Kalika Purana — Chapter 45
KaP 45.1
कालिकापुराणम् पञ्चचत्वारिंशोऽध्यायः अर्धनारीश्वरचरितवर्णनम् अथ श्रीकालिका पुराण अध्याय ४५ ।। ऋषय ऊचुः । विचित्रमिदमाख्यानं ब्रह्मन् कालीहरागमम् । पुण्यं पापहरं नित्यं श्रुतिसौख्यप्रदं वरम्
kālikāpurāṇam pañcacatvāriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ ardhanārīśvaracaritavarṇanam atha śrīkālikā purāṇa adhyāya 45 || ṛṣaya ūcuḥ | vicitramidamākhyānaṃ brahman kālīharāgamam | puṇyaṃ pāpaharaṃ nityaṃ śrutisaukhyapradaṃ varam
Kālikāpurāṇa, chapter forty-five: the description of the deeds of Ardhanārīśvara. Now the Śrī Kālikā Purāṇa, chapter 45. The sages said: Wondrous is this narrative, O Brahman, of the coming together of Kālī and Hara—meritorious, sin-removing, ever excellent, granting delight to the ear.
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KaP 45.2
भूयः कथय शर्वस्य कालीतन्वार्धमुत्तमम् । कथं जहार गौरी वा कथम्भूताथ कालिका
bhūyaḥ kathaya śarvasya kālītanvārdhamuttamam | kathaṃ jahāra gaurī vā kathambhūtātha kālikā
Tell further of the excellent half of Śarva's body (taken by) Kālī: how did Gaurī take it away, and how then did Kālikā come to be (so)?
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KaP 45.3
केन वा कारणेनाशु कृष्णा गौरीत्वमागता । तन्न: कथय तत्त्वेन मुनिश्रेष्ठ द्विजोत्तम
kena vā kāraṇenāśu kṛṣṇā gaurītvamāgatā | tanna: kathaya tattvena muniśreṣṭha dvijottama
And by what cause did the black one at once attain whiteness? Tell us that truly, best of sages, foremost of the twice-born.
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KaP 45.4
।। मार्कण्डेय उवाच ।। इदं तु महदाख्यानं कथयिष्यामि वोऽधुना । महर्षयस्तच्छृण्वन्तु तत्त्वेन शुभदं परम्
|| mārkaṇḍeya uvāca || idaṃ tu mahadākhyānaṃ kathayiṣyāmi vo'dhunā | maharṣayastacchṛṇvantu tattvena śubhadaṃ param
Mārkaṇḍeya said: This great narrative I shall now tell you; let the great seers hear it truly — it is supremely bestowing of good.
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KaP 45.5
एतदौर्व पुरा राजा सगरः पृष्टवान्मुनिम् । स तं यथा समाचष्ट तद्वोऽथ निगदाम्यहम्
etadaurva purā rājā sagaraḥ pṛṣṭavānmunim | sa taṃ yathā samācaṣṭa tadvo'tha nigadāmyaham
This, long ago, King Sagara asked of the sage Aurva; and as he related it to him, so I now declare it to you.
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KaP 45.6
पुराभूत् सोमवंशे च सगरो नाम पार्थिवः । स श्रीमान् बलवान् दक्षः सर्वशास्त्रार्थपारगः
purābhūt somavaṃśe ca sagaro nāma pārthivaḥ | sa śrīmān balavān dakṣaḥ sarvaśāstrārthapāragaḥ
Formerly, in the lunar lineage, there was a king named Sagara: glorious, strong, capable, one who had mastered the meaning of all the treatises.
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KaP 45.7
सोऽभूदेकरथेनैव जित्वा सर्वान् महीभुजः । सार्वभौमो नरपति: सर्वराजगुणैर्युतः
so'bhūdekarathenaiva jitvā sarvān mahībhujaḥ | sārvabhaumo narapati: sarvarājaguṇairyutaḥ
With a single chariot he conquered all the rulers of the earth, and became a universal sovereign, a lord of men endowed with all the virtues of a king.
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KaP 45.8
तं प्राप्तराज्यं राजानं सगरं पार्थिवोत्तमम् । सभाजयितुमत्यर्थं मुनयः समुपागताः
taṃ prāptarājyaṃ rājānaṃ sagaraṃ pārthivottamam | sabhājayitumatyarthaṃ munayaḥ samupāgatāḥ
To that King Sagara, best of rulers, who had won his kingdom, the sages came together to honour him greatly.
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KaP 45.9
प्राच्योदीच्या महात्मानो दाक्षिणात्यास्तथोत्तराः । मुनयो ब्राह्मणाश्चैव नृपं द्रष्टुं समागमन्
prācyodīcyā mahātmāno dākṣiṇātyāstathottarāḥ | munayo brāhmaṇāścaiva nṛpaṃ draṣṭuṃ samāgaman
Great-souled men of the east and the north, those of the south and likewise the northerners, sages and brahmins, assembled to see the king.
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KaP 45.10
आगतेष्वथ सर्वेषु महात्मा ज्वलनोपमः । और्वो नाम मुनिः श्रीमानागतो नन्दितुं नृपम्
āgateṣvatha sarveṣu mahātmā jvalanopamaḥ | aurvo nāma muniḥ śrīmānāgato nandituṃ nṛpam
Then, when all had come, the great-souled sage named Aurva, glorious and like a blazing fire, came to gladden the king.
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KaP 45.11
तमागतं मुनिं दृष्ट्वा ज्वलन्तमिव पावकम् । सपर्यया महत्या तु सगरस्तमपूजयत्
tamāgataṃ muniṃ dṛṣṭvā jvalantamiva pāvakam | saparyayā mahatyā tu sagarastamapūjayat
Seeing that sage arrived, blazing like fire, Sagara honoured him with great homage.
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KaP 45.12
पाद्यमाचमनीयं च दत्त्वैवार्धपुरोगमम् । निवेशयामास च तं मुनिश्रेष्ठं वरासने
pādyamācamanīyaṃ ca dattvaivārdhapurogamam | niveśayāmāsa ca taṃ muniśreṣṭhaṃ varāsane
Having given him water for the feet and water for rinsing the mouth, with the arghya offering foremost, he seated that best of sages on an excellent seat.
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KaP 45.13
उवाच च महात्मानमौर्वं स सगरो नृपः । प्रणम्य च यथायोग्यं कुशलं तु इति द्विजम्
uvāca ca mahātmānamaurvaṃ sa sagaro nṛpaḥ | praṇamya ca yathāyogyaṃ kuśalaṃ tu iti dvijam
And King Sagara, bowing as was fitting, said to the great-souled Aurva, to that brahmin: "Is (all) well?"
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KaP 45.14
स च प्राह मुनिश्रेष्ठो नरराज सदा मम । सर्वत्र कुशलं त्वां तु द्रष्टुं कुशलमुत्सहे
sa ca prāha muniśreṣṭho nararāja sadā mama | sarvatra kuśalaṃ tvāṃ tu draṣṭuṃ kuśalamutsahe
And that best of sages said: "Lord of men, with me it is always well in every respect; but in seeing you I gain (still greater) well-being."
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KaP 45.15
त्वत्तः कोन्योऽस्ति कुशली पृथिव्यां सर्वराजसु । य एकः सञ्जिगायाशु भवान् सकलपार्थिवान्
tvattaḥ konyo'sti kuśalī pṛthivyāṃ sarvarājasu | ya ekaḥ sañjigāyāśu bhavān sakalapārthivān
"Who else on earth among all kings is faring better than you, who alone swiftly conquered all the rulers of the earth?"
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KaP 45.16
कुशलं वर्धतां नित्यं तव राजवरोत्तम । यथा नीत्या सदाचारैः पृथिवीं शाधि भूपते
kuśalaṃ vardhatāṃ nityaṃ tava rājavarottama | yathā nītyā sadācāraiḥ pṛthivīṃ śādhi bhūpate
"May your well-being ever increase, best of the foremost kings; rule the earth, O lord of the earth, in accordance with statecraft and with good conduct."
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KaP 45.17
तव वृद्धौ जगद्वृद्धिर्वृद्धौ चेष्टां ततः कुरु । शुभ्रांशुवृद्धौ सततं सागरस्येव वर्धनम्
tava vṛddhau jagadvṛddhirvṛddhau ceṣṭāṃ tataḥ kuru | śubhrāṃśuvṛddhau satataṃ sāgarasyeva vardhanam
"In your increase lies the world's increase; therefore make effort toward increase — as the ocean's swelling ever follows the waxing of the white-rayed moon."
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KaP 45.18
प्रथमं सद्गुणैरात्मा क्रियतां नृप योजनम् । ततः स्वभार्या महिषी क्रियतां तद्गुणैर्युता
prathamaṃ sadguṇairātmā kriyatāṃ nṛpa yojanam | tataḥ svabhāryā mahiṣī kriyatāṃ tadguṇairyutā
"First, O king, let the self be brought into union with good qualities; then let your own wife be made queen, endowed with those same qualities."
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KaP 45.19
नित्या संयोजिता चेत् स्याद्वनिता स्वयमेव हि । स्वगुणेषु प्रवेक्ष्यन्ती महत्यपि धृतव्रता
nityā saṃyojitā cet syādvanitā svayameva hi | svaguṇeṣu pravekṣyantī mahatyapi dhṛtavratā
"For if a woman is constantly kept in union (with her husband), then of her own accord she enters into his qualities, and, though of high standing, becomes firm in her vow."
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KaP 45.20
श्रूयते हिमवत्पुत्री शम्भुसंगतमानसा । क्रियाभ्युपायैर्बहुभिः शम्भुना सा प्रयोजिता
śrūyate himavatputrī śambhusaṃgatamānasā | kriyābhyupāyairbahubhiḥ śambhunā sā prayojitā
"It is heard that the daughter of Himavat, her mind set on union with Śambhu, was drawn into union by Śambhu through many acts and devices."
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KaP 45.21
ततोऽतिमहता प्रेम्णा शङ्करस्याथ पार्वती । शरीरमर्धमहरत्तस्यैवानुमते सती
tato'timahatā premṇā śaṅkarasyātha pārvatī | śarīramardhamaharattasyaivānumate satī
"Then, out of very great love for Śaṅkara, the virtuous Pārvatī took away half his body, with his own consent."
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KaP 45.22
अर्धनारीश्वरस्तेन तदा प्रभृति शङ्करः । अभवन् नृपशार्दूल नान्यां भार्यां गृहीतवान्
ardhanārīśvarastena tadā prabhṛti śaṅkaraḥ | abhavan nṛpaśārdūla nānyāṃ bhāryāṃ gṛhītavān
"By that, from then on Śaṅkara became Ardhanārīśvara, the Lord who is half woman; and, O tiger among kings, he took no other wife."
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KaP 45.23
तस्मात् त्वमपि राजेन्द्र स्वजायामात्मनोत्तरे । गुणैः संयोजय लघु संयोजय ततः सुतम्
tasmāt tvamapi rājendra svajāyāmātmanottare | guṇaiḥ saṃyojaya laghu saṃyojaya tataḥ sutam
"Therefore you too, O lord of kings, join your own wife to yourself in the higher qualities; join her quickly, and then your son as well."
