Kalika Purana — Chapter 46
KaP 46.1
कालिकापुराणम् षट्चत्वारिंशोऽध्यायः भृङ्गी-महाकालजन्मवर्णनम् अथ श्रीकालिका पुराण अध्याय ४६ ॥ॐ भं भद्रकालिकायै आगच्छ आगच्छ भं ॐ नमः ॥ ॥ क्रीं कालिकायै नमः ॥ कालिकापुराणम् षट्चत्वारिंशोऽध्यायः भृङ्गी-महाकालजन्मवर्णनम् ।। सगर उवाच ।। कोऽसौ भैरवनामाभूत् को वा वेतालसंज्ञकः । कथं वा तौ शरीरेण मानुषेण गणाधिपौ । अभूतां द्विजशार्दूल तन्मे वद महामुने
kālikāpurāṇam ṣaṭcatvāriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ bhṛṅgī-mahākālajanmavarṇanam atha śrīkālikā purāṇa adhyāya 46 ||oṃ bhaṃ bhadrakālikāyai āgaccha āgaccha bhaṃ oṃ namaḥ || || krīṃ kālikāyai namaḥ || kālikāpurāṇam ṣaṭcatvāriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ bhṛṅgī-mahākālajanmavarṇanam || sagara uvāca || ko'sau bhairavanāmābhūt ko vā vetālasaṃjñakaḥ | kathaṃ vā tau śarīreṇa mānuṣeṇa gaṇādhipau | abhūtāṃ dvijaśārdūla tanme vada mahāmune
The Kālikāpurāṇa, chapter forty-six: the description of the birth of Bhṛṅgin and Mahākāla. Now the Śrī Kālikā Purāṇa, chapter 46. Oṃ bhaṃ, to Bhadrakālikā, come, come, bhaṃ, oṃ, homage! Krīṃ, homage to Kālikā! The Kālikāpurāṇa, chapter forty-six: the description of the birth of Bhṛṅgin and Mahākāla. Sagara said: Who was he named Bhairava, and who the one called Vetāla? And how did those two become lords of the hosts with human bodies? Tell me that, tiger among brahmins, great sage.
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KaP 46.2
जानामि नन्दिनं विप्र सहायं शशभृद्धृत । यथाभवद्गणाध्यक्षस्तन्नारदमुखाच्छ्रुतम्
jānāmi nandinaṃ vipra sahāyaṃ śaśabhṛddhṛta | yathābhavadgaṇādhyakṣastannāradamukhācchrutam
I know, brahmin, of Nandin, the companion (borne/upheld) by the hare-marked one's bearer — how he became chief of the hosts; that I heard from Nārada's mouth.
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KaP 46.3
यथा भृङ्गिमहाकालौ विश्रुतौ हि हरात्मजौ । कथं वा तौ समुत्पन्नौ त्वत्तः श्रोतुं समुत्सहे
yathā bhṛṅgimahākālau viśrutau hi harātmajau | kathaṃ vā tau samutpannau tvattaḥ śrotuṃ samutsahe
I am eager to hear from you how Bhṛṅgin and Mahākāla became renowned as sons of Hara, and how they were born.
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KaP 46.4
योऽसौ शरभरूपस्य महादेवस्य वै पुरा । कायभागः श्रुतः पूर्वं स महाभैरवाह्वयः
yo'sau śarabharūpasya mahādevasya vai purā | kāyabhāgaḥ śrutaḥ pūrvaṃ sa mahābhairavāhvayaḥ
That portion of the body of Mahādeva in the form of the śarabha, of old — which was heard of before — that one is called Mahābhairava.
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KaP 46.5
स एव किं भैरवाख्यः किं वान्यो द्विजसत्तम । वेत्तुं तत्त्वेन तत् सर्वमिच्छामि द्विजसत्तम
sa eva kiṃ bhairavākhyaḥ kiṃ vānyo dvijasattama | vettuṃ tattvena tat sarvamicchāmi dvijasattama
Is he the very one named Bhairava, or is he another, best of brahmins? I wish to know all that truly, best of brahmins.
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KaP 46.6
कस्य वा तनयौ भूत्वा गणाध्यक्षत्वमागतौ । तच्चापि कथयस्वाद्य यथा तौ वानराननौ
kasya vā tanayau bhūtvā gaṇādhyakṣatvamāgatau | taccāpi kathayasvādya yathā tau vānarānanau
And whose sons did the two become when they attained the chieftainship of the hosts? Tell that too now, and how the two came to have monkey faces.
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KaP 46.7
।। और्व उवाच ॥ शृणु राजन् प्रवक्ष्यामि महाकालस्य भृङ्गिणः । भैरवस्यापि चरितं वेतालस्य महात्मनः
|| aurva uvāca || śṛṇu rājan pravakṣyāmi mahākālasya bhṛṅgiṇaḥ | bhairavasyāpi caritaṃ vetālasya mahātmanaḥ
Aurva said: Listen, king; I shall relate the deeds of Mahākāla and Bhṛṅgin, and of Bhairava too and of the great-souled Vetāla.
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KaP 46.8
योऽसौ भृङ्गी हरसुतो महाकालोऽपि भर्गजः । तावेव गौरीशापेन सम्भूय नरयोनिजौ । वेतालभैरवौ जातौ पृथिव्यां नृपवेश्मनि
yo'sau bhṛṅgī harasuto mahākālo'pi bhargajaḥ | tāveva gaurīśāpena sambhūya narayonijau | vetālabhairavau jātau pṛthivyāṃ nṛpaveśmani
He who is Bhṛṅgin, Hara's son, and Mahākāla too, born of Bharga — those very two, by Gaurī's curse, having come together, were born from a human womb as Vetāla and Bhairava on earth in a king's house.
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KaP 46.9
यथा भृङ्गिमहाकालाव्युत्पन्नौ प्राक् तथा शृणु । योऽसौ महाभैरवाख्यः स कायः शरभो हरः
yathā bhṛṅgimahākālāvyutpannau prāk tathā śṛṇu | yo'sau mahābhairavākhyaḥ sa kāyaḥ śarabho haraḥ
Hear now how Bhṛṅgin and Mahākāla were born earlier. He who is called Mahābhairava, he is the body — the śarabha, Hara.
