Kalika Purana — Chapter 43
KaP 43.1
कालिकापुराणम् त्रिचत्वारिंशोऽध्यायः पार्वतीतपवर्णनम् अथ श्रीकालिका पुराण अध्याय ४३ ।। मार्कण्डेय उवाच ।। अथ देवमुनिर्या हिमवन्मन्दिरं तदा । नियोजितो बलभिदा नारदः कामगः परम्
kālikāpurāṇam tricatvāriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ pārvatītapavarṇanam atha śrīkālikā purāṇa adhyāya 43 || mārkaṇḍeya uvāca || atha devamuniryā himavanmandiraṃ tadā | niyojito balabhidā nāradaḥ kāmagaḥ param
The Kālikāpurāṇa, chapter forty-three: the description of Pārvatī's austerity. Now the Śrī Kālikā Purāṇa, chapter 43. Mārkaṇḍeya said: Then the divine sage Nārada, who goes where he wishes, being commissioned by the smiter of Bala (Indra), went to Himavat's dwelling.
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KaP 43.2
स गतः पूजितस्तेन धरेशेन महात्मना । तं समुत्सृज्य रहसि कालीं तामाससाद ह
sa gataḥ pūjitastena dhareśena mahātmanā | taṃ samutsṛjya rahasi kālīṃ tāmāsasāda ha
He went, and was honoured by that great-souled lord of the earth; leaving him, he approached Kālī in private.
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KaP 43.3
आसाद्य कालीं स मुनिः सम्बोध्य ज्ञानशालिनीम् । उवाचेदं वचस्तथ्यं सर्वेषां जगतां हितम्
āsādya kālīṃ sa muniḥ sambodhya jñānaśālinīm | uvācedaṃ vacastathyaṃ sarveṣāṃ jagatāṃ hitam
Having approached Kālī, who was endowed with knowledge, the sage addressed her and spoke this true speech, beneficial to all the worlds.
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KaP 43.4
।। नारद उवाच ।। शृणु कालि वचो मह्यं सत्यं तदवधारय । सेवित: स महादेवस्त्वयेह तपसा विना
|| nārada uvāca || śṛṇu kāli vaco mahyaṃ satyaṃ tadavadhāraya | sevita: sa mahādevastvayeha tapasā vinā
Nārada said: Hear my words, Kālī, and take them in as truth: that Mahādeva was here served by you without austerity.
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KaP 43.5
अनुरक्तोऽपि तेन त्वां महादेवो विसृष्टवान् । त्वामृते शङ्करो नान्यां द्वितीयां संग्रहीष्यति
anurakto'pi tena tvāṃ mahādevo visṛṣṭavān | tvāmṛte śaṅkaro nānyāṃ dvitīyāṃ saṃgrahīṣyati
Though he was attached (to you), for that reason Mahādeva abandoned you; yet Śaṅkara will take no other woman as a second (wife) apart from you.
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KaP 43.6
त्वं चापि नान्यं दयितं ग्रहीष्यसि विनेश्वरम् । तस्मात् त्वं तपसा युक्ता चिरमाराधयेश्वरम्
tvaṃ cāpi nānyaṃ dayitaṃ grahīṣyasi vineśvaram | tasmāt tvaṃ tapasā yuktā ciramārādhayeśvaram
And you too will take no other beloved than the Lord; therefore, engaged in austerity, propitiate the Lord for a long time.
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KaP 43.7
तपसा संस्कृतां त्वां तु स द्वितीयां करिष्यति । मन्त्रोऽयं तस्य सुभगे शृणु त्वं येन सोऽचिरात्
tapasā saṃskṛtāṃ tvāṃ tu sa dvitīyāṃ kariṣyati | mantro'yaṃ tasya subhage śṛṇu tvaṃ yena so'cirāt
When you have been consecrated by austerity, he will make you his second (wife). This is his mantra, fortunate one—hear it, by which he, soon
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KaP 43.8
आराधितस्ते प्रत्यक्षो भविष्यति महेश्वरः । ॐ नमः शिवायेति च सर्वदा शङ्करप्रियः
ārādhitaste pratyakṣo bhaviṣyati maheśvaraḥ | oṃ namaḥ śivāyeti ca sarvadā śaṅkarapriyaḥ
propitiated by you, Maheśvara will become visible (to you): "Oṃ, homage to Śiva"—and it is always dear to Śaṅkara.
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KaP 43.9
चिन्तयन्ती तु तद्रूपं नियमस्था षडक्षरम् । मन्त्रं जप त्वं गिरिजे तेन तुष्टो भवेद्धरः
cintayantī tu tadrūpaṃ niyamasthā ṣaḍakṣaram | mantraṃ japa tvaṃ girije tena tuṣṭo bhaveddharaḥ
Meditating on his form and abiding in the observances, recite, O daughter of the mountain, this six-syllabled mantra; by it Hara will be pleased.
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KaP 43.10
एवमुक्ता तदा काली नारदेन महात्मना । कर्तव्यमनुमेने सा हितं तथ्यञ्च तद्वचः
evamuktā tadā kālī nāradena mahātmanā | kartavyamanumene sā hitaṃ tathyañca tadvacaḥ
Thus addressed then by the great-souled Nārada, Kālī consented that his words, beneficial and true, were to be acted upon.
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KaP 43.11
अनुमान्य तपस्तप्तुं तदा कालीञ्च नारदः । स्वर्गं जगाम तस्याश्च निश्चिताभून्मतिव्रते
anumānya tapastaptuṃ tadā kālīñca nāradaḥ | svargaṃ jagāma tasyāśca niścitābhūnmativrate
Having gained Kālī's consent to perform austerity, Nārada then went to heaven; and her mind was made up upon the vow.
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KaP 43.12
अथ याते देवमुनौ काली सासाद्य मेनकाम् । तपः श्रद्धां समाचख्ये चात्मनो हरसङ्गमे
atha yāte devamunau kālī sāsādya menakām | tapaḥ śraddhāṃ samācakhye cātmano harasaṅgame
Then, when the divine sage had gone, Kālī approached Menakā and declared her austerity and her faith in her own union with Hara.
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KaP 43.13
।। काल्युवाच ।। तपस्तप्तुं गमिष्यामि मातः प्राप्तुं महेश्वरम् । अनुजानीहि मां गन्तुं तपसेऽद्य तपोवनम्
|| kālyuvāca || tapastaptuṃ gamiṣyāmi mātaḥ prāptuṃ maheśvaram | anujānīhi māṃ gantuṃ tapase'dya tapovanam
Kālī said: I shall go to perform austerity, mother, in order to obtain Maheśvara; permit me to go today to the penance-grove for austerity.
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KaP 43.14
तपः करणयत्नं मे पितुरावेदय द्रुतम् । यावन्न दह्ये जननि भूतेशविरहाग्निना
tapaḥ karaṇayatnaṃ me piturāvedaya drutam | yāvanna dahye janani bhūteśavirahāgninā
Announce quickly to my father my resolve to perform austerity, before I am burned up, mother, by the fire of separation from the Lord of beings.