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KaP 45.24
।। मार्कण्डेय उवाच ।। इत्यौर्वभाषितं श्रुत्वा सगरोऽपि मुदान्वितः । इदं मुनिमपृच्छत् स नृपतिः स्मितसन्ततः
|| mārkaṇḍeya uvāca || ityaurvabhāṣitaṃ śrutvā sagaro'pi mudānvitaḥ | idaṃ munimapṛcchat sa nṛpatiḥ smitasantataḥ
Mārkaṇḍeya said: Having heard Aurva's speech thus, Sagara too, filled with joy, that king, all smiles, asked the sage this:
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KaP 45.25
।। सगर उवाच ।। कथं सा गिरिजा देवी कायार्धमहरत् सती । शङ्करस्य द्विजश्रेष्ठ तदहं श्रोतुमुत्सहे
|| sagara uvāca || kathaṃ sā girijā devī kāyārdhamaharat satī | śaṅkarasya dvijaśreṣṭha tadahaṃ śrotumutsahe
Sagara said: "How did that virtuous goddess, the mountain's daughter, take away half of Śaṅkara's body? That I am eager to hear, O best of the twice-born.
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KaP 45.26
नीत्या यया वा योक्तव्या स्वात्मा भार्या सुतोऽथवा । तां नीतिं च सदाचारसंहितां श्रोतुमुत्सहे
nītyā yayā vā yoktavyā svātmā bhāryā suto'thavā | tāṃ nītiṃ ca sadācārasaṃhitāṃ śrotumutsahe
"And by what policy one should engage oneself, or one's wife, or one's son — that policy, together with (the rules of) good conduct, I am eager to hear.
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KaP 45.27
राजनीतिं सतां नीतिमन्येषां च कृतात्मनाम् । पृथक् पृथक् श्रोतुमिच्छुरहं त्वां नाथये द्विज
rājanītiṃ satāṃ nītimanyeṣāṃ ca kṛtātmanām | pṛthak pṛthak śrotumicchurahaṃ tvāṃ nāthaye dvija
"The policy for kings, the policy for the good, and that for others who are self-disciplined — wishing to hear each of them separately, I entreat you, O twice-born one.
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KaP 45.28
यदि गुह्यमिदं ब्रह्मन्न तदा श्रोतुमुत्सहे । तथा नाज्ञापयामि त्वां श्रोतुमिच्छुश्च तत्समम् । कृपया कथनीयं चेत्तदा कथय तन्मुने
yadi guhyamidaṃ brahmanna tadā śrotumutsahe | tathā nājñāpayāmi tvāṃ śrotumicchuśca tatsamam | kṛpayā kathanīyaṃ cettadā kathaya tanmune
"If this is secret, O brahmin, then I am not eager to hear it; likewise I do not command you, though wishing to hear it as much (as before). But if out of kindness it may be told, then tell it, O sage."
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KaP 45.29
।। मार्कण्डेय उवाच ।। इत्येवं सगरेणोक्तमौर्वोऽपि द्विजसत्तम । प्रत्युवाच महात्मानं कृपालुस्तत्र भूपतौ
|| mārkaṇḍeya uvāca || ityevaṃ sagareṇoktamaurvo'pi dvijasattama | pratyuvāca mahātmānaṃ kṛpālustatra bhūpatau
Mārkaṇḍeya said: When Sagara had spoken thus, O best of the twice-born, Aurva too, being compassionate toward that king, replied to the great-souled one:
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KaP 45.30
।। और्व उवाच ।। शृणु राजन् प्रवक्ष्यामि यद् यत् पृष्टमिह त्वया । यथा हरस्य तन्वर्ध भूभृत्पुत्री पुराहरत्
|| aurva uvāca || śṛṇu rājan pravakṣyāmi yad yat pṛṣṭamiha tvayā | yathā harasya tanvardha bhūbhṛtputrī purāharat
Aurva said: "Listen, O king, I shall declare whatever has been asked by you here: how, long ago, the mountain's daughter took away half of Hara's body;
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KaP 45.31
यथा नीतिस्त्वया कार्या यत्र यत्र नृपोत्तम । सर्वेषां च सदाचारं क्रमाद् वक्ष्यामि तच्छृणु
yathā nītistvayā kāryā yatra yatra nṛpottama | sarveṣāṃ ca sadācāraṃ kramād vakṣyāmi tacchṛṇu
"and how policy is to be applied by you in each and every case, O best of kings; and the good conduct of all (classes) I shall tell in order — listen to that.
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KaP 45.32
यदोढा हिमवत्पुत्री शङ्करेण महात्मना । कियन्तं स तदा कालं तत्र निन्ये समोमया
yadoḍhā himavatputrī śaṅkareṇa mahātmanā | kiyantaṃ sa tadā kālaṃ tatra ninye samomayā
"When the daughter of Himavat had been wedded by the great-souled Śaṅkara, how much time did he then pass there together with Umā?
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KaP 45.33
रममाणस्तया सार्धं सानौ कुञ्जे दरीषु च । विजहार चिरं तत्र पार्वतीं मोदयन् हरः
ramamāṇastayā sārdhaṃ sānau kuñje darīṣu ca | vijahāra ciraṃ tatra pārvatīṃ modayan haraḥ
"Delighting with her on the mountain ridge, in the thickets and in the caves, Hara long sported there, giving pleasure to Pārvatī.
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KaP 45.34
अथ काले तु सम्प्राप्ते शम्भुः कैलासपर्वतम् । सगणो भार्यया सार्धमगच्छत्त्रिदिवोपमम्
atha kāle tu samprāpte śambhuḥ kailāsaparvatam | sagaṇo bhāryayā sārdhamagacchattridivopamam
"Then, when the time came, Śambhu, with his troop of attendants and together with his wife, went to Mount Kailāsa, which is like heaven.
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KaP 45.35
स तया क्रीडमानश्च त्यक्तध्यानात्मचिन्तनः । तद्वक्त्रचन्द्रे नेत्राणि चकोरानिव चाकरोत्
sa tayā krīḍamānaśca tyaktadhyānātmacintanaḥ | tadvaktracandre netrāṇi cakorāniva cākarot
"And playing with her, having abandoned meditation and reflection on the Self, he made his eyes like cakora birds upon the moon of her face.
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KaP 45.36
पुष्पाणि क्वचिदाहृत्य गिरिजां प्रति शङ्करः । सर्वाङ्गसङ्गिनीं मालां विदधेऽतिमनोहराम्
puṣpāṇi kvacidāhṛtya girijāṃ prati śaṅkaraḥ | sarvāṅgasaṅginīṃ mālāṃ vidadhe'timanoharām
"Having gathered flowers somewhere, Śaṅkara made for the mountain's daughter a most charming garland that clung to all her limbs.
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KaP 45.37
कदाचिदादर्शतले युगपच्चात्मनो मुखम् । मुखं तथैवापर्णायाः वीक्षाञ्चक्रे वृषध्वजः
kadācidādarśatale yugapaccātmano mukham | mukhaṃ tathaivāparṇāyāḥ vīkṣāñcakre vṛṣadhvajaḥ
"Once the bull-bannered one gazed on the surface of a mirror at his own face and, at the same moment, likewise at Aparṇā's face.
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KaP 45.38
कदाचिन्मृगनाभीनां विलेपैर्गन्धपत्रकम् । तस्या घनस्तनयुगे विलिलेख स्मरान्तकः
kadācinmṛganābhīnāṃ vilepairgandhapatrakam | tasyā ghanastanayuge vililekha smarāntakaḥ
"Once the destroyer of Kāma drew a fragrant leaf-design with musk pastes on her pair of full breasts.
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KaP 45.39
गन्धसारविलेपेन तिलकान्यम्बिकातनौ । ललाटे चाकरोच्चारु चन्द्रवद्घनसन्धिषु
gandhasāravilepena tilakānyambikātanau | lalāṭe cākaroccāru candravadghanasandhiṣu
"With a paste of the essence of fragrances he made lovely tilaka marks on Ambikā's body — on her forehead, and, like the moon, at the joints of her firm limbs.
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KaP 45.40
उमानिर्याससंसक्तकेशपाशेषु चित्रकम् । चन्दनागुरुकस्तूरीकुंकुमस्य विलेपनैः
umāniryāsasaṃsaktakeśapāśeṣu citrakam | candanāgurukastūrīkuṃkumasya vilepanaiḥ
"On Umā's braids of hair, matted with the gum (of the pastes), (he made) a painted design with unguents of sandal, aloe-wood, musk and saffron;
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KaP 45.41
चकार येन तस्यास्तु केशपाशो व्यराजत । नर्तनायावतीर्णस्य शिखिपुच्छस्य साम्यधृक्
cakāra yena tasyāstu keśapāśo vyarājata | nartanāyāvatīrṇasya śikhipucchasya sāmyadhṛk
"this he made, whereby her mass of hair shone, bearing likeness to the tail of a peacock come down to dance.
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KaP 45.42
जाम्बूनदमयाञ् शुद्धान् कुण्डलाद्यान् मनोहरान् । अलङ्कारानुमा देहे समाकार्षीद् वृषध्वज:
jāmbūnadamayāñ śuddhān kuṇḍalādyān manoharān | alaṅkārānumā dehe samākārṣīd vṛṣadhvaja:
"Pure and charming ornaments made of gold — earrings and the rest — the bull-bannered one drew onto Umā's body.
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KaP 45.43
तैर्जाम्बूनदसम्भूतैर्योजितैर्गिरिजातनुः। विभाति जलदापूर्णे कालिकेव तडिद्गणैः
tairjāmbūnadasambhūtairyojitairgirijātanuḥ| vibhāti jaladāpūrṇe kālikeva taḍidgaṇaiḥ
With those (ornaments) made of pure gold, once fitted on, the body of the Mountain's Daughter shone like a dark cloud-mass filled (with rain) girded by flashes of lightning.
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KaP 45.44
सर्वैर्दिव्यैरलङ्कारैर्नानारत्नैः सदंशुकैः । सम्पूर्णमण्डिता काली सादृश्यं प्रकृतेर्दधौ
sarvairdivyairalaṅkārairnānāratnaiḥ sadaṃśukaiḥ | sampūrṇamaṇḍitā kālī sādṛśyaṃ prakṛterdadhau
Fully adorned with all the divine ornaments, with the various gems and with fine garments, Kālī bore a likeness to Prakṛti (primal Nature).
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KaP 45.45
एवं सदा सानुरागस्तस्यां शम्भुर्जगत्पतिः । जगद्धिताय चिक्रीड काल्या दयितया सह
evaṃ sadā sānurāgastasyāṃ śambhurjagatpatiḥ | jagaddhitāya cikrīḍa kālyā dayitayā saha
Thus Śambhu, lord of the world, ever full of love for her, played with Kālī his beloved for the welfare of the world.
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KaP 45.46
काली च जगतां माता महामाया जगन्मयी । योगनिद्रा जगद्बुद्धिर्विद्याविद्यात्मिकाखिला
kālī ca jagatāṃ mātā mahāmāyā jaganmayī | yoganidrā jagadbuddhirvidyāvidyātmikākhilā
And Kālī (is) the mother of the worlds, the great Māyā, made of the world, the yogic sleep, the intelligence of the world, she who is the whole, whose nature is both knowledge and ignorance;
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KaP 45.47
प्रकृतिः परमामूर्तिः सर्गान्तस्थितिकारिणी । सम्मोह्य शङ्करं यत्नाज्जगतां च हितैषिणी । रेमे तेन समं देवी चन्द्रिकेव सुधांशुना
prakṛtiḥ paramāmūrtiḥ sargāntasthitikāriṇī | sammohya śaṅkaraṃ yatnājjagatāṃ ca hitaiṣiṇī | reme tena samaṃ devī candrikeva sudhāṃśunā
Prakṛti, the supreme form, the causer of creation, dissolution and maintenance — she, seeking the good of the worlds, having deliberately bewildered Śaṅkara, took pleasure with him, like moonlight with the nectar-rayed moon.