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KaP 46.10
भैरवः पृथगेवायं गणाध्यक्षो हरात्मजः । ऊढायां हिमवत्पुत्र्यां भर्गेण सुमहात्मना
bhairavaḥ pṛthagevāyaṃ gaṇādhyakṣo harātmajaḥ | ūḍhāyāṃ himavatputryāṃ bhargeṇa sumahātmanā
This Bhairava is separate, a chief of the hosts, a son of Hara. When Himavat's daughter had been wedded by the exceedingly great-souled Bharga,
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KaP 46.11
तारकस्य वधार्थाय देवैः शक्रपुरोगमैः । स्तुतिभिर्नतिभिः शम्भुं सन्ततिर्याचिता पुरा
tārakasya vadhārthāya devaiḥ śakrapurogamaiḥ | stutibhirnatibhiḥ śambhuṃ santatiryācitā purā
offspring was formerly asked of Śambhu, with praises and prostrations, by the gods led by Śakra, for the purpose of slaying Tāraka.
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KaP 46.12
स याचितो देवगणैर्भगवान् वृषभध्वजः । महामैथुनमारेभे सन्तानायोमया सह
sa yācito devagaṇairbhagavān vṛṣabhadhvajaḥ | mahāmaithunamārebhe santānāyomayā saha
Being thus entreated by the hosts of gods, the Lord whose banner is the bull began the great act of intercourse with Umā for the sake of progeny.
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KaP 46.13
आरब्धे मैथुने तेन नरवर्येण वै ययुः । द्वात्रिंशद् वत्सरा राजन् क्षणवच्चन्द्रधारिणः
ārabdhe maithune tena naravaryeṇa vai yayuḥ | dvātriṃśad vatsarā rājan kṣaṇavaccandradhāriṇaḥ
When that intercourse had been begun by that best of males, thirty-two years passed, O king, like a moment, for the wearer of the moon.
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KaP 46.14
स महामैथुनं कुर्वंस्तृप्तिं नाप महेश्वरः । नाप्यस्य प्रच्युतं तेजो न तृप्तिं प्राप पार्वती
sa mahāmaithunaṃ kurvaṃstṛptiṃ nāpa maheśvaraḥ | nāpyasya pracyutaṃ tejo na tṛptiṃ prāpa pārvatī
Performing the great copulation, Maheśvara did not reach satiety; nor did his seed fall forth, nor did Pārvatī attain satiety.
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KaP 46.15
तन्महासङ्गसमये चकम्पे वसुधा स्फुटम् । आकुलाः सकला देवा: स्युः स्वर्गस्थाश्च येऽपरे
tanmahāsaṅgasamaye cakampe vasudhā sphuṭam | ākulāḥ sakalā devā: syuḥ svargasthāśca ye'pare
At the time of that great union the earth visibly trembled; all the gods were thrown into confusion, and the others who dwell in heaven.
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KaP 46.16
सर्वं जगत्तदा भूतमाकुलं शिवयोस्तयोः । ततो निवृत्तिजातेन महामैथुनकर्मणा
sarvaṃ jagattadā bhūtamākulaṃ śivayostayoḥ | tato nivṛttijātena mahāmaithunakarmaṇā
The whole world then became confounded by those two, Śiva and (his consort); then, by the great act of copulation that had arisen from (his) withdrawal (from asceticism)—
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KaP 46.17
अथ सेन्द्राः सुराः सर्वं ब्रह्माणं जगतां पतिम् । शरण्यं शरणं जग्मुर्भीताः शङ्करकेलिभिः
atha sendrāḥ surāḥ sarvaṃ brahmāṇaṃ jagatāṃ patim | śaraṇyaṃ śaraṇaṃ jagmurbhītāḥ śaṅkarakelibhiḥ
Then the gods together with Indra, frightened by Śaṅkara's amorous play, all went for refuge to Brahmā, the lord of the worlds, the giver of refuge.
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KaP 46.18
ते सम्भूयाथ धातारं प्रणम्य च सुरोत्तमाः । आकुलं सर्वमाचक्षुर्हरमैथुनकर्मणा
te sambhūyātha dhātāraṃ praṇamya ca surottamāḥ | ākulaṃ sarvamācakṣurharamaithunakarmaṇā
Then those foremost of gods, having assembled and bowed to the Creator, declared that everything was in confusion because of Hara's act of copulation.
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KaP 46.19
ततः सर्वान् देवगणान् पश्चात् कृत्वैव वृत्रहा । स्वयमाह विधातारं तत्कालभयभाषितम्
tataḥ sarvān devagaṇān paścāt kṛtvaiva vṛtrahā | svayamāha vidhātāraṃ tatkālabhayabhāṣitam
Then the slayer of Vṛtra, having placed all the hosts of gods behind him, himself spoke to the Ordainer, uttering the fear of that hour.
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KaP 46.20
. ।। इन्द्र उवाच ॥ आकुलाः सकलालोका हरमैथुनकर्मणा । अहं महद्भयं प्राप्य शरणं त्वामिहागतः
. || indra uvāca || ākulāḥ sakalālokā haramaithunakarmaṇā | ahaṃ mahadbhayaṃ prāpya śaraṇaṃ tvāmihāgataḥ
Indra said: All the worlds are in confusion because of Hara's act of copulation. Having met with a great fear, I have come here to you for refuge.
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KaP 46.21
एवम्भूते सङ्गमे च शङ्करस्योमया सह । यः पुत्रो जायते ब्रह्मन् स मामभिभविष्यति
evambhūte saṅgame ca śaṅkarasyomayā saha | yaḥ putro jāyate brahman sa māmabhibhaviṣyati
And in such a union of Śaṅkara with Umā, the son who is born, O Brahman—he will overpower me.
