Kalika Purana — Chapter 7
KaP 7.1
कालिकापुराणम् सप्तमोऽध्यायः मदनकथनम् अथ कालिका पुराण अध्याय ७ ।। मार्कण्डेय उवाच ।। अथ ब्रह्मा महामाया - स्वरूपं प्रतिपाद्य च । मदनाय पुनः प्राह युक्तासौ हरमोहने
kālikāpurāṇam saptamo'dhyāyaḥ madanakathanam atha kālikā purāṇa adhyāya 7 || mārkaṇḍeya uvāca || atha brahmā mahāmāyā - svarūpaṃ pratipādya ca | madanāya punaḥ prāha yuktāsau haramohane
The Kālikāpurāṇa, seventh chapter: the account of Madana. Now Kālikāpurāṇa, chapter 7. Mārkaṇḍeya said: Then Brahmā, having expounded the nature of Mahāmāyā, spoke again to Madana: "She is fit for the bewildering of Hara."
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KaP 7.2
।। ब्रह्मोवाच ।। विष्णुमाया महादेवो यथा दारपरिग्रहम् । करिष्यति तथा कर्तुमङ्गीकारं पुराकरोत्
|| brahmovāca || viṣṇumāyā mahādevo yathā dāraparigraham | kariṣyati tathā kartumaṅgīkāraṃ purākarot
Brahmā said: Viṣṇu's Māyā formerly gave her consent to bring it about that the Great God would take a wife.
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KaP 7.3
सावश्यं दक्षतनया भूत्वा शम्भोर्महात्मनः । भविष्यति द्वितीयेति स्वयमेवावदत् स्मर
sāvaśyaṃ dakṣatanayā bhūtvā śambhormahātmanaḥ | bhaviṣyati dvitīyeti svayamevāvadat smara
"She will surely become the daughter of Dakṣa and be the wife of the great-souled Śambhu" — thus she herself declared, O Smara.
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KaP 7.4
त्वमेभिः स्वगणैः सार्द्धं रत्या च मधुना सह । यथेच्छति तथा दारान् ग्रहीतुं कुरु शङ्करः
tvamebhiḥ svagaṇaiḥ sārddhaṃ ratyā ca madhunā saha | yathecchati tathā dārān grahītuṃ kuru śaṅkaraḥ
You, together with these your hosts, and with Rati and with Madhu, act so that Śaṅkara will take a wife as she wishes.
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KaP 7.5
शम्भौ गृहीतदारे तु कृतकृत्या वयं स्मर । अविच्छिन्ना सृष्टिरियं भविष्यति न संशयः
śambhau gṛhītadāre tu kṛtakṛtyā vayaṃ smara | avicchinnā sṛṣṭiriyaṃ bhaviṣyati na saṃśayaḥ
When Śambhu has taken a wife, we shall have accomplished our purpose, O Smara; this creation will then be unbroken — there is no doubt.
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KaP 7.6
।। मार्कण्डेय उवाच ।। तथाब्रवीद्विजश्रेष्ठा लोकेशाय मनोभवः । मधुरं यत् कृतं तेन महादेवस्य मोहने
|| mārkaṇḍeya uvāca || tathābravīdvijaśreṣṭhā lokeśāya manobhavaḥ | madhuraṃ yat kṛtaṃ tena mahādevasya mohane
Mārkaṇḍeya said: Thus, O best of brahmins, did Manobhava (Love) speak to the Lord of the world; and sweet was what was done by him for the bewildering of the Great God.
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KaP 7.7
।। मदन उवाच ।। शृणु ब्रह्मन् यथास्माभिः क्रियते हरमोहने । प्रत्यक्षे वा परोक्षे वा तस्य तद्गदतो मम ॥ श्रीकालिकापुराणे मदनकथनं नाम सप्तमोऽध्यायः
|| madana uvāca || śṛṇu brahman yathāsmābhiḥ kriyate haramohane | pratyakṣe vā parokṣe vā tasya tadgadato mama || śrīkālikāpurāṇe madanakathanaṃ nāma saptamo'dhyāyaḥ
Madana said: Hear, O Brahmā, how it is done by us for the bewildering of Hara, whether in his presence or out of his sight, as I tell it of him. — In the glorious Kālikāpurāṇa, the seventh chapter, called the account of Madana.
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KaP 7.8
यदा समाधिमाश्रित्य स्थितः शम्भुर्जितेन्द्रियः । तदा सुगन्धिवातेन शीतलेन विवेगिना । तं बीजयामि लोकेश नित्यं मोहनकारिणा
yadā samādhimāśritya sthitaḥ śambhurjitendriyaḥ | tadā sugandhivātena śītalena viveginā | taṃ bījayāmi lokeśa nityaṃ mohanakāriṇā
When Śambhu, his senses subdued, sits absorbed in meditation, then, O Lord of the world, I constantly fan him with a fragrant, cool, quick-moving breeze that produces infatuation.
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KaP 7.9
स्वसायकांस्तथा पञ्च समादाय शरासनम् । भ्रमामि तस्य सविधे मोहयंस्तद्गणानहम्
svasāyakāṃstathā pañca samādāya śarāsanam | bhramāmi tasya savidhe mohayaṃstadgaṇānaham
And taking up my five arrows and my bow, I roam about in his vicinity, bewildering his attendants.
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KaP 7.10
सिद्धद्वन्द्वानहं तत्र रमयामि दिवानिशम् । भावा हावाश्च ते सर्वे प्रविशन्ति च तेषु वै
siddhadvandvānahaṃ tatra ramayāmi divāniśam | bhāvā hāvāśca te sarve praviśanti ca teṣu vai
There I make pairs of Siddhas take their pleasure day and night, and all those moods and amorous gestures enter into them.
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KaP 7.11
यदि प्रविष्टे सविधे शम्भोः प्राणी पितामह । को वा न कुरुते द्वन्द्व भावं तत्र मुहुर्मुहुः
yadi praviṣṭe savidhe śambhoḥ prāṇī pitāmaha | ko vā na kurute dvandva bhāvaṃ tatra muhurmuhuḥ
If a living being has entered the vicinity of Śambhu, O Grandfather, who then does not, again and again, feel the mood of coupling there?
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KaP 7.12
मम प्रवेशमात्रेण तथा स्युः सर्वजन्तवः । न शम्भुर्न वृषस्तस्य मानसीं विक्रियां गतौ
mama praveśamātreṇa tathā syuḥ sarvajantavaḥ | na śambhurna vṛṣastasya mānasīṃ vikriyāṃ gatau
Merely by my entering, all creatures become so; yet neither Śambhu nor his bull underwent any change of mind.
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KaP 7.13
यदा हिमवतः प्रस्थं स याति प्रमथाधिपः । तत्र गन्ता तदैवाहं सरतिः समधुर्विधे
yadā himavataḥ prasthaṃ sa yāti pramathādhipaḥ | tatra gantā tadaivāhaṃ saratiḥ samadhurvidhe
When that lord of the Pramathas goes to a tableland of Himavat, then I too go there, with Rati and with Madhu, O Ordainer.
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KaP 7.14
यदा मेरुं प्रयात्येष यदा वा नाटकेश्वरम् । कैलासं वा यदा याति तत्र गच्छाम्यहं तदा
yadā meruṃ prayātyeṣa yadā vā nāṭakeśvaram | kailāsaṃ vā yadā yāti tatra gacchāmyahaṃ tadā
When he goes to Meru, or when to Nāṭakeśvara, or when he goes to Kailāsa, then I go there.
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KaP 7.15
यदा त्यक्तसमाधिस्तु हरस्तिष्ठति वै क्षणम् । ततस्तस्य पुरश्चक्रमिथुनं योजयाम्यहम्
yadā tyaktasamādhistu harastiṣṭhati vai kṣaṇam | tatastasya puraścakramithunaṃ yojayāmyaham
And when Hara, having given up his meditation, remains (idle) even for a moment, then I bring a pair of cakra birds together before him.
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KaP 7.16
तच्चक्रयुगलं ब्रह्मन् हावभावयुतं मुहुः । नानाभावेन कुरुते दाम्पत्य - क्रममुत्तमम्
taccakrayugalaṃ brahman hāvabhāvayutaṃ muhuḥ | nānābhāvena kurute dāmpatya - kramamuttamam
That pair of cakra birds, O Brahmā, filled again and again with amorous gestures and moods, performs with varied feeling the excellent procedure of husband and wife.
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KaP 7.17
नीलकण्ठानपि मुहुः सजायानपि तत्पुरः । सन्मोहयामि सविधे मृगानन्याश्च पक्षिणः
nīlakaṇṭhānapi muhuḥ sajāyānapi tatpuraḥ | sanmohayāmi savidhe mṛgānanyāśca pakṣiṇaḥ
Peacocks too, again and again, along with their mates, before him — and deer and other birds — I thoroughly bewilder in his presence.
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KaP 7.18
विचित्रभावमासाद्य यदा प्रकुरुते रतिम् । मयूरमिथुनं वीक्ष्य तत्तदा को न चोत्सुकः
vicitrabhāvamāsādya yadā prakurute ratim | mayūramithunaṃ vīkṣya tattadā ko na cotsukaḥ
When, attaining a wondrous mood, the pair of peacocks makes love, who, on seeing that, is not then filled with longing?
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KaP 7.19
मृगाश्च तत् पुरस्थाश्च स्वजायाभिस्तु सोत्सुकाः । अकुर्वन् रुचिरं भावं तस्य पार्श्वे पुरस्तदा
mṛgāśca tat purasthāśca svajāyābhistu sotsukāḥ | akurvan ruciraṃ bhāvaṃ tasya pārśve purastadā
— tr. refused: cyber
KaP 7.20
अपश्यन् विवरं नास्य कदाचिदपि मच्छरः । निपात्यः स यदा देहे यन्मया सर्वलोकधृत्
apaśyan vivaraṃ nāsya kadācidapi maccharaḥ | nipātyaḥ sa yadā dehe yanmayā sarvalokadhṛt
I saw no opening in him at any time, whereby my arrow might be made to fall upon the body of him who upholds all the worlds.
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KaP 7.21
बहुधा निश्चितं ज्ञातं रामासङ्गादृते हरम् । अलं च सन्मोहयितुं ससहायोऽपि निष्कलम्
bahudhā niścitaṃ jñātaṃ rāmāsaṅgādṛte haram | alaṃ ca sanmohayituṃ sasahāyo'pi niṣkalam
— tr. refused: cyber
KaP 7.22
मधुश्च कुरुते कर्म यद्यत्तस्य विमोहने । तच्छृणुष्व महाभाग नित्यं तस्योचितं पुनः
madhuśca kurute karma yadyattasya vimohane | tacchṛṇuṣva mahābhāga nityaṃ tasyocitaṃ punaḥ
— tr. refused: cyber
KaP 7.23
चम्पकान् केशरानाम्रान् करुणान् पाटलास्तथा । नागकेशरपुन्नागान् किंशुकान् केतकान् घवान्
campakān keśarānāmrān karuṇān pāṭalāstathā | nāgakeśarapunnāgān kiṃśukān ketakān ghavān
Campakas, kesaras, mangoes, karuṇas and pāṭalas, nāgakeśaras and punnāgas, kiṃśukas, ketakas, ghavas (dhava trees) —
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KaP 7.24
माधवीर्मल्लिकाः पर्णधारान् कुरुवकांस्तथा । उत्फुल्लयति तत्तस्य यत्र तिष्ठति वै हरः
mādhavīrmallikāḥ parṇadhārān kuruvakāṃstathā | utphullayati tattasya yatra tiṣṭhati vai haraḥ
Mādhavī creepers, jasmines, parṇadhāras, and kuruvakas as well — all that (of his) he causes to burst into bloom, there where Hara indeed abides.
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KaP 7.25
सरांस्युत्फुल्लपद्मानि बीजयन् मलयानिलैः । सुगन्धीकृतवान् यत्नादतीव शङ्कराश्रमम्
sarāṃsyutphullapadmāni bījayan malayānilaiḥ | sugandhīkṛtavān yatnādatīva śaṅkarāśramam
— tr. refused: cyber
KaP 7.26
लता: सर्वाः सुमनसः फुल्लपादपसञ्चयान् । वृक्षान् रुचिरभावेन वेष्टयन्ति स्म तत्र वै
latā: sarvāḥ sumanasaḥ phullapādapasañcayān | vṛkṣān rucirabhāvena veṣṭayanti sma tatra vai
There indeed all the flowering creepers wrapped themselves, in a lovely manner, around the trees, the clusters of blossoming trunks.
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KaP 7.27
तान् वृक्षांश्चारुपुष्पौघास्तैः सुगन्धिसमीरणैः । दृष्ट्वा कामवशं यातो न तत्र मुनिरप्युत
tān vṛkṣāṃścārupuṣpaughāstaiḥ sugandhisamīraṇaiḥ | dṛṣṭvā kāmavaśaṃ yāto na tatra munirapyuta
Seeing those trees, (with) their masses of lovely blossoms, (and) with those fragrant breezes, not even a sage there fell under the sway of desire.
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KaP 7.28
तद्गणा अपि लोकेश नानाभावैः सुशोभनैः । वसन्तिस्म सुराः सिद्धा ये ये चाति तपोधनाः
tadgaṇā api lokeśa nānābhāvaiḥ suśobhanaiḥ | vasantisma surāḥ siddhā ye ye cāti tapodhanāḥ
— tr. refused: cyber
KaP 7.29
न तस्य पुनरस्माभिर्दृष्टं मोहस्य कारणम् । भावमात्रं न कुरुते कामोत्थमपि शङ्करः
na tasya punarasmābhirdṛṣṭaṃ mohasya kāraṇam | bhāvamātraṃ na kurute kāmotthamapi śaṅkaraḥ
And further, no cause of infatuation in him has been seen by us; Śaṅkara does not display even the least feeling that arises from desire.
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KaP 7.30
इति सर्वमहं दृष्ट्वा ज्ञात्वा च हरभावनाम् । विमुखोऽहं शम्भुमोहान्नियतं मायया विना
iti sarvamahaṃ dṛṣṭvā jñātvā ca harabhāvanām | vimukho'haṃ śambhumohānniyataṃ māyayā vinā
Thus, having seen all this and having understood Hara's state of mind, I turned away, (concluding) that Śambhu's infatuation was surely without any māyā (behind it).
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KaP 7.31
इदानीं त्वद्वचः श्रुत्वा योगनिद्रोदितं पुनः । तस्याः प्रभावं श्रुत्वाथ गणान् दृष्ट्वा सहायकान्
idānīṃ tvadvacaḥ śrutvā yoganidroditaṃ punaḥ | tasyāḥ prabhāvaṃ śrutvātha gaṇān dṛṣṭvā sahāyakān
— tr. refused: cyber
KaP 7.32
मया शम्भोर्विमोहाय क्रियते मुहुरुद्यमः । भवानपि त्रिलोकेश योगनिद्रा द्रुतं पुनः । भवेद् यथा शम्भुजाया तथैव विदधात्वियम्
mayā śambhorvimohāya kriyate muhurudyamaḥ | bhavānapi trilokeśa yoganidrā drutaṃ punaḥ | bhaved yathā śambhujāyā tathaiva vidadhātviyam
"By me the effort is made again and again for the bewitching of Śambhu; you too, O lord of the three worlds, (act) so that Yoganidrā may quickly become Śambhu's wife—let her do just that."
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KaP 7.33
यमानां नियमानाञ्च प्राणायामस्य नित्यशः । आसनस्य महेशस्य प्रत्याहारस्य गोचरे
yamānāṃ niyamānāñca prāṇāyāmasya nityaśaḥ | āsanasya maheśasya pratyāhārasya gocare
— tr. refused: cyber
KaP 7.34
ध्यानस्य धारणायाश्च समाधेर्विघ्नसम्भवम् । मन्ये कर्तुं न शक्यं स्यादपि मारशतैरपि
dhyānasya dhāraṇāyāśca samādhervighnasambhavam | manye kartuṃ na śakyaṃ syādapi māraśatairapi
— tr. refused: cyber
KaP 7.35
तथाप्ययं मारगणः करोतु हरस्य योगाङ्गविकारविघ्नम् । यदेव शक्यं किमु वा समर्थ: समक्षमन्यस्य न कर्तुमोजः
tathāpyayaṃ māragaṇaḥ karotu harasya yogāṅgavikāravighnam | yadeva śakyaṃ kimu vā samartha: samakṣamanyasya na kartumojaḥ
Even so, let this host of Māras (Kāma's troops) make an obstacle that would disrupt Hara's yogic disciplines — whatever much is possible; or indeed who is capable? In another's presence there is no power to act.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain