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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.36.14

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

1.36.14

samantatas tadā devīm abhyaṣiñcata pāvakaḥ
sarvasrotāṃsi pūrṇāni gaṅgāyā raghunandana

Then Agni suffused the goddess on every side; and all the channels of Gaṅgā were filled, O joy of the Raghus.

Words: samantatas — on every side; tadā — then; devīm — the goddess; abhyaṣiñcata — sprinkled, suffused; pāvakaḥ — the fire (Agni); sarvasrotāṃsi — all the channels/streams; pūrṇāni — full; gaṅgāyā — of Gaṅgā; raghunandana — O joy of the Raghus

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.