Vamana Purana — Chapter 25
VamP 25.1
पुलस्त्य उवाच । मेनायाः कन्यकास्तिस्रो जाता रूपगुणान्विताः । सुनाभ इति च ख्यातश्चतुर्थस्तनयो ऽभवत्
pulastya uvāca / menāyāḥ kanyakāstisro jātā rūpaguṇānvitāḥ / sunābha iti ca khyātaścaturthastanayo 'bhavat
Pulastya said: Three daughters were born of Menā, endowed with beauty and good qualities; and a fourth child was a son, known as Sunābha.
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VamP 25.2
रक्ताङ्गी रक्तनेत्रा च रक्ताम्बरविभूषिता । रागिणि नाम संजाता ज्येष्ठा मेनासुता मुने
raktāṅgī raktanetrā ca raktāmbaravibhūṣitā / rāgiṇi nāma saṃjātā jyeṣṭhā menāsutā mune
Red-limbed, red-eyed, and adorned with red garments, the eldest daughter of Menā was born by the name Rāgiṇī, O sage.
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VamP 25.3
शुभाङ्गी पद्मपत्राक्षी नीलकुञ्चितमूर्धजा । श्वेतमाल्याम्बरधरा कुटिला नाम चापरा
śubhāṅgī padmapatrākṣī nīlakuñcitamūrdhajā / śvetamālyāmbaradharā kuṭilā nāma cāparā
Fair-limbed, with eyes like lotus petals, with dark curling hair, wearing white garlands and garments, another (daughter) was named Kuṭilā.
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VamP 25.4
नीलाञ्चनचयप्रख्या नीलेन्दीवरलोचना । रूपेणानुपमा काली जघन्या मेनकासुता
nīlāñcanacayaprakhyā nīlendīvaralocanā / rūpeṇānupamā kālī jaghanyā menakāsutā
Resembling a mass of dark collyrium, with eyes like blue lotuses, incomparable in beauty, the youngest daughter of Menakā was Kālī.
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VamP 25.5
जातास्ताः कन्यकास्तिस्रः षडब्दात् परतो मुने । कर्तुं तपः प्रयातास्ता देवास्ता ददृशुः शुभाः
jātāstāḥ kanyakāstisraḥ ṣaḍabdāt parato mune / kartuṃ tapaḥ prayātāstā devāstā dadṛśuḥ śubhāḥ
Those three girls, once born, after six years, O sage, went off to perform austerities; and the gods saw those lovely ones.
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VamP 25.6
ततो दिवाकरैः सर्वैर्वसुभिश्च तपस्विनी । कुटिला ब३ह्मलोकं तु नीता शशिकरप्रभा
tato divākaraiḥ sarvairvasubhiśca tapasvinī / kuṭilā ba3hmalokaṃ tu nītā śaśikaraprabhā
Then by all the suns and by the Vasus the ascetic Kuṭilā, radiant as the moon's rays, was led to the world of Brahmā.
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VamP 25.7
अथोचुर्देवताः सर्वाः किं त्वियं जनयिष्यति । पुत्रं महिषहन्तारं ब्रह्मन् व्याख्यातुमर्हसि
athocurdevatāḥ sarvāḥ kiṃ tviyaṃ janayiṣyati / putraṃ mahiṣahantāraṃ brahman vyākhyātumarhasi
Then all the gods said: Will she indeed bring forth a son who is the slayer of the buffalo? O Brahman, you ought to explain.
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VamP 25.8
ततो ऽब्रवीत् सुरपतिर्नेयं शक्ता तपस्विनी । शार्वं धारयितुं तेजो वराकी मुच्यातां त्वियम्
tato 'bravīt surapatirneyaṃ śaktā tapasvinī / śārvaṃ dhārayituṃ tejo varākī mucyātāṃ tviyam
Then the lord of the gods said: This ascetic woman is not able to hold Śarva's fiery seed; let this poor wretch be released.
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VamP 25.9
ततस्तु कुटुला ऋद्धा ब्रह्माणं प्राह नारद । तथा यतिष्ये भगवन् यता शार्वं सुदुर्द्धरम्
tatastu kuṭulā ṛddhā brahmāṇaṃ prāha nārada / tathā yatiṣye bhagavan yatā śārvaṃ sudurddharam
Then Kuṭilā, swollen (with pride), said to Brahmā, O Nārada: I shall so strive, lord, that Śarva's (energy), so hard to hold—
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VamP 25.10
धारयिष्याम्यहं तेजस्तथैव श्रुणु सत्तम । तपसाहं सुतप्तेन समाराध्य जनार्दनम्
dhārayiṣyāmyahaṃ tejastathaiva śruṇu sattama / tapasāhaṃ sutaptena samārādhya janārdanam
—I shall hold that energy; so hear, O best of beings: by austerity well performed, having propitiated Janārdana,
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VamP 25.11
यथा हरस्य मूर्धानं नमयिथ्ये पितामह । तथा देव करिष्यामि सत्यं सत्यं मयोदितम्
yathā harasya mūrdhānaṃ namayithye pitāmaha / tathā deva kariṣyāmi satyaṃ satyaṃ mayoditam
in such a way that I shall make Hara's head bow, O grandfather — so, O god, I shall do it; what I have said is true, true.
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VamP 25.12
पुलस्त्य उवाच । ततः पितामहः क्रुद्धः कुटिलां प्राह दारुणाम् । भगवानादिकृद् ब्रह्मा सर्वेशो ऽपि महामुन्
pulastya uvāca / tataḥ pitāmahaḥ kruddhaḥ kuṭilāṃ prāha dāruṇām / bhagavānādikṛd brahmā sarveśo 'pi mahāmun
Pulastya said: Then the grandfather, angered, spoke to the cruel Kuṭilā — the blessed Brahmā, the first maker, lord of all, O great sage.
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VamP 25.13
ब्रह्मोवाच । यस्मान्मद्वचनं पापे न क्षान्तं कुटिले त्वया । तस्मान्मच्छापनिर्दग्धा सर्वा आपो भविष्यसि
brahmovāca / yasmānmadvacanaṃ pāpe na kṣāntaṃ kuṭile tvayā / tasmānmacchāpanirdagdhā sarvā āpo bhaviṣyasi
Brahmā said: Since my word was not borne with patience by you, O sinful, crooked one, therefore, burnt up by my curse, you shall become nothing but water.
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VamP 25.14
इत्येवं ब्रह्मणा शप्ता हिमवद् दुहिता मुने । आपोमयी ब्रह्मलोकं प्लावयामास वेगिनी
ityevaṃ brahmaṇā śaptā himavad duhitā mune / āpomayī brahmalokaṃ plāvayāmāsa veginī
Thus cursed by Brahmā, the daughter of Himavat, O sage, became made of water and, rushing swiftly, flooded the world of Brahmā.
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VamP 25.15
तामुद्वृत्तजलां दृष्ट्वा प्रबबन्ध पितामहः । ऋक्सामाथर्वयजुभिर्वाङ्मयैर्बन्धनैर्दृढम्
tāmudvṛttajalāṃ dṛṣṭvā prababandha pitāmahaḥ / ṛksāmātharvayajubhirvāṅmayairbandhanairdṛḍham
Seeing her with her waters surging up, the grandfather bound her fast with bonds made of speech — with the Ṛk, the Sāma, the Atharva and the Yajus.
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VamP 25.16
सा बद्धा सिस्थिता ब्रह्मन् तत्रैव गिरिकन्यका । आपोमयी प्लावयन्ती ब्रह्मणो विमला जटाः
sā baddhā sisthitā brahman tatraiva girikanyakā / āpomayī plāvayantī brahmaṇo vimalā jaṭāḥ
Bound, she remained there itself, O Brahman, that daughter of the mountain, made of water, spotless, washing the matted locks of Brahmā.
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VamP 25.17
सापि क्रुद्धाब्रवीन्नूनं तथा तप्स्ये महत्तपः । यथा मन्नामसंयुक्तो महिषघ्नो भविष्यति
sāpi kruddhābravīnnūnaṃ tathā tapsye mahattapaḥ / yathā mannāmasaṃyukto mahiṣaghno bhaviṣyati
She too, in anger, said: "Surely I will perform such great austerity that he who is joined with my name shall be the slayer of the buffalo (Mahiṣa)."
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VamP 25.18
तामप्यथाशपद् ब्रह्म सन्ध्या पापे भविष्यसि । या मद्वाक्यमलङ्घ्यं वै सुरैर्लङ्घयसे बलात्
tāmapyathāśapad brahma sandhyā pāpe bhaviṣyasi / yā madvākyamalaṅghyaṃ vai surairlaṅghayase balāt
Then Brahmā cursed her too: "Sandhyā, you shall become sinful, you who by force cause my word, which is not to be transgressed, to be transgressed by the gods."
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VamP 25.19
तामप्यथाशपद् ब्रह्म सन्ध्या पापे भविष्यसि । या मद्वाक्यमलङ्घ्यं वै सुरैर्लङ्घयसे बलात्
tāmapyathāśapad brahma sandhyā pāpe bhaviṣyasi / yā madvākyamalaṅghyaṃ vai surairlaṅghayase balāt
Then Brahmā cursed her too: "Sandhyā, you shall become sinful, you who by force cause my word, which is not to be transgressed, to be transgressed by the gods."
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VamP 25.20
सापि जाता मुनिश्रेष्ठ सन्ध्या रागवती ततः । प्रतीच्छत् कृत्तिकायोगं शैलेया विग्रहं दृढम्
sāpi jātā muniśreṣṭha sandhyā rāgavatī tataḥ / pratīcchat kṛttikāyogaṃ śaileyā vigrahaṃ dṛḍham
And she, O best of sages—Sandhyā—thereupon became possessed of redness (passion); she awaited the conjunction with Kṛttikā, (and) the firm body of the mountain's daughter.
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VamP 25.21
ततो गते कन्यके द्वे ज्ञात्वा मेना तपस्विनी । तपसो वारयमास उमेत्येवाब्रवीच्च सा
tato gate kanyake dve jñātvā menā tapasvinī / tapaso vārayamāsa umetyevābravīcca sā
Then, when the two maidens had gone, Menā the ascetic woman, knowing (of it), restrained (her) from austerity, and said just this: "U-mā!" ("O, do not!")
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VamP 25.22
तदेव माता नामास्याश्चक्रे पितृसुता शुभा । उमेत्येव हि कन्यायाः सा जगाम तपोवनम्
tadeva mātā nāmāsyāścakre pitṛsutā śubhā / umetyeva hi kanyāyāḥ sā jagāma tapovanam
That very (word) her mother, the auspicious daughter of the Pitṛs, made her name; for as "Umā" (she was known); the girl went to the penance-grove.
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VamP 25.23
ततः सा मनसा देवं शूलपाणिं वृषध्वजम् । रुद्रं चेतसि संधाय तपस्तेपे सुदुष्करम्
tataḥ sā manasā devaṃ śūlapāṇiṃ vṛṣadhvajam / rudraṃ cetasi saṃdhāya tapastepe suduṣkaram
Then she, fixing in her mind and in her heart the god Rudra, the trident-bearer, whose banner is the bull, performed austerity most hard to do.
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VamP 25.24
ततो ब्रह्माब्रवीद् देवान् गच्छध्वं हिमवत्सुताम् । इहानयध्वं तां कालीं तपस्यन्तीं हिमालये
tato brahmābravīd devān gacchadhvaṃ himavatsutām / ihānayadhvaṃ tāṃ kālīṃ tapasyantīṃ himālaye
Then Brahmā said to the gods: "Go to the daughter of Himavat; bring her here, that Kālī who is practising austerity on the Himālaya."
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VamP 25.25
ततो देवाः समाजग्मुर्ददृशुपः शैलनन्दिनीम् । तेजसा विजितास्तस्या न शेकुरुपसर्पितुम्
tato devāḥ samājagmurdadṛśupaḥ śailanandinīm / tejasā vijitāstasyā na śekurupasarpitum
Then the gods came together and beheld the mountain's daughter; overpowered by her fiery energy, they could not approach (her).
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VamP 25.26
इन्द्रो ऽमरगणैः सार्द्धं निर्द्धूतस्तेजसा तया । ब्रह्मणो ऽधिकतेजो ऽस्या विनिवेद्य प्रतिष्ठितः
indro 'maragaṇaiḥ sārddhaṃ nirddhūtastejasā tayā / brahmaṇo 'dhikatejo 'syā vinivedya pratiṣṭhitaḥ
Indra, together with the hosts of immortals, being shaken off by that energy of hers, reported to Brahmā that her energy was greater, and stood (there).
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VamP 25.27
ततो ब्रह्माब्रवीत् सा दि ध्रवं शङ्करवल्लभा । यूयं यत्तेजसा नूनं विक्षिप्तास्तु हतप्रभाः
tato brahmābravīt sā di dhravaṃ śaṅkaravallabhā / yūyaṃ yattejasā nūnaṃ vikṣiptāstu hataprabhāḥ
Then Brahmā said: "She is surely the beloved of Śaṅkara, she by whose energy you have indeed been scattered, your splendour destroyed."
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VamP 25.28
तस्माद् भजध्वं स्व स्वं हि स्थानं भो विगतज्वराः । सतारकं हि महिषं विदध्वं निहतं रणे
tasmād bhajadhvaṃ sva svaṃ hi sthānaṃ bho vigatajvarāḥ / satārakaṃ hi mahiṣaṃ vidadhvaṃ nihataṃ raṇe
"Therefore resort each to his own place, sirs, free of fever (anxiety); (know that) Mahiṣa together with Tāraka is as good as slain in battle."
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VamP 25.29
इत्येवमुक्ता देवेन ब्रह्मणा सेन्द्रकाः सुराः । जग्मुः स्वान्येव धिष्ण्यानि सद्यो वै विगतज्वराः
ityevamuktā devena brahmaṇā sendrakāḥ surāḥ / jagmuḥ svānyeva dhiṣṇyāni sadyo vai vigatajvarāḥ
Thus addressed by the god Brahmā, the gods with Indra went at once, free of anxiety, each to his own abode.
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VamP 25.30
उमामपि तपस्यन्तीं हिमवान् पर्वतेश्वरः । निवर्त्य तपसस्तस्मात् सदारो ह्यनयद्गृहान्
umāmapi tapasyantīṃ himavān parvateśvaraḥ / nivartya tapasastasmāt sadāro hyanayadgṛhān
And Himavat, the lord of mountains, turning Umā, who was practising austerity, back from that penance, took her home together with his wife.
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VamP 25.31
देवो ऽप्याश्रित्य तद्रौद्रं व्रतं नाम्ना निराश्रयम् । विचचार महाशैलान् सेरुप्राग्र्यान् महामतिः
devo 'pyāśritya tadraudraṃ vrataṃ nāmnā nirāśrayam / vicacāra mahāśailān seruprāgryān mahāmatiḥ
The god too, having taken up that fierce vow called "the Homeless," the great-minded one, wandered over the great mountains, with Meru foremost.
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VamP 25.32
स कदाचिन्महाशैलं हिमवन्तं समागतः । तेनार्चितः श्रद्धयासौ तां रात्रिमवसद्धरः
sa kadācinmahāśailaṃ himavantaṃ samāgataḥ / tenārcitaḥ śraddhayāsau tāṃ rātrimavasaddharaḥ
Once he came to the great mountain Himavat; honoured by him with faith, Hara dwelt there that night.
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VamP 25.33
द्वितीये ऽह्नि गिरीशेन महादेवो नमन्त्रितः । इहैव तिष्ठस्व विभो तपःसाधनाकारणात्
dvitīye 'hni girīśena mahādevo namantritaḥ / ihaiva tiṣṭhasva vibho tapaḥsādhanākāraṇāt
On the second day Mahādeva was invited by the mountain-lord: "Stay right here, O lord, for the sake of accomplishing your austerity."
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VamP 25.34
इत्येवमुक्तो गिरिणा हरश्चक्रे मतिं च ताम् । तस्थावाश्रममाश्रित्य त्यक्त्वा वासं निराश्रयम्
ityevamukto giriṇā haraścakre matiṃ ca tām / tasthāvāśramamāśritya tyaktvā vāsaṃ nirāśrayam
Thus addressed by the mountain, Hara made up his mind to that; abandoning his homeless dwelling, he stayed, taking up a hermitage.
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VamP 25.35
वसतो ऽप्याश्रमे तस्य देवदेवस्य शूलिनः । तं देशमगमत् काली गिरिराजसुता शुभा
vasato 'pyāśrame tasya devadevasya śūlinaḥ / taṃ deśamagamat kālī girirājasutā śubhā
While that god of gods, the trident-bearer, was dwelling in the hermitage, Kālī, the auspicious daughter of the mountain-king, came to that place.
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VamP 25.36
तामागतां हरो दृष्ट्वा भूयो जातां प्रियां सतीम् । स्वागतेनाभिसंपूज्य तस्थौ योगरतो हरः
tāmāgatāṃ haro dṛṣṭvā bhūyo jātāṃ priyāṃ satīm / svāgatenābhisaṃpūjya tasthau yogarato haraḥ
Seeing her come—Satī his beloved, born again—Hara honoured her with a welcome and remained absorbed in yoga.
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VamP 25.37
सा चाभ्येत्य वरारोहा कृताञ्जपरिग्रहा । ववन्दे चरणौ शौवौ सखीभिः सह भामिनी
sā cābhyetya varārohā kṛtāñjaparigrahā / vavande caraṇau śauvau sakhībhiḥ saha bhāminī
And she of the lovely hips, approaching with hands joined in reverence, the beautiful woman bowed to Śiva's feet, together with her companions.
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VamP 25.38
ततस्तु सुचिराच्छर्वः समीक्ष्य गिरिकन्यकाम् । न युक्तं चैवमुक्त्वाथ सगणो ऽन्तर्दधे ततः
tatastu sucirāccharvaḥ samīkṣya girikanyakām / na yuktaṃ caivamuktvātha sagaṇo 'ntardadhe tataḥ
Then, after a very long while, Śarva looked at the mountain's daughter and, saying only "It is not fitting," thereupon vanished along with his attendants.
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VamP 25.39
सापि शर्ववचो रौद्रं श्रुत्वा ज्ञानसमन्विता । अन्तर्दुःखेन दह्यन्ती पितरं प्राह पार्वती
sāpi śarvavaco raudraṃ śrutvā jñānasamanvitā / antarduḥkhena dahyantī pitaraṃ prāha pārvatī
And she, Pārvatī, possessed of understanding, having heard Śarva's harsh words, burning inwardly with grief, spoke to her father.
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VamP 25.40
तात यास्ये महारण्ये तप्तुं घोरं महत्तपः । आराधनाय देवस्य शङ्करस्य पिनाकिनः
tāta yāsye mahāraṇye taptuṃ ghoraṃ mahattapaḥ / ārādhanāya devasya śaṅkarasya pinākinaḥ
"Father, I shall go into the great forest to perform terrible, mighty austerity, to win the favour of the god Śaṅkara, bearer of the Pināka bow."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 25.41
तथेत्युक्तं वचः पित्रा पादे तस्यैव विस्तृते । ललिताख्या तपस्तेपे हराराधनाकाम्यया
tathetyuktaṃ vacaḥ pitrā pāde tasyaiva vistṛte / lalitākhyā tapastepe harārādhanākāmyayā
When her father had said "So be it," on a broad slope of that very (mountain) she who is called Lalitā performed austerity out of the desire to win Hara's favour.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 25.42
तस्याः सख्यस्तदा देव्याः परिचर्या तु कुर्वते । समित्कुशफलं चापि मूलाहरणमादितः
tasyāḥ sakhyastadā devyāḥ paricaryā tu kurvate / samitkuśaphalaṃ cāpi mūlāharaṇamāditaḥ
Then the goddess's companions performed attendance upon her—the fetching of firewood, kuśa grass, fruit and, first of all, roots.
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VamP 25.43
विनोदनार्थं पार्वत्या मृन्मयः शूलधृग् हरः । कृतस्तु तेजसा युक्तो भद्रमस्त्विति साब्रवीत्
vinodanārthaṃ pārvatyā mṛnmayaḥ śūladhṛg haraḥ / kṛtastu tejasā yukto bhadramastviti sābravīt
For her diversion Pārvatī made a clay Hara bearing the trident; and it was endowed with radiance, and she said, "May there be blessing!"
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VamP 25.44
पूजां करोति तस्यैव तं पश्यति मुहुर्मुहुः । ततो ऽस्यास्तुष्टिमगमच्छ्रद्धया त्रिपुरान्तकृत्
pūjāṃ karoti tasyaiva taṃ paśyati muhurmuhuḥ / tato 'syāstuṣṭimagamacchraddhayā tripurāntakṛt
She performs worship of that very (image) and gazes at it again and again; then the destroyer of Tripura came to be pleased with her because of her faith.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 25.45
बटुरूपं समाधाय आषाढी मुञ्जमेखली । यज्ञोपवीती छत्री च मृगाजिनधरस्तथा
baṭurūpaṃ samādhāya āṣāḍhī muñjamekhalī / yajñopavītī chatrī ca mṛgājinadharastathā
Assuming the form of a young brahmin student, with a staff of āṣāḍha wood, a girdle of muñja grass, the sacred thread and a parasol, and wearing a deerskin,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 25.46
कमण्डलुव्यग्रकरो भस्मारुणितविग्रहः । प्रत्याश्रमं पर्यटन् स तं काल्याश्रममागतः
kamaṇḍaluvyagrakaro bhasmāruṇitavigrahaḥ / pratyāśramaṃ paryaṭan sa taṃ kālyāśramamāgataḥ
his hand busy with a water-pot, his body reddened with ashes, wandering from hermitage to hermitage, he came to that hermitage of Kālī.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 25.47
तमुत्थाय तदा काली सखीभिः सह नारद । पूजयित्वा यथान्यायं पर्यपृच्छदिदं ततः
tamutthāya tadā kālī sakhībhiḥ saha nārada / pūjayitvā yathānyāyaṃ paryapṛcchadidaṃ tataḥ
Then, Nārada, Kālī rose up together with her companions and, having worshipped him as is proper, thereupon asked him this:
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VamP 25.48
उमोवाच । कस्मादागम्यते भिक्षो कुत्र स्थाने तवाश्रमः । क्व च त्वं प्रतिगन्तासि मम शीघ्रं निवेदय
umovāca / kasmādāgamyate bhikṣo kutra sthāne tavāśramaḥ / kva ca tvaṃ pratigantāsi mama śīghraṃ nivedaya
Umā said: "From where do you come, mendicant? In what place is your hermitage? And where will you go next? Tell me quickly."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 25.49
भिक्षुरुवाच। । ममाश्रमपदं बाले वाराणस्यां शुचिव्रते । अथातस्तीर्थयात्रायां गमिष्यामि पृथूदकम्
bhikṣuruvāca/ / mamāśramapadaṃ bāle vārāṇasyāṃ śucivrate / athātastīrthayātrāyāṃ gamiṣyāmi pṛthūdakam
The mendicant said: "My hermitage, girl of pure vows, is in Vārāṇasī; and from here, on pilgrimage to the sacred fords, I shall go to Pṛthūdaka."
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VamP 25.50
देव्युवाच । किं पुण्यं तत्र विप्रेन्द्र लब्धासि त्वं पृथूदके । पथि स्नानेन च फलं केषु किं लब्दवानसि
devyuvāca / kiṃ puṇyaṃ tatra viprendra labdhāsi tvaṃ pṛthūdake / pathi snānena ca phalaṃ keṣu kiṃ labdavānasi
The goddess said: "What merit will you gain there at Pṛthūdaka, best of brahmins? And what fruit have you gained by bathing along the way, and at which (places)?"
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VamP 25.51
भिक्षुरुवाच । मया स्नानं प्रयागे तु कृतं प्रथममेव हि । ततो ऽथ तीर्थे कुब्जाम्रे जयन्ते चण्डिकेश्वरे
bhikṣuruvāca / mayā snānaṃ prayāge tu kṛtaṃ prathamameva hi / tato 'tha tīrthe kubjāmre jayante caṇḍikeśvare
The mendicant said: "By me a bath was made first of all at Prayāga; then at the ford Kubjāmra, at Jayanta, at Caṇḍikeśvara,
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VamP 25.52
बन्धुवृन्दे च कर्कन्धे तीर्थे कनखले तथा । सरस्वत्यामग्निकुण्डे भद्रायां तु त्रिविष्टपे
bandhuvṛnde ca karkandhe tīrthe kanakhale tathā / sarasvatyāmagnikuṇḍe bhadrāyāṃ tu triviṣṭape
and at Bandhuvṛnda, at Karkandha, and likewise at the ford Kanakhala, in the Sarasvatī, at Agnikuṇḍa, at Bhadrā, and at Triviṣṭapa,
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VamP 25.53
कोनटे कोटितीर्थे च कुब्जके च कृसोदरि । निथ्कामेन कृतं स्नानं ततो ऽभ्यागां तवाश्रमम्
konaṭe koṭitīrthe ca kubjake ca kṛsodari / nithkāmena kṛtaṃ snānaṃ tato 'bhyāgāṃ tavāśramam
at Konaṭa, at Koṭitīrtha, and at Kubjaka, O slender-waisted one: the bathing was done without desire (for reward); then I came to your hermitage.
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VamP 25.54
इहस्थां त्वां समाभाष्य गमिष्यामि पृथूदकम् । पृच्छामि यदहं त्वां वै तत्र न क्रोद्धुमर्हसि
ihasthāṃ tvāṃ samābhāṣya gamiṣyāmi pṛthūdakam / pṛcchāmi yadahaṃ tvāṃ vai tatra na kroddhumarhasi
Having spoken with you who are staying here, I shall go to Pṛthūdaka. As for what I ask you, in that matter you should not be angry.
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VamP 25.55
अहं यत्तपसात्मानं शोषयामि कृशोदरि । बाल्ये ऽपि संयततनुस्तत्तु श्लाघ्यं द्विजन्मनाम्
ahaṃ yattapasātmānaṃ śoṣayāmi kṛśodari / bālye 'pi saṃyatatanustattu ślāghyaṃ dvijanmanām
"That I dry up my own body with austerity, slender-waisted one, my body restrained even in childhood—that is praiseworthy for the twice-born.
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VamP 25.56
किमर्थं भवती रौद्रं प्रथमे वयसि स्थिता । तपः समाश्रिता भीरु संशयः प्रतिभाति मे
kimarthaṃ bhavatī raudraṃ prathame vayasi sthitā / tapaḥ samāśritā bhīru saṃśayaḥ pratibhāti me
For what purpose has your ladyship, standing in the first age (of life), taken up terrible austerity, timid one? A doubt arises in me.
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VamP 25.57
प्रथमे वयसि स्त्रीणां सह भर्त्रा विलासिनि । सुभोगा भोगिताः काले व्रजन्ति स्थिरयौवने
prathame vayasi strīṇāṃ saha bhartrā vilāsini / subhogā bhogitāḥ kāle vrajanti sthirayauvane
"In the first (season of) life, O playful one, women, together with a husband, enjoy good pleasures in due time, and pass (their days) with youth still firm."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VamP 25.58
तपसा वाञ्छयन्तीह गिरिजे सचराचराः । रूपाभिजनमैश्वर्यं तच्च ते विद्यते बहु
tapasā vāñchayantīha girije sacarācarāḥ / rūpābhijanamaiśvaryaṃ tacca te vidyate bahu
"By austerity, Girijā, beings here, along with all that moves and does not move, desire beauty, noble birth and lordship — and that you already possess in abundance."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VamP 25.59
तत् किमर्थमपास्यैतानलङ्काराञ् जटा धृताः । चीनांशुकं परित्यज्य किं त्वं वल्कलधारिणी
tat kimarthamapāsyaitānalaṅkārāñ jaṭā dhṛtāḥ / cīnāṃśukaṃ parityajya kiṃ tvaṃ valkaladhāriṇī
"Then for what purpose, having cast off these ornaments, have matted locks been assumed? Having abandoned Chinese silk, why are you a wearer of bark-garments?"
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VamP 25.60
पुलस्त्य उवाच । ततस्तु तपसा वृद्धा देव्याः सोमप्रभा सखी । भिक्षवे कथयामास यथावत् सा हि नारद
pulastya uvāca / tatastu tapasā vṛddhā devyāḥ somaprabhā sakhī / bhikṣave kathayāmāsa yathāvat sā hi nārada
Pulastya said: Then Somaprabhā, the Goddess's friend, grown old with austerity, told the mendicant (all) just as it was, O Nārada.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 25.61
सोमप्रभोवाच । तपश्चर्या द्विजश्रेष्ठ पार्वत्या येन हेतुना । तं शृणुष्व त्वियं काली हरं भर्तारमिच्छति
somaprabhovāca / tapaścaryā dvijaśreṣṭha pārvatyā yena hetunā / taṃ śṛṇuṣva tviyaṃ kālī haraṃ bhartāramicchati
Somaprabhā said: "O best of the twice-born, hear the reason for which Pārvatī practises austerity: this Kālī wishes for Hara as her husband."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 25.62
पुलस्त्य उवाच । सोमप्रभाया वचनं श्रुत्वा संकम्प्य वै शिरः । विहस्य च महाहासं भिक्षुराह वचस्त्विदम्
pulastya uvāca / somaprabhāyā vacanaṃ śrutvā saṃkampya vai śiraḥ / vihasya ca mahāhāsaṃ bhikṣurāha vacastvidam
Pulastya said: Having heard Somaprabhā's words, shaking his head and laughing a great laugh, the mendicant spoke these words.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 25.63
भिक्षुरुवाच। । वदामि ते पार्वति वाक्यमेवं केन प्रदत्ता तव बुद्धिरेषा । कथं करः पल्लवकोमलस्ते समेष्यते शार्वकरं ससर्पम्
bhikṣuruvāca/ / vadāmi te pārvati vākyamevaṃ kena pradattā tava buddhireṣā / kathaṃ karaḥ pallavakomalaste sameṣyate śārvakaraṃ sasarpam
The mendicant said: "I say this word to you, Pārvatī: by whom was this idea of yours given to you? How will your hand, tender as a young shoot, come together with Śarva's hand, which has a serpent on it?"
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VamP 25.64
तथा दुकूलाम्बरशालिनी त्वं मृगारिचर्माभिवृतस्तु रुद्रः । त्वं चन्दनाक्ता स भस्मभूषितो न युक्तरूपं प्रतिभाति मे त्विदम्
tathā dukūlāmbaraśālinī tvaṃ mṛgāricarmābhivṛtastu rudraḥ / tvaṃ candanāktā sa bhasmabhūṣito na yuktarūpaṃ pratibhāti me tvidam
"Likewise, you are resplendent in fine cloth, whereas Rudra is clad in the hide of a beast of prey; you are anointed with sandal-paste, he is adorned with ashes — this does not appear to me a fitting match."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 25.65
पुलस्त्य उवाच । एवं वादिनि विप्रेन्द्र पार्वती भिक्षुमब्रवीत् । मा मैवं वद बिक्षो त्वं हरः सर्वगुणाधिकः
pulastya uvāca / evaṃ vādini viprendra pārvatī bhikṣumabravīt / mā maivaṃ vada bikṣo tvaṃ haraḥ sarvaguṇādhikaḥ
Pulastya said: When he spoke thus, O lord of brahmins, Pārvatī said to the mendicant: "Do not, do not speak so, mendicant; Hara surpasses (all) in every quality."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 25.66
शिवो वाप्यथवा भीमः सधनो निर्धनो ऽपि वा । अलङ्कृतो वा देवेशस्तथा वाप्यनलङ्कृतः
śivo vāpyathavā bhīmaḥ sadhano nirdhano 'pi vā / alaṅkṛto vā deveśastathā vāpyanalaṅkṛtaḥ
"Whether kindly or terrible, whether with wealth or without wealth, whether adorned or unadorned, that lord of the gods —"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 25.67
यादृशस्तादृशो वापि स मे नाथो भविष्यति । निवार्यतामयं भिक्षुर्विवक्षुः स्फुरिताधरः । न तथा निन्दकः पापी यथा शृण्वन् शशिप्रभे
yādṛśastādṛśo vāpi sa me nātho bhaviṣyati / nivāryatāmayaṃ bhikṣurvivakṣuḥ sphuritādharaḥ / na tathā nindakaḥ pāpī yathā śṛṇvan śaśiprabhe
"— whatever he may be like, he will be my husband. Let this mendicant, eager to speak with quivering lip, be stopped. The reviler is not so much a sinner as the one who listens, O Śaśiprabhā."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 25.68
पुलस्त्य उवाच । इत्येवमुक्त्वा वरदा समुत्थातुमथैच्छत । ततो ऽत्यजद् भिक्षुरूपं स्वरूपस्थो ऽभवच्छिवः
pulastya uvāca / ityevamuktvā varadā samutthātumathaicchata / tato 'tyajad bhikṣurūpaṃ svarūpastho 'bhavacchivaḥ
Pulastya said: Having spoken thus, the giver of boons wished then to rise; thereupon he cast off the mendicant's form and Śiva stood in his own shape.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 25.69
भूत्वोवाच प्रिये गच्छ स्वमेव भवनं पितुः । तवार्थाय प्रहेष्यामि महर्षिन् हिमवद्गृहे
bhūtvovāca priye gaccha svameva bhavanaṃ pituḥ / tavārthāya praheṣyāmi maharṣin himavadgṛhe
Having become (so) he said: "Beloved, go to your own father's house; for your sake I shall send great sages to Himavat's dwelling."
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VamP 25.70
यच्चेह रुद्रमीहन्त्या मृन्मयश्चेश्वरः कृतः । असौ भद्रेश्वरेत्येवं ख्यातो लोके भविष्यति
yacceha rudramīhantyā mṛnmayaśceśvaraḥ kṛtaḥ / asau bhadreśvaretyevaṃ khyāto loke bhaviṣyati
"And the clay Īśvara that was made here by you in your longing for Rudra — he will be known in the world by the name Bhadreśvara."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 25.71
देवदानवगन्धर्वा यक्षाः किंपुरुषोरगाः । पूजयिष्यन्ति सततं मानवाश्च शुभेप्सवः
devadānavagandharvā yakṣāḥ kiṃpuruṣoragāḥ / pūjayiṣyanti satataṃ mānavāśca śubhepsavaḥ
"Gods, dānavas, gandharvas, yakṣas, kiṃpuruṣas and serpents, and men desiring welfare, will worship (him) constantly."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 25.72
इत्येवमुक्ता देवेन गिरिराजसुता मुने । जगामाम्बरमाविश्य स्वमेव भवनं पितुः
ityevamuktā devena girirājasutā mune / jagāmāmbaramāviśya svameva bhavanaṃ pituḥ
Thus addressed by the god, the daughter of the mountain-king, O sage, entered the sky and went to her own father's house.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 25.73
शङ्करो ऽपि महातेजा विसृज्य किरिकन्यकाम् । पृथूदकं जगामाथ स्नानं चक्रे विधानतः
śaṅkaro 'pi mahātejā visṛjya kirikanyakām / pṛthūdakaṃ jagāmātha snānaṃ cakre vidhānataḥ
Śaṅkara too, of great splendour, having dismissed the mountain's daughter, then went to Pṛthūdaka and performed his bath according to rule.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 25.74
ततस्तु देवप्रवरो महेश्वरः पृथूदके स्नानमपास्तकल्मषः । कृत्वा सनन्दिः सगणः सवाहनो महागिरिं मन्दरमाजगाम
tatastu devapravaro maheśvaraḥ pṛthūdake snānamapāstakalmaṣaḥ / kṛtvā sanandiḥ sagaṇaḥ savāhano mahāgiriṃ mandaramājagāma
Then Maheśvara, foremost of gods, his stain removed, having bathed in Pṛthūdaka, went with Nandin, with his hosts and with his mount to the great mountain Mandara.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 25.75
आयाति त्रिपुरान्तके सह गणैर्ब्रह्मर्षिभिः सप्तभिरारोहत्पुलको बभौ गिरिवरः संहृष्टतित्तः क्षणात् । चक्रे दिव्यफलैर्जलेन शुचिना मूलैश्च कन्दादिभिः पूजां सर्वगणेश्वरैः सह विभोरद्रिस्त्रिनेत्रस्य तु
āyāti tripurāntake saha gaṇairbrahmarṣibhiḥ saptabhirārohatpulako babhau girivaraḥ saṃhṛṣṭatittaḥ kṣaṇāt / cakre divyaphalairjalena śucinā mūlaiśca kandādibhiḥ pūjāṃ sarvagaṇeśvaraiḥ saha vibhoradristrinetrasya tu
As the destroyer of Tripura came with his hosts and with the seven brahmin-sages, the best of mountains bristled up; in an instant it shone, thrilled with joy; and the mountain, together with all the lords of the hosts, made worship of the three-eyed lord with divine fruits, with pure water, and with roots, bulbs and the like.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition