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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.34.19

Bāla Kāṇḍa, sarga 34: Story of Gaṅgā & Umā: Himavat’s two daughters. Himavat gives Gaṅgā to the Devas for the worlds’ welfare, while Umā undertakes austerity and marries Śiva

In the sequence: Umā undertook severe austerities and was given in marriage to Rudra → Viśvāmitra concludes this first account of the sisters and Gaṅgā's heavenly departure.

1.34.19

ugreṇa tapasā yuktāṃ dadau śailavaraḥ sutām
rudrāyāpratirūpāya umāṃ lokanamaskṛtām

The best of mountains gave his daughter Umā, endowed with fierce austerity and honoured by the world, to the peerless Rudra.

Words: ugreṇa — with fierce; tapasā — austerity; yuktāṃ — endowed, joined; dadau — gave; śailavaraḥ — the best of mountains; sutām — daughter; rudrāyāpratirūpāya — to the peerless Rudra; umāṃ — Umā; lokanamaskṛtām — honoured by the world

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki. Sanskrit: The Vālmīki-Rāmāyaṇa: Critical Edition, Oriental Institute, Baroda, 1960–1975 (gen. eds. G. H. Bhatt, U. P. Shah); IAST from GRETIL (Göttingen). Translation and word glosses: Claude Opus 4.6–4.7; summaries and sequences: ChatGPT Astra (machine-made). Numbering follows the Critical Edition, not the vulgate (e.g. Gita Press, valmikiramayan.net), so sarga and verse numbers can differ from those editions.