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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.42.2

Bāla Kāṇḍa, sarga 42: Story of Sagara: Gaṅgā’s descent through Śiva’s hair. Śiva catches the falling river in his matted hair, Bhagīratha wins her release and leads the purifying waters across the earth

In the sequence: pleased, Śiva agrees to receive Gaṅgā on his head

1.42.2

atha saṃvatsare pūrṇe sarvalokanamaskṛtaḥ
umāpatiḥ paśupatī rājānam idam abravīt

Then, when the year was complete, the lord of Umā, lord of creatures, honoured by all the worlds, said this to the king:

Words: atha — then; saṃvatsare — year (loc.); pūrṇe — complete (loc.); sarvalokanamaskṛtaḥ — honoured by all the worlds; umāpatiḥ — the lord of Umā (Śiva); paśupatī — lord of creatures (Śiva); rājānam — to the king; idam — this; abravīt — said

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.