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KaP 43.15
इति तस्या वचः श्रुत्वा मेनका शोककर्शिता । आलिंग्य स्वसुतामूचे मा तपः कुरु वल्लभे
iti tasyā vacaḥ śrutvā menakā śokakarśitā | āliṃgya svasutāmūce mā tapaḥ kuru vallabhe
Hearing these words of hers, Menakā, wasted with grief, embraced her own daughter and said: Do not perform austerity, my darling.
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KaP 43.16
मृदुदेहासि पुत्रि त्वं मा तपो याहि कर्कशम् । तपः सोढुं मुनेर्गात्रं शक्तं ते न कलेवरम्
mṛdudehāsi putri tvaṃ mā tapo yāhi karkaśam | tapaḥ soḍhuṃ munergātraṃ śaktaṃ te na kalevaram
Your body is tender, daughter; do not go to harsh austerity. A sage's frame is able to bear austerity—your body is not.
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KaP 43.17
वनवासश्च ते पुत्रि नेष्टः शत्रुगणैरपि । तस्मात् त्वं सम्परित्यज्य वनवासोद्भवं तपः । आत्मनो ह्यनुरूपेण तपस्तत् कुरु यद्धितम्
vanavāsaśca te putri neṣṭaḥ śatrugaṇairapi | tasmāt tvaṃ samparityajya vanavāsodbhavaṃ tapaḥ | ātmano hyanurūpeṇa tapastat kuru yaddhitam
And dwelling in the forest is not desired for you, daughter, even by hosts of enemies. Therefore give up the austerity that arises from forest-dwelling, and perform that austerity which is suited to yourself and is beneficial.
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KaP 43.18
।। मार्कण्डेय उवाच ।। मातुः सा वचनं श्रुत्वा गिरिजा दीनमानसा । इत्यूचे च तंदा वाक्यं तपोयत्नपरा प्रसूम्
|| mārkaṇḍeya uvāca || mātuḥ sā vacanaṃ śrutvā girijā dīnamānasā | ityūce ca taṃdā vākyaṃ tapoyatnaparā prasūm
Mārkaṇḍeya said: Hearing her mother's words, the mountain's daughter, dejected in mind and intent on her effort at austerity, then spoke this speech to her mother.
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KaP 43.19
मा निषेधय मां यास्ये तपसेऽद्य तपोवनम् । प्रच्छन्नमपि यास्यामि नानुज्ञाताप्यहं त्वया
mā niṣedhaya māṃ yāsye tapase'dya tapovanam | pracchannamapi yāsyāmi nānujñātāpyahaṃ tvayā
Do not forbid me; I shall go today to the penance-grove for austerity. I shall go even in secret, even if I am not permitted by you.
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KaP 43.20
।। मेनकोवाच ।। गृहेषु देवाः सततं ब्रह्मविष्णुशिवादयः । तस्माद् गृहे पुत्रि देवानर्चय त्वं यथेप्सितान्
|| menakovāca || gṛheṣu devāḥ satataṃ brahmaviṣṇuśivādayaḥ | tasmād gṛhe putri devānarcaya tvaṃ yathepsitān
Menakā said: The gods—Brahmā, Viṣṇu, Śiva and the rest—are always in the houses; therefore, daughter, worship the gods at home as you wish.
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KaP 43.21
स्त्रीणां तपोवनगतिर्न श्रुता स्वामिना विना । तस्मान्न युज्यते पुत्रि तपोयात्रा वनं प्रति
strīṇāṃ tapovanagatirna śrutā svāminā vinā | tasmānna yujyate putri tapoyātrā vanaṃ prati
Of women, going to the penance-forest without a husband has not been heard of; therefore, daughter, a journey for austerity toward the forest is not fitting (for you).
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KaP 43.22
यतो निरस्ता तपसे वनं गन्तुं च मेनया । उमेति तेन सोमेति नाम प्राप तदा सती
yato nirastā tapase vanaṃ gantuṃ ca menayā | umeti tena someti nāma prāpa tadā satī
Since she was forbidden (u-mā, "do not") by Menā to go to the forest for austerity, therefore the virtuous lady then obtained the name Umā, and also the name Somā.
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KaP 43.23
अवज्ञाय तदा मातुर्वचनं हिमवत्सुता । सखीभ्यां ज्ञापयामास पितरं तपसोद्यमम्
avajñāya tadā māturvacanaṃ himavatsutā | sakhībhyāṃ jñāpayāmāsa pitaraṃ tapasodyamam
Then, disregarding her mother's words, the daughter of Himavat made known to her father, through two female friends, her resolve for austerity.
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KaP 43.24
स तु ज्ञात्वा गिरिपतिस्तपसे चरितोद्यमम् । दुहितुश्चानुमेने च नातिहृष्टमना इव
sa tu jñātvā giripatistapase caritodyamam | duhituścānumene ca nātihṛṣṭamanā iva
But the lord of the mountain, learning of his daughter's undertaken resolve for austerity, consented—though as if not greatly pleased in mind.
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KaP 43.25
सानुज्ञाप्य तदा तातं यत्र दग्धो मनोभवः । शम्भुना प्रययौ तत्र गङ्गावतरणं प्रति
sānujñāpya tadā tātaṃ yatra dagdho manobhavaḥ | śambhunā prayayau tatra gaṅgāvataraṇaṃ prati
Then, having taken leave of her father, she went to the place where the mind-born (Kāma) had been burnt by Śambhu, to (the spot called) Gaṅgāvataraṇa.
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KaP 43.26
गङ्गावतरणं नाम प्रस्थो हिमवतः स च । हरशून्योऽथ ददृशे काल्या तच्चिन्तया तदा
gaṅgāvataraṇaṃ nāma prastho himavataḥ sa ca | haraśūnyo'tha dadṛśe kālyā taccintayā tadā
And that plateau of Himavat named Gaṅgāvataraṇa, empty of Hara, was then seen by Kālī with thoughts of him.
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KaP 43.27
यत्र स्थित्वा पुरा शम्भुर्ध्यानवानभवद् भृशम् । तत्र क्षणं तु सा स्थित्वा बभूव विरहार्दिता
yatra sthitvā purā śambhurdhyānavānabhavad bhṛśam | tatra kṣaṇaṃ tu sā sthitvā babhūva virahārditā
There, where Śambhu had formerly stood deeply absorbed in meditation, she stood for a moment and became tormented by separation.
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KaP 43.28
हा हरेति क्षणं तत्र रोदमाना गिरेः सुता । विललापातिदुःखार्ता चिन्ताशोकसमन्विता
hā hareti kṣaṇaṃ tatra rodamānā gireḥ sutā | vilalāpātiduḥkhārtā cintāśokasamanvitā
Crying "Alas, Hara!" for a while there, the mountain's daughter lamented, greatly afflicted by grief, filled with anxiety and sorrow.
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KaP 43.29
क्षणं विलप्य सा काली स्मृत्वा पूर्वोद्भवं तदा । हार्दं हरस्य सा मोहमवाप कमलेक्षणा
kṣaṇaṃ vilapya sā kālī smṛtvā pūrvodbhavaṃ tadā | hārdaṃ harasya sā mohamavāpa kamalekṣaṇā
Having lamented a while, Kālī then, remembering the former arising of Hara's affection (for her), the lotus-eyed one fell into a swoon.