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KaP 45.48
अथैकदा स्मरहरः कैलासाग्रे सहोमया । रममाणो मुदा युक्तो ददृशेऽप्सरसः शुभाः
athaikadā smaraharaḥ kailāsāgre sahomayā | ramamāṇo mudā yukto dadṛśe'psarasaḥ śubhāḥ
Then once, the destroyer of Smara (Kāma), delighting joyfully together with Umā on the summit of Kailāsa, saw beautiful apsarases,
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KaP 45.49
रूपयौवनसम्पन्नाः सर्वलक्षणसंयुताः । तासां मध्यगता वेश्या उर्वशी च मनोहरा
rūpayauvanasampannāḥ sarvalakṣaṇasaṃyutāḥ | tāsāṃ madhyagatā veśyā urvaśī ca manoharā
endowed with beauty and youth, possessed of every fine mark; and in their midst (was) the courtesan Urvaśī, the enchanting one.
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KaP 45.50
. ता: सर्वा रक्तगौरांग्यः सर्वालङ्कारभूषिताः । मुनीनां च मनोऽत्यर्थं शक्ता मोहयितुं हठात्
. tā: sarvā raktagaurāṃgyaḥ sarvālaṅkārabhūṣitāḥ | munīnāṃ ca mano'tyarthaṃ śaktā mohayituṃ haṭhāt
All of them were rosy-fair of limb, adorned with every ornament, and able to bewilder even the minds of sages utterly, by force.
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KaP 45.51
ताः प्रणम्य हरं दृष्ट्वा गिरिजां च मनोरमाम् । अग्रे प्राञ्जलयस्तस्थुस्तद्भीतिनतमस्तकाः
tāḥ praṇamya haraṃ dṛṣṭvā girijāṃ ca manoramām | agre prāñjalayastasthustadbhītinatamastakāḥ
Having bowed to Hara and beheld the lovely Mountain's Daughter, they stood before (them) with joined palms, their heads bent in awe of those two.
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KaP 45.52
अथ प्राह तदा भर्गः पार्वतीमिदमद्भुतम् । तासां समक्षं तस्यां तु भाषितुं स्याद् यदप्रियम्
atha prāha tadā bhargaḥ pārvatīmidamadbhutam | tāsāṃ samakṣaṃ tasyāṃ tu bhāṣituṃ syād yadapriyam
Then Bharga spoke this astonishing thing to Pārvatī — (something) which, spoken in their presence, would be displeasing to her.
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KaP 45.53
।। भर्ग उवाच । कालि भिन्नाञ्जनश्यामे उर्वश्याद्यप्सरोगणैः । त्वयेह स्त्रीस्वभावेन संलापः क्रियतामिति
|| bharga uvāca | kāli bhinnāñjanaśyāme urvaśyādyapsarogaṇaiḥ | tvayeha strīsvabhāvena saṃlāpaḥ kriyatāmiti
Bharga said: Kālī, dark as crushed collyrium, let a conversation be held by you here, in the manner natural to women, with Urvaśī and the other troops of apsarases.
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KaP 45.54
।। और्व उवाच ।। तच्छ्रुत्वा वचनं तस्य यथायोग्यं च सोर्वशी । अप्सरसः समाभाष्य विसृष्टा गिरिजा तया
|| aurva uvāca || tacchrutvā vacanaṃ tasya yathāyogyaṃ ca sorvaśī | apsarasaḥ samābhāṣya visṛṣṭā girijā tayā
Aurva said: Hearing that speech of his, Urvaśī too (spoke) as was fitting; and the Mountain's Daughter, having conversed with the apsarases, was dismissed by her.
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KaP 45.55
अथ सा क्रोधवशगा पार्वती भर्गभावितात् । काली भिन्नाञ्जनश्यामेत्युदिता ह्यभवत् क्षणात्
atha sā krodhavaśagā pārvatī bhargabhāvitāt | kālī bhinnāñjanaśyāmetyuditā hyabhavat kṣaṇāt
Then Pārvatī fell under the sway of anger, because by Bharga's thought she had at once been addressed as "Kālī, dark as crushed collyrium."
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KaP 45.56
सा चाप्सरसां पुरतो वर्णोद्देशविकत्थनम् । न सेहे मन्युना युक्ता गिरिजेन्दुकलाभृतः
sā cāpsarasāṃ purato varṇoddeśavikatthanam | na sehe manyunā yuktā girijendukalābhṛtaḥ
And she, filled with wrath, did not endure the boasting reference to her colour by him who bears the crescent moon, (made) before the apsarases.
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KaP 45.57
अथ सा रोषसंयुक्ता त्यक्त्वा वृषभवाहनम् । अपह्नुते शैलसानौ रोषापह्नुतिमागता
atha sā roṣasaṃyuktā tyaktvā vṛṣabhavāhanam | apahnute śailasānau roṣāpahnutimāgatā
Then she, filled with rage, abandoning him whose mount is the bull, vanished on the mountain's ridge, having reached a concealment (of herself) out of rage.
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KaP 45.58
मार्गमाणोऽथ विरहव्याकुलो वृषवाहनः । नाससाद कियत्कालं पार्वतीं पर्वतोत्तमे
mārgamāṇo'tha virahavyākulo vṛṣavāhanaḥ | nāsasāda kiyatkālaṃ pārvatīṃ parvatottame
Then he who rides the bull, distraught with separation, searching, did not find Pārvatī for some time on that best of mountains.
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KaP 45.59
विरहव्याकुलं ज्ञात्वा स्वयं सा पार्वती हरम् । आत्मानं दर्शयामास गिरसानापह्नुते
virahavyākulaṃ jñātvā svayaṃ sā pārvatī haram | ātmānaṃ darśayāmāsa girasānāpahnute
Knowing Hara to be distraught with separation, Pārvatī herself showed her own form on the mountain's ridge where she had hidden.
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KaP 45.60
तामासाद्य ततः शम्भुः किमर्थमभजः प्रिये । मानं मनोनुदं देवि विशीर्ण इव चाब्रवीत्
tāmāsādya tataḥ śambhuḥ kimarthamabhajaḥ priye | mānaṃ manonudaṃ devi viśīrṇa iva cābravīt
Then Śambhu, approaching her, said, as if broken: "Why, beloved, did you take up this pride that drives away the mind, O goddess?"
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KaP 45.61
।। शिव उवाच ।। भर्तुरागः पुरन्ध्रीणां मानग्रहणकारणम् । तद्विना ग्रहणात्तस्य भीरु प्राप्नोति वाच्यताम्
|| śiva uvāca || bharturāgaḥ purandhrīṇāṃ mānagrahaṇakāraṇam | tadvinā grahaṇāttasya bhīru prāpnoti vācyatām
Śiva said: A husband's love is the reason for wives' taking on pride; without that, from her taking it on, O timid one, she incurs reproach.
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KaP 45.62
तस्मात् किमर्थमकरो रोषं त्वं जलजानने । तदाचक्ष्व द्रुतं कान्ते मनो मे न प्रसीदति
tasmāt kimarthamakaro roṣaṃ tvaṃ jalajānane | tadācakṣva drutaṃ kānte mano me na prasīdati
Therefore why did you show anger, O lotus-faced one? Tell it quickly, beloved; my mind is not at ease.
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KaP 45.63
।। और्व उवाच ।। इत्युक्त्वा शङ्करो देवीं तामालिङ्गितुमुद्यतः । काली तं वारयामास वचनं चाब्रवीदिदम्
|| aurva uvāca || ityuktvā śaṅkaro devīṃ tāmāliṅgitumudyataḥ | kālī taṃ vārayāmāsa vacanaṃ cābravīdidam
Aurva said: Having said this, Śaṅkara made ready to embrace the Goddess; but Kālī held him back and spoke these words.
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KaP 45.64
।। काल्युवाच ।। न दृष्टपूर्वा किमहं येन भिन्नाञ्जनोपमा । क्रियते मयि भूतेश भवताप्सरसां पुरः
|| kālyuvāca || na dṛṣṭapūrvā kimahaṃ yena bhinnāñjanopamā | kriyate mayi bhūteśa bhavatāpsarasāṃ puraḥ
Kālī said: Have I not been seen before, that I am made out to be like a mass of broken collyrium? O Lord of beings, is this done to me by you in the presence of the apsarases?
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KaP 45.65
जातिहीनं वृत्तिहीनं रूपहीनमदक्षिणम् । हीनांगमतिरिक्ताङ्गं तेन दोषेण नाक्षिपेत्
jātihīnaṃ vṛttihīnaṃ rūpahīnamadakṣiṇam | hīnāṃgamatiriktāṅgaṃ tena doṣeṇa nākṣipet
One who is low in birth, low in livelihood, lacking beauty, unskilful, defective in limb or having a limb too many — one should not revile him for that fault.
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KaP 45.66
इति ब्रह्मा पुरा प्राह वैदौघार्थावनिश्चयम् । तं चावमन्य भवता परिहासोऽभ्यभाष्यत
iti brahmā purā prāha vaidaughārthāvaniścayam | taṃ cāvamanya bhavatā parihāso'bhyabhāṣyata
So Brahmā declared of old, (regarding) the uncertainty about matters of the flood of tradition; yet disregarding that, you have uttered mockery.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
KaP 45.67
यावन्न मे शरीरस्य भवित्री स्वर्णगौरता । न समेष्ये त्वया तावदिति सत्यं ब्रवीमि ते
yāvanna me śarīrasya bhavitrī svarṇagauratā | na sameṣye tvayā tāvaditi satyaṃ bravīmi te
So long as my body does not become gold-fair, so long I shall not unite with you — this I tell you truly.
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KaP 45.68
शरीरगौरतां शम्भो न समेष्ये त्वया विना । तत्र मे शृणु सन्धाय आत्मनः शिरसा शपे
śarīragauratāṃ śambho na sameṣye tvayā vinā | tatra me śṛṇu sandhāya ātmanaḥ śirasā śape
Without fairness of body, O Śambhu, I shall not unite with you; hear me on that: making a vow, I swear by my own head.
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KaP 45.69
।। और्व उवाच ।। इत्युक्त्वा सा तदा देवी तस्यैव पुरतो ययौ । महाकोषीप्रपाताख्यं हिमवत्सानुमुत्तमम्
|| aurva uvāca || ityuktvā sā tadā devī tasyaiva purato yayau | mahākoṣīprapātākhyaṃ himavatsānumuttamam
Aurva said: Having spoken thus, the Goddess then went off before his very eyes to the finest peak of Himavat, called Mahākoṣīprapāta.
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KaP 45.70
महादेवोऽपि तां भाव्यं ज्ञानेन कृतनिश्चयम् । अर्थं ज्ञात्वा तदापर्णां सर्वज्ञो नाप्यवारयत्
mahādevo'pi tāṃ bhāvyaṃ jñānena kṛtaniścayam | arthaṃ jñātvā tadāparṇāṃ sarvajño nāpyavārayat
Mahādeva too, the all-knowing, knowing by his knowledge the purpose that was to be and her fixed resolve, did not then hold Aparṇā back.
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KaP 45.71
।। कालीतपवर्णन ॥ सा गत्वा पूर्ववत्तत्र शम्भुसङ्गतमानसा । शतमाराधयामास वर्षाणि वृषभध्वजम्
|| kālītapavarṇana || sā gatvā pūrvavattatra śambhusaṅgatamānasā | śatamārādhayāmāsa varṣāṇi vṛṣabhadhvajam
(Description of Kālī's austerity) Having gone there as before, her mind set on union with Śambhu, she propitiated the bull-bannered god for a hundred years.
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KaP 45.72
एकं पादं समुत्क्षिप्य वामेनाक्रम्य सा क्षितिम् । उत्तराभिमुखी भूत्वा निराहारा निरन्तरम्
ekaṃ pādaṃ samutkṣipya vāmenākramya sā kṣitim | uttarābhimukhī bhūtvā nirāhārā nirantaram
Lifting up one foot and treading the earth with the left, facing north, without food, continuously,
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KaP 45.73
वैयाघ्रचर्मवसना सोर्ध्वमूर्द्धानना सती । ज्योतिर्मयं परं शान्तं शिवं शिवकरं वरम् । आत्मस्वरूपतत्त्वज्ञा तत्त्वेनाराधयद्धरम्
vaiyāghracarmavasanā sordhvamūrddhānanā satī | jyotirmayaṃ paraṃ śāntaṃ śivaṃ śivakaraṃ varam | ātmasvarūpatattvajñā tattvenārādhayaddharam
clad in a tiger's skin, her head and face upturned, the virtuous one — knowing the truth of her own essential nature — worshipped in truth Hara, the light-filled, supreme, peaceful, auspicious one, maker of good, the best.
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KaP 45.74
तां चिन्तयन्तीं परमनिश्चलां तत्त्वमानसाम् । मेने मुनिगण: स्थाणुर्यो न जानाति तत्त्वतः
tāṃ cintayantīṃ paramaniścalāṃ tattvamānasām | mene munigaṇa: sthāṇuryo na jānāti tattvataḥ
Seeing her meditating, utterly motionless, her mind on the truth, the host of sages took her for a tree-stump — one who does not know as it really is.
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KaP 45.75
एवं तस्यास्तपस्यन्त्या जग्मुर्वर्षाणि वै शताम् । अन्येषां च यथा शश्वदेकं नृपतिसत्तम
evaṃ tasyāstapasyantyā jagmurvarṣāṇi vai śatām | anyeṣāṃ ca yathā śaśvadekaṃ nṛpatisattama
Thus a hundred years passed for her as she performed austerity — as for others, best of kings, one (year) continually.
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KaP 45.76
ततस्तां शतवर्षान्त शङ्करो योगतत्परः । आत्मानं दर्शयामास क्रमादेकं स सत्रयम्
tatastāṃ śatavarṣānta śaṅkaro yogatatparaḥ | ātmānaṃ darśayāmāsa kramādekaṃ sa satrayam
Then, at the end of a hundred years, Śaṅkara, intent on yoga, showed himself to her in stages — as one, and as threefold.
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KaP 45.77
प्रथमं दर्शयामास ब्रह्माणं च हरिं ततः । ततस्तु शाम्भवं देहं ततस्तेषामथैकताम्
prathamaṃ darśayāmāsa brahmāṇaṃ ca hariṃ tataḥ | tatastu śāmbhavaṃ dehaṃ tatasteṣāmathaikatām
First he showed Brahmā, then Hari, then the body of Śambhu, and then their oneness,
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KaP 45.78
ज्योतिर्मयत्वं शुद्धत्वं सर्वेषां हेतुतां तथा
jyotirmayatvaṃ śuddhatvaṃ sarveṣāṃ hetutāṃ tathā
and their being made of light, their purity, and their being the cause of all.
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KaP 45.79
ततस्तु शम्भुरूपं स दर्शयामास शङ्करः । योगनिद्रां महामायां योगिनीं कालिकाम्बिकाम्
tatastu śambhurūpaṃ sa darśayāmāsa śaṅkaraḥ | yoganidrāṃ mahāmāyāṃ yoginīṃ kālikāmbikām
Then Śaṅkara showed her the form of Śambhu: Yoganidrā, Mahāmāyā, the yoginī, mother Kālikā.
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KaP 45.80
प्रथमं दर्शयित्वा तु तस्याः प्रकृतिरूपताम् । पश्चात् सा पार्वतीत्येव क्रमात्तस्या अदर्शयत्
prathamaṃ darśayitvā tu tasyāḥ prakṛtirūpatām | paścāt sā pārvatītyeva kramāttasyā adarśayat
Having first shown her her own nature as Prakṛti, afterwards he showed her, in order, that she is Pārvatī.
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KaP 45.81
तपसा सम्भृतेनाशु ज्ञानमासाद्य पार्वती । अन्तर्दृष्ट्या बहिर्दृष्ट्या तत्त्वं ज्ञात्वा यथातथम्
tapasā sambhṛtenāśu jñānamāsādya pārvatī | antardṛṣṭyā bahirdṛṣṭyā tattvaṃ jñātvā yathātatham
Swiftly gaining knowledge through the austerity she had amassed, Pārvatī, knowing the truth as it is by inner sight and outer sight,
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KaP 45.82
शम्भुं जगन्मयं मेने तथात्मानं जगन्मयीम् । ब्रह्मा विष्णुर्हरश्चापि ततः सर्वमिदं जगत्
śambhuṃ jaganmayaṃ mene tathātmānaṃ jaganmayīm | brahmā viṣṇurharaścāpi tataḥ sarvamidaṃ jagat
deemed Śambhu to be the whole world, and herself likewise to consist of the world — Brahmā, Viṣṇu and Hara, and thence this entire universe.
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KaP 45.83
अहं समस्तप्रकृतिर्योगनिद्रा तथा सती । इति ध्यानेन सा देवी प्राप्य ध्यानं तदात्यजत् । उन्मील्य नयनद्वन्द्वं बहिः शम्भुं ददर्श च
ahaṃ samastaprakṛtiryoganidrā tathā satī | iti dhyānena sā devī prāpya dhyānaṃ tadātyajat | unmīlya nayanadvandvaṃ bahiḥ śambhuṃ dadarśa ca
"I am the whole of primordial nature, I am Yoganidrā, and I am Satī" — with this meditation the goddess, having attained (the state of) meditation, then let it go; and opening her two eyes she saw Śambhu outside (her).
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KaP 45.84
सा दृष्ट्वा शङ्करं देवं देवदेवमुमापतिम् । तुष्टाव वाग्भिरिष्टाभिर्यमिनं योगतत्परम्
sā dṛṣṭvā śaṅkaraṃ devaṃ devadevamumāpatim | tuṣṭāva vāgbhiriṣṭābhiryaminaṃ yogatatparam
Seeing the god Śaṅkara, the god of gods, the husband of Umā, the ascetic intent upon yoga, she praised (him) with chosen words.
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KaP 45.85
।। पार्वत्युवाच ।। नमस्ते जगतां नाथ नमस्ते केशवाव्यय । प्रधानपुरुषातीत कारणत्रयकारण
|| pārvatyuvāca || namaste jagatāṃ nātha namaste keśavāvyaya | pradhānapuruṣātīta kāraṇatrayakāraṇa
Pārvatī said: Homage to you, lord of the worlds; homage to you, Keśava, imperishable one; you who are beyond primordial matter and spirit, cause of the three causes.
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KaP 45.86
योगमोहमनोराग धर्माधर्ममयस्तथा । विद्याविद्यास्वरूपश्च शाम्भवः काय एष ते
yogamohamanorāga dharmādharmamayastathā | vidyāvidyāsvarūpaśca śāmbhavaḥ kāya eṣa te
O you who are yoga, delusion, and the passion of the mind, and who consist of dharma and non-dharma — this body of yours, O Śambhu, has the nature of both knowledge and ignorance.
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KaP 45.87
त्वं निःश्रेयः श्रेयसा युज्यमानो दृश्योऽदृश्यो योगमूर्तिर्मनीषी । सम्यक् श्रद्धा पौरुषे तत्त्वरूपं त्वं वै ज्योतिः शान्तिरूपं पुरस्तात्
tvaṃ niḥśreyaḥ śreyasā yujyamāno dṛśyo'dṛśyo yogamūrtirmanīṣī | samyak śraddhā pauruṣe tattvarūpaṃ tvaṃ vai jyotiḥ śāntirūpaṃ purastāt
You are (both) that which has no highest good and that which is joined with the highest good; visible and invisible; the embodiment of yoga; the wise one; you are right faith in manly effort, the form of the truth; you are indeed the light whose form is peace, (standing) in front.
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KaP 45.88
ब्रह्मा विष्णुस्त्वं हरस्त्वं महेन्द्रः सूर्य: सोमो वायुरग्निर्धनेशः । त्वं तोयेश: शमनो राक्षसश्च शेषस्त्वत्तो विद्यते कोऽपि नास्मिन्
brahmā viṣṇustvaṃ harastvaṃ mahendraḥ sūrya: somo vāyuragnirdhaneśaḥ | tvaṃ toyeśa: śamano rākṣasaśca śeṣastvatto vidyate ko'pi nāsmin
You are Brahmā, Viṣṇu, you are Hara, the great Indra, the sun, the moon, the wind, fire, the lord of wealth (Kubera); you are the lord of waters (Varuṇa), the subduer (Yama), and the rākṣasa (Nirṛti); apart from you nothing whatever exists here.
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KaP 45.89
त्वं भूमिर्द्यौर्द्युसदां चापि पन्था- स्त्वं स्थावरो जङ्गमो भूर्वलस्थ: । ज्ञानं ज्ञेयं ध्यानगम्यं च तत्त्वं परात्परं व्यक्तरूपं परेषाम्
tvaṃ bhūmirdyaurdyusadāṃ cāpi panthā- stvaṃ sthāvaro jaṅgamo bhūrvalastha: | jñānaṃ jñeyaṃ dhyānagamyaṃ ca tattvaṃ parātparaṃ vyaktarūpaṃ pareṣām
You are the earth, the sky, and also the path of the sky-dwellers; you are the immobile and the moving, dwelling in the earth's strength; (you are) knowledge, the knowable, and the reality to be reached by meditation, higher than the highest, manifest in form to others.
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KaP 45.90
त्वं पुरुष: परमात्मा प्रधानं त्वं हि ज्यायानागमो ज्ञानगम्यः । भावः कृत्यं पञ्चरूपी समस्तै- रासाद्यस्ते गोचरास्तद्भवाय
tvaṃ puruṣa: paramātmā pradhānaṃ tvaṃ hi jyāyānāgamo jñānagamyaḥ | bhāvaḥ kṛtyaṃ pañcarūpī samastai- rāsādyaste gocarāstadbhavāya
You are spirit, the supreme self, primordial matter; you indeed are the greater, the scripture, attainable by knowledge; (you are) being, action, of fivefold form; by all beings your sensory objects are reached, for the sake of becoming that.
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KaP 45.91
कीर्तिः कीर्त्यः स्तुत्यरूपी स्तुतिश्च द्रष्टा दृश्य: स्थैर्यधृक् स्थावरश्च । नित्योऽनित्यो मुक्तयोगो वियोगो दानादाने भेदसामप्रयोगः
kīrtiḥ kīrtyaḥ stutyarūpī stutiśca draṣṭā dṛśya: sthairyadhṛk sthāvaraśca | nityo'nityo muktayogo viyogo dānādāne bhedasāmaprayogaḥ
(You are) fame and the one to be famed, the object of praise and praise itself, the seer and the seen, the holder of steadiness and the immobile, eternal and non-eternal, the union that is release and separation, giving and withholding, the application of division and of conciliation.
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KaP 45.92
नीतिर्नेयो दीक्षितो दक्षिणाश्च सारात् सार: संविधाता विधेयः । आर्योऽनार्यो रूपधृग्रूपहीनो दिव्यो देवो मानुषोऽमानुषश्च
nītirneyo dīkṣito dakṣiṇāśca sārāt sāra: saṃvidhātā vidheyaḥ | āryo'nāryo rūpadhṛgrūpahīno divyo devo mānuṣo'mānuṣaśca
(You are) right conduct and the one to be guided, the consecrated one and the sacrificial fees, the essence of the essence, the arranger and the one to be arranged, noble and ignoble, possessing form and devoid of form, divine, a god, human and non-human.
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KaP 45.93
सृज्य: स्रष्टा पालक: पाल्यरूप- श्चेता चेयो नोर्मियुक्तस्तथोर्मिः । विद्याविद्यावेदवादैकरूपो रूपारूपस्तीक्ष्णसौम्यैकरूपः
sṛjya: sraṣṭā pālaka: pālyarūpa- ścetā ceyo normiyuktastathormiḥ | vidyāvidyāvedavādaikarūpo rūpārūpastīkṣṇasaumyaikarūpaḥ
(You are) the one to be created and the creator, the protector and the one to be protected, the perceiver and the perceivable, free of waves and the wave itself, of one form with knowledge, ignorance, and the utterance of the Vedas, form and formlessness, of one form both fierce and mild.
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KaP 45.94
भावाभावः शोभनः शुद्धरूपी शश्वद्दान्तः शान्तिरूग्रा मुनीनाम् । द्वन्द्वोऽद्वन्द्व: सर्वगोऽसर्वगश्च भ्रान्तोऽ भ्रान्तः सिद्धसिद्धिप्रदश्च
bhāvābhāvaḥ śobhanaḥ śuddharūpī śaśvaddāntaḥ śāntirūgrā munīnām | dvandvo'dvandva: sarvago'sarvagaśca bhrānto' bhrāntaḥ siddhasiddhipradaśca
(You are) being and non-being, the beautiful one, of pure form, ever self-controlled, the peace of the sages and (their) fierceness; paired and unpaired, all-pervading and not all-pervading, deluded and undeluded, accomplished and the bestower of accomplishments.
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KaP 45.95
एकस्थस्त्वं सर्वगोप्ता सुदेहो निर्देहस्त्वं देह एक: सुराणाम् । स्थूलः सूक्ष्मो निर्विकारः शरीरी विश्वात्मा त्वं नास्ति भिन्नो भवत्तः
ekasthastvaṃ sarvagoptā sudeho nirdehastvaṃ deha eka: surāṇām | sthūlaḥ sūkṣmo nirvikāraḥ śarīrī viśvātmā tvaṃ nāsti bhinno bhavattaḥ
You abide in one place, (yet) you are the protector of all; fair-bodied, you are bodiless; you are the one body of the gods; gross, subtle, changeless, embodied, the self of the universe — there is nothing distinct from you.
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KaP 45.96
कार्याकार्ये यस्य रूपे समस्ते व्याप्याव्याप्ये भोगहीनोऽतिपूर्णः । योगज्ञानस्थात्मकं यस्य नित्यं रूपं यस्य श्रीद तस्मै नमस्ते
kāryākārye yasya rūpe samaste vyāpyāvyāpye bhogahīno'tipūrṇaḥ | yogajñānasthātmakaṃ yasya nityaṃ rūpaṃ yasya śrīda tasmai namaste
He whose forms are all things, both what is to be done and what is not to be done, what is to be pervaded and what is not; he who is without enjoyment and utterly full; he whose eternal form consists of abiding in yoga and knowledge — to him, O giver of prosperity, homage be to you.
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KaP 45.97
प्रधानपुंसोरपि यो विधाता यः कालरूपी पुरुष: परेशः । तमीशमुग्रं वरदं वरेण्यं नमामि चिन्नीतिवितानकं त्वाम्
pradhānapuṃsorapi yo vidhātā yaḥ kālarūpī puruṣa: pareśaḥ | tamīśamugraṃ varadaṃ vareṇyaṃ namāmi cinnītivitānakaṃ tvām
He who is the ordainer even of primordial matter and spirit, who is the spirit in the form of time, the supreme lord — to you, that fierce lord, the granter of boons, the most excellent, the canopy of the discipline of consciousness, I bow.
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KaP 45.98
अक्षयो योऽव्ययः साक्षी क्षेत्रज्ञः क्षेत्रधृग्वरः । तस्मै नमस्ते विश्वात्मन् वृषध्वज महेश्वर
akṣayo yo'vyayaḥ sākṣī kṣetrajñaḥ kṣetradhṛgvaraḥ | tasmai namaste viśvātman vṛṣadhvaja maheśvara
He who is undecaying, unchanging, the witness, the knower of the field, the excellent upholder of the field — homage be to you, that one, O self of the universe, O bull-bannered Maheśvara.
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KaP 45.99
ज्ञानामृतविनिस्यन्दि यस्य चिच्चन्द्रमाः सदा । तद्रूपमेकं यं ज्ञेयं भक्तिमात्रं नमोऽस्तु ते
jñānāmṛtavinisyandi yasya ciccandramāḥ sadā | tadrūpamekaṃ yaṃ jñeyaṃ bhaktimātraṃ namo'stu te
He whose moon of consciousness ever streams forth the nectar of knowledge — that single form of his which is to be known by devotion alone: homage be to you.
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KaP 45.100
।। और्व उवाच ॥ इति स्तुतो महादेवः सर्वभूतानुकम्पकः । प्रसन्नवदनः प्राह पार्वतीं प्रतिहर्षयन्
|| aurva uvāca || iti stuto mahādevaḥ sarvabhūtānukampakaḥ | prasannavadanaḥ prāha pārvatīṃ pratiharṣayan
Aurva said: Thus praised, Mahādeva, compassionate to all beings, with a pleased face spoke to Pārvatī, gladdening her.
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KaP 45.101
।। ईश्वर उवाच ।। प्रीतोऽस्मि देवि भद्रं ते वरं वरय वाञ्छितम् । तपसाप्यायितश्चाहं त्वया ब्रह्मा तथा हरिः
|| īśvara uvāca || prīto'smi devi bhadraṃ te varaṃ varaya vāñchitam | tapasāpyāyitaścāhaṃ tvayā brahmā tathā hariḥ
Īśvara said: I am pleased, goddess; blessings on you; choose the boon you desire. By your austerity I have been nourished, and so have Brahmā and Hari.
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KaP 45.102
तपसा त्वत्समो नास्ति शीलेन च गुणेन च । त्वां विना न हि तृप्यामि प्रिये कुरु यथेप्सितम्
tapasā tvatsamo nāsti śīlena ca guṇena ca | tvāṃ vinā na hi tṛpyāmi priye kuru yathepsitam
There is none equal to you in austerity, nor in character, nor in virtue. Indeed, without you I find no contentment; do as you wish, beloved.
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KaP 45.103
ततः सा मोहिता प्राह मायया हिमवत्सुता । जाम्बुनदाभगौरो मे देहो भवतु साम्प्रतम् । अनन्यकान्तस्त्वं चापि भूया मत्तो विना हर
tataḥ sā mohitā prāha māyayā himavatsutā | jāmbunadābhagauro me deho bhavatu sāmpratam | ananyakāntastvaṃ cāpi bhūyā matto vinā hara
Then she, the daughter of Himavat, deluded by (Viṣṇu's) magic, said: "Let my body now become fair like the sheen of river-gold; and may you too, Hara, have no beloved other than me, none apart from me."
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KaP 45.104
एवमुक्तो महादेवः पार्वत्या पार्वती ततः । आकाशगङ्गातोयौघे मज्जयामास भामिनीम्
evamukto mahādevaḥ pārvatyā pārvatī tataḥ | ākāśagaṅgātoyaughe majjayāmāsa bhāminīm
Addressed thus by Pārvatī, Mahādeva then plunged the lovely woman, Pārvatī, into the flooding waters of the celestial Ganges.
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KaP 45.105
सा निमज्ज्य समुत्तीर्णा विद्युद्गौरी व्यजायत । सिताम्भोमध्यगा देवी शारदाभ्रे तडिद्यथा
sā nimajjya samuttīrṇā vidyudgaurī vyajāyata | sitāmbhomadhyagā devī śāradābhre taḍidyathā
Having submerged and risen up again, she became fair as lightning — the goddess in the midst of the white water, like a lightning-flash in an autumn cloud.
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KaP 45.106
शम्भुश्चाङ्गीचकराशु नाहं त्वत्तो विना प्रिये । मनसापि ग्रहीष्यामि नान्यां सत्यं ब्रवीमि ते
śambhuścāṅgīcakarāśu nāhaṃ tvatto vinā priye | manasāpi grahīṣyāmi nānyāṃ satyaṃ bravīmi te
And Śambhu at once embraced (her): "Apart from you, beloved, I will take no other, not even in thought — I speak the truth to you."
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KaP 45.107
।। और्व उवाच ।। अथ तोयात् समुत्तीर्णा पार्वती मोदसंयुता । तपः क्लेशपरित्यक्ता चन्द्रिकेव विधोर्यथा
|| aurva uvāca || atha toyāt samuttīrṇā pārvatī modasaṃyutā | tapaḥ kleśaparityaktā candrikeva vidhoryathā
Aurva said: Then Pārvatī, risen up out of the water, filled with delight, freed from the hardship of asceticism, was like the moonlight of the moon.
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KaP 45.108
अथ तां पार्वतीं देवीमादाय वृषभध्वजः । जगाम शैलं कैलासं स्वमाश्रमपदं लघु
atha tāṃ pārvatīṃ devīmādāya vṛṣabhadhvajaḥ | jagāma śailaṃ kailāsaṃ svamāśramapadaṃ laghu
Then, taking that goddess Pārvatī, the bull-bannered one went swiftly to Mount Kailāsa, his own hermitage-seat.
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KaP 45.109
तदा गत्वा हरो देवीमधिवास्य विभूष्य च । पूर्ववन्मोदयामास नर्महासकथादिभिः
tadā gatvā haro devīmadhivāsya vibhūṣya ca | pūrvavanmodayāmāsa narmahāsakathādibhiḥ
Then, having gone (there), Hara had the goddess installed and adorned, and delighted her as before with jests, laughter, conversation and the like.
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KaP 45.110
सापि सौवर्णगौराङ्गी वीक्ष्य रूपं मनोहरम् । गृहीतसमयं शम्भुं प्राप्यातीव मुमोद ह
sāpi sauvarṇagaurāṅgī vīkṣya rūpaṃ manoharam | gṛhītasamayaṃ śambhuṃ prāpyātīva mumoda ha
And she too, her limbs fair as gold, beholding (his) charming form, and having obtained Śambhu who had accepted the compact, rejoiced exceedingly.
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KaP 45.111
एवं तयोस्तु शिवयोरन्योन्यरममाणयोः । जगाम सुचिरं कालं कैलासे पर्वतोत्तमे
evaṃ tayostu śivayoranyonyaramamāṇayoḥ | jagāma suciraṃ kālaṃ kailāse parvatottame
Thus, while those two auspicious ones took pleasure in one another, a very long time passed on Kailāsa, best of mountains.
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KaP 45.112
अथैकदा महादेवसमीपे हिमवत्सुता । आसीना ददृशे तस्य स्वां छायामुरसि स्थिताम्
athaikadā mahādevasamīpe himavatsutā | āsīnā dadṛśe tasya svāṃ chāyāmurasi sthitām
Then one day the daughter of Himavat, seated near Mahādeva, saw her own reflection resting on his chest.
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KaP 45.113
स्फटिकाभ्रसमे स्वच्छे हृदि शम्भोर्मनोहरे । योगिज्ञानादर्शतले चार्वङ्गीं प्रतिबिम्बिताम्
sphaṭikābhrasame svacche hṛdi śambhormanohare | yogijñānādarśatale cārvaṅgīṃ pratibimbitām
(She saw) her own fair form mirrored in Śambhu's charming, clear heart, like crystal or sky, on the mirror-surface of a yogin's knowledge.
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KaP 45.114
आत्मच्छायां गिरिसुता वामभागे मनोहरे । ददर्श वनितारूपं स्मितवक्त्रां मनोहराम्
ātmacchāyāṃ girisutā vāmabhāge manohare | dadarśa vanitārūpaṃ smitavaktrāṃ manoharām
The mountain's daughter saw her own reflection on his charming left side, in the shape of a woman, smiling-faced and lovely.
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KaP 45.115
भ्रान्त्या दृष्ट्याथ पार्वत्यास्तदा ज्ञानमजायत । कृतसत्योऽपि गिरिशः किमन्यां वनितां दधौ । मायया स्थापितां गात्रे वीक्षन्तीं कुटिलं च माम्
bhrāntyā dṛṣṭyātha pārvatyāstadā jñānamajāyata | kṛtasatyo'pi giriśaḥ kimanyāṃ vanitāṃ dadhau | māyayā sthāpitāṃ gātre vīkṣantīṃ kuṭilaṃ ca mām
Then, from Pārvatī's mistaken seeing, this notion arose: "Though Giriśa made a true promise, why has he taken another woman — one set upon his body by trickery, and looking at me crookedly?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 45.116
इति तस्यास्तदा वक्त्रं मलिनं भ्रुकुटीयुतम् । बभूव वृषकेतुश्च श्याम उत्पातको यथा
iti tasyāstadā vaktraṃ malinaṃ bhrukuṭīyutam | babhūva vṛṣaketuśca śyāma utpātako yathā
Thus her face then became darkened and knit with a frown; and the bull-bannered one grew black, like a portent.
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KaP 45.117
सा दृष्ट्वाथ तदा छायां विष्णुमाया-विमोहिता । अपह्नुतं गिरे: शृङ्गं मानाद्रोषाद्विवेश ह
sā dṛṣṭvātha tadā chāyāṃ viṣṇumāyā-vimohitā | apahnutaṃ gire: śṛṅgaṃ mānādroṣādviveśa ha
Then she, having seen that reflection, bewildered by Viṣṇu's magic, out of pride and anger went and entered a hidden peak of the mountain.
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KaP 45.118
अथ तां मार्गमाणस्तु शङ्करो विरहाकुलः । चिरादपह्नुतां देवीमाससाद ततो हरः
atha tāṃ mārgamāṇastu śaṅkaro virahākulaḥ | cirādapahnutāṃ devīmāsasāda tato haraḥ
Then Śaṅkara, distressed by the separation, searching for her, after a long while came upon the goddess who had hidden herself.
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KaP 45.119
तामासाद्य महादेवो विवर्णवदनां प्रियाम् । उवाच रोषणे हेतुं ज्ञातुमिच्छुर्यथातथम्
tāmāsādya mahādevo vivarṇavadanāṃ priyām | uvāca roṣaṇe hetuṃ jñātumicchuryathātatham
Having reached her, his beloved with pallid face, Mahādeva spoke, wishing to know exactly the cause of her anger.
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KaP 45.120
।। ईश्वर उवाच ।। किमर्थस्त्वं वरारोहे मह्यं कुप्यसि कोपने । रोषहेतुमहं वक्तुं तवेच्छामीह वल्लभे
|| īśvara uvāca || kimarthastvaṃ varārohe mahyaṃ kupyasi kopane | roṣahetumahaṃ vaktuṃ tavecchāmīha vallabhe
Īśvara said: For what reason, fair-hipped one, are you angry with me, O wrathful one? I wish you to tell me here the cause of your rage, my dear.
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KaP 45.121
न तुभ्यमपराध्यामि वाचा वा मानसाथवा । कायेन वा कथं कोपं कर्तुमर्हसि भामिनि
na tubhyamaparādhyāmi vācā vā mānasāthavā | kāyena vā kathaṃ kopaṃ kartumarhasi bhāmini
I do no wrong to you by speech, or in mind, or by body; how then can you be right to be angry, lovely lady?
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KaP 45.122
।। देव्युवाच । समयेन मया पूर्वं तथा सम्प्रार्थितो भवान् । कथं तं परिहाय त्वमन्यां भार्यां समीहसे
|| devyuvāca | samayena mayā pūrvaṃ tathā samprārthito bhavān | kathaṃ taṃ parihāya tvamanyāṃ bhāryāṃ samīhase
The goddess said: Formerly you were entreated by me with a compact in that manner; how is it that, abandoning that, you desire another wife?
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KaP 45.123
प्रत्यक्षेण मया दृष्टा तव हृद्यन्तरे हर । चार्वङ्गी वनिता काचित्तोयनिर्यातभस्मनि
pratyakṣeṇa mayā dṛṣṭā tava hṛdyantare hara | cārvaṅgī vanitā kācittoyaniryātabhasmani
With my own eyes I have seen, Hara, within your breast — some lovely-limbed woman in the ash-paste washed away by the water.
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KaP 45.124
भवान् सर्वज्ञानमयः सर्वगः परमेश्वरः । तोषितो मे तपोव्रातैर्न तुष्टस्त्वं महेश्वर
bhavān sarvajñānamayaḥ sarvagaḥ parameśvaraḥ | toṣito me tapovrātairna tuṣṭastvaṃ maheśvara
You are made of all knowledge, all-pervading, the supreme lord; you were gratified by me with hosts of austerities, yet you are not satisfied, O Maheśvara.
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KaP 45.125
तस्मादहं तपस्तप्तुं शश्वद्गन्तुं समुत्सहे । अनुजानीहि मां शम्भो मा विलम्बं वृथा कृथाः
tasmādahaṃ tapastaptuṃ śaśvadgantuṃ samutsahe | anujānīhi māṃ śambho mā vilambaṃ vṛthā kṛthāḥ
Therefore I am resolved to go away for ever, to practise austerity. Give me leave, Śambhu; do not make delay in vain.
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KaP 45.126
इति श्रुत्वा वचस्तस्याः स्मितविस्तारिताननः । शङ्करः पार्वतीं प्राह सन्दिग्धामिव भामिनीम्
iti śrutvā vacastasyāḥ smitavistāritānanaḥ | śaṅkaraḥ pārvatīṃ prāha sandigdhāmiva bhāminīm
Having heard that speech of hers, Śaṅkara, his face widened with a smile, spoke to Pārvatī, the passionate woman who seemed full of doubt.
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KaP 45.127
।। ईश्वर उवाच ।। नाहमन्यां स्त्रियं वोढा नाहं समयभेदकः । तव मिथ्यामतिर्जाता मुग्धे मूढतयाधुना
|| īśvara uvāca || nāhamanyāṃ striyaṃ voḍhā nāhaṃ samayabhedakaḥ | tava mithyāmatirjātā mugdhe mūḍhatayādhunā
Īśvara said: I shall not marry another woman; I am no breaker of an agreement. A false notion has arisen in you now, foolish one, out of confusion.
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KaP 45.128
त्वमिच्छसि यदि श्रोतुं तत्र हेतुं च पार्वति । तदहं कथये तत्त्वं मानं मानिनि मा कृथाः
tvamicchasi yadi śrotuṃ tatra hetuṃ ca pārvati | tadahaṃ kathaye tattvaṃ mānaṃ mānini mā kṛthāḥ
If you wish to hear the reason for that, Pārvatī, then I shall tell you the truth: do not be resentful, proud lady.
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KaP 45.129
मम वक्षसि विस्तीर्णे दर्पणस्वच्छभासिनि । तवैव वपुषश्छायाबिम्बितालोकिता त्वया
mama vakṣasi vistīrṇe darpaṇasvacchabhāsini | tavaiva vapuṣaśchāyābimbitālokitā tvayā
On my broad chest, shining clear as a mirror, it was the reflection of your own body, mirrored there, that was seen by you.
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KaP 45.130
इदानीमेव बुध्यस्व त्वामृते नास्ति सा मयि । नात्र मानस्त्वया कार्यों हृदयान्तरसंस्थिते
idānīmeva budhyasva tvāmṛte nāsti sā mayi | nātra mānastvayā kāryoṃ hṛdayāntarasaṃsthite
Understand this very moment: apart from you there is no such woman in me. In this matter you should take no offence, you who dwell within my heart.
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KaP 45.131
।। देव्युवाच ।। मयि स्थितायां छायास्ति मामृते नास्ति सा पुनः । कथमेतन्मया ज्ञेयं तन्मे वद वृषध्वज
|| devyuvāca || mayi sthitāyāṃ chāyāsti māmṛte nāsti sā punaḥ | kathametanmayā jñeyaṃ tanme vada vṛṣadhvaja
The Goddess said: When I am present the reflection is there, but apart from me it is not there — how am I to know this? Tell me that, bull-bannered one.
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KaP 45.132
।। ईश्वर उवाच ।। गवाक्षाभ्यन्तरे स्थित्वा तज्जालेन मनोहरे । पश्य तोयौघनिर्यातभूतिलेपमुरो मम
|| īśvara uvāca || gavākṣābhyantare sthitvā tajjālena manohare | paśya toyaughaniryātabhūtilepamuro mama
Īśvara said: Standing inside the window, behind its lattice, lovely one, look at my chest with its ash-smearing washed away by a flood of water.
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KaP 45.133
तथा त्वं मण्डितं देहं वीक्ष्यादर्शतले पुनः । मद्धृदासन्नमासाद्य तादृक्छायां विलोकय
tathā tvaṃ maṇḍitaṃ dehaṃ vīkṣyādarśatale punaḥ | maddhṛdāsannamāsādya tādṛkchāyāṃ vilokaya
And likewise, having viewed your adorned body in the surface of a mirror, then come close to my heart and observe a reflection of the same kind.
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KaP 45.134
यथा द्रक्ष्यसि देहे स्वं तत् कुरु त्वं तथा मम । आलोकय निजां छायां त्वां विना नास्ति तत् पुनः
yathā drakṣyasi dehe svaṃ tat kuru tvaṃ tathā mama | ālokaya nijāṃ chāyāṃ tvāṃ vinā nāsti tat punaḥ
Whatever you see in your own body, do that likewise on mine; look at your own reflection — apart from you it is not there.
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KaP 45.135
त्वमेव ज्ञास्यसि च्छायां मद्वक्षसि मनोहरे । ज्ञात्वा विसृज्यमानं मां त्वं चाप्युपपत्स्यसि
tvameva jñāsyasi cchāyāṃ madvakṣasi manohare | jñātvā visṛjyamānaṃ māṃ tvaṃ cāpyupapatsyasi
You yourself will recognize the reflection on my chest, lovely one; and having known it, you will also come to accept me, who am being cast off (by you).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
KaP 45.136
।। और्व्व उवाच । एवमुक्ता हरेणाथ पार्वतीन्दुकलाभृतः । तोयैर्निर्धाव्य हृदयं स्वां छायां पुनरैक्षत
|| aurvva uvāca | evamuktā hareṇātha pārvatīndukalābhṛtaḥ | toyairnirdhāvya hṛdayaṃ svāṃ chāyāṃ punaraikṣata
Aurva said: Thus addressed by Hara, Pārvatī then washed the chest of him who wears the crescent moon with water, and looked again at her own reflection.
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KaP 45.137
दृष्ट्वादर्शत वक्त्रं निजं देहं च पार्वती । आलोकयामास तदा शश्वच्छंकरवक्षसि
dṛṣṭvādarśata vaktraṃ nijaṃ dehaṃ ca pārvatī | ālokayāmāsa tadā śaśvacchaṃkaravakṣasi
Having seen her own face and body in a mirror, Pārvatī then looked again and again upon Śaṅkara's chest.
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KaP 45.138
यथा सा कुरुते देवी कापट्यं नेत्रविभ्रमम् । तथा सा कुरुते च्छाया करकम्पादिकं तथा
yathā sā kurute devī kāpaṭyaṃ netravibhramam | tathā sā kurute cchāyā karakampādikaṃ tathā
Whatever trick of the eyes, whatever play, the Goddess made, that same the reflection made, and likewise the shaking of the hand and so forth.
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KaP 45.139
ततः पुनर्गवाक्षस्य जाले स्थित्वा हिमाद्रिजा । तथा व्यलोकयच्छम्भोर्हृदयं वीतभूतिकम्
tataḥ punargavākṣasya jāle sthitvā himādrijā | tathā vyalokayacchambhorhṛdayaṃ vītabhūtikam
Then the daughter of the Snowy Mountain, standing again at the lattice of the window, looked in that way at Śambhu's breast with its ash removed.
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KaP 45.140
तया तत्र तु पार्वत्या वृषभध्वजवक्षसि । न कापि दृष्टा वनिता दृष्टं जालस्य मण्डलम्
tayā tatra tu pārvatyā vṛṣabhadhvajavakṣasi | na kāpi dṛṣṭā vanitā dṛṣṭaṃ jālasya maṇḍalam
But there, on the chest of the bull-bannered one, no woman at all was seen by that Pārvatī; what was seen was the circle of the lattice.
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KaP 45.141
एवं बहुविधैर्देवी तदोपायैस्तथेतरैः । निर्यातसंशया भूत्वा लज्जां प्राप वराङ्गना
evaṃ bahuvidhairdevī tadopāyaistathetaraiḥ | niryātasaṃśayā bhūtvā lajjāṃ prāpa varāṅganā
Thus, by many kinds of such devices and by others too, the Goddess, the fair-limbed one, her doubt gone, became ashamed.
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KaP 45.142
तां लज्जितां गिरिसुतामीषद्धीतामधोमुखीम् । शम्भुरालिंग्य पाणिभ्यां मुखं चास्याश्चचुम्ब च । स तामाह महादेवो देवीमाश्वासयन् मुहुः
tāṃ lajjitāṃ girisutāmīṣaddhītāmadhomukhīm | śambhurāliṃgya pāṇibhyāṃ mukhaṃ cāsyāścacumba ca | sa tāmāha mahādevo devīmāśvāsayan muhuḥ
Her, the mountain's daughter, ashamed, slightly downcast, her face lowered — Śambhu embraced with both arms and kissed her face. That Mahādeva spoke to the Goddess, comforting her again and again.
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KaP 45.143
।। महादेव उवाच ॥ मा व्रीडस्व महाभागे भ्रान्तिः कस्य न जायते
|| mahādeva uvāca || mā vrīḍasva mahābhāge bhrāntiḥ kasya na jāyate
Mahādeva said: Do not be ashamed, greatly blessed one; in whom does confusion not arise?
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KaP 45.144
मानस्त्वयि वरस्त्रीभिः कार्यः प्रेमकरो यतः । त्वयापि विरल: कार्यों मानो देवि न सर्वदा
mānastvayi varastrībhiḥ kāryaḥ premakaro yataḥ | tvayāpi virala: kāryoṃ māno devi na sarvadā
Pride is to be shown toward you by the best of women, since it produces love; but you too, goddess, should show pride only rarely, not always.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
KaP 45.145
।। और्व उवाच ।। इत्युक्ता देवदेवेन मैनाकसहजाम्बिका । शङ्करं प्रणयात् प्राह सूनृतं मधुरं वचः
|| aurva uvāca || ityuktā devadevena mainākasahajāmbikā | śaṅkaraṃ praṇayāt prāha sūnṛtaṃ madhuraṃ vacaḥ
Aurva said: Thus addressed by the god of gods, the Mother, the sister of Maināka, spoke to Śaṅkara out of affection a truthful and sweet speech.
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KaP 45.146
।। देव्युवाच ।। यथा तवाहं सततं छायेवानुगता हर । भवेयं साहचर्येण तथा मां कर्तुमर्हसि
|| devyuvāca || yathā tavāhaṃ satataṃ chāyevānugatā hara | bhaveyaṃ sāhacaryeṇa tathā māṃ kartumarhasi
The Goddess said: Hara, you should so arrange me that I may always follow you like a shadow, by way of companionship.
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KaP 45.147
सर्वगात्रेण संस्पर्श नित्यालिङ्गनविभ्रमम् । अहमिच्छामि भवतस्तत्त्वं चेत् कर्तुमर्हसि
sarvagātreṇa saṃsparśa nityāliṅganavibhramam | ahamicchāmi bhavatastattvaṃ cet kartumarhasi
I desire contact with your whole body, the delight of a perpetual embrace; if that is real (possible), you should do it.
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KaP 45.148
।। भगवानुवाच । रोचते तन्मह्यमपि यस्त्वमिच्छसि भामिनि । तत्रोपायमहं वक्ष्ये यदि शक्नोषि तं कुरु
|| bhagavānuvāca | rocate tanmahyamapi yastvamicchasi bhāmini | tatropāyamahaṃ vakṣye yadi śaknoṣi taṃ kuru
The Blessed One said: What you desire pleases me too, fair lady; I will tell you the means for it — do it, if you can.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 45.149
अर्धं मम गृहाण त्वं शरीरस्य मनोहरे । अर्धं भवतु मे नारी अथैवार्धं पुमानिति
ardhaṃ mama gṛhāṇa tvaṃ śarīrasya manohare | ardhaṃ bhavatu me nārī athaivārdhaṃ pumāniti
Take half of my body, O charmer of the heart: let half of me be woman, and half likewise be man.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 45.150
यदि त्वमपि शक्नोषि कर्तुं तदर्धमीदृशम् । तदाहं हरिष्यामि शरीरार्धं वरानने
yadi tvamapi śaknoṣi kartuṃ tadardhamīdṛśam | tadāhaṃ hariṣyāmi śarīrārdhaṃ varānane
If you too are able to make such a half, then I will take half of your body, fair-faced one,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 45.151
तवैवार्धं तथा नारी ह्यर्धं भवतु पूरुषः । विद्यते तत्र शक्तिर्मे त्वमनुज्ञातुमर्हसि
tavaivārdhaṃ tathā nārī hyardhaṃ bhavatu pūruṣaḥ | vidyate tatra śaktirme tvamanujñātumarhasi
so that half of you may be woman and half be man. I have the power for that; you should consent.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 45.152
।। देव्युवाच ।। तवैवाहं हरिष्यामि शरीरार्धं वृषध्वज । किं त्वहं त्वेकमिच्छामि तच्चेत्त्वं कर्तुमिच्छसि
|| devyuvāca || tavaivāhaṃ hariṣyāmi śarīrārdhaṃ vṛṣadhvaja | kiṃ tvahaṃ tvekamicchāmi taccettvaṃ kartumicchasi
The Goddess said: I will take half of your very body, bull-bannered one; but there is one thing I wish, if you are willing to do it.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 45.153
यदाहमर्धं भवतो भूत्वा तिष्ठामि तावता । त्यजाम्यहं यदा तेऽर्धं सम्पूर्णं स्यात्तदा द्वयम्
yadāhamardhaṃ bhavato bhūtvā tiṣṭhāmi tāvatā | tyajāmyahaṃ yadā te'rdhaṃ sampūrṇaṃ syāttadā dvayam
When I, having become half of you, remain so, then that much (holds); and when I give up your half, then the two shall be complete (again).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
KaP 45.154
इत्यर्धभागहरणं भवेद्यदि यथेप्सितम् । तवैवाहं तदा शम्भो शरीरार्धं हराम्यहम्
ityardhabhāgaharaṇaṃ bhavedyadi yathepsitam | tavaivāhaṃ tadā śambho śarīrārdhaṃ harāmyaham
If the taking of the half-portion may be thus, as desired, then, Śambhu, I will take half of your very body.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 45.155
।। ईश्वर उवाच ।। एवमस्तु भवेन्नित्यं यथार्थं हर्तुमर्हसि । शरीरस्यार्धहरणं भूयस्तव यथेप्सितम्
|| īśvara uvāca || evamastu bhavennityaṃ yathārthaṃ hartumarhasi | śarīrasyārdhaharaṇaṃ bhūyastava yathepsitam
Īśvara said: So be it; let it be so always. You may take (it) as is proper: the taking of half the body, again and again, as you wish.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 45.156
।। और्व्व उवाच ।। अथ गौरी तदा पूर्वमनुभूतं तपः स्थितौ । योगनिद्रास्वरूपं तदात्मनोऽचिन्तयद्धिया
|| aurvva uvāca || atha gaurī tadā pūrvamanubhūtaṃ tapaḥ sthitau | yoganidrāsvarūpaṃ tadātmano'cintayaddhiyā
Aurva said: Then Gaurī pondered in her mind that form of hers as Yoganidrā, which she had experienced before while established in ascetic practice.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 45.157
हरं प्रणम्य प्रथमं ब्रह्माणं च ततः परम् । ततस्त्रिजगतामीशं हरिं नारायणं प्रभुम्
haraṃ praṇamya prathamaṃ brahmāṇaṃ ca tataḥ param | tatastrijagatāmīśaṃ hariṃ nārāyaṇaṃ prabhum
Having bowed first to Hara, and then to Brahmā, and then to the lord of the three worlds, Hari, Nārāyaṇa the master —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 45.158
चिन्तयित्वा यदा तेषामेकतां सा जगन्मयी । आत्मानं योगनिद्रां च चिन्तयित्वा तपस्विनी
cintayitvā yadā teṣāmekatāṃ sā jaganmayī | ātmānaṃ yoganidrāṃ ca cintayitvā tapasvinī
when she, made of the world, had meditated on the oneness of those (three), and the ascetic woman had meditated on herself and on Yoganidrā,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 45.159
दक्षिणे स्वशरीरस्य भागार्धं शशभृद्भृतः । शरीरस्य तदा वाममतिप्रेम्णा निजं हरे
dakṣiṇe svaśarīrasya bhāgārdhaṃ śaśabhṛdbhṛtaḥ | śarīrasya tadā vāmamatipremṇā nijaṃ hare
then, with great love, (she placed) her own left half of her body upon the right half of the body of the moon-bearer, O Hara.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
KaP 45.160
हरोऽपि स्वशरीरार्धं गौरीकाये तदा स्वयम् । प्रेम्णा न्यवेशयत्तस्याश्चिकीर्षुः प्रियमद्भुतम्
haro'pi svaśarīrārdhaṃ gaurīkāye tadā svayam | premṇā nyaveśayattasyāścikīrṣuḥ priyamadbhutam
Hara too then himself, out of love, placed half of his own body into Gaurī's frame, wishing to do her a wondrous favour.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 45.161
अथ स्थित्वा तदा भर्गः काल्या सह चिरं तदा । परित्यज्य शरीरार्धं पृथगेव बभौ रुचा
atha sthitvā tadā bhargaḥ kālyā saha ciraṃ tadā | parityajya śarīrārdhaṃ pṛthageva babhau rucā
Then, after Bharga (Śiva) had remained thus a long while together with Kālī, he gave up the half of the body and shone forth separately in his splendour.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 45.162
काली भूत्वा स्वर्णगौरी शरीरार्द्ध च शङ्करम् । प्राप्तमोदा तदात्मानं सन्तुष्टा च जगन्मयी
kālī bhūtvā svarṇagaurī śarīrārddha ca śaṅkaram | prāptamodā tadātmānaṃ santuṣṭā ca jaganmayī
Having become Kālī, the golden-fair one — and (having taken) Śaṅkara as half her body — she, made of the world, then attained delight and was content in herself.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
KaP 45.163
एवं यदा शरीरार्धमादाय परमेश्वरी । रहस्ये तिष्ठति तदा राजतेऽतीव शोभना
evaṃ yadā śarīrārdhamādāya parameśvarī | rahasye tiṣṭhati tadā rājate'tīva śobhanā
Thus, when the supreme Goddess, having taken half (his) body, abides in secret, then she shines exceedingly resplendent.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 45.164
अर्द्धं धम्मिल्लसंयुक्तं जटाजूटार्द्धयोजितम् । एकस्मिन् श्रवणे भोगी भागे जाम्बूनदार्चितम्
arddhaṃ dhammillasaṃyuktaṃ jaṭājūṭārddhayojitam | ekasmin śravaṇe bhogī bhāge jāmbūnadārcitam
Half (of the head) furnished with a coiled braid, half fitted with a mass of matted locks; on one ear a serpent, on (the other) side (an ornament) adorned with gold.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 45.165
कुण्डलं श्रवणेऽन्यस्मिन् शीर्षे तस्या व्यराजत । अर्द्धं मृगाक्षि चान्यार्द्धं वृषभाक्षि व्यजायत
kuṇḍalaṃ śravaṇe'nyasmin śīrṣe tasyā vyarājata | arddhaṃ mṛgākṣi cānyārddhaṃ vṛṣabhākṣi vyajāyata
On the other ear an earring shone upon her head; one half became doe-eyed and the other half bull-eyed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 45.166
अर्द्धं स्थूलनसं चारु तिलपुष्पनसं परम् । दीर्घश्मश्रु तथैवार्द्धमर्द्धं श्मश्रुविवर्जितम्
arddhaṃ sthūlanasaṃ cāru tilapuṣpanasaṃ param | dīrghaśmaśru tathaivārddhamarddhaṃ śmaśruvivarjitam
One half had a thick nose, lovely; the other a nose (delicate) as a sesame flower; likewise one half had a long beard, (the other) half was without beard.
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KaP 45.167
आरक्तचारुदर्शनं रक्तौष्ठमेकतस्तथा । अपरं शुक्लविपुलं दीर्घाकृतिरदं परम्
āraktacārudarśanaṃ raktauṣṭhamekatastathā | aparaṃ śuklavipulaṃ dīrghākṛtiradaṃ param
On one side reddish and lovely to look at, with a red lip; the other white and broad, with teeth of elongated shape.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
KaP 45.168
अर्द्धनीलगलं चार्द्धमपरं हारसंयुतम् । अर्द्धं कंकणकेयूरयुक्तबाहु तथापरम्
arddhanīlagalaṃ cārddhamaparaṃ hārasaṃyutam | arddhaṃ kaṃkaṇakeyūrayuktabāhu tathāparam
One half had a dark-blue throat, and the other half was furnished with a necklace; one half had an arm fitted with bangle and armlet, and likewise the other...
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 45.169
नागकेयूरसंयुक्तं स्थूलबाहुनिरूर्मिकम् । अर्धं विलोलसुभुजं परिहस्तभुजं परम्
nāgakeyūrasaṃyuktaṃ sthūlabāhunirūrmikam | ardhaṃ vilolasubhujaṃ parihastabhujaṃ param
...(the other arm) joined with a serpent-armlet, a thick arm without a finger-ring; one half had a lovely swaying arm, the other an arm with a rough(?) hand.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
KaP 45.170
एकत्र सोर्मिकाशाखा करस्यान्यत्र तां विना । एकस्तनं तु हृदयं रोमावल्यर्धसंयुतम्
ekatra sormikāśākhā karasyānyatra tāṃ vinā | ekastanaṃ tu hṛdayaṃ romāvalyardhasaṃyutam
On one side the fingers of the hand bore rings, on the other they were without them; the chest had a single breast and was joined with half a line of body-hair.
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KaP 45.171
रम्भास्तम्भसमानोरू सुपार्णितम मृदुपादकम् । एकं तथापरं स्थूलं संहतोरुपदाम्बुजम्
rambhāstambhasamānorū supārṇitama mṛdupādakam | ekaṃ tathāparaṃ sthūlaṃ saṃhatorupadāmbujam
One (half) had a thigh like a plantain stem, fine heels(?) and a soft foot; and likewise the other was thick, with compact thigh and lotus-foot.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
KaP 45.172
एकं चारुमृदुस्थूलजघनं सुमनोहरम् । तथापरं दृढकटि संहतोर्द्धपदान्वयम्
ekaṃ cārumṛdusthūlajaghanaṃ sumanoharam | tathāparaṃ dṛḍhakaṭi saṃhatorddhapadānvayam
One (half) had a lovely, soft, full hip, very charming; and likewise the other had a firm waist, with a compact upper foot(?).
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KaP 45.173
एकं वैयाघ्रचर्मोद्ययुक्तं भूतिविलेपनम् । अपरं मृदु कौशेयवसनं चन्दनोक्षितम्
ekaṃ vaiyāghracarmodyayuktaṃ bhūtivilepanam | aparaṃ mṛdu kauśeyavasanaṃ candanokṣitam
One (half) was clad in a tiger-skin, smeared with ashes; the other had a soft silken garment and was sprinkled with sandal-paste.
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KaP 45.174
एवमर्द्धं तथा जातं योषिल्लक्षणसंयुतम् । अपरं बलवद् भूरि सुगूढं पुरुषाकृति
evamarddhaṃ tathā jātaṃ yoṣillakṣaṇasaṃyutam | aparaṃ balavad bhūri sugūḍhaṃ puruṣākṛti
Thus one half came to be endowed with the marks of a woman; the other was strong, ample, well-concealed(?), of male form.
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KaP 45.175
एवमर्द्धं स्मररिपोर्जहार गिरिजा सती । हिताय सर्वजगतां कालिका कालिकोपमा
evamarddhaṃ smarariporjahāra girijā satī | hitāya sarvajagatāṃ kālikā kālikopamā
Thus Satī, the daughter of the mountain, Kālikā like a dark cloud, took half of the foe of Smara, for the welfare of all the worlds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 45.176
तस्याः शरीरं राजेन्द्र हरतन्वर्द्धसंयुतम् । येनोपमेयं तत्रास्ति मार्गितं भुवनत्रये
tasyāḥ śarīraṃ rājendra haratanvarddhasaṃyutam | yenopameyaṃ tatrāsti mārgitaṃ bhuvanatraye
Her body, O best of kings, joined with half of Hara's body—there is nothing there in the three worlds, though sought for, with which it might be compared.
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KaP 45.177
सन्तानः पारिजातो वा एकान्तविशदस्तरुः । अमोघया यथा वल्ल्या तौ चापि ययतुर्नहि
santānaḥ pārijāto vā ekāntaviśadastaruḥ | amoghayā yathā vallyā tau cāpi yayaturnahi
The santāna or the pārijāta tree, a tree brilliant standing alone, as if with an unfailing creeper—even those two did not attain (to such comparison).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
KaP 45.178
बहुधा च पृथक् तेन तौ रेमाते नरेश्वर । अर्द्धनारीश्वरो भूत्वा स तु रेमे कदाचन
bahudhā ca pṛthak tena tau remāte nareśvara | arddhanārīśvaro bhūtvā sa tu reme kadācana
And in many ways those two took pleasure separately, O lord of men; but sometimes he took pleasure having become the Lord who is half woman.
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KaP 45.179
इति यद्यपि भूतेशः स्वयं शक्नोति कालिकाम् । गौरीं कर्तुं तदा सर्वभूतकारणकारणः
iti yadyapi bhūteśaḥ svayaṃ śaknoti kālikām | gaurīṃ kartuṃ tadā sarvabhūtakāraṇakāraṇaḥ
Thus, although the Lord of beings, the cause of the causes of all beings, is himself able to make Kālikā into Gaurī,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 45.180
तथापि तां गिरिसुतां संयोज्य विविधैः पुरा । तपस्ययोजयद् देव; क्रियोपायैरनेकशः
tathāpi tāṃ girisutāṃ saṃyojya vividhaiḥ purā | tapasyayojayad deva; kriyopāyairanekaśaḥ
nevertheless the god, having first joined that daughter of the mountain by various means, engaged her in austerity through many ritual expedients.
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KaP 45.181
तपोनिर्धूतसर्वाङ्गी पश्चाद् गौरीमथाकरोत् । अर्द्धं च प्रददौ तस्यै शरीरस्य महेश्वरः
taponirdhūtasarvāṅgī paścād gaurīmathākarot | arddhaṃ ca pradadau tasyai śarīrasya maheśvaraḥ
Afterwards he made her—all of whose limbs had been purged by austerity—Gaurī; and Maheśvara bestowed on her half of his body.
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KaP 45.182
नैवास्य तत्त्वं जानन्ति शक्राद्याः सकलाः सुराः । शरीरार्द्धप्रदानस्य तपसे योजनस्य च
naivāsya tattvaṃ jānanti śakrādyāḥ sakalāḥ surāḥ | śarīrārddhapradānasya tapase yojanasya ca
Śakra and all the other gods do not know the truth of this—of the giving of half the body and of the engaging (of her) in austerity.
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KaP 45.183
एतस्य तत्त्वं जानन्ति महात्मानो महाबलाः । नन्दी भृङ्गी महाकालो वेतालौ भैरवस्तथा
etasya tattvaṃ jānanti mahātmāno mahābalāḥ | nandī bhṛṅgī mahākālo vetālau bhairavastathā
The truth of this is known to the great-souled ones of great strength: Nandin, Bhṛṅgin, Mahākāla, the two Vetālas, and Bhairava.
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KaP 45.184
अङ्गभूता महेशस्य वीतभीतास्तपोधनाः । ये मानुषशरीरेण प्रापिरे तपसो बलात् । गणानामाधिपत्यं तु ते जानन्ति हरं परम्
aṅgabhūtā maheśasya vītabhītāstapodhanāḥ | ye mānuṣaśarīreṇa prāpire tapaso balāt | gaṇānāmādhipatyaṃ tu te jānanti haraṃ param
(They are) parts of Maheśa's own body, free of fear, rich in ascetic power; they who by force of austerity attained, with human bodies, the lordship over the (Śiva-)hosts — they know Hara as the supreme.
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KaP 45.185
एवं सदा त्वया योज्याः सानुगा नृपसत्तम । वनिता सत्क्रियोपायैस्ततो भद्रमवाप्स्यसि
evaṃ sadā tvayā yojyāḥ sānugā nṛpasattama | vanitā satkriyopāyaistato bhadramavāpsyasi
Thus, best of kings, women together with their attendants should always be won over by you through the means of good treatment; thereby you will obtain good fortune.
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KaP 45.186
य इदं शृणुयान्नित्यमद्भुतं पुण्यदायकम् । शिवयो: प्रीतिकरणं शरीरार्द्धग्रहं तथा
ya idaṃ śṛṇuyānnityamadbhutaṃ puṇyadāyakam | śivayo: prītikaraṇaṃ śarīrārddhagrahaṃ tathā
Whoever constantly listens to this wondrous (account), bestower of merit, which brings pleasure to Śiva and (Pārvatī) and (tells) of the taking of half the body,
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KaP 45.187
गौरीत्वसाधनञ्चैव कालिकायाः शुभावहम्
gaurītvasādhanañcaiva kālikāyāḥ śubhāvaham
and the means by which Kālikā (attained) the state of Gaurī, (an account) bringing what is auspicious —
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KaP 45.188
न तस्य विघ्ना जायन्ते स च पुण्यतमो मतः । दीर्घायुः स सुखी भूयात् पुत्रपौत्रसमन्वितः
na tasya vighnā jāyante sa ca puṇyatamo mataḥ | dīrghāyuḥ sa sukhī bhūyāt putrapautrasamanvitaḥ
no obstacles arise for him, and he is held to be most meritorious; may he be long-lived and happy, provided with sons and grandsons.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 45.189
सततं परिशृण्वानः शिवयोश्चरितं महत् । शिवलोकमवाप्नोति सुचिरं शिववल्लभः
satataṃ pariśṛṇvānaḥ śivayoścaritaṃ mahat | śivalokamavāpnoti suciraṃ śivavallabhaḥ
Constantly listening to the great deeds of Śiva and (Pārvatī), he reaches Śiva's world for a very long time, dear to Śiva.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition