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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.54.15

Bāla Kāṇḍa, sarga 54: Story of Viśvāmitra: Defeat, Śiva’s weapons and retaliation. His army and sons are destroyed, Viśvāmitra wins Śiva’s weapons through austerity and returns to burn Vasiṣṭha’s hermitage

In the sequence: Śiva appears and offers a boon → Viśvāmitra asks for Dhanurveda (the science of archery), with its subsidiary disciplines and secrets, and the astras of Devas, dānavas, maharṣis, gandharvas, yakṣas and rākṣasas → Śiva grants the request and departs

1.54.15

evam uktas tu devena viśvāmitro mahātapāḥ
praṇipatya mahādevam idaṃ vacanam abravīt

Thus addressed by the god, the great ascetic Viśvāmitra, bowing down to Mahādeva, spoke these words:

Words: evam uktas — thus addressed; tu — and; devena — by the god; viśvāmitro — Viśvāmitra; mahātapāḥ — the great ascetic; praṇipatya — having bowed down; mahādevam — to Mahādeva; idaṃ vacanam — these words; abravīt — spoke

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.