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KaP 43.30
ततश्चिरेण सा मोहं धैर्यात् संस्तभ्य भामिनी । नियमायाभवत्तत्र दीक्षिता हिमवत्- सुता
tataścireṇa sā mohaṃ dhairyāt saṃstabhya bhāminī | niyamāyābhavattatra dīkṣitā himavat- sutā
Then after a long time that lady, steadying her swoon by firmness, the daughter of Himavat there became consecrated for the observance.
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KaP 43.31
प्रथमं नियमस्तस्या बभूव फलभोजनम् । चर्या पञ्चातपा चिन्ता शाम्भवी शाम्भवो जपः
prathamaṃ niyamastasyā babhūva phalabhojanam | caryā pañcātapā cintā śāmbhavī śāmbhavo japaḥ
Her first observance was the eating of fruit; her practice was the five fires; her meditation was on Śambhu, and her muttered prayer was Śambhu's.
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KaP 43.32
यज्ञियैर्दारुभिः शुष्कैश्चतुर्दिक्षु चतुष्कृतम् । वह्निसंस्थापनं ग्रीष्मे तीव्रांशुस्तत्र पञ्चमः
yajñiyairdārubhiḥ śuṣkaiścaturdikṣu catuṣkṛtam | vahnisaṃsthāpanaṃ grīṣme tīvrāṃśustatra pañcamaḥ
With dry sacrificial woods, a setting-up of fire made fourfold in the four directions in the hot season—the fierce-rayed sun there being the fifth.
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KaP 43.33
हस्तान्तरे चतुर्वह्नीन् कृत्वा वैश्वानरेष्टिना । तन्मध्यस्था सूर्यविम्बं वीक्षन्ती वल्कलांशुका । ग्रीष्मं निन्ये वह्निमध्ये शिशिरे तोयवासिनी
hastāntare caturvahnīn kṛtvā vaiśvānareṣṭinā | tanmadhyasthā sūryavimbaṃ vīkṣantī valkalāṃśukā | grīṣmaṃ ninye vahnimadhye śiśire toyavāsinī
Having made the four fires a hand's distance apart with the fire-offering to Vaiśvānara, standing in their midst, gazing at the sun's orb, clad in bark, she passed the hot season amid the fires, and in the cold season dwelling in the water.
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KaP 43.34
प्रथमं फलभोगेन द्वितीयं तोयभोजनम् । तृतीयं तु स्वयम्पाति- वृक्षपल्लव- भोजनम्
prathamaṃ phalabhogena dvitīyaṃ toyabhojanam | tṛtīyaṃ tu svayampāti- vṛkṣapallava- bhojanam
The first (year) with the enjoyment of fruit, the second with water for food, and the third with the eating of tree-leaves fallen of themselves.
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KaP 43.35
क्रमेण तु तदा पर्णं निरस्य हिमवत् सुता । निराहारव्रता भूत्वा तपश्चरणखिन्निका
krameṇa tu tadā parṇaṃ nirasya himavat sutā | nirāhāravratā bhūtvā tapaścaraṇakhinnikā
But then the daughter of Himavat, in due course rejecting even leaves, took the vow of no food at all, worn down by the practice of austerity.
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KaP 43.36
आहारे त्यक्तपर्णाभूद्यस्माद्धिमवतः सुता । तेन देवैरपर्णेति कथिता पृथिवीतले
āhāre tyaktaparṇābhūdyasmāddhimavataḥ sutā | tena devairaparṇeti kathitā pṛthivītale
Since the daughter of Himavat gave up leaves as food, therefore she was called Aparṇā by the gods on the face of the earth.
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KaP 43.37
पञ्चातपव्रतेनैव तोयानाञ्च प्रवेशनैः
pañcātapavratenaiva toyānāñca praveśanaiḥ
By the very vow of the five fires and by immersions in the waters...
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KaP 43.38
एकपादस्थिता सा तु वसन्ते हिमवत्सुता । षडक्षरं जपन्ती सा चिरं तेपे तपो महत्
ekapādasthitā sā tu vasante himavatsutā | ṣaḍakṣaraṃ japantī sā ciraṃ tepe tapo mahat
And in the spring that daughter of Himavat, standing on one foot, muttering the six-syllable (mantra), practised great austerity for a long time.
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KaP 43.39
चीरवल्कलसंवीता जटासङ्घातधारिणी । कृशाङ्गी चिन्तने शक्ता जिगाय तपसा मुनीन्
cīravalkalasaṃvītā jaṭāsaṅghātadhāriṇī | kṛśāṅgī cintane śaktā jigāya tapasā munīn
Wrapped in rags and bark, wearing a mass of matted hair, with emaciated limbs, capable in meditation, she surpassed the sages in austerity.
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KaP 43.40
तां तपश्चरणे शक्तां ररक्ष शङ्करः स्वयम् । आप्यायति स्म स तदा भयाद्रक्षति हर्षितः
tāṃ tapaścaraṇe śaktāṃ rarakṣa śaṅkaraḥ svayam | āpyāyati sma sa tadā bhayādrakṣati harṣitaḥ
Śaṅkara himself protected her, who was intent on the practice of austerity; he then sustained her, and, delighted, protected (her) out of fear.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
KaP 43.41
एवं तस्यास्तपस्यन्त्याश्चिन्तयन्त्या महेश्वरम् । त्रीणि वर्षसहस्राणि जग्मुः काल्यास्तपोवने
evaṃ tasyāstapasyantyāścintayantyā maheśvaram | trīṇi varṣasahasrāṇi jagmuḥ kālyāstapovane
Thus, as she practised austerity and meditated on Maheśvara, three thousand years passed for Kālī in the penance-grove.
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KaP 43.42
षट्त्रिवर्षसहस्राणि संस्कृता वीक्षणात् स्वयम् । दैवेन विधिना देवी हरयोग्या तथाभवत्
ṣaṭtrivarṣasahasrāṇi saṃskṛtā vīkṣaṇāt svayam | daivena vidhinā devī harayogyā tathābhavat
For thirty-six thousand years she was refined by (his) very gaze; by the ordinance of fate the goddess thus became fit for Hara.
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KaP 43.43
षट्त्रिवर्षसहस्रान्ते यत्र तेपे तपो हरः । तत्र क्षणमथोषित्वा चिन्तयामास भामिनी
ṣaṭtrivarṣasahasrānte yatra tepe tapo haraḥ | tatra kṣaṇamathoṣitvā cintayāmāsa bhāminī
At the end of the thirty-six thousand years, the lovely woman, having stayed a moment in the place where Hara had performed his austerity, then reflected:
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KaP 43.44
नियमस्थां महादेवः किं मां जानाति नाधुना । येनाहं सुचिरं तेन नानुज्ञाता तपोरता
niyamasthāṃ mahādevaḥ kiṃ māṃ jānāti nādhunā | yenāhaṃ suciraṃ tena nānujñātā taporatā
"Does not the Great God now know me, who abide in my observance—since for so long I have been devoted to austerity without his consent?
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KaP 43.45
लोके नास्त्यत्र गिरिशः किं तत्र मुनिभिः स्तुतः । सर्वज्ञः सर्वगो देवो हरो देवैर्निगद्यते
loke nāstyatra giriśaḥ kiṃ tatra munibhiḥ stutaḥ | sarvajñaḥ sarvago devo haro devairnigadyate
Is not the mountain-dweller here in this world? Is he not praised there by the sages? Hara is called by the gods the all-knowing, all-pervading god.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 43.46
स सर्वगस्तु सर्वज्ञः सर्वात्मा सर्वहृद्गतः । सर्वभूतिप्रदो देवः सर्व भावनभावनः
sa sarvagastu sarvajñaḥ sarvātmā sarvahṛdgataḥ | sarvabhūtiprado devaḥ sarva bhāvanabhāvanaḥ
He indeed is all-pervading, all-knowing, the self of all, present in the hearts of all, the god who grants all prosperity, the one who brings into being all things imagined.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
KaP 43.47
सती च मेनका माता यदि चाहं वृषध्वजे । सानुरक्ता नचान्यस्मिन् स प्रसीदतु शङ्करः
satī ca menakā mātā yadi cāhaṃ vṛṣadhvaje | sānuraktā nacānyasmin sa prasīdatu śaṅkaraḥ
If Satī is (truly) my mother Menakā, and if I am in love with the Bull-bannered one and with no other, then let Śaṅkara be gracious.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
KaP 43.48
यदि नारदवक्त्रोत्थो मन्त्रोऽयं स्यात्षडक्षरः । यदि भक्त्या मया जप्तं हरस्तेन प्रसीदतु
yadi nāradavaktrottho mantro'yaṃ syātṣaḍakṣaraḥ | yadi bhaktyā mayā japtaṃ harastena prasīdatu
If this six-syllabled mantra truly arose from Nārada's mouth, and if it has been muttered by me with devotion, then by that let Hara be gracious.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 43.49
सत्यं यदि तपस्तप्तं सत्यं चाराधितो हरः । सत्यं भवेद् यदि तपो हरस्तेन प्रसीदतु
satyaṃ yadi tapastaptaṃ satyaṃ cārādhito haraḥ | satyaṃ bhaved yadi tapo harastena prasīdatu
If the austerity performed is real, and Hara has truly been worshipped—if the austerity be real, then by that let Hara be gracious."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 43.50
।। मार्कण्डेय उवाच ।। एवं विचिन्तयन्ती सा वदातिष्ठद्धराश्रमे । अधोमुखी दीनवेशा जटावल्कलमण्डिता
|| mārkaṇḍeya uvāca || evaṃ vicintayantī sā vadātiṣṭhaddharāśrame | adhomukhī dīnaveśā jaṭāvalkalamaṇḍitā
Mārkaṇḍeya said: Reflecting thus, she stood in Hara's hermitage, face downcast, in wretched garb, adorned with matted hair and bark garments.
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KaP 43.51
तदैव ब्राह्मणः कश्चिद् ब्रह्माचारी धृतव्रतः । कृष्णाजिनोत्तरीयेण धृतदण्डकमण्डलुः
tadaiva brāhmaṇaḥ kaścid brahmācārī dhṛtavrataḥ | kṛṣṇājinottarīyeṇa dhṛtadaṇḍakamaṇḍaluḥ
At that very moment a certain brahmin, a celibate student firm in his vows, with a black antelope skin for an upper garment, carrying a staff and a water-pot,
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KaP 43.52
ब्राह्मश्रिया दीप्यमानः स्वर्ण गौरः सुशोभनः । जटाभिः परिवीताभिरुद्रिक्तस्तनुदेहभूत् । उपस्थितस्तदा कालीं शम्भुर्ब्राह्मणरूपधृक्
brāhmaśriyā dīpyamānaḥ svarṇa gauraḥ suśobhanaḥ | jaṭābhiḥ parivītābhirudriktastanudehabhūt | upasthitastadā kālīṃ śambhurbrāhmaṇarūpadhṛk
blazing with brahminical splendour, golden-fair, very handsome, encircled with matted locks and with an ample yet slender body—Śambhu, assuming the form of a brahmin, then came up to Kālī.
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KaP 43.53
आसाद्य प्रथमं कालीं समाभाष्य तदा द्विजः । ज्ञातुं प्रत्यक्षतो रागं श्रोतुमिच्छंश्च तद्वचः
āsādya prathamaṃ kālīṃ samābhāṣya tadā dvijaḥ | jñātuṃ pratyakṣato rāgaṃ śrotumicchaṃśca tadvacaḥ
Approaching Kālī first and greeting her, the twice-born, wishing to know her passion directly and to hear her words,
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KaP 43.54
वाग्मी विचित्रवाक्येन पप्रच्छ गिरिजां तदा
vāgmī vicitravākyena papraccha girijāṃ tadā
eloquent, then questioned the mountain's daughter with an artful speech.
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KaP 43.55
।। ब्राह्मण उवाच ।। कां त्वं कस्यासि कल्याणि किमर्थं विजने वने । तपश्चरसि दुर्धर्षं मुनिभिः प्रयतात्मभिः
|| brāhmaṇa uvāca || kāṃ tvaṃ kasyāsi kalyāṇi kimarthaṃ vijane vane | tapaścarasi durdharṣaṃ munibhiḥ prayatātmabhiḥ
The brahmin said: Who are you, whose are you, fair lady? For what purpose in this lonely forest do you practise austerity hard to bear even for sages of controlled self?
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KaP 43.56
न बाला त्वं नापि वृद्धा तरुणी चातिशोभना । कथं पतिं विनाभीक्ष्णं तपश्चरसि साम्प्रतम्
na bālā tvaṃ nāpi vṛddhā taruṇī cātiśobhanā | kathaṃ patiṃ vinābhīkṣṇaṃ tapaścarasi sāmpratam
You are not a child, nor are you old; you are young and exceedingly beautiful. How is it that you now practise austerity constantly without a husband?
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KaP 43.57
किंवा तपस्विनी भद्रे कस्यचित् सहचारिणी । तपस्विनः स पुष्पादि समाहर्तुं गतोऽन्यतः
kiṃvā tapasvinī bhadre kasyacit sahacāriṇī | tapasvinaḥ sa puṣpādi samāhartuṃ gato'nyataḥ
Or are you, good lady, an ascetic woman, the companion of some ascetic, and he has gone elsewhere to gather flowers and the like?
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KaP 43.58
एतन्मम समाचक्ष्व यदि गुह्यं भवेन्न ते । यदि ते हृदये मन्युः कच्चिद्वसति सम्प्रति । तदाचक्ष्व समर्थोऽस्मि तमहं चापि वारितुम्
etanmama samācakṣva yadi guhyaṃ bhavenna te | yadi te hṛdaye manyuḥ kaccidvasati samprati | tadācakṣva samartho'smi tamahaṃ cāpi vāritum
Tell me this, if it be no secret of yours. If some grief dwells in your heart at present, then tell it: I am able to ward it off.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 43.59
इत्युक्ता तेन विप्रेण गिरिजाथ निजां सखीम् । तस्योत्तरप्रदानाय कटाक्षेण न्ययोजयत्
ityuktā tena vipreṇa girijātha nijāṃ sakhīm | tasyottarapradānāya kaṭākṣeṇa nyayojayat
Thus addressed by that brahmin, the mountain's daughter then, with a sidelong glance, appointed her own friend to give him an answer.
