Kalika Purana — Chapter 44
KaP 44.1
कालिकापुराणम् चतुश्चत्वारिंशोऽध्यायः कालीहरसमागमः अथ श्रीकालिका पुराण अध्याय ४४ ।। मार्कण्डेय उवाच ।। अथ श्रुत्वा वचः शम्भोर्गिरिजातीव हर्षिता । मेने प्राप्तं तदा शम्भुं सुन्दरं दयितं पतिम्
kālikāpurāṇam catuścatvāriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ kālīharasamāgamaḥ atha śrīkālikā purāṇa adhyāya 44 || mārkaṇḍeya uvāca || atha śrutvā vacaḥ śambhorgirijātīva harṣitā | mene prāptaṃ tadā śambhuṃ sundaraṃ dayitaṃ patim
The Kālikāpurāṇa, forty-fourth chapter: the union of Kālī and Hara. Now the Śrī Kālikā Purāṇa, chapter 44. Mārkaṇḍeya said: Then, hearing Śambhu's words, the mountain-born one was exceedingly delighted; she considered that she had then obtained Śambhu, the handsome, beloved husband.
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KaP 44.2
अथ प्राह तदा काली सखीवक्त्रेण शङ्करम् । यथा स शृणुते वाक्यं श्रोतुमिच्छंश्च शङ्करः
atha prāha tadā kālī sakhīvaktreṇa śaṅkaram | yathā sa śṛṇute vākyaṃ śrotumicchaṃśca śaṅkaraḥ
Then Kālī spoke to Śaṅkara through the mouth of her friend, in such a way that he could hear the speech — and Śaṅkara wished to hear it:
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KaP 44.3
न सन्धावतिभेदेन प्रवर्तन्तेऽत्र सज्जनाः । मर्यादया हरस्तं मे पाणिं गृह्णातु शङ्करः
na sandhāvatibhedena pravartante'tra sajjanāḥ | maryādayā harastaṃ me pāṇiṃ gṛhṇātu śaṅkaraḥ
"Good people do not proceed here by transgressing the proper order; let Hara, Śaṅkara, take my hand according to custom."
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KaP 44.4
पितृदत्ता भवेत् कन्या तपोदत्ता भवेन्नहि । तपसा चेत् प्रदत्ताहं मां तातश्च प्रदास्यति
pitṛdattā bhavet kanyā tapodattā bhavennahi | tapasā cet pradattāhaṃ māṃ tātaśca pradāsyati
A maiden should be given by her father; she should not be given by austerity. If I am given (only) by austerity — but my father too will give me away.
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KaP 44.5
तस्मात् सम्प्रार्थ्य पितरं हिमवन्तं नगेश्वरम् । वैवाहिकेन विधिना पाणिं गृह्णातु मे हरः
tasmāt samprārthya pitaraṃ himavantaṃ nageśvaram | vaivāhikena vidhinā pāṇiṃ gṛhṇātu me haraḥ
Therefore, having duly asked my father Himavat, the lord of mountains, let Hara take my hand by the marriage rite.
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KaP 44.6
।। मार्कण्डेय उवाच ।। इत्युक्त्वा विररामाथ काली लज्जासमन्विता । हरोऽपि तद्वचः सत्यं तथ्यं योग्यं तदाग्रहीत्
|| mārkaṇḍeya uvāca || ityuktvā virarāmātha kālī lajjāsamanvitā | haro'pi tadvacaḥ satyaṃ tathyaṃ yogyaṃ tadāgrahīt
Mārkaṇḍeya said: Having spoken thus, Kālī, filled with shame, fell silent; and Hara accepted that speech of hers as true, correct, and fitting.
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KaP 44.7
ततः स सगणः शम्भुस्तत्र वासं तदाकरोत् । गङ्गावतरणे सानौ यथापूर्वं तथाधुना
tataḥ sa sagaṇaḥ śambhustatra vāsaṃ tadākarot | gaṅgāvataraṇe sānau yathāpūrvaṃ tathādhunā
Then Śambhu, with his host, made his dwelling there, on the ridge at Gaṅgā's descent, as before, so now.
