Uma Covers Shiva's Eyes

Verse 1 (13.205.1)

भगवंस्तीर्थयात्रार्थं तथैव चरता मया । दिव्यमद्भुतसङ्काशं दृष्टं हैमवतं वनम् ॥

bhagavaṃstīrthayātrārthaṃ tathaiva caratā mayā | divyamadbhutasaṅkāśaṃ dṛṣṭaṃ haimavataṃ vanam

Venerable one, while I was wandering on pilgrimage, I saw a divine and wondrous forest of the Himalaya,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0161-0162. Narada's account to Krishna of the Uma-Maheshvara dialogue (the dialogue itself continues in the next adhyaya). Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d) carries this passage; the critical edition proper has the parallel at 13.127.2-45 in a different text.

Verse 2 (13.205.2)

नानावृक्षसमायुक्तं नानापक्षिगणैर्वृतम् । नानारत्नगणाकीर्णं नानाभावसमन्वितम् ॥

nānāvṛkṣasamāyuktaṃ nānāpakṣigaṇairvṛtam | nānāratnagaṇākīrṇaṃ nānābhāvasamanvitam

full of many kinds of trees and encircled by flocks of many birds, strewn with many kinds of jewels, and possessed of many moods,

Note on the text: Corrected नानरत्नगणाकीर्णं → नानारत्नगणाकीर्णं (misprint in Wikisource; dropped long ā; Appendix I reads nānāratna-). Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0163-0164.

Verse 3 (13.205.3)

दिव्यचन्दनसंयुक्तं दिव्यधूपेन धूपितम् । दिव्यपुष्पसमाकीर्णं दिव्यगन्धेन वासितम् ॥

divyacandanasaṃyuktaṃ divyadhūpena dhūpitam | divyapuṣpasamākīrṇaṃ divyagandhena vāsitam

rich with divine sandalwood, perfumed with divine incense, strewn with divine flowers, and scented with divine fragrance,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0165-0166. Line a also occurs in the critical edition at 13.127.7c.

Verse 4 (13.205.4)

सिद्धचारणसंघातैर्भूतसङ्घैर्निषेवितम् । वरिष्ठाप्सरसाकीर्णं नागगन्धर्वसङ्कुलम् ॥

siddhacāraṇasaṃghātairbhūtasaṅghairniṣevitam | variṣṭhāpsarasākīrṇaṃ nāgagandharvasaṅkulam

frequented by throngs of Siddhas and Charanas and by hosts of spirits, crowded with the finest apsarases, with Nagas and Gandharvas.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0167-0168.

Verse 5 (13.205.5)

मृदङ्गमुरजोद्धुष्टं शङ्खवीणाभिनादितम् । नृत्यद्भिर्भूतसङ्घैश्च सर्वतस्त्वभिशोभितम् ॥

mṛdaṅgamurajoddhuṣṭaṃ śaṅkhavīṇābhināditam | nṛtyadbhirbhūtasaṅghaiśca sarvatastvabhiśobhitam

It resounded with mridangas and murajas and echoed with conches and lutes, and it was graced on every side by hosts of spirits dancing.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0169-0170.

Verse 6 (13.205.6)

नानारूपैर्विरूपैश्च भीमरूपैर्भयानकैः । सिंहव्याघ्रोरगमृगैर्बिडालवदनैस्तथा ॥

nānārūpairvirūpaiśca bhīmarūpairbhayānakaiḥ | siṃhavyāghroragamṛgairbiḍālavadanaistathā

There were beings of many forms, misshapen, of dreadful shape and terrifying, with the faces of lions, tigers, serpents and deer, and the faces of cats,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0171-0172.

Verse 7 (13.205.7)

खरोष्ट्रद्वीपिवदनैर्गजवक्त्रैस्तथैव च । उलूकश्येनवदनैः काकगृध्रमुखैस्तथा ॥

kharoṣṭradvīpivadanairgajavaktraistathaiva ca | ulūkaśyenavadanaiḥ kākagṛdhramukhaistathā

with the faces of donkeys, camels and leopards, with elephants' heads, and likewise with the faces of owls, hawks, crows and vultures.

Note on the text: Corrected स्वरोष्ट्र → खरोष्ट्र (misprint in Wikisource; खरोष्ट्र "donkeys and camels"; Appendix I reads kharoṣṭra). Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0173-0174.

Verse 8 (13.205.8)

एवं बहुविधाकारैर्भूतसङ्घैर्भृशाकुलम् । नानद्यमानं बहुधा हरपारिषदैर्भृशम् ॥

evaṃ bahuvidhākārairbhūtasaṅghairbhṛśākulam | nānadyamānaṃ bahudhā harapāriṣadairbhṛśam

Thus the forest was thronged with hosts of spirits of many shapes and rang in many ways with the loud cries of Hara's attendants.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0175-0176.

Verse 9 (13.205.9)

घोररूपं सुदुर्दर्शं रक्षोगणशतैर्वृतम् । समाजं तद्वने दृष्टं मया भूतपतेः पुरा ॥

ghorarūpaṃ sudurdarśaṃ rakṣogaṇaśatairvṛtam | samājaṃ tadvane dṛṣṭaṃ mayā bhūtapateḥ purā

Dreadful in form and hard to look upon, surrounded by hundreds of troops of rakshasas, that was the assembly of the Lord of Spirits, which I saw in that forest long ago.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0177-0178.

Verse 10 (13.205.10)

प्रनृत्ताप्सरसं दिव्यं देवगन्धर्वनादितम् । प्रथमे वर्षरात्रे तु मेघसङ्घनिनादितम् ॥

pranṛttāpsarasaṃ divyaṃ devagandharvanāditam | prathame varṣarātre tu meghasaṅghanināditam

Divine apsarases danced there, and it resounded with gods and gandharvas; on the first rainy night it echoed with the thunder of massed clouds.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), line 0179. Line b has no counterpart in Appendix I No. 15 (vulgate only).

Verse 11 (13.205.11)

नानाबर्हिणसंघुष्टं गजयूथसमाकुलम् । षट्पदैरुपगीतं च प्रथमे मासि माधवे ॥

nānābarhiṇasaṃghuṣṭaṃ gajayūthasamākulam | ṣaṭpadairupagītaṃ ca prathame māsi mādhave

It was full of the cries of many peacocks and crowded with herds of elephants, and it was sung to by bees in the first month of spring, Madhava.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), line 0180. Line a has no counterpart in Appendix I No. 15 (vulgate only).

Verse 12 (13.205.12)

उत्क्रोशत्क्रौञ्चकुररैः सारसैर्जीवजीवकैः । मत्ताभिः परपुष्टाभिः कूजन्तीभिः समाकुलम् ॥

utkrośatkrauñcakuraraiḥ sārasairjīvajīvakaiḥ | mattābhiḥ parapuṣṭābhiḥ kūjantībhiḥ samākulam

It was noisy with calling krauncha birds and ospreys, with cranes and jivajivaka partridges, and filled with the song of intoxicated cuckoos.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0181-0182.

Verse 13 (13.205.13)

उत्तमावाससङ्काशं भीमरूपतरं ततः । द्रष्टुं भवति धर्मस्य धर्मभागिजनस्य च ॥

uttamāvāsasaṅkāśaṃ bhīmarūpataraṃ tataḥ | draṣṭuṃ bhavati dharmasya dharmabhāgijanasya ca

It looked like a supreme dwelling, though then more fearsome in aspect, a sight for Dharma himself and for those who share in dharma.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0183-0184.

Verse 14 (13.205.14)

ये चोर्ध्वरेतसः सिद्धास्तत्रतत्र समागताः । मार्ताण्डरश्मिसञ्चारा विश्वेदेवगणास्तथा ॥

ye cordhvaretasaḥ siddhāstatratatra samāgatāḥ | mārtāṇḍaraśmisañcārā viśvedevagaṇāstathā

The ascetics of unbroken celibacy, the perfected ones, had gathered there, as well as those who travel along the rays of the sun and the hosts of the Vishvedevas.

Note on the text: Corrected ये चोध्वरेतसः → ये चोर्ध्वरेतसः (misprint in Wikisource; dropped र; Appendix I reads cordhvaretasaḥ). Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0185-0186.

Verse 15 (13.205.15)

तथा नागास्तथा दिव्या लोकपाला हुताशनाः । वाताश्च सर्वे चायान्ति दिव्यपुष्पसमाकुलाः ॥

tathā nāgāstathā divyā lokapālā hutāśanāḥ | vātāśca sarve cāyānti divyapuṣpasamākulāḥ

Likewise came the Nagas, the divine beings, the guardians of the worlds and the fires, and all the winds, laden with divine flowers.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0187-0188.

Verse 16 (13.205.16)

किरन्तः सर्वपुष्पाणि किरन्तोऽद्भुतदर्शनाः । ओषध्यः प्रज्वलन्त्यश्च द्योतयन्त्यो दिशो दश ॥

kirantaḥ sarvapuṣpāṇi kiranto'dbhutadarśanāḥ | oṣadhyaḥ prajvalantyaśca dyotayantyo diśo daśa

They scattered flowers of every kind, wonderful to behold, and the herbs blazed, lighting up the ten directions.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0189-0190.

Verse 17 (13.205.17)

विहगाश्च मुदा युक्ता नृत्यन्ति च नदन्ति च । ततः समन्ततस्तत्र दिव्या दिव्यजनप्रियाः ॥

vihagāśca mudā yuktā nṛtyanti ca nadanti ca | tataḥ samantatastatra divyā divyajanapriyāḥ

Birds, full of joy, danced and sang, and then all around divine beings who were dear to the divine folk gathered there.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0191-0192.

Verse 18 (13.205.18)

तत्र देवो गिरितटे हेमधातुविभूषिते । पर्यङ्क इव बभ्राज उपविष्टो महाद्युतिः ॥

tatra devo giritaṭe hemadhātuvibhūṣite | paryaṅka iva babhrāja upaviṣṭo mahādyutiḥ

There, on a mountain slope adorned with gold ores, the god of great splendour sat and shone as if on a couch.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0193-0194.

Verse 19 (13.205.19)

व्याघ्रचर्मपरीधानो गजचर्मोत्तरच्छदः । व्यालयज्ञोपवीतश्च लोहितान्त्रविभूषितः ॥

vyāghracarmaparīdhāno gajacarmottaracchadaḥ | vyālayajñopavītaśca lohitāntravibhūṣitaḥ

He wore a tiger's skin, and an elephant's hide was his upper covering; a serpent was his sacred thread, and he was adorned with red entrails.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0195-0196.

Verse 20 (13.205.20)

हरिश्मश्रुजटो भीमो भयकर्ताऽमरद्विषाम् । भयहेतुरभक्तानां भक्तानामभयङ्करः ॥

hariśmaśrujaṭo bhīmo bhayakartā'maradviṣām | bhayaheturabhaktānāṃ bhaktānāmabhayaṅkaraḥ

He had a tawny beard and matted hair and was terrible, a source of fear to the enemies of the gods and a cause of fear to the faithless, but a giver of fearlessness to his devotees.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0197-0198.

Verse 21 (13.205.21)

किन्नरैर्देवगन्धर्वैः स्तूयमानस्ततस्ततः । ऋषिभिश्चाप्सरोभिश्च सर्वतश्चैव शोभितः ॥

kinnarairdevagandharvaiḥ stūyamānastatastataḥ | ṛṣibhiścāpsarobhiśca sarvataścaiva śobhitaḥ

He was praised on every side by Kinnaras, gods and Gandharvas, and by sages and apsarases, and shone resplendent in every direction.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0199-0200.

Verse 22 (13.205.22)

तत्र भूतपतेः स्थानं देवदानवसङ्कुलम् । सर्वतेजोमयं भूम्ना लोकपालनिषेवितम् ॥

tatra bhūtapateḥ sthānaṃ devadānavasaṅkulam | sarvatejomayaṃ bhūmnā lokapālaniṣevitam

There was the abode of the Lord of Spirits, thronged with gods and danavas, wholly made of splendour, and attended by the guardians of the worlds,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0201-0202.

Verse 23 (13.205.23)

महोरगसमाकीर्णं सर्वेषां रोमहर्षणम् । भीमरूपमनिर्देश्यमप्रधृष्यतमं विभोः ॥

mahoragasamākīrṇaṃ sarveṣāṃ romaharṣaṇam | bhīmarūpamanirdeśyamapradhṛṣyatamaṃ vibhoḥ

crowded with great serpents, making the hair of all stand on end, dreadful in form, indescribable, and most unassailable, the abode of the Lord.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0203-0204.

Verse 24 (13.205.24)

तत्र भूतपतिं देवमासीनं शिखरोत्तमे । ऋषयो भूतसङ्घाश्च प्रणम्य शिरसा हरम् । गीर्भिः परमशुद्धाभिस्तुष्टुवुश्च मनोहरम् ॥

tatra bhūtapatiṃ devamāsīnaṃ śikharottame | ṛṣayo bhūtasaṅghāśca praṇamya śirasā haram | gīrbhiḥ paramaśuddhābhistuṣṭuvuśca manoharam

There, as the god, Lord of Spirits, sat on the finest peak, the sages and the hosts of spirits bowed their heads to Hara and praised the charming one with supremely pure words.

Note on the text: Corrected तुष्टुवुस्च → तुष्टुवुश्च (misprint in Wikisource; स्च for श्च). Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0205-0207.

Verse 25 (13.205.25)

विमुक्ताश्चैव पापेभ्यो बभूवुर्विगतज्वराः । ऋषयो बालखिल्याश्च तथा विप्रर्षयश्च ये ॥

vimuktāścaiva pāpebhyo babhūvurvigatajvarāḥ | ṛṣayo bālakhilyāśca tathā viprarṣayaśca ye

They were freed from sins and rid of distress, the Balakhilya sages and the brahmin sages who were there,

Note on the text: Corrected बालकिल्याश्च → बालखिल्याश्च (misprint in Wikisource; बालखिल्य is the name of the sages; Appendix I reads vālakhilyāḥ). Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0208-0209.

Verse 26 (13.205.26)

अयोनिजा योनिजाश्च तपःसिद्धा महर्षयः । ततस्तं देवदेवेशं भगवन्तमुपासते ॥

ayonijā yonijāśca tapaḥsiddhā maharṣayaḥ | tatastaṃ devadeveśaṃ bhagavantamupāsate

both those not born of the womb and those born of it, great sages perfected through austerity; and they worshipped that blessed God of gods.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0210-0211.

Verse 27 (13.205.27)

ततस्तस्मिन्क्षणे देवी भूतस्त्रीगणसंवृता । हरतुल्याम्बरधरा समानव्रतचारिणी ॥

tatastasminkṣaṇe devī bhūtastrīgaṇasaṃvṛtā | haratulyāmbaradharā samānavratacāriṇī

At that moment the Goddess, attended by a throng of women of the spirit-host, wearing garments like Hara's and keeping the same vows as he,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0212-0213. Line b also occurs in the critical edition at 13.127.23c.

Verse 28 (13.205.28)

काञ्चनं कलशं गृह्य सर्वतीर्थाम्बुपूरितम् । पुष्पवृष्ट्याऽभिवर्षन्ती दिव्यगन्धसमावृता ॥

kāñcanaṃ kalaśaṃ gṛhya sarvatīrthāmbupūritam | puṣpavṛṣṭyā'bhivarṣantī divyagandhasamāvṛtā

carrying a golden pitcher filled with the waters of all holy places, sprinkling a shower of flowers, and enveloped in divine fragrance,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0214-0215.

Verse 29 (13.205.29)

सरिद्वराभिः सर्वाभिः पृष्ठतोऽनुगता वरा । सेवितुं भगवत्पार्श्वमाजगाम शुचिस्मिता ॥

saridvarābhiḥ sarvābhiḥ pṛṣṭhato'nugatā varā | sevituṃ bhagavatpārśvamājagāma śucismitā

followed from behind by all the best of rivers, the excellent one, smiling brightly, came to attend at the side of the Blessed One.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0216-0217.

Verse 30 (13.205.30)

आगम्य तु गिरेः पुत्री देवदेवस्य चान्तिकम् । मनःप्रियं चिकीर्षन्ती क्रीडार्थं शङ्करान्तिके ॥

āgamya tu gireḥ putrī devadevasya cāntikam | manaḥpriyaṃ cikīrṣantī krīḍārthaṃ śaṅkarāntike

The mountain's daughter, having come near the God of gods, wishing to do what pleased his heart, in play near Shankara,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0218-0219.

Verse 31 (13.205.31)

मनोहराभ्यां पाणिभ्यां हरनेत्रे पिधाय तु । अवेक्ष्य हृष्टा स्वगणान्स्मयन्ती पृष्ठतः स्थिता ॥

manoharābhyāṃ pāṇibhyāṃ haranetre pidhāya tu | avekṣya hṛṣṭā svagaṇānsmayantī pṛṣṭhataḥ sthitā

covered Hara's eyes with her charming hands. Then, glad, looking at her attendants, she stood smiling behind him.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0220-0221.

Verse 32 (13.205.32)

देव्या चान्धीकृते देवे कश्मलं समपद्यत । निमीलिते भूतपतौ नष्टचन्द्रार्कतारकम् ॥

devyā cāndhīkṛte deve kaśmalaṃ samapadyata | nimīlite bhūtapatau naṣṭacandrārkatārakam

When the Goddess had blinded the God, a swoon fell on all. With the Lord of Spirits' eyes closed, moon, sun and stars were lost.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0222-0223.

Verse 33 (13.205.33)

निःस्वाध्यायवषट्कारं तमसा चाभिसंवृतम् । विषण्णं भयवित्रस्तं जगदासीद्भयाकुलम् ॥

niḥsvādhyāyavaṣaṭkāraṃ tamasā cābhisaṃvṛtam | viṣaṇṇaṃ bhayavitrastaṃ jagadāsīdbhayākulam

With no Vedic recitation and no vashat-calls, wrapped in darkness, the world became dejected, terror-struck and full of fear.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0224-0225.

Verse 34 (13.205.34)

हाहाकारमृषीणां च लोकानामभवत्तदा । तमोभिभूते सम्भ्रान्ते लोके जीवनसंक्षये ॥

hāhākāramṛṣīṇāṃ ca lokānāmabhavattadā | tamobhibhūte sambhrānte loke jīvanasaṃkṣaye

A cry of “alas” rose from the sages and from all the worlds then, when the world was shrouded in dark and confused, its very life in danger.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0226-0227.

Verse 35 (13.205.35)

तृतीयं चास्य सम्भूतं ललाटे नेत्रमायतम् । द्वादशादित्यसङ्काशं लोकान्भासाऽवभासयत् ॥

tṛtīyaṃ cāsya sambhūtaṃ lalāṭe netramāyatam | dvādaśādityasaṅkāśaṃ lokānbhāsā'vabhāsayat

And a third eye, wide, appeared on his forehead, bright as the twelve Adityas, lighting up the worlds with its radiance.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0228-0229.

Verse 36 (13.205.36)

तत्र तेनाग्निना तेन युगान्ताग्निनिभेन वै । अदह्यत गिरिः सर्वो हिमवानग्रतः स्थितः ॥

tatra tenāgninā tena yugāntāgninibhena vai | adahyata giriḥ sarvo himavānagrataḥ sthitaḥ

By that fire, like the fire at the end of an age, the whole Himalaya mountain, which stood before him, was burnt.

Note on the text: Corrected तत्रक तेनाग्निना → तत्र तेनाग्निना (misprint in Wikisource; stray क). Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0230-0231.

Verse 37 (13.205.37)

दह्यमाने गिरौ तस्मिन्मृगपक्षिसमाकुले । सविद्याधरगन्धर्वे दिव्यौषधसमाकुले ॥

dahyamāne girau tasminmṛgapakṣisamākule | savidyādharagandharve divyauṣadhasamākule

While that mountain was burning, full of deer and birds, with Vidyadharas and Gandharvas, rich in divine herbs,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0232-0233.

Verse 38 (13.205.38)

ततो गिरिसुता चापि विस्मयोत्फुल्ललोचना । बभूव च जगत्सर्वं तथा विस्मयसंयुतम् ॥

tato girisutā cāpi vismayotphullalocanā | babhūva ca jagatsarvaṃ tathā vismayasaṃyutam

then the mountain's daughter too, her eyes wide with amazement, and the whole world with her, was filled with wonder.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0234-0235.

Verse 39 (13.205.39)

पश्यतामेव सर्वेषां देवदानवरक्षसाम् । नेत्रजेनाग्निना तेन दग्ध एव नगोत्तमः ॥

paśyatāmeva sarveṣāṃ devadānavarakṣasām | netrajenāgninā tena dagdha eva nagottamaḥ

Before the eyes of all, gods, danavas and rakshasas, the best of mountains was burnt by that fire born of his eye.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0236-0237.

Verse 40 (13.205.40)

तं दृष्ट्वा मथितं शैलं शैलपुत्री सविक्लवा । पितुः सम्मानमिच्छन्ती पपात भुवि पादयोः ॥

taṃ dṛṣṭvā mathitaṃ śailaṃ śailaputrī saviklavā | pituḥ sammānamicchantī papāta bhuvi pādayoḥ

Seeing that mountain ravaged, the mountain's daughter, distraught, pleading for her father's honour, fell to the ground at the God's feet.

Note on the text: Corrected पादूयोः → पादयोः (misprint in Wikisource; stray ू; Appendix I reads pādayoḥ). Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0238-0239.

Verse 41 (13.205.41)

तं दृष्ट्वा देवदेवेशो देव्या दुःखमनुत्तमम् । हैमवत्याः प्रियार्थं च गिरिं पुनरवैक्षत ॥

taṃ dṛṣṭvā devadeveśo devyā duḥkhamanuttamam | haimavatyāḥ priyārthaṃ ca giriṃ punaravaikṣata

Seeing the Goddess's immense grief, the God of gods, for Haimavati's sake, looked at the mountain again.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0240-0241.

Verse 42 (13.205.42)

दृष्टमात्रे भगवता सौम्ययुक्तेन चेतसा । क्षणेन हिमवाञ्शैलः प्रकृतिस्थोऽभवत्पुनः ॥

dṛṣṭamātre bhagavatā saumyayuktena cetasā | kṣaṇena himavāñśailaḥ prakṛtistho'bhavatpunaḥ

At a mere glance from the Blessed One, with gentle mind, the Himalaya mountain in an instant returned to its natural state.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0242-0243.

Verse 43 (13.205.43)

हृष्टपुष्टविहङ्गैश्च प्रफुल्लद्रुमकाननः । सिद्धचारणसङ्घैश्च प्रीतियुक्तैः समाकुलः ॥

hṛṣṭapuṣṭavihaṅgaiśca praphulladrumakānanaḥ | siddhacāraṇasaṅghaiśca prītiyuktaiḥ samākulaḥ

Its birds were glad and thriving, its forests bright with flowering trees, and it was thronged with delighted Siddhas and Charanas.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0244-0245.

Verse 44 (13.205.44)

पितरं प्रकृतिस्थं च दृष्ट्वा हैमवती भृशम् । अभवत्प्रीतिसंयुक्ता मुदितात्र पिनाकिनम् ॥

pitaraṃ prakṛtisthaṃ ca dṛṣṭvā haimavatī bhṛśam | abhavatprītisaṃyuktā muditātra pinākinam

Seeing her father restored to his natural state, Haimavati was greatly filled with joy, and she was delighted there with Pinakin.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0246-0247.

Verse 45 (13.205.45)

देवी विस्मयसंयुक्ता प्रष्टुकामा महेश्वरम् । हितार्थं सर्वलोकानां प्रजानां हितकाम्यया । देवदेवं महादेवी बभाषेदं वचोऽर्थवत् ॥

devī vismayasaṃyuktā praṣṭukāmā maheśvaram | hitārthaṃ sarvalokānāṃ prajānāṃ hitakāmyayā | devadevaṃ mahādevī babhāṣedaṃ vaco'rthavat

The Goddess, full of astonishment and wishing to question Maheshvara, for the benefit of all the worlds and out of a wish for the welfare of creatures, spoke these meaningful words to the God of gods.

Note on the text: Corrected हितार्तं → हितार्थं (misprint in Wikisource; हितार्थ "for the good of"; Appendix I reads hitārthaṃ). Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0248-0250.

Verse 46 (13.205.46)

भगवन्देवदेवेश शूलपाणे महाद्युते । विस्मयो मे महाञ्जातस्तस्मिन्नेत्राग्निसम्भवे ॥

bhagavandevadeveśa śūlapāṇe mahādyute | vismayo me mahāñjātastasminnetrāgnisambhave

“Blessed One, God of gods, wielder of the trident, O greatly radiant one, great astonishment has arisen in me at that fire born of your eye.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0251-0252. Speaker: Uma's words, unheaded on the page (which keeps Narada's heading); the input's carried-over Narada is corrected.

Verse 47 (13.205.47)

किमर्थं देवदेवेश ललाटेऽस्मिन्प्रकाशते । अतिसूर्याग्निसङ्काशं तृतीयं नेत्रमायतम् ॥

kimarthaṃ devadeveśa lalāṭe'sminprakāśate | atisūryāgnisaṅkāśaṃ tṛtīyaṃ netramāyatam

Why, God of gods, does this third eye shine on your forehead, wide and bright as a sun-fire?

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0253-0254. Speaker: Uma's words, unheaded on the page (which keeps Narada's heading); the input's carried-over Narada is corrected.

Verse 48 (13.205.48)

नेत्राग्निना तु महता निर्दग्धो हिमवानसौ । पुनः संदृष्टमात्रस्तु प्रकृतिस्थः पिता मम ॥

netrāgninā tu mahatā nirdagdho himavānasau | punaḥ saṃdṛṣṭamātrastu prakṛtisthaḥ pitā mama

The Himalaya was burnt by the great fire of that eye, and then, on being seen again, my father returned to his natural state.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0255-0256. Speaker: Uma's words, unheaded on the page (which keeps Narada's heading); the input's carried-over Narada is corrected.

Verse 49 (13.205.49)

एष मे संशयो देव हृदि मे सम्प्रवर्तते । देवदेव नमस्तुभ्यं तन्मे शंसितुमर्हसि ॥

eṣa me saṃśayo deva hṛdi me sampravartate | devadeva namastubhyaṃ tanme śaṃsitumarhasi

This is the doubt, O God, that stirs in my heart. Homage to you, God of gods; you should explain it to me.”

Note on the text: Corrected संसितुमर्हसि → शंसितुमर्हसि (misprint in Wikisource; शंस् "to declare"; Appendix I reads śaṃsitum). Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0257-0258. Speaker: Uma's words, unheaded on the page (which keeps Narada's heading); the input's carried-over Narada is corrected.

Verse 50 (13.205.50)

एवमुक्तस्तया देव्या प्रीयमाणोऽब्रवीद्भवः । स्थाने संशयितुं देवि धर्मज्ञे प्रियभाषिणि ॥

evamuktastayā devyā prīyamāṇo'bravīdbhavaḥ | sthāne saṃśayituṃ devi dharmajñe priyabhāṣiṇi

Thus addressed by the Goddess, Bhava replied, pleased: “It is right to ask this, O Goddess, versed in dharma and sweet of speech.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0259-0260. Speaker: line a is narration, line b opens Shiva's reply; the verse is given to Mahadeva. The page keeps Narada's heading here; the input's Narada is corrected.

Verse 51 (13.205.51)

त्वदृते मां हि वै प्रष्टुं न शक्यं केन चेत्प्रिये । प्रकाशं यदि वा गुह्यं प्रियार्थं प्रब्रवीम्यहम् ॥

tvadṛte māṃ hi vai praṣṭuṃ na śakyaṃ kena cetpriye | prakāśaṃ yadi vā guhyaṃ priyārthaṃ prabravīmyaham

No one but you can ask me, dear one. Whether open or secret, I shall tell it for your sake.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0261-0262. Speaker: Shiva's words, under the page's Narada heading; the input's Narada is corrected.

Verse 52 (13.205.52)

शृणु तत्सर्वमखिलमस्यां संसदि भामिनि । सर्वेषामेव लोकानां कूटस्थं विद्धि मां प्रिये ॥

śṛṇu tatsarvamakhilamasyāṃ saṃsadi bhāmini | sarveṣāmeva lokānāṃ kūṭasthaṃ viddhi māṃ priye

Hear all of it fully, in this assembly, fair lady. Know me, dear, as the unchanging witness of all the worlds.

Note on the text: Corrected तत्सर्वमकिलम → तत्सर्वमखिलम (misprint in Wikisource; अखिल "whole"; Appendix I reads akhilam). Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0263-0264. Speaker: Shiva's words, under the page's Narada heading; the input's Narada is corrected.

Verse 53 (13.205.53)

मदधीनास्त्रयो लोका यथा विष्णौ तथा मयि । स्रष्टा विष्णुरहं गोप्ता इत्येतद्विद्धि भामिनि ॥

madadhīnāstrayo lokā yathā viṣṇau tathā mayi | sraṣṭā viṣṇurahaṃ goptā ityetadviddhi bhāmini

The three worlds are subject to me, as they are to Vishnu. Vishnu is the creator and I am the protector; know this, fair lady.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0265-0266. Speaker: Shiva's words, under the page's Narada heading; the input's Narada is corrected.

Verse 54 (13.205.54)

तस्माद्यदा मां स्पृशति शुभं वा यदि वेतरत् । तथैवेदं जगत्सर्वं तत्तद्भवति शोभने ॥

tasmādyadā māṃ spṛśati śubhaṃ vā yadi vetarat | tathaivedaṃ jagatsarvaṃ tattadbhavati śobhane

Therefore, whenever anything touches me, good or otherwise, this whole world becomes just that, O lovely one.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0267-0268. Speaker: Shiva's words, under the page's Narada heading; the input's Narada is corrected.

Verse 55 (13.205.55)

एतद्गुह्यमजानन्त्या त्वया बाल्यादनिन्दिते । मन्नेत्रे पिहिते देवि क्रीडनार्थं दृढव्रते ॥

etadguhyamajānantyā tvayā bālyādanindite | mannetre pihite devi krīḍanārthaṃ dṛḍhavrate

Not knowing this secret, in your childishness, blameless one, you covered my eyes in play, O firm in vows.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0269-0270. Speaker: Shiva's words, under the page's Narada heading; the input's Narada is corrected.

Verse 56 (13.205.56)

तत्कृते नष्टचन्द्रार्कं जगदासीद्भयाकुलम् । नष्टादित्ये तमोभूते लोके गिरिसुते प्रिये ॥

tatkṛte naṣṭacandrārkaṃ jagadāsīdbhayākulam | naṣṭāditye tamobhūte loke girisute priye

Because of that the world, with moon and sun lost, was filled with fear; with the sun gone and darkness over the world, O dear daughter of the mountain,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0271-0272. Speaker: Shiva's words, under the page's Narada heading; the input's Narada is corrected.

Verse 57 (13.205.57)

तृतीयं लोचनं सृष्टं लोकं संरक्षितुं मया । कथितं संशयस्थानं निर्विशङ्का भव प्रिये ॥

tṛtīyaṃ locanaṃ sṛṣṭaṃ lokaṃ saṃrakṣituṃ mayā | kathitaṃ saṃśayasthānaṃ nirviśaṅkā bhava priye

I created a third eye to protect the world. The cause of your doubt has been told; be free of fear, dear one.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0273 and 0277. Speaker: Shiva's words, under the page's Narada heading; the input's Narada is corrected. Appendix I No. 15 continues with three more lines (0274-0276) that Wikisource lacks; not added.