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KaP 43.60
सा सखी विजया तस्या वचनाद् ब्राह्मणं तदा । प्रोवाचेदं यथातथ्यं वीक्षन्ती गिरिजामुखम्
sā sakhī vijayā tasyā vacanād brāhmaṇaṃ tadā | provācedaṃ yathātathyaṃ vīkṣantī girijāmukham
That friend, Vijayā, at her word then spoke this to the brahmin just as it was, looking at Girijā's face.
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KaP 43.61
।। विजयोवाच ।। एतस्य गिरिराजस्य तनयेयं द्विजोत्तम । ख्याता च पार्वतीनाम्ना कालीति च सुशोभना
|| vijayovāca || etasya girirājasya tanayeyaṃ dvijottama | khyātā ca pārvatīnāmnā kālīti ca suśobhanā
Vijayā said: This, best of brahmins, is the daughter of that king of mountains; she is renowned by the name Pārvatī, and also as Kālī, the lovely one.
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KaP 43.62
ऊचे यन्न च केनापि शङ्करं वृषभध्वजम् । वाञ्छन्ती दयितं तीव्रं तपश्चरति वै पतिम्
ūce yanna ca kenāpi śaṅkaraṃ vṛṣabhadhvajam | vāñchantī dayitaṃ tīvraṃ tapaścarati vai patim
She has told it to no one: longing for Śaṅkara, the bull-bannered, as her beloved, she performs fierce austerity for (him as) a husband.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
KaP 43.63
षट्त्रि वर्षसहस्राणि तपस्तपति भामिनी । न शङ्करो गिरिसुतामद्याप्यभ्युपपद्यते
ṣaṭtri varṣasahasrāṇi tapastapati bhāminī | na śaṅkaro girisutāmadyāpyabhyupapadyate
For thirty-six thousand years the fair lady has practised austerity, yet Śaṅkara does not to this day come to the mountain's daughter.
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KaP 43.64
शङ्करो गिरिशो देवः सर्वगः परमेश्वरः । इति स्म गद्यते देवैर्मुनिभिश्च तपोधनैः
śaṅkaro giriśo devaḥ sarvagaḥ parameśvaraḥ | iti sma gadyate devairmunibhiśca tapodhanaiḥ
"Śaṅkara, the mountain-dweller, the god, is all-pervading, the supreme lord" — so indeed it is said by the gods and by the sages rich in austerity.
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KaP 43.65
किमेनां स न जानाति किं सानौ नास्ति वा गिरेः । इति चिन्ताविषण्णेयमद्य नो लभते सुखम्
kimenāṃ sa na jānāti kiṃ sānau nāsti vā gireḥ | iti cintāviṣaṇṇeyamadya no labhate sukham
Does he not know her, or is he not upon the peak of the mountain? Dejected with such brooding, she gets no happiness now.
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KaP 43.66
अप्रार्थितस्त्वमनया दयसे यदि वा सुखम् । तदैनां शङ्करेणाद्य त्वं सङ्गमय सुव्रत
aprārthitastvamanayā dayase yadi vā sukham | tadaināṃ śaṅkareṇādya tvaṃ saṅgamaya suvrata
If, unasked, you would grant her happiness, then unite her today with Śaṅkara, O you of good vows.
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KaP 43.67
।। मार्कण्डेय उवाच ।। इति तस्या वचः श्रुत्वा ब्रह्मचारी तदा द्विजः । स्मयमान इदं वाक्यं हेलयोवाच पार्वतीम्
|| mārkaṇḍeya uvāca || iti tasyā vacaḥ śrutvā brahmacārī tadā dvijaḥ | smayamāna idaṃ vākyaṃ helayovāca pārvatīm
Mārkaṇḍeya said: Hearing her words, the brahmin student then, smiling, spoke this speech to Pārvatī in jest.
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KaP 43.68
।। ब्राह्मण उवाच ।। अमोघदर्शनश्चास्मि हरं चानयितुं क्षमः । किन्त्वेकं निगदाम्यद्य निश्चितं मन्मतं शृणु
|| brāhmaṇa uvāca || amoghadarśanaścāsmi haraṃ cānayituṃ kṣamaḥ | kintvekaṃ nigadāmyadya niścitaṃ manmataṃ śṛṇu
The brahmin said: My seeing (of things) is unfailing, and I am able to bring Hara here; but one thing I shall say today — hear my settled opinion.
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KaP 43.69
जानाम्यहं महादेवं तं वदामि शृणुष्व मे । वृषध्वजो महादेवो भूतिलेपी जटाधरः
jānāmyahaṃ mahādevaṃ taṃ vadāmi śṛṇuṣva me | vṛṣadhvajo mahādevo bhūtilepī jaṭādharaḥ
I know Mahādeva; I shall tell of him — listen to me: Mahādeva is bull-bannered, smeared with ashes, wearing matted locks;
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KaP 43.70
व्याघ्रचर्मांशुकश्चैकः संवीतो गजकृत्तिना । कपालधारी सर्पौघैः सर्वगात्रेषु वेष्टितः
vyāghracarmāṃśukaścaikaḥ saṃvīto gajakṛttinā | kapāladhārī sarpaughaiḥ sarvagātreṣu veṣṭitaḥ
clad in a tiger's skin, alone, wrapped in an elephant's hide, a bearer of skulls, wound about on all his limbs with masses of snakes;
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KaP 43.71
विषदग्धगलस्त्रयक्षो विरूपाक्षो विभीषणः । अव्यक्तजन्मा सततं गृहभोग्यविवर्जितः
viṣadagdhagalastrayakṣo virūpākṣo vibhīṣaṇaḥ | avyaktajanmā satataṃ gṛhabhogyavivarjitaḥ
his throat scorched by poison, three-eyed, of misshapen eyes, terrifying, of unmanifest birth, always devoid of household comforts;
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KaP 43.72
ज्ञातिभिर्बान्धवैर्हीनो भक्ष्यभोज्यविवर्जितः । श्मशानवासी सततं तत्सङ्गपरिवर्जितः
jñātibhirbāndhavairhīno bhakṣyabhojyavivarjitaḥ | śmaśānavāsī satataṃ tatsaṅgaparivarjitaḥ
without kinsmen or relatives, devoid of food and dishes to eat, always dwelling in cremation grounds, shunning the company of these (people);
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KaP 43.73
गर्जद्भिर्विकटैस्तीक्ष्णैर्भूतोघैः परिवारितः । शृङ्गाररसहीनश्च भार्यापुत्रविवर्जितः
garjadbhirvikaṭaistīkṣṇairbhūtoghaiḥ parivāritaḥ | śṛṅgārarasahīnaśca bhāryāputravivarjitaḥ
surrounded by roaring, hideous, fierce hosts of spirits, and empty of the sentiment of love, without wife or son.