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KaP 46.22
तत्क्रियादर्शनादेव सूत्पन्नादपि तत्सुतात् । ब्रह्मन् जातं भयं मेऽद्य तारकादपि चाधिकम्
tatkriyādarśanādeva sūtpannādapi tatsutāt | brahman jātaṃ bhayaṃ me'dya tārakādapi cādhikam
O Brahman, from the mere sight of that act, and from his son once he is born, a fear has arisen in me today greater even than (that) from Tāraka.
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KaP 46.23
तस्मादेवं त्वं विधेहि तत्सुतो मां सुरान्यथा । न बाधेत तथा यत्नात्तारयास्मान्महाभयात्
tasmādevaṃ tvaṃ vidhehi tatsuto māṃ surānyathā | na bādheta tathā yatnāttārayāsmānmahābhayāt
Therefore so arrange it that his son shall not afflict me or the other gods; by such effort carry us across from this great fear.
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KaP 46.24
।। ब्रह्मोवाच ।। उमायां जायते पुत्रो यदि शङ्करतेजसा । अशक्यः सर्वलोकेशैः सेन्द्रैरपि सुरासुरैः
|| brahmovāca || umāyāṃ jāyate putro yadi śaṅkaratejasā | aśakyaḥ sarvalokeśaiḥ sendrairapi surāsuraiḥ
Brahmā said: If a son is born to Umā by Śaṅkara's energy, he will be unassailable by all the lords of the worlds, even by the gods and demons together with Indra.
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KaP 46.25
तस्माद्धरो यथोमायां न प्रसूतो भविष्यति । तथाहं संविधास्यामि गत्वा देवैर्हरान्तिकम्
tasmāddharo yathomāyāṃ na prasūto bhaviṣyati | tathāhaṃ saṃvidhāsyāmi gatvā devairharāntikam
Therefore I shall so arrange, going with the gods into Hara's presence, that Hara shall not beget (a son) in Umā.
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KaP 46.26
तारकस्य विघातश्च यथा स्याद्धरतेजसा । तच्चाप्यहं करिष्यामि व्येतु ते मानसो ज्वरः
tārakasya vighātaśca yathā syāddharatejasā | taccāpyahaṃ kariṣyāmi vyetu te mānaso jvaraḥ
And so that the destruction of Tāraka shall come about through Hara's energy—that too I shall bring about; let the fever of your mind depart.
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KaP 46.27
।। और्व उवाच ।। इत्युक्त्वा सह देवौघैः कैलासाद्रि प्रजापतिः । जगाम रेमे गिरिशो गिरिपुत्र्या समं भृशम्
|| aurva uvāca || ityuktvā saha devaughaiḥ kailāsādri prajāpatiḥ | jagāma reme giriśo giriputryā samaṃ bhṛśam
Aurva said: Having spoken thus, the Lord of creatures went with the throngs of gods to Mount Kailāsa; (there) the mountain-dweller was sporting intensely with the daughter of the mountain.
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KaP 46.28
तत्र गत्वा महादेवं ब्रह्मा लोकपितामहः । सर्वैः सुरगणैः सार्धं तुष्टाव वृषभध्वजम्
tatra gatvā mahādevaṃ brahmā lokapitāmahaḥ | sarvaiḥ suragaṇaiḥ sārdhaṃ tuṣṭāva vṛṣabhadhvajam
Having gone there, Brahmā, the grandfather of the worlds, together with all the hosts of gods, praised Mahādeva, whose banner is the bull.
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KaP 46.29
।। देवा ऊचुः ।। प्रीतये यस्य न रतिर्न कामो यन्मनोभवः । न यस्य जन्मनो हेतुस्तस्मै तुभ्यं नमो नमः
|| devā ūcuḥ || prītaye yasya na ratirna kāmo yanmanobhavaḥ | na yasya janmano hetustasmai tubhyaṃ namo namaḥ
The gods said: He for whose delight there is no sexual pleasure, no desire, no mind-born (Kāma), he who has no cause of birth—to you, to him, homage, homage.
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KaP 46.30
यस्य लोकहितायैव जातो जायापरिग्रहः । त्र्यम्बकाय नमस्तस्मै स शिवो नः प्रसीदतु
yasya lokahitāyaiva jāto jāyāparigrahaḥ | tryambakāya namastasmai sa śivo naḥ prasīdatu
He whose taking of a wife came about only for the good of the world—homage to that three-eyed one; may that Śiva be gracious to us.
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KaP 46.31
यन्मन्मथं विना देवं शृङ्गाराद्या विशन्ति च । स्वबलेनैव तं देवं त्वां वयं प्रणता हरम्
yanmanmathaṃ vinā devaṃ śṛṅgārādyā viśanti ca | svabalenaiva taṃ devaṃ tvāṃ vayaṃ praṇatā haram
That god whom, without Manmatha, erotic passion and the rest enter by their own force alone—to you, that god Hara, we are bowed down.
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KaP 46.32
हिरण्यरेताः स्वर्णाभो यो हिरण्यभुजाह्वयः । स त्वं सर्गहरो देवो नित्यं नोऽभिप्रसीदतु
hiraṇyaretāḥ svarṇābho yo hiraṇyabhujāhvayaḥ | sa tvaṃ sargaharo devo nityaṃ no'bhiprasīdatu
He whose seed is golden, who is golden-hued, who is called golden-armed—may you, that god who destroys creation, be ever gracious to us.
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KaP 46.33
जगन्मयी योगनिद्रा विष्णुमाया बलीयसी । तस्याभवत् स्वयं जाया तस्मै तुभ्यं नमो नमः
jaganmayī yoganidrā viṣṇumāyā balīyasī | tasyābhavat svayaṃ jāyā tasmai tubhyaṃ namo namaḥ
World-encompassing Yoganidrā, Viṣṇu's māyā, the mighty one—she became of her own accord his wife; to you, to him, homage, homage.
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KaP 46.34
पञ्चभूतमयं यस्य पञ्चशीर्षं विराजते । तं पञ्चवदनं देवं भक्त्या त्वां प्रणमामहे
pañcabhūtamayaṃ yasya pañcaśīrṣaṃ virājate | taṃ pañcavadanaṃ devaṃ bhaktyā tvāṃ praṇamāmahe
Whose fivefold head, made of the five elements, shines forth — to you, that five-faced god, we bow with devotion.
