Kumarasambhava · Chapter 8

pāṇipīḍanavidher anantaraṃ śailarājaduhitur haraṃ prati
bhāvasādhvasaparigrahād abhūt kāmadohadamanoharaṃ vapuḥ //

vyāhṛtā prativaco na sandadhe gantum aicchad avalambitāṃśukā
sevate sma śayanaṃ parāṅmukhī sā tathāpi rataye pinākinaḥ //

kaitavena śayite kutūhalāt pārvatī pratimukhaṃ nipātitam
cakṣur unmiṣati sasmitaṃ priye vidyudāhatam iva nyamīlayat //

nābhideśanihitaḥ sakampayā śaṅkarasya rurudhe tayā karaḥ
taddukūlam atha cābhavat svayaṃ dūram ucchvasitanīvibandhanam //

evam āli nigṛhītasādhvasaṃ śaṅkaro rahasi sevyatām iti
sā sakhībhir upadiṣṭam ākulā nāsmarat pramukhavartini priye //

apy avastuni kathāpravṛttaye praśnatatparam anaṅgaśāsanam
vīkṣitena parigṛhya pārvatī mūrdhakampamayam uttaraṃ dadau //

śūlinaḥ karataladvayena sā saṃnirudhya nayane hṛtāṃśukā
tasya paśyati lalāṭalocane moghayatnavidhurā rahasy abhūt //

cumbaneṣv adharadānavarjitaṃ sannahastam adayopagūhane
kliṣṭamanmatham api priyaṃ prabhor durlabhapratikṛtaṃ vadhūratam //

yan mukhagrahaṇam akṣatādharaṃ dattam avraṇapadaṃ nakhaṃ ca yat
yad rataṃ ca sadayaṃ priyasya tat pārvatī viṣahate sma netarat //

rātrivṛttam anuyoktum udyataṃ sā vibhātasamaye sakhījanam
nākarod apakutūhalaṃ hriyā śaṃsituṃ ca hṛdayena tatvare //

darpaṇe ca paribhogadarśinī pṛṣṭhataḥ praṇayino niṣeduṣaḥ
prekṣya bimbam anu bimbam ātmanaḥ kāni kāni na cakāra lajjayā //

nīlakaṇṭhaparibhuktayauvanāṃ tāṃ vilokya jananī samāśvasat
bhartṛvallabhatayā hi mānasīṃ mātur asyati śucaṃ vadhūjanaḥ //

vāsarāṇi katicit kathañcana sthāṇunā ratam akāri cānayā
jñātamanmatharasā śanaiḥ śanaiḥ sā mumoca ratiduḥkhaśīlatām //

sasvaje priyam uronipīḍitā prārthitaṃ mukham anena nāharat
mekhalāpaṇayalolatāṃ gataṃ hastam asya śithilaṃ rurodha sā //

bhāvasūcitam adṛṣṭavipriyaṃ cāṭumat kṣaṇaviyogakātaram
kaiścid eva divasais tadā tayoḥ prema rūḍham itaretarāśrayam //

taṃ yathātmasadṛśaṃ varaṃ vadhūr anvarajyata varas tathaiva tām
sāgarād anapagā hi jāhnavī so 'pi tanmukharasaikanirvṛtiḥ //

śiṣyatāṃ nidhuvanopadeśinaḥ śaṅkarasya rahasi prapannayā
śikṣitaṃ yuvatinaipuṇaṃ tayā yat tad eva gurudakṣiṇīkṛtam //

daṣṭamuktam adharoṣṭham āmbikā vedanāvidhutahastapallavā
śītalena niravāpayat kṣaṇaṃ maulicandraśakalena śūlinaḥ //

cumbanādalakacūrṇadūṣitaṃ śaṅkaro 'pi nayanaṃ lalāṭajam
ucchvasatkamalagandhaye dadau pārvatīvadanagandhavāhine //

evam indriyasukhasya vartmanaḥ sevanād anugṛhītamanmathaḥ
śailarājabhavane sahomayā māsamātram avasad vṛṣadhvajaḥ //

so 'numānya himavantam ātmabhūr ātmajāvirahaduḥkhakheditam
tatra tatra vijahāra saṃpatann aprameyagatinā kakudmatā //

merum etya marudāśugokṣakaḥ pārvatīstanapuraskṛtān kṛtī
hemapallavavibhaṅgasaṃstarān anvabhūt suratamardanakṣamān //

padmanābhacaraṇāṅkitāśmasu prāptavatsv amṛtavipruṣo navāḥ
mandarasya kaṭakeṣu cāvasat pārvatīvadanapadmaṣaṭpadaḥ //

vāraṇadhvanitabhītayā tayā kaṇṭhasaktaghanabāhubandhanaḥ
ekapiṅgalagirau jagadgurur nirviveśa viśadāḥ śaśiprabhāḥ //

tasya jātu malayasthalīrate dhūtacandanalataḥ priyāklamam
ācacāma salavaṅgakesaraś cāṭukāra iva dakṣiṇānilaḥ //

hematāmarasatāḍitapriyā tatkarāmbuvinimīlitekṣaṇā
khe vyagāhata taraṅgiṇīm umā mīnapaṅktipunaruktamekhalā //

tāṃ pulomatanayālakocitaiḥ pārijātakusumaiḥ prasādhayan
nandane ciram ayugmalocanaḥ saspṛhaṃ suravadhūbhir īkṣitaḥ //

ity abhaumam anubhūya śaṅkaraḥ pārthivaṃ ca dayitāsakhaḥ sukham
lohitāyati kadācid ātape gandhamādanagiriṃ vyagāhata //

tatra kāñcanaśilātalāśrayo netragamyam avalokya bhāskaram
dakṣiṇetarabhujavyapāśrayāṃ vyājahāra sahadharmacāriṇīm //

padmakāntim aruṇatribhāgayoḥ saṃkramayya tava netrayor iva
saṃkṣaye jagad iva prajeśvaraḥ saṃharaty ahar asāv aharpatiḥ //

sīkaravyatikaraṃ marīcibhir dūrayaty avanate vivasvati
indracāpapariveṣaśūnyatāṃ nirjharās tava pitur vrajanty amī //

daṣṭatāmarasakesarasrajoḥ krandator viparivṛttakaṇṭhayoḥ
nighnayoḥ sarasi cakravākayor alpam antaram analpatāṃ gatam //

sthānam āhnikam apāsya dantinaḥ sallakīviṭapabhaṅgavāsitam
āvibhātacaraṇāya gṛhṇāte vāri vāriruhabaddhaṣaṭpadam //

paśya paścimadigantalambinā nirmitaṃ mitakathe vivasvatā
dīrghayā pratimayā saro 'mbhasāṃ tāpanīyam iva setubandhanam //

uttaranti vinikīrya palvalaṃ gāḍhapaṅktam ativāhitātapāḥ
daṃṣṭriṇo vanavarāhayūthapā daṣṭabhaṅgurabisāṅkurā iva //

eṣa vṛkṣaśikhare kṛtāspado jātarūparasagauramaṇḍalaḥ
hīyamānam ahar atyayātapaṃ pīvaroru pibatīva barhiṇaḥ //

pūrvabhāgatimirapravṛttibhir vyaktapaṅkam iva jātam ekataḥ
khaṃ hṛtātapajalaṃ vivasvatā bhāti kiñcid iva śeṣavat saraḥ //

āviśadbhir uṭajāṅgaṇaṃ mṛgair mūlasekasarasaiś ca vṛkṣakaiḥ
āśramāḥ praviśadagnidhenavo bibhrati śriyam udīritāgnayaḥ //

baddhakośam api tiṣṭhati kṣaṇaṃ sāvaśeṣavivaraṃ kuśeśayam
ṣaṭpadāya vasatiṃ grahīṣyate prītipūrvam iva dātum antaram //

dūramagraparimeyaraśminā vāruṇī dig aruṇena bhānunā
bhāti kesaravateva maṇḍitā bandhujīvatilakena kanyakā //

sāmabhiḥ sahacarāḥ sahasraśaḥ syandanāśvahṛdayaṅgamasvaraiḥ
bhānum agniparikīrṇatejasaṃ saṃstuvanti kiraṇoṣmapāyinaḥ //

so 'yam ānataśirodharair hayaiḥ karṇacāmaravighaṭṭitekṣaṇaiḥ
astam eti yugabhugnakesaraiḥ saṃnidhāya divasaṃ mahodadhau //

khaṃ prasuptam iva saṃsthite ravau tejaso mahata īdṛśī gatiḥ
tat prakāśayati yāvad udgataṃ mīlanāya khalu tāvataś cyutam //

saṃdhyayāpy anugataṃ raver vapur vandyam astaśikhare samarpitam
yena pūrvam udaye puraskṛtā nānuyāsyati kathaṃ tam āpadi //

raktapītakapiśāḥ payomucāṃ koṭayaḥ kuṭilakeśi bhānty amūḥ
drakṣyasi tvam iti saṃdhyayānayā vartikābhir iva sādhumaṇḍitāḥ //

siṃhakesarasaṭāsu bhūbhṛtāṃ pallavaprasaviṣu drumeṣu ca
paśya dhātuśikhareṣu bhānunā saṃvibhaktam iva sāṃdhyam ātapam //

adrirājatanaye tapasvinaḥ pāvanāmbuvihitāñjalikriyāḥ
brahma gūḍham abhisaṃdhyam ādṛtāḥ śuddhaye vidhivido gṛṇanty amī //

tan muhūrttam anumantum arhasi prastutāya niyamāya mām api
tvāṃ vinodanipuṇaḥ sakhījano valguvādini vinodayiṣyati //

nirvibhujya daśanacchadaṃ tato vāci bhartur avadhīraṇāparā
śailarājatanayā samīpagām ālalāpa vijayām ahetukam //

īśvaro 'pi divasātyayocitaṃ mantrapūrvam anutasthivān vidhim
pārvatīm avacanām asūyayā pratyupetya punar āha sasmitam //

muñca kopam animittakopane saṃdhyayā praṇamito 'smi nānyayā
kiṃ na vetsi sahadharmacāriṇaṃ cakravākasamavṛttim ātmanaḥ //

nirmiteṣu pitṛṣu svayaṃbhuvā yā tanuḥ sutanu pūrvam ujjhitā
seyam astam udayaṃ ca sevate tena mānini mamātra gauravam //

tām imāṃ timiravṛddhipīḍitāṃ śailarājatanaye 'dhunā sthitām
ekatas taṭatamālamālinīṃ paśya dhāturasanimnagām iva //

sāndhyam astamitaśeṣam ātapaṃ raktalekham aparā bibharti dik
sāṃparāyavasudhā saśoṇitaṃ maṇḍalāgram iva tiryagujjhitam //

yāminīdivasasandhisambhave tejasi vyavahite sumeruṇā
etad andhatamasaṃ niraṅkuśaṃ dikṣu dīrghanayane vijṛmbhate //

nordhvam īkṣaṇagatir na cāpy adho nābhito na purato na pṛṣṭhataḥ
loka eṣa timiraughaveṣṭito garbhavāsa iva vartate niśi //

śuddham āvilam avasthitaṃ calaṃ vakram ārjavaguṇānvitaṃ ca yat
sarvam eva tamasā samīkṛtaṃ dhiṅ mahattvam asatāṃ hṛtāntaram //

nūnam unnamati yajvanāṃ patiḥ śārvarasya tamaso niṣiddhaye
puṇḍarīkamukhi pūrvadiṅmukhaṃ kaitakair iva rajobhir āvṛtam //

mandarāntaritamūrtinā niśā lakṣyate śaśabhṛtā satārakā
tvaṃ mayā priyasakhīsamāgatā śroṣyateva vacanāni pṛṣṭhataḥ //

ruddhanirgamanam ā dinakṣayāt pūrvadṛṣṭatanucandrikāsmitam
etad udgirati candramaṇḍalaṃ digrahasyam iva rātricoditam //

paśya pakvaphalinīphalatviṣā bimbalāñchitaviyatsaro 'mbhasā
viprakṛṣṭavivaraṃ himāṃśunā cakravākamithunaṃ viḍambyate //

śakyam oṣadhipater navodayāḥ karṇapūraracanākṛte tava
apragalbhayavasūcikomalāś chettum agranakhasaṃpuṭaiḥ karāḥ //

aṅgulībhir iva keśasaṃcayaṃ sannigṛhya timiraṃ marīcibhiḥ
kuḍmalīkṛtasarojalocanaṃ cumbatīva rajanīmukhaṃ śaśī //

paśya pārvati navenduraśmibhiḥ sāmibhinnatimiraṃ nabhastalam
lakṣyate dviradabhogadūṣitaṃ saṃprasīdad iva mānasaṃ saraḥ //

raktabhāvam apahāya candramā jāta eṣa pariśuddhamaṇḍalaḥ
vikriyā na khalu kāladoṣajā nirmalaprakṛtiṣu sthirodayā //

unnateṣu śaśinaḥ prabhā sthitā nimnasaṃśrayaparaṃ niśātamaḥ
nūnam ātmasadṛśī prakalpitā vedhaseha guṇadoṣayor gatiḥ //

candrapādajanitapravṛttibhiś candrakāntajalabindubhir giriḥ
mekhalātaruṣu nidritān amūn bodhayaty asamaye śikhaṇḍinaḥ //

kalpavṛkṣaśikhareṣu saṃprati prasphuradbhir iva paśya sundari
hārayaṣṭigaṇanām ivāṃśubhiḥ kartum āgatakutūhalaḥ śaśī //

unnatāvanatabhāvavattayā candrikā satimirā girer iyam
bhaktibhir bahuvidhābhir arpitā bhāti bhūtir iva mattadantinaḥ //

etad ucchvasitapītam aindavaṃ voḍhum akṣamam iva prabhārasam
muktaṣaṭpadavirāvam añjasā bhidyate kumudam ā nibandhanāt //

paśya kalpatarulambi śuddhayā jyotsnayā janitarūpasaṃśayam
mārute calati caṇḍi kevalaṃ vyajyate viparivṛttam aṃśukam //

śakyam aṅgulibhir uddhṛtair adhaḥ śākhināṃ patitapuṣpapeśalaiḥ
patrajarjaraśaśiprabhālavair ebhir utkacayituṃ tavālakān //

eṣa cārumukhi yogatārayā yujyate taralabimbayā śaśī
sādhvasād upagataprakampayā kanyayeva navadīkṣayā varaḥ //

pākabhinnaśarakāṇḍagaurayor ullasatpratikṛtiprasannayoḥ
rohatīva tava gaṇḍalekhayoś candrabimbanihitākṣṇi candrikā //

lohitārkamaṇibhājanārpitaṃ kalpavṛkṣamadhu bibhratī svayam
tvām iyaṃ sthitimatīm upasthitā gandhamādanavanādhidevatā //

ārdrakesarasugandhi te mukhaṃ mattaraktanayanaṃ svabhāvataḥ
atra labdhavasatir guṇāntaraṃ kiṃ vilāsini madaḥ kariṣyati //

mānyabhaktir athavā sakhījanaḥ sevyatām idam anaṅgadīpanam
ity udāram abhidhāya śaṅkaras tām apāyayata pānam ambikām //

pārvatī tadupayogasambhavāṃ vikriyām api satāṃ manoharām
apratarkyavidhiyoganirmitām āmrateva sahakāratāṃ yayau //

tatkṣaṇaṃ viparivartitahriyor neṣyatoḥ śayanam iddharāgayoḥ
sā babhūva vaśavartinī dvayoḥ śūlinaḥ suvadanā madasya ca //

ghūrṇamānanayanaṃ skhalatkathaṃ svedibindumad akāraṇasmitam
ānanena na tu tāvad īśvaraś cakṣuṣā ciram umāmukhaṃ papau //

tāṃ vilambitapanīyamekhalām udvahañ jaghanabhāradurvahām
dhyānasaṃbhṛtavibhūtir īśvaraḥ prāviśan maṇiśilāgṛhaṃ rahaḥ //

tatra haṃsadhavalottaracchadaṃ jāhnavīpulinacārudarśanam
adhyaśeta śayanaṃ priyāsakhaḥ śāradābhram iva rohiṇīpatiḥ //

kliṣṭakeśam avaluptacandanaṃ vyatyayārpitanakhaṃ samatsaram
tasya tac chiduramekhalāguṇaṃ pārvatīratam abhūn na tṛptaye //

kevalaṃ priyatamādayālunā jyotiṣām avanatāsu paṅktiṣu
tena tatparigṛhītavakṣasā netramīlanakutūhalaṃ kṛtam //

sa vyabudhyata budhastavocitaḥ śatakumbhakamalākaraiḥ samam
mūrcchanāparigṛhītakaiśikaiḥ kinnarair uṣasi gītamaṅgalaḥ //

tau kṣaṇaṃ śithilitopagūhanau dampatī calitamānasor mayaḥ
padmabhedapiśunāḥ siṣevire gandhamādanavanāntamārutāḥ //

ūrumūlanakhamārgarājibhis tatkṣaṇaṃ hṛtavilocano haraḥ
vāsasaḥ praśithilasya saṃyamaṃ kurvatīṃ priyatamām avārayat //

sa prajāgarakaṣāyalocanaṃ gāḍhadantapadatāḍitādharam
ākulālakam araṃsta rāgavān prekṣya bhinnatilakaṃ priyāmukham //

tena bhaṅgiviṣamottaracchadaṃ madhyapiṇḍitavisūtramekhalam
nirmale 'pi śayanaṃ niśātyaye nojjhitaṃ caraṇarāgalāñchitam //

sa priyāmukharasaṃ divāniśaṃ harṣavṛddhijananaṃ siṣeviṣuḥ
darśanapraṇayinām adṛśyatām ājagāma vijayānivedanāt //

samadivasaniśīthaṃ saṅginas tatra śambhoḥ śatam agamad ṛtūnāṃ sāgram ekā niśeva
na tu suratasukheṣu chinnatṛṣṇo babhūva jvalana iva samudrāntargatas tajjaleṣu //