ततस्तु तत्यजुः सर्वे सदोषास्ताश्च पत्नयः
Then all those wives, tainted, abandoned it.
तेषां रुदितशब्देन सर्वमापूरितं जगत्
By the sound of their weeping, the entire world was filled.
समभ्येत्याब्रवीद् बालान् मा रुदध्वं महाबलाः
Approaching them, he said: 'Children, do not weep, you are mighty.'
इत्येवमुक्त्वा देवेशो ब्रह्म लोकपितामहः
Having spoken thus, the lord of the gods, Brahmā, the grandsire of the worlds...
ते त्वासन् मरुतस्त्वाद्या मनोः स्वायंभुवे ऽन्तरे
They became the Maruts, born in the interval of Manu Svāyambhuva.
स्वारोचिषस्य पुत्रस्तु श्रीमानासीत् क्रतुध्वजः
The illustrious Kratudhvaja was the son of Svārociṣa.
तपोर्ऽथं ते गताः शैलं महामेरुं नरेश्वराः
For the sake of austerity, those kings went to the great mountain Meru.
ततो विपश्चिन्नामाथ सहस्राक्षो भयातुरः
Then, the thousand-eyed Indra, named Vipascit, became fearful.
गच्छस्व पूतने शैलं महामेरुं विशालिनम्
Go, O Pūtanā, to the mountain, to the vast and splendid Meru.
यथा हि तपसो विघ्नं तेषां भवति सुन्दरि
So that an obstacle to their austerities may arise, O beautiful one.
इत्येवमुक्ता शक्रेण पूतना रूपशालिनी
Thus addressed by Śakra, Pūtanā, endowed with beauty,
आश्रमस्याविदूरे तु नदी मन्दोदवाहिनी
Not far from the hermitage, there flowed a river with gentle current.
सापि स्नातुं सुचार्वङ्गी त्ववतीर्णा महानदीम्
She too, of lovely form, descended into the great river to bathe.
तेषां च प्राच्यवच्छुक्रं तत्पपौ जलचारिणी
And there, the aquatic one drank the semen discharged by them.
ते ऽपि विभ्रष्टतपसो जग्मू राज्यं तु षैतृकम्
Having lost their austerity, they went to the kingdom of the Six.
ततो बहुतिथे काले सा ग्राही शङ्खरूपिणी
Then, after a long time, that Grāhī assumed the form of a conch.
स तां दृष्ट्वा महाशङ्खी स्थलास्थां मत्स्यजीविकः
Seeing her, the great conch on land, a fisherman approached.
तथाभ्येत्य महात्मानो योगिनो योगधारिणः
Then, great-souled yogis, bearers of yoga, came there.
ततः प्रमाच्छङ्खिनी सी सुषुवे सप्त वै शिशून्
Then, the conch-woman gave birth to seven children.
अमातृपितृका बाला जलमध्यविहारिणः
The children, without mother or father, moved about in the water.
मा रुदध्वमितीत्याह मरुतो नाम पुत्रकाः
"Do not weep," they were told; those sons were called Maruts.
इत्येवमुक्त्वाथादाय सर्वास्तान् दैवतान् प्रति
Having thus spoken, he took all of them to the deities.
एवमासंश्च मरुतो मनोः स्वारोचिषे ऽन्तरे
Thus were the Maruts during the Svārociṣa Manvantara of Manu.
उत्तमस्यान्ववाये तु राजासीन्निषधाधिपः
In the line of Uttama, there was a king, lord of Niṣadha.
तस्य पुत्रो गुणश्रेष्ठो ज्योतिष्मान् धार्मिको ऽभवत्
His son, excelling in virtues, was Jyotishman, righteous in conduct.
तस्य भार्या च सुश्रोणी देवाचार्यासुता शुभा
His wife, fair-hipped and auspicious, was the noble daughter of the preceptor of the gods.
सा स्वयं फलपुष्पाम्बुसमित्कुशं समाहरत्
She herself gathered fruits, flowers, water, sacred sticks, and kusa grass.
पतिं शुश्रूषमाणा सा कृशा धमनिसंतता
Serving her husband, she became thin, her veins visible.
तां तथा चारुसर्वाङ्गीं दृष्ट्वाथ तपसा कृसाम्
Seeing her, beautiful in every limb yet emaciated by austerity,
साब्रवीत् तनयार्थाय आवाभ्यां वै तपःक्रिया
She said, 'For the sake of a child, we both must undertake austerities.'