A brief introduction to 5th canto Kumarasambhavam Mahakavyam kumārasambhava Mahākāvyam part-03 pārvatī tapaḥphalōdaya (= fulfilling the Parvati's penance, fifth canto)-86 verses. As the poet has named this canto in kumārasambhavam of kālidāsa, it is clear to us the main meaning of all around the 86 verses. Parvati was not willing to lose her aspiration, therefore, entered into the forest for the purses of penance. She expected two achievements of the penance. Those are the love of Shiva, and his possession. It has been said by Kalidasa in such words. iyēṣa sā kartumavandhyarūpatāṁ - samādhimanvāya tapōbhirātmanaḥ, avāpyatē vā kathamanyathā dvayaṁ - tathā vidhaṁ prēmapatiśca tādṛśāṁ. (Verse 5) When Menaka who was Parvati's mother known that Parvati was preparing to penance, she instructed her to abstain from that. But Parvati who did not listen to her words was lazy her steadfast determination to divert. The comparison ...
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