परित्यजेन्मृदस्त्वेताः सकलाः शौचसाधने । कूष्माण्डघातिका या स्त्री दीवनिर्वाणकः पुमान्
All these types of earth should be completely abandoned for the purpose of purification; a woman who crushes gourds, a man who extinguishes lamps—
सप्तजन्म भवेद्रोगी दरिद्रो जन्मजन्मनि । प्रदीपं शिवलिङ्गंच शालग्रामं मणिंतथा
—such a person will be diseased for seven births, and poor in every birth. One should not abandon a lamp, a Śivaliṅga, a Śālagrāma stone, or a gem—
प्रतिमां यज्ञसूत्रं च सुवर्ण शङ्खमेव च । हीरकं च तथा मुक्तां गोमूत्रं गोमयं घृतम्
—nor an image, a sacred thread, gold, a conch, a diamond, a pearl, cow urine, cow dung, or ghee.
शालग्रामशिलातोयं भूमौ त्यक्त्वा व्रजेदधः । दरिद्रः कृपणः कुष्ठी वंशहीनोऽप्यभार्यकः
If someone abandons water from a Śālagrāma stone on the ground, he will go to hell: he becomes poor, miserable, afflicted with leprosy, without lineage, and without a wife.
भूमिहीनः प्रजाहीनो बन्धुहीनश्च कुत्सितः । अन्धः पङ्गुर्वा खर्वश्च खञ्जश्चैवाङ्गहीनकः
He becomes landless, childless, friendless, and contemptible; blind, lame, dwarfish, crippled, or without limbs.
भवेत्कमेण पापी स ह्येतान्भूमौ त्यजेतु यः । दिवसे संध्ययोर्निद्रां स्त्रीसंभोगं करोति यः
Gradually, he becomes sinful—whoever abandons these things on the ground. Whoever sleeps or engages in intercourse with a woman at the two twilights—
सप्तजन्म भवेद्रोगी दरिद्रः सप्तजन्मसु । उदिते जगतीनाथे यः कुर्याद्दन्तधावनम्
—will be diseased for seven births, and poor for seven births. Whoever brushes his teeth at sunrise, the lord of the worlds—
स पापिष्ठः कथं ब्रूते पूजयामि जनार्दनम् । मृद्भस्मगोसकृत्विण्डैस्तथा बालुकयाऽपि वा
—such a great sinner, how can he say, 'I worship Janārdana'? Whether with earth, ashes, cow dung, or even with sand—
कृत्वा लिङ्कं सकृत्पूजय वसेत्कल्पशतं दिवि । सहस्रपूजनात्सोऽपि लभते वाञ्छितं फलम्
—if one makes a liṅga and worships it even once, he will dwell in heaven for a hundred ages; by a thousand worships, he attains his desired result.
लक्षं च पूजयेद्यस्तु शिवत्वं लभते ध्रुवम् । जीवन्मुक्तो भवेद्विप्रो लिङ्गमभ्यर्चयेतु यः
Whoever worships a hundred thousand times surely attains the state of Śiva. A brāhmaṇa who worships the liṅga becomes liberated while living.
शिवपूजाविहीनश्च ब्राह्मणो नरकं व्रजेत् । मत्पूजितं प्रियतमं शिवं निन्दन्ति ये नराः
A brāhmaṇa who neglects the worship of Śiva goes to hell. Those men who revile Śiva, who is most dear to me and worshipped by me—
पच्यन्ते निरये तावद्यावद्वै ब्रह्मणः शतम् । पूजिते शिवलिङ्गे च यदि स्यात्केशवालुका
—they are tormented in hell for as many years as a hundred of Brahmā. If, when worshipping the Śivaliṅga, there is hair or sand—
स महान्धो वालुकया केशेन यवनो भवेत् । क्षुद्रो दरिद्रः कृपणो व्याधिः स्यात्कुत्सिते यथा
—he becomes utterly blind, or, by the sand or hair, he becomes a barbarian; he becomes low, poor, miserable, diseased, and contemptible.
सर्वेभ्यो मानहानिः स्याज्जायते नीचयोनिषु । सर्वेषु प्रियपात्रेषु ब्रह्मणश्च मम प्रियः
He suffers loss of respect from all, and is born in lowly wombs. Among all beloved objects, and among those dear to Brahmā and to me—
ब्रह्मणाच्च प्रिया लक्ष्मीः सततं वक्षसि स्थिता । ततोऽधिका प्रिया राधा प्रिया भक्तास्ततोऽधिकाः
—Lakṣmī, who always dwells on the chest of Brahmā, is dearer; but Rādhā is dearer than her, and my devotees are dearer still.
