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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.36.16

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: at Agni's direction she releases the blazing embryo onto the Himālaya's slope. What falls to earth becomes pure gold

1.36.16

athābravīd idaṃ gaṅgāṃ sarvadevahutāśanaḥ
iha haimavate pāde garbho 'yaṃ saṃniveśyatām

Then Agni, the fire of all the gods, said this to Gaṅgā: “Let this embryo be deposited here on the slope of the Himālaya.”

Words: athābravīd — then he said; idaṃ — this; gaṅgāṃ — to Gaṅgā; sarvadevahutāśanaḥ — the fire of all the gods; iha — here; haimavate — on the Himālayan (of Himavat); pāde — slope, foot (loc.); garbho 'yaṃ — this embryo; saṃniveśyatām — let it be deposited, placed

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.