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KaP 46.35
सद्योजातमघोरं च वामदेवमुमापतिम् । ईशानं प्रणमामोऽद्य यं तत्पुरुषमाह वै
sadyojātamaghoraṃ ca vāmadevamumāpatim | īśānaṃ praṇamāmo'dya yaṃ tatpuruṣamāha vai
Today we bow to Sadyojāta and Aghora, to Vāmadeva, to Umā's husband, and to Īśāna — him whom (the scripture) has indeed called Tatpuruṣa.
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KaP 46.36
योऽसतामशिवो नित्यं यो वा भक्तिमतां शिवः । शिवाशिवस्वरूपाय नमस्तस्मै शिवाय ते
yo'satāmaśivo nityaṃ yo vā bhaktimatāṃ śivaḥ | śivāśivasvarūpāya namastasmai śivāya te
He who is ever inauspicious to the wicked, and who is auspicious to those possessing devotion — homage to that Śiva, to you, whose nature is both auspicious and inauspicious.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 46.37
रूपैस्त्रिभिर्य: स्थितिसृष्टिनाशं विष्ण्वात्मभिः शम्भुरिति प्रसिद्धैः । करोति शश्वजगतां नुमस्तं शिवं विरूपाक्षममुं शिवेशम्
rūpaistribhirya: sthitisṛṣṭināśaṃ viṣṇvātmabhiḥ śambhuriti prasiddhaiḥ | karoti śaśvajagatāṃ numastaṃ śivaṃ virūpākṣamamuṃ śiveśam
He who, with three forms famed as Viṣṇu, Self (Brahmā), and Śambhu, perpetually effects the maintenance, creation, and destruction of the worlds — we bow to that Śiva, the odd-eyed one, this lord of Śivā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
KaP 46.38
यः शूलखट्वाङ्गमृगाङ्कधारी यो गोध्वजः शक्तिमान् पञ्चरूपी । तस्मै तुभ्यं जातवेदः प्रभाय भूयो भूयो नो नमः शङ्कराय
yaḥ śūlakhaṭvāṅgamṛgāṅkadhārī yo godhvajaḥ śaktimān pañcarūpī | tasmai tubhyaṃ jātavedaḥ prabhāya bhūyo bhūyo no namaḥ śaṅkarāya
He who bears the trident, the skull-staff, and the deer-marked (moon), whose banner is the bull, who is possessed of power and has five forms — to you, that lord, O Jātavedas (fire), again and again our homage, to Śaṅkara.
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KaP 46.39
ब्रह्मर्चिष्मान् भोगभृद्दैत्यहन्ता यन्ता योद्धा वीतगर्भो जगत्याः । स त्वं स्तुतो नः प्रसीदत्वनन्तो नित्योद्रेकी मुक्तरूप: प्रधानः
brahmarciṣmān bhogabhṛddaityahantā yantā yoddhā vītagarbho jagatyāḥ | sa tvaṃ stuto naḥ prasīdatvananto nityodrekī muktarūpa: pradhānaḥ
Radiant with brahman, bearer of enjoyment, slayer of demons, controller, warrior, free of (birth from) a womb — of the earth; may you, that endless one, thus praised, be gracious to us — ever surpassing, of the nature of liberation, the primal principle.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
KaP 46.40
परब्रह्मरूपी नियतैकमुक्तः परज्योतिरूपी नियतस्त्वनन्तः । परः पाररूपी नियतात्मभागी स नो भर्गरूपी गिरिशोऽस्तु भूत्यै
parabrahmarūpī niyataikamuktaḥ parajyotirūpī niyatastvanantaḥ | paraḥ pārarūpī niyatātmabhāgī sa no bhargarūpī giriśo'stu bhūtyai
He who has the form of the supreme brahman, who is fixedly the one liberated, whose form is the supreme light, who is fixed and endless; the highest, whose form is the far shore, who partakes of a fixed self — may that Giriśa, whose form is radiance, be for our welfare.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
KaP 46.41
उमापतिं महामायं महादेवं जगत्पतिम् । शिवं शिवकरं शान्तं नमामः स प्रसीदतु
umāpatiṃ mahāmāyaṃ mahādevaṃ jagatpatim | śivaṃ śivakaraṃ śāntaṃ namāmaḥ sa prasīdatu
We bow to Umā's husband, the great illusionist, the great god, lord of the world, Śiva, the maker of good, the tranquil one — may he be gracious.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 46.42
।। और्व उवाच ॥ इति स्तुतो महादेव: शक्राद्यैस्त्रिदशैः स्वयम् । उमासङ्गं परित्यज्य भर्गोऽगात्त्रिदिवौकसः
|| aurva uvāca || iti stuto mahādeva: śakrādyaistridaśaiḥ svayam | umāsaṅgaṃ parityajya bhargo'gāttridivaukasaḥ
Aurva said: Thus praised in person by Śakra and the other gods, Bharga (Śiva), abandoning his union with Umā, went to the dwellers in heaven.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 46.43
येन भावेन स तदा महामैथुनतत्परः । आसीत् तेनैव भावेन ब्रह्मादीनां ससादह
yena bhāvena sa tadā mahāmaithunatatparaḥ | āsīt tenaiva bhāvena brahmādīnāṃ sasādaha
With whatever mood he was then intent upon the great copulation, in that very same mood he seated himself (before) Brahmā and the others.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
KaP 46.44
अथ तान् स सुरान् प्राह महादेवस्त्वरन्निव । किमर्थमागता यूयं तन्मे वदत निर्जराः । तमूचुस्त्रिदशाः सर्वे ब्रह्मशक्रपुरोगमाः
atha tān sa surān prāha mahādevastvaranniva | kimarthamāgatā yūyaṃ tanme vadata nirjarāḥ | tamūcustridaśāḥ sarve brahmaśakrapurogamāḥ
Then Mahādeva said to those gods, as if in haste: For what purpose have you come? Tell me that, O immortals. All the thirty (gods), led by Brahmā and Śakra, said to him:
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KaP 46.45
।। ब्रह्मादयः ऊचुः ।। त्वन्महामैथुनाद्धर्ग व्याकुलं सकलं जगत् । पृथिवी कम्पतेऽतीव सशैलवनकानना
|| brahmādayaḥ ūcuḥ || tvanmahāmaithunāddharga vyākulaṃ sakalaṃ jagat | pṛthivī kampate'tīva saśailavanakānanā
Brahmā and the others said: O Bharga, by your great copulation the whole world is thrown into confusion; the earth trembles exceedingly, with its mountains, woods and forests.
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KaP 46.46
सागराः क्षुभिताः सर्वे नदा नद्यश्च शङ्कर । देवाश्च सर्वे दिक्पालान शान्तिं प्राप्नुवन्ति वै
sāgarāḥ kṣubhitāḥ sarve nadā nadyaśca śaṅkara | devāśca sarve dikpālāna śāntiṃ prāpnuvanti vai
All the oceans are churned up, and the streams and rivers, O Śaṅkara; and all the gods and the guardians of the directions attain no peace at all.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 46.47
तस्मात् त्वं सर्वलोकेश सकलाननुकम्पय । त्यक्त्वा महामैथुनं तु रतिमात्रं नियोजय
tasmāt tvaṃ sarvalokeśa sakalānanukampaya | tyaktvā mahāmaithunaṃ tu ratimātraṃ niyojaya
Therefore, O lord of all worlds, have compassion on all; abandon the great copulation and engage in mere love-making.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 46.48
।।और्व उवाच । एतच्छ्रुत्वा वचस्तस्य ब्रह्मणः परमात्मनः । उवाच शङ्करो देव नातिहृष्टमना इव
||aurva uvāca | etacchrutvā vacastasya brahmaṇaḥ paramātmanaḥ | uvāca śaṅkaro deva nātihṛṣṭamanā iva
Aurva said: Having heard this speech of Brahmā, the supreme Self, the god Śaṅkara spoke, as though not much pleased in mind.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 46.49
।। ईश्वर उवाच ।। इयं प्रवृत्तिर्भवतां शिवायामरसत्तमाः । त्यक्ते महामैथुने तु रतिमात्रं प्रयोजिते । नोमायां भविता पुत्रस्तदर्थमयमुद्यमः
|| īśvara uvāca || iyaṃ pravṛttirbhavatāṃ śivāyāmarasattamāḥ | tyakte mahāmaithune tu ratimātraṃ prayojite | nomāyāṃ bhavitā putrastadarthamayamudyamaḥ
Īśvara said: This undertaking of yours is for (the world's) welfare, O best of immortals; but if the great copulation is abandoned and mere love-making engaged in, no son will be born to me in Umā — and it is for that purpose that this effort (was made).
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KaP 46.50
उमाशरीरज: पुत्रो यो भवेन्मम तेजसा । स एव तु रिपून् हत्वा त्रिदशान् वर्धयिष्यति
umāśarīraja: putro yo bhavenmama tejasā | sa eva tu ripūn hatvā tridaśān vardhayiṣyati
The son who would be born from Umā's body by my energy — he alone, slaying the enemies, will cause the gods to prosper.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 46.51
तस्मान्महामैथुने मेऽतीव भीताः सुरोत्तमाः । स्वं स्वं स्थानं प्रगच्छन्तु अहं तदनुचिन्तये
tasmānmahāmaithune me'tīva bhītāḥ surottamāḥ | svaṃ svaṃ sthānaṃ pragacchantu ahaṃ tadanucintaye
Therefore, O best of gods, being so greatly afraid of my great copulation, let each go to his own place; I will consider that matter.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 46.52
।। देवा ऊचुः ।। उमाशरीरज: पुत्रो यथा न भविता हर । तथा कुरु जगन्नाथ तन्महामैथुनं त्यज
|| devā ūcuḥ || umāśarīraja: putro yathā na bhavitā hara | tathā kuru jagannātha tanmahāmaithunaṃ tyaja
The gods said: O Hara, act so that no son shall be born from Umā's body; O lord of the world, abandon that great copulation.
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KaP 46.53
।। ईश्वर उवाच ।। रतिमात्रेण नोमायां मत्पुत्रः सम्भविष्यति । महामैथुनसन्त्यागात् स्यादपुत्री तु पार्वती
|| īśvara uvāca || ratimātreṇa nomāyāṃ matputraḥ sambhaviṣyati | mahāmaithunasantyāgāt syādaputrī tu pārvatī
Īśvara said: By mere love-making no son of mine will come to be in Umā; from the complete abandonment of the great copulation Pārvatī would be sonless.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 46.54
तस्मादहं तु देवानां वचनाद् ब्रह्मणस्तथा । त्यक्ष्ये महामैथुनं तु किं त्वेकं कुरुतामराः
tasmādahaṃ tu devānāṃ vacanād brahmaṇastathā | tyakṣye mahāmaithunaṃ tu kiṃ tvekaṃ kurutāmarāḥ
"Therefore, at the word of the gods and of Brahmā, I shall give up the great coupling; but let the immortals do one thing."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 46.55
येन मे प्रसृतं तेजो महामैथुनकारणात् । धार्यं तेजस्विनं देवमानयन्त्वमरास्तु तम्
yena me prasṛtaṃ tejo mahāmaithunakāraṇāt | dhāryaṃ tejasvinaṃ devamānayantvamarāstu tam
"Since my potency has flowed forth by reason of the great coupling, let the immortals bring here some fiery god by whom that potency may be borne."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 46.56
यो निष्कम्पो निर्विकारो भूत्वा तेजोग्रहीष्यति । तन्मे वदन्तु त्रिदशास्त्यक्ष्ये तेजः शरीरजम्
yo niṣkampo nirvikāro bhūtvā tejograhīṣyati | tanme vadantu tridaśāstyakṣye tejaḥ śarīrajam
"Let the thirty (gods) tell me who, becoming unshaken and unaltered, will receive this potency; (then) I shall release the potency born of my body."
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KaP 46.57
।। और्व उवाच ॥ वृषध्वजवचः श्रुत्वा देवा ब्रह्मपुरोगमाः । हरतेजोग्रहायाथ वीतिहोत्रं ययुर्द्धिया
|| aurva uvāca || vṛṣadhvajavacaḥ śrutvā devā brahmapurogamāḥ | haratejograhāyātha vītihotraṃ yayurddhiyā
Aurva said: Having heard the words of him whose banner is the bull, the gods, with Brahmā at their head, then went in thought to Vītihotra (Fire) for the receiving of Hara's potency.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 46.58
अथ ब्रह्माणमांमन्त्र्य तथानुज्ञाप्य पावकम् । सेन्द्रा देवगणाः सर्वे हरमूचुरिदं वचः
atha brahmāṇamāṃmantrya tathānujñāpya pāvakam | sendrā devagaṇāḥ sarve haramūcuridaṃ vacaḥ
Then, having consulted Brahmā and likewise obtained the consent of the Purifier (Fire), all the hosts of gods together with Indra spoke this word to Hara:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 46.59
।। देवा ऊचुः ।। एष वैश्वानरः श्रीमान् भूरितेजमयो बली । महामैथुनबीजं तु त्वत्तेजः संग्रहीष्यति
|| devā ūcuḥ || eṣa vaiśvānaraḥ śrīmān bhūritejamayo balī | mahāmaithunabījaṃ tu tvattejaḥ saṃgrahīṣyati
The gods said: This glorious Vaiśvānara (Fire), made of abundant heat and mighty, will receive your potency, the seed of the great coupling.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 46.60
।। और्व उवाच ॥ इत्युक्त्वा त्रिदशाः सर्वे वीतिहोत्रं पुरः स्थितम् । तस्मै निदेशयामासुः शम्भवे सर्वहेतवे
|| aurva uvāca || ityuktvā tridaśāḥ sarve vītihotraṃ puraḥ sthitam | tasmai nideśayāmāsuḥ śambhave sarvahetave
Aurva said: Having spoken thus, all the thirty (gods) pointed out to him — to Śambhu, the cause of all — Vītihotra standing before (them).
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KaP 46.61
ततः षडङ्गं स्वं रेतो व्यादिते दहनानने । उत्ससर्ज महाबाहुर्महामैथुनकारणम्
tataḥ ṣaḍaṅgaṃ svaṃ reto vyādite dahanānane | utsasarja mahābāhurmahāmaithunakāraṇam
Then the mighty-armed one released his own six-membered seed, the substance of the great coupling, into the gaping mouth of the burner (Fire).
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KaP 46.62
अग्नावुत्सृज्यमानस्य तेजस: शशभृद्धृतः । अद्वयमतिस्वल्पं गिरिप्रस्थे पपात ह
agnāvutsṛjyamānasya tejasa: śaśabhṛddhṛtaḥ | advayamatisvalpaṃ giriprasthe papāta ha
Of the potency being released into the fire, (two drops) held by the hare-bearer (the moon) — exceedingly small — fell upon the mountain slope.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
KaP 46.63
तयोस्तु कणयोः सद्यः सम्भूतौ शङ्करात्मजौ । एको भृङ्गसमः कृष्णो भिन्नाञ्जननिभोऽपरः
tayostu kaṇayoḥ sadyaḥ sambhūtau śaṅkarātmajau | eko bhṛṅgasamaḥ kṛṣṇo bhinnāñjananibho'paraḥ
From those two drops there were at once born two sons of Śaṅkara: one black like a bee, the other resembling crushed collyrium.
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KaP 46.64
भृङ्गाभस्य तदा ब्रह्मा नाम भृङ्गीति चाकरोत् । महाकृष्णैकरूपस्य महाकालेति लोकभृत्
bhṛṅgābhasya tadā brahmā nāma bhṛṅgīti cākarot | mahākṛṣṇaikarūpasya mahākāleti lokabhṛt
Then Brahmā made the name "Bhṛṅgī" for the one bee-hued, and, sustainer of the world (that he is), "Mahākāla" for the one of uniformly deep-black form.
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KaP 46.65
ततस्तौ पालयामास शङ्करः प्रमथोत्करैः । अपर्णा चापि तथा क्रमात् तावति वर्द्धितौ
tatastau pālayāmāsa śaṅkaraḥ pramathotkaraiḥ | aparṇā cāpi tathā kramāt tāvati varddhitau
Thereafter Śaṅkara reared those two with troops of Pramathas, and Aparṇā too likewise; and in due course they were reared to that (full) measure.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
KaP 46.66
प्रवृद्धौ तौ महात्मानौ हरोमाप्रतिपालितौ । क्रमाद् गणेशौ कृत्वा तौ हरो द्वारि न्ययोजयत्
pravṛddhau tau mahātmānau haromāpratipālitau | kramād gaṇeśau kṛtvā tau haro dvāri nyayojayat
Those two great-souled ones, grown up, protected by Hara and Umā, Hara in time made lords of his hosts and appointed at his door.
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KaP 46.67
।। सगर उवाच ।। उत्सृष्टमग्नौ यत्तेजस्तत् किं वृत्तं द्विजोत्तम । तदप्यहं श्रोतुमिच्छुः संक्षेपात् तद्वदस्व मे
|| sagara uvāca || utsṛṣṭamagnau yattejastat kiṃ vṛttaṃ dvijottama | tadapyahaṃ śrotumicchuḥ saṃkṣepāt tadvadasva me
Sagara said: What became of that potency which was released into the fire, O best of the twice-born? That too I wish to hear; tell me of it in brief.
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KaP 46.68
।। और्व उवाच ॥ अग्नावुत्सृज्य तेजांसि तावत्कालं वृषध्वजः । आकाशगङ्गामुद्दिश्य देवानिदमुवाच ह
|| aurva uvāca || agnāvutsṛjya tejāṃsi tāvatkālaṃ vṛṣadhvajaḥ | ākāśagaṅgāmuddiśya devānidamuvāca ha
Aurva said: Having released the potencies into the fire for that length of time, the bull-bannered one, indicating the Gaṅgā that flows in the sky, said this to the gods:
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KaP 46.69
।। वृषध्वजोवाच ।। एतत् तेजो दुराधर्षं स्त्रीभिरन्यैः सुरोत्तमाः । योगनिद्रामृते देवीं शैलपुत्रीमृतेऽथवा
|| vṛṣadhvajovāca || etat tejo durādharṣaṃ strībhiranyaiḥ surottamāḥ | yoganidrāmṛte devīṃ śailaputrīmṛte'thavā
Vṛṣadhvaja said: This potency, O best of gods, is unassailable by women and by others — save the goddess Yoganidrā, or save the daughter of the mountain.
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KaP 46.70
तस्मादहं प्रवक्ष्यामि यथेदं तेजसा सुतः । यत्र वा भविता देवो या च वा तद्ग्रहीष्यति
tasmādahaṃ pravakṣyāmi yathedaṃ tejasā sutaḥ | yatra vā bhavitā devo yā ca vā tadgrahīṣyati
Therefore I shall declare how a son (will come) from this potency, and where the god will come to be, and who will receive it.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 46.71
इयं त्वाकाशगा गङ्गा शैलराजसुतापरा । उमाया भगिनी ज्येष्ठा ततोऽपत्यं हुताशनात्
iyaṃ tvākāśagā gaṅgā śailarājasutāparā | umāyā bhaginī jyeṣṭhā tato'patyaṃ hutāśanāt
This Gaṅgā who goes in the sky is another daughter of the mountain king, the elder sister of Umā; from her, then, an offspring from the fire-eater (Fire)
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KaP 46.72
जनिष्यत्यात्मवीर्येण तेजसानुपमद्युतिः । भविष्यति स वः श्रीमान् सेनापतिररिन्दमः
janiṣyatyātmavīryeṇa tejasānupamadyutiḥ | bhaviṣyati sa vaḥ śrīmān senāpatirarindamaḥ
will be born, of unequalled brilliance, through its own power and potency; he will be your glorious commander of the army, the subduer of foes.
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KaP 46.73
स तारकं वः पुरतो विजेष्यति शिखिध्वजः । अमोघया महाशक्त्या मयैव प्रतिवर्द्धितः
sa tārakaṃ vaḥ purato vijeṣyati śikhidhvajaḥ | amoghayā mahāśaktyā mayaiva prativarddhitaḥ
That peacock-bannered one, reared up by me myself with the unfailing great Śakti (spear), will conquer Tāraka in your presence.
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KaP 46.74
।। और्व उवाच ॥ इत्युक्त्वा स महादेवो विसृज्य सकलान् सुरान् । पार्वतीमभिसंमन्त्र्य शौचार्थं गतवांस्तदा
|| aurva uvāca || ityuktvā sa mahādevo visṛjya sakalān surān | pārvatīmabhisaṃmantrya śaucārthaṃ gatavāṃstadā
Aurva said: Having spoken thus, that Mahādeva dismissed all the gods, and after taking counsel with Pārvatī he went off at that time for purification.
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KaP 46.75
पार्वतीवचनं श्रुत्वा देवानामप्रियं सती । चुकोप त्रिदशौघाय पुत्राशा परिवर्जिता
pārvatīvacanaṃ śrutvā devānāmapriyaṃ satī | cukopa tridaśaughāya putrāśā parivarjitā
Hearing Pārvatī's words, unwelcome to the gods, the virtuous lady grew angry at the host of the thirty (gods), for she had been deprived of the hope of a son.
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KaP 46.76
मन्युना दह्यमानेव स्फुरदोष्ठाधरा तदा । इदमाह सुरान् दृष्ट्वा हरं च त्यक्तमैथुनम्
manyunā dahyamāneva sphuradoṣṭhādharā tadā | idamāha surān dṛṣṭvā haraṃ ca tyaktamaithunam
As if burning with fury, her lips quivering then, she said this, looking at the gods and at Hara who had abandoned intercourse:
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KaP 46.77
।। देव्युवाच ।। यस्माद्वियोजितः शम्भुर्युष्माभिर्मम मैथुने । अजातपुत्रा च कृता वारस्त्रीवाहम्मर्दिता
|| devyuvāca || yasmādviyojitaḥ śambhuryuṣmābhirmama maithune | ajātaputrā ca kṛtā vārastrīvāhammarditā
The Goddess said: Since Śambhu was separated by you from intercourse with me, and I was made one whose son is unborn, and crushed like a hired woman—
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KaP 46.78
तस्मात् सर्वे सुरगणा अद्यावधि निरन्तरम् । महामैथुनविभ्रष्टा भवन्तु निजयोषिति
tasmāt sarve suragaṇā adyāvadhi nirantaram | mahāmaithunavibhraṣṭā bhavantu nijayoṣiti
therefore let all the hosts of gods, from today onward, without exception, be fallen away from the great intercourse with their own wives.
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KaP 46.79
तेषामपि तथा पुत्रा न जनिष्यन्ति मे यथा । भार्याश्च सन्त्वपत्येन हीना देव्यो वराङ्गनाः
teṣāmapi tathā putrā na janiṣyanti me yathā | bhāryāśca santvapatyena hīnā devyo varāṅganāḥ
And let sons not be born to them either, just as (they were not) to me; and let their wives, the goddesses, those fair-limbed women, be without offspring.
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KaP 46.80
यथाहं परितप्यामि पुत्राशा परिवर्जिता । तथा सन्तु समस्तास्ता देव्यः पुत्राशयाच्युताः
yathāhaṃ paritapyāmi putrāśā parivarjitā | tathā santu samastāstā devyaḥ putrāśayācyutāḥ
As I am tormented, deprived of the hope of a son, so let all those goddesses be fallen from the hope of a son.
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KaP 46.81
।। और्व उवाच ।। एवं सुरान् गिरिसुता शशाप कुपिता भृशम् । तत्कालावधि न स्वर्गे जायन्ते देवपुत्रकाः । नाद्यापि सम्प्रजायन्ते पुत्रास्तासु सुधाशिनाम्
|| aurva uvāca || evaṃ surān girisutā śaśāpa kupitā bhṛśam | tatkālāvadhi na svarge jāyante devaputrakāḥ | nādyāpi samprajāyante putrāstāsu sudhāśinām
Aurva said: Thus the mountain's daughter, greatly angered, cursed the gods; from that time on divine sons are not born in heaven, and even today no sons are born among those wives of the nectar-eaters.
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KaP 46.82
दहनोऽपि तथा काले प्राप्ते गङ्गोदरे स्वयम् । रेतः संक्रामयामास शाम्भवं स्वर्णसन्निभम्
dahano'pi tathā kāle prāpte gaṅgodare svayam | retaḥ saṃkrāmayāmāsa śāmbhavaṃ svarṇasannibham
The burner (Fire) too, when the time came, himself transferred into Gaṅgā's womb Śambhu's seed, which resembled gold.
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KaP 46.83
सा तेन रेतसा देवी सर्वलक्षणसंयुतम् । एकः स्कन्दो विशाखाख्यो द्वितीयश्चारुरूपधृक् । शक्तिद्वयधरौ द्वौ तौ तेजः कान्तिविवर्द्धितौ
sā tena retasā devī sarvalakṣaṇasaṃyutam | ekaḥ skando viśākhākhyo dvitīyaścārurūpadhṛk | śaktidvayadharau dvau tau tejaḥ kāntivivarddhitau
By that seed the goddess (bore) one endowed with all the marks: one was Skanda, the second, named Viśākha, bearing a beautiful form; both of them bore two spears and were increased in radiance and loveliness.
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KaP 46.84
तावेकत्वं जगामाशु विशाखः स्कन्द एव च । शिशुश्चाप्यभवद् यातो यथान्यस्य सुतस्तथा
tāvekatvaṃ jagāmāśu viśākhaḥ skanda eva ca | śiśuścāpyabhavad yāto yathānyasya sutastathā
Those two, Viśākha and Skanda, quickly went into oneness; and he became a child, born just as another's son is.
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KaP 46.85
ततस्तं तनयं जातं तथा दृष्ट्वातिविस्मिता । मध्ये शरवणस्याशु गङ्गा तं व्यसृजद्धठात्
tatastaṃ tanayaṃ jātaṃ tathā dṛṣṭvātivismitā | madhye śaravaṇasyāśu gaṅgā taṃ vyasṛjaddhaṭhāt
Then, seeing the son thus born, Gaṅgā, greatly astonished, quickly and forcibly released him in the middle of a reed-thicket.
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KaP 46.86
विसृज्य गर्भं तं गङ्गा बहुलायै स्वयं तदा । गर्भवृत्तान्तमाचख्यौ जातं च व्यसृजद् यथा
visṛjya garbhaṃ taṃ gaṅgā bahulāyai svayaṃ tadā | garbhavṛttāntamācakhyau jātaṃ ca vyasṛjad yathā
Having released that embryo, Gaṅgā then herself told Bahulā the story of the pregnancy, and how she had released the newborn.
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KaP 46.87
तच्छ्रुत्वा बहुला ज्ञात्वा महादेवतनूद्भवम् । परिगृह्य सुतं तं तु पालयामास कृत्तिका
tacchrutvā bahulā jñātvā mahādevatanūdbhavam | parigṛhya sutaṃ taṃ tu pālayāmāsa kṛttikā
Hearing that, Bahulā, knowing (him) to have arisen from Mahādeva's body, took up that son and reared him—she, the Kṛttikā.
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KaP 46.88
उमायाः शङ्करस्यापि विज्ञाप्यानुमते तयोः । ततो नीत्वा ददौ देव्यै तं पुत्रमरिमर्दनम्
umāyāḥ śaṅkarasyāpi vijñāpyānumate tayoḥ | tato nītvā dadau devyai taṃ putramarimardanam
Then, having informed Umā and Śaṅkara, and with the consent of the two of them, she brought that son, the crusher of foes, and gave him to the Goddess.
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KaP 46.89
सोऽतिवृद्धः शक्तिधरो महाबलपराक्रमः । वर्द्धितः शङ्करेणाशु देवसेनाधिपोऽभवत्
so'tivṛddhaḥ śaktidharo mahābalaparākramaḥ | varddhitaḥ śaṅkareṇāśu devasenādhipo'bhavat
He, grown very great, bearing the spear, of great strength and prowess, quickly reared by Śaṅkara, became the commander of the gods' army.
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KaP 46.90
ततः सुरारिं सगणं तारकं लोकतारकम् । शक्तिहस्तो हरसुतः प्रममाथ महाबलम्
tataḥ surāriṃ sagaṇaṃ tārakaṃ lokatārakam | śaktihasto harasutaḥ pramamātha mahābalam
Then the son of Hara, with the spear in his hand, crushed the mighty Tāraka, foe of the gods, together with his troops, the tormentor of the worlds.
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KaP 46.91
एवमग्नौ समुत्सृष्टं तेजो भर्गेण सङ्गतम् । यथा वृत्तं तथा तेऽद्य कथितं नृपसत्तम
evamagnau samutsṛṣṭaṃ tejo bhargeṇa saṅgatam | yathā vṛttaṃ tathā te'dya kathitaṃ nṛpasattama
Thus how the radiance cast into the fire, joined with Bharga's, came about—that has now been told to you, best of kings.
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KaP 46.92
साम्प्रतं प्रस्तुतं श्राव्यं महाकालस्य भृङ्गिणः । वृत्तान्तं शृणु राजेन्द्र तौ भूतौ मनुजौ यथा
sāmprataṃ prastutaṃ śrāvyaṃ mahākālasya bhṛṅgiṇaḥ | vṛttāntaṃ śṛṇu rājendra tau bhūtau manujau yathā
Now hear, O lord of kings, the account of Mahākāla and Bhṛṅgi, fit to be heard, which is now begun: how those two became men.
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