ततोऽधिकः शंकरो मे नास्ति मे शंकरात्प्रियः । महादेव महादेव महादेवेति वादिरः
But there is none dearer to me than Śaṅkara; none is dearer to me than Śaṅkara. Whoever chants 'Mahādeva, Mahādeva, Mahādeva'—
पश्चाद्यामि च संतृप्तो नामश्रवणलोभतः । मनो मे भक्तमूले च प्राणा राधात्मका ध्रुवम्
Afterwards, I become satisfied, yet due to greed for hearing My name, My mind is rooted in devotion, and indeed, My very life is of the essence of Rādhā.
आत्मा मे शंकरस्थानं शिवः प्राणाधिकश्च यः । आद्या नारायणी शक्तिः सृष्टिस्थित्यन्तकानिणी
My self is the abode of Śaṃkara, who is dearer than life itself; the primordial power is Nārāyaṇī, who brings about creation, preservation, and dissolution.
कनोमि च यथा सृष्टिं यया ब्रह्मादिदेवताः । यया जयति विश्वं च यया सृष्टिःप्रजायते
By whom I create the universe, by whom the gods beginning with Brahmā exist, by whom the world is victorious, and by whom creation is born.
यया विना जगन्नाश्ति मया दत्ता शिवाय सा । दया निद्रा च क्षुत्तृप्तिस्तृष्ण श्रद्धा क्षमा धृतिः
Without whom the universe does not exist—she whom I have given to Śiva—she is compassion, sleep, satisfaction of hunger, thirst, faith, forgiveness, and fortitude.
तुष्टिः पुष्टिस्तथा शान्तिर्लज्जाधिदेवता हि सा । वैसुण्ठे सा महालक्ष्मीर्गोलोके राधिका सती
She is contentment, nourishment, peace, and the presiding deity of modesty; in Vaikuṇṭha she is Mahālakṣmī, in Goloka she is Rādhikā, the virtuous one.
मर्त्ये लक्ष्मीश्च क्षीरोदे दक्षकन्या सती य सा । सा दुर्गा मेनकाकन्या दैत्यदुर्गतिनाशिनी
On earth, she is Lakṣmī, in the Milk Ocean she is Dakṣa's daughter Satī; she is Durgā, daughter of Menakā, destroyer of the demons' misfortune.
स्वर्गलक्ष्मीश्च दुर्गा सा शक्रादीनां गृहे गृहे । सा वाणी सा च सावित्री विद्याधिष्ठातृदेवता
She is the Lakṣmī of heaven, she is Durgā in every house of Indra and the other gods; she is Vāṇī, she is Sāvitrī, the presiding goddess of knowledge.
वह्नौ स दाहिकाशक्तिः प्रभाशक्तिश्च भास्करे । शोभाशक्तिः पूर्णचन्द्रे जले शक्तिश्च शीतता
In fire, she is the power of burning; in the sun, the power of radiance; in the full moon, the power of beauty; in water, she is the power of coolness.
सस्यप्रसूता शक्तिश्च धारणा च धरासु सा । ब्राह्मण्यशक्तिर्विप्रेषु देवशक्तिःसुरेषु सा
She is the power that brings forth crops, and the sustaining force within the earth; among brāhmaṇas, she is the power of priesthood, among gods, she is divine power.
तपस्विनां तपस्या का गृहिणां गृहदेवता । मुक्तिशक्तिश्च मुक्तानामाशा सांसारिकस्य सा
She is the austerity of ascetics, the household deity of householders; she is the power of liberation for the liberated, and hope for those bound in the world.
मद्भक्तानां भक्तिशक्तिर्मयि भक्तिप्रदा सदा । नृपाणां राज्यलक्ष्मीश्च वणिजां लभ्यरूपिणी
Among My devotees, she is the power of devotion, always bestowing devotion to Me; she is the royal fortune of kings, and the form of gain for merchants.
परि संसारसिन्धूनां त्रयीतत्त्वा तु तारिणी । सत्सु सद्बुद्धिरूपा सा मेधाशक्तिस्वरूपिणी
She is the one who ferries across the ocean of worldly existence by means of the three Vedas; among the virtuous, she is discernment, and she is the very form of intelligence.
व्याख्याशक्तिः श्रुतौ शास्त्रे दातृशक्तिश्च दातृषु । क्षत्त्रादीनां विप्रभक्तिः पतिभक्तिः सतीसु च
She is the power of explanation in the Vedas and scriptures, the power of giving among donors; among warriors and others, she is devotion to brāhmaṇas, and among chaste women, devotion to their husbands.
एवं रूपा च या शक्तिर्मया दत्ता शिवाय सा । एवं ते कथितं सर्वं किं भूयः श्रोतुमिच्छसि
Such is the form of the power that I have given to Śiva; thus, I have told you everything—what more do you wish to hear?