Shiva Purana (Books 1 & 7)

उत्पाट्य चोत्पाट्यगृहाणि केचित्सजालवातायनवेदिकानि विक्षिप्य विक्षिप्य जलस्य मध्ये कालांबुदाभाः प्रमथा निनेदुः

Some uprooted houses, complete with latticed windows and railings, and hurled them into the midst of the waters; the Pramathas, dark as storm clouds, roared.

उद्वर्तितद्वारकपाटकुड्यं विध्वस्तशालावलभीगवाक्षम् अहो बताभज्यत यज्ञवाटमनाथवद्वाक्यमिवायथार्थम्

With doors, walls, and balconies overturned and destroyed, the sacrificial enclosure was broken, like a statement made without meaning, abandoned.

हा नाथ तातेति पितुः सुतेति भ्रतर्ममाम्बेति च मातुलेति उत्पाट्यमानेषु गृहेषु नार्यो ह्यानाथशब्दान्बहुशः प्रचक्रुः

As the houses were being uprooted, the women uttered many cries of abandonment: 'O protector! O father!' 'O son!' 'O brother!' 'O mother!'

ततस्त्रिदशमुख्यास्ते विष्णुशक्रपुरोगमाः सर्वे भयपरित्रस्तादुद्रुवुर्भयविह्वलाः

Then the principal gods, led by Vishnu and Indra, all fled, overwhelmed by fear and panic.

निजैरदूषितैरंगैर्दृष्ट्वा देवानुपद्रुतान् दंड्यानदंडितान्मत्वा चुकोप गणपुंगवः

Seeing the gods attacked, though their own bodies were blameless, and considering the guilty unpunished, the foremost leader of the hosts became angry.

ततस्त्रिशूलमादाय शर्वशक्तिनिबर्हणम् ऊर्ध्वदृष्टिर्महाबाहुर्मुखाज्ज्वालाः समुत्सृजन्

Then, taking up the trident, which subdues all powers, with gaze uplifted and mighty arms, flames issuing from his mouth.

अमरानपि दुद्राव द्विरदानिव केसरी तानभिद्रवतस्तस्य गमनं सुमनोहरम्

He drove away even the gods, like a lion dispersing elephants; as he advanced upon them, his movement was exceedingly beautiful.

वाराणस्येव मत्तस्य जगाम प्रेक्षणीयताम् ततस्तत्क्षोभयामास महत्सुरबलं बली

Like a maddened one in Varanasi, he became a spectacle; then the powerful one disturbed the great army of the gods.

महासरोवरं यद्वन्मत्तो वारणयूथपः विकुर्वन्बहुधावर्णान्नीलपांडुरलोहितान्

Like a wild leader of elephants in a great lake, he displayed many colors—blue, pale, and red.

विभ्रद्व्याघ्राजिनं वासो हेमप्रवरतारकम्

He wore a garment of tiger skin, adorned with golden stars.

व्यचरद्देवसंघेषु भद्रो ऽग्निरिव कक्षगः तत्र तत्र महावेगाच्चरंतं शूलधारिणम्

He moved among the assemblies of gods, noble as fire in the forest; here and there, with great speed, bearing the trident.

तमेकं त्रिदशाः सर्वे सहस्रमिव मेनिरे भद्रकाली च संक्रुद्धा युद्धवृद्धमदोद्धता

All the gods regarded him alone as a thousand; and Bhadrakali, enraged, intoxicated by battle, advanced.

मुक्तज्वालेन शूलेन निर्बिभेद रणे सुरान् स तया रुरुचे भद्रो रुद्रकोपसमुद्भवः

With her trident blazing, she pierced the gods in battle; with her, the noble one shone, born from Rudra's wrath.

प्रभयेव युगांताग्निश्चलया धूमधूम्रया भद्रकाली तदायुद्धे विद्रुतत्रिदशाबभौ

In that battle, Bhadrakālī appeared, her radiance flickering like the smoke-darkened fire at the end of an age, causing the gods to scatter in fear.

कल्पे शेषानलज्वालादग्धाविश्वजगद्यथा तदा सवाजिनं सूर्यं रुद्रान्रुद्रगणाग्रणीः

Then, just as the worlds are consumed by the flames of Śeṣa’s fire at the end of a cycle, Bhadrakālī, foremost among the Rudras and their hosts, attacked the Sun mounted on his horse.

भद्रो मूर्ध्नि जघानाशु वामपादेन लीलया असिभिः पावकं भद्रः पट्टिशैस्तु यमं यमी

Bhadrakālī swiftly struck the head of the Sun with her left foot in play; with swords she assailed Agni, and with spears, Yama and his consort.

रुद्रान्दृढेन शूलेन मुद्गरैर्वरुणं दृढैः परिघैर्निरृतिं वायुं टंकैष्टंकधरः स्वयम्

She struck the Rudras with a sturdy trident, Varuṇa with heavy maces, Nirṛti with iron clubs, and Vāyu herself with a sharp-edged weapon.

निर्बिभेद रणे वीरो लीलयैव गणेश्वरः सर्वान्देवगणान्सद्यो मुनीञ्छंभोर्विरोधिनः

Effortlessly, the heroic Lord of the Gaṇas shattered in battle all the hosts of gods and sages who opposed Śambhu.

ततो देवः सरस्वत्या नासिकाग्रं सुशोभनम् चिच्छेद करजाग्रेण देवमातुस्तथैव च

Then the god, with the tip of his fingernail, cut off the beautiful tip of Sarasvatī’s nose, and likewise that of the mother of the gods.

चिच्छेद च कुठारेण बाहुदंडं विभावसोः अग्रतो द्व्यंगुलां जिह्वां मातुर्देव्या लुलाव च

With an axe, he severed the arm of Agni, and in front of all, he sliced off two finger-widths of the goddess mother's tongue.

स्वाहादेव्यास्तथा देवो दक्षिणं नासिकापुटम् चकर्त करजाग्रेण वामं च स्तनचूचुकम्

So too, the god cut off the right nostril of the goddess Svāhā with the tip of his fingernail, and her left nipple as well.

भगस्य विपुले नेत्रे शतपत्रसमप्रभे प्रसह्योत्पाटयामास भद्रः परमवेगवान्

Bhadrakālī, of supreme speed, forcibly tore out the large, lotus-like eyes of Bhaga.

पूष्णो दशनरेखां च दीप्तां मुक्तावलीमिव जघान धनुषः कोट्या स तेनास्पष्टवागभूत्

With the tip of his bow, he struck down the shining row of teeth of Pūṣan, which gleamed like a string of pearls, so that he became unable to speak clearly.

ततश्चंद्रमसं देवः पादांगुष्ठेन लीलया क्षणं कृमिवदाक्रम्य घर्षयामास भूतले

Then the god, playfully pressing the Moon with his big toe for a moment as if he were a worm, rubbed him against the ground.

शिरश्चिच्छेद दक्षस्य भद्रः परमकोपतः क्रोशंत्यामेव वैरिण्यां भद्रकाल्यै ददौ च तत्

Bhadrakālī, in the height of her wrath, cut off Dakṣa’s head and gave it to Bhadrakālī herself while Vairiṇī was wailing.

तत्प्रहृष्टा समादाय शिरस्तालफलोपमम् सा देवी कंडुकक्रीडां चकार समरांगणे

Delighted, the goddess took the head, round as a palm fruit, and played ball with it on the battlefield.

ततो दक्षस्य यज्ञस्त्री कुशीला भर्तृभिर्यथा पादाभ्यां चैव हस्ताभ्यां हन्यते स्म गणेश्वरैः

Then Dakṣa’s sacrificial wife, like a puppet with her husbands, was struck by the Lords of the Gaṇas with their feet and hands.

अरिष्टनेमिने सोमं धर्मं चैव प्रजापतिम् बहुपुत्रं चांगिरसं कृशाश्वं कश्यपं तथा

Ariṣṭanemi, Soma, Dharma, Prajāpati, Bahuputra, Āṅgirasa, Kṛśāśva, and Kaśyapa as well—

गले प्रगृह्य बलिनो गणपाः सिंहविक्रमाः भर्त्सयंतो भृशं वाग्भिर्निर्जघ्नुर्मूर्ध्नि मुष्टिभिः

The powerful Gaṇas, lion-like in their stride, seized them by the throat, harshly rebuked them with words, and struck their heads with their fists.