Vamana Purana — Chapter 27
VamP 27.1
पुलस्त्य उवाच । समागतान् सुरान् दृष्ट्वा नन्दिराख्यातवान् विभोः । अथोत्थाय हरिं भक्त्या परिष्वज्य न्यपीडयत्
pulastya uvāca / samāgatān surān dṛṣṭvā nandirākhyātavān vibhoḥ / athotthāya hariṃ bhaktyā pariṣvajya nyapīḍayat
Pulastya said: Seeing the gods arrived, Nandin announced it to the Lord; then (the Lord) rose and, embracing Hari with devotion, pressed him (to himself).
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VamP 27.2
ब्रह्मणां शिरसा नत्वा समाभाष्य शतक्रतुम् । आलोक्यान्यान् सुरगणान् संभावयत् स शङ्करः
brahmaṇāṃ śirasā natvā samābhāṣya śatakratum / ālokyānyān suragaṇān saṃbhāvayat sa śaṅkaraḥ
Having bowed his head to Brahmā and greeted the Performer of a Hundred Sacrifices (Indra), and having looked upon the other troops of gods, Śaṅkara did them honour.
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VamP 27.3
गणाश्च जय देवेति वीरभद्रपुरोगमाः । शैवाः पाशुपताद्याश्च विविशुर्मन्दरालम्
gaṇāśca jaya deveti vīrabhadrapurogamāḥ / śaivāḥ pāśupatādyāśca viviśurmandarālam
And the hosts, led by Vīrabhadra, crying "Victory, O god!"—the Śaivas and the Pāśupatas and the rest—entered the interior of Mandara.
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VamP 27.4
ततस्तस्मान्महाशैलं कैलासं सह दैवतैः । जगाम भगवान् शर्वः कर्तुं वैवाहिकं विधिम्
tatastasmānmahāśailaṃ kailāsaṃ saha daivataiḥ / jagāma bhagavān śarvaḥ kartuṃ vaivāhikaṃ vidhim
Then from there the lord Śarva went with the gods to the great mountain Kailāsa, to perform the marriage rite.
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VamP 27.5
ततस्तस्मिन् महाशैले देवमातादितिः शुभा । सुरभिः सुरसा चान्याश्चक्रर्मण्डनमाकुलाः
tatastasmin mahāśaile devamātāditiḥ śubhā / surabhiḥ surasā cānyāścakrarmaṇḍanamākulāḥ
Then on that great mountain the auspicious Aditi, mother of the gods, and Surabhi and Surasā and others, eagerly busied themselves with the adorning.
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VamP 27.6
महास्थिशेखरी चारुरोचनालिकलो हरः । सिंहाजिनी चालिनीलभुजङ्गकृतकुण्डलः
mahāsthiśekharī cārurocanālikalo haraḥ / siṃhājinī cālinīlabhujaṅgakṛtakuṇḍalaḥ
Hara wore a diadem of great bones, ... and a lion's hide, with earrings made of dark blue serpents,
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VamP 27.7
महाहिरत्नवलयो हारकेयूरनूपुरः । समुन्नातजटाभारो वृषभस्थो विराजते
mahāhiratnavalayo hārakeyūranūpuraḥ / samunnātajaṭābhāro vṛṣabhastho virājate
with bracelets of great serpents and gems, with necklace, armlets and anklets, the mass of his matted hair piled high, seated on the bull, he shines forth.
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VamP 27.8
तस्याग्रतो गणाः स्वैः स्वैरारूढा यान्ति वाहनैः । देवाश्च पृष्ठतो जग्मुर्हुताशनपुरोगमाः
tasyāgrato gaṇāḥ svaiḥ svairārūḍhā yānti vāhanaiḥ / devāśca pṛṣṭhato jagmurhutāśanapurogamāḥ
Before him the hosts go, each mounted on his own vehicle, and the gods followed behind, with Fire at their head.
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VamP 27.9
वैनतेयं समारूढः सह लक्ष्म्या जनार्दनः । प्रयाति देवपार्श्वस्थो हंसेन च पितामहः
vainateyaṃ samārūḍhaḥ saha lakṣmyā janārdanaḥ / prayāti devapārśvastho haṃsena ca pitāmahaḥ
Janārdana, mounted with Lakṣmī on the son of Vinatā (Garuḍa), proceeds at the god's side, and the Grandfather (Brahmā) on his goose.
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VamP 27.10
गजाधिरूढो देवेन्द्रश्छत्रं शुक्लपटं विभुः । धारयामास विततं शच्या सह सहस्रदृक्
gajādhirūḍho devendraśchatraṃ śuklapaṭaṃ vibhuḥ / dhārayāmāsa vitataṃ śacyā saha sahasradṛk
The mighty lord of the gods, the thousand-eyed one, mounted on his elephant together with Śacī, held the outspread white-cloth parasol.
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VamP 27.11
यमुना सरितां श्रेष्ठा बालव्यजनमुत्तमम् । श्वेतं प्रगृह्य हस्तेन कच्छपे संस्थिता ययौ
yamunā saritāṃ śreṣṭhā bālavyajanamuttamam / śvetaṃ pragṛhya hastena kacchape saṃsthitā yayau
Yamunā, the best of rivers, taking in her hand an excellent white fan of hair, went along, seated upon a tortoise.
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VamP 27.12
हंसकुन्दन्दुसंकाशं बालव्याजनमुत्तमम् । सरस्वती सरिच्छ्रेष्ठा गजारूढा समादधे
haṃsakundandusaṃkāśaṃ bālavyājanamuttamam / sarasvatī saricchreṣṭhā gajārūḍhā samādadhe
Sarasvatī, the best of rivers, mounted upon an elephant, took up an excellent fan of hair, resembling a goose, a kunda blossom, or the moon.
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VamP 27.13
ऋतवः षट् समादाय कुसुमं गन्धसंयुतम् । पञ्चवर्णं महेशानं जग्मुस्ते कामचारिणः
ṛtavaḥ ṣaṭ samādāya kusumaṃ gandhasaṃyutam / pañcavarṇaṃ maheśānaṃ jagmuste kāmacāriṇaḥ
The six seasons, taking up five-coloured flowers endowed with fragrance, went to Maheśāna—they who move as they please.
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VamP 27.14
मत्तमैरावणनिभं गजमारुह्य वेगवान् । अनुलेपनमादाय ययौ तत्र पृथूदकः
mattamairāvaṇanibhaṃ gajamāruhya vegavān / anulepanamādāya yayau tatra pṛthūdakaḥ
Swift Pṛthūdaka, mounting an elephant like the rutting Airāvaṇa, went there, taking ointment (for anointing).
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VamP 27.15
गन्धर्वास्तुम्बरुमुखा गायन्तो मधुरस्वरम् । अनुजग्मुर्महादेवं वादयन्तश् च किन्नराः
gandharvāstumbarumukhā gāyanto madhurasvaram / anujagmurmahādevaṃ vādayantaś ca kinnarāḥ
The gandharvas, headed by Tumburu, singing in sweet voice, followed after Mahādeva, and the kinnaras, playing (their instruments).
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VamP 27.16
नृत्यन्त्यो ऽप्सरश्चैव स्तुवन्तो मुनयश्च तम् । गन्धर्वा यान्ति देवेशं त्रिनेत्रं शूलपाणिनम्
nṛtyantyo 'psaraścaiva stuvanto munayaśca tam / gandharvā yānti deveśaṃ trinetraṃ śūlapāṇinam
And the apsarases dancing, and the sages praising him, and the gandharvas—(all these) go along with the lord of the gods, the three-eyed, the trident-bearer.
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VamP 27.17
एकादश तथा कोट्यो रुद्राणां तत्र वै ययुः । द्वादशैवादितेयानामष्टौ कोट्यो वसुनपि
ekādaśa tathā koṭyo rudrāṇāṃ tatra vai yayuḥ / dvādaśaivāditeyānāmaṣṭau koṭyo vasunapi
And eleven crores of Rudras went there, and twelve of the sons of Aditi, and eight crores of the Vasus as well.
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VamP 27.18
सप्तषष्टिस्तथा कोट्यो गणानामृषिसत्तम । चतुर्विशत् तथा जग्मुरृषीणामूर्ध्वरेतसाम्
saptaṣaṣṭistathā koṭyo gaṇānāmṛṣisattama / caturviśat tathā jagmurṛṣīṇāmūrdhvaretasām
And sixty-seven crores of the gaṇas, O best of sages; and twenty-four (crores) of the seers whose seed flows upward likewise went.
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VamP 27.19
असंख्यातानि यूथानि यक्षकिन्नररक्षसाम् । अनुजग्मुर्महेशानं विवाहाय समाकुलाः
asaṃkhyātāni yūthāni yakṣakinnararakṣasām / anujagmurmaheśānaṃ vivāhāya samākulāḥ
Uncounted troops of yakṣas, kinnaras and rākṣasas, all in a throng, followed Maheśāna for the wedding.
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VamP 27.20
ततः क्षणेन देवेशः क्ष्माधराधिपतेस्तलम् । संप्राप्तास्त्वागमन् शैलाः कुञ्जरस्थाः समन्ततः
tataḥ kṣaṇena deveśaḥ kṣmādharādhipatestalam / saṃprāptāstvāgaman śailāḥ kuñjarasthāḥ samantataḥ
Then in a moment the lord of the gods reached the ground of the lord of mountains; and the mountains, seated on elephants, came up on every side.
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VamP 27.21
ततो ननाम भगवांस्त्रिनेत्रः स्थावराधिपम् । शैलाः प्रणेमुरीशानं ततो ऽसौ मुदितो ऽभवत्
tato nanāma bhagavāṃstrinetraḥ sthāvarādhipam / śailāḥ praṇemurīśānaṃ tato 'sau mudito 'bhavat
Then the blessed three-eyed one bowed to the lord of the immovable ones, and the mountains bowed to Īśāna; thereupon he became delighted.
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VamP 27.22
समं सुरैः पार्षदैश्च विवेश वृषकेतनः । नन्दिना दर्शिते मार्गे शैलराजपुरं महत्
samaṃ suraiḥ pārṣadaiśca viveśa vṛṣaketanaḥ / nandinā darśite mārge śailarājapuraṃ mahat
Together with the gods and his attendants, the bull-bannered one entered the great city of the mountain king, by the path that Nandin showed.
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VamP 27.23
जीमूतकेतुरायात इत्येवं नगरस्त्रियः । निजं कर्म परित्यज्य दर्शनव्यापृताभवन्
jīmūtaketurāyāta ityevaṃ nagarastriyaḥ / nijaṃ karma parityajya darśanavyāpṛtābhavan
"The cloud-bannered one has come!"—so (crying), the women of the city abandoned their own work and became busied with looking at him.
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VamP 27.24
माल्यार्द्धमन्या चादाय करेणैकेन भामिनी । केशपाशं द्वितीयेन शङ्कराभिमुखी गता
mālyārddhamanyā cādāya kareṇaikena bhāminī / keśapāśaṃ dvitīyena śaṅkarābhimukhī gatā
Another passionate woman, taking half a garland with one hand and her mass of hair with the other, went out to face Śaṅkara.
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VamP 27.25
अन्यालक्तकरागाढ्यं पादं कृत्वाकुलेक्षणा । अनलक्तकमेकं हि हरं द्रष्टुमुपागता
anyālaktakarāgāḍhyaṃ pādaṃ kṛtvākulekṣaṇā / analaktakamekaṃ hi haraṃ draṣṭumupāgatā
Another, her eyes agitated, having made one foot rich with the red dye of lac and the other without lac, came up to see Hara.
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VamP 27.26
एकेनाक्ष्णाञ्जितेनैव श्रुत्वा भीममुपागतम् । साञ्जनां च प्रगृह्यान्या शलाकां सुष्ठु धावति
ekenākṣṇāñjitenaiva śrutvā bhīmamupāgatam / sāñjanāṃ ca pragṛhyānyā śalākāṃ suṣṭhu dhāvati
Another, with only one eye painted, hearing that the Fearsome One had come near, and still holding the collyrium-stick with its black paint, runs off in haste.
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VamP 27.27
अन्या सरसनं वासः पाणिनादाय सुन्दरी । उन्मत्तेवागमन्नग्ना हरदर्शनलालासा
anyā sarasanaṃ vāsaḥ pāṇinādāya sundarī / unmattevāgamannagnā haradarśanalālāsā
Another beautiful woman, taking her girdled garment in her hand, came naked, as if mad, longing for the sight of Hara.
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VamP 27.28
अन्यातिक्रान्तमीशानं श्रुत्वा स्तनभरालसा । अनिन्दत रुषा बाला यौवनं स्वं कृशोदरी
anyātikrāntamīśānaṃ śrutvā stanabharālasā / anindata ruṣā bālā yauvanaṃ svaṃ kṛśodarī
Another slender-waisted girl, languid with the weight of her breasts, hearing that Īśāna had already passed by, in vexation reproached her own youth.
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VamP 27.29
इत्थं स नगरस्त्रीणां क्षोभं संजनयन् हरः । जगाम वृषभारूढो दिव्यं श्वशुरमन्दिरम्
itthaṃ sa nagarastrīṇāṃ kṣobhaṃ saṃjanayan haraḥ / jagāma vṛṣabhārūḍho divyaṃ śvaśuramandiram
Thus Hara, producing such agitation among the women of the city, mounted on his bull, went to the divine mansion of his father-in-law.
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VamP 27.30
ततः प्रविष्टं प्रसमीक्ष्य शंभुं शैलेन्द्रवेश्मन्यबला ब्रुवन्ति । स्थाने तपो दुश्चरमम्बिकायाश्चीर्णं महानेष सुरस्तु शंभुः
tataḥ praviṣṭaṃ prasamīkṣya śaṃbhuṃ śailendraveśmanyabalā bruvanti / sthāne tapo duścaramambikāyāścīrṇaṃ mahāneṣa surastu śaṃbhuḥ
Then, having watched Śambhu enter into the house of the mountain lord, the women say: "Fitly did Ambikā practise her hard austerity—great indeed is this god Śambhu!"
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VamP 27.31
स एष येनाङ्गमानङ्गतां कृतं कन्दर्पनाम्नः कुसुमायुधस्य । क्रतोः क्षयी दक्षविनाशकर्ता भगाक्षिहा शूलधरः पिनाकी
sa eṣa yenāṅgamānaṅgatāṃ kṛtaṃ kandarpanāmnaḥ kusumāyudhasya / kratoḥ kṣayī dakṣavināśakartā bhagākṣihā śūladharaḥ pinākī
"This is he by whom the body of the flower-weaponed one named Kandarpa was made bodiless — the destroyer of the sacrifice, the doer of Dakṣa's ruin, the smiter of Bhaga's eye, the trident-bearer, the wielder of the Pināka bow."
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VamP 27.32
नमो नमः शङ्कर शूलपाणे मृगारिचर्माम्बर कालशत्रो । महाहिहाराङ्कितकुण्डलाय नमो नमः पार्वतिवल्लभाय
namo namaḥ śaṅkara śūlapāṇe mṛgāricarmāmbara kālaśatro / mahāhihārāṅkitakuṇḍalāya namo namaḥ pārvativallabhāya
"Homage, homage, O Śaṅkara, trident-in-hand, clothed in the hide of the lion (the deer's foe), foe of Death! Homage, homage to him whose earrings are marked by a necklace of great serpents, to the beloved of Pārvatī!"
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VamP 27.33
इत्थं संस्तूयमानः सुरापतिविधृतेनातपत्रेण शंभुः सिद्धैर्वन्द्यः सयक्षैरहिकृतवलयी चारुभस्मोपलिफ्तः । अग्रस्थेनाग्रजेन प्रमुदितमनसा विष्णुना चानुगेन वैवाहीं मङ्गलाढ्यां हुतवहमुदितामारुरोहाथ वेदीम्
itthaṃ saṃstūyamānaḥ surāpatividhṛtenātapatreṇa śaṃbhuḥ siddhairvandyaḥ sayakṣairahikṛtavalayī cārubhasmopaliphtaḥ / agrasthenāgrajena pramuditamanasā viṣṇunā cānugena vaivāhīṃ maṅgalāḍhyāṃ hutavahamuditāmārurohātha vedīm
Thus being praised, Śambhu — under a parasol held by the lord of the gods, to be saluted by the Siddhas together with the Yakṣas, wearing bracelets made of serpents, smeared with lovely ash — with the elder-born (Brahmā) standing in front and with Viṣṇu, glad of mind, following, then mounted the wedding altar, rich in auspiciousness, made joyful by the fire that receives oblations.
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VamP 27.34
आयाते त्रिपुरान्तके सहचरैः सार्धं च स्पतर्षिभिर्व्यग्रो ऽभूद् गिरिराजवेश्मनिजनः काल्याः समालङ्कृतौ । व्याकुल्यं समुपागताश्च गिरयः पूजादिना देवताः प्रायोव्याकुलिता भवन्ति सुहृदः कन्याविवाहोत्सुकाः
āyāte tripurāntake sahacaraiḥ sārdhaṃ ca spatarṣibhirvyagro 'bhūd girirājaveśmanijanaḥ kālyāḥ samālaṅkṛtau / vyākulyaṃ samupāgatāśca girayaḥ pūjādinā devatāḥ prāyovyākulitā bhavanti suhṛdaḥ kanyāvivāhotsukāḥ
When the Ender of Tripura had come, together with his companions and with the seven sages, the household of the mountain king was busy about the adorning of Kālī; and the mountains that had assembled were flustered over the worship and the rest — for friends eager for a maiden's wedding are generally flustered, and the gods too.
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VamP 27.35
प्रसाध्य देवीं गिरिजां ततः स्त्रयो दुकूलशुक्लाभिवृताङ्गयष्चिकाम् । भ्रात्रा सुनाबेन तदोत्सवे कृते सा शङ्कराभ्याशमथोपपादिता
prasādhya devīṃ girijāṃ tataḥ strayo dukūlaśuklābhivṛtāṅgayaṣcikām / bhrātrā sunābena tadotsave kṛte sā śaṅkarābhyāśamathopapāditā
Then, when the women had adorned the goddess Girijā, whose slender body was wrapped in white fine cloth, and when the festivity had been performed by her brother Sunābha, she was thereupon brought to Śaṅkara's side.
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VamP 27.36
ततः शुभे हर्म्यतले हिरण्मये स्थिताः सुराः संकरकालिचेष्टितम् । पस्यन्ति देवो ऽपि समं कुशाङ्ग्या लोकानुजुष्टं पदमाससाद
tataḥ śubhe harmyatale hiraṇmaye sthitāḥ surāḥ saṃkarakāliceṣṭitam / pasyanti devo 'pi samaṃ kuśāṅgyā lokānujuṣṭaṃ padamāsasāda
Then the gods, stationed on the fair golden terrace of the palace, watched the doings of Śaṃkara and Kālī; and the god too, together with the slender-limbed one, reached the place attended by the people.
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VamP 27.37
यत्र क्रीडा विचित्राः सकुसुमतरवो वारिणो बिन्दुपातैर्गन्धाढ्यैर्गन्धचूर्णैः प्रविरलमवनौ गुण्डितौ गुण्डिकायाम् । मुक्तादामैः प्रकामं हरगिरितनया क्रीडनार्थं तदाघ्यनत् पश्चात्सिन्दूरपुञ्जैरविरतविततैश् चक्रतुः क्ष्मां सुरक्ताम्
yatra krīḍā vicitrāḥ sakusumataravo vāriṇo bindupātairgandhāḍhyairgandhacūrṇaiḥ praviralamavanau guṇḍitau guṇḍikāyām / muktādāmaiḥ prakāmaṃ haragiritanayā krīḍanārthaṃ tadāghyanat paścātsindūrapuñjairaviratavitataiś cakratuḥ kṣmāṃ suraktām
There the sports were of many kinds: with flowering trees, with falling drops of water, with fragrant scented powders strewn thinly on the ground as fine dust; then Hara and the mountain's daughter for the sake of play threw at each other freely with strings of pearls, and afterwards with heaps of vermilion, scattered without pause, the two made the earth deep red.
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VamP 27.38
एवं क्रीडां हरः कृत्वा समं च गिरिकन्यया । आगच्छद् दक्षिणां वेदिमृषिभिः सेवितां दृढाम्
evaṃ krīḍāṃ haraḥ kṛtvā samaṃ ca girikanyayā / āgacchad dakṣiṇāṃ vedimṛṣibhiḥ sevitāṃ dṛḍhām
Having thus played together with the mountain's daughter, Hara came to the southern altar, firmly set and attended by the sages.
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VamP 27.39
अथाजगाम हिमवान् शुक्ललाम्बरधरः शुचिः । पवित्रपाणिरादाय मधुपर्कमथोज्ज्वलम्
athājagāma himavān śuklalāmbaradharaḥ śuciḥ / pavitrapāṇirādāya madhuparkamathojjvalam
Then came Himavān, wearing white garments, pure, with a purifying (blade of grass) in his hand, taking up the bright honey-mixture (madhuparka).
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VamP 27.40
उपविष्टस्त्रिनेत्रस्तु शाक्रीं दिशमपश्यत । सप्तर्षिकांश्च शैलन्द्रः सूपविष्टो ऽवलोकयन्
upaviṣṭastrinetrastu śākrīṃ diśamapaśyata / saptarṣikāṃśca śailandraḥ sūpaviṣṭo 'valokayan
The three-eyed one, seated, looked toward Indra's quarter (the east); and the mountain lord, well seated, gazed upon the seven sages.
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VamP 27.41
सुखासीनास्य शर्वस्य कृताञ्ज०लिपुटो गिरिः । प्रोवाच वचनं श्रीमान् धर्मसाधनमात्मनः
sukhāsīnāsya śarvasya kṛtāñja0lipuṭo giriḥ / provāca vacanaṃ śrīmān dharmasādhanamātmanaḥ
To Śarva, comfortably seated, the illustrious mountain, with his hands folded in a cup, spoke a word that was the accomplishing of his own duty:
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VamP 27.42
हिमवानुवाच । मत्पुत्रीं भगवन् कालीं पौत्रीं च पुलहाग्रजे । पितॄणामपि दौहित्रीं प्रतीच्छेमां मयोद्यताम्
himavānuvāca / matputrīṃ bhagavan kālīṃ pautrīṃ ca pulahāgraje / pitṝṇāmapi dauhitrīṃ pratīcchemāṃ mayodyatām
Himavān said: "O Lord, accept this my daughter Kālī, granddaughter of the elder brother of Pulaha, and great-granddaughter also of the Fathers, offered by me."
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VamP 27.43
पुलस्त्य उवाच । इत्येवमुक्त्वा शैलेन्द्रो हस्तं हस्तेन योजयन् । प्रादात् प्रतीच्छ भगवन् इदमुच्चैरुदीरयन्
pulastya uvāca / ityevamuktvā śailendro hastaṃ hastena yojayan / prādāt pratīccha bhagavan idamuccairudīrayan
Pulastya said: Having spoken thus, the mountain lord, joining her hand with (Śiva's) hand, gave her, uttering aloud: "Accept (her), O Lord."
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VamP 27.44
हि उवाच । न मे ऽस्ति माता न पिता तथैव न ज्ञातयो वापि च बानधवाश्च । निराश्रयो ऽहं किरिशृङ्गवासी सुतां प्रतीच्छासि तवाद्रिराज
hi uvāca / na me 'sti mātā na pitā tathaiva na jñātayo vāpi ca bānadhavāśca / nirāśrayo 'haṃ kiriśṛṅgavāsī sutāṃ pratīcchāsi tavādrirāja
Hara said: "I have no mother, nor father, nor kinsmen either, nor relations; I am without support, a dweller on the mountain peaks. (Yet) I accept your daughter, O king of mountains."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VamP 27.45
इत्येवमुक्त्वा वरदो ऽवपीडयत् करं करेणाद्रिकुमारिकायाः । सा चापि संस्पर्शमवाप्य शंभोः परां मुदं लब्धवती सुरर्षे
ityevamuktvā varado 'vapīḍayat karaṃ kareṇādrikumārikāyāḥ / sā cāpi saṃsparśamavāpya śaṃbhoḥ parāṃ mudaṃ labdhavatī surarṣe
Having spoken thus, the giver of boons pressed the hand of the mountain's daughter with his hand; and she too, having received Śambhu's touch, obtained the highest joy, O sage of the gods.
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VamP 27.46
तथाधिरूढो वरदो ऽथ वेदिं सहाद्रिपुत्र्या मधुपर्कमश्नन । दत्त्वा च लाजान् कलमस्य शुक्लांस्ततो विरिञ्चो गिरिजामुवाच
tathādhirūḍho varado 'tha vediṃ sahādriputryā madhuparkamaśnana / dattvā ca lājān kalamasya śuklāṃstato viriñco girijāmuvāca
Then the giver of boons, having thus mounted the altar with the mountain's daughter, eating the madhuparka and having offered the white parched rice-grains, thereupon Viriñca (Brahmā) said to Girijā:
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VamP 27.47
कालि पस्यस्व वदनं भर्तुः शशधरप्रभम् । समदृष्टिः स्थिरा भूत्वा कुरुष्वाग्नेः प्रदक्षिणम्
kāli pasyasva vadanaṃ bhartuḥ śaśadharaprabham / samadṛṣṭiḥ sthirā bhūtvā kuruṣvāgneḥ pradakṣiṇam
"Kālī, look at your husband's face, bright as the moon-bearer; becoming steady, with even gaze, make the circumambulation of the fire."
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VamP 27.48
ततो ऽम्बिका हरमुखे दृष्टे शैत्यमुपागता । यथार्करश्मिसंतप्ता प्राप्य वृष्टिमिवावनिः
tato 'mbikā haramukhe dṛṣṭe śaityamupāgatā / yathārkaraśmisaṃtaptā prāpya vṛṣṭimivāvaniḥ
Then Ambikā, when Hara's face was seen, came to coolness, as the earth scorched by the sun's rays does on receiving rain.
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VamP 27.49
भूयः प्राह विभोर्वक्त्रमीक्षस्वेति पितामहः । लज्जया सापि दृष्टेति शनैर्ब्रह्माणमब्रवीत्
bhūyaḥ prāha vibhorvaktramīkṣasveti pitāmahaḥ / lajjayā sāpi dṛṣṭeti śanairbrahmāṇamabravīt
Again the Grandfather said, "Look at the Lord's face"; and she, out of shyness, said softly to Brahmā, "It has been seen."
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VamP 27.50
समं गिरिजया तेन हुताशस्त्रिःप्रदक्षिणम् । कृतो लाजाश्च हविषा समं क्षिप्ता हुताशने
samaṃ girijayā tena hutāśastriḥpradakṣiṇam / kṛto lājāśca haviṣā samaṃ kṣiptā hutāśane
Together with Girijā, the fire was circumambulated three times by him, and the parched grains, along with the oblation, were cast into the fire.
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VamP 27.51
ततो हराङ्घ्रिर्मालिन्या गृहीतो हायकारणात् । किं याचसि च दास्यामि मुञ्चस्वेति हरो ऽब्रवीत्
tato harāṅghrirmālinyā gṛhīto hāyakāraṇāt / kiṃ yācasi ca dāsyāmi muñcasveti haro 'bravīt
Then Mālinī took hold of Hara's foot on account of the hāya (custom); and Hara said, "What do you ask? I shall give it — let go!"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VamP 27.52
मालिनी शङ्करं प्राह मत्सख्या देहि शङ्कर । सौभाग्यं निजगोत्रीयं ततो मोक्षमवाप्स्यसि
mālinī śaṅkaraṃ prāha matsakhyā dehi śaṅkara / saubhāgyaṃ nijagotrīyaṃ tato mokṣamavāpsyasi
Mālinī said to Śaṅkara: "Grant, O Śaṅkara, to my friend the good fortune (of marriage) belonging to your own lineage; then you will obtain release."
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VamP 27.53
अथोवाच महादेवो दत्तं मालिनि मुञ्च माम् । सौभाग्यं निजगोत्रीयं यो ऽस्यास्तं शृणु वच्मि ते
athovāca mahādevo dattaṃ mālini muñca mām / saubhāgyaṃ nijagotrīyaṃ yo 'syāstaṃ śṛṇu vacmi te
Then Mahādeva said: "It is given, Mālinī; release me. Hear, I will tell you who is her good fortune (belonging) to my own lineage."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VamP 27.54
यो ऽसौ पीताम्बरधरः शङ्खधृक् मधुसूदनः । एतदीयो हि सौभाग्यो दत्तो ऽस्मद्गोत्रमेव हि
yo 'sau pītāmbaradharaḥ śaṅkhadhṛk madhusūdanaḥ / etadīyo hi saubhāgyo datto 'smadgotrameva hi
"He there who wears the yellow garment, who bears the conch, Madhusūdana — he indeed is her good fortune; (thus) my very lineage has been given."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VamP 27.55
इत्येवमुक्ते वचने प्रमुमोच वृषध्वजम् । मालिनी निजगोत्रस्य शुभचारित्रमालिनी
ityevamukte vacane pramumoca vṛṣadhvajam / mālinī nijagotrasya śubhacāritramālinī
When this word had thus been spoken, Mālinī released the bull-bannered one — Mālinī, who was a garland of the good conduct of her own clan.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VamP 27.56
यदा हरो हि मालिन्या गृहीतश्चरणे शुभे । तदा कालीमुखं ब्रह्म ददर्श शशिनो ऽधिकम्
yadā haro hi mālinyā gṛhītaścaraṇe śubhe / tadā kālīmukhaṃ brahma dadarśa śaśino 'dhikam
When indeed Hara was seized by Mālinī at his fair foot, then Brahmā saw Kālī's face, (lovelier) than the moon.
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VamP 27.57
तद् दृष्ट्वा क्षोभमगमत् शुक्रच्युतिमवाप च । तच्छुक्रं बालुकायां च खिलीचक्रे ससाध्वसः
tad dṛṣṭvā kṣobhamagamat śukracyutimavāpa ca / tacchukraṃ bālukāyāṃ ca khilīcakre sasādhvasaḥ
Seeing that, he came to agitation and underwent an emission of semen; and in alarm he covered over that semen in the sand.
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VamP 27.58
ततो ऽब्रवीद्वरो ब्रह्मन् न द्विजान् हन्तुमर्हसि । अमी महर्षयो धन्या वालखिल्याः पितामह
tato 'bravīdvaro brahman na dvijān hantumarhasi / amī maharṣayo dhanyā vālakhilyāḥ pitāmaha
Then Hara said: "O Brahman, you ought not to kill brahmins. These are blessed great seers, the Vālakhilyas, O Grandfather."
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VamP 27.59
ततो महेशवाक्यान्ते समुत्तस्थुस्तपस्विनः । अष्टाशीतिसहस्राणि वालखिल्या इति स्मृताः
tato maheśavākyānte samuttasthustapasvinaḥ / aṣṭāśītisahasrāṇi vālakhilyā iti smṛtāḥ
Then, at the end of Maheśa's speech, there arose ascetics, eighty-eight thousand, known as the Vālakhilyas.
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VamP 27.60
ततो विवाहे निर्वृत्ते प्रविष्टः कौतुकं हरः । रेमे सहोमया रात्रिं प्रभाते पुनरुत्थितः
tato vivāhe nirvṛtte praviṣṭaḥ kautukaṃ haraḥ / reme sahomayā rātriṃ prabhāte punarutthitaḥ
Then, when the wedding was completed, Hara entered the (bridal) festivity; he took pleasure with Umā through the night, and at dawn rose again.
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VamP 27.61
ततो ऽद्रपुत्रीं समवाप्य शंभुः सरैः समं भूतगणैश् च हृष्टः । संपूजितः पर्वतपार्थिवेन स मन्दरं शीघ्रमुपादजगाम
tato 'draputrīṃ samavāpya śaṃbhuḥ saraiḥ samaṃ bhūtagaṇaiś ca hṛṣṭaḥ / saṃpūjitaḥ parvatapārthivena sa mandaraṃ śīghramupādajagāma
Then Śambhu, having won the mountain's daughter, delighted together with the gods and the hosts of spirits, and honoured by the mountain-king, swiftly went up to Mandara.
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VamP 27.62
ततः सुरान् ब्रह्महरीन्द्रमुख्यान् प्रणम्य संपूज्य यथाविभागम् । विसर्ज्य भूतैः सहितो महीध्रमध्यावसन्मन्दरमष्टमूर्तिः
tataḥ surān brahmaharīndramukhyān praṇamya saṃpūjya yathāvibhāgam / visarjya bhūtaiḥ sahito mahīdhramadhyāvasanmandaramaṣṭamūrtiḥ
Then, having bowed to the gods headed by Brahmā, Hari and Indra, and honoured them each according to rank, and dismissed them, the eight-formed one dwelt on the mountain Mandara together with the spirits.
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