आसनस्थोऽब्रवीदेवमहं देवैर्विनाशितः । अल्पसारैर्दुराचारैरीश्वरस्य निवेदितः
Seated, he spoke to the gods: 'I have been destroyed by the gods, by the wicked and insignificant, offered up to the Lord.'
अपरीक्ष्य ह्यहं दग्धः शंकरेण महात्मना । नान्यः शत्रुस्तु मां हंतुं वर्ज्जयित्वा महेश्वरम्
Without examination, I was burned by the great-souled Śaṅkara; no other enemy can slay me except Maheśvara.
उत्थितः शिरसा कृत्वा लिगं त्रिभुवनेश्वरम् । निर्गतः स पुरद्वारात्परित्यज्य सुहृत्स्वयम्
Rising up, having placed the liṅga of the Lord of the three worlds upon his head, he departed from the city gate, abandoning his friends of his own accord.
रत्नानि सुविचित्राणि स्त्रियो नानाविधास्तथा । गृहीत्वा शिरसा लिंगं न्यस्तं नगरमंडले
Taking the splendid jewels and women of various kinds, he placed the liṅga upon his head and set it in the center of the city.
स्तुवते देवदेवेशं त्रैलोक्याधिपतिं शिवम् । हर त्वयाहं निर्दग्धो यदि वध्योसि शंकर
He praised Śiva, Lord of gods, ruler of the three worlds: 'O Hara, if I am burned by you, then you are to be slain, O Śaṅkara.'
त्वत्प्रसादान्महादेव मा मे लिंगं विनश्यतु । अर्चितं हि महादेव भक्त्या परमया सदा
By your grace, O great god, may my liṅga not be destroyed; for it has always been worshipped with supreme devotion, O great god.
त्वया यद्यपि वध्योहं मा मे लिंगं विनश्यतु । प्राप्यमेतन्महादेव त्वत्पादग्रहणं मम
Even if I am to be slain by you, may my liṅga not perish; let me attain this, O great god—grasping your feet.
जन्मजन्म महादेव त्वत्पादनिरतो ह्यहम् । तोटकच्छंदसा देवं स्तुत्वा तु परमेश्वरम्
Birth after birth, O great god, I am devoted to your feet; having praised the supreme Lord in the Toṭaka meter—
ॐशिवशंकरसर्वकराय नमो भवभीममहेशशिवाय नमः । कुसुमायुध देहविनाशकर त्रिपुरांतकरांधक चूर्णकर
Om, homage to Śiva, Śaṅkara, doer of all; homage to Bhava, Bhīma, Maheśa, Śiva; destroyer of Kāma, destroyer of bodies, ender of Tripura, crusher of Andhaka.
प्रमदाप्रियकामविभक्त नमो हि नमः सुरसिद्धगणैर्नमितः । हयवानरसिंहगजेंद्रमुखैरति ह्रस्वसुदीर्घमुखैश्च गणैः
Homage, indeed, to you who are divided as beloved of women and desire; bowed to by hosts of gods and siddhas; by troops with faces of horses, monkeys, lions, elephants, and by those with very short and very long faces.
उपलब्धुमशक्यतरैरसुरैर्व्यथितो न शरीरशतैर्बहुभिः । प्रणतो भगवन्बहुभक्तिमता चलचंद्र कलाधर देव नमः
Unattainable by the asuras, even with hundreds of bodies, not distressed by many bodies; I bow, O Lord, to you, bearer of the crescent moon, worshipped by many devotees.
सहपुत्रकलत्रकलापधनैः सततं जय देहि अनुस्मरणम् । व्यथितोस्मि शरीरशतैर्बहुभिर्गमिताद्य महानरकस्य गतिः
With sons, wives, and all wealth, always grant me victory and remembrance; I am tormented by many bodies, and today I have reached the path to great hell.
न निवर्तति यन्ममपापगतिः शुचिकर्म्मविशुद्धमपि त्यजति । अनुकंपति दिग्भ्रमति भ्रमति भ्रम एष कुबुद्धि निवारयति
One's birth does not turn back, nor does wicked destiny; even pure and virtuous deeds are abandoned. Compassion falters, the mind wanders, and delusion prevails—this is the error that misguided intellect brings.
यः पठेत्तोटकं दिव्यं प्रयतः शुचिमानसः । बाणस्यैव यथारुद्रस्तस्यैव वरदो भवेत्
Whoever, with pure mind and devotion, recites this divine hymn, for him Rudra will grant boons just as he did for Bāṇa.
