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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.35.6

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: Viśvāmitra begins with Śiva and Umā: after their marriage, a divine hundred years of union pass without a son

1.35.6

purā rāma kṛtodvāhaḥ śitikaṇṭho mahātapāḥ
dṛṣṭvā ca spṛhayā devīṃ maithunāyopacakrame

In olden times, Rāma, the blue-throated one (Śiva), the great ascetic, having married, and gazing with longing upon the goddess, set about union with her.

Words: purā — of old, formerly; rāma — O Rāma; kṛtodvāhaḥ — having married, wedded; śitikaṇṭho — the blue-throated one (Śiva); mahātapāḥ — the great ascetic; dṛṣṭvā — having seen, gazing; ca — and; spṛhayā — with longing, desire; devīṃ — the goddess; maithunāyopacakrame — set about union

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.