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sarga - 36

tapyamāne tapo deve devāḥ sarṣigaṇāḥ purā .
senāpatimabhīpsantaḥ pitāmahamupāgaman .. 1..

tato.abruvansurāḥ sarve bhagavantaṃ pitāmaham .
praṇipatya śubhaṃ vākyaṃ sendrāḥ sāgnipurogamāḥ .. 2..

yo naḥ senāpatirdeva datto bhagavatā purā .
sa tapaḥ paramāsthāya tapyate sma sahomayā .. 3..

yadatrānantaraṃ kāryaṃ lokānāṃ hitakāmyayā .
saṃvidhatsva vidhānajña tvaṃ hi naḥ paramā gatiḥ .. 4..

devatānāṃ vacaḥ śrutvā sarvalokapitāmahaḥ .
sāntvayanmadhurairvākyaistridaśānidamabravīt .. 5..

śailaputryā yaduktaṃ tanna prajāsyatha patniṣu .
tasyā vacanamakliṣṭaṃ satyameva na saṃśayaḥ .. 6..

iyamākāśagā gaṅgā yasyāṃ putraṃ hutāśanaḥ .
janayiṣyati devānāṃ senāpatimarindamam .. 7..

jyeṣṭhā śailendraduhitā mānayiṣyati taṃ sutam .
umāyāstadbahumataṃ bhaviṣyati na saṃśayaḥ .. 8..

tacchrutvā vacanaṃ tasya kṛtārthā raghunandana .
praṇipatya surāḥ sarve pitāmahamapūjayan .. 9..

te gatvā parvataṃ rāma kailāsaṃ dhātumaṇḍitam .
agniṃ niyojayāmāsuḥ putrārthaṃ sarvadevatāḥ .. 10..

devakāryamidaṃ deva samādhatsva hutāśana .
śailaputryāṃ mahātejo gaṅgāyāṃ teja utsṛja .. 11..

devatānāṃ pratijñāya gaṅgāmabhyetya pāvakaḥ .
garbhaṃ dhāraya vai devi devatānāmidaṃ priyam .. 12..

ityetadvacanaṃ śrutvā divyaṃ rūpamadhārayat .
sa tasyā mahimāṃ dṛṣṭvā samantādavakīryata .. 13..

samantatastadā devīmabhyaṣiñcata pāvakaḥ .
sarvasrotāṃsi pūrṇāni gaṅgāyā raghunandana .. 14..

tamuvāca tato gaṅgā sarvadevapurohitam .
aśaktā dhāraṇe deva tava tejaḥ samuddhatam .
dahyamānāgninā tena sampravyathitacetanā .. 15..

athābravīdidaṃ gaṅgāṃ sarvadevahutāśanaḥ .
iha haimavate pāde garbho.ayaṃ saṃniveśyatām .. 16..

śrutvā tvagnivaco gaṅgā taṃ garbhamatibhāsvaram .
utsasarja mahātejāḥ srotobhyo hi tadānagha .. 17..

yadasyā nirgataṃ tasmāttaptajāmbūnadaprabham .
kāñcanaṃ dharaṇīṃ prāptaṃ hiraṇyamamalaṃ śubham .. 18..

tāmraṃ kārṣṇāyasaṃ caiva taikṣṇyādevābhijāyata .
malaṃ tasyābhavattatra trapusīsakameva ca .. 19..

tadetaddharaṇīṃ prāpya nānādhāturavardhata .. 20..

nikṣiptamātre garbhe tu tejobhirabhirañjitam .
sarvaṃ parvatasaṃnaddhaṃ sauvarṇamabhavadvanam .. 21..

jātarūpamiti khyātaṃ tadā prabhṛti rāghava .
suvarṇaṃ puruṣavyāghra hutāśanasamaprabham .. 22..

taṃ kumāraṃ tato jātaṃ sendrāḥ sahamarudgaṇāḥ .
kṣīrasambhāvanārthāya kṛttikāḥ samayojayan .. 23..

tāḥ kṣīraṃ jātamātrasya kṛtvā samayamuttamam .
daduḥ putro.ayamasmākaṃ sarvāsāmiti niścitāḥ .. 24..

tatastu devatāḥ sarvāḥ kārtikeya iti bruvan .
putrastrailokya vikhyāto bhaviṣyati na saṃśayaḥ .. 25..

teṣāṃ tadvacanaṃ śrutvā skannaṃ garbhaparisrave .
snāpayanparayā lakṣmyā dīpyamānamivānalam .. 26..

skanda ityabruvandevāḥ skannaṃ garbhaparisravāt .
kārtikeyaṃ mahābhāgaṃ kākutsthajvalanopamam .. 27..

prādurbhūtaṃ tataḥ kṣīraṃ kṛttikānām anuttamam .
ṣaṇṇāṃ ṣaḍānano bhūtvā jagrāha stanajaṃ payaḥ .. 28..

gṛhītvā kṣīramekāhnā sukumāra vapustadā .
ajayatsvena vīryeṇa daityasainyagaṇānvibhuḥ .. 29..

surasenāgaṇapatiṃ tatastamamaladyutim .
abhyaṣiñcansuragaṇāḥ sametyāgnipurogamāḥ .. 30..

eṣa te rāma gaṅgāyā vistaro.abhihito mayā .
kumārasambhavaścaiva dhanyaḥ puṇyastathaiva ca .. 31..




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