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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.35.24

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 departs with her and undertakes austerity on the northern side of a Himalayan peak → Viśvāmitra turns to Gaṅgā's part in the birth story.

1.35.24

tān sarvān vrīḍitān dṛṣṭvā surān surapatis tadā
gamanāyopacakrāma diśaṃ varuṇapālitām

Seeing all those gods abashed, the lord of the gods (Śiva) then set out toward the quarter guarded by Varuṇa.

Words: tān — them; sarvān — all; vrīḍitān — abashed, ashamed; dṛṣṭvā — having seen; surān — the gods; surapatis — the lord of the gods (Śiva); tadā — then; gamanāyopacakrāma — set out to go; diśaṃ — the quarter, direction; varuṇapālitām — guarded by Varuṇa (the west)

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.