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KaP 43.74
केन वा कारणेन त्वं भर्तारं तं समीहसे । पूर्वं श्रुतं मया चैव तस्यापरमिदं कृतम्
kena vā kāraṇena tvaṃ bhartāraṃ taṃ samīhase | pūrvaṃ śrutaṃ mayā caiva tasyāparamidaṃ kṛtam
For what reason, then, do you desire him for a husband? Moreover, I have heard formerly of this other deed done by him.
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KaP 43.75
शृणु ते निगदाम्यद्य यदि ते गृह्ण रोचते । दक्षस्य दुहिता साध्वी सती वृषभवाहनम्
śṛṇu te nigadāmyadya yadi te gṛhṇa rocate | dakṣasya duhitā sādhvī satī vṛṣabhavāhanam
Listen, I shall tell you now, if it pleases you (to hear it): Satī, the virtuous daughter of Dakṣa, (chose) the bull-borne one —
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KaP 43.76
वव्रे पतिं पुरा दैवात् सम्भोगपरिवर्जितम् । कपालिजायेति सती दक्षेण परिवर्जिता
vavre patiṃ purā daivāt sambhogaparivarjitam | kapālijāyeti satī dakṣeṇa parivarjitā
long ago, by fate, she chose as husband one bereft of (means of) enjoyment; and Satī was cast off by Dakṣa as "wife of the skull-bearer";
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KaP 43.77
यज्ञभागप्रदानाय शम्भुश्चापि विवर्जितः । साथ तेनापमानेन भृशं शोकाकुला सती । तत्याज स्वान् प्रियान् प्राणांस्तया त्यक्तश्च शङ्करः
yajñabhāgapradānāya śambhuścāpi vivarjitaḥ | sātha tenāpamānena bhṛśaṃ śokākulā satī | tatyāja svān priyān prāṇāṃstayā tyaktaśca śaṅkaraḥ
and Śambhu too was excluded from the bestowal of a share in the sacrifice. Then Satī, exceedingly stricken with grief at that insult, gave up her own dear life-breaths, and by her Śaṅkara was abandoned.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 43.78
त्वं स्त्रीरत्नं तव पिता राजा निखिलभूभृताम् । तथाविधं पतिं कस्मादुग्रेण तपसेहसे
tvaṃ strīratnaṃ tava pitā rājā nikhilabhūbhṛtām | tathāvidhaṃ patiṃ kasmādugreṇa tapasehase
You are a jewel among women, your father is king of all the mountain-bearers: why do you seek such a husband by severe austerity?
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KaP 43.79
देवेन्द्रो वा धनेशो वा पवनो वाप्यपांपतिः
devendro vā dhaneśo vā pavano vāpyapāṃpatiḥ
Indra of the gods, or the lord of wealth, or the wind, or even the lord of the waters,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 43.80
अग्निर्वाऽन्यः सुरो वापि स्वर्वैद्यावश्विनावपि । विद्याधरो वा गन्धर्वो नागो वा मानुषोऽथवा
agnirvā'nyaḥ suro vāpi svarvaidyāvaśvināvapi | vidyādharo vā gandharvo nāgo vā mānuṣo'thavā
or Agni, or some other god, or the two Aśvins, the physicians of heaven, or a Vidyādhara, or a Gandharva, or a Nāga, or else a human—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 43.81
रूपयौवनसम्पन्नः समस्तगुणसंयुतः । स ते योग्यः पतिः श्रीमानुदारकुलसम्भवः
rūpayauvanasampannaḥ samastaguṇasaṃyutaḥ | sa te yogyaḥ patiḥ śrīmānudārakulasambhavaḥ
He, endowed with beauty and youth, joined with all virtues, glorious and born of a noble family — he is a fit husband for you.
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KaP 43.82
येन त्वं बहुरत्नौघ- पूरितेऽनर्घविस्तृते । माल्यप्रवरसंयुक्ते धूपचूर्णै: सुवासिते
yena tvaṃ bahuratnaugha- pūrite'narghavistṛte | mālyapravarasaṃyukte dhūpacūrṇai: suvāsite
By whom you (would be led) into (a chamber) filled with an abundance of many jewels, priceless and spacious, hung with the finest garlands, well perfumed with powdered incense —
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KaP 43.83
मृद्वास्तरणसंयुक्ते विस्तृते सुमनोहरे । चारुप्रासादगर्भस्थे जाम्बूनदविचित्रिते । शय्यातले समासाद्य स योग्यस्ते भवेत् पतिः
mṛdvāstaraṇasaṃyukte vistṛte sumanohare | cāruprāsādagarbhasthe jāmbūnadavicitrite | śayyātale samāsādya sa yogyaste bhavet patiḥ
having reached a bed furnished with soft coverlets, wide, most delightful, set within a lovely palace, variegated with gold — he would be a fit husband for you.
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KaP 43.84
एवं ज्ञात्वाऽद्य सुभगे यदि वाञ्छसि शङ्करम् । किं ते तपोभिः सुतरामहं तं योजये त्वया
evaṃ jñātvā'dya subhage yadi vāñchasi śaṅkaram | kiṃ te tapobhiḥ sutarāmahaṃ taṃ yojaye tvayā
Knowing this now, O fair one, if you (still) desire Śaṅkara — what need have you of austerities? I will most readily unite him with you.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 43.85
।। मार्कण्डेय उवाच ।। इति श्रुत्वा तदा काली ब्राह्मणस्योत्तरं तदा । मितं तथ्यं जगादैनं ब्राह्मणं कोपसंयुता
|| mārkaṇḍeya uvāca || iti śrutvā tadā kālī brāhmaṇasyottaraṃ tadā | mitaṃ tathyaṃ jagādainaṃ brāhmaṇaṃ kopasaṃyutā
Mārkaṇḍeya said: Having heard then the brahmin's reply, Kālī, filled with anger, spoke to that brahmin words measured and true.
