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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.35.14

Bāla Kāṇḍa, sarga 35: Story of Gaṅgā & Umā: Restrained union and Umā’s curses. The Devas interrupt Śiva & Umā’s union, his released energy transforms the earth through Agni & Vāyu, Umā curses the Devas and the earth

In the sequence: Śiva agrees but asks who can receive the energy already stirred from its place → the Devas answer that the earth will bear it. Śiva releases his energy, filling the earth, mountains, and forests

1.35.14

yad idaṃ kṣubhitaṃ sthānān mama tejo hy anuttamam
dhārayiṣyati kas tan me bruvantu surasattamāḥ

But this peerless energy of mine that has been stirred up from its seat — who will hold it? Tell me that, O most excellent gods.”

Words: yad — which; idaṃ — this; kṣubhitaṃ — stirred up, agitated; sthānān — from (its) seat, place; mama — my; tejo — energy; hy — indeed; anuttamam — peerless; dhārayiṣyati — will hold, bear; kas — who; tan — that; me — for me, my; bruvantu — let (them) tell; surasattamāḥ — O most excellent gods

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.