Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 3.227
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3.227.1
शिवा भार्या त्वङ्गिरसः शीलरूपगुणान्विता ।
तस्याः सा प्रथमं रूपं कृत्वादेवी जनाधिप ॥ ३.२२७.१ ॥
Śivā, the wife of Aṅgiras, endowed with good conduct, beauty and virtues: O lord of men, the goddess first took on her form.
3.227.2
जगाम पावकाभ्याशं तं चोवाच वराङ्गना ।
मामग्ने कामसंतप्तां त्वं कामयितुमर्हसि ॥ ३.२२७.२ ॥
The excellent woman went near the Fire and said to him: 'O Fire, you ought to desire me, tormented by desire.'
3.227.3
करिष्यसि न चेदेवं मृतां मामुपधारय ।
तवाप्यधर्मः सुमहान्भविता वै हुताशन ॥ ३.२२७.३ ॥
If you will not do so, then regard me as dead. O Hutāśana, great indeed will be your sin as well.
3.227.4
अहमङ्गिरसो भार्या शिवा नाम हुताशन ।
सखीभिः सहिता प्राप्ता मन्त्रयित्वा विनिश्चयम् ॥ ३.२२७.४ ॥
I am the wife of Aṅgiras, named Śivā, O Hutāśana. Having taken counsel with my companions and reached a decision, I have come here.
3.227.5
कथं मां त्वं विजानीषे कामार्तमितराः कथम् ।
यास्त्वया कीर्तिताः सर्वाः सप्तर्षीणां प्रियाः स्त्रियः ॥ ३.२२७.५ ॥
How do you know me as afflicted by desire? And how do the other women, whom you named as the beloved of the seven sages, stand?
3.227.6
अस्माकं त्वं प्रियो नित्यं बिभीमस्तु वयं तव ।
त्वच्चित्तमिङ्गितैर्ज्ञात्वा प्रेषिताऽस्मि तवान्तिकम् ॥ ३.२२७.६ ॥
You are always dear to us, and we fear you. Having known your mind by your signs, I have been sent to you.
3.227.7
मैथुनायेह संप्राप्ता कामाच्चैव द्रुतं च माम् ।
उपयन्तुं महावीर्य पूर्वमेव त्वमर्हसि।
जामयो मां प्रतीक्षन्ते गमिष्यामि हुताशन ॥ ३.२२७.७ ॥
I have come here for union, and out of desire, quickly. O mighty one, you ought to marry me first. The wives are waiting for me; I shall go, O Hutāśana.
3.227.8
ततोऽग्निरुपयेमे तां शिवां प्रीतिमुदायुतः ।
प्रीत्या देवी समायुक्ता शुक्रं जग्राह पाणिना ॥ ३.२२७.८ ॥
Then Agni, aroused with delight, married that auspicious one; the goddess, joined in affection, took the seed in her hand.
3.227.9
साऽचिन्तयन्ममेदं ये रूपं द्रक्ष्यन्ति कानने ।
ते ब्राह्मणीनामनृतं दोषं वक्ष्यन्ति पावके ॥ ३.२२७.९ ॥
She thought: "Those who see this form of mine in the forest will speak a false fault against the brahmin women, O Pāvaka."
3.227.10
तस्मादेतद्रक्षमाणा गरुडी संभवाम्यहम् ।
वनान्निर्गमनं चैव सुखं मम भविष्यति ॥ ३.२२७.१० ॥
Therefore, protecting this, I shall become a female garuḍa; and departing from the forest will be a happiness for me.
3.227.11
सुपर्णी सा तदा भूत्वा निर्जगाम महावनात् ।
अपश्यत्पर्वतं श्वेतं शरस्तम्बैः सुसंवृतम् ॥ ३.२२७.११ ॥
Then she, having become a female garuḍa, went out from the great forest, and saw a white mountain well enclosed with clumps of reeds.
3.227.12
दृष्टीविषैः सप्तशीर्षैर्गुप्तं भोगिभिरद्भुतैः ।
रक्षोभिश्च पिशाचैश्च रौद्रैर्भूतगणैस्तथा ॥ ३.२२७.१२ ॥
That mountain was guarded by serpents of venomous glance with seven heads, wondrous, and by rākṣasas and piśācas, and likewise by fierce hosts of spirits.
3.227.13
राक्षसीभिश्च संपूर्णमनेकैश्च मृगद्विजैः ।
नदीप्रस्रवणोपेतं नानातरुलताचितम् ॥ ३.२२७.१३ ॥
It was filled with female rākṣasas, and with many deer and birds; it was endowed with rivers and springs, and thickly covered with various trees and creepers.
3.227.14
सा तत्र सहसा गत्वा शैलपृष्ठं सुदुर्गमम् ।
प्राक्षिपत्काञ्चने कुण्डे शुक्रं सा त्वरिता शुभा ॥ ३.२२७.१४ ॥
She, the auspicious one, suddenly went to the summit of that very difficult mountain and hastily cast the seed into the golden pool.
3.227.15
शिष्टानामपि सा देवी सप्तर्षीणां महात्मनाम् ।
पत्नीसरूपतां कृत्वा रमयामास पावकम् ॥ ३.२२७.१५ ॥
That goddess, assuming the likeness of the wives of the great-souled seven sages, even in the presence of the virtuous ones, delighted Fire.
3.227.16
दिव्यरूपमरुन्धत्याः कर्तुं न शकितं तया ।
तस्यास्तपःप्रभावेण भर्तृशुश्रूषणेन च ॥ ३.२२७.१६ ॥
She could not assume the divine form of Arundhatī, because of Arundhatī's power of asceticism and her service to her husband.
3.227.17
षट्कृत्वस्तत्तु निक्षिप्तमग्ने रेतः कुरुत्तम ।
तस्मन्कुण्डे प्रतिपदि कामिन्या स्वाहया तदा ॥ ३.२२७.१७ ॥
O best of the Kurus, then on the first lunar day, the lustful Svāhā cast that seed of Fire six times into that pool.
3.227.18
तत्स्कन्नं तेजसा तत्रसंवृतंजनयत्सुतम् ।
ऋषिभिः पूजितं स्कन्नमनयन्स्कन्दतां ततः ॥ ३.२२७.१८ ॥
That spilled seed, enveloped there by its own brilliance, gave birth to a son. The sages worshipped him; then they made the spilled one into Skanda.
3.227.19
षट्शिरा द्विगुणश्रोत्रो द्वादशाक्षिभूजक्रमः ।
एकग्रीवस्त्वेककायः कुमारः समपद्यत ॥ ३.२२७.१९ ॥
Six-headed, with twice the ears, twelve eyes and arms in order, with one neck and one body, that youth came into being.
3.227.20
द्वितीयायामभिव्यक्तस्तृतीयायां शिशुर्बभौ ।
अङ्गप्रत्यङ्गसंभूतश्चतुर्थ्यामभवद्गुहः ॥ ३.२२७.२० ॥
On the second day he became manifest, on the third the child shone, and on the fourth, formed in limbs and minor limbs, he became Guha.
3.227.21
लोहिताभ्रेण महता संवृतः सह विद्युता ।
लोहिताभ्रे सुमहति भाति सूर्य इवोदितः ॥ ३.२२७.२१ ॥
Enveloped in a great red cloud together with lightning, he shone in that very vast red cloud like the rising sun.
3.227.22
गृहीतं तु धनुस्तेन विपुलं रोमहर्षणम् ।
न्यस्तं यत्रिपुरघ्नेन सुरारिविनिकृन्तनम् ॥ ३.२२७.२२ ॥
He took up that vast, hair-raising bow, which the slayer of Tripura had placed there, the cutter-down of the gods' enemies.
3.227.23
तद्गृहीत्वा धनुःश्रेष्ठं ननाद बलवांस्तदा ।
संमोहयन्निमाँल्लोकान्गुहस्त्रीन्सचराचरान् ॥ ३.२२७.२३ ॥
Taking up that finest of bows, the mighty Guha then roared, bewildering these three worlds with their moving and unmoving beings.
3.227.24
तस् तं निनदं श्रुत्वा महामेघौघनिःस्वनम् ।
उत्पेततुर्महानागौ चित्रश्चैरावतश्च ह ॥ ३.२२७.२४ ॥
Hearing that roar, like the sound of a great torrent of clouds, the two great elephants, Citra and Airāvata, sprang up.
3.227.25
तावापतन्तौ संप्रेक्ष्यस बालोऽर्कसमद्युतिः ।
द्वाभ्यां गृहीत्वा पाणिभ्यां शक्तिं चान्येन पाणिना ॥ ३.२२७.२५ ॥
Seeing the two of them rushing down, the boy, bright as the sun, seized them with two hands and with the other hand seized the spear.
3.227.26
अपरेणाग्निदायादस्ताम्रचूडं भुजेन सः ।
महाकायमुपश्लिष्टं कुक्कुटं बलिनां वरम्।
गृहीत्वा व्यनदद्भीमं चिक्रीड च महाभुजः ॥ ३.२२७.२६ ॥
With the other arm the son of Agni seized the red-crested cock, great of body and best of the strong, clasped it to himself, and roared fiercely and played, that mighty-armed one.
3.227.27
द्वाभ्यां भुजाभ्यां बलवान्गृहीत्वा शङ्खमुत्तमम् ।
प्राध्मापयत् भूतानां त्रासनं बलिनामपि।
द्वाभ्यां भुजाभ्यामाकाशं बहुशो निजघान ॥ ३.२२७.२७ ॥
The strong one, taking up an excellent conch with two arms, made it sound loudly, a sound that struck terror even into creatures and the strong; and with two arms he struck the sky again and again.
3.227.28
क्रीडन्भाति महासेनस्त्रींल्लोकान्वदनैः पिवन् ।
पर्वताग्रेऽप्रमेयात्मा रश्मिमानुदये यथा ॥ ३.२२७.२८ ॥
Playing, Mahāsena of immeasurable self shines on the mountain-peak like the radiant sun at dawn, drinking in the three worlds with his faces.
3.227.29
स तस् पर्वतस्याग्रे निषण्णोऽद्भुतविक्रमः ।
व्यलोकयदमेयात्मा मुखैर्नानाविधैर्दिशः ॥ ३.२२७.२९ ॥
Seated on the mountain's peak, that one of wondrous valour, of immeasurable self, looked out upon the directions with his many kinds of faces.
3.227.30
स पश्यन्विविधान्भावांश्चकार निनदं पुनः ।
तस्य तं निनदं श्रुत्वा न्यपतन्बहुधा जनाः।
भीताश्चोद्विग्रमनसस्तमेव शरणं ययुः ॥ ३.२२७.३० ॥
Seeing many kinds of beings, he roared again. Hearing that roar, the people fell in many ways, frightened and with agitated minds, and they took refuge in him alone.
3.227.31
ये तुं संश्रिता देवं नानावर्णास्तदा जनाः ।
तानप्याहुः पारिषदान्ब्राह्मणाः सुमहाबलान् ॥ ३.२२७.३१ ॥
But those people of various colours who had then taken refuge in that god, the brahmins called his attendants, very mighty ones.
3.227.32
स तूत्थाय महाबाहुरुपसान्त्व्य च ताञ्जनान् ।
धनुर्विकृष्य व्यसृजद्बाणाञ्श्वेते महागिरौ ॥ ३.२२७.३२ ॥
Then the mighty-armed one rose, consoled those people, drew his bow, and shot arrows at the great white mountain.
3.227.33
विभेद स शरैः शैलं क्रौञ्चं हिमवतः सुतम् ।
तेन हंसाश्च गृध्राश्च मेरुं गच्छन्ति पर्वतम् ॥ ३.२२७.३३ ॥
With his arrows he pierced the mountain Krauñca, son of the Himālaya; because of that, swans and vultures also go to Mount Meru.
3.227.34
स विशीर्णोऽपतच्छैलो भृशमार्तस्वराव्रुवन् ॥ ३.२२७.३४ ॥
That mountain, shattered, fell, and cried out with a very anguished voice.
3.227.35
तस्मिन्निपतिते त्वन्ये नेदुः शैला भृशं भयात् ।
घोरमार्तस्वरं चक्रुर्दृष्ट्वा क्रौञ्चं विदारितम् ॥ ३.२२७.३५ ॥
When it fell, the other mountains also roared greatly from fear; seeing Krauñca split open, they made a dreadful cry of anguish.
3.227.36
सतं नादं भृशार्तानां श्रुत्वाऽपि बलिनांवरः ।
न प्राव्यधदमेयात्मा शक्तिमुद्यम्य चानदत् ॥ ३.२२७.३६ ॥
Though he heard the hundred cries of the greatly afflicted, the best of the mighty, of immeasurable self, did not hurl it; raising the spear, he roared.
3.227.37
सा तदा विमला शक्तिः क्षिप्ता तेन महात्मना ।
बिभेद शिखरं घोरं श्वेतस् तरसा गिरेः ॥ ३.२२७.३७ ॥
Then that spotless spear, hurled by the great-souled one, swiftly pierced the terrible peak of the white mountain.
3.227.38
स तेनाभिहतो दीर्णो गिरिः श्वेतोऽचलैः सह ।
पलायत महीं त्यक्त्वा भीतस्तस्मान्महात्मनः ॥ ३.२२७.३८ ॥
Struck and split by it, the white mountain, together with its rocks, fled in fear from that great-souled one, abandoning the earth.
3.227.39
ततः प्रव्यथिता भूमिर्व्यशीर्यत समन्ततः ।
आर्ता स्कन्दं समासाद्य पुनर्बलवती बभौ ॥ ३.२२७.३९ ॥
Then the greatly distressed earth was torn apart on all sides; afflicted, she approached Skanda and again shone forth, strengthened.
3.227.40
पर्वताश्च नमस्कृत्यतमेव पृथिवीं गताः ।
अथैनमभजल्लोकः स्कन्दं शुक्लस्य पञ्चमीम् ॥ ३.२२७.४० ॥
The mountains, too, having bowed to him, returned to the earth itself; then the world honored Skanda on the fifth day of the bright fortnight.