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KaP 43.86
।। काल्युवाच ।। न जानासि हरं देवं त्वं जानामीति भाषसे । बहिर्यद् दृश्यते तत्ते कथितं द्विजनन्दन
|| kālyuvāca || na jānāsi haraṃ devaṃ tvaṃ jānāmīti bhāṣase | bahiryad dṛśyate tatte kathitaṃ dvijanandana
Kālī said: You do not know the god Hara, yet you say "I know (him)"; what is seen outwardly, that has been told by you, O delight of the twice-born.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 43.87
यस्य भावं न जानन्ति सेन्द्रा ब्रह्मादयः सुराः । तस्य त्वं विप्रतनय शिशुर्ज्ञास्यसि किं भवम्
yasya bhāvaṃ na jānanti sendrā brahmādayaḥ surāḥ | tasya tvaṃ vipratanaya śiśurjñāsyasi kiṃ bhavam
He whose nature the gods, Brahmā and the rest, together with Indra, do not know — of him, O son of a brahmin, what being will you, a child, know?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 43.88
यच्छुतं भवता नीचवदनाद् भाषितं लघु । इतस्ततस्तु श्रुत्वैव भाषसे त्वं न दृष्टवान्
yacchutaṃ bhavatā nīcavadanād bhāṣitaṃ laghu | itastatastu śrutvaiva bhāṣase tvaṃ na dṛṣṭavān
What you have heard is (mere) trifling talk spoken from a base mouth; having merely heard it here and there you speak — you have not seen (him).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 43.89
तस्मात् त्वत्तो वरं नाहं वाञ्छये नापि वा पतिम् । अन्यद् वद न च त्वत्तो वाञ्छये हरसङ्गमम्
tasmāt tvatto varaṃ nāhaṃ vāñchaye nāpi vā patim | anyad vada na ca tvatto vāñchaye harasaṅgamam
Therefore I desire from you neither a boon nor a husband; say something else — and I do not desire union with Hara from you.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 43.90
इत्युक्त्वा गिरिजा विप्रमवलोक्य सखीमुखम् । इदमाह तदा काली संशयारूढचेतना
ityuktvā girijā vipramavalokya sakhīmukham | idamāha tadā kālī saṃśayārūḍhacetanā
Having said this, Girijā, looking at the brahmin and at her friend's face, then Kālī, her mind mounted with doubt, said this:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 43.91
महता चिन्तनेनेह तपसाराधितो हरः । तन्ममाग्रे विप्रसुतो निन्दितुं वाक्यमुक्तवान् । तदहं चापनेष्यामि स्तुतिवाक्येन साम्प्रतम्
mahatā cintaneneha tapasārādhito haraḥ | tanmamāgre viprasuto nindituṃ vākyamuktavān | tadahaṃ cāpaneṣyāmi stutivākyena sāmpratam
By great meditation and by austerity Hara has been propitiated here; yet in my presence this brahmin's son has spoken words of censure. So I shall now remove that (fault) with words of praise.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 43.92
महात्मनां च यो निन्दां शृणोति कुरुतेऽथवा
mahātmanāṃ ca yo nindāṃ śṛṇoti kurute'thavā
And he who listens to the censure of great souls, or utters it —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 43.93
तयोरागः समं पूर्वं मया तातमुखाच्छ्रुतम् । तस्मात्तदपनेष्येऽहं तन्निषेधय विप्रकम्
tayorāgaḥ samaṃ pūrvaṃ mayā tātamukhācchrutam | tasmāttadapaneṣye'haṃ tanniṣedhaya viprakam
the sin of the two is equal: this I have formerly heard from my father's mouth. Therefore I shall remove that; (you,) restrain that little brahmin.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 43.94
इत्युक्त्वा सा सखीं काली शम्भुसङ्गतमानसा । अघंसंमार्जनायाशु हरं स्तोतुमुपाक्रमत्
ityuktvā sā sakhīṃ kālī śambhusaṅgatamānasā | aghaṃsaṃmārjanāyāśu haraṃ stotumupākramat
Having said this to her friend, Kālī, her mind (set on) union with Śambhu, at once began to praise Hara in order to wipe away the sin.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 43.95
।। काल्युवाच ।। नमः शिवाय शान्ताय कारणत्रयहेतवे । निवेदयामि चात्मानं त्वं गतिः परमेश्वर
|| kālyuvāca || namaḥ śivāya śāntāya kāraṇatrayahetave | nivedayāmi cātmānaṃ tvaṃ gatiḥ parameśvara
Kālī said: Homage to Śiva, the tranquil, the cause of the three causes; I offer up myself — you are the (only) refuge, O Supreme Lord.
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KaP 43.96
विज्ञानसौभाग्यसुहृद्गताय ते प्रपञ्चहीनाय हिरण्यबाहवे । नमोऽस्तु नारायणपद्मसम्भव- प्रधानबीजाय जगद्धिताय ते
vijñānasaubhāgyasuhṛdgatāya te prapañcahīnāya hiraṇyabāhave | namo'stu nārāyaṇapadmasambhava- pradhānabījāya jagaddhitāya te
Homage to you, who have gone to (are attained by) knowledge, good fortune and friendship, who are free of manifoldness, golden-armed; homage be to you, the seed of the primal source of Nārāyaṇa and of the lotus-born (Brahmā), the benefactor of the world.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
KaP 43.97
इति स्तुवन्तीं पुनरेव स द्विजस्तदा वचः किञ्चिदुदीरितुं पुनः । समीक्ष्य कालीमकरोत् सयत्नकं बुद्ध्वा समाचष्ट सखीं गिरे: सुता
iti stuvantīṃ punareva sa dvijastadā vacaḥ kiñcidudīrituṃ punaḥ | samīkṣya kālīmakarot sayatnakaṃ buddhvā samācaṣṭa sakhīṃ gire: sutā
As she was thus praising (him), that brahmin, seeking again to utter some word, looked at Kālī and made an effort; the daughter of the mountain, perceiving (this), spoke to her friend.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
KaP 43.98
अयं द्विज: किञ्चन वक्तुमिच्छत्युग्रं हरं चापि न संविदानः । निन्दन्नहि प्राणहरीं हरस्य निन्दामहं श्रोतुमिह क्षमामि
ayaṃ dvija: kiñcana vaktumicchatyugraṃ haraṃ cāpi na saṃvidānaḥ | nindannahi prāṇaharīṃ harasya nindāmahaṃ śrotumiha kṣamāmi
This brahmin wishes to say something, and he does not know the fierce Hara; censuring (him) — indeed I cannot bear to hear here censure of Hara, which takes away my life-breath.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
KaP 43.99
यावद् भूरिवचोऽस्याहं न शृणोम्यधुना सखि । गच्छामि तावद् दूराय समुत्तिष्ठामि मत्प्रिये
yāvad bhūrivaco'syāhaṃ na śṛṇomyadhunā sakhi | gacchāmi tāvad dūrāya samuttiṣṭhāmi matpriye
So long as I do not hear his many words now, O friend, so long I shall go far away — I rise up, my dear.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 43.100
इत्युक्त्वा सा तया सख्या सहिता हिमवत्सुता । प्रतस्थेऽथ समुत्थाय तमुत्सृज्य द्विजं हठात्
ityuktvā sā tayā sakhyā sahitā himavatsutā | pratasthe'tha samutthāya tamutsṛjya dvijaṃ haṭhāt
Having said this, the daughter of Himavat, together with that friend, rose up and set out, abruptly abandoning that brahmin.
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KaP 43.101
अथ शम्भुनिजं रूपमास्थाय हिमवत्सुताम् । तं समुत्सृज्य गच्छन्तीं हरः स्मेरमुखोऽन्वयात्
atha śambhunijaṃ rūpamāsthāya himavatsutām | taṃ samutsṛjya gacchantīṃ haraḥ smeramukho'nvayāt
Then, assuming his own form as Śambhu, Hara with a smiling face followed after the daughter of Himavat, who was leaving, having abandoned him (the brahmin).
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KaP 43.102
अहं हरो महादेवो मां संस्तौषि न चाधुना । सम्मुखीभव हे कालि समाश्वासय शाङ्करि
ahaṃ haro mahādevo māṃ saṃstauṣi na cādhunā | sammukhībhava he kāli samāśvāsaya śāṅkari
"I am Hara, the great god; and now you do not praise me. Turn your face toward me, O Kālī; console (me), O Śāṅkarī."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 43.103
इत्युक्त्वा स महादेवो गच्छन्त्याः पुरतो गतः । प्रसार्य हस्तौ काल्यास्तु गतिं तस्या विरोधयन्
ityuktvā sa mahādevo gacchantyāḥ purato gataḥ | prasārya hastau kālyāstu gatiṃ tasyā virodhayan
Having said this, that Mahādeva went in front of her as she walked, and stretching out both his hands, he blocked Kālī's way.
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KaP 43.104
सा वीक्ष्य शम्भुवदनं तत्क्षणादभवद्धठात् । अधोमुखी तडिद्वातचकितेव गिरे: सुता
sā vīkṣya śambhuvadanaṃ tatkṣaṇādabhavaddhaṭhāt | adhomukhī taḍidvātacakiteva gire: sutā
Seeing Śambhu's face, in that instant the mountain's daughter suddenly became downcast-faced, as if startled like lightning by the wind.
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KaP 43.105
मन्दाक्षं प्रीतिलज्जाभिः सा जडेव तदाभवत् । वक्तुं च नाशकत् किञ्चिद्विवक्षुरपि भामिनी
mandākṣaṃ prītilajjābhiḥ sā jaḍeva tadābhavat | vaktuṃ ca nāśakat kiñcidvivakṣurapi bhāminī
Then, from affection and modesty, she became bashful, as if dulled, and though wishing to speak, the beautiful woman was unable to say anything.
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KaP 43.106
मनोरथानां सिद्ध्या तु सुधाभिरिव पूरितम् । शरीरमभवत्तस्या मुदा पूर्णं द्विजोत्तमाः
manorathānāṃ siddhyā tu sudhābhiriva pūritam | śarīramabhavattasyā mudā pūrṇaṃ dvijottamāḥ
But by the fulfilment of her desires her body became as if filled with nectar, full of joy, O best of the twice-born.
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KaP 43.107
षट्त्रिवर्षसहस्रैस्तु तपः क्लेशमविन्दत । यत्तं क्षणात् समुत्सृज्य सम्मोदमुदिताभवत्
ṣaṭtrivarṣasahasraistu tapaḥ kleśamavindata | yattaṃ kṣaṇāt samutsṛjya sammodamuditābhavat
The hardship of austerity that she had endured for thirty-six thousand years — abandoning that in an instant, she became gladdened with delight.
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KaP 43.108
तां च वीक्ष्य तथाभूतां प्रणयाद् वृषभध्वजः । कामेन भस्मरूपेण गात्रस्थेन च मोहितः
tāṃ ca vīkṣya tathābhūtāṃ praṇayād vṛṣabhadhvajaḥ | kāmena bhasmarūpeṇa gātrasthena ca mohitaḥ
And seeing her in such a state, the bull-bannered one, out of love, and bewildered by Kāma, who in the form of ashes was situated on his body,
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KaP 43.109
अथ तां विरहोद्रिक्तः समेत्य वृषभध्वजः । सम्बोधयन्निदं चाटुवचनं प्रोक्तवान् मुदा
atha tāṃ virahodriktaḥ sametya vṛṣabhadhvajaḥ | sambodhayannidaṃ cāṭuvacanaṃ proktavān mudā
Then the bull-bannered one, overflowing with (the pain of) separation, approaching her, spoke this coaxing speech with joy, addressing her:
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KaP 43.110
।। शिव उवाच ।। न तु सुन्दरि मां वक्तुं किञ्चनापि त्वमीहसे । तपः क्लेशं स्मरन्ती किं मह्यं कुप्यसि साम्प्रतम्
|| śiva uvāca || na tu sundari māṃ vaktuṃ kiñcanāpi tvamīhase | tapaḥ kleśaṃ smarantī kiṃ mahyaṃ kupyasi sāmpratam
Śiva said: But, fair one, you do not wish to say anything at all to me. Remembering the hardship of your austerity, why are you angry with me now?
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KaP 43.111
अहं च परितप्यामि त्वामृते सुभगे मम । समयाद् यत् समारब्धं तपस्तप्तुं त्वया समम्
ahaṃ ca paritapyāmi tvāmṛte subhage mama | samayād yat samārabdhaṃ tapastaptuṃ tvayā samam
And I too burn without you, O fortunate one, because of my agreement, by which austerity was undertaken by me to be practised together with you.
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KaP 43.112
सानुरक्तोऽथ संस्कृत्य भविष्यामि त्वया प्रिये । अधुना समतीतो मे यः कृतः समयो मया
sānurakto'tha saṃskṛtya bhaviṣyāmi tvayā priye | adhunā samatīto me yaḥ kṛtaḥ samayo mayā
Then, being enamoured, having performed the (marriage) rites, I shall become yours, beloved; and now that agreement which was made by me has passed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
KaP 43.113
तपसे भवती चापि तपसैव सुसंस्कृता । संचिन्तनेन जप्येन तीव्रेण तपसा तदा । मूल्येन महता क्रीतो दासोऽहं मां नियोजय
tapase bhavatī cāpi tapasaiva susaṃskṛtā | saṃcintanena japyena tīvreṇa tapasā tadā | mūlyena mahatā krīto dāso'haṃ māṃ niyojaya
And you too have been well consecrated for austerity by austerity itself. Then, bought at a great price by (your) meditation, muttered prayer, and fierce austerity, I am (your) slave — employ me.
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KaP 43.114
त्वदंगानां संस्करणे जटानां च प्रसाधने । प्रमुच्य वल्कल गात्राच्चार्वंशुकनिवेशने
tvadaṃgānāṃ saṃskaraṇe jaṭānāṃ ca prasādhane | pramucya valkala gātrāccārvaṃśukaniveśane
In adorning your limbs and in dressing your matted locks, in loosing the bark garment from (your) body and putting on a lovely fine cloth,
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KaP 43.115
हारनूपुरकेयूरकाच्यादिपरिधापने । द्रुतं नियोजय शुभे यदि स्नेहोऽस्ति मादृशि
hāranūpurakeyūrakācyādiparidhāpane | drutaṃ niyojaya śubhe yadi sneho'sti mādṛśi
in putting on necklace, anklets, armlets, girdle and the rest — employ (me) at once, O lovely one, if you have affection for one such as me.
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KaP 43.116
निर्दग्धो योमया कामो भस्मरूपेण मत्तनौ । स्थितो मां प्रतिकृत्येव त्वद दग्धुमिच्छति
nirdagdho yomayā kāmo bhasmarūpeṇa mattanau | sthito māṃ pratikṛtyeva tvada dagdhumicchati
Kāma, who was burnt up by me, stands in the form of ashes on my body, and as if in retaliation against me, wishes to burn me by (means of) you.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
KaP 43.117
तस्मादुद्धर मां कामादग्नेरिव मनोहरे । त्वदङ्गामृत दानेन प्रसीद दयिते मम
tasmāduddhara māṃ kāmādagneriva manohare | tvadaṅgāmṛta dānena prasīda dayite mama
Therefore rescue me from Kāma as from a fire, O charmer of the mind; be gracious to me, beloved, by the gift of the nectar of your body.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition