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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.35.17

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: the Devas instruct Agni to enter it together with Vāyu → the energy, pervaded by fire, produces a white mountain and a radiant reed thicket, identified here as the birthplace of Kārttikeya

1.35.17

tato devāḥ punar idam ūcuś cātha hutāśanam
praviśa tvaṃ mahātejo raudraṃ vāyusamanvitaḥ

Then the gods again said this to Agni: “Enter, O one of great energy, this fierce seed of Rudra, accompanied by Vāyu.”

Words: tato — then; devāḥ — the gods; punar — again; idam — this; ūcuś — said; cātha — and then; hutāśanam — Agni (the oblation-eater); praviśa — enter; tvaṃ — you; mahātejo — O one of great energy; raudraṃ — the fierce (seed) of Rudra; vāyusamanvitaḥ — accompanied by Vāyu

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.