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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.35.25

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.

1.35.25

sa gatvā tapa ātiṣṭhat pārśve tasyottare gireḥ
himavatprabhave śṛṅge saha devyā maheśvaraḥ

Having gone there, the great lord (Śiva), together with the goddess, undertook austerity on the northern flank of that mountain, on a peak sprung from Himavat.

Words: sa — he; gatvā — having gone; tapa — austerity; ātiṣṭhat — undertook, engaged in; pārśve — on the flank, side; tasyottare — on its northern; gireḥ — of the mountain; himavatprabhave — sprung from Himavat; śṛṅge — on the peak; saha — together with; devyā — the goddess; maheśvaraḥ — the great lord (Śiva)

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.