ईश्वरोऽपि वराकस्त्वं संजातोंबिकया विना । मा रोदीर्हि विरूपाक्ष ददामि तव वल्लभाम्
'Even you, the lord, have become pitiable without Ambikā; do not weep, O Virūpākṣa, I will return your beloved to you.'
रक्षितोऽसि मया रुद्र गृहीत्वा पार्वतीं रणात् । इत्युक्त्वा गिरिशं तूर्णमुत्तार्य स्वरथादुमाम्
'You are protected by me, O Rudra; I have taken Pārvatī from the battle.' Saying this, he quickly lifted Umā from his chariot for Giriśa.
सैन्यं संप्रेषयामास शंकराभिमुखं किल । हरोऽपि वृषभेणाशु तत्सैन्यं समधावत
He sent his army toward Śaṅkara, indeed; and Hara, mounted on the bull, swiftly charged at that army.
गृहीतुं पार्वतीं पाहि त्राहित्राहीति जल्पतीम् । यावद्गृह्णाति तां गौरीं करेण वृषभध्वजः
Pārvatī, crying out, 'Protect me! Save me!' as she was about to be seized—just as Vṛṣabhadhvaja reached out his hand to take Gaurī—
तावच्छुंभासुरः शीघ्रं गृहीत्वा चांबरे स्थितः । शूलं मुमोच बलवान्हंतुं शुंभासुरं हरः
At that moment, the demon Śumbha quickly seized her and, standing in the sky, hurled his trident with force to kill Śumbhāsura, but Hara—
शुंभेन सा परित्यक्ता शूलोपरि पपात ह । रुदंती चारुसर्वांगी त्यक्ता शूलेन संयुता
Śumbha abandoned her, and she fell upon the trident; weeping, her beautiful body cast down, she was pierced by the trident.
पतिता शंकरस्याग्रे तथेत्युक्त्वा ममार च । मायागौरीं मृतां दृष्ट्वा शोकमोहपरिप्लुतः
She fell before Śaṅkara and, saying 'So be it,' died. Seeing Māyāgaurī dead, I was overwhelmed by grief and delusion.
हा प्रियेति रुदन्रुद्रः पपात भुवि मूर्च्छितः । क्षणं संज्ञामवाप्याथ रणभूमावुमापतिः । शशाप शुंभप्रमुखान्गौरी युष्मान्हनिष्यति
Crying out, 'Alas, my beloved!' Rudra wept and collapsed to the ground, unconscious. Regaining his senses for a moment on the battlefield, the Lord of Umā cursed Śumbha and the others: 'Gaurī will slay you all.'
नारद उवाच- अथ शुंभादयो दैत्या रणे देव्या निपातिताः । महेश्वरस्य शापेन गते मंन्वतरे नृप
Nārada said: Then, O King, Śumbha and the other demons were struck down in battle by the Goddess, as a result of Maheśvara's curse, and departed.
शपित्वा तान्रुरोदाथ जल्पन्निर्गत्य शंकरः । क्व गतासि प्रियेत्युक्त्वा दुःखितं मां रणांगणे
Having cursed them, Śaṅkara wept, uttering words as he left: 'Where have you gone, my beloved?' Thus he addressed me, sorrowful, on the battlefield.
रतिं त्यक्त्वा वियोगार्तः श्रीकंठोऽहं त्वया कृतः । वासुदेवोऽपि मां त्यक्तं न जानाति त्वया प्रिये
'Bereft of pleasure, anguished by separation, O beautiful-throated one, I have been abandoned by you. Even Vāsudeva has forsaken me, and, dearest, he does not know you.'
यज्ञे दक्षस्याग्निकुंडे शिरो देवि हुतं त्वया । भूयो हि भवती लब्धा कथं त्यजसि मां पुनः
'At Dakṣa's sacrifice, O Goddess, you offered your head into the fire. Again you were regained—how can you leave me once more?'
उतिष्ठोतिष्ठ चार्वंगि गिरिजे मां प्रबोधय । अत्रांतरे शिवं ज्ञात्वा दैत्यमायाविमोहितम्
'Arise, arise, O lovely-limbed one! O Girijā, awaken me!' Meanwhile, Śiva realized he had been deluded by the demon's magic.
देवतागणमध्यस्थो ह्यंतरिक्षादुपागमत् । विलपंतमुवाचेदमदृश्यः कमलासनः
Standing among the hosts of gods, he came down from the sky. Then, as he lamented, the unseen Lotus-Seated One spoke to him.
ब्रह्मोवाच- त्वं शोकमोहपितृमातृविवर्जितोऽसि दुःखं सुखं सुतकलत्ररिपुर्न चास्ति । जातोऽसि नैव जनकेन जनिष्यमाणस्त्वं मन्यसे ऋषिगणैश्च कुतो विमोहः
Brahmā said: 'You are untouched by grief, delusion, father, or mother; you have neither sorrow nor joy, nor child, wife, or enemy. You were not born of any father, nor will you be born; even the sages know this—how can you be deluded?'
एकोऽसि नाथ बहुधा कृतविग्रहोऽसि सूर्यो यथा जलधिवीचिषु दृश्यमानः । ध्यानेन यांति यमिनस्तव पादमूलं रूपं परं दुरवबोधमवाच्यमेव
'You are one, O Lord, yet you take on many forms, like the sun appearing in the waves of the ocean. Through meditation, the self-controlled reach your feet, your supreme form, which is difficult to comprehend and cannot be described.'
नैषा प्रिया तव समानतया विपन्ना जालंधरेण रचितां जहि देव मायाम् । सा पार्वती कमलकोशगता हि शंभो युद्धस्व वैरिनिवहं जहि पाहि चास्मान्
'This is not your true beloved who has perished; she is a magical illusion created by Jālandhara. O God, dispel this illusion. Pārvatī, O Śambhu, is within the lotus. Fight the hosts of enemies, destroy them, and protect us.'
श्रुत्वेति ब्रह्मणो वाक्यमवबुद्धो महेश्वरः । ज्ञात्वा तां दानवीमायां मुमोच महती शिलाम्
Hearing these words of Brahmā, Maheśvara understood. Realizing it was a demon's illusion, he hurled a great rock.
तया जघान समरे दैत्यकोटिशतत्रयम् । ततो वृषभमारुह्य क्रोधेन महता नृप
With it, he struck down three hundred million demons in battle. Then, filled with great anger, he mounted his bull, O King.
धनुः पिनाकं युद्धाय धूर्जटिर्जगृहे शरान् । अथ मायापरित्यक्तं शर्वमालोक्य सिंधुजः
Dhūrjaṭi took up his bow Pināka and arrows for battle. Then, seeing Śarva free from illusion, the son of the ocean gazed upon him.
सुरेशमोहनं मायाजालमत्यद्भुतं नृप । अन्यदाविश्चकाराशु भृशं मायामहाबलम्
O King, Jālandhara quickly created another wondrous, powerful magical web to bewilder the lord of the gods.
जालंधरः कोटिभुजो बभूव वृक्षास्त्रशस्त्रैर्युयुधे वृषांकम् । अथांतराले पृथिवीं चकार समुद्रसूनुर्गिरिधातुमंडिताम् 6.18.
Jālandhara, with a billion arms, fought with trees, weapons, and missiles, standing atop the bull. Then, in an instant, the ocean's son made the earth adorned with mountains.
देवतायतनै रम्यैर्नानापुष्पसमाकुलैः । मंडितां नृप भूमिं च चकारोदधिनंदनः । नृत्यंति यत्राप्सरसो मेनकाद्या मनोहरा
He made the land, O King, beautiful with temples of the gods, filled with various flowers, where enchanting apsarases like Menakā danced.
विस्मृत्य शंभुस्तदपास्यकार्मुकं सद्यः प्रतस्थे वृषभोपरि स्थितः । वादित्रगीतैर्भुवि मोहितो भृशं दैत्येंद्रमायामय तांडवेन सः
Forgetting himself, Śaṃbhu immediately set aside his bow and proceeded, standing atop the bull, greatly bewildered on earth by the demon king's magical dance, accompanied by music and song.
विमोहितं वीक्ष्य वृषस्थितं हरं नित्यं समुद्रः सह तांडवेन । गीतेन वाद्येन च नृत्यलीलया ननाद रूपी तरसा विमोहितुम्
Seeing Hara, ever mounted on the bull, bewildered, the ocean, together with Tāṇḍava, with song, with music, and with the play of dance, roared in manifold forms, swiftly seeking to enchant him.
जंतून्क्षिप्त्वोदधौ तांश्च सहस्रं स ततोत्सवः । क्व च ता देवताः सर्वाः क्व नंदिप्रमुखा गणाः
He cast thousands of beings into the ocean, and that became a great festival; but where were all those deities, and where were the hosts led by Nandi?
अपि त्वं माननीयोऽसि मोहितो दैत्यमायया । किमद्य शंभो भगवन्नुपेक्ष्यते उदीर्यचक्रं जठरस्थितं च
Even you, worthy of honor, have been deluded by the demon's illusion; O blessed Śambhu, why today do you neglect the discus and that which abides in your belly?
वधाय चास्यैव कृतं महेश जालंधरं संहरते न चाजौ । इति कृष्णस्य वचनात्तत्स्मृत्वात्मानमीश्वरम्
For his destruction alone, O Maheśa, Jālandhara does not withdraw; yet, by Kṛṣṇa's words, remembering himself as the Lord—
आरुह्य वृषभं शीघ्रमाजगाम महारणम् । तमागतं शिवं दृष्ट्वा सर्वसैन्यसमावृतः
Swiftly mounting the bull, he entered the great battlefield; seeing Śiva arrive, surrounded by all his army—
रुरोध समरे राजन्क्रुद्धो जालंधरोऽसुरः । हरस्य कुपितस्यासीत्सृष्टिसंहारकारकम्
In battle, O King, the enraged asura Jālandhara blocked him; from the wrath of Hara arose the power to create and destroy.