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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.36.13

Bāla Kāṇḍa, sarga 36: Story of Gaṅgā & Umā: Kārttikeya’s birth and six nurses. Gaṅgā releases Agni’s unbearable embryo onto the mountain, its radiance produces minerals and six Kṛttikās nurse the child who becomes the Devas’ commander

In the sequence: Agni asks her to bear the embryo → she assumes a divine form, and he pours himself into her, filling all her channels

1.36.13

ity etad vacanaṃ śrutvā divyaṃ rūpam adhārayat
sa tasyā mahimāṃ dṛṣṭvā samantād avakīryata

Hearing this speech, she assumed a divine form; and he (Agni), beholding her majesty, poured himself out on every side.

Words: ity — thus; etad — this; vacanaṃ — speech; śrutvā — having heard; divyaṃ — divine; rūpam — form; adhārayat — assumed, took on; sa — he; tasyā — her; mahimāṃ — majesty, greatness; dṛṣṭvā — having seen; samantād — on every side; avakīryata — was scattered, poured forth

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.