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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.35.16

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

1.35.16

evam uktaḥ surapatiḥ pramumoca mahītale
tejasā pṛthivī yena vyāptā sagirikānanā

Thus addressed, the lord of the gods (Śiva) released his energy upon the earth's surface, and by that energy the earth, with its mountains and forests, was pervaded.

Words: evam uktaḥ — thus addressed; surapatiḥ — the lord of gods; pramumoca — released, let go; mahītale — on the earth's surface; tejasā — with the energy; pṛthivī — the earth; yena — by which; vyāptā — pervaded, filled; sagirikānanā — together with mountains and forests

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki, the ādikavi of the ādikāvya: the first poet of the first poem. 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.