तदा सुशीला प्रविवेश वेगाद् धा पुत्र हा पुत्र इति ब्रुवाणा तदा पुनः सा मुनिर् नारदो ऽभूत् स चापि वह्निः स्फटिकामलाभः
Then Suśīlā, crying out 'O son! O son!' rushed swiftly into the fire; at that moment, the sage Nārada appeared, and the fire took on the appearance of pure crystal.
कस् ते तु पुत्रो वद मे महर्षे मृतं च कं शोचसि नष्टबुद्धिः व्रीडान्वितो ऽभूद् अथ नारदो ऽसौ ततो ऽहम् एनं पुनर् एव चाह
Tell me, O great sage, who is your son? For whom do you grieve, your mind bewildered by loss? Nārada became embarrassed, and then I questioned him again.
इतीदृशा नारद कष्टरूपा माया मदीया कमलासनाद्यैः शक्या न वेत्तुं समहेन्द्ररुद्रैः कथं भवान् वेत्स्यति दुर्विभाव्याम्
O Nārada, such is my difficult and wondrous illusion; it cannot be known even by Kamalāsana and others, nor by Indra or Rudra together—how then could you comprehend this, which is so hard to grasp?
स वाक्यम् आकर्ण्य महामहर्षिर् उवाच भक्तिं मम देहि विष्णो प्राप्ते ऽथ काले स्मरणं तथैव सदा च संदर्शनम् ईश ते ऽस्तु
Hearing these words, the great sage replied: 'O Viṣṇu, grant me devotion; at the time of death, may I remember you, and always have your vision, O Lord.'
यत्राहम् आर्तश् चितिम् अद्य रूढस् तत् तीर्थम् अस्त्व् अच्युतपापहन्त्रा अधिष्ठितं केशव नित्यम् एव त्वया सहासं कमलोद्भवेन
Where today I, afflicted, have mounted the funeral pyre, let that place become a holy site, ever presided over by you, Keśava, destroyer of sin, together with Kamalodbhava.
ततो मयोक्तो द्विज नारदो ऽसौ तीर्थं सितोदे हि चितिस् तवास्तु स्थास्याम्य् अहं चात्र सदैव विष्णुर् महेश्वरः स्थास्यति चोत्तरेण
Then I said to the sage Nārada: 'Let this place, called Sitodā, be your sacred site; I shall always remain here, and Viṣṇu and Maheśvara will also abide to the north.'
यदा विरञ्चेर् वदनं त्रिनेत्रः स च्छेत्स्यतेयं च ममोग्रवाचम् तदा कपालस्य तु मोचनाय समेष्यते तीर्थम् इदं त्वदीयम्
When the three-eyed one severs the head of Virañci, and my fierce words are fulfilled, then, for the release of the skull, this very holy place of yours will become manifest.
स्नातस्य तीर्थे त्रिपुरान्तकस्य पतिष्यते भूमितले कपालम् ततस् तु तीर्थेति कपालमोचनं ख्यातं पृथिव्यां च भविष्यते तत्
When one bathes at the holy site of Tripurāntaka, the skull will fall to the earth; therefore, this place will be known throughout the world as Kapālamocana, the releaser of the skull.
तदा प्रभृत्य् अम्बुदवाहनो ऽसौ न मोक्ष्यते तीर्थवरं सुपुण्यम् न चैव तस्मिन् द्विज संप्रचक्षते तत् क्षेत्रम् उग्रं त्व् अथ ब्रह्मवध्या
From that time, the bearer of the waters will not abandon this supremely holy site; nor, O twice-born, will anyone call that place dreadful, for it is the field where Brahmanicide is absolved.
यदा न मोक्षत्य् अमरारिहन्ता तत् क्षेत्रमुख्यं महद् आप्तपुण्यम् तदा विमुक्तेति सुरै रहस्यं तीर्थं स्तुतं पुण्यदम् अव्ययाख्यम्
When the slayer of the foe of the gods is not released, that chief of holy fields, of great and acquired merit, will then be called Vimukta by the gods—a secret, praiseworthy, and imperishable holy place.
कृत्वा तु पापानि नरो महान्ति तस्मिन् प्रविष्टः शुचिर् अप्रमादी यदा तु मां चिन्तयते स शुद्धः प्रयाति मोक्षं भगवत्प्रसादात्
Even if a man has committed great sins, if he enters there pure and attentive, and remembers me, he becomes purified and, by the grace of the Lord, attains liberation.
भूत्वा तस्मिन् रुद्रपिशाचसंज्ञो योन्यन्तरे दुःखम् उपाश्नुते ऽसौ विमुक्तपापो बहुवर्षपूगैर् उत्पत्तिम् आयास्यति विप्रगेहे
If, after becoming known as a Rudra-piśāca there, he is born in another womb and suffers misery, yet, freed from sin after many thousands of years, he will be born in the house of a Brāhmaṇa.
शुचिर् यतात्मास्य ततो ऽन्तकाले रुद्रो हितं तारकम् अस्य कीर्तयेत् इत्य् एवम् उक्त्वा द्विजवर्य नारदं गतो ऽस्मि दुग्धार्णवम् आत्मगेहम्
If he is pure and self-controlled at the end, Rudra will recite for him the auspicious Tāraka mantra; thus, having spoken to the excellent sage Nārada, I went to my own abode, the ocean of milk.
स चापि विप्रस् त्रिदिवं चचार गन्धर्वराजेन समर्च्यमानः एतत् तवोक्तं ननु बोधनाय माया मदीया नहि शक्यते सा
And that sage, honored by the king of the Gandharvas, went to heaven; thus I have told you, for your understanding, but my illusion cannot be comprehended.
ज्ञातुं भवान् इच्छति चेत् ततो ऽद्य एवं विशस्वाप्सु च वेत्सि येन एवं द्विजातिर् हरिणा प्रबोधितो भाव्यर्थयोगान् निममज्ज तोये
If you wish to know, then today itself, enter the waters and you will understand by what means the twice-born was awakened by Hari and immersed in the water through the union of future purposes.
कोकामुखे तात ततो हि कन्या चाण्डालवेश्मन्य् अभवद् द्विजः सः रूपान्विता शीलगुणोपपन्ना अवाप सा यौवनम् आससाद
Then, O dear one, at the mouth of the Kokā river, a maiden was born in the house of a cāṇḍāla; that twice-born, endowed with beauty and possessing virtues of character, attained youth.
चाण्डालपुत्रेण सुबाहुनापि विवाहिता रूपविवर्जितेन पतिर् न तस्या हि मतो बभूव सा तस्य चैवाभिमता बभूव
She was married to the cāṇḍāla's son, who was lacking in beauty, though he was strong; her husband was not pleasing to her, but she became pleasing to him.
पुत्रद्वयं नेत्रहीनं बभूव कन्या च पश्चाद् बधिरा तथान्या पतिर् दरिद्रस् त्व् अथ सापि मुग्धा नदीगता रोदिति तत्र नित्यम्
She bore two sons who were blind, and later a daughter who was deaf; her husband was poor, and she, innocent, went to the river and wept there constantly.
गता कदाचित् कलशं गृहीत्वा सान्तर् जलं स्नातुम् अथ प्रविष्टा यावद् द्विजो ऽसौ पुनर् एव तावज् जातः क्रियायोगरतः सुशीलः
Once, taking a pot filled with water, she entered to bathe; meanwhile, that twice-born was reborn, devoted to ritual practice and of good character.
तस्याः स भर्ताथ चिरंगतेति द्रष्टुं जगामाथ नदीं सुपुण्याम् ददर्श कुम्भं न च तां तटस्थां ततो ऽतिदुःखात् प्ररुरोद नादयन्
Her husband, after a long time, went to see her at the auspicious river; he saw the pot but not her on the bank, and out of great sorrow, he cried aloud.
ततो ऽन्धयुग्मं बधिरा च कन्या दुःखान्वितासौ समुपाजगाम ते वै रुदन्तं पितरं च दृष्ट्वा दुःखान्विता वै रुरुदुर् भृशार्ताः
Then the blind pair and the deaf daughter, afflicted by sorrow, approached; seeing their father weeping, they too, overwhelmed by grief, cried intensely.
ततः स पप्रच्छ नदीतटस्थान् द्विजान् भवद्भिर् यदि योषिद् एका दृष्टा तु तोयार्थम् उपाद्रवन्ती आख्यात ते प्रोचुर् इमां प्रविष्टा
He then asked the twice-born standing on the riverbank, 'If any woman has been seen coming here for water, please tell me.' They replied, 'She entered here.'
नदीं न भूयस् तु समुत्ततार एतावद् एवेह समीहितं नः स तद्वचो घोरतरं निशम्य रुरोद शोकाश्रुपरिप्लुताक्षः
She did not come out of the river again; this is all we know. Hearing their dreadful words, he wept, his eyes overflowing with tears of sorrow.
तं वै रुदन्तं ससुतं सकन्यं दृष्ट्वाहम् आर्तः सुतरां बभूव आर्तिश् च मे ऽभूद् अथ संस्मृतिश् च चाण्डालयोषाहम् इति क्षितीश
Seeing him weeping with his sons and daughter, I became greatly afflicted; distress arose in me, and then I remembered, 'I am the cāṇḍāla woman, O king.'
ततो ऽब्रवं तं नृपते मतङ्गं किमर्थम् आर्तेन हि रुद्यते त्वया तस्या न लाभो भवितातिमौर्ख्याद् आक्रन्दितेनेह वृथा हि किं ते
Then I said to Mataṅga, 'O king, why do you weep in distress? You will not regain her; by excessive foolishness, what is the use of crying here in vain?'
स माम् उवाचात्मजयुग्मम् अन्धं कन्या चैका बधिरेयं तथैव कथं द्विजाते अधुनार्तम् एतम् आश्वासयिष्ये ऽप्य् अथ पोषयिष्ये
He replied to me, 'I have two blind sons and one deaf daughter; how shall I comfort them in their present distress, and how shall I support them?'
इत्य् एवम् उक्त्वा स सुतैश् च सार्धं फूत्कृत्य फूत्कृत्य च रोदिति स्म यथा यथा रोदिति स श्वपाकस् तथा तथा मे ह्य् अभवत् कृतापि
Having spoken thus, together with his children, he wailed and wailed, and as the cāṇḍāla wept, so did I, O dear one.
ततो ऽहम् आर्तं तु निवार्य तं वै स्ववंशवृत्तान्तम् अथाचचक्षे ततः स दुःखात् सह पुत्रकैः संविवेश कोकामुखम् आर्तरूपः
Then, restraining him in his distress, I related the story of my own lineage; thereafter, overwhelmed by sorrow, he entered the mouth of the Kokā river with his children, appearing afflicted.
प्रविष्टमात्रे सलिले मतङ्गस् तीर्थप्रभावाच् च विमुक्तपापः विमानम् आरुह्य शशिप्रकाशं ययौ दिवं तात ममोपपश्यतः
As soon as Mataṅga entered the water, by the power of the sacred place, he was freed from sin; ascending a celestial vehicle shining like the moon, he went to heaven before my eyes, O dear one.
तस्मिन् प्रविष्टे सलिले मृते च ममार्तिर् आसीद् अतिमोहकर्त्री ततो ऽतिपुण्ये नृपवर्य कोका जले प्रविष्टस् त्रिदिवं गतश् च
When he entered the water and died, my grief became overwhelming and bewildering; then, O best of kings, Kokā, having entered the water, went to heaven.