[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) › 7.32 # The Birth of Kumāra 7.32 Kumārasaṃbhava 7.32 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.saiva.kumarasambhava.7.32) babhūva bhasmaiva sitāṅgarāgaḥ kapālamevāmalaśekharaśrīḥ | upāntabhāgeṣu ca rocanāṅko gajājinasyaiva dukūlabhāvaḥ || > Meanwhile by Heavenly Matrons' care displayed > Upon Kuvera's lofty mount were laid > The ornaments of Siva, which of yore > At his first nuptials Pura's conqueror wore; > He laid his hand upon the dress, but how > Shall robes so sad, so holy, grace him now? > His own dire vesture took a shape as fair > As gentle bridegroom e'er could wish to wear— > The withering scull that glazed the eye with dread, > Shone a bright coronal to grace his head; > That Elephant's hide the God had worn of old > Was now a silken robe inwrought with gold; > Ere this his body was with dust besprent. > Soft unguent now it shed delightful scent; > And that mid-eye which glittering like a star > Shot the wild terror of its glance afar— > So softly now its golden radiance beamed— > A mark of glory on his forehead seemed. > His twining serpents, destined still to be > The pride and honour of the Deity, > Changed but their bodies—in each sparkling crest > The blazing gems still shone their loveliest. > What need of jewels on the brow of Him > Who wears the Crescent Moon?—no spot may dim > Its youthful beauty, e'en in light of day > Shedding the glory of its quenchless ray. > — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1853, The Birth of the War-God (cantos 1–7) - [Previous: 7.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.saiva.kumarasambhava.7.31) - [Next: 7.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.saiva.kumarasambhava.7.33) - [Up: 7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.saiva.kumarasambhava.7) ## Translations (1) - [The Birth of the War-God (cantos 1–7)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.saiva.kumarasambhava~en-griffith.7.p6) — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1853, English ## Linked texts (1) - [Vyaktiviveka (ed. T. Gaṇapati Śāstrī)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.dhvani.vyaktiviveka*sastri.2.30.4) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.saiva.kumarasambhava.7.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.saiva.kumarasambhava.7.32) · Pramāṇa