Padma Purana — Srishti Khanda — Chapter 44
PdP 1 44.1
शर्व उवाच। शरीरे मम तन्वंगि सिते भास्यसितद्युतिः। भुजंगी वा सिता शुभ्रे संश्लिष्टा चंदनेतरौ
śarva uvāca| śarīre mama tanvaṃgi site bhāsyasitadyutiḥ| bhujaṃgī vā sitā śubhre saṃśliṣṭā caṃdanetarau
Śarva said: On my white body, slender-limbed one, you shine with a dark lustre; or like a white she-serpent clinging to white sandalwood — the two being opposites.
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PdP 1 44.2
चंद्रातपेन संपृक्ता रुधिराम्बरसंवृता। रजनी वा सिते पक्षे दृष्टिदोषं ददासि मे
caṃdrātapena saṃpṛktā rudhirāmbarasaṃvṛtā| rajanī vā site pakṣe dṛṣṭidoṣaṃ dadāsi me
Or like the night joined with moonlight yet wrapped in a blood-red garment, in the bright fortnight, you give offence to my eye.
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PdP 1 44.3
इत्युक्ता गिरिजा तेन मुक्तकंठा पिनाकिनम्। उवाच कोपरक्ताक्षी भ्रुकुटी विकृतानना
ityuktā girijā tena muktakaṃṭhā pinākinam| uvāca koparaktākṣī bhrukuṭī vikṛtānanā
Thus addressed by him, Girijā, her voice let loose, her eyes red with anger, her brows knit, her face distorted, said to the bearer of the Pināka:
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PdP 1 44.4
देव्युवाच-। स्वकृतेन जनः सर्वो जाड्येन परिभूयते। अवश्यमर्थी प्राप्नोति खंडनं शशिमंडन
devyuvāca-| svakṛtena janaḥ sarvo jāḍyena paribhūyate| avaśyamarthī prāpnoti khaṃḍanaṃ śaśimaṃḍana
The Goddess said: Every person is slighted on account of the dullness he himself has produced; one who wants something inevitably meets with a rebuff, O you adorned with the moon.
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PdP 1 44.5
तपोभिर्दीर्घचरितैर्या त्वां प्रार्थितवत्यहं। तस्या मेनि यतस्त्वेष ह्यवमानः पदे पदे
tapobhirdīrghacaritairyā tvāṃ prārthitavatyahaṃ| tasyā meni yatastveṣa hyavamānaḥ pade pade
I who wooed you with austerities long performed — it is for that reason that this contempt (falls) upon me at every step.
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PdP 1 44.6
नैवास्मि कुटिला शर्व विषमा न च धूर्जटे। सविषस्त्वं जगत्ख्यातो व्यक्तदोषाकराश्रयः
naivāsmi kuṭilā śarva viṣamā na ca dhūrjaṭe| saviṣastvaṃ jagatkhyāto vyaktadoṣākarāśrayaḥ
I am not crooked, Śarva, nor am I uneven, O Dhūrjaṭi; it is you who are known throughout the world as poison-bearing, the resort of an evident mine of faults.
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PdP 1 44.7
त्वं हि मुष्णासि दशनान्नेत्रहंता भगस्य च। आदित्यस्त्वां विजानाति भगवान्द्वादशात्मकः
tvaṃ hi muṣṇāsi daśanānnetrahaṃtā bhagasya ca| ādityastvāṃ vijānāti bhagavāndvādaśātmakaḥ
For you rob (Pūṣan) of his teeth and are the destroyer of Bhaga's eyes; the lord Sun of twelve forms knows you well.
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PdP 1 44.8
मूर्ध्नि शूलं जनयसि स्वैर्दोषैर्मामधिक्षिपन्। यस्त्वं मामात्थकृष्णेति महाकालोसि विश्रुतः
mūrdhni śūlaṃ janayasi svairdoṣairmāmadhikṣipan| yastvaṃ māmātthakṛṣṇeti mahākālosi viśrutaḥ
You produce a spike (of pain) in my head, abusing me with your own faults; you who called me 'the black one' — you are the one famed as Mahākāla (the Great Black).
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PdP 1 44.9
यास्याम्यहं परित्यक्तुमात्मानं तपसा गिरिम्। जीवंत्या न मया कृत्यं धूर्तेन परिभूतया
yāsyāmyahaṃ parityaktumātmānaṃ tapasā girim| jīvaṃtyā na mayā kṛtyaṃ dhūrtena paribhūtayā
I shall go to the mountain to give up my own self by austerity; I have no use for living, humiliated as I am by a rogue —
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PdP 1 44.10
कापालिकेन क्षुद्रेण श्मशाने नित्यवासिना। भूत्या विलिप्त स्वांगेन मातृमध्यस्थ चारिणा
kāpālikena kṣudreṇa śmaśāne nityavāsinā| bhūtyā vilipta svāṃgena mātṛmadhyastha cāriṇā
— by a base skull-bearer, a permanent dweller in the cremation ground, his limbs smeared with ashes, who goes about in the midst of the Mothers.
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PdP 1 44.11
निशम्य तस्या वचनं कोपतीक्ष्णाक्षरं हरः। उवाचानिष्टसंभ्रांतः प्रचलेनेंदुमौलिना
niśamya tasyā vacanaṃ kopatīkṣṇākṣaraṃ haraḥ| uvācāniṣṭasaṃbhrāṃtaḥ pracaleneṃdumaulinā
Hearing her speech, whose syllables were sharp with anger, Hara, dismayed by what he did not wish (to hear), spoke, his moon-crest trembling:
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PdP 1 44.12
शर्व उवाच। अगात्मजासि गिरिजे नाहं निंदापरस्तव। चाटूक्तिबुध्या तु मया कृत उन्मादसंश्रयः
śarva uvāca| agātmajāsi girije nāhaṃ niṃdāparastava| cāṭūktibudhyā tu mayā kṛta unmādasaṃśrayaḥ
Śarva said: You are the mountain's own daughter, Girijā; I am not bent on reviling you; it was in the notion of flattering talk that I took recourse to raving.
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PdP 1 44.13
विकल्पः स्वस्थचित्ते तु गिरिजे न मम क्रमात्। यद्येवं कुपिता भीरु तत्तवाहं न वै पुनः
vikalpaḥ svasthacitte tu girije na mama kramāt| yadyevaṃ kupitā bhīru tattavāhaṃ na vai punaḥ
When my mind is at ease there is no such perverse fancy in me, Girijā, in the ordinary course; if you are angered like this, timid one, then I shall never again
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PdP 1 44.14
नर्मवादी भविष्यामि जहि कोपं शुचिस्मिते। शिरसा प्रणतेनैष रचितस्ते मयांजलि
narmavādī bhaviṣyāmi jahi kopaṃ śucismite| śirasā praṇatenaiṣa racitaste mayāṃjali
be a maker of jokes. Give up your anger, you of the bright smile; with head bowed, here are my hands folded for you.
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PdP 1 44.15
नि हीनो ह्यपमानेन निंदिते नैति विक्रियाम्। असतां तु सतां न स्यान्मर्मस्पृष्टो नरः किल
ni hīno hyapamānena niṃdite naiti vikriyām| asatāṃ tu satāṃ na syānmarmaspṛṣṭo naraḥ kila
A low man, indeed, when reviled, undergoes no change at an insult; (this holds) of the base, but not of the good — for a man touched in his vital spot (is surely stirred).
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PdP 1 44.16
अनेकैश्चाटुभिर्देवी देवेन प्रतिबोधिता। कोपं तीव्रं न तत्याज सती मर्मणि घट्टिता
anekaiścāṭubhirdevī devena pratibodhitā| kopaṃ tīvraṃ na tatyāja satī marmaṇi ghaṭṭitā
Though the goddess was coaxed by the god with many flattering words, the virtuous lady, struck in her vital spot, did not give up her fierce anger.
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PdP 1 44.17
अवष्टब्धमथाच्छिद्य वासः शंकरपाणिना। विपर्यस्तालकावेगाद्गन्तुमैच्छच्च शैलजा
avaṣṭabdhamathācchidya vāsaḥ śaṃkarapāṇinā| viparyastālakāvegādgantumaicchacca śailajā
Then, tearing away her garment, which was held fast by Śaṃkara's hand, the mountain's daughter, her curls disordered by her vehemence, wished to go.
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PdP 1 44.18
तस्या व्रजंत्याः कोपेन पुनराह पुरांतकः। सत्यं सर्वैरवयवैस्तनोषि सदृशां पितुः
tasyā vrajaṃtyāḥ kopena punarāha purāṃtakaḥ| satyaṃ sarvairavayavaistanoṣi sadṛśāṃ pituḥ
As she was going off in anger, the destroyer of the citadels spoke again: "Truly, with all your limbs you show yourself the likeness of your father.
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PdP 1 44.19
हिमाचलस्य शृंगस्थमेव जालाकुलं मनः। तथा दुरवगाह्येभ्यो गहनो हि तवाशयः
himācalasya śṛṃgasthameva jālākulaṃ manaḥ| tathā duravagāhyebhyo gahano hi tavāśayaḥ
Just as (a place) on the Himālaya's peak is tangled with thickets, so is your mind; for your intent is impenetrable, (drawn) from those unfathomable (depths).
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PdP 1 44.20
काठिन्यमश्मसारेभ्यो वनेभ्यो बहुलां गता। कुटिलत्वं निम्नगाभ्यो दुःसेव्यत्वं हिमादपि
kāṭhinyamaśmasārebhyo vanebhyo bahulāṃ gatā| kuṭilatvaṃ nimnagābhyo duḥsevyatvaṃ himādapi
Hardness you have got from the adamantine rocks, abundance from the forests, crookedness from the rivers that run downward, and difficulty of being served from the snow as well.
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PdP 1 44.21
संक्रांतं सर्वमेवैतत्तन्वंगि हिमभूधरात्। इत्युक्ता सा पुनः प्राह गिरिशं शैलकन्यका
saṃkrāṃtaṃ sarvamevaitattanvaṃgi himabhūdharāt| ityuktā sā punaḥ prāha giriśaṃ śailakanyakā
All this, slender-limbed one, has passed over (to you) from the snowy mountain." Thus addressed, the daughter of the mountain spoke again to the mountain-dweller,
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PdP 1 44.22
कोपकंपितमूर्द्धा सा प्रस्फुरद्दशनच्छदा। उमोवाच-। स्यात्सर्वं दोषदानेन निंदायां गुणिनो बलात्
kopakaṃpitamūrddhā sā prasphuraddaśanacchadā| umovāca-| syātsarvaṃ doṣadānena niṃdāyāṃ guṇino balāt
her head trembling with anger, her lips quivering. Umā said: "Anything at all can be (made out) by imputing faults, when a virtuous person is reviled by force.
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PdP 1 44.23
तवापि दुष्टसंपर्कात्संक्रांतं सर्वमेव हि। व्यालेभ्योनेकजिह्वत्वं भस्मनोऽस्नेहवृत्तिता
tavāpi duṣṭasaṃparkātsaṃkrāṃtaṃ sarvameva hi| vyālebhyonekajihvatvaṃ bhasmano'snehavṛttitā
In your case too, everything indeed has passed over (to you) from bad company: from the snakes, having many tongues; from the ashes, a conduct without affection (or: without unction);
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PdP 1 44.24
हृत्कालुष्यं शशांकोत्थं दुर्बाधत्वं विषादपि। किं चात्र बहुनोक्तेन अलं वाचां श्रमेण ते
hṛtkāluṣyaṃ śaśāṃkotthaṃ durbādhatvaṃ viṣādapi| kiṃ cātra bahunoktena alaṃ vācāṃ śrameṇa te
muddiness of heart arising from the moon, and troublesomeness from the poison as well. But what use is much talk here? Enough of the labour of your words!
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PdP 1 44.25
श्मशानवासान्निर्भीस्त्वं नग्नत्वात्तवनत्रपा। निर्घृणत्वं कपालित्वाद्दया ते विगता चिरम्
śmaśānavāsānnirbhīstvaṃ nagnatvāttavanatrapā| nirghṛṇatvaṃ kapālitvāddayā te vigatā ciram
From dwelling in the cremation ground you are without fear; from your nakedness you have no shame; from bearing the skull, pitilessness — compassion has long departed from you."
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PdP 1 44.26
इत्युक्त्वा मंदिरात्तस्मान्निर्जगाम हिमाद्रिजा। तस्यां व्रजंत्यां देवेश्यां गणैः किलकिलाकृता
ityuktvā maṃdirāttasmānnirjagāma himādrijā| tasyāṃ vrajaṃtyāṃ deveśyāṃ gaṇaiḥ kilakilākṛtā
Having said this, the daughter of the snowy mountain went out from that dwelling; and as the goddess, the lord's consort, went, a clamour was raised by the attendants.
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PdP 1 44.27
क्व मातर्गच्छसीत्युक्त्वा रुदद्भिर्धावितं पुनः। विष्टभ्य चरणौ देव्या वीरको बाष्पगद्गदः
kva mātargacchasītyuktvā rudadbhirdhāvitaṃ punaḥ| viṣṭabhya caraṇau devyā vīrako bāṣpagadgadaḥ
Crying "Mother, where are you going?", they ran after her again; and Vīraka, clasping the goddess's feet, his voice choked with tears,
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PdP 1 44.28
प्रोवाच मातः किन्न्वेतत्क्व यासि कुपितातुरा। अहं त्वामनुयास्यामि व्रजंतीं स्नेहवर्जिताम्
provāca mātaḥ kinnvetatkva yāsi kupitāturā| ahaṃ tvāmanuyāsyāmi vrajaṃtīṃ snehavarjitām
said: "Mother, what is this? Where are you going, angered and distressed? I will follow you as you go, bereft of affection.
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PdP 1 44.29
नोचेत्पतिष्ये शिखराद्गिरेरस्य त्वयोज्झितः। उन्नम्यवदनं देवी दक्षिणेन तु पाणिना
nocetpatiṣye śikharādgirerasya tvayojjhitaḥ| unnamyavadanaṃ devī dakṣiṇena tu pāṇinā
Otherwise, abandoned by you, I shall fall from the peak of this mountain." But the goddess, lifting his face with her right hand,
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PdP 1 44.30
उवाच वीरकं माता त्वं शोकं पुत्र मा कृथाः। शैलाग्रात्पतितुं नैव न च गंतुं मया सह
uvāca vīrakaṃ mātā tvaṃ śokaṃ putra mā kṛthāḥ| śailāgrātpatituṃ naiva na ca gaṃtuṃ mayā saha
the mother said to Vīraka: "Do not grieve, my son; you must neither fall from the mountain top nor go with me.
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PdP 1 44.31
युक्तं ते पुत्र गच्छामि येन कार्येण तच्छृणु। कृष्णेत्युक्ता हरेणाहं स्तंभितास्म्यवमानिता
yuktaṃ te putra gacchāmi yena kāryeṇa tacchṛṇu| kṛṣṇetyuktā hareṇāhaṃ staṃbhitāsmyavamānitā
It is fitting for you (to stay), my son; hear for what purpose I am going. Called 'Black' by Hara, I have been struck dumb and dishonoured.
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PdP 1 44.32
साहं तपः करिष्यामि येन गौरीत्वमाप्नुयाम्। एष स्त्रीलंपटो देवो यातायां मय्यनंतरम्
sāhaṃ tapaḥ kariṣyāmi yena gaurītvamāpnuyām| eṣa strīlaṃpaṭo devo yātāyāṃ mayyanaṃtaram
So I shall perform austerity by which I may attain fairness. This god is a lecher after women; as soon as I have gone,
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PdP 1 44.33
द्वाररक्षा त्वया कार्या नित्यं रन्ध्रान्ववेक्षणम्। यथा न काचित्प्रविशेद्योषित्तत्र हरांतिकम्
dvārarakṣā tvayā kāryā nityaṃ randhrānvavekṣaṇam| yathā na kācitpraviśedyoṣittatra harāṃtikam
you must guard the door and constantly watch for any gap, so that no woman may enter there into Hara's presence.
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PdP 1 44.34
दृष्ट्वा परस्त्रियं चापि वदेथा मम पुत्रक। शीघ्रमेव करिष्यामि यथायुक्तमनंतरम्
dṛṣṭvā parastriyaṃ cāpi vadethā mama putraka| śīghrameva kariṣyāmi yathāyuktamanaṃtaram
And if you see another's wife (there), tell me, my little son; I shall at once do whatever is fitting thereafter.
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PdP 1 44.35
एवमस्त्विति देवेशीं वीरकोवाच सांप्रतम्। मातुराज्ञामृताहार प्लावितांगो गतज्वरः
evamastviti deveśīṃ vīrakovāca sāṃpratam| māturājñāmṛtāhāra plāvitāṃgo gatajvaraḥ
"So be it," said Vīraka to the Mistress of the gods then and there; taking his mother's command as nectar-food, his body flooded (with delight), his distress gone.
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PdP 1 44.36
जगाम रक्षां स द्रष्टुं प्रणिपत्य तु मातरम्। देवी चापश्यदायांतीं सखीं मातुर्विभूषिताम्
jagāma rakṣāṃ sa draṣṭuṃ praṇipatya tu mātaram| devī cāpaśyadāyāṃtīṃ sakhīṃ māturvibhūṣitām
He went to attend to the guarding, after bowing to his mother; and the Goddess saw approaching a friend of her mother's, richly adorned,
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PdP 1 44.37
कुसुमामोहिनीं नाम तस्य शैलस्य देवताम्। सापि दृष्ट्वा गिरिसुतां स्नेहविक्लवमानसा
kusumāmohinīṃ nāma tasya śailasya devatām| sāpi dṛṣṭvā girisutāṃ snehaviklavamānasā
named Kusumāmohinī, the deity of that mountain; and she too, on seeing the daughter of the mountain, her mind overcome with affection,
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PdP 1 44.38
क्व पुत्रि गच्छसीत्युच्चैरालिग्योवाच देवता। सा तस्याः सर्वमाचख्यौ शंकरात्कोपकारणम्
kva putri gacchasītyuccairāligyovāca devatā| sā tasyāḥ sarvamācakhyau śaṃkarātkopakāraṇam
the deity, embracing her, said aloud, "Where are you going, daughter?" She told her everything, the reason for her anger at Śaṃkara.
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PdP 1 44.39
पुनश्चोवाचगिरिजा देवतां मातृसंमिताम्। उमोवाच-। नित्यं शैलाधिराजस्य देवतात्वमनिंदिते
punaścovācagirijā devatāṃ mātṛsaṃmitām| umovāca-| nityaṃ śailādhirājasya devatātvamaniṃdite
And Girijā spoke again to the deity, who was like a mother (to her). Umā said: "Your godhood over the king of mountains is perpetual, O blameless one;
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PdP 1 44.40
सर्वतः सन्निधानं ते मनसातीव वत्सला। अतस्तु ते प्रवक्ष्यामि यद्विधेयं त्वयांबिके
sarvataḥ sannidhānaṃ te manasātīva vatsalā| atastu te pravakṣyāmi yadvidheyaṃ tvayāṃbike
"your presence is everywhere, and in mind you are exceedingly affectionate. Therefore I shall tell you what is to be done by you, O mother.
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PdP 1 44.41
अन्यस्त्रीसंप्रवेशस्तु त्वया रक्ष्यः प्रयत्नतः। सरहस्ये प्रयत्नेन निषेव्यः सततं गिरौ
anyastrīsaṃpraveśastu tvayā rakṣyaḥ prayatnataḥ| sarahasye prayatnena niṣevyaḥ satataṃ girau
"The entry of any other woman must be guarded against by you diligently; the mountain must be constantly and carefully watched over in its secret places.
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PdP 1 44.42
पिनाकिनः प्रविष्टायां वक्तव्यं मे त्वयानघे। ततोहं संविधास्यामि यत्क्षमं तदनंतरम्
pinākinaḥ praviṣṭāyāṃ vaktavyaṃ me tvayānaghe| tatohaṃ saṃvidhāsyāmi yatkṣamaṃ tadanaṃtaram
"When (a woman) has entered (the presence) of the Pināka-bearer, it must be told to me by you, O faultless one; then I shall arrange whatever is fitting thereafter."
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PdP 1 44.43
इत्युक्ता तां तथेत्युक्त्त्वा जगाम सा गिरिं शुभा। उमापि पितुरुद्यानं जगामाद्रिसुताद्भुतम्
ityuktā tāṃ tathetyukttvā jagāma sā giriṃ śubhā| umāpi piturudyānaṃ jagāmādrisutādbhutam
Thus addressed, she said to her "So it shall be," and the auspicious one went to the mountain; and Umā, the daughter of the mountain, went to her father's wondrous garden.
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PdP 1 44.44
अंतरिक्षं समाविश्य मेघमालाविलप्रभम्। भूषणानि ततो न्यस्य वृक्षवल्कलधारिणी
aṃtarikṣaṃ samāviśya meghamālāvilaprabham| bhūṣaṇāni tato nyasya vṛkṣavalkaladhāriṇī
Entering the mid-air, whose brightness was clouded by rows of clouds, and then laying aside her ornaments, she wore tree-bark;
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PdP 1 44.45
ग्रीष्मे पंचाग्निसंतप्ता वर्षासु च जलोषिता। वन्याहारा निराहारा शुष्कस्थंडिलशायिनी
grīṣme paṃcāgnisaṃtaptā varṣāsu ca jaloṣitā| vanyāhārā nirāhārā śuṣkasthaṃḍilaśāyinī
in the hot season scorched by five fires, in the rains soaked with water, eating wild food, (then) eating nothing, lying on the dry bare ground.
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PdP 1 44.46
एवं साधयती तत्र तपः सा च व्यवस्थिता। ज्ञात्वा गतां गिरिसुतां दैत्यस्तत्रांतरे बली
evaṃ sādhayatī tatra tapaḥ sā ca vyavasthitā| jñātvā gatāṃ girisutāṃ daityastatrāṃtare balī
Thus she remained there, accomplishing austerity. In the meantime, a mighty demon, learning that the mountain's daughter had gone (away),
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PdP 1 44.47
अंधकस्य सुतो हृष्टः पितुर्वधमनुस्मरन्। देवान्सर्वान्विजित्याजौ बकभ्राता रणोत्कटः
aṃdhakasya suto hṛṣṭaḥ piturvadhamanusmaran| devānsarvānvijityājau bakabhrātā raṇotkaṭaḥ
the son of Andhaka, delighted, recalling his father's slaying — he who had conquered all the gods in battle, the brother of Baka, furious in war,
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PdP 1 44.48
आडिर्नामांतरप्रेक्षी सततं चंद्रमौलिनः। आजगामामररिपुः पुरं त्रिपुरघातिनः
āḍirnāmāṃtaraprekṣī satataṃ caṃdramaulinaḥ| ājagāmāmararipuḥ puraṃ tripuraghātinaḥ
named Āḍi, constantly watching for an opening against the moon-crested one — that enemy of the immortals came to the city of the destroyer of Tripura.
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PdP 1 44.49
स तत्रागत्य ददृशे वीरकं द्वार्यवस्थितम्। विचिंत्य सोपि च वरं दत्तं कमलयोनिना
sa tatrāgatya dadṛśe vīrakaṃ dvāryavasthitam| viciṃtya sopi ca varaṃ dattaṃ kamalayoninā
Coming there, he saw Vīraka stationed at the gate; and he too reflected on the boon granted by the lotus-born (Brahmā).
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PdP 1 44.50
हते किलांधके दैत्ये गिरिशेनासुरद्विषा। आडिश्चकार विपुलं तपः परमदारुणम्1.44.
hate kilāṃdhake daitye giriśenāsuradviṣā| āḍiścakāra vipulaṃ tapaḥ paramadāruṇam1.44.
When, indeed, the demon Andhaka had been slain by Giriśa, the hater of asuras, Āḍi performed a vast and utterly terrible austerity.
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PdP 1 44.51
समागत्याब्रवीद्ब्रह्मा तपसा परितोषितः। किमाडे दानवश्रेष्ठ तपसा प्राप्तुमिच्छसि
samāgatyābravīdbrahmā tapasā paritoṣitaḥ| kimāḍe dānavaśreṣṭha tapasā prāptumicchasi
Brahmā, gratified by the austerity, came and said: "What do you wish to obtain by austerity, Āḍi, best of dānavas?"
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PdP 1 44.52
ब्रह्माणमाह दैत्यस्तु निर्मृत्युत्वमहं वृणे। ब्रह्मोवाच-। जातानामिह संसारे विना मृत्युं न युज्यते
brahmāṇamāha daityastu nirmṛtyutvamahaṃ vṛṇe| brahmovāca-| jātānāmiha saṃsāre vinā mṛtyuṃ na yujyate
The demon said to Brahmā: "I choose to be free of death." Brahmā said: "For those born here in the round of existence, it cannot be without death.
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PdP 1 44.53
यतस्ततोपि दैत्येंद्र मृत्युः प्राप्यश्शरीरिभिः। इत्युक्तो दैत्यसिंहस्तु प्रोवाचांबुजसंभवम्
yatastatopi daityeṃdra mṛtyuḥ prāpyaśśarīribhiḥ| ityukto daityasiṃhastu provācāṃbujasaṃbhavam
"By one means or another, O lord of daityas, death must be met with by embodied beings." Thus addressed, the lion of the daityas spoke to the lotus-born:
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PdP 1 44.54
रूपस्यपरिवर्तो मे यदा स्यात्पद्मसंभव। तदा मृत्युर्मम भवेदन्यथा त्वमरोस्म्यहम्
rūpasyaparivarto me yadā syātpadmasaṃbhava| tadā mṛtyurmama bhavedanyathā tvamarosmyaham
"When there is a change of my form, O lotus-born, then let my death come about; otherwise I am undying."
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PdP 1 44.55
इत्युक्तस्तु तदोवाच तुष्टः कमलसंभवः। यदा द्वितीयो रूपस्य विवर्त्तस्ते भविष्यति
ityuktastu tadovāca tuṣṭaḥ kamalasaṃbhavaḥ| yadā dvitīyo rūpasya vivarttaste bhaviṣyati
Thus addressed, the lotus-born then spoke, pleased: "When a second transformation of your form takes place,
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PdP 1 44.56
तदा ते भविता मृत्युरन्यथा न भविष्यति। इत्युक्तोमरतां मेने दैत्यसूनुर्महाबलः
tadā te bhavitā mṛtyuranyathā na bhaviṣyati| ityuktomaratāṃ mene daityasūnurmahābalaḥ
then your death shall come to be; otherwise it will not come." Told this, the daitya's son, of great strength, considered himself immortal.
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PdP 1 44.57
तस्मिन्काले त्वसंस्मृत्य तद्वधोपायमात्मनः। प्रतिहर्तुर्दृष्टिपथे वीरकस्याभवंस्तदा
tasminkāle tvasaṃsmṛtya tadvadhopāyamātmanaḥ| pratiharturdṛṣṭipathe vīrakasyābhavaṃstadā
But at that time, not recalling the means of his own destruction, (he) came then into the line of sight of the doorkeeper Vīraka.
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PdP 1 44.58
भुजंगरूपी रंध्रेण प्रविवेश दृशःपथम्। परिहृत्य गणेशस्य दानवो रौद्रदुर्जयः
bhujaṃgarūpī raṃdhreṇa praviveśa dṛśaḥpatham| parihṛtya gaṇeśasya dānavo raudradurjayaḥ
In the form of a serpent the dānava, dreadful and hard to conquer, entered through a crevice, avoiding the path of Gaṇeśa's (Vīraka's) gaze.
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PdP 1 44.59
अलक्षितो गणेशेन प्रविश्याथ परां तनुम्। भुजंगरूपं संत्यज्य जग्राहाथ महासुरः
alakṣito gaṇeśena praviśyātha parāṃ tanum| bhujaṃgarūpaṃ saṃtyajya jagrāhātha mahāsuraḥ
Unseen by Gaṇeśa, having entered, the great asura then abandoned the serpent form and assumed another body.
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PdP 1 44.60
उमारूपं रमयितुं गिरिशं मूढचेतनः। कृत्वा मायामयं रूपमप्रतर्क्यं मनोहरम्
umārūpaṃ ramayituṃ giriśaṃ mūḍhacetanaḥ| kṛtvā māyāmayaṃ rūpamapratarkyaṃ manoharam
In order to enjoy Giriśa (in) Umā's form, the deluded-minded one, having made a form composed of illusion, inconceivable and charming,
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PdP 1 44.61
सर्वैरवयवैः पूर्णं सर्वाभिज्ञानबृंहितम्। कृत्वा भगांतरे दंतं दैत्यो वज्रमयं दृढम्
sarvairavayavaiḥ pūrṇaṃ sarvābhijñānabṛṃhitam| kṛtvā bhagāṃtare daṃtaṃ daityo vajramayaṃ dṛḍham
complete in all its limbs, filled out with all the identifying marks—the daitya, having placed within the vulva a hard tooth made of adamant,
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PdP 1 44.62
तीक्ष्णाग्रं बुद्धिमोहेन गिरिशं हंतुमुद्यतः। कृत्वोमारूपसंस्थानं गतो दैत्यो हरांतिकम्
tīkṣṇāgraṃ buddhimohena giriśaṃ haṃtumudyataḥ| kṛtvomārūpasaṃsthānaṃ gato daityo harāṃtikam
sharp-pointed—through delusion of mind was intent on killing Giriśa; having taken on the appearance of Umā's form, the daitya went into Hara's presence,
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PdP 1 44.63
पापो रम्याकृतिश्चित्र भूषणांबरसंयुतः। तं दृष्ट्वा गिरिशस्तुष्टस्तमालिंग्य महासुरम्
pāpo ramyākṛtiścitra bhūṣaṇāṃbarasaṃyutaḥ| taṃ dṛṣṭvā giriśastuṣṭastamāliṃgya mahāsuram
the evil one, of lovely shape, furnished with wondrous ornaments and garments. Seeing him, Giriśa was delighted, and embracing that great asura,
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PdP 1 44.64
मन्यमानो गिरिसुतां सर्वैरवयवांतरैः। अपृच्छत्साधुभावं ते गिरिपुत्रि न कृत्रिमम्
manyamāno girisutāṃ sarvairavayavāṃtaraiḥ| apṛcchatsādhubhāvaṃ te giriputri na kṛtrimam
taking (him) for the mountain's daughter by every one of his limbs, he asked: "Your kindly mood, O daughter of the mountain, is not feigned—"
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PdP 1 44.65
या त्वं मदाशयं ज्ञात्वा प्राप्तेह वरवर्णिनी। त्वया विरहितं शून्यं मम स्थानं जगत्त्रयम्
yā tvaṃ madāśayaṃ jñātvā prāpteha varavarṇinī| tvayā virahitaṃ śūnyaṃ mama sthānaṃ jagattrayam
"—you who, knowing my mind, have come here, O fair-complexioned one. Bereft of you my abode, the three worlds, is empty.
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PdP 1 44.66
प्राप्ता प्रसन्नवदने युक्तमेवंविधं त्वयि। इत्युक्तो दानवेंद्रस्तु तं बभाषे स्मितं शनैः
prāptā prasannavadane yuktamevaṃvidhaṃ tvayi| ityukto dānaveṃdrastu taṃ babhāṣe smitaṃ śanaiḥ
You have come, O serene-faced one; such (conduct) is indeed fitting in you." So addressed, the lord of dānavas spoke to him softly, smiling.
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PdP 1 44.67
स चाबुध्यदभिज्ञानैः प्राह त्रिपुरघातिनम्। दैत्य उवाच। यातास्मि तपसः कामाद्वरं लब्धुं हिमाचलम्
sa cābudhyadabhijñānaiḥ prāha tripuraghātinam| daitya uvāca| yātāsmi tapasaḥ kāmādvaraṃ labdhuṃ himācalam
And he did not perceive (it) by the marks; (the daitya) spoke to the slayer of Tripura. The daitya said: I had gone to the Himālaya out of desire for austerity, to obtain a boon;
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PdP 1 44.68
रतिश्च तत्र मेनाभूत्ततः प्राप्ता त्वदंतिकम्। इत्युक्तः शंकरः शंकां चित्ते प्राप्तो विचारयन्
ratiśca tatra menābhūttataḥ prāptā tvadaṃtikam| ityuktaḥ śaṃkaraḥ śaṃkāṃ citte prāpto vicārayan
and there I found no pleasure, so I have come to your side. Thus addressed, Śaṃkara reached a doubt in his mind, reflecting:
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PdP 1 44.69
हृदयेन समाधाय देवः प्रहसिताननः। कुपिता कुपितं बुद्ध्वा प्रकृत्या च दृढव्रता
hṛdayena samādhāya devaḥ prahasitānanaḥ| kupitā kupitaṃ buddhvā prakṛtyā ca dṛḍhavratā
the god, having settled (the matter) in his heart, his face smiling (thought): "Angered (herself), and knowing (me) angered, and by nature firm in her vows,
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PdP 1 44.70
अप्राप्तकामा संप्राप्ता किमेतत्संविजानती। इति चिंत्य हरस्तस्या अभिज्ञानं विचारयन्
aprāptakāmā saṃprāptā kimetatsaṃvijānatī| iti ciṃtya harastasyā abhijñānaṃ vicārayan
she has come without having obtained her desire—what is this?—she who understands (such things)." Having thought thus, Hara, examining her identifying marks,
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PdP 1 44.71
नापश्यद्वामपार्श्वे तु तदंकं पद्मलक्षणम्। लोम्नामावर्तरचितं ततो देवः पिनाकधृक्
nāpaśyadvāmapārśve tu tadaṃkaṃ padmalakṣaṇam| lomnāmāvartaracitaṃ tato devaḥ pinākadhṛk
did not see on the left side that mark with the sign of a lotus, formed by a whorl of hair. Then the god who bears the Pināka,
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PdP 1 44.72
बुद्ध्वा तां दानवीं मायामाकारं गूहयंस्ततः। मेढ्रदंष्ट्रास्त्रमादाय दानवं तमसादयत्
buddhvā tāṃ dānavīṃ māyāmākāraṃ gūhayaṃstataḥ| meḍhradaṃṣṭrāstramādāya dānavaṃ tamasādayat
recognizing that dānava illusion, then concealing his expression, took up the weapon called meḍhra-daṃṣṭra and destroyed the dānava.
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PdP 1 44.73
न चाबुध्यत तद्वृत्तं वीरको द्वाररक्षकः। कुसुमामोदिनं दृष्ट्वा स्त्रीरूपं दानवेश्वरम्
na cābudhyata tadvṛttaṃ vīrako dvārarakṣakaḥ| kusumāmodinaṃ dṛṣṭvā strīrūpaṃ dānaveśvaram
And Vīraka, the guardian of the door, did not know what had happened, having seen the lord of dānavas in a woman's form, fragrant with flowers.
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PdP 1 44.74
दूतेन मारुतेनाशु बोधिता हिमशैलजा। श्रुत्वा वायुमुखाद्देवी क्रोधरक्ताविलेक्षणा
dūtena mārutenāśu bodhitā himaśailajā| śrutvā vāyumukhāddevī krodharaktāvilekṣaṇā
The daughter of the snowy mountain was swiftly informed by the Wind as messenger; hearing (it) from Vāyu's mouth, the goddess, her eyes red and clouded with anger,
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PdP 1 44.75
अपश्यद्वीरकं पुत्रं हृदयेनैव दूयता। देव्युवाच। मातरं मां परित्यज्य यस्मात्त्वं स्नेहविक्लवाम्
apaśyadvīrakaṃ putraṃ hṛdayenaiva dūyatā| devyuvāca| mātaraṃ māṃ parityajya yasmāttvaṃ snehaviklavām
She saw her son Vīraka, her heart itself burning (with grief). The Goddess said: "Since you, abandoning me, your mother, who was overcome with affection,
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PdP 1 44.76
विहितावसरः स्त्रीणां शंकरस्य रहोविधौ। तस्मात्ते मानुषे रूक्षा जडा हृदयवर्जिता
vihitāvasaraḥ strīṇāṃ śaṃkarasya rahovidhau| tasmātte mānuṣe rūkṣā jaḍā hṛdayavarjitā
granted (other) women access to Śaṃkara at his time of privacy — therefore your mother shall, among men, be harsh, insensible, devoid of a heart,
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PdP 1 44.77
गणेशाकारसदृशी शिला माता भविष्यति। निमित्त एष विख्यातो वीरकस्य सुतादरात्
gaṇeśākārasadṛśī śilā mātā bhaviṣyati| nimitta eṣa vikhyāto vīrakasya sutādarāt
a stone shall your mother be, resembling in shape Gaṇeśa. This is the famed occasion (of it), arising from Vīraka's regard for (his) son.
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PdP 1 44.78
संभवे प्रक्रमे चैव विचित्राख्या न संशयः। एवमुत्सृष्टशापायां गिरिपुत्र्यामनंतरं
saṃbhave prakrame caiva vicitrākhyā na saṃśayaḥ| evamutsṛṣṭaśāpāyāṃ giriputryāmanaṃtaraṃ
In its arising and in its course it is called manifold — there is no doubt. When the mountain's daughter had thus let loose the curse, immediately
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PdP 1 44.79
निर्जगाम मुखात्क्रोधः सिंहरूपी महाबलः। स तु सिंहः करालास्यः सटाजटिलकंधरः
nirjagāma mukhātkrodhaḥ siṃharūpī mahābalaḥ| sa tu siṃhaḥ karālāsyaḥ saṭājaṭilakaṃdharaḥ
wrath came forth from her mouth in the form of a lion, of great strength. And that lion had a gaping maw, its neck matted with a mane,
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PdP 1 44.80
ऊर्ध्वप्रोद्भूतलांगूलो दंष्ट्रोत्कटमुखावटः। व्यादितास्यो लंबजिह्वः क्षामः कुक्षिबलादिषु
ūrdhvaprodbhūtalāṃgūlo daṃṣṭrotkaṭamukhāvaṭaḥ| vyāditāsyo laṃbajihvaḥ kṣāmaḥ kukṣibalādiṣu
its tail raised high, the hollow of its mouth fierce with fangs, its jaws open, its tongue hanging out, lean in the belly and the flanks and the rest.
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PdP 1 44.81
अस्यास्ये वर्तितुं देवी व्यवस्थितवती तदा। ज्ञात्वा मनोगतं तस्या भगवांश्चतुराननः
asyāsye vartituṃ devī vyavasthitavatī tadā| jñātvā manogataṃ tasyā bhagavāṃścaturānanaḥ
Then the Goddess made ready to abide in its mouth. Knowing what was in her mind, the blessed four-faced one
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PdP 1 44.82
आजगामाश्रमपदं संपदामाश्रयं यतः। आगम्योवाच देवेशो गिरिजां स्पष्टया गिरा
ājagāmāśramapadaṃ saṃpadāmāśrayaṃ yataḥ| āgamyovāca deveśo girijāṃ spaṣṭayā girā
came to the hermitage ground, since it was the resort of good fortunes. Having come, the lord of gods spoke to the mountain-born one in plain words:
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PdP 1 44.83
ब्रह्मोवाच-। किं पुनः प्राप्तुकामासि किमलभ्यं ददामि ते। विरम्यतामतिक्लेशात्तपसोस्मान्मदाज्ञया
brahmovāca-| kiṃ punaḥ prāptukāmāsi kimalabhyaṃ dadāmi te| viramyatāmatikleśāttapasosmānmadājñayā
Brahmā said: What more do you wish to obtain? What unobtainable thing shall I give you? Let there be an end, by my command, to this austerity of excessive hardship.
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PdP 1 44.84
तच्छ्रुत्वोवाचगिरिजा गुरोर्गौरवयंत्रितं। वाक्यं वाचाहरोद्गीर्णवर्णनिर्गमवांछितं
tacchrutvovācagirijā gurorgauravayaṃtritaṃ| vākyaṃ vācāharodgīrṇavarṇanirgamavāṃchitaṃ
Hearing that, the mountain's daughter spoke a speech restrained by reverence for her elder, with a voice whose desire was the issuing forth of the syllables it uttered.
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PdP 1 44.85
देव्युवाच-। तपसा दुष्करेणाप्तः पतिर्वै शंकरो मया। समां श्यामलवर्णेति बहुशः प्रोक्तवान्रहः
devyuvāca-| tapasā duṣkareṇāptaḥ patirvai śaṃkaro mayā| samāṃ śyāmalavarṇeti bahuśaḥ proktavānrahaḥ
The Goddess said: By hard austerity Śaṃkara was won by me as husband; (yet) in private he said to me many times, "You are of a dark colour."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 44.86
तस्मादहं कांचनाभवर्णा तन्नामसंयुता। भर्तुर्भूतपतेरंगमेकतो निर्विषं भवेत्
tasmādahaṃ kāṃcanābhavarṇā tannāmasaṃyutā| bharturbhūtapateraṃgamekato nirviṣaṃ bhavet
Therefore may I become of the colour of gold and bear that name, so that the body of my husband, the lord of beings, may be in one place free of poison.
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PdP 1 44.87
तस्यास्तद्भाषितं श्रुत्वा प्रोवाच जगदीश्वरः। एवं भव त्वं भूयश्च भर्तुर्देहार्द्धचारिणी
tasyāstadbhāṣitaṃ śrutvā provāca jagadīśvaraḥ| evaṃ bhava tvaṃ bhūyaśca bharturdehārddhacāriṇī
Hearing that speech of hers, the lord of the world said: Be so, and further, be one who shares half your husband's body.
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PdP 1 44.88
ततस्तत्याजतां कृष्णां फुल्लनीलोत्पलत्वचं। त्वक्च साप्यभवद्भीमा घंटाहस्तात्रिलोचना
tatastatyājatāṃ kṛṣṇāṃ phullanīlotpalatvacaṃ| tvakca sāpyabhavadbhīmā ghaṃṭāhastātrilocanā
Then she cast off that black skin, (dark) as a full-blown blue lotus; and that skin too became Bhīmā, bell in hand, three-eyed,
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PdP 1 44.89
नानाभरणसंपूर्णा पीतकौशेयधारिणी। तामब्रवीत्ततो ब्रह्मा देवीं नीलांबुजत्विषं
nānābharaṇasaṃpūrṇā pītakauśeyadhāriṇī| tāmabravīttato brahmā devīṃ nīlāṃbujatviṣaṃ
adorned with manifold ornaments, wearing yellow silk. Then Brahmā said to her, the goddess with the sheen of a blue lotus:
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PdP 1 44.90
निशे भूधरजा देह संपर्का त्वं मदाज्ञया। संप्राप्ता कृतकृत्यत्वमेकानंशा पुरो ह्यसि
niśe bhūdharajā deha saṃparkā tvaṃ madājñayā| saṃprāptā kṛtakṛtyatvamekānaṃśā puro hyasi
O Night, by my command you, sprung from contact with the mountain-daughter's body, have attained the state of having accomplished your purpose; henceforth you are one, without portions.
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PdP 1 44.91
य एष सिंहः प्रोद्भूतो देव्याः क्रोधाद्वरानने। स तेस्तु वाहनं देवि केतौ चास्तु महाबलः
ya eṣa siṃhaḥ prodbhūto devyāḥ krodhādvarānane| sa testu vāhanaṃ devi ketau cāstu mahābalaḥ
This lion which has arisen from the Goddess's wrath, O fair-faced one — let it be your mount, O goddess, and let the mighty one be on your banner too.
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PdP 1 44.92
गच्छ विंध्याचलं तत्र सुरकार्यं करिष्यसि। पंचालो नाम यक्षोयं यक्षलक्षपदानुगः
gaccha viṃdhyācalaṃ tatra surakāryaṃ kariṣyasi| paṃcālo nāma yakṣoyaṃ yakṣalakṣapadānugaḥ
Go to the Vindhya mountain; there you shall accomplish the gods' work. This yakṣa named Pañcāla, attended at his feet by a hundred thousand yakṣas,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 44.93
दत्तस्ते किंकरो देवि मया मायाशतैर्युतः। इत्युक्त्वा कौशिकी देवी विंध्यशैलं जगाम ह
dattaste kiṃkaro devi mayā māyāśatairyutaḥ| ityuktvā kauśikī devī viṃdhyaśailaṃ jagāma ha
is given to you by me as a servant, O goddess, endowed with hundreds of magic arts. Having said this — and the goddess Kauśikī went to the Vindhya mountain.
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PdP 1 44.94
उमापि प्राप्तसंकल्पा जगाम गिरिशांतिकं। प्रविशंतीं तु तां द्वारादपहृत्य समाहितः
umāpi prāptasaṃkalpā jagāma giriśāṃtikaṃ| praviśaṃtīṃ tu tāṃ dvārādapahṛtya samāhitaḥ
Umā too, her resolve fulfilled, went to Śiva's presence. But as she was entering, (Vīraka) intently barred her from the doorway,
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PdP 1 44.95
रुरोध वीरको देवीं हेमवेत्रलताधरः। तामुवाच च कोपेन रूपे तु व्यभिचारिणीं
rurodha vīrako devīṃ hemavetralatādharaḥ| tāmuvāca ca kopena rūpe tu vyabhicāriṇīṃ
Vīraka, holding a golden cane-staff, blocked the Goddess, and in anger he said to her, (taking her for) one false in her form:
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PdP 1 44.96
प्रयोजनं न तेत्रास्ति गच्छ यावन्न भक्ष्यसे। देव्यारूपधरो दैत्यो देवं वंचितुमागतः
prayojanaṃ na tetrāsti gaccha yāvanna bhakṣyase| devyārūpadharo daityo devaṃ vaṃcitumāgataḥ
"You have no business here; go, before you are eaten! A demon wearing the form of the Goddess once came to deceive the god;
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PdP 1 44.97
प्रविष्टो न च दृष्टोसौ स च देवेन घातितः। घातिते चाहमाज्ञप्तो नीलकंठेन कोपिना
praviṣṭo na ca dṛṣṭosau sa ca devena ghātitaḥ| ghātite cāhamājñapto nīlakaṃṭhena kopinā
he entered and was not noticed, and he was slain by the god; and when he had been slain I was given an order by the angry Blue-throated one:
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PdP 1 44.98
द्वारे त्वनवधानं ते यस्मात्पश्यामि वै ततः। भविष्यसि न मे द्वास्थो वर्षपूगाननेकशः
dvāre tvanavadhānaṃ te yasmātpaśyāmi vai tataḥ| bhaviṣyasi na me dvāstho varṣapūgānanekaśaḥ
'Since I see this inattentiveness of yours at the door, therefore you shall not be my doorkeeper for many a run of years.'
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PdP 1 44.99
अतस्ते नात्र दास्यामि प्रवेशं गम्यतां द्रुतम्। एकां मुक्त्वा गिरिसुतां मातरं स्नेहवत्सलाम्
ataste nātra dāsyāmi praveśaṃ gamyatāṃ drutam| ekāṃ muktvā girisutāṃ mātaraṃ snehavatsalām
Therefore I shall not grant you entry here; be off, quickly! Except for one alone, the mountain's daughter, the mother tender with affection,
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PdP 1 44.100
प्रवेशं लभते नान्या नारी कमललोचने। इत्युक्त्वा तु तदा देवी चिंतयामास चेतसा1.44.
praveśaṃ labhate nānyā nārī kamalalocane| ityuktvā tu tadā devī ciṃtayāmāsa cetasā1.44.
no other woman gains entry, O lotus-eyed one." When this had been said, the Goddess then pondered in her mind:
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PdP 1 44.101
नारी नैव स दैतेयो वायुर्मे यामभाषत। वृथैव वीरकश्शप्तो मया क्रोधपरीतया
nārī naiva sa daiteyo vāyurme yāmabhāṣata| vṛthaiva vīrakaśśapto mayā krodhaparītayā
"She of whom the wind spoke to me was no woman at all — that was a demon! In vain has Vīraka been cursed by me, in the grip of anger.
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PdP 1 44.102
अकार्यं क्रियते मूढैः प्रायः क्रोधसमन्वितैः। क्रोधेन नश्यते कीर्तिः क्रोधो हंति स्थितां श्रियम्
akāryaṃ kriyate mūḍhaiḥ prāyaḥ krodhasamanvitaiḥ| krodhena naśyate kīrtiḥ krodho haṃti sthitāṃ śriyam
What ought not be done is generally done by fools filled with anger; through anger fame is lost, anger destroys the prosperity that stands (secure).
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PdP 1 44.103
अपरिच्छिन्नतत्वार्था पुत्रं शापितवत्यहं। विपरीतार्थबुद्धीनां सुलभो विपदागमः
aparicchinnatatvārthā putraṃ śāpitavatyahaṃ| viparītārthabuddhīnāṃ sulabho vipadāgamaḥ
Without having determined the true state of the matter, I have laid a curse on my son; for those whose understanding of things is inverted, the arrival of calamity comes easily."
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PdP 1 44.104
संचिंत्यैवमुवाचेदं वीरकं प्रति शैलजा। सज्जलज्जाविकारेण वदनेनाम्बुजत्विषा
saṃciṃtyaivamuvācedaṃ vīrakaṃ prati śailajā| sajjalajjāvikāreṇa vadanenāmbujatviṣā
Having reflected thus, the mountain-born one said this to Vīraka, with a face lotus-bright and altered by the shame that arose in her:
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PdP 1 44.105
देव्युवाच-। अहं वीरक ते माता न तेस्तु मनसो भ्रमः। शंकरस्यास्मि दयिता सुता तुहिनभूभृतः
devyuvāca-| ahaṃ vīraka te mātā na testu manaso bhramaḥ| śaṃkarasyāsmi dayitā sutā tuhinabhūbhṛtaḥ
The Goddess said: I am your mother, Vīraka; let there be no bewilderment of your mind. I am the beloved of Śaṃkara, the daughter of the bearer of snow (the Himālaya).
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PdP 1 44.106
मम गात्रच्छविभ्रांत्या मा शंकां पुत्र धारय। तुष्टेन गौरता दत्ता ममेयं पद्मजन्मना
mama gātracchavibhrāṃtyā mā śaṃkāṃ putra dhāraya| tuṣṭena gauratā dattā mameyaṃ padmajanmanā
Do not entertain doubt, son, through confusion over the hue of my body; this fairness was given me by the lotus-born, who was pleased (with me).
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PdP 1 44.107
मया शप्तोस्यविदिते वृत्तांते दैत्यनिर्मिते। ज्ञात्वा नारीप्रवेशं तु शंकरे रहसि स्थिते
mayā śaptosyavidite vṛttāṃte daityanirmite| jñātvā nārīpraveśaṃ tu śaṃkare rahasi sthite
You were cursed by me while the affair contrived by the demon was unknown (to me), knowing only that a woman had entered while Śaṃkara was in seclusion.
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PdP 1 44.108
ननिवर्तयितुं शक्यः शापः किंतु ब्रवीमि ते। शीघ्रमेष्यसि मानुष्यात्सर्वकामसमन्वितः
nanivartayituṃ śakyaḥ śāpaḥ kiṃtu bravīmi te| śīghrameṣyasi mānuṣyātsarvakāmasamanvitaḥ
The curse cannot be turned back, yet I tell you this: you will return swiftly from the human state, endowed with all you desire.
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PdP 1 44.109
शिरसा तु ततो वंद्य मातरं पूर्णमानसः। उवाच साध्वीं पूर्णेन्दु द्युतिं तुहिनशैलजां
śirasā tu tato vaṃdya mātaraṃ pūrṇamānasaḥ| uvāca sādhvīṃ pūrṇendu dyutiṃ tuhinaśailajāṃ
Then, saluting his mother with his head (bowed), his mind made whole, he spoke to that virtuous one, radiant as the full moon, the daughter of the snow mountain:
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PdP 1 44.110
वीरक उवाच-। नतसुरासुरमौलिलसन्मणिप्रवरकांतिकरालिनखाङ्घ्रिके। नगसुते शरणागतवत्सले नवनमोवनतार्त्तिविनाशिनि
vīraka uvāca-| natasurāsuramaulilasanmaṇipravarakāṃtikarālinakhāṅghrike| nagasute śaraṇāgatavatsale navanamovanatārttivināśini
Vīraka said: O you whose toenails are formidable with the brilliance of the choice gems glittering on the crowns of the bowing gods and demons; O daughter of the mountain, tender toward those who come for refuge, destroyer of the affliction of those who bow again and again in homage;
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PdP 1 44.111
तपनमंडलमंडितकंधरे पृथुसुवर्णनगद्युतिहारिके। विषमभंगविषंगमभीषितो गिरिसुते भवतीमहमाश्रये
tapanamaṃḍalamaṃḍitakaṃdhare pṛthusuvarṇanagadyutihārike| viṣamabhaṃgaviṣaṃgamabhīṣito girisute bhavatīmahamāśraye
O you whose neck is adorned with the sun's orb, who take away the radiance of the vast golden mountain — terrified by contact with dire ruin, O mountain's daughter, I take refuge in you.
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PdP 1 44.112
जगतिकाप्रणताभिमता ददौ झटिति सिद्धिमृते भवतीं यथा। जगतिकां प्रणमेच्छशिशेखरो भुवनभृन्मुनयो भवतीं यथा
jagatikāpraṇatābhimatā dadau jhaṭiti siddhimṛte bhavatīṃ yathā| jagatikāṃ praṇamecchaśiśekharo bhuvanabhṛnmunayo bhavatīṃ yathā
(As) the desire of the bowed-down world, she straightway granted attainment, as you (do) — may the moon-crested one, and the world-bearers and the sages, bow to the little world, as (they bow) to you.
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PdP 1 44.113
विमलयोगविनिर्मितदुर्जये सुतनुतुल्यमहेश्वरमंडली। विदलितांधकबांधवसंहतिः सुरवरैः प्रथमं त्वमभिष्टुता
vimalayogavinirmitadurjaye sutanutulyamaheśvaramaṃḍalī| vidalitāṃdhakabāṃdhavasaṃhatiḥ suravaraiḥ prathamaṃ tvamabhiṣṭutā
O you unassailable one, fashioned of pure yoga, whose circle of Maheśvara is like your own fair body, crusher of the massed kinsmen of Andhaka — you were the first to be praised by the foremost gods.
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PdP 1 44.114
सितसटापटलोद्धतकंधराभवमहामृगराजरयस्थिता। विमलशक्तिमुखानलपिंगला यतभुजौघनिपिष्टमहासुरा
sitasaṭāpaṭaloddhatakaṃdharābhavamahāmṛgarājarayasthitā| vimalaśaktimukhānalapiṃgalā yatabhujaughanipiṣṭamahāsurā
Poised on the onrush of Bhava's great lion, whose neck is reared up with its spread of white mane; tawny with the fire from the mouth of your pure power, you who have ground down the great asuras with your mass of disciplined arms;
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PdP 1 44.115
निगदिता भुवनैरतिचंडिकाजननिशुंभनिशुंभनिषूदिनी। प्रणतचिंतितदा भवदा नवप्रशमनैकरतिस्तरसा भुवि
nigaditā bhuvanairaticaṃḍikājananiśuṃbhaniśuṃbhaniṣūdinī| praṇataciṃtitadā bhavadā navapraśamanaikaratistarasā bhuvi
She is proclaimed by the worlds as the exceedingly fierce Caṇḍikā, the mother, the destroyer of Niśumbha; giver of what those who bow think of, giver of existence, whose sole delight is in the quelling (of foes) anew, swiftly, upon the earth.
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PdP 1 44.116
वियतिवायुपथे ज्वलनाकुलेवनितले तव देवि च यद्वपुः। तदजितेप्रतिमे प्रणमाम्यहं भुवनभाविनिते भववल्लभे
viyativāyupathe jvalanākulevanitale tava devi ca yadvapuḥ| tadajitepratime praṇamāmyahaṃ bhuvanabhāvinite bhavavallabhe
In the sky, on the path of the wind, in fire, on the surface of the earth — whatever body of yours there is, O Goddess, to that I bow, O unconquered one, O incomparable one, O you who bring the worlds into being, O beloved of Bhava.
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PdP 1 44.117
जलधयो ललितोद्धतवीचयो हुतवहो द्युतिदग्धचराचरः। फणसहस्रभृतश्च भुजंगमास्त्वमभिधास्यसि मामभयंकरा
jaladhayo lalitoddhatavīcayo hutavaho dyutidagdhacarācaraḥ| phaṇasahasrabhṛtaśca bhujaṃgamāstvamabhidhāsyasi māmabhayaṃkarā
The oceans with their lovely upsurging waves, the fire that burns the moving and unmoving with its blaze, and the serpents bearing a thousand hoods — you will name them to me, O maker of fearlessness.
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PdP 1 44.118
भगवति स्थिरभक्तजनाश्रये प्रतिगतो भवतीचरणाश्रयं। करणजातमिहास्तु ममाश्रवैतवविलासमुखानुभवास्यदम्
bhagavati sthirabhaktajanāśraye pratigato bhavatīcaraṇāśrayaṃ| karaṇajātamihāstu mamāśravaitavavilāsamukhānubhavāsyadam
O Bhagavatī, refuge of the steadfast devotees, (I) have come to the shelter of your feet; let my host of senses here be (given over) to the enjoyment and tasting of your play, (which is) foremost.
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PdP 1 44.119
सुप्रसन्ना ततो देवी वीरकस्येति संस्तुता। प्रविवेश शुभंभर्तुर्भुवनं भूधरात्मजा
suprasannā tato devī vīrakasyeti saṃstutā| praviveśa śubhaṃbharturbhuvanaṃ bhūdharātmajā
Then the goddess, well pleased, thus praised by Vīraka — the daughter of the mountain — entered the auspicious dwelling of her husband.
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PdP 1 44.120
द्वास्थोपि वीरको देवान्हरदर्शनकांक्षिणः। व्यसर्जयत्स्वकानेव गृहानादरपूर्वकं
dvāsthopi vīrako devānharadarśanakāṃkṣiṇaḥ| vyasarjayatsvakāneva gṛhānādarapūrvakaṃ
And Vīraka, being the doorkeeper, respectfully sent the gods who longed for the sight of Hara back to their own homes.
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PdP 1 44.121
नास्त्यत्रावसरो देवा देव्याः सह वृषाकपिः। निभृतः क्रीडतीत्युक्ता ययुस्ते च यथागतं
nāstyatrāvasaro devā devyāḥ saha vṛṣākapiḥ| nibhṛtaḥ krīḍatītyuktā yayuste ca yathāgataṃ
"There is no opportunity here, gods; Vṛṣākapi is playing in seclusion with the goddess" — so told, they too went off as they had come.
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PdP 1 44.122
गते वर्षसहस्रे तु देवास्त्वरितमानसाः। ज्वलनं चोदयामासुर्ज्ञातुं शंकरचेष्टितं
gate varṣasahasre tu devāstvaritamānasāḥ| jvalanaṃ codayāmāsurjñātuṃ śaṃkaraceṣṭitaṃ
But when a thousand years had passed, the gods, impatient in mind, urged Fire on, to find out what Śaṃkara was doing.
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PdP 1 44.123
प्रविश्य पक्षिरंध्रेण शुकरूपी हुताशनः। ददर्श शयने सर्वं रतौ गिरिजया सह
praviśya pakṣiraṃdhreṇa śukarūpī hutāśanaḥ| dadarśa śayane sarvaṃ ratau girijayā saha
Entering through a bird-hole in the form of a parrot, Fire saw it all upon the bed: (Śiva) in love-making with the mountain's daughter.
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PdP 1 44.124
ददर्श तं च देवेशो हुताशं शुकरूपिणं। तमुवाच महादेवः किंचित्कोपसमन्वितः
dadarśa taṃ ca deveśo hutāśaṃ śukarūpiṇaṃ| tamuvāca mahādevaḥ kiṃcitkopasamanvitaḥ
And the lord of the gods saw him, Fire in the form of a parrot; Mahādeva, somewhat filled with anger, said to him:
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PdP 1 44.125
शर्व उवाच। निषिक्तमर्धं देव्यां मे वीर्यं च शुकविग्रह। लज्जया विरतिश्चास्य त्वमर्धं पिब पावक
śarva uvāca| niṣiktamardhaṃ devyāṃ me vīryaṃ ca śukavigraha| lajjayā viratiścāsya tvamardhaṃ piba pāvaka
Śarva said: Half my seed has been poured into the goddess, O you in parrot's body, and out of shame there is a ceasing of it; you drink the (other) half, O Pāvaka.
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PdP 1 44.126
यस्मात्तु त्वत्कृते विघ्नं तस्मात्त्वय्युपपद्यते। इत्युक्तः प्राञ्जलिर्वह्निरपिबद्वीर्यमाहितं
yasmāttu tvatkṛte vighnaṃ tasmāttvayyupapadyate| ityuktaḥ prāñjalirvahnirapibadvīryamāhitaṃ
Since the obstruction was caused by you, therefore it falls to you. Addressed thus, Fire, with palms joined, drank the seed that had been deposited.
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PdP 1 44.127
तेनाप्लुतास्ततो देवास्तन्मुखा ऋभवो यतः। विपाट्य जठरं तेषां वीर्यं माहेश्वरं ततः
tenāplutāstato devāstanmukhā ṛbhavo yataḥ| vipāṭya jaṭharaṃ teṣāṃ vīryaṃ māheśvaraṃ tataḥ
Then the gods were sprinkled with it — the Ṛbhus, whose mouths (received) it; then, splitting open their bellies, the seed of Maheśvara
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PdP 1 44.128
निष्क्रांतं तप्तहेमाभं वितते शंकराश्रमे। तस्मिन्सरो महज्जातं विमलं बहुयोजनं
niṣkrāṃtaṃ taptahemābhaṃ vitate śaṃkarāśrame| tasminsaro mahajjātaṃ vimalaṃ bahuyojanaṃ
came out, with the sheen of molten gold, in Śaṃkara's broad hermitage; there a great lake came into being, clear, many leagues (across),
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PdP 1 44.129
प्रोत्फुल्लहेमकमलं नानाविहगनादितम्। तच्छ्रुत्वा तु सरो देवी जातं हेममहांबुजम्
protphullahemakamalaṃ nānāvihaganāditam| tacchrutvā tu saro devī jātaṃ hemamahāṃbujam
with golden lotuses in full bloom, resounding with many kinds of birds. Hearing that that lake had come to be, with its great golden lotus, the goddess
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PdP 1 44.130
जगाम कौतुकाविष्टा तत्सरः कनकांबुजम्। तत्र कृत्वा जलक्रीडां तदब्जकृतशेखरा
jagāma kautukāviṣṭā tatsaraḥ kanakāṃbujam| tatra kṛtvā jalakrīḍāṃ tadabjakṛtaśekharā
went, seized with curiosity, to that lake of golden lotuses. Having played in the water there, with a crest made of that lotus,
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PdP 1 44.131
उपविष्टा ततस्तस्य तीरे देवी सखीवृता। पातुकामा च तत्तोयं स्वादुनिर्मलपंकजम्
upaviṣṭā tatastasya tīre devī sakhīvṛtā| pātukāmā ca tattoyaṃ svādunirmalapaṃkajam
the goddess then sat on its bank, surrounded by her companions, wishing also to drink that water, sweet and with spotless lotuses,
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PdP 1 44.132
अपश्यत्कृत्तिकास्तास्स षडर्कद्युतिसन्निभाः। पद्मपत्रे तु तद्वारि गृहीत्वा प्रस्थिता गृहम्
apaśyatkṛttikāstāssa ṣaḍarkadyutisannibhāḥ| padmapatre tu tadvāri gṛhītvā prasthitā gṛham
(when) she saw those six Kṛttikās, like the sun in brilliance, setting out for home, having taken that water in a lotus leaf.
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PdP 1 44.133
हर्षात्सोवाच पास्यामि पद्मपत्रे स्थितं पयः। ततःस्ता ऊचुरखिलाः कृत्तिका हिमशैलजाम्
harṣātsovāca pāsyāmi padmapatre sthitaṃ payaḥ| tataḥstā ūcurakhilāḥ kṛttikā himaśailajām
Out of delight she said, "I shall drink the water that is in the lotus leaf." Then all those Kṛttikās said to the daughter of the snowy mountain:
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PdP 1 44.134
कृत्तिका ऊचुः-। दास्यामो दयिते गर्भे संभूतो यो भविष्यति। सोस्माकमपि पुत्रः स्यादस्मत्त्राता च वृत्तिमान्
kṛttikā ūcuḥ-| dāsyāmo dayite garbhe saṃbhūto yo bhaviṣyati| sosmākamapi putraḥ syādasmattrātā ca vṛttimān
The Kṛttikās said: We shall give it, dear one; whoever comes to be, conceived in the womb (from it), let him be our son too, and our protector and sustainer,
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PdP 1 44.135
त्रिषु लोकेषु विख्यातः सर्वेष्वपि शुभानने। इत्युक्तोवाच गिरिजा कथं मद्गात्रसंभवैः
triṣu lokeṣu vikhyātaḥ sarveṣvapi śubhānane| ityuktovāca girijā kathaṃ madgātrasaṃbhavaiḥ
"(He will be) famed in all three worlds, O fair-faced one." Thus addressed, Girijā said: "How, from parts born of my body—"
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PdP 1 44.136
सर्वैरवयवैर्युक्तो भवतीभ्यः सुतो भवेत्। ततस्तां कृत्तिका ऊचुर्विधास्यामोस्य वै वयम्
sarvairavayavairyukto bhavatībhyaḥ suto bhavet| tatastāṃ kṛttikā ūcurvidhāsyāmosya vai vayam
"—could a son endowed with all (his) limbs come to be from you (ladies)?" Then the Kṛttikās said to her: "We shall indeed arrange for him"
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PdP 1 44.137
उत्तमान्युत्तमांगानि यद्येवं तु भविष्यति। उक्ता वै शैलजा प्राह भवत्वेवमनिंदिताः
uttamānyuttamāṃgāni yadyevaṃ tu bhaviṣyati| uktā vai śailajā prāha bhavatvevamaniṃditāḥ
"excellent limbs, the most excellent ones." "If it shall be so"—thus addressed, the Mountain's daughter said, "Let it be so, O blameless ones."
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PdP 1 44.138
ततस्तु हर्षसंपूर्णा पद्मपत्रस्थितं पयः। तस्यै ददुस्तया चापि तत्पीतं क्रमशो जलम्
tatastu harṣasaṃpūrṇā padmapatrasthitaṃ payaḥ| tasyai dadustayā cāpi tatpītaṃ kramaśo jalam
Then, filled with joy, they gave her milk held in a lotus-leaf, and that water was drunk by her in due order.
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PdP 1 44.139
पीते तु सलिले चैव तस्मिन्नेव क्षणे वरः। विपाट्य देव्याश्च ततो दक्षिणं कुक्षिमुद्गतः
pīte tu salile caiva tasminneva kṣaṇe varaḥ| vipāṭya devyāśca tato dakṣiṇaṃ kukṣimudgataḥ
And when the water was drunk, in that very instant the excellent one, splitting open the goddess's right side, then rose up from her womb.
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PdP 1 44.140
निश्चक्रामाद्भुतो बालो रोगशोकविनाशनः। प्रभाकरकरव्रात प्रकारप्रकरप्रभुः
niścakrāmādbhuto bālo rogaśokavināśanaḥ| prabhākarakaravrāta prakāraprakaraprabhuḥ
There came forth a wondrous boy, destroyer of disease and sorrow, whose radiance was (like) the mass and multitude of the array of the sun's rays,
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PdP 1 44.141
गृहीतनिर्मलोदग्र शक्तिशूलांकुशोनलः। दीप्तो मारयितुं दैत्यानुत्थितः कनकच्छविः
gṛhītanirmalodagra śaktiśūlāṃkuśonalaḥ| dīpto mārayituṃ daityānutthitaḥ kanakacchaviḥ
holding a spotless, uplifted spear, trident, hook and fire(?), blazing, of golden hue, risen to slay the Daityas.
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PdP 1 44.142
एतस्मात्कारणादेव कुमारश्चापि सोभवत्। वामं विदार्य निष्क्रांतस्ततो देव्याः पुनः शिशुः
etasmātkāraṇādeva kumāraścāpi sobhavat| vāmaṃ vidārya niṣkrāṃtastato devyāḥ punaḥ śiśuḥ
For this very reason he became Kumāra as well; and then again the child came out, having split open the goddess's left side.
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PdP 1 44.143
स्कंदोथ वदनाद्वह्नेः शुभ्रात्षड्वदनोरिहा। कृत्तिकासलिलादेव शाखाभिः सविशेषतः
skaṃdotha vadanādvahneḥ śubhrātṣaḍvadanorihā| kṛttikāsalilādeva śākhābhiḥ saviśeṣataḥ
Then Skanda (came) from the bright mouth of fire, six-faced here(?); and precisely from the water of the Kṛttikās, especially by (its) branches,
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PdP 1 44.144
शाखाः शिवाः समाख्याताः षट्सुवक्त्रेषु विस्तृताः। यतस्ततो विशाखोसौ ख्यातो लोकेषु षण्मुखः
śākhāḥ śivāḥ samākhyātāḥ ṣaṭsuvaktreṣu vistṛtāḥ| yatastato viśākhosau khyāto lokeṣu ṣaṇmukhaḥ
the auspicious branches are said to be spread out over (his) six faces; since (it is) so, he is known in the worlds as Viśākha, the six-faced one.
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PdP 1 44.145
स्कंदो विशाखः षड्वक्त्रः कार्तिकेयश्च विश्रुतः। पक्षे चैत्रस्य बहुले पंचदश्यां महाबलौ
skaṃdo viśākhaḥ ṣaḍvaktraḥ kārtikeyaśca viśrutaḥ| pakṣe caitrasya bahule paṃcadaśyāṃ mahābalau
Skanda, Viśākha, Ṣaḍvaktra, and he is renowned as Kārtikeya. On the fifteenth of the dark fortnight of Caitra the two of great strength
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PdP 1 44.146
संभूतावर्कसदृशौ विशाले शरकानने। सिते पक्षे तु पंचम्यां तथैतौ पावकानलौ
saṃbhūtāvarkasadṛśau viśāle śarakānane| site pakṣe tu paṃcamyāṃ tathaitau pāvakānalau
were born, resembling the sun, in the wide reed-forest; but on the fifth of the bright fortnight these two, fires of fire (i.e. blazing),
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PdP 1 44.147
बालकाभ्यां चकारैकं संध्यायामेव भूतये। तस्यामेव ततः षष्ठ्यामभिषिक्तो गुहः प्रभुः
bālakābhyāṃ cakāraikaṃ saṃdhyāyāmeva bhūtaye| tasyāmeva tataḥ ṣaṣṭhyāmabhiṣikto guhaḥ prabhuḥ
made one out of the two boys at twilight, for (the world's) welfare. Then on the sixth of that same (fortnight) the lord Guha was consecrated
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PdP 1 44.148
सर्वैरमरसंघातैर्ब्रह्मोपेंद्रेंद्र भास्करैः। गंधमाल्यैः शुभैर्धूपैस्तथा क्रीडनकैरपि
sarvairamarasaṃghātairbrahmopeṃdreṃdra bhāskaraiḥ| gaṃdhamālyaiḥ śubhairdhūpaistathā krīḍanakairapi
by all the hosts of immortals, by Brahmā, Upendra, Indra and the Sun, with perfumes and garlands, with fine incense, and also with playthings,
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PdP 1 44.149
छत्रैश्चामरजालैश्च भूषणैश्च विलेपनैः। अभिषिक्तो विधानेन यथावत्षण्मुखः प्रभुः
chatraiścāmarajālaiśca bhūṣaṇaiśca vilepanaiḥ| abhiṣikto vidhānena yathāvatṣaṇmukhaḥ prabhuḥ
with parasols and clusters of yak-tail fans, with ornaments and unguents: the six-faced lord was consecrated duly, according to the prescribed rite.
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PdP 1 44.150
सुतामस्मै ददौ शक्रो देवसेनेति विश्रुताम्। पत्न्यर्थं देवदेवेशो ददौ विष्णुरथायुधम्1.44.
sutāmasmai dadau śakro devaseneti viśrutām| patnyarthaṃ devadeveśo dadau viṣṇurathāyudham1.44.
Śakra gave him his daughter, renowned as Devasenā, to be his wife; the lord of the gods of gods, Viṣṇu, gave a chariot and a weapon.
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PdP 1 44.151
यक्षाणां दशलक्षाणि ददावस्य धनाधिपः। ददौ हुताशनस्तेजो ददौ वायुश्च वाहनम्
yakṣāṇāṃ daśalakṣāṇi dadāvasya dhanādhipaḥ| dadau hutāśanastejo dadau vāyuśca vāhanam
The lord of wealth gave him ten lakhs of Yakṣas; the fire-god gave splendour, and Vāyu gave a mount.
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PdP 1 44.152
ददौ क्रीडनकं त्वष्टा कुक्कुटं कामरूपिणम्। एवं सुरास्तु ते सर्वे परिवारमनन्तकम्
dadau krīḍanakaṃ tvaṣṭā kukkuṭaṃ kāmarūpiṇam| evaṃ surāstu te sarve parivāramanantakam
Tvaṣṭā gave as a plaything a cock that could take any form at will. Thus all those gods (gave him) an endless retinue,
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PdP 1 44.153
ददुर्मुदितचेतस्काः स्कंदायादित्यवर्चसे। जानुभ्यामवनौ स्थित्वा सुरसंघास्तमस्तुवन्
dadurmuditacetaskāḥ skaṃdāyādityavarcase| jānubhyāmavanau sthitvā surasaṃghāstamastuvan
with delighted minds they gave (it) to Skanda, who had the lustre of the sun. Standing on the ground on their knees, the hosts of gods praised him,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 44.154
स्तोत्रेणानेन वरदं षण्मुखं मुख्यशः सुराः। देवा ऊचुः-। नमः कुमाराय महाप्रभाय स्कंदाय चास्कंदितदानवाय
stotreṇānena varadaṃ ṣaṇmukhaṃ mukhyaśaḥ surāḥ| devā ūcuḥ-| namaḥ kumārāya mahāprabhāya skaṃdāya cāskaṃditadānavāya
the gods, foremost among them, (praised) the boon-giving six-faced one with this hymn. The gods said: Homage to Kumāra of great splendour, to Skanda, before whom the Dānavas do not stand firm,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 44.155
नवार्कबिंबप्रतिमप्रभाव नमोस्तु गुह्याय गुहाय तुभ्यम्। नमोस्तु ते लोकभयापहाय नमोस्तु ते लोककृपापराय
navārkabiṃbapratimaprabhāva namostu guhyāya guhāya tubhyam| namostu te lokabhayāpahāya namostu te lokakṛpāparāya
O (you) whose splendour is like the disc of the newly risen sun, homage to you, the hidden one, Guha; homage to you who take away the world's fear, homage to you who are wholly devoted to compassion for the world.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 44.156
नमो विशालामललोचनाय नमो विशाखाय महाव्रताय। नमो नमस्तेस्तु रणोत्कटाय नमो मयूरोज्ज्वलवाहनाय
namo viśālāmalalocanāya namo viśākhāya mahāvratāya| namo namastestu raṇotkaṭāya namo mayūrojjvalavāhanāya
Homage to him of wide, spotless eyes, homage to Viśākha of the great vow; homage, homage to you, fierce in battle, homage to him whose vehicle is the resplendent peacock.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 44.157
नमोस्तु केयूरधराय तुभ्यं नमो धृतोदग्रपताकिने ते। नमः प्रभावप्रणताय तेस्तु नमोऽस्तु घंटाधरधैर्यशालिने
namostu keyūradharāya tubhyaṃ namo dhṛtodagrapatākine te| namaḥ prabhāvapraṇatāya testu namo'stu ghaṃṭādharadhairyaśāline
Homage to you, wearer of armlets, homage to you who hold the upraised banner; homage to you, bowed to for (your) power, homage to you, bell-bearer, endowed with steadfastness.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 44.158
कुमार उवाच-। कं वः कामं प्रयच्छामि भवंतो ब्रूतनिर्वृताः। यद्यप्य साध्यं कृत्यं नो हृदये चिंतितं चिरम्
kumāra uvāca-| kaṃ vaḥ kāmaṃ prayacchāmi bhavaṃto brūtanirvṛtāḥ| yadyapya sādhyaṃ kṛtyaṃ no hṛdaye ciṃtitaṃ ciram
Kumāra said: What desire of yours shall I grant? Speak, sirs, at ease — even if the thing to be accomplished is unachievable, (if) it has long been pondered in our heart.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 44.159
इत्युक्तास्तु सुरास्तेन प्रोचुः प्रणतमौलयः। सर्व एव महात्मानं गुहं मुदितमानसाः
ityuktāstu surāstena procuḥ praṇatamaulayaḥ| sarva eva mahātmānaṃ guhaṃ muditamānasāḥ
Thus addressed by him, the gods, their heads bowed, all with gladdened minds, spoke to the great-souled Guha.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 44.160
दैत्येंद्रस्तारको नाम सर्वामरकुलांतकृत्। बलवान्दुर्जयस्तीक्ष्णो दुराचारोतिकोपनः
daityeṃdrastārako nāma sarvāmarakulāṃtakṛt| balavāndurjayastīkṣṇo durācārotikopanaḥ
There is a lord of the Daityas named Tāraka, who makes an end of all the families of the immortals: strong, hard to conquer, fierce, of evil conduct, exceedingly wrathful.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 44.161
तमेव जहि दुर्धर्षं दैत्यं सर्वविनाशनम्। उपस्थितः कृत्यशेषो ह्यस्माकं च भयावहः
tameva jahi durdharṣaṃ daityaṃ sarvavināśanam| upasthitaḥ kṛtyaśeṣo hyasmākaṃ ca bhayāvahaḥ
Slay that very Daitya, unassailable, the destroyer of all; the remaining task has presented itself, and it brings fear to us.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 44.162
हिरण्यकशिपुश्चोग्रो ह्यवध्यो देवतागणैः। यज्ञघ्नः पापकर्मा वै येन ब्रह्मापि तापितः
hiraṇyakaśipuścogro hyavadhyo devatāgaṇaiḥ| yajñaghnaḥ pāpakarmā vai yena brahmāpi tāpitaḥ
And Hiraṇyakaśipu, the fierce one, who cannot be slain by the hosts of gods, the destroyer of sacrifices, of sinful deeds, by whom even Brahmā was tormented—
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PdP 1 44.163
एतौ हरस्व भद्रं ते तावकं च महाबलम्। एवमुक्तस्तथेत्युक्त्वा सर्वामरपदानुगः
etau harasva bhadraṃ te tāvakaṃ ca mahābalam| evamuktastathetyuktvā sarvāmarapadānugaḥ
Remove these two — good fortune to you — and (show) your great strength. Thus addressed, he said "So be it," the one attended by all the ranks of the immortals,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 44.164
जगाम जगतांनाथस्तूयमानोमरेश्वरैः। तारकस्य वधार्थाय जगतां कंटकस्य च
jagāma jagatāṃnāthastūyamānomareśvaraiḥ| tārakasya vadhārthāya jagatāṃ kaṃṭakasya ca
and the Lord of the worlds went, praised by the lords of the immortals, for the slaying of Tāraka, the thorn of the worlds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 44.165
ततश्च प्रेषयामास शक्रो गूढसमाश्रयः। दूतं दानवसिंहस्य परुषाक्षरवादिनम्
tataśca preṣayāmāsa śakro gūḍhasamāśrayaḥ| dūtaṃ dānavasiṃhasya paruṣākṣaravādinam
And thereupon Śakra, whose refuge (support) was concealed, sent to the lion of the Dānavas a messenger who would speak harsh words.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 44.166
स तु गत्वाब्रवीद्दैत्यमभयो भीमदर्शनम्। दूत उवाच। शक्रस्त्वामाह देवेशो दैत्यकेतुं दिवस्पतिः
sa tu gatvābravīddaityamabhayo bhīmadarśanam| dūta uvāca| śakrastvāmāha deveśo daityaketuṃ divaspatiḥ
He, going, spoke fearlessly to the Daitya of terrible aspect. The messenger said: Śakra, lord of the gods, master of heaven, says to you, the banner of the Daityas:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 44.167
तारकासुर तच्छक्त्या घटयस्व यथेच्छया। यज्जगज्ज्वलनोद्दीप्तं किल्बिषं च त्वया कृतम्
tārakāsura tacchaktyā ghaṭayasva yathecchayā| yajjagajjvalanoddīptaṃ kilbiṣaṃ ca tvayā kṛtam
Tāraka, O Asura, exert (yourself) with that power of yours as you please; as for the offence you have committed, blazing with the burning of the world—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 44.168
तस्याहं सादकस्तेद्य राजास्मि भुवनत्रये। श्रुत्वैतदद्भुतं वाक्यं कोपसंरक्तलोचनः
tasyāhaṃ sādakastedya rājāsmi bhuvanatraye| śrutvaitadadbhutaṃ vākyaṃ kopasaṃraktalocanaḥ
—of that I am the accomplisher (punisher) today; I am the king in the three worlds. Hearing this astonishing speech, (the Daitya,) his eyes reddened with rage,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 44.169
उवाच दूतं दुष्टात्मा नष्टप्रायविभूतिकः। तारक उवाच-। दृष्टं ते पौरुषं शक्र शतशोथ महारणे
uvāca dūtaṃ duṣṭātmā naṣṭaprāyavibhūtikaḥ| tāraka uvāca-| dṛṣṭaṃ te pauruṣaṃ śakra śataśotha mahāraṇe
the evil-souled one, whose fortune was as good as destroyed, said to the messenger: Tāraka said: Your valour, Śakra, has been seen a hundred times in great battle;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 44.170
निस्त्रपत्वान्न ते शांतिर्विद्यते शक्र दुर्मते। एवमुक्ते गते दूते चिंतयामास दानवः
nistrapatvānna te śāṃtirvidyate śakra durmate| evamukte gate dūte ciṃtayāmāsa dānavaḥ
through shamelessness you have no peace, O evil-minded Śakra. When this had been said and the messenger had gone, the Dānava reflected:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 44.171
नालब्धसंश्रयः शक्रो वक्तुमेवमिहार्हति। जातः स्कंदोधुना शक्राज्ज्ञायते समुपाश्रयात्
nālabdhasaṃśrayaḥ śakro vaktumevamihārhati| jātaḥ skaṃdodhunā śakrājjñāyate samupāśrayāt
Śakra, without having obtained support, would not be fit to speak thus here. Skanda has now been born — from Śakra it is known (that he acts) from (having) that support.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 44.172
निमित्तौघांस्तदा दुष्टान्सोपश्यन्नाशवेदिनः। पांसुवर्षमसृक्पातं गगनादवनीतले
nimittaughāṃstadā duṣṭānsopaśyannāśavedinaḥ| pāṃsuvarṣamasṛkpātaṃ gaganādavanītale
Then he, knowing (his own) destruction, saw evil omens in floods: a rain of dust, a fall of blood from the sky to the earth's surface,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 44.173
वामनेत्रप्रकंपं च वक्त्रशोषं मनोमयम्। स्वकानां वक्त्रपद्मानां म्लानतां च व्यलोकयत्
vāmanetraprakaṃpaṃ ca vaktraśoṣaṃ manomayam| svakānāṃ vaktrapadmānāṃ mlānatāṃ ca vyalokayat
and the twitching of his left eye, and a dryness of the mouth arising from the mind; and he beheld the withering of the lotus-faces of his own people.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 44.174
दुष्टांश्च प्राणिनो रौद्रान्सोपश्यद्दुष्टवादिनः। तदचिंत्यैव दितिजो न्यस्तचित्तोभवत्क्षणात्
duṣṭāṃśca prāṇino raudrānsopaśyadduṣṭavādinaḥ| tadaciṃtyaiva ditijo nyastacittobhavatkṣaṇāt
And he saw evil, dreadful creatures uttering ill-boding cries; then the son of Diti, without reflecting at all, in an instant became one whose mind was fixed (elsewhere).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 44.175
यावद्गजघटाघंटा घनत्काररवोत्कटाम्। तद्वत्तुरंगसंघातहेषोत्साहविभूषिताम्
yāvadgajaghaṭāghaṃṭā ghanatkāraravotkaṭām| tadvatturaṃgasaṃghātaheṣotsāhavibhūṣitām
(He beheld an army) as terrible as the clanging roar of the bells on troops of elephants, and likewise adorned with the neighing exuberance of massed horses,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 44.176
सैन्यैस्सेनान्तरोदग्र ध्वजराजैर्विराजिताम्। विमानैश्चाद्भुताकारैश्चलितामलचामरैः
sainyaissenāntarodagra dhvajarājairvirājitām| vimānaiścādbhutākāraiścalitāmalacāmaraiḥ
resplendent with troops and with lordly banners towering up between the divisions, and with celestial cars of wondrous shape, with spotless chowries waving,
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PdP 1 44.177
विभूषणपिनद्धां च किन्नरोद्गीतनादिताम्। नाना नाकतरूत्फुल्ल कुसुमापीडधारिणीम्
vibhūṣaṇapinaddhāṃ ca kinnarodgītanāditām| nānā nākatarūtphulla kusumāpīḍadhāriṇīm
decked out with ornaments, resounding with the songs of kinnaras, wearing wreaths of the blossoms of the various trees of heaven,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 44.178
विशोकास्त्रपरिस्फार चर्मनिर्मलदर्शिनीं। विद्युत्पुष्टद्युतिधरां नानावाद्यविनादिताम्
viśokāstraparisphāra carmanirmaladarśinīṃ| vidyutpuṣṭadyutidharāṃ nānāvādyavināditām
displaying spotless shields and the flashing of sorrow-dispelling weapons, bearing the brilliance of swelling lightning, made to resound with many instruments —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 44.179
सेनां नाकसदां दैत्यः प्रासादस्थो व्यलोकयत्। सचिंतयामास तदा किंचिद्विभ्रांतमानसः
senāṃ nākasadāṃ daityaḥ prāsādastho vyalokayat| saciṃtayāmāsa tadā kiṃcidvibhrāṃtamānasaḥ
such was the army of the dwellers in heaven that the demon, standing on his palace, looked upon; and then he pondered, his mind somewhat bewildered:
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PdP 1 44.180
अपूर्वः को भवेद्योद्धा यो मया न विनिर्जितः। ततश्चिंताकुलो दैत्यः शुश्राव कटुकाक्षरम्। सिद्धवंदिभिरुद्घुष्टमिदं हृदयदारुणम्
apūrvaḥ ko bhavedyoddhā yo mayā na vinirjitaḥ| tataściṃtākulo daityaḥ śuśrāva kaṭukākṣaram| siddhavaṃdibhirudghuṣṭamidaṃ hṛdayadāruṇam
"Who could this unheard-of warrior be, who has not been vanquished by me?" Then the demon, troubled with brooding, heard this bitter-worded, heart-piercing cry proclaimed aloud by the bards of the siddhas:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 44.181
जयातुलशक्तिदीधितिपंजरभुजदंडप्रचंडतर। रभससुरवदनकुमुदविकासनविलासनेत्र कुमारवर
jayātulaśaktidīdhitipaṃjarabhujadaṃḍapracaṃḍatara| rabhasasuravadanakumudavikāsanavilāsanetra kumāravara
"Victory! You whose staff-like arms are exceedingly fierce, a cage of the radiance of the incomparable spear; whose playful eyes make the lotus-faces of the eager gods open — O foremost of youths!
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 44.182
जय दितिजकुलमहोदधि बडवानल मधुरमयूररथ सुरमकुट कोटि कुंचित चरण नखांकुर महासेन
jaya ditijakulamahodadhi baḍavānala madhuramayūraratha suramakuṭa koṭi kuṃcita caraṇa nakhāṃkura mahāsena
Victory, O submarine fire to the great ocean of Diti's brood, whose chariot is the sweet peacock, whose sprouting toenails are bowed to by crores of the gods' crowns, O Mahāsena!
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PdP 1 44.183
जय चलितललित चूडाकलापनवविमलकमल। दंडकांत दैत्येशवंश दुःसह दावानल
jaya calitalalita cūḍākalāpanavavimalakamala| daṃḍakāṃta daityeśavaṃśa duḥsaha dāvānala
Victory, O fresh spotless lotus in the swaying, lovely mass of the crest-lock; lovely with the rod, O unbearable forest-fire to the lineage of the lord of the daityas!
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PdP 1 44.184
जय विशाखविभोजय बालसप्तवासर भुवनालिशोकशमन जय सकललोक दितिसुतधुरंधरनाशक स्कंद
jaya viśākhavibhojaya bālasaptavāsara bhuvanāliśokaśamana jaya sakalaloka ditisutadhuraṃdharanāśaka skaṃda
Victory, O Viśākha! Victory, O mighty one! O seven-day-old child, queller of the sorrow of the throng of worlds! Victory, O (lord) of all the worlds, destroyer of the chief champion of Diti's sons, O Skanda!"
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PdP 1 44.185
श्रुत्वैतत्तारकः सर्वमुद्घुष्टं देववंदिभिः। सस्मार ब्रह्मणो वाक्यं वधं बालादुपस्थितं
śrutvaitattārakaḥ sarvamudghuṣṭaṃ devavaṃdibhiḥ| sasmāra brahmaṇo vākyaṃ vadhaṃ bālādupasthitaṃ
Hearing all this proclaimed by the bards of the gods, Tāraka recalled Brahmā's word: that death had come upon him from a child.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 44.186
स्मृत्वा धर्मौघविध्वंसी सदा वीरपदानुगः। मंदिरान्निर्जगामाशु शोकग्रस्तेन चेतसा
smṛtvā dharmaughavidhvaṃsī sadā vīrapadānugaḥ| maṃdirānnirjagāmāśu śokagrastena cetasā
Recalling it, he — the destroyer of the flood of dharma, ever a treader of the heroes' path — went swiftly out from his palace with a mind seized by grief.
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PdP 1 44.187
कालनेमिमुखा दैत्याः संत्रस्ता भ्रांतचेतसः। स्वेष्वनीकेषु च तदा त्वरा विस्मितचेतसः
kālanemimukhā daityāḥ saṃtrastā bhrāṃtacetasaḥ| sveṣvanīkeṣu ca tadā tvarā vismitacetasaḥ
The daityas headed by Kālanemi were terrified, their minds confused, and then in haste among their own ranks, their minds astonished.
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PdP 1 44.188
हिरण्यकशिपुः प्राह दानवानां धुरंधरः। त्रपाकरं भवेन्मह्यं बालस्यास्य पलायनम्
hiraṇyakaśipuḥ prāha dānavānāṃ dhuraṃdharaḥ| trapākaraṃ bhavenmahyaṃ bālasyāsya palāyanam
Hiraṇyakaśipu, the chief champion of the dānavas, said: "To flee from this child would be a cause of shame for me.
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PdP 1 44.189
यद्यहं हंतवे यामि सोपि वै कमलाश्रितः। हत्वाहं बालकं चैनं दुःस्पर्शः स्यामकारणं
yadyahaṃ haṃtave yāmi sopi vai kamalāśritaḥ| hatvāhaṃ bālakaṃ cainaṃ duḥsparśaḥ syāmakāraṇaṃ
If I go to kill him — he too has taken refuge with the lotus(-born?); and by killing this boy I should become untouchable without cause.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 44.190
यात धावत गृह्णीत योजयध्वं वरूथिनीम्। कुमारं तारको दृष्ट्वा बभाषे भीषणाकृतिः
yāta dhāvata gṛhṇīta yojayadhvaṃ varūthinīm| kumāraṃ tārako dṛṣṭvā babhāṣe bhīṣaṇākṛtiḥ
Go, run, seize him, yoke up the army!" Seeing Kumāra, Tāraka, of dreadful form, spoke:
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PdP 1 44.191
किं बाल योद्धुकामोसि क्रीडकंदुकलीलया। येनातपो निसृष्टस्ते सत्संगरविभाषक
kiṃ bāla yoddhukāmosi krīḍakaṃdukalīlayā| yenātapo nisṛṣṭaste satsaṃgaravibhāṣaka
"Child, do you wish to fight, as though at the play of a toy ball, you by whom effort has been expended, you utterer of a fine challenge?
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PdP 1 44.192
बालत्वादथ ते बुद्धिरेवं स्वल्पार्थदर्शिनी। कुमारोपि तमग्रस्थं बभाषे हर्षवत्तमं
bālatvādatha te buddhirevaṃ svalpārthadarśinī| kumāropi tamagrasthaṃ babhāṣe harṣavattamaṃ
It is from childishness that your understanding sees so little of the matter." Kumāra too, most joyfully, spoke to him who stood before him:
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PdP 1 44.193
शृणु तारक शास्त्रार्थ इह नैव निरूप्यते। शस्त्रैरर्था न दृश्यंते समरे निर्भरं भये
śṛṇu tāraka śāstrārtha iha naiva nirūpyate| śastrairarthā na dṛśyaṃte samare nirbharaṃ bhaye
"Listen, Tāraka: the sense of the treatises is not settled here; the aims are not made out by weapons in a battle wholly full of terror.
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PdP 1 44.194
शिशुत्वं मावमंस्था मे शिशुः कष्टो भुजंगमः। दुष्प्रेक्षो भास्करो बालस्तथाहं दुर्जयः शिशुः
śiśutvaṃ māvamaṃsthā me śiśuḥ kaṣṭo bhujaṃgamaḥ| duṣprekṣo bhāskaro bālastathāhaṃ durjayaḥ śiśuḥ
Do not despise my childhood: a young snake is dangerous, the infant sun is hard to look upon, and so am I, a child hard to conquer.
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PdP 1 44.195
अल्पाक्षरो न मंत्रः किं सस्फुरो दैत्य दृश्यते। कुमारे प्रोक्तवत्येवं दैत्यश्चिक्षेप मुद्गरं
alpākṣaro na maṃtraḥ kiṃ sasphuro daitya dṛśyate| kumāre proktavatyevaṃ daityaścikṣepa mudgaraṃ
"A spell (mantra) with few syllables is no (weak) spell — do you not see, demon, that (I) flash forth?" When the boy had spoken thus, the demon hurled a mallet.
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PdP 1 44.196
कुमारस्तं निरासोग्रं चक्रेणामोघवर्चसा। ततश्चिक्षेप दैत्येंद्रो भिंदिपालमयोमयं
kumārastaṃ nirāsograṃ cakreṇāmoghavarcasā| tataścikṣepa daityeṃdro bhiṃdipālamayomayaṃ
The boy struck that fierce (weapon) away with his discus of unfailing brilliance; then the lord of the demons hurled an iron bhindipāla (javelin).
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PdP 1 44.197
करेण तं च जग्राह कार्तिकेयोमरारिहा। गदां मुमोच दैत्याय समुत्थाय खरस्वनाम्
kareṇa taṃ ca jagrāha kārtikeyomarārihā| gadāṃ mumoca daityāya samutthāya kharasvanām
And Kārtikeya, slayer of the enemies of the gods, caught it with his hand; rising up, he loosed at the demon a mace of harsh sound.
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PdP 1 44.198
तया हतस्ततो दैत्यश्चकम्पेचलराडिव। मेने च दुर्जयं दैत्यस्तदाबालं सुदुःसहं
tayā hatastato daityaścakampecalarāḍiva| mene ca durjayaṃ daityastadābālaṃ suduḥsahaṃ
Struck by it, the demon then shook like a moving mountain, and the demon reckoned that boy to be unconquerable and very hard to withstand.
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PdP 1 44.199
चिंतयामास बुद्ध्या वै प्राप्तः कालो न संशयः। कंपितं च समालोक्य कालनेमि पुरोगमाः
ciṃtayāmāsa buddhyā vai prāptaḥ kālo na saṃśayaḥ| kaṃpitaṃ ca samālokya kālanemi purogamāḥ
He thought with his mind: "The (fatal) hour has surely come, there is no doubt." And seeing (him) made to tremble, Kālanemi and the others who led the way—
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PdP 1 44.200
सर्वे देत्यैश्वरा जघ्नुः कुमारं रणदारुणं। स तैः प्रहारैरस्पृष्टस्तथा क्लैशैर्महाद्युतिः1.44.
sarve detyaiśvarā jaghnuḥ kumāraṃ raṇadāruṇaṃ| sa taiḥ prahārairaspṛṣṭastathā klaiśairmahādyutiḥ1.44.
all the demon lords, dreadful in battle, struck the boy; but he of great splendour was untouched by their blows and likewise by (their) afflictions.
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PdP 1 44.201
स बालो बलिभिर्वेगैरयुध्यद्दानवै रणे। रणशौण्डाश्च दैत्येंद्रा पुःनर्जघ्नुः शिलीमुखैः
sa bālo balibhirvegairayudhyaddānavai raṇe| raṇaśauṇḍāśca daityeṃdrā puḥnarjaghnuḥ śilīmukhaiḥ
That boy fought in battle with the mighty, swift Dānavas; and the demon lords, veterans of battle, struck again with their arrows.
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PdP 1 44.202
कुमारं समरे दैत्या बलिनो देवकंटकाः। कुमारस्य व्यथा नाभूद्दैत्यास्त्रनिहतस्य तु
kumāraṃ samare daityā balino devakaṃṭakāḥ| kumārasya vyathā nābhūddaityāstranihatasya tu
The mighty demons, thorns to the gods, (struck) the boy in the fight; but the boy, though smitten by the demons' weapons, felt no pain.
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PdP 1 44.203
प्राणांतकरणं जातं देवानां दानवा हवं। देवान्निपीडितान्दृष्ट्वा कुमारः कोपमाविशत्
prāṇāṃtakaraṇaṃ jātaṃ devānāṃ dānavā havaṃ| devānnipīḍitāndṛṣṭvā kumāraḥ kopamāviśat
The Dānavas' offering (of battle) became a taking of the gods' lives; seeing the gods oppressed, the boy was possessed by wrath.
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PdP 1 44.204
ततोस्त्रैर्दारयामास दानावानामनीकिनीम्। तैरस्त्रैर्निष्प्रतीकारैस्ताडितास्सुरकंटकाः
tatostrairdārayāmāsa dānāvānāmanīkinīm| tairastrairniṣpratīkāraistāḍitāssurakaṃṭakāḥ
Then with his weapons he tore apart the army of the Dānavas; struck by those irresistible weapons, those thorns of the gods—
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PdP 1 44.205
कालनेमिमुखाः सर्वे रणे ह्यासन्पराङ्मुखाः। विद्रुतेषु च दैत्येषु प्रहतेषु समंततः
kālanemimukhāḥ sarve raṇe hyāsanparāṅmukhāḥ| vidruteṣu ca daityeṣu prahateṣu samaṃtataḥ
all of them, led by Kālanemi, turned their faces away from the battle. And when the demons had been scattered and struck down on every side,
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PdP 1 44.206
किन्नरोद्गारगीतैश्च हास्यसन्यस्तचेतनः। जघ्ने कुमारं गदया निष्टप्तकनकत्विषा
kinnarodgāragītaiśca hāsyasanyastacetanaḥ| jaghne kumāraṃ gadayā niṣṭaptakanakatviṣā
(Tāraka), his mind given over to laughter by the songs poured forth by the kinnaras, struck the boy with a mace whose gleam was of refined gold.
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PdP 1 44.207
शरैर्मयूरं चित्रैश्च चकार विमुखं रणे। दृष्ट्वा पराड्मुखो देवो मुक्तरक्तं स्ववाहनम्
śarairmayūraṃ citraiśca cakāra vimukhaṃ raṇe| dṛṣṭvā parāḍmukho devo muktaraktaṃ svavāhanam
And with variegated arrows he made the peacock turn away in the battle; seeing his own mount turned away and shedding blood, the god
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PdP 1 44.208
जग्राह शक्तिं विमलां रणे कनकभूषणाम्। बाहुना हेमकेयूर रुचिरेण षडाननः
jagrāha śaktiṃ vimalāṃ raṇe kanakabhūṣaṇām| bāhunā hemakeyūra rucireṇa ṣaḍānanaḥ
the six-faced one took up in battle a spotless spear adorned with gold, with his arm lovely with its golden armlet.
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PdP 1 44.209
ततोब्रवीन्महासेनस्तारकं दानवाधिपम्। तिष्ठतिष्ठ सुदुर्बुद्धे यमलोकं विलोकय
tatobravīnmahāsenastārakaṃ dānavādhipam| tiṣṭhatiṣṭha sudurbuddhe yamalokaṃ vilokaya
Then Mahāsena said to Tāraka, the lord of the Dānavas: "Stand, stand, you of very evil mind — behold the world of Yama!
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PdP 1 44.210
हतो ह्यसि मया शक्त्या स्मर स्वं दैत्यचेष्टितम्। इत्युक्त्वा तु ततः शक्तिं मुमोच दितिजं प्रति
hato hyasi mayā śaktyā smara svaṃ daityaceṣṭitam| ityuktvā tu tataḥ śaktiṃ mumoca ditijaṃ prati
For you are slain by me with my spear; remember your own demon's doings." Having said this, he then loosed the spear at the son of Diti.
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PdP 1 44.211
सा कुमारभुजोत्सृष्टा तत्केयूररवानुगा। बिभेद दैत्यहृदयं वज्रशैलेंद्रकर्कशम्
sā kumārabhujotsṛṣṭā tatkeyūraravānugā| bibheda daityahṛdayaṃ vajraśaileṃdrakarkaśam
That (spear), released from the boy's arm, following the ringing of his armlet, split the demon's heart, hard as adamant and as the lord of mountains.
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PdP 1 44.212
गतासुः स पपातोर्व्यां प्रलये भूधरो यथा। विकीर्णमकुटोष्णीषो विस्रस्ताखिलभूषणः
gatāsuḥ sa papātorvyāṃ pralaye bhūdharo yathā| vikīrṇamakuṭoṣṇīṣo visrastākhilabhūṣaṇaḥ
Lifeless, he fell to the earth like a mountain at the dissolution (of the world), his crown and turban scattered, all his ornaments slipped off.
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PdP 1 44.213
तस्मिन्विनिहते दैत्ये दानवानां धुरंधरे। नाभूत्कश्चित्तदा दुःखी नरकेष्वपि पापकृत्
tasminvinihate daitye dānavānāṃ dhuraṃdhare| nābhūtkaścittadā duḥkhī narakeṣvapi pāpakṛt
When that demon, the chief bearer of the Dānavas' burden, had been slain, no one then was in misery — not even the evildoers in the hells.
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PdP 1 44.214
स्तुवंतः षण्मुखं देवाः प्राक्रीडन्नागतस्मिताः। जग्मुः स्वानेव भुवनान्निरस्यासंस्तथोत्सुकाः
stuvaṃtaḥ ṣaṇmukhaṃ devāḥ prākrīḍannāgatasmitāḥ| jagmuḥ svāneva bhuvanānnirasyāsaṃstathotsukāḥ
The gods, praising the six-faced one, sported with smiles come (to their faces); and they went, eager, to their own worlds, (the demons) having been cast out.
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PdP 1 44.215
ददुश्चापि वरं सर्वे देवाश्च षण्मुखं प्रति। तुष्टाः संप्राप्तसर्वार्थास्सहसिद्धैस्तपोधनैः
daduścāpi varaṃ sarve devāśca ṣaṇmukhaṃ prati| tuṣṭāḥ saṃprāptasarvārthāssahasiddhaistapodhanaiḥ
And all the gods too granted a boon to the six-faced one; pleased, having attained all their aims, together with the Siddhas whose wealth is austerity.
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PdP 1 44.216
देवा ऊचुः। यः पठेत्स्कंदसंबंधां कथामेतां महामतिः। शृणुयाच्छ्रावयेद्वापि स भवेत्कीर्तिमान्नरः
devā ūcuḥ| yaḥ paṭhetskaṃdasaṃbaṃdhāṃ kathāmetāṃ mahāmatiḥ| śṛṇuyācchrāvayedvāpi sa bhavetkīrtimānnaraḥ
The gods said: The man of great mind who recites this story connected with Skanda, or hears it, or causes it to be heard, becomes famous;
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PdP 1 44.217
बह्वायुः सुभगः श्रीमान्कीर्तिमान्शुभदर्शनः। भूतेभ्यो निर्भयश्चापि सर्वदुःखविवर्जितः
bahvāyuḥ subhagaḥ śrīmānkīrtimānśubhadarśanaḥ| bhūtebhyo nirbhayaścāpi sarvaduḥkhavivarjitaḥ
long-lived, fortunate, prosperous, renowned, of auspicious appearance, and also free of fear from (all) beings, rid of every sorrow.
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PdP 1 44.218
संध्यामुपास्य यः पूर्वां स्कंदस्य चरितं पठेत्। स युक्तः किन्नरैः सर्वैर्महाधनपतिर्भवेत्
saṃdhyāmupāsya yaḥ pūrvāṃ skaṃdasya caritaṃ paṭhet| sa yuktaḥ kinnaraiḥ sarvairmahādhanapatirbhavet
He who, having worshipped at the morning twilight, recites the deeds of Skanda, becomes joined with all the Kinnaras and a great lord of wealth.
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