तथा बहु किमुक्तेन अलं वाचा श्रमेण ते श्मशानवासान् निर्भीस् त्वं नग्नत्वान्न तव त्रपा निर्घृणत्वं कपालित्वाद् दया ते विगता चिरम्
Why say more? Enough of your tiresome words. You dwell in cremation grounds without fear, you are naked and feel no shame, you bear a skull and have long been devoid of compassion.
इत्युक्त्वा मन्दिरात्तस्मान् निर्जगाम हिमाद्रिजा
Having spoken thus, the daughter of Himālaya departed from the temple.
तस्यां व्रजन्त्यां देवेशगणैः किलकिलो ध्वनिः क्व मातर्गच्छसि त्यक्त्वा रुदन्तो धाविताः पुनः
As she was leaving, the hosts of the lord of the gods cried out in lamentation, 'Mother, where are you going, leaving us?' and, weeping, they ran after her.
विष्टभ्य चरणौ देव्या वीरको बाष्पगद्गदम् प्रोवाच मातः किंत्वेतत् क्व यासि कुपितान्तरा
Planting himself at the goddess’s feet, Vīraka, his voice choked with tears, said: 'Mother, what is this? Where are you going, filled with anger?'
अहं त्वामनुयास्यामि व्रजन्तीं स्नेहवर्जिताम् नो चेत्पतिष्ये शिखरात् तपोनिष्ठे त्वयोज्झितः
'I will follow you as you go, though you are without affection; otherwise, I will cast myself from the peak, abandoned by you, devoted to austerities.'
उन्नाम्य वदनं देवी दक्षिणेन तु पाणिना उवाच वीरकं माता शोकं पुत्रक मा कृथाः
Lifting her face with her right hand, the goddess spoke to Vīraka: 'Do not grieve, my child.'
शैलाग्रात्पतितुं नैव न चागन्तुं मया सह युक्तं ते पुत्र वक्ष्यामि येन कार्येण तच्छृणु
It is not proper for you, my son, either to fall from the mountain peak or to come with me. I will tell you the reason; listen to it.
कृष्णेत्युक्त्वा हरेणाहं निन्दिता चाप्यनिन्दिता सार्हं तपः करिष्यामि येन गौरीत्वमाप्नुयाम्
Because I was called 'Kṛṣṇā' by Hari, I have been both reproached and not reproached. Therefore, I shall undertake such austerity as will grant me the state of Gaurī.
एष स्त्रीलम्पटो देवो यातायां मय्यनन्तरम् द्वाररक्षा त्वया कार्या नित्यं रन्ध्रान्ववेक्षिणा
This god is infatuated with women; after I depart, you must always guard the entrance, being ever watchful for any breach.
यथा न काचित् प्रविशेद् योषिदत्र हरान्तिकम् दृष्ट्वा परांस्त्रियं चात्र वदेथा मम पुत्रक
So that no woman may enter here to approach Hara, if you see another woman here, you must inform me, my son.
शीघ्रम् एव करिष्यामि यथायुक्तम् अनन्तरम् एवमस्त्विति देवीं स वीरकः प्राह सांप्रतम्
I will promptly do what is appropriate next. Thus, saying 'so be it,' the boy addressed the goddess at that moment.
मातुराज्ञामृताह्लादप्लाविताङ्गो गतज्वरः जगाम कक्षां संद्रष्टुं प्रणिपत्य च मातरम्
Flooded with the nectar of his mother's joyful command, his fever gone, he went to the grove to see her, bowing to his mother.
देवीं सापश्यद् आयान्तीं सखीं मातुर्विभूषिताम् कुसुममोदिनीं नाम तस्य शैलस्य देवताम्
He saw the goddess approaching, his mother's companion, adorned and named Kusumamodinī, the deity of that mountain.
सापि दृष्ट्वा गिरिसुतां स्नेहविक्लवमानसा क्व पुत्रि गच्छसीत्युच्चैर् आलिङ्ग्योवाच देवता
Seeing the mountain's daughter, her heart overwhelmed with affection, the goddess embraced her and loudly said, 'Where are you going, daughter?'
सा चास्यै सर्वमाचख्यौ शंकरात्कोपकारणम् पुनश्चोवाच गिरिजा देवतां मातृसंमताम्
She told her everything—the reason for her anger at Śaṃkara—and again Girijā spoke to the goddess, approved by her mother.
नित्यं शैलाधिराजस्य देवता त्वमनिन्दिते सर्वतः संनिधानं ते मम चातीव वत्सला
O blameless one, you are always the goddess of the mountain king, and you are exceedingly dear to me in every way.
अतस्तुते प्रवक्ष्यामि यद्विधेयं तदा धिया अन्यस्त्रीसंप्रवेशस्तु त्वया रक्ष्यः प्रयत्नतः
Therefore, I will tell you what must be done with care; you must diligently guard against the entry of any other woman.
रहस्यत्र प्रयत्नेन चेतसा सततं गिरौ पिनाकिनः प्रविष्टायां वक्तव्यं मे त्वयानघे
If, while I am engaged in secret austerity on the mountain, someone enters the abode of Pinākin, you must inform me at once, O sinless one.
ततो ऽहं संविधास्यामि यत्कृत्यं तदनन्तरम् इत्युक्ता सा तथेत्युक्त्वा जगाम स्वगिरिं शुभम्
Then I will arrange whatever needs to be done next. Thus addressed, she replied 'so be it' and went to her own auspicious mountain.
उमापि पितुरुद्यानं जगामाद्रिसुता द्रुतम् अन्तरिक्षं समाविश्य मेघमालामिव प्रभा
And Umā, the mountain's daughter, swiftly entered her father's garden, her radiance like a garland of clouds filling the sky.
ततो विभूषणान्यस्य वृक्षवल्कलधारिणी ग्रीष्मे पञ्चाग्निसंतप्ता वर्षासु च जलोषिता
There, adorned only with garments of tree-bark, she endured the heat of summer with five fires, dwelt in water during the rains,
शैशिरासु च रात्रीषु शुष्कस्थण्डिलशायिनी एवं साधयती तत्र तपसा संव्यवस्थिता
and in the cold season's nights lay upon dry ground; thus she remained steadfast in her austerities there.
ज्ञात्वा तु तां गिरिसुतां दैत्यस्तत्रान्तरे वशी अन्धकस्य सुतो दृप्तः पितुर्वधमनुस्मरन्
Meanwhile, a powerful demon, son of Andhaka, remembering his father's death, learned of the mountain's daughter.
देवान्सर्वान्विजित्याजौ बकभ्राता रणोत्कटः आडिर्नामान्तरप्रेक्षी सततं चन्द्रमौलिनः
Having conquered all the gods in battle, the fierce warrior, brother of Baka, named Āḍi, ever watched for the crescent-crested one.
आजगामामररिपुः पुरं त्रिपुरघातिनः स तत्रागत्य ददृशे वीरकं द्वार्यवस्थितम्
The enemy of the gods came to the city of the destroyer of Tripura; arriving there, he saw a hero stationed at the gate.
विचिन्त्यासीद्वरं दत्तं स पुरा पद्मजन्मना हते तदान्धके दैत्ये गिरिशेनामरद्विषि
He remembered the boon once granted by the lotus-born when the Daitya Andhaka was slain by the god of the mountain, the foe of the immortals.
आडिश्चकार विपुलं तपः परमदारुणम् तमागत्याब्रवीद्ब्रह्मा तपसा परितोषितः
He undertook severe and intense austerities; then Brahmā, being pleased by his penance, came and spoke to him.
किमाडे दानवश्रेष्ठ तपसा प्राप्तुमिच्छसि ब्रह्माणमाह दैत्यस्तु निर्मृत्युत्वमहं वृणे
"What do you wish to obtain, O best of Daityas, by this penance?" Brahmā asked. The Daitya replied, "I choose deathlessness as my boon."
न कश्चिच् च विना मृत्युं नरो दानव विद्यते यतस्ततो ऽपि दैत्येन्द्र मृत्युः प्राप्यः शरीरिणा
"No man or Daitya exists without death; therefore, O lord of Daityas, death must be attained by all embodied beings."
इत्युक्तो दैत्यसिंहस्तु प्रोवाचाम्बुजसंभवम् रूपस्य परिवर्तो मे यदा स्यात्पद्मसंभव
Thus addressed, the lion among Daityas spoke to the lotus-born: "O you born from the lotus, let death come to me only when my form changes."