्यति । एतयोर्यादृशः प्रेम कयोश्चिन्नैव तादृशः
sa cāpyenāmṛ jāyāṃ nānyāmudvāhayiṣyati | etayoryādṛśaḥ prema kayościnnaiva tādṛśaḥ
And he too will marry no other woman as wife except her; such love as theirs has never belonged to any pair.
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KaP 41.65
भूतो वा भविता वापि नाधुना च प्रवर्तते । अनया सुरकार्याणि कर्तव्यानि बहूनि च
bhūto vā bhavitā vāpi nādhunā ca pravartate | anayā surakāryāṇi kartavyāni bahūni ca
(Such love) has not existed, nor will it be, nor does it now occur. Through her many tasks of the gods are to be accomplished.
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KaP 41.66
अनयैव गिरिश्रेष्ठ अर्धनारीश्वरो हरः । भविष्यति च सौहार्दोज्योत्स्नयैवामृतात्मनः
anayaiva giriśreṣṭha ardhanārīśvaro haraḥ | bhaviṣyati ca sauhārdojyotsnayaivāmṛtātmanaḥ
By her alone, O best of mountains, Hara will become the Lord who is half woman; and (their) affection will be like the moonlight with the nectar-natured moon.
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KaP 41.67
शरीरार्ध हरस्यैषा करिष्यति निजास्पदे । स्वर्णगौरी सुवर्णाभा तपसा तोषिते हरे
śarīrārdha harasyaiṣā kariṣyati nijāspade | svarṇagaurī suvarṇābhā tapasā toṣite hare
She will make half of Hara's body her own place; golden-fair, of gold-like radiance, when Hara has been pleased by her austerity.
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KaP 41.68
विद्युद्गौरी त्वियं काली तव पुत्री भविष्यति । गौरीति नाम्ना पश्चात्तु ख्यातिमेषा गमिष्यति
vidyudgaurī tviyaṃ kālī tava putrī bhaviṣyati | gaurīti nāmnā paścāttu khyātimeṣā gamiṣyati
This dark one will become your daughter, fair as lightning; afterwards she will attain fame under the name Gaurī.
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KaP 41.69
नान्यस्मै त्वमिमां दातुं मनः कर्तुमिहार्हसि । इदं चोपांशु देवानां न प्रकाशं करिष्यसि
nānyasmai tvamimāṃ dātuṃ manaḥ kartumihārhasi | idaṃ copāṃśu devānāṃ na prakāśaṃ kariṣyasi
You ought not here to set your mind on giving her to anyone else; and you will keep this secret matter of the gods unrevealed.
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KaP 41.70
।। मार्कण्डेय उवाच ।। इति तस्य वचः श्रुत्वा देवर्षेर्नारदस्य च । उवाच हिमवान् वाक्यं मुनिं प्रति विशारदः
|| mārkaṇḍeya uvāca || iti tasya vacaḥ śrutvā devarṣernāradasya ca | uvāca himavān vākyaṃ muniṃ prati viśāradaḥ
Mārkaṇḍeya said: Having heard that speech of the divine sage Nārada, Himavān, skilled (in speech), spoke words to the sage.
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KaP 41.71
।। हिमवान् उवाच ।। श्रूयते त्यक्तसङ्गः स महादेवो यतात्मवान् । तपश्चोपांशु तपति देवानामप्यगोचरः
|| himavān uvāca || śrūyate tyaktasaṅgaḥ sa mahādevo yatātmavān | tapaścopāṃśu tapati devānāmapyagocaraḥ
Himavān said: It is heard that this Mahādeva has abandoned attachment and is self-restrained, and that he performs austerity in secret, beyond the range even of the gods.
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KaP 41.72
स कथं ध्यानमार्गस्थः परब्रह्मार्पितं मनः । प्रभ्रंषिष्यति देवर्षे तत्र मे संशयो महान्
sa kathaṃ dhyānamārgasthaḥ parabrahmārpitaṃ manaḥ | prabhraṃṣiṣyati devarṣe tatra me saṃśayo mahān
How will he, established on the path of meditation, let fall the mind that has been offered up to the supreme Brahman? About that I have a great doubt, O divine sage.
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KaP 41.73
अक्षरं परमं ब्रह्म प्रदीपकलिकोपमम् । सोऽन्तः पश्यति सर्वत्र न तु बाह्यं निरीक्षते
akṣaraṃ paramaṃ brahma pradīpakalikopamam | so'ntaḥ paśyati sarvatra na tu bāhyaṃ nirīkṣate
He sees within, everywhere, the imperishable supreme Brahman, like the flame of a lamp, but does not look outward.
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KaP 41.74
इति स्म श्रूयते नित्यं किन्नराणां मुखाद् द्विज । स कथं तादृशं स्वान्तं शक्तो भ्रंशयितुं हरः
iti sma śrūyate nityaṃ kinnarāṇāṃ mukhād dvija | sa kathaṃ tādṛśaṃ svāntaṃ śakto bhraṃśayituṃ haraḥ
Thus it is constantly heard from the mouths of the Kinnaras, O twice-born one; how can Hara make such an inner self fall away?
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KaP 41.75
विशेषतः श्रूयते स्म दाक्षायण्या समं हरः । समयं ज्ञातवान् पूर्वं तन्मे निगदतः शृणु
viśeṣataḥ śrūyate sma dākṣāyaṇyā samaṃ haraḥ | samayaṃ jñātavān pūrvaṃ tanme nigadataḥ śṛṇu
In particular it has been heard that Hara formerly made an agreement with Dākṣāyaṇī; hear that from me as I tell it.
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KaP 41.76
त्वामृतेऽन्यां न वनितां दाक्षायणि सति प्रिये । भार्यार्थ संग्रहीष्यामि सत्यमेतद् ब्रवीमि ते
tvāmṛte'nyāṃ na vanitāṃ dākṣāyaṇi sati priye | bhāryārtha saṃgrahīṣyāmi satyametad bravīmi te
"Except for you, O Dākṣāyaṇī, Satī, beloved, I will take no other woman for a wife; this that I tell you is the truth."
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KaP 41.77
इति सत्या समं तेन पुरैव समयः कृतः । तस्यां मृतायां स कथं स्त्रियमन्यां ग्रहीष्यति
iti satyā samaṃ tena puraiva samayaḥ kṛtaḥ | tasyāṃ mṛtāyāṃ sa kathaṃ striyamanyāṃ grahīṣyati
Thus an agreement was made by him with Satī long before; she being dead, how will he take another woman?
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KaP 41.78
।। नारदोवाच ।। नात्र कार्या त्वया चिन्ता गिरिराज भवत्सुता । एषा सती समुत्पन्ना हरायैव न संशयः
|| nāradovāca || nātra kāryā tvayā cintā girirāja bhavatsutā | eṣā satī samutpannā harāyaiva na saṃśayaḥ
Nārada said: You need have no anxiety about this, O king of mountains: your daughter here is Satī herself, born again for Hara alone—there is no doubt.
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KaP 41.79
।। मार्कण्डेय उवाच ।। इत्युक्त्वा स तु देवर्षिर्नारदस्तु यथा सती । मेनकायां समुत्पन्ना सर्वं तत् प्रोक्तवान् गिरौ
|| mārkaṇḍeya uvāca || ityuktvā sa tu devarṣirnāradastu yathā satī | menakāyāṃ samutpannā sarvaṃ tat proktavān girau
Mārkaṇḍeya said: Having spoken thus, that divine sage Nārada told all of it to the mountain — how Satī had been born in Menakā.
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KaP 41.80
तत्सर्वं पूर्ववृत्तान्तं नारदस्य मुखाद् गिरिः । श्रुत्वा सपुत्रदार: स तदा निःसंशयोऽभवत्
tatsarvaṃ pūrvavṛttāntaṃ nāradasya mukhād giriḥ | śrutvā saputradāra: sa tadā niḥsaṃśayo'bhavat
Having heard all that earlier account from Nārada's mouth, the mountain, together with his sons and wife, then became free of doubt.
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KaP 41.81
ततः काली कथां श्रुत्वा नारदस्य मुखात् तदा । लज्जया धोमुखी भूत्वा स्मितविस्तारितानना
tataḥ kālī kathāṃ śrutvā nāradasya mukhāt tadā | lajjayā dhomukhī bhūtvā smitavistāritānanā
Then Kālī, having heard the story from Nārada's mouth, became downcast with shyness, her face broadened with a smile.
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KaP 41.82
करेण तां तु संगृह्य प्रोन्नमय्य मुखं गिरिः । मूर्ध्नि सम्यगुपाघ्राय स्वासने संन्यवेशयत्
kareṇa tāṃ tu saṃgṛhya pronnamayya mukhaṃ giriḥ | mūrdhni samyagupāghrāya svāsane saṃnyaveśayat
But the mountain, taking her with his hand and raising her face up, kissed her properly on the head and seated her on his own seat.
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KaP 41.83
ततस्तां पुनरेवाह नारदः शैलपुत्रिकाम् । हर्षयन् गिरिराजं तु मेनकां तनयैः सह
tatastāṃ punarevāha nāradaḥ śailaputrikām | harṣayan girirājaṃ tu menakāṃ tanayaiḥ saha
Then Nārada spoke again to that daughter of the mountain, gladdening the mountain-king and Menakā together with their sons.
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KaP 41.84
।। नारद उवाच ।। सिंहासनेन किं स्वस्याः शैलराज भवेत् तव । शम्भोरुरु: सदैवास्या आसनं तु भविष्यति
|| nārada uvāca || siṃhāsanena kiṃ svasyāḥ śailarāja bhavet tava | śambhoruru: sadaivāsyā āsanaṃ tu bhaviṣyati
Nārada said: What need has she of your lion-throne, O king of mountains? Śambhu's thigh will forever be her seat.
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KaP 41.85
हरोरुमासनं प्राप्य तनया तव संततम् । नान्यत्र कुत्रचित्तुष्टिमासने प्राप्यते गिरे
harorumāsanaṃ prāpya tanayā tava saṃtatam | nānyatra kutracittuṣṭimāsane prāpyate gire
Having obtained Hara's thigh as her seat perpetually, your daughter will find satisfaction in no other seat anywhere, O mountain.
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KaP 41.86
।। मार्कण्डेय उवाच ।। इति वचनमुदारं नारदः शैलराजं त्रिदिवमगमदुक्त्वा तत्क्षणाद् देवयानैः । गिरिपतिरपि चिन्ताहर्षसन्मोहयुक्तः प्रविशदचलयासौ स्वान्तरं पद्मगर्भम्
|| mārkaṇḍeya uvāca || iti vacanamudāraṃ nāradaḥ śailarājaṃ tridivamagamaduktvā tatkṣaṇād devayānaiḥ | giripatirapi cintāharṣasanmohayuktaḥ praviśadacalayāsau svāntaraṃ padmagarbham
Mārkaṇḍeya said: Having spoken this lofty speech to the mountain-king, Nārada went that very instant to heaven by the vehicles of the gods; and the lord of mountains too, filled with anxiety, joy and utter bewilderment, entered with Acalā his own inner apartment, whose interior was (like) a lotus-calyx.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain