Kalika Purana — Chapter 8
KaP 8.1
कालिकापुराणम् अष्टमोऽध्यायः सती-उत्पत्तिः अथ कालिका पुराण अध्याय ८ ।। मार्कण्डेय उवाच ।। ततो ब्रह्मापि मदनमुवाचेदं वचः पुनः । निश्चित्य योगनिद्रायाः स्मृत्वा वाक्यं तपोधनाः
kālikāpurāṇam aṣṭamo'dhyāyaḥ satī-utpattiḥ atha kālikā purāṇa adhyāya 8 || mārkaṇḍeya uvāca || tato brahmāpi madanamuvācedaṃ vacaḥ punaḥ | niścitya yoganidrāyāḥ smṛtvā vākyaṃ tapodhanāḥ
The Kālikā Purāṇa, eighth chapter: the birth of Satī. Now Kālikā Purāṇa, chapter 8. || Mārkaṇḍeya said: || Then Brahmā too spoke this speech again to Madana, having made up his mind and having recalled the words of Yoganidrā, O you who are rich in austerities.
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KaP 8.2
।। ब्रह्मोवाच ।। अवश्यं शम्भुपत्नी सा योगनिद्रा भविष्यति । यथाशक्ति भवांस्तत्र करोत्वस्याः सहायताम्
|| brahmovāca || avaśyaṃ śambhupatnī sā yoganidrā bhaviṣyati | yathāśakti bhavāṃstatra karotvasyāḥ sahāyatām
Brahmā said: Certainly that Yoganidrā will become Śambhu's wife; may you, according to your power, render her assistance in that (matter).
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KaP 8.3
गच्छ त्वं स्वगणैः सद्धिं यत्र तिष्ठति शङ्करः । द्रुतं मनोभव त्वं च तत् स्थानं मधुना सह
gaccha tvaṃ svagaṇaiḥ saddhiṃ yatra tiṣṭhati śaṅkaraḥ | drutaṃ manobhava tvaṃ ca tat sthānaṃ madhunā saha
Go, together with your own troops, to where Śaṅkara dwells; and you, Manobhava (Mind-born, i.e. Kāma), go swiftly to that place along with Madhu (Spring).
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KaP 8.4
रात्रिन्दिवस्य तुर्याशं जगन्मोहय नित्यशः । भागत्रयं शम्भुपार्श्वे तिष्ठ सार्द्धं गणैः सदा
rātrindivasya turyāśaṃ jaganmohaya nityaśaḥ | bhāgatrayaṃ śambhupārśve tiṣṭha sārddhaṃ gaṇaiḥ sadā
Bewitch the world constantly for a fourth part of the night and day; for the (other) three parts stay always at Śambhu's side together with your hosts.
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KaP 8.5
।। मार्कण्डेय उवाच ।। इत्युक्त्वा सर्वलोकेशस्तत्रैवान्तरधीयत । शम्भोः सकाशं मदनो गतवान् सगणस्तदा
|| mārkaṇḍeya uvāca || ityuktvā sarvalokeśastatraivāntaradhīyata | śambhoḥ sakāśaṃ madano gatavān sagaṇastadā
Mārkaṇḍeya said: Having spoken thus, the lord of all worlds vanished right there; and Madana then went with his hosts into Śambhu's presence.
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KaP 8.6
एतस्मिन्नन्तरे दक्षश्चिरं कालं तपोरतः । नियमैर्बहुभिर्देवीमाराधयत सुव्रतः
etasminnantare dakṣaściraṃ kālaṃ taporataḥ | niyamairbahubhirdevīmārādhayata suvrataḥ
In the meantime Dakṣa, long devoted to austerity, firm in his vows, propitiated the Goddess with many observances.
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KaP 8.7
ततो नियमयुक्तस्य दक्षस्य मुनिसत्तमाः । योगनिद्रां पूजयत: प्रत्यक्षमभवच्छिवा
tato niyamayuktasya dakṣasya munisattamāḥ | yoganidrāṃ pūjayata: pratyakṣamabhavacchivā
Then, O best of sages, to Dakṣa who was engaged in the observances and was worshipping Yoganidrā, Śivā became visible in person.
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KaP 8.8
ततः प्रत्यक्षतो दृष्ट्वा विष्णुमायां जगन्मयीम् । कृतकृत्यमथात्मानं मेने दक्षः प्रजापतिः ॥ श्रीकालिकापुराणे सत्युत्पत्तिर्नाम अष्टमोऽध्यायः
tataḥ pratyakṣato dṛṣṭvā viṣṇumāyāṃ jaganmayīm | kṛtakṛtyamathātmānaṃ mene dakṣaḥ prajāpatiḥ || śrīkālikāpurāṇe satyutpattirnāma aṣṭamo'dhyāyaḥ
Then, having seen before his eyes Viṣṇu's Māyā who consists of the world, Dakṣa the lord of creatures considered himself to have accomplished his purpose. || In the glorious Kālikāpurāṇa, the eighth chapter, called "The Birth of Satī."