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KaP 44.8
काली पितुर्गृहं याता सखीभिः परिवारिता । नालोकयन्ती सा दीना गुरूणां वदनं सती
kālī piturgṛhaṃ yātā sakhībhiḥ parivāritā | nālokayantī sā dīnā gurūṇāṃ vadanaṃ satī
Kālī went to her father's house, surrounded by her friends; downcast, the virtuous one did not look upon the faces of her elders.
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KaP 44.9
एतस्मिन्नन्तरे सप्तमरीचिप्रमुखान् मुनीन् । चिन्तयामास शशिभृत् कालीं प्रार्थयितुं तदा
etasminnantare saptamarīcipramukhān munīn | cintayāmāsa śaśibhṛt kālīṃ prārthayituṃ tadā
In the meantime the moon-bearer (Śiva) then thought of the seven sages headed by Marīci, in order to (have them) ask for Kālī.
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KaP 44.10
चिन्तिताः सप्तमुनयस्तत्क्षणान्मदनारिणा । आकृष्टा इव केनापि तत्सकाशमुपागताः
cintitāḥ saptamunayastatkṣaṇānmadanāriṇā | ākṛṣṭā iva kenāpi tatsakāśamupāgatāḥ
The seven sages, thought of at that very moment by the foe of Madana, came into his presence as if dragged by someone.
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KaP 44.11
तान् मुनीन् ददृशे शम्भुः सप्ताग्नीनिव दीपितान् । अरुन्धतीं वसिष्ठस्य सकाशे ददृशे सतीम्
tān munīn dadṛśe śambhuḥ saptāgnīniva dīpitān | arundhatīṃ vasiṣṭhasya sakāśe dadṛśe satīm
Śambhu saw those sages, blazing like seven fires; and he saw the virtuous Arundhatī at Vasiṣṭha's side.
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KaP 44.12
अरुन्धतीं ततो दृष्ट्वा वसिष्ठस्य समीपतः । मेने योषिद्ग्रहं धर्म मुनिभिश्चाप्यवर्जितम्
arundhatīṃ tato dṛṣṭvā vasiṣṭhasya samīpataḥ | mene yoṣidgrahaṃ dharma munibhiścāpyavarjitam
Then, seeing Arundhatī beside Vasiṣṭha, he considered the taking of a wife to be a duty, and one not shunned even by sages.
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KaP 44.13
ततस्ते मुनयः सर्वे सम्पूज्य वृषभध्वजम् । इदमूचुः प्रहर्षेण स्मरणाकर्षिताः प्रियम्
tataste munayaḥ sarve sampūjya vṛṣabhadhvajam | idamūcuḥ praharṣeṇa smaraṇākarṣitāḥ priyam
Then all those sages, having worshipped him whose banner is the bull, drawn (there) by his remembering (them), joyfully said this pleasing (speech):
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KaP 44.14
।। ऋषय ऊचुः ।। यत् प्रत्यक्षं दृश्यते शुद्धरूपं चन्द्रप्रख्यं चन्द्रखण्डोपशोभि । अन्तः प्रज्ञं भावितं तन्मुनीनां भाग्यं दृष्टं भागधेयेन मुक्तैः
|| ṛṣaya ūcuḥ || yat pratyakṣaṃ dṛśyate śuddharūpaṃ candraprakhyaṃ candrakhaṇḍopaśobhi | antaḥ prajñaṃ bhāvitaṃ tanmunīnāṃ bhāgyaṃ dṛṣṭaṃ bhāgadheyena muktaiḥ
The sages said: That which is seen here directly, of pure form, resembling the moon, adorned with the crescent moon, inwardly conscious, meditated upon by sages — that good fortune has been seen by us, freed (from bondage), through (our) share of merit.
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KaP 44.15
प्रज्ञातन्त्रं ध्यानतन्त्रं पुरस्तान्नित्यं ध्येयं ध्यायिनां स्वप्रकाशम् । पुञ्जीभूतं बाह्यतत्त्वेन शश्वद् योग्यप्राप्यं धाम शम्भोरुदारम्
prajñātantraṃ dhyānatantraṃ purastānnityaṃ dhyeyaṃ dhyāyināṃ svaprakāśam | puñjībhūtaṃ bāhyatattvena śaśvad yogyaprāpyaṃ dhāma śambhorudāram
(It is) the fabric of wisdom, the fabric of meditation, ever to be meditated upon by meditators as before them, self-luminous, ever heaped up (into a mass) by the outer principle, attainable by the worthy — the lofty abode of Śambhu.
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KaP 44.16
दृष्ट्वा यस्यैवाग्रभागं स नेत्रं त्राणाय स्याद् दर्शनं सूर्यतुल्यम् । तद्धामेदं स्थान सर्वस्य नित्यं भक्त्या स्तुत्यं तं नमः शम्भुदेहम्
dṛṣṭvā yasyaivāgrabhāgaṃ sa netraṃ trāṇāya syād darśanaṃ sūryatulyam | taddhāmedaṃ sthāna sarvasya nityaṃ bhaktyā stutyaṃ taṃ namaḥ śambhudeham
Having seen just the front part of him, that eye would serve for protection, the sight being equal to the sun; this abode of his is the eternal station of all, to be praised with devotion — homage to that, the body of Śambhu.
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KaP 44.17
प्रकाशते यः प्रथमादिभागतः स्थित: स वामे य इहैव नेता । सोऽस्माकमस्तु प्रथमं स्वसिद्ध्यै हरस्य शक्त्या विधृतो ललाटे
prakāśate yaḥ prathamādibhāgataḥ sthita: sa vāme ya ihaiva netā | so'smākamastu prathamaṃ svasiddhyai harasya śaktyā vidhṛto lalāṭe
He who shines forth, stationed in the first and following portion, he who is here the leader on the left — may he be first for us, for our own success, held on the forehead by Hara's power.
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KaP 44.18
यः प्रधानात्मकः सत्त्वरजोभ्यां तमसान्वितः । पुरुष: सर्वजगतां स हरो नः प्रसीदतु
yaḥ pradhānātmakaḥ sattvarajobhyāṃ tamasānvitaḥ | puruṣa: sarvajagatāṃ sa haro naḥ prasīdatu
He who consists of pradhāna, endowed with sattva and rajas along with tamas, the Puruṣa of all the worlds — may that Hara be gracious to us.
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KaP 44.19
।। मार्कण्डेय उवाच ।। इति संस्तुत्य देवेशं मुनयो विनयानताः । ऊचुः किमर्थं भवता स्मृतास्तन्नो निगद्यताम्
|| mārkaṇḍeya uvāca || iti saṃstutya deveśaṃ munayo vinayānatāḥ | ūcuḥ kimarthaṃ bhavatā smṛtāstanno nigadyatām
Mārkaṇḍeya said: Having thus praised the lord of gods, the sages, bowed in humility, said: For what purpose have we been remembered by you? Let that be told to us.
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KaP 44.20
तेषां तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा शङ्करः प्रहसन्निव । जगाद तान्मुनीन् सर्वानाभाष्य च पृथक् पृथक्
teṣāṃ tadvacanaṃ śrutvā śaṅkaraḥ prahasanniva | jagāda tānmunīn sarvānābhāṣya ca pṛthak pṛthak
Hearing that speech of theirs, Śaṅkara, as if laughing, spoke to all those sages, addressing them each one separately.
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KaP 44.21
।। ईश्वर उवाच ।। हिताय सर्वजगतां सम्भोगायात्मनस्तथा । दारान् ग्रहीतुमिच्छामि तथा सन्तानवृद्धये
|| īśvara uvāca || hitāya sarvajagatāṃ sambhogāyātmanastathā | dārān grahītumicchāmi tathā santānavṛddhaye
The Lord said: For the good of all the worlds, and likewise for my own enjoyment, and for the increase of progeny, I wish to take a wife.
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KaP 44.22
सहायं तत्र कुर्वन्तु भवन्तो मम साम्प्रतम् । मदर्थे च ततः कालीं याचन्तां तुहिनाचलम्
sahāyaṃ tatra kurvantu bhavanto mama sāmpratam | madarthe ca tataḥ kālīṃ yācantāṃ tuhinācalam
Let your honours now give me help in that; and then, on my behalf, let them ask the Snow Mountain for Kālī.
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KaP 44.23
महता तपसा काली मां पतिं लघु विन्दताम् । किन्तु ग्रहीष्ये विधिना तस्माद् याचन्तु तं गिरिम्
mahatā tapasā kālī māṃ patiṃ laghu vindatām | kintu grahīṣye vidhinā tasmād yācantu taṃ girim
By her great austerity Kālī may easily obtain me as husband; but I shall take (her) according to the rite — therefore let (you) ask that mountain.
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KaP 44.24
यथा यथा स्वयं कालीं शैलो दातुं समुत्सहेत् । तथा तथा विदध्वं हि यूयं वाग्विभवान्विताः
yathā yathā svayaṃ kālīṃ śailo dātuṃ samutsahet | tathā tathā vidadhvaṃ hi yūyaṃ vāgvibhavānvitāḥ
In whatever way the mountain may himself be willing to give Kālī away, in just that way you must act, you who are endowed with the power of speech.
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KaP 44.25
।। मार्कण्डेय उवाच ।। हरं सम्बोध्य मुनयो ह्यगच्छन् गिरिराड्गृहम् । तेन प्रपूजितास्ते तु प्रोचुस्तं मुनयो गिरिम्
|| mārkaṇḍeya uvāca || haraṃ sambodhya munayo hyagacchan girirāḍgṛham | tena prapūjitāste tu procustaṃ munayo girim
Mārkaṇḍeya said: Having addressed Hara, the sages went to the house of the king of mountains. Honoured by him, those sages said to that mountain:
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KaP 44.26
।। मुनयः ऊचुः ।। यश्चन्द्रशेखरो देवो देवदेवश्च यो मतः । शापानुग्रहणे शक्तो य एको जगतां पतिः
|| munayaḥ ūcuḥ || yaścandraśekharo devo devadevaśca yo mataḥ | śāpānugrahaṇe śakto ya eko jagatāṃ patiḥ
The sages said: He who is the god bearing the moon on his crest, and who is held to be the god of gods, who is able both to curse and to grant favour, who alone is the lord of the worlds,
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KaP 44.27
यः संहरति सर्वाणि जगन्ति प्रलयोद्भवे । यो विभूतिप्रदो भक्ते नानारूपो मनोहरः । स ते दुहितरं कालीं भार्यामादातुमिच्छति
yaḥ saṃharati sarvāṇi jaganti pralayodbhave | yo vibhūtiprado bhakte nānārūpo manoharaḥ | sa te duhitaraṃ kālīṃ bhāryāmādātumicchati
who withdraws all the worlds when the dissolution arises, who is the giver of prosperity to his devotee, of many forms, captivating — he wishes to take your daughter Kālī as his wife.
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KaP 44.28
यदि पश्यसि त्वं योग्यं वरं तं दुहितुः समम् । तदा प्रयच्छ तनयां कालीं शशिभृते गिरे
yadi paśyasi tvaṃ yogyaṃ varaṃ taṃ duhituḥ samam | tadā prayaccha tanayāṃ kālīṃ śaśibhṛte gire
If you see him to be a suitable bridegroom, a match for your daughter, then, O mountain, bestow your child Kālī upon the bearer of the moon.
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KaP 44.29
।। मार्कण्डेय उवाच ।। इत्युक्तस्तैर्गिरिपतिश्चिरं स्वहृदयस्थितम्
|| mārkaṇḍeya uvāca || ityuktastairgiripatiściraṃ svahṛdayasthitam
Mārkaṇḍeya said: Thus addressed by them, the lord of mountains, (recalling) what had long been resting in his own heart,
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KaP 44.30
दुहितुश्च प्रियं ज्ञात्वा प्राप्य सद्वचनान्मुदम् । आह चेदं प्रकाशेन युष्माभिस्त्वहमागतैः
duhituśca priyaṃ jñātvā prāpya sadvacanānmudam | āha cedaṃ prakāśena yuṣmābhistvahamāgataiḥ
and knowing his daughter's wish, and gaining joy from their good words, he spoke this openly: "By you who have come,
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KaP 44.31
पावितो मुनिशार्दूलैः पूरितश्च मनोरथः । दास्यामि शम्भवे पुत्रीं युष्माभिः प्रार्थितस्त्वहम्
pāvito muniśārdūlaiḥ pūritaśca manorathaḥ | dāsyāmi śambhave putrīṃ yuṣmābhiḥ prārthitastvaham
I have been purified, O tigers among sages, and my heart's desire has been fulfilled. I shall give my daughter to Śambhu, since I have been asked by you.
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KaP 44.32
पूर्वमेव तपस्तप्त्वा तयेशः पतिरीहितः । धातुर्नियोजनमिदं कोऽन्यथा कर्तुमुत्सहेत्
pūrvameva tapastaptvā tayeśaḥ patirīhitaḥ | dhāturniyojanamidaṃ ko'nyathā kartumutsahet
Long before, having performed austerity, she sought Īśa as her husband. This is the ordinance of the Creator — who could venture to make it otherwise?
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KaP 44.33
कोऽन्यः प्रार्थयितुं शक्तः सुतां मम विना हरात् । हरेणावगृहीताया तामन्यः कः समुत्सहेत्
ko'nyaḥ prārthayituṃ śaktaḥ sutāṃ mama vinā harāt | hareṇāvagṛhītāyā tāmanyaḥ kaḥ samutsahet
Who else but Hara is able to ask for my daughter? And she being already claimed by Hara, what other man could presume (to ask)?
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KaP 44.34
हरं गृहीत्वा मनसा नान्यं सापीह वाञ्छति । इत्युक्त्वा मेनया सार्धं सुतां दातुं च शम्भवे । अङ्गीकृत्य विसृष्टास्ते ह्यनुप्रापुर्महेश्वरम्
haraṃ gṛhītvā manasā nānyaṃ sāpīha vāñchati | ityuktvā menayā sārdhaṃ sutāṃ dātuṃ ca śambhave | aṅgīkṛtya visṛṣṭāste hyanuprāpurmaheśvaram
And she too, having taken Hara in her mind, desires no other here. Having said this, and having consented, together with Menā, to give their daughter to Śambhu, they were dismissed, and (the sages) reached Maheśvara.
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KaP 44.35
ते गत्वा मुनयः सर्वे मरीचिप्रमुखा द्विजाः
te gatvā munayaḥ sarve marīcipramukhā dvijāḥ
Those sages, all the twice-born led by Marīci, having gone (there) —
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KaP 44.36
शैलराजो यदाचष्ट तदूचुर्मदनारये । हिमवांस्तनयां दातुं तुभ्यमुत्सहते हरः
śailarājo yadācaṣṭa tadūcurmadanāraye | himavāṃstanayāṃ dātuṃ tubhyamutsahate haraḥ
whatever the king of mountains had said, that they told to the foe of Madana: "Himavān is willing to give you his daughter, O Hara.
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KaP 44.37
यदिदानीं त्वया कुर्तुं युज्यते क्रियतां तु तत् । अस्मांश्चाप्यनुजानीहि हर गन्तुं निजास्पदम्
yadidānīṃ tvayā kurtuṃ yujyate kriyatāṃ tu tat | asmāṃścāpyanujānīhi hara gantuṃ nijāspadam
Whatever it is now fitting for you to do, let that be done; and give us leave too, O Hara, to go to our own abodes."
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KaP 44.38
सिद्धं ज्ञात्वा हरः साध्यं मुदितस्तान् विसृष्टवान् । यथायोग्यं समाभाष्य क्रमादेकैकशो मुनीन्
siddhaṃ jñātvā haraḥ sādhyaṃ muditastān visṛṣṭavān | yathāyogyaṃ samābhāṣya kramādekaikaśo munīn
Knowing that the thing to be accomplished was accomplished, Hara, delighted, dismissed them, addressing the sages fittingly, one by one in turn:
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KaP 44.39
कालीविवाहावसरे यूयमायात मां प्रति । इति ते वै हरेणोक्तं प्रतिश्रुत्यर्षयो ययुः
kālīvivāhāvasare yūyamāyāta māṃ prati | iti te vai hareṇoktaṃ pratiśrutyarṣayo yayuḥ
"At the time of Kālī's wedding, come to me." Having assented to this that was spoken by Hara, the seers departed.
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KaP 44.40
अथान्योन्यप्रियतया कृत्वा कृत्वा गतागतम् । समयं कारयामास विवाहाय हरो गिरिम्
athānyonyapriyatayā kṛtvā kṛtvā gatāgatam | samayaṃ kārayāmāsa vivāhāya haro girim
Then, out of mutual affection, making journeys back and forth again and again, Hara had the mountain fix a date for the marriage:
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KaP 44.41
माधवे मासि पञ्चम्यां सिते पक्षे गुरोर्दिने । चन्द्रे चोत्तरफाल्गुन्यां भरण्यादौ स्थिते रवौ
mādhave māsi pañcamyāṃ site pakṣe gurordine | candre cottaraphālgunyāṃ bharaṇyādau sthite ravau
in the month of Mādhava, on the fifth day of the bright fortnight, on Thursday, when the moon was in Uttaraphālgunī and the sun stood at the beginning of Bharaṇī.
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KaP 44.42
आगता मुनयस्तत्र मरीचिप्रमुखा मुहुः । हरेण चिन्तिताः सर्वे तथा ब्रह्मादयः सुराः
āgatā munayastatra marīcipramukhā muhuḥ | hareṇa cintitāḥ sarve tathā brahmādayaḥ surāḥ
There came the sages headed by Marīci, again and again, all of them summoned in thought by Hara, and likewise the gods beginning with Brahmā,
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KaP 44.43
तथा च सर्वे दिक्पाला मुनयश्च तपोधनाः । शच्या सह तथा शक्रो ब्रह्माण्याद्यास्तु मातरः । नारदश्च गतस्तत्र देवर्षिर्ब्रह्मणः सुतः
tathā ca sarve dikpālā munayaśca tapodhanāḥ | śacyā saha tathā śakro brahmāṇyādyāstu mātaraḥ | nāradaśca gatastatra devarṣirbrahmaṇaḥ sutaḥ
and likewise all the guardians of the directions, and the sages rich in austerity, and Śakra together with Śacī, and the mothers beginning with Brāhmaṇī; and Nārada, the divine seer, son of Brahmā, went there.
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KaP 44.44
एतैः परिचरैः सार्धं गणैराप्यायितः स्वकैः । वैवाहिकेन विधिना गिरिपुत्रीं हरोऽग्रहीत्
etaiḥ paricaraiḥ sārdhaṃ gaṇairāpyāyitaḥ svakaiḥ | vaivāhikena vidhinā giriputrīṃ haro'grahīt
Together with these attendants, and gratified by his own hosts (of gaṇas), Hara took the mountain's daughter (in marriage) by the marriage rite.
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KaP 44.45
विवाहे गिरिजा शम्भोः सर्पा येऽष्टौ तनौ स्थिताः । ते जाम्बुनदसंनद्धा अलङ्कारास्तदाभवन्
vivāhe girijā śambhoḥ sarpā ye'ṣṭau tanau sthitāḥ | te jāmbunadasaṃnaddhā alaṅkārāstadābhavan
At Śambhu's wedding with the mountain's daughter, those eight serpents that rested on his body became ornaments then, set with river-gold.
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KaP 44.46
द्विभुजोऽभून्महादेवो जटाः केशत्वमागताः । शिरस्थितश्चन्द्रखण्ड: सोऽर्चिषा ज्वलितोऽभवत्
dvibhujo'bhūnmahādevo jaṭāḥ keśatvamāgatāḥ | śirasthitaścandrakhaṇḍa: so'rciṣā jvalito'bhavat
The Great God became two-armed, his matted locks turned into (ordinary) hair, and the sliver of moon set on his head became blazing with radiance.
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KaP 44.47
विचित्रवसनं व्याघ्रकृत्तिरासीत्तदा द्विजाः । विभूतिलेपो ह्यस्याभूत् सुगन्धिमलयोद्भवः
vicitravasanaṃ vyāghrakṛttirāsīttadā dvijāḥ | vibhūtilepo hyasyābhūt sugandhimalayodbhavaḥ
The tiger-skin became a variegated garment then, O twice-born ones, and his smearing of ashes became a fragrant sandal-paste from the Malaya (mountains).
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KaP 44.48
गौररूपो हरस्तत्र बभूवाद्भुतदर्शनः
gaurarūpo harastatra babhūvādbhutadarśanaḥ
There Hara became fair in form, wondrous to behold.
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KaP 44.49
ततो देवाः सगन्धर्वाः सिद्धविद्याधरोरगाः । विस्मयं परमं जग्मुर्हरं दृष्ट्वा तथाविधम्
tato devāḥ sagandharvāḥ siddhavidyādharoragāḥ | vismayaṃ paramaṃ jagmurharaṃ dṛṣṭvā tathāvidham
Then the gods with the gandharvas, the siddhas, vidyādharas and serpents fell into the utmost astonishment, seeing Hara of such a form.
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KaP 44.50
हिमवान् मुदितश्चासीत् सहपुत्रैश्च मेनया । ज्ञातयश्चास्य मुमुहुर्हरं दृष्ट्वा तथाविधम्
himavān muditaścāsīt sahaputraiśca menayā | jñātayaścāsya mumuhurharaṃ dṛṣṭvā tathāvidham
Himavān was delighted, together with his sons and with Menā, and his kinsmen were bewildered, seeing Hara of such a form.
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KaP 44.51
।। ब्रह्मोवाच ।। इदं ब्रह्मा तत्र जगौ हरं दृष्ट्वा मनोहरम्
|| brahmovāca || idaṃ brahmā tatra jagau haraṃ dṛṣṭvā manoharam
Brahmā said: Brahmā there sang this, seeing Hara so charming.
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KaP 44.52
सर्वं शिवकरं यस्मात् सुवेशमभवत्सुराः । तस्माच्छिवोऽयं लोकेषु नाम्नाख्यातोऽधिकः शिवः
sarvaṃ śivakaraṃ yasmāt suveśamabhavatsurāḥ | tasmācchivo'yaṃ lokeṣu nāmnākhyāto'dhikaḥ śivaḥ
Since everything (about him) became auspicious-making, a fine appearance, O gods, therefore this one is proclaimed by name in the worlds as Śiva, supremely auspicious.
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KaP 44.53
महेश्वरमुमायुक्तमीदृशं यः स्मरेद्धृदा । सततं तस्य कल्याणं वाञ्छितं च भविष्यति
maheśvaramumāyuktamīdṛśaṃ yaḥ smareddhṛdā | satataṃ tasya kalyāṇaṃ vāñchitaṃ ca bhaviṣyati
Whoever should remember in his heart Maheśvara thus, joined with Umā, for him there will always be welfare and what he desires.
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KaP 44.54
।। मार्कण्डेय उवाच ।। एवं काली महामाया योगनिद्रा जगत्प्रसूः । पूर्वं दाक्षायणी भूत्वा पश्चाद् गिरिसुताभवत्
|| mārkaṇḍeya uvāca || evaṃ kālī mahāmāyā yoganidrā jagatprasūḥ | pūrvaṃ dākṣāyaṇī bhūtvā paścād girisutābhavat
Mārkaṇḍeya said: Thus Kālī, the great Māyā, the yoga-sleep, the mother of the world, having first been Dākṣāyaṇī, afterwards became the mountain's daughter.
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KaP 44.55
स्वयं समर्थापि सती काली सम्मोहितुं हरम् । तथाप्युग्रं तपस्तेपे हिताय जगतां शिवा । एवं सम्मोहयामास कालिका चन्द्रशेखरम्
svayaṃ samarthāpi satī kālī sammohituṃ haram | tathāpyugraṃ tapastepe hitāya jagatāṃ śivā | evaṃ sammohayāmāsa kālikā candraśekharam
Although Satī, Kālī, was herself able to infatuate Hara, still the auspicious one performed fierce austerity for the good of the worlds; thus Kālikā infatuated the Moon-crested one.
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KaP 44.56
इत्येतत् कथितं सर्वं त्यक्तदेहा सती यथा । हिमवत्तनया भूत्वा पुनः प्राप महेश्वरम्
ityetat kathitaṃ sarvaṃ tyaktadehā satī yathā | himavattanayā bhūtvā punaḥ prāpa maheśvaram
Thus all this has been told: how Satī, having abandoned her body and become Himavat's daughter, again obtained Maheśvara.
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KaP 44.57
इदं यः कीर्तयेत् पुण्यं कालिकाचरितं द्विजाः । नाधयो व्याधयस्तस्य दीर्घायुः स च जायते
idaṃ yaḥ kīrtayet puṇyaṃ kālikācaritaṃ dvijāḥ | nādhayo vyādhayastasya dīrghāyuḥ sa ca jāyate
Whoever should recite this meritorious deed-story of Kālikā, O twice-born ones, he has no mental afflictions nor diseases, and he becomes long-lived.
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KaP 44.58
इदं पवित्रं परममिदं कल्याणवर्धनम् । श्रुत्वापि सकृदेवेदं शिवलोकाय गच्छति
idaṃ pavitraṃ paramamidaṃ kalyāṇavardhanam | śrutvāpi sakṛdevedaṃ śivalokāya gacchati
This is purifying, this is supreme, this increases welfare; even by hearing this but once one goes to Śiva's world.
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KaP 44.59
यः श्राद्धे श्रावयेद्विप्रान् कालिकाचरितं महत् । पितरस्तस्य कैवल्यमाप्नुवन्ति न संशयः
yaḥ śrāddhe śrāvayedviprān kālikācaritaṃ mahat | pitarastasya kaivalyamāpnuvanti na saṃśayaḥ
He who at a śrāddha has the great deed-story of Kālikā recited to the brahmins—his forefathers attain absolute release, there is no doubt.
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KaP 44.60
यः श्रावयेद् ब्राह्मणानां सन्निधौ वा समागतः । तत्र स्वयं हरो गत्वा शृणोति सह मायया
yaḥ śrāvayed brāhmaṇānāṃ sannidhau vā samāgataḥ | tatra svayaṃ haro gatvā śṛṇoti saha māyayā
He who has it recited, or who comes into the presence of brahmins (where it is recited)—there Hara himself goes and listens, together with Māyā.
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KaP 44.61
इति वः कथितं पुण्यं सर्वपापप्रणाशनम् । युष्मभ्यं रोचते चान्यद्यत्तत् पृच्छन्तु सत्तमाः
iti vaḥ kathitaṃ puṇyaṃ sarvapāpapraṇāśanam | yuṣmabhyaṃ rocate cānyadyattat pṛcchantu sattamāḥ
Thus has been told to you the meritorious (story) that destroys all sins. And whatever else pleases you, ask that, O best of the good.
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