[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Epic, Poetry, Drama & Narrative](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit) › [Poetry (mahākāvya, lyric, messenger poems, stotra, Prakrit kāvya)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya) › [Court epics (sargabandha)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya) › [Śiva, Pārvatī, Skanda and Devī epics](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.saiva) › [The Birth of Kumāra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.saiva.kumarasambhava) › 1.19 # The Birth of Kumāra 1.19 Kumārasaṃbhava 1.19 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.saiva.kumarasambhava.1.19) kālakrameṇātha tayoḥ pravṛtte svarupayogye surataprasaṅge | manoramaṃ yauvanamudvahantyā garbhe'vadbhūdhararājapatnyāḥ || > Well might that ancient Hill by merit claim > The power and glory of a monarch's name— > Nurse of pure herbs that grace each holy rite, > Earth's meetest bearer of unyielding might; > The Lord of Life for this ordained him king, > And bade him share the sacred offering. > Gladly obedient to the law divine, > He chose a consort to prolong his line; > No child of earth, born of the Sages' will, > The fair nymph Mena pleased the sovran Hill; > To her he sued, nor was his prayer denied, > The Saints' beloved was the Mountain's bride; > Crowned with all bliss and beauty were the pair. > He passing glorious, she was heavenly fair; > Swiftly the seasons, winged with love, flew on, > And made her mother of a noble son— > The great Maináka, who in triumph led > His Serpent beauties to the bridal bed; > And once when Indra's might those pinions rent > That bare the swift Hills through the firmament. > (So fierce his rage, no Mountain could withstand > The wild bolt flashing from his red right hand,) > He fled to Ocean, powerful to save, > And hid his glory 'neath the friendly wave. > — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1853, The Birth of the War-God (cantos 1–7) - [Previous: 1.18\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.saiva.kumarasambhava.1.18_2) - [Next: 1.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.saiva.kumarasambhava.1.20) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.saiva.kumarasambhava.1) ## Translations (1) - [The Birth of the War-God (cantos 1–7)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.saiva.kumarasambhava~en-griffith.1.p4) — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1853, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.saiva.kumarasambhava.1.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.saiva.kumarasambhava.1.19) · Pramāṇa