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KaP 8.9
सिंहस्थां कालिकां कृष्णां पीनोत्तुंगपयोधराम् । चतुर्भुजां चारुवक्त्रां नीलोत्पलधरां शुभाम्
siṃhasthāṃ kālikāṃ kṛṣṇāṃ pīnottuṃgapayodharām | caturbhujāṃ cāruvaktrāṃ nīlotpaladharāṃ śubhām
(He saw) Kālikā seated on a lion, black, with full high breasts, four-armed, of lovely face, holding a blue lotus, auspicious;
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KaP 8.10
वरदाभयदां खड्गहस्तां सर्वगुणान्विताम् । आरक्तनयनां चारुमुक्तकेशीं मनोहराम्
varadābhayadāṃ khaḍgahastāṃ sarvaguṇānvitām | āraktanayanāṃ cārumuktakeśīṃ manoharām
granting boons and safety, with a sword in her hand, endowed with all excellences, with reddish eyes, with beautiful loosened hair, enchanting.
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KaP 8.11
दृष्ट्वा दक्षोऽथ तुष्टाव महामायां प्रजापतिः । प्रीत्या परमया युक्तो विनयानतकन्धरः
dṛṣṭvā dakṣo'tha tuṣṭāva mahāmāyāṃ prajāpatiḥ | prītyā paramayā yukto vinayānatakandharaḥ
Then Dakṣa the lord of creatures, having seen (her), praised Mahāmāyā, filled with the highest joy, his neck bent in humility.
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KaP 8.12
।। दक्ष उवाच ।। आनन्दरूपिणीं देवीं जगदानन्दकारिणीम् । सृष्टिस्थित्यन्तरूपां तां स्तौमि लक्ष्मीं हरेः शुभाम्
|| dakṣa uvāca || ānandarūpiṇīṃ devīṃ jagadānandakāriṇīm | sṛṣṭisthityantarūpāṃ tāṃ staumi lakṣmīṃ hareḥ śubhām
Dakṣa said: I praise that Goddess whose form is bliss, who causes the world's bliss, whose forms are creation, preservation and end, the auspicious Lakṣmī of Hari.
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KaP 8.13
सत्त्वोद्रेकप्रकाशेन यज्ज्योतिस्तत्त्वमुत्तमम् । स्वप्रकाशं जगद्धाम तत्तवांश महेश्वरि
sattvodrekaprakāśena yajjyotistattvamuttamam | svaprakāśaṃ jagaddhāma tattavāṃśa maheśvari
That highest principle of light which (shines) by the radiance of the predominance of sattva, self-luminous, the abode of the world — that is a portion of you, O great Goddess.
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KaP 8.14
रजोगुणातिरेकेण यत् कामस्य प्रकाशनम् । रागस्वरूपं मध्यस्थं तत्तेऽशांशं जगन्मयि
rajoguṇātirekeṇa yat kāmasya prakāśanam | rāgasvarūpaṃ madhyasthaṃ tatte'śāṃśaṃ jaganmayi
That manifesting of desire which (arises) through the excess of the guṇa rajas, whose nature is passion and which stands in the middle — that is a portion of a portion of you, O you who consist of the world.
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KaP 8.15
तमोगुणातिरेकेण यद्यन्मोहप्रकाशनम् । आच्छादनं चेतनानां तत्ते चांशांशगोचरम्
tamoguṇātirekeṇa yadyanmohaprakāśanam | ācchādanaṃ cetanānāṃ tatte cāṃśāṃśagocaram
Whatever manifesting of delusion (arises) through the excess of the guṇa tamas, the veiling of conscious beings — that too belongs to the sphere of a fraction of a fraction of you.
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KaP 8.16
परा परात्मिका शुद्धा निर्मला लोकमोहिनी । त्वं त्रिरूपा त्रयी कीर्तिर्वार्त्तास्य जगतो गतिः
parā parātmikā śuddhā nirmalā lokamohinī | tvaṃ trirūpā trayī kīrtirvārttāsya jagato gatiḥ
Supreme, having the supreme as your self, pure, spotless, deluder of the world — you are threefold, the triple (Veda), fame, report, the goal of this world.
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KaP 8.17
बिभर्ति माधवो धात्रीं यया मूर्त्या निजोत्थया । सा मूर्तिस्तव सर्वेषां जगतामुपकारिणी
bibharti mādhavo dhātrīṃ yayā mūrtyā nijotthayā | sā mūrtistava sarveṣāṃ jagatāmupakāriṇī
The form arisen from himself by which Mādhava supports the earth — that form is yours, benefiting all the worlds.
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KaP 8.18
महानुभावा त्वं विश्वशक्ति: सूक्ष्मापराजिता । यदूर्द्धाधोनिरोधेन व्यज्यते पवनैः परम्
mahānubhāvā tvaṃ viśvaśakti: sūkṣmāparājitā | yadūrddhādhonirodhena vyajyate pavanaiḥ param
You are of great might, the power of the universe, subtle, unconquered; that supreme which is made manifest by the winds through restraint upward and downward —
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KaP 8.19
तज्ज्योतिस्तव मात्रार्थे सात्विकं भावसन्मतम् । यद्योगिनो निरालम्बं निष्कलं निर्मलं परम्
tajjyotistava mātrārthe sātvikaṃ bhāvasanmatam | yadyogino nirālambaṃ niṣkalaṃ nirmalaṃ param
that light, for your measure's sake, is sāttvika, held to be real by feeling; that supreme which the yogins (hold as) unsupported, undivided, spotless —
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KaP 8.20
आलम्बयन्ति तत्तत्त्वं त्वदन्तर्गोचरन्तु तत् । या प्रसिद्धा च कूटस्था सुप्रसिद्धाति निर्मला । सा ज्ञाप्तिस्त्वन्निष्प्रपञ्चा प्रपञ्चापि प्रकाशिका
ālambayanti tattattvaṃ tvadantargocarantu tat | yā prasiddhā ca kūṭasthā suprasiddhāti nirmalā | sā jñāptistvanniṣprapañcā prapañcāpi prakāśikā
they rely on that principle, but it lies within your range. That which is well known, standing fixed at the summit, very famous and utterly spotless — that awareness is yours, free of manifoldness, yet illuminating the manifold.
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KaP 8.21
त्वं विद्या त्वमविद्या च त्वमालम्बा निराश्रया । प्रपञ्चरूपा जगतामादिशक्तिस्त्वमीश्वरी
tvaṃ vidyā tvamavidyā ca tvamālambā nirāśrayā | prapañcarūpā jagatāmādiśaktistvamīśvarī
You are knowledge and you are ignorance; you are the support and yet without support; having the form of the manifold world, you, O Goddess, are the primal power of the worlds.
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KaP 8.22
ब्रह्मकण्ठालया शुद्धा वाग्वाणी या प्रगीयते । वेदप्रकाशनपरा सा त्वं विश्वप्रकाशिनी
brahmakaṇṭhālayā śuddhā vāgvāṇī yā pragīyate | vedaprakāśanaparā sā tvaṃ viśvaprakāśinī
The pure speech-utterance that is sung forth, dwelling in Brahmā's throat, devoted to revealing the Veda — that is you, illuminator of the universe.
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KaP 8.23
त्वमग्निस्त्वं तथा स्वाहा त्वं स्वधा पितृभिः सह । त्वं नभस्त्वं कालरूपा त्वं काष्ठा त्वं बहिः स्थिता
tvamagnistvaṃ tathā svāhā tvaṃ svadhā pitṛbhiḥ saha | tvaṃ nabhastvaṃ kālarūpā tvaṃ kāṣṭhā tvaṃ bahiḥ sthitā
You are fire and likewise Svāhā; you are Svadhā together with the ancestors; you are the sky, you are the form of time, you are the quarter-points, you stand outside.
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KaP 8.24
त्वमचिन्त्या त्वमव्यक्ता तथानिर्देश्यरूपिणी । त्वं कालरात्रिस्त्वं शान्ता त्वमेव प्रकृतिः परा
tvamacintyā tvamavyaktā tathānirdeśyarūpiṇī | tvaṃ kālarātristvaṃ śāntā tvameva prakṛtiḥ parā
You are the unthinkable, you are the unmanifest, and you are she whose form cannot be pointed out; you are the night of time, you are the tranquil one, you alone are the supreme Nature (prakṛti).
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KaP 8.25
यस्या: संसारलोकानां परित्राणाय यद्बहिः । रूपं जानन्ति धात्राद्यास्तत्त्वां ज्ञास्यन्ति के पराम्
yasyā: saṃsāralokānāṃ paritrāṇāya yadbahiḥ | rūpaṃ jānanti dhātrādyāstattvāṃ jñāsyanti ke parām
That outward form of hers which, for the deliverance of the worlds of transmigration, Brahmā and the others know — who then shall know you, the supreme?
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KaP 8.26
प्रसीद भगवत्यम्बे प्रसीद योगरूपिणी । प्रसीद घोररूपे त्वं जगन्मयि नमोऽस्तु ते
prasīda bhagavatyambe prasīda yogarūpiṇī | prasīda ghorarūpe tvaṃ jaganmayi namo'stu te
Be gracious, O Lady, O Mother; be gracious, you whose form is yoga; be gracious, you of terrible form, you who consist of the world — homage to you.
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KaP 8.27
।। मार्कण्डेय उवाच ।। इति स्तुता महामाया दक्षेण प्रयतात्मना । उवाच दक्षं ज्ञात्वापि स्वयं तस्येप्सितं द्विजाः
|| mārkaṇḍeya uvāca || iti stutā mahāmāyā dakṣeṇa prayatātmanā | uvāca dakṣaṃ jñātvāpi svayaṃ tasyepsitaṃ dvijāḥ
Mārkaṇḍeya said: Thus praised by Dakṣa, whose self was restrained, the Great Māyā spoke to Dakṣa, though she herself already knew what he desired, O twice-born ones.
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KaP 8.28
।। भगवत्युवाच ।। तुष्टाहं दक्ष भवतो मद्भक्त्या ह्यनया भृशम् । वरं वृणीष्व चाभीष्टं तत्ते दास्यामि तत् स्वयम्
|| bhagavatyuvāca || tuṣṭāhaṃ dakṣa bhavato madbhaktyā hyanayā bhṛśam | varaṃ vṛṇīṣva cābhīṣṭaṃ tatte dāsyāmi tat svayam
The Lady said: I am exceedingly pleased with you, Dakṣa, by this devotion of yours to me; choose the boon you wish, and I shall myself give it to you.
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KaP 8.29
नियमेन तपोभिश्च स्तुतिभिस्ते प्रजापते । अतीव तुष्टा दास्येऽहं वरं वरय वाञ्छितम्
niyamena tapobhiśca stutibhiste prajāpate | atīva tuṣṭā dāsye'haṃ varaṃ varaya vāñchitam
By (your) observance, by (your) austerities and by your hymns, O Lord of creatures, I am greatly pleased; I shall grant (it) — choose the boon you desire.
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KaP 8.30
।। दक्ष उवाच ॥ जगन्मयि महामाये यदि त्वं वरदा मम । तदा मम सुता भूत्वा हरजाया भवाधुना
|| dakṣa uvāca || jaganmayi mahāmāye yadi tvaṃ varadā mama | tadā mama sutā bhūtvā harajāyā bhavādhunā
Dakṣa said: O you who consist of the world, O great Māyā, if you are a giver of boons to me, then, becoming my daughter now, become the wife of Hara.
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KaP 8.31
ममैष न वरो देवि केवलं जगतामपि । लोकेशस्य तथा विष्णोः शिवस्यापि प्रजेश्वरि
mamaiṣa na varo devi kevalaṃ jagatāmapi | lokeśasya tathā viṣṇoḥ śivasyāpi prajeśvari
This is a boon not for me alone, O goddess, but also for the worlds, and for the lord of the world, and for Viṣṇu, and for Śiva too, O mistress of creatures.
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KaP 8.32
।। देव्युवाच ।। अहं तव सुता भूत्वा त्वज्जायायां समुद्भवा । हरजाया भविष्यामि न चिरात्तु प्रजापते
|| devyuvāca || ahaṃ tava sutā bhūtvā tvajjāyāyāṃ samudbhavā | harajāyā bhaviṣyāmi na cirāttu prajāpate
The goddess said: Becoming your daughter, born in your wife, I shall become the wife of Hara before long, O Lord of creatures.
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KaP 8.33
यदा भवान्मयि पुनर्भवेन्मन्दादरस्तदा । देहं त्यक्ष्यामि सपदि सुखिन्यप्यथवेतरा
yadā bhavānmayi punarbhavenmandādarastadā | dehaṃ tyakṣyāmi sapadi sukhinyapyathavetarā
But when you become slack in regard for me, then I shall at once abandon the body, whether I am happy or otherwise.
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KaP 8.34
एष दत्तस्तव वरः प्रतिसर्गं प्रजापते । अहं तव सुता भूत्वा भविष्यामि हरप्रिया
eṣa dattastava varaḥ pratisargaṃ prajāpate | ahaṃ tava sutā bhūtvā bhaviṣyāmi harapriyā
This boon is granted to you for each (new) creation, O Lord of creatures: becoming your daughter, I shall become the beloved of Hara.
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KaP 8.35
तथा सन्मोहयिष्यामि महादेवं प्रजापते । प्रतिसंर्ग तथा मोहं सम्प्राप्स्यति निराकुलम्
tathā sanmohayiṣyāmi mahādevaṃ prajāpate | pratisaṃrga tathā mohaṃ samprāpsyati nirākulam
And so I shall utterly infatuate Mahādeva, O Lord of creatures; in each creation likewise he will come to that infatuation without trouble.
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KaP 8.36
।। मार्कण्डेय उवाच ।। एवमुक्त्वा महामाया दक्षं मुख्यं प्रजापतिम् । अन्तर्दधे ततो देवी सम्यग् दक्षस्य पश्यतः
|| mārkaṇḍeya uvāca || evamuktvā mahāmāyā dakṣaṃ mukhyaṃ prajāpatim | antardadhe tato devī samyag dakṣasya paśyataḥ
Mārkaṇḍeya said: Having spoken thus to Dakṣa, the foremost lord of creatures, the goddess Mahāmāyā then vanished, while Dakṣa looked straight on.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 8.37
अन्तर्हितायां मायायां दक्षोऽपि निजमाश्रमम् । जगाम लेभे च मुदं भविष्यति सुतेति सा
antarhitāyāṃ māyāyāṃ dakṣo'pi nijamāśramam | jagāma lebhe ca mudaṃ bhaviṣyati suteti sā
When Māyā had vanished, Dakṣa too went to his own hermitage, and he obtained joy (at the thought) "she will be my daughter."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 8.38
अथ चक्रे प्रजोत्पादं विना स्त्रीसङ्गमेन च । सङ्कल्पाविर्भवाश्यान्तु मनसा चिन्तनेन च
atha cakre prajotpādaṃ vinā strīsaṅgamena ca | saṅkalpāvirbhavāśyāntu manasā cintanena ca
Then he produced offspring without union with a woman, (they) coming into being by his will and by thinking with the mind.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
KaP 8.39
तत्र ये तनया जाता बहुशो द्विजसत्तमाः । ते नारदोपदेशेन भ्रमन्ति पृथिवीमिमाम्
tatra ye tanayā jātā bahuśo dvijasattamāḥ | te nāradopadeśena bhramanti pṛthivīmimām
Of the sons who were born there in great number, O best of the twice-born, they, by Nārada's instruction, wander over this earth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 8.40
पुनः पुनः सुता ये ये तस्य जाता सहस्रशः । ते सर्वे भ्रातृपदवीं ययुर्नारदवाक्यतः
punaḥ punaḥ sutā ye ye tasya jātā sahasraśaḥ | te sarve bhrātṛpadavīṃ yayurnāradavākyataḥ
Whatever sons were born to him again and again, by thousands, they all went the way of their brothers, because of Nārada's words.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 8.41
पृथिव्यां सृष्टिकर्तारः सर्वे यूयं द्विजोत्तमाः । पश्यध्वं पृथिवीं कृत्स्नामुपान्तप्रान्तमायताम्
pṛthivyāṃ sṛṣṭikartāraḥ sarve yūyaṃ dvijottamāḥ | paśyadhvaṃ pṛthivīṃ kṛtsnāmupāntaprāntamāyatām
"You are all makers of creation upon the earth, O best of the twice-born: (first) behold the whole earth, extending to its farthest bounds."
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KaP 8.42
इति नारदवाक्येन नोदिता दक्षपुत्रकाः । अद्यापि न निवर्तन्ते भ्रमन्तः पृथिवीमिमाम्
iti nāradavākyena noditā dakṣaputrakāḥ | adyāpi na nivartante bhramantaḥ pṛthivīmimām
Urged on by Nārada's words in this way, the sons of Dakṣa do not return even today, wandering over this earth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 8.43
ततः समुत्पादयितुं प्रजा: मैथुनसम्भवाः । उपयेमे वीरणस्य तनयां दक्ष ईप्सिताम् । वीरिणी नाम तस्यास्तु असक्नीत्यपि सत्तमाः
tataḥ samutpādayituṃ prajā: maithunasambhavāḥ | upayeme vīraṇasya tanayāṃ dakṣa īpsitām | vīriṇī nāma tasyāstu asaknītyapi sattamāḥ
Then, in order to beget offspring born of sexual union, Dakṣa married the daughter of Vīraṇa whom he desired; her name was Vīriṇī, and she was Asaknī too, O best of men.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
KaP 8.44
तस्यां प्रथम सङ्कल्पो यदा भूतः प्रजापतेः । सद्योजाता महामाया तदा तस्यां द्विजोत्तमाः
tasyāṃ prathama saṅkalpo yadā bhūtaḥ prajāpateḥ | sadyojātā mahāmāyā tadā tasyāṃ dvijottamāḥ
When the first resolve arose in the Lord of Creatures concerning her, then, O best of the twice-born, the Great Māyā was at once born of her.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 8.45
तस्यां तु जातमात्रायां सुप्रीतोऽभूत् प्रजापतिः । सैवैषेति तदा मेने तां दृष्ट्वा तेजसोज्ज्वलाम्
tasyāṃ tu jātamātrāyāṃ suprīto'bhūt prajāpatiḥ | saivaiṣeti tadā mene tāṃ dṛṣṭvā tejasojjvalām
As soon as she was born, the Lord of Creatures was greatly delighted; seeing her blazing with radiance, he thought then, "This is she indeed!"
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KaP 8.46
बभूव पुष्प्रवृष्टिश्च मेघाश्च ववृषुर्ज्जलम् । दिशः शान्तास्तदा तस्यां जातायाञ्च समुद्गताः
babhūva puṣpravṛṣṭiśca meghāśca vavṛṣurjjalam | diśaḥ śāntāstadā tasyāṃ jātāyāñca samudgatāḥ
There was a rain of flowers, and the clouds poured water; and when she was born the directions became calm and clear.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 8.47
अवादयन्तस्त्रिदशाः शुभवाद्यं वियद्गताः । जज्वलुश्चाग्नयः शान्तास्तस्यां सत्यां नरोत्तमाः
avādayantastridaśāḥ śubhavādyaṃ viyadgatāḥ | jajvaluścāgnayaḥ śāntāstasyāṃ satyāṃ narottamāḥ
The thirty (gods), stationed in the sky, sounded auspicious music; and the fires blazed calmly, O best of men, when she was there.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 8.48
वीरिण्या लक्षितो दक्षस्तां दृष्ट्वा जगदीश्वरीम् । विष्णुमायां महामायां तोषयामास भक्तितः
vīriṇyā lakṣito dakṣastāṃ dṛṣṭvā jagadīśvarīm | viṣṇumāyāṃ mahāmāyāṃ toṣayāmāsa bhaktitaḥ
Dakṣa, pointed out (to him) by Vīriṇī, seeing her, the Mistress of the world, Viṣṇu's Māyā, the Great Māyā, propitiated (her) with devotion.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 8.49
।। दक्ष उवाच ॥ शिवा शान्ता महामाया योगनिद्रा जगन्मयी । या प्रोच्यते विष्णुमाया तां नमामि सनातनीम्
|| dakṣa uvāca || śivā śāntā mahāmāyā yoganidrā jaganmayī | yā procyate viṣṇumāyā tāṃ namāmi sanātanīm
Dakṣa said: She who is called Śivā, the tranquil one, the Great Māyā, the yogic sleep, made of the world, Viṣṇu's Māyā — to her, the eternal one, I bow.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 8.50
यया धाता जगत्सृष्टौ नियुक्तस्तां पुराकरोत् । स्थितिञ्च विष्णुरकरोद्यन्नियोगाज्जगत्पत्तिः । शम्भुरन्तं ततो देवीं त्वां नमामि महीयसीम्
yayā dhātā jagatsṛṣṭau niyuktastāṃ purākarot | sthitiñca viṣṇurakarodyanniyogājjagatpattiḥ | śambhurantaṃ tato devīṃ tvāṃ namāmi mahīyasīm
She by whom the Creator was appointed to the world's creation and made it of old, and by whose command Viṣṇu, the lord of the world, effected its maintenance, and Śambhu its end — to you, therefore, O Goddess, greatest one, I bow.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 8.51
विकाररहितां शुद्धामप्रमेयां प्रभावतीम् । प्रमाणमानमेयाख्यां प्रणमामि सुखात्मिकाम्
vikārarahitāṃ śuddhāmaprameyāṃ prabhāvatīm | pramāṇamānameyākhyāṃ praṇamāmi sukhātmikām
Free from change, pure, immeasurable, possessed of power, named as the means of knowledge, the knower and the knowable — I bow to her whose nature is bliss.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 8.52
यस्त्वां विचिन्तयेद्देवीं विद्याविद्यात्मिकां पराम् । तस्य भोग्यञ्च मुक्तिश्च सदा करतले स्थिता
yastvāṃ vicintayeddevīṃ vidyāvidyātmikāṃ parām | tasya bhogyañca muktiśca sadā karatale sthitā
He who meditates upon you, the supreme Goddess whose nature is both knowledge and ignorance — for him both enjoyment and liberation stand ever in the palm of his hand.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 8.53
. यस्त्वां प्रत्यक्षतो देवीं सकृत् पश्यति पावनीम् । तस्यावश्यं भवेन्मुक्तिर्विद्याविद्याप्रकाशिकाम्
. yastvāṃ pratyakṣato devīṃ sakṛt paśyati pāvanīm | tasyāvaśyaṃ bhavenmuktirvidyāvidyāprakāśikām
He who once sees you, the purifying Goddess, directly before him — for him liberation necessarily comes about, (you) who reveal both knowledge and ignorance.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 8.54
योगनिद्रे महामाये विष्णुमाये जगन्मयि । या प्रमाणार्थसम्पन्ना चेतना सा तवात्मिका
yoganidre mahāmāye viṣṇumāye jaganmayi | yā pramāṇārthasampannā cetanā sā tavātmikā
O yogic sleep, great Māyā, Māyā of Viṣṇu, you who are made of the world: that consciousness which is endowed with the objects of valid knowledge — that is your own self.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
KaP 8.55
ये स्तुवन्ति जगन्मातर्भवतीमम्बिकेति च । जगन्मयीति मायेति सर्वं तेषां भविष्यति
ye stuvanti jaganmātarbhavatīmambiketi ca | jaganmayīti māyeti sarvaṃ teṣāṃ bhaviṣyati
Those who praise you, O Mother of the world, (saying) "You, Ambikā," "made of the world," "Māyā" — for them everything will come to be.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 8.56
।। मार्कण्डेय उवाच ।। इति स्तुता जगन्माता दक्षेण सुमहात्मना । तथोवाच तदा दक्षं यथा माता शृणोति न
|| mārkaṇḍeya uvāca || iti stutā jaganmātā dakṣeṇa sumahātmanā | tathovāca tadā dakṣaṃ yathā mātā śṛṇoti na
Mārkaṇḍeya said: Thus praised by the greatly noble Dakṣa, the Mother of the world then spoke to Dakṣa in such a way that (his) mother did not hear.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 8.57
सम्मोह्य सर्वं तत्रस्थं यथा दक्षः शृणोति तत् । नान्यः शृणोति च तथा माययाह तदाम्बिका
sammohya sarvaṃ tatrasthaṃ yathā dakṣaḥ śṛṇoti tat | nānyaḥ śṛṇoti ca tathā māyayāha tadāmbikā
Having bewildered everyone present there, so that Dakṣa heard it and no one else heard, Ambikā then spoke by her Māyā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 8.58
।। देव्युवाच ।। अहमाराधिता पूर्वं यदर्थं मुनिसत्तम । ईप्सितं तव सिद्धं तदवधारय साम्प्रतम्
|| devyuvāca || ahamārādhitā pūrvaṃ yadarthaṃ munisattama | īpsitaṃ tava siddhaṃ tadavadhāraya sāmpratam
The Goddess said: I was propitiated by you before, and the purpose for which (I was propitiated), O best of sages, that desire of yours is accomplished — understand this now.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 8.59
।। मार्कण्डेय उवाच ।। एवमुक्त्वा तदा देवी दक्षञ्च निजमायया । आस्थाय शैशवं भावं जनन्यन्ते रुरोद सा
|| mārkaṇḍeya uvāca || evamuktvā tadā devī dakṣañca nijamāyayā | āsthāya śaiśavaṃ bhāvaṃ jananyante ruroda sā
Mārkaṇḍeya said: Having spoken thus to Dakṣa, the Goddess then, by her own Māyā, assuming the condition of infancy, cried in her mother's presence.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 8.60
ततस्थां वीरिणी यत्नात् सुसंस्कृत्य यथोचितम् । शिशुपालेन विधिना तस्यै स्तन्यादिकं ददौ
tatasthāṃ vīriṇī yatnāt susaṃskṛtya yathocitam | śiśupālena vidhinā tasyai stanyādikaṃ dadau
Then Vīriṇī, carefully making her fittingly clean and adorned, gave her the breast and the rest according to the rule for tending an infant.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 8.61
पालिता साथ वीरिण्या दक्षेण सुमहात्मना । ववृधे शुक्लपक्षस्य निशानाथो यथान्वहम्
pālitā sātha vīriṇyā dakṣeṇa sumahātmanā | vavṛdhe śuklapakṣasya niśānātho yathānvaham
Cared for by Vīriṇī and by the greatly noble Dakṣa, she grew day by day like the lord of night in the bright fortnight.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 8.62
तस्यान्तु सद्गुणाः सर्वे विविशुर्द्विजसत्तमाः । शैशवेऽपि यथा चन्द्रे कलाः सर्वा मनोहराः
tasyāntu sadguṇāḥ sarve viviśurdvijasattamāḥ | śaiśave'pi yathā candre kalāḥ sarvā manoharāḥ
And all good qualities entered into her, O best of the twice-born, even in her infancy, as all the charming digits enter the moon.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 8.63
रेमे सा निजभावेन सखीमध्यगता यदा । तदा लिखति भर्गस्य प्रतिमामन्वहं मुहुः
reme sā nijabhāvena sakhīmadhyagatā yadā | tadā likhati bhargasya pratimāmanvahaṃ muhuḥ
When she played in her own manner in the midst of her companions, then she would draw an image of Bharga again and again, day after day.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 8.64
यदा गायति गीतानि तदा बाल्योचितानि सा । उग्रं स्थाणुं हरं रुद्रं सस्मार स्मरमानसा
yadā gāyati gītāni tadā bālyocitāni sā | ugraṃ sthāṇuṃ haraṃ rudraṃ sasmāra smaramānasā
When she sang songs, then such as befitted her childhood, with her mind on (him) she called to memory Ugra, Sthāṇu, Hara, Rudra.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 8.65
तस्याश्चक्रे नाम दक्षः सतीति द्विजसत्तमाः । प्रशस्तायाः सर्वगुणैः सत्त्वादपि नयादपि
tasyāścakre nāma dakṣaḥ satīti dvijasattamāḥ | praśastāyāḥ sarvaguṇaiḥ sattvādapi nayādapi
Dakṣa made her name 'Satī', O best of the twice-born — (the name) of one commended for all her qualities, both for her goodness and for her good conduct.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 8.66
ववृधे दक्षवीरिण्योः प्रत्यहं करुणातुला । तस्यां बाल्येऽपि भक्तायां तयोर्नित्यं मुहुर्मुहुः
vavṛdhe dakṣavīriṇyoḥ pratyahaṃ karuṇātulā | tasyāṃ bālye'pi bhaktāyāṃ tayornityaṃ muhurmuhuḥ
Day by day the incomparable tenderness of Dakṣa and Vīriṇī grew towards her, who even in her childhood was devoted to them, constantly, again and again.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 8.67
सर्वकान्त-गुणाक्रान्ता सदा सा नयशालिनी । तोषयामास पितरौ नित्यं नित्यं नरोत्तमाः
sarvakānta-guṇākrāntā sadā sā nayaśālinī | toṣayāmāsa pitarau nityaṃ nityaṃ narottamāḥ
Possessed of all lovely qualities, always graced with good conduct, she pleased her parents continually, again and again, O best of men.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 8.68
अथैकदा पितुः पार्श्वे तिष्ठन्तीं तां सतीं विधिः । नारदश्च ददर्शाथ रत्नभूत्तां क्षितौ शुभाम्
athaikadā pituḥ pārśve tiṣṭhantīṃ tāṃ satīṃ vidhiḥ | nāradaśca dadarśātha ratnabhūttāṃ kṣitau śubhām
Then once Brahmā, and Nārada too, saw that Satī standing at her father's side, the auspicious one who had become a jewel upon the earth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 8.69
सापि तौ वीक्ष्य मुदिता विनयावनता तदा । प्रणनाम सती देवं ब्रह्माणमथ नारदम्
sāpi tau vīkṣya muditā vinayāvanatā tadā | praṇanāma satī devaṃ brahmāṇamatha nāradam
She too, gladdened at the sight of the two, bowed low in modesty; Satī then made obeisance to the god Brahmā and to Nārada.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 8.70
प्रणामान्ते सतीं वीक्ष्य विनयावनतां विधिः । नारदश्च तथैवाशीर्वादमेतमुवाच ह
praṇāmānte satīṃ vīkṣya vinayāvanatāṃ vidhiḥ | nāradaśca tathaivāśīrvādametamuvāca ha
At the end of the obeisance, seeing Satī bowed low in modesty, Brahmā, and Nārada likewise, spoke this benediction:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 8.71
त्वामेव यः कामयते त्वं त्वं कामयसे पतिम् । तमाप्नुहि पतिं देवं सर्वज्ञं जगदीश्वरम्
tvāmeva yaḥ kāmayate tvaṃ tvaṃ kāmayase patim | tamāpnuhi patiṃ devaṃ sarvajñaṃ jagadīśvaram
"He who desires you alone, and whom you desire as husband — may you obtain him as husband, the god, the all-knowing lord of the world.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 8.72
यो नान्यां जगृहे नापि गृह्णाति न ग्रहीष्यति । जायां स ते पतिर्भूयादनन्यसदृशः शुभे
yo nānyāṃ jagṛhe nāpi gṛhṇāti na grahīṣyati | jāyāṃ sa te patirbhūyādananyasadṛśaḥ śubhe
"He who has taken no other as wife, nor takes, nor will take one — may he, who is like no other, become your husband, O auspicious one."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 8.73
इत्युक्त्वा सुचिरं तौ तु स्थित्वा दक्षाश्रये पुनः । विसृष्टौ तेन संयातौ स्वस्थानं द्विजसत्तमाः
ityuktvā suciraṃ tau tu sthitvā dakṣāśraye punaḥ | visṛṣṭau tena saṃyātau svasthānaṃ dvijasattamāḥ
Having said this, the two stayed a very long while in Dakṣa's dwelling, and then, dismissed by him, went together to their own abode, O best of the twice-born.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition