The Birth of Kumara

Verse 1 (9.45.1)

सरस्वत्याः प्रभावोऽयमुक्तस्ते द्विजसत्तम । कुमारस्याभिषेकं तु ब्रह्मन्नाख्यातुमर्हसि ॥

sarasvatyāḥ prabhāvo'yamuktaste dvijasattama | kumārasyābhiṣekaṃ tu brahmannākhyātumarhasi

O best of the twice-born, you have told me of the greatness of the Sarasvati. Now, O brahmin, you should tell me of the consecration of Kumara.

Verse 2 (9.45.2)

यस्मिन्देशे च काले च यथा च वदतां वर । यैश्चाभिषिक्तो भगवान्विधिना येन च प्रभुः ॥

yasmindeśe ca kāle ca yathā ca vadatāṃ vara | yaiścābhiṣikto bhagavānvidhinā yena ca prabhuḥ

In what place and at what time, O best of speakers, and by whom, and by what rite was the blessed lord consecrated?

Verse 3 (9.45.3)

स्कन्दो यथा च दैत्यानामकरोत्कदनं महत् । तथा मे सर्वमाचक्ष्व परं कौतूहलं हि मे ॥

skando yathā ca daityānāmakarotkadanaṃ mahat | tathā me sarvamācakṣva paraṃ kautūhalaṃ hi me

And tell me everything about how Skanda wrought a great slaughter of the Daityas; my curiosity about it is very great.

Verse 4 (9.45.4)

कुरुवंशस्य सदृशं कौतूहलमिदं तव । हर्षमुत्पादयत्वेव वचो मे जनमेजय ॥

kuruvaṃśasya sadṛśaṃ kautūhalamidaṃ tava | harṣamutpādayatveva vaco me janamejaya

This curiosity of yours, Janamejaya, befits the line of the Kurus. May my words bring you delight.

Verse 5 (9.45.5)

हन्त ते कथयिष्यामि शृण्वानस्य नराधिप । अभिषेकं कुमारस्य प्रभावं च महात्मनः ॥

hanta te kathayiṣyāmi śṛṇvānasya narādhipa | abhiṣekaṃ kumārasya prabhāvaṃ ca mahātmanaḥ

Come, O lord of men, I shall tell it to you as you listen: the consecration of Kumara and the greatness of that great-souled one.

Verse 6 (9.45.6)

तेजो माहेश्वरं स्कन्नमग्नौ प्रपतितं पुरा । तत्सर्वं भगवानग्निर्नाशकद्धर्तुमक्षयम् ॥

tejo māheśvaraṃ skannamagnau prapatitaṃ purā | tatsarvaṃ bhagavānagnirnāśakaddhartumakṣayam

Long ago the seed of Maheshvara fell and dropped into Agni; the blessed Agni could not bear to take all of that undiminishing energy.

Verse 7 (9.45.7)

तेन सीदति तेजस्वी दीप्तिमान्हव्यवाहनः । न चैवं धारयामास ब्रह्मणे उक्तवान्प्रभुः ॥

tena sīdati tejasvī dīptimānhavyavāhanaḥ | na caivaṃ dhārayāmāsa brahmaṇe uktavānprabhuḥ

Because of it the radiant, flaming bearer of oblations was sinking; and the lord, who could not hold it so, told Brahma.

Verse 8 (9.45.8)

स गङ्गामुपसङ्गम्य नियोगाद्ब्रह्मणः प्रभुः । गर्भमाहितवान्दिव्यं भास्करोपमतेजसम् ॥

sa gaṅgāmupasaṅgamya niyogādbrahmaṇaḥ prabhuḥ | garbhamāhitavāndivyaṃ bhāskaropamatejasam

Then, at Brahma's command, the lord went to Ganga and set in her the divine embryo, which shone like the sun.

Note on the text: Corrected उपसगम्य → उपसङ्गम्य (misprint in Wikisource; dropped nasal; the critical edition reads abhisaṃgamya, the evident word is उपसङ्गम्य).

Verse 9 (9.45.9)

अथ गङ्गापि तं गर्भमसहन्ती विधारणे । उत्ससर्ज गिरौ रम्ये हिमवत्यमरार्चिते ॥

atha gaṅgāpi taṃ garbhamasahantī vidhāraṇe | utsasarja girau ramye himavatyamarārcite

But Ganga too, unable to bear the embryo, cast it down on the lovely Himalaya, a mountain honoured by the gods.

Verse 10 (9.45.10)

स तत्र ववृधे लोकानावृत्य ज्वलनात्मजः । ददृशुर्ज्वलनाकारं तं गर्भमथ कृत्तिकाः ॥

sa tatra vavṛdhe lokānāvṛtya jvalanātmajaḥ | dadṛśurjvalanākāraṃ taṃ garbhamatha kṛttikāḥ

There the son of Fire grew, filling the worlds with his blaze; and the Krittikas saw that embryo, fiery in form.

Verse 11 (9.45.11)

शरस्तम्बे महात्मानमनलात्मजमीश्वरम् । ममायमिति ताः सर्वाः पुत्रार्थिन्योऽभिचुक्रुशुः ॥

śarastambe mahātmānamanalātmajamīśvaram | mamāyamiti tāḥ sarvāḥ putrārthinyo'bhicukruśuḥ

Seeing that great-souled lord, the son of Fire, in a clump of reeds, all of them, longing for a son, cried out, "He is mine!"

Verse 12 (9.45.12)

तासां विदित्वा भावं तं मातॄणां भगवान्प्रभुः । प्रस्नुतानां पयः षड्भिर्वदनैरपिबत्तदा ॥

tāsāṃ viditvā bhāvaṃ taṃ mātṝṇāṃ bhagavānprabhuḥ | prasnutānāṃ payaḥ ṣaḍbhirvadanairapibattadā

Knowing the feeling of those mothers, the blessed lord drank, with his six mouths, the milk that flowed from them.

Verse 13 (9.45.13)

तं प्रभावं समालक्ष्य तस्य बालस्य कृत्तिकाः । परं विस्मयमापन्ना देव्यो दिव्यवपुर्धराः ॥

taṃ prabhāvaṃ samālakṣya tasya bālasya kṛttikāḥ | paraṃ vismayamāpannā devyo divyavapurdharāḥ

Seeing the power of that child, the Krittikas, goddesses of divine form, were filled with great wonder.

Verse 14 (9.45.14)

यत्रोत्सृष्टश्च गर्भः स गङ्गया गिरिमूर्धनि । स शैलः काञ्चनः सर्वः सम्बभौ मेरुवत्तदा ॥

yatrotsṛṣṭaśca garbhaḥ sa gaṅgayā girimūrdhani | sa śailaḥ kāñcanaḥ sarvaḥ sambabhau meruvattadā

The mountain on whose summit Ganga had cast the embryo became wholly golden and shone then like Meru.

Note on the text: Corrected निरिमूर्धनि → गिरिमूर्धनि (misprint in Wikisource; न for ग; the critical edition reads girimūrdhani).

Verse 15 (9.45.15)

वर्धता चैव गर्भेण पृथिवी तेन रञ्जिता । अतश्च सर्वे संवृत्ता गिरयः काञ्चनात्मकाः ॥

vardhatā caiva garbheṇa pṛthivī tena rañjitā | ataśca sarve saṃvṛttā girayaḥ kāñcanātmakāḥ

As the embryo grew, the earth was tinged by it; and so all the mountains came to be of gold.

Verse 16 (9.45.16)

कुमारः सुमहावीर्यः कार्तिकेय इति स्मृतः । गाङ्गेयः पूर्वमभवन्महाकायो बलान्वितः ॥

kumāraḥ sumahāvīryaḥ kārtikeya iti smṛtaḥ | gāṅgeyaḥ pūrvamabhavanmahākāyo balānvitaḥ

The youth of great prowess came to be known as Karttikeya; and he was first the son of Ganga, huge of body and mighty.

Verse 17 (9.45.17)

शमेन तपसा चैव वीर्येण च समन्वितः । ववृधेऽतीव राजेन्द्र चन्द्रवत्प्रियदर्शनः ॥

śamena tapasā caiva vīryeṇa ca samanvitaḥ | vavṛdhe'tīva rājendra candravatpriyadarśanaḥ

Endowed with calm, with austerity and with valour, O king of kings, he grew exceedingly, lovely to look upon like the moon.

Verse 18 (9.45.18)

स तस्मिन्काञ्चने दिव्ये शरस्तम्बे श्रिया वृतः । स्तूयमानः सदा शेते गन्धर्वैर्मुनिभिस्तथा ॥

sa tasminkāñcane divye śarastambe śriyā vṛtaḥ | stūyamānaḥ sadā śete gandharvairmunibhistathā

Wrapped in splendour, he lay always in that divine golden clump of reeds, praised by Gandharvas and by sages.

Note on the text: Corrected स्तयमानः → स्तूयमानः (misprint in Wikisource; dropped long ऊ; the critical edition reads stūyamānaḥ).

Verse 19 (9.45.19)

तथैनमन्वनृत्यन्त देवकन्याः सहस्रशः । दिव्यवादित्रनृत्यज्ञाः स्तुवन्त्यश्चारुदर्शनाः ॥

tathainamanvanṛtyanta devakanyāḥ sahasraśaḥ | divyavāditranṛtyajñāḥ stuvantyaścārudarśanāḥ

Thousands of divine maidens, skilled in divine music and dance, danced after him, singing his praises, lovely to behold.

Verse 20 (9.45.20)

अन्वयुश्चाग्नयः सर्वे गङ्गा च सरितां वरा । दधार पृथिवी चैनं बिभ्रती रूपमुत्तमम् ॥

anvayuścāgnayaḥ sarve gaṅgā ca saritāṃ varā | dadhāra pṛthivī cainaṃ bibhratī rūpamuttamam

All the fires followed him, and Ganga, best of rivers; and the Earth too bore him, taking on a most excellent form.

Verse 21 (9.45.21)

जातकर्मादिकास्तस्य क्रियाश्चक्रे बृहस्पतिः । वेदश्चैनं चतुर्मूर्तिरुपतस्थे कृताञ्जलिः ॥

jātakarmādikāstasya kriyāścakre bṛhaspatiḥ | vedaścainaṃ caturmūrtirupatasthe kṛtāñjaliḥ

Brihaspati performed for him the birth rite and the other ceremonies, and the Veda, in fourfold form, stood before him with joined palms.

Note on the text: Corrected चतुर्मूर्तिरपतस्थे → चतुर्मूर्तिरुपतस्थे (misprint in Wikisource; अपतस्थे for उपतस्थे; the critical edition reads upatasthe).

Verse 22 (9.45.22)

धनुर्वेदश्चतुष्पादः शस्त्रग्रामः ससङ्ग्रहः । तत्रैनं समुपातिष्ठत्साक्षाद्वाणी च केवला ॥

dhanurvedaścatuṣpādaḥ śastragrāmaḥ sasaṅgrahaḥ | tatrainaṃ samupātiṣṭhatsākṣādvāṇī ca kevalā

The Science of the Bow with its four parts, together with the whole host of weapons and their compendia, and Speech herself in her pure form, attended him there.

Note on the text: Corrected सास्त्रग्रामः → शस्त्रग्रामः (misprint in Wikisource; not a word; the critical edition reads śastragrāmaḥ).

Verse 23 (9.45.23)

स ददर्श महात्मानं देवदेवमुमापतिः । शैलपुत्र्या समागम्यभूतसङ्घशतैर्वृतः ॥

sa dadarśa mahātmānaṃ devadevamumāpatiḥ | śailaputryā samāgamyabhūtasaṅghaśatairvṛtaḥ

The lord of Uma, the god of gods, together with the daughter of the mountain and surrounded by hundreds of hosts of spirits, came and saw that great-souled one.

Verse 24 (9.45.24)

निकाया भूतसङ्घानां परमाद्भुतदर्शनाः । विकृता विकृताकारा विकृताभरणध्वजाः ॥

nikāyā bhūtasaṅghānāṃ paramādbhutadarśanāḥ | vikṛtā vikṛtākārā vikṛtābharaṇadhvajāḥ

The troops of spirits were wondrous and terrible to behold: misshapen, of misshapen forms, with misshapen ornaments and banners.

Verse 25 (9.45.25)

व्याघ्रसिंहर्क्षवदना बिडालमकराननाः । वृषदंशमुखाश्चान्ये गजोष्ट्रवदनास्तथा ॥

vyāghrasiṃharkṣavadanā biḍālamakarānanāḥ | vṛṣadaṃśamukhāścānye gajoṣṭravadanāstathā

Some had faces of tigers, lions and bears; some, faces of cats and of makaras; others had the faces of wildcats, and others of elephants and camels.

Verse 26 (9.45.26)

उलूकवदनाः केचिद्गृध्रगोमायुदर्शनाः । क्रौञ्चपारावतनिभैर्वदनै राङ्कवैरपि ॥

ulūkavadanāḥ kecidgṛdhragomāyudarśanāḥ | krauñcapārāvatanibhairvadanai rāṅkavairapi

Some had owl faces; some looked like vultures and jackals; and some had faces like curlews and pigeons, and faces of rankava deer as well.

Verse 27 (9.45.27)

श्वाविच्छल्यकगोधानामजैडकगवां तथा । सदृशानि वपूंष्यन्ये तत्रतत्र व्यधारयन् ॥

śvāvicchalyakagodhānāmajaiḍakagavāṃ tathā | sadṛśāni vapūṃṣyanye tatratatra vyadhārayan

Others there took on bodies resembling those of the porcupine, the hedgehog, the monitor lizard, the goat, the sheep and the cow.

Verse 28 (9.45.28)

केचिच्छैलाम्बुदप्रख्याश्चक्रालातगदायुधाः । केचिदञ्जनपुञ्जाभाः केचिच्छ्वेताचलप्रभाः ॥

kecicchailāmbudaprakhyāścakrālātagadāyudhāḥ | kecidañjanapuñjābhāḥ kecicchvetācalaprabhāḥ

Some looked like rocks and rain clouds, with discus, firebrand and mace for weapons; some were bright as heaps of collyrium; some shone like white mountains.

Note on the text: Corrected केचिच्छेलाम्बुद → केचिच्छैलाम्बुद (misprint in Wikisource; ए for ऐ; the critical edition reads ke cic chailāmbuda).

Verse 29 (9.45.29)

सप्तमातृगणाश्चैव समाजग्मुर्विशाम्पते । साध्या विश्वेऽथ मरुतो वसवः पितरस्तथा ॥

saptamātṛgaṇāścaiva samājagmurviśāmpate | sādhyā viśve'tha maruto vasavaḥ pitarastathā

And the host of the Seven Mothers came, O lord of the people, with the Sadhyas, the Vishvedevas, the Maruts, the Vasus and the Pitris;

Verse 30 (9.45.30)

रुद्रादित्यास्तथा सिद्धा भुजगा दानवाः खगाः । ब्रह्मा स्वयम्भूर्भगवान्सपुत्रः सहविष्णुना ॥

rudrādityāstathā siddhā bhujagā dānavāḥ khagāḥ | brahmā svayambhūrbhagavānsaputraḥ sahaviṣṇunā

the Rudras, the Adityas, the Siddhas, the serpents, the Danavas and the birds; and the blessed self-born Brahma with his sons, together with Vishnu;

Verse 31 (9.45.31)

शक्रस्तथाऽभ्ययाद्द्रष्टुं कुमारममितप्रभम् । नारदप्रमुखाश्चापि देवगन्धर्वसत्तमाः ॥

śakrastathā'bhyayāddraṣṭuṃ kumāramamitaprabham | nāradapramukhāścāpi devagandharvasattamāḥ

and Shakra too came to see Kumara of boundless radiance; and Narada and the other best of the gods and Gandharvas, with Narada at their head;

Verse 32 (9.45.32)

देवर्षयश्च सिद्धाश्च बृहस्पतिपुरोगमाः । पितरो जगतः श्रेष्ठा देवानामपि देवताः । तेऽपि तत्र समाजग्मुर्यामा धामाश्च सर्वशः ॥

devarṣayaśca siddhāśca bṛhaspatipurogamāḥ | pitaro jagataḥ śreṣṭhā devānāmapi devatāḥ | te'pi tatra samājagmuryāmā dhāmāśca sarvaśaḥ

the divine sages and the Siddhas with Brihaspati at their head, the Fathers, eldest of the world and deities even to the gods, and the Yamas and Dhamas in all their hosts: all of them came there too.

Verse 33 (9.45.33)

स तु बालोऽपि बलवान्महायोगबलान्वितः । अभ्याजगाम देवेशं शूलहस्तं पिनाकिनम् ॥

sa tu bālo'pi balavānmahāyogabalānvitaḥ | abhyājagāma deveśaṃ śūlahastaṃ pinākinam

Though a child, he was mighty and endowed with great power of yoga; he approached the lord of the gods, Pinakin, the trident in his hand.

Verse 34 (9.45.34)

तमाव्रजन्तमालक्ष्य शिवस्यासीन्मनोगतम् । युगपच्छैलपुत्र्याश्च गङ्गायाः पावकस्य च ॥

tamāvrajantamālakṣya śivasyāsīnmanogatam | yugapacchailaputryāśca gaṅgāyāḥ pāvakasya ca

Seeing him approach, the same thought arose in the mind of Shiva, and at once in the minds of the mountain's daughter, of Ganga and of Fire.

Verse 35 (9.45.35)

कं नु पूर्वमयं बालो गौरवादभ्युपैष्यति । अपि मामिति सर्वेषां तेषामासीन्मनोगतम् ॥

kaṃ nu pūrvamayaṃ bālo gauravādabhyupaiṣyati | api māmiti sarveṣāṃ teṣāmāsīnmanogatam

"Out of reverence, whom will this child go to first? Will it be me?" Such was the thought in the minds of all of them.

Verse 36 (9.45.36)

तेषामेतमभिप्रायं चतुर्णामुपलक्ष्य सः । युगपद्योगमास्थाय ससर्ज विविधास्तनूः ॥

teṣāmetamabhiprāyaṃ caturṇāmupalakṣya saḥ | yugapadyogamāsthāya sasarja vividhāstanūḥ

Perceiving this intention of the four, he took up yoga and at once created various bodies.

Verse 37 (9.45.37)

ततोऽभवच्चतुर्मूर्तिः क्षणेन भगवान्प्रभुः । तस्य शाखो विशाखश्च नैगमेयश्च पृष्ठतः ॥

tato'bhavaccaturmūrtiḥ kṣaṇena bhagavānprabhuḥ | tasya śākho viśākhaśca naigameyaśca pṛṣṭhataḥ

Then in an instant the blessed lord became fourfold, with Shakha, Vishakha and Naigameya behind him.

Verse 38 (9.45.38)

एवं स कृत्वा ह्यात्मानं चतुर्धा भगवान्प्रभुः । यतो रुद्रस्ततः स्कन्दो जगामाद्भुतदर्शनः ॥

evaṃ sa kṛtvā hyātmānaṃ caturdhā bhagavānprabhuḥ | yato rudrastataḥ skando jagāmādbhutadarśanaḥ

Having thus made himself fourfold, the blessed lord went, wondrous to behold, as Skanda toward the place where Rudra was.

Verse 39 (9.45.39)

विशाखस्तु ययौ देवीं ततो गिरिवरात्मजाम् । शाखो ययौ स भगवान्दिव्यमूर्तिर्विभावसुम् ॥

viśākhastu yayau devīṃ tato girivarātmajām | śākho yayau sa bhagavāndivyamūrtirvibhāvasum

Vishakha went to the goddess, the daughter of the great mountain; the blessed Shakha, of divine form, went to Fire (Vibhavasu);

Note on the text: Wikisource 9-45-39 (two lines) holds the first two lines of the three-line critical-edition verse 9.43.39 (39a, 39c); its third line (39e) is the next row, 9-45-40.

Verse 40 (9.45.40)

नैगमेयोऽगमद्गङ्गां कुमारः पावकप्रभः ॥

naigameyo'gamadgaṅgāṃ kumāraḥ pāvakaprabhaḥ

and Naigameya, the youth radiant as fire, went to Ganga.

Note on the text: Single line, as printed (9-45-40a): the third line (39e) of the three-line critical-edition verse 9.43.39, of which the previous verse holds the first two. Not a lost half-verse.

Verse 41 (9.45.41)

सर्वे भासुरदेहास्ते चत्वारः समरूपिणः । तान्समभ्ययुरव्यग्रास्तदद्भुतमिवाभवत् ॥

sarve bhāsuradehāste catvāraḥ samarūpiṇaḥ | tānsamabhyayuravyagrāstadadbhutamivābhavat

All four had shining bodies and identical forms; they came on to meet them undismayed, and it was a marvel.

Verse 42 (9.45.42)

हाहाकारो महानासीद्देवदानवरक्षसाम् । तद्दृष्ट्वा महदाश्चर्यमद्भुतं रोमहर्षणम् ॥

hāhākāro mahānāsīddevadānavarakṣasām | taddṛṣṭvā mahadāścaryamadbhutaṃ romaharṣaṇam

A great cry of dismay rose from the gods, Danavas and Rakshasas, seeing that wondrous marvel that made the hair stand on end.

Verse 43 (9.45.43)

ततो रुद्रश्च देवी च पावकश्च पितामहम् । गङ्गया सहिताः सर्वे प्रणिपेतुर्जगत्पतिम् ॥

tato rudraśca devī ca pāvakaśca pitāmaham | gaṅgayā sahitāḥ sarve praṇipeturjagatpatim

Then Rudra, the goddess and Fire, together with Ganga, all bowed down to Brahma, lord of the world.

Verse 44 (9.45.44)

प्रणिपत्य ततस्ते तु विधिवद्राजपुङ्गव । इदमूचुर्वचो राजन्कार्तिकेयप्रियेप्सया ॥

praṇipatya tataste tu vidhivadrājapuṅgava | idamūcurvaco rājankārtikeyapriyepsayā

Having duly bowed, O best of kings, they spoke these words, O king, wishing to please Karttikeya.

Verse 45 (9.45.45)

अस्य बालस्य भगवन्नाधिपत्यं यथेप्सितम् । अस्मत्प्रियार्थं देवेश सदृशं दातुमर्हसि ॥

asya bālasya bhagavannādhipatyaṃ yathepsitam | asmatpriyārthaṃ deveśa sadṛśaṃ dātumarhasi

O blessed one, O lord of the gods, grant this child, for our sake, a lordship befitting him and as he desires.

Note on the text: Corrected भगवन्नाधिपत्य → भगवन्नाधिपत्यं (misprint in Wikisource; dropped anusvara on the neuter accusative; the critical edition reads ādhipatyaṃ). Direct speech of Rudra, the goddess (Uma), Pavaka (Agni) and Ganga, introduced in the previous verse (idam ūcuḥ); the page prints no heading, so it is given to them rather than carried over from Vaishampayana.

Verse 46 (9.45.46)

ततः स भगवान्धीमान्सर्वलोकपितामहः । मनसा चिन्तयामास किमयं लभतामिति ॥

tataḥ sa bhagavāndhīmānsarvalokapitāmahaḥ | manasā cintayāmāsa kimayaṃ labhatāmiti

Then the blessed and wise Grandsire of all the worlds pondered in his mind, "What should he receive?"

Verse 47 (9.45.47)

ऐश्वर्याणि च सर्वाणि देवगन्धर्वरक्षसाम् । भूतयक्षविहङ्गानां पन्नगानां च सर्वशः ॥

aiśvaryāṇi ca sarvāṇi devagandharvarakṣasām | bhūtayakṣavihaṅgānāṃ pannagānāṃ ca sarvaśaḥ

All the sovereignties over gods, Gandharvas and Rakshasas, over spirits, Yakshas, birds and serpents, in every respect,

Verse 48 (9.45.48)

सर्वमेवादिदेशासौ कौरवेय महात्मनः । समर्थं च तमैश्वर्ये महामतिरमन्यत ॥

sarvamevādideśāsau kauraveya mahātmanaḥ | samarthaṃ ca tamaiśvarye mahāmatiramanyata

he assigned all of them, O Kaurava, to that great-souled one, and the wise Brahma judged him capable of such sovereignty.

Verse 49 (9.45.49)

ततो मुहूर्तं स ध्यात्वा देवानां श्रेयसि स्थितः । सैनापत्यं ददौ तस्मै सर्व भूतेषु भारत ॥

tato muhūrtaṃ sa dhyātvā devānāṃ śreyasi sthitaḥ | saināpatyaṃ dadau tasmai sarva bhūteṣu bhārata

Then, after reflecting for a moment, intent on the good of the gods, he gave him the generalship over all beings, O Bharata.

Note on the text: Corrected स्रेयसि → श्रेयसि (misprint in Wikisource; स for श; the critical edition reads śreyasi).

Verse 50 (9.45.50)

सर्वदेवनिकायानां ये राजानः परिश्रुताः । तान्सर्वान्व्यादिदेशास्मै सर्वभूतपितामहः ॥

sarvadevanikāyānāṃ ye rājānaḥ pariśrutāḥ | tānsarvānvyādideśāsmai sarvabhūtapitāmahaḥ

And the Grandsire of all beings assigned to him all the kings renowned among all the hosts of gods.

Verse 51 (9.45.51)

ततः कुमारमादाय देवा ब्रह्मपुरोगमाः । अभिषेकार्थमाजग्मुः शैलेन्द्रं सहितास्ततः ॥

tataḥ kumāramādāya devā brahmapurogamāḥ | abhiṣekārthamājagmuḥ śailendraṃ sahitāstataḥ

Then the gods, with Brahma at their head, taking Kumara, came together to the lord of mountains for the consecration.

Verse 52 (9.45.52)

पुण्यां हैमवतीं देवीं सरिच्छ्रेष्ठां सरस्वतीम् । समन्तपञ्चके या वै त्रिषु लोकेषु विश्रुता ॥

puṇyāṃ haimavatīṃ devīṃ saricchreṣṭhāṃ sarasvatīm | samantapañcake yā vai triṣu lokeṣu viśrutā

They came to the holy goddess Sarasvati, daughter of the Himalaya and best of rivers, who is renowned in the three worlds at Samantapanchaka.

Verse 53 (9.45.53)

तत्र तीरे सरस्वत्याः पुण्ये सर्वगुणान्विते । निषेदुर्देवगन्धर्वाः सर्वे सम्पूर्णमानसाः ॥

tatra tīre sarasvatyāḥ puṇye sarvaguṇānvite | niṣedurdevagandharvāḥ sarve sampūrṇamānasāḥ

On the sacred bank of the Sarasvati, endowed with every excellence, the gods and Gandharvas, all with hearts fulfilled, took their seats.