[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) › 6.2 # The Birth of Kumāra 6.2 Kumārasaṃbhava 6.2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.saiva.kumarasambhava.6.2) tayā vyāhṛtasandeśā sā babhau nibhṛtā priye | cūtayaṣṭirivābhyāṣye madhau parabhṛtāmukhī || > Now gentle Uma bade a damsel bear > To Siva, Soul of All, her maiden prayer:— > "Wait the high sanction of Himálaya's will, > And ask his daughter from the royal Hill," > Then ere the God, her own dear Lord, replied. > In blushing loveliness she sought his side— > Thus the young Mango hails the approaching Spring > By its own tuneful bird's sweet welcoming. > — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1853, The Birth of the War-God (cantos 1–7) - [Previous: 6.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.saiva.kumarasambhava.6.1) - [Next: 6.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.saiva.kumarasambhava.6.3) - [Up: 6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.saiva.kumarasambhava.6) ## Translations (1) - [The Birth of the War-God (cantos 1–7)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.saiva.kumarasambhava~en-griffith.6.p1) — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1853, English ## Commentaries (6) - [Śiśuhitaiṣiṇī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.saiva.kumarasambhava!caritravardhana.6.2) — Cāritravardhana, Sanskrit - [Kumāratātparya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.saiva.kumarasambhava!caritravardhanagani.6.2) — Cāritravardhanagaṇi, Sanskrit - [Sañjīvanī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.saiva.kumarasambhava!mallinatha-sanjivani.6.2) — Mallinātha, Sanskrit - [Sañjīvinī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.saiva.kumarasambhava!mallinatha) — Mallinātha Sūri, Sanskrit - [Vivaraṇa of Nārāyaṇa Paṇḍita](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.saiva.kumarasambhava!narayana-pandita) — Nārāyaṇa Paṇḍita, Sanskrit - [Kumārasambhavaṭīkā Saṃjīvanī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.saiva.kumarasambhava!sitarama) — Sītārāma, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.saiva.kumarasambhava.6.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.saiva.kumarasambhava.6.2) · Pramāṇa