सर्गः ३५
In which Rāma asks why Gaṅgā takes three paths, and Viśvāmitra tells of Śiva restrained, Kārtikēya born of fire, and Umā cursing heaven barren
Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa praise Viśvāmitra and seek Gaṅgā triple-path story — Śiva pursues union with Umā for a hundred divine years without issue — Alarmed gods beg Śiva to restrain his unbearable brilliance — Śiva discharges his displaced brilliance upon the earth — Agni enters the brilliance with wind and forms White Mountain — Kārtikēya is born of fire, gods worship Śiva and Umā — Wrathful Umā curses divine wives to barrenness and earth to many lords — Śiva withdraws with Umā to a Himalayan peak for austerities