इमं स्तवं महादिव्यं श्रुत्वा देवो महेश्वरः । प्रसन्नस्तु तदा तस्य स्वयं देवो महेश्वरः
Hearing this great and divine hymn, the god Maheśvara, being pleased, himself bestows his favor upon that person.
ईश्वर उवाच-। न भेतव्यं त्वया वत्स सौवर्णे तिष्ठ दानव । पुत्रपौत्रसपत्नीनां भार्याभृत्यजनैः सह
Īśvara said: 'Do not be afraid, my child; remain in the golden city, O Dānava, together with your sons, grandsons, wives, and attendants.'
अद्यप्रभृति बाण त्वमवध्यस्त्रिदशैरपि । भूयस्तस्य वरो दत्तो देवदेवेन पांडव
From this day forth, O Bāṇa, you are invulnerable even to the gods; this boon was granted to you by the Lord of gods, O Pāṇḍava.
अक्षयश्चाव्ययो लोके विचचार ह निर्भयः । ततो निवारयामास रुद्र सप्तशिखं तथा
He became imperishable and undecaying in the world, roaming about without fear; then Rudra restrained Saptashikha as well.
तृतीयं रक्षितं तस्य शंकरेण महात्मना । भ्रमते गगने नित्यं रुद्रतेजः प्रभावतः
The third (city) was protected by the great-souled Śaṃkara; by the power of Rudra's energy, it eternally moves in the sky.
एवं तु त्रिपुरं दग्धं शंकरेण महात्मना । ज्वालामालाप्रदीप्तं तु पतितं धरणीतले
Thus Tripura was burned by the great-souled Śaṃkara; blazing with garlands of flames, it fell to the earth.
एकं निपातितं तस्य श्रीशैले त्रिपुरांतके । द्वितीयं पातितं तत्र पर्वतेऽमरकंटके
One (city) was cast down at Śrīśaila by the destroyer of Tripura; the second was cast down there on the mountain Amarakāṇṭaka.
दग्धे तु त्रिपुरे राजन्रुद्रकोटिः प्रतिष्ठिता । ज्वलंतं पातितं तत्र तेन ज्वालेश्वरः स्मृतः
When Tripura was burned, O king, Rudra's energy was established there; the blazing (city) was cast down there, hence it is known as Jvāleśvara.
ऊर्ध्वेन प्रस्थिता तस्य दिव्या ज्वाला दिवं गता । हाहाकारस्तदा जातो सदेवासुरकिंनरान्
A divine flame rose upward from it and reached the heavens; then there arose a great outcry among the gods, asuras, and kinnaras.
तं शरं स्तंभयेद्रुद्रो माहेश्वरपुरोत्तमे । एवं व्रजेत यस्तस्मिन्पर्वतेऽमरकंटके
Rudra restrained that arrow at the foremost Maheśvara shrine; whoever goes to that mountain, Amarakāṇṭaka, in this way—
चतुर्द्दशभुवनानि सुभुक्त्वा पांडुनंदन । वर्षकोटिसहस्रं तु त्रिंशत्कोट्यस्तथा पराः
Having enjoyed the fourteen worlds, O descendant of Pāṇḍu, for a thousand million years and thirty million more—
ततो महीतलं प्राप्य राजा भवति धार्मिकः । पृथिव्यामेकच्छत्रेण भुंक्ते नास्त्यत्र संशयः
After that, attaining the earth, he becomes a righteous king; he rules the earth under a single umbrella—of this there is no doubt.
एष पुण्यो महाराज सर्वतोऽमरकंटकः । चंद्र सूर्योपरागेषु गच्छेद्योऽमरकंटकम्
This Amarakāṇṭaka is supremely holy, O great king; whoever goes to Amarakāṇṭaka during a solar or lunar eclipse—
अश्वमेधाद्दशगुणं प्रवदंति मनीषिणः । स्वर्गलोकमवाप्नोति दृष्ट्वा तत्र महेश्वरम्
The wise declare that seeing Maheśvara there yields ten times the merit of an Aśvamedha sacrifice; one attains the heavenly world.
संनिहत्या गमिष्यंति राहुग्रस्ते दिवाकरे । तदेव निखिलं पुण्यं पर्वतेऽमरकंटके
When the sun is seized by Rāhu, those who assemble and go there receive all that merit on the mountain Amarakāṇṭaka.
पुंडरीकस्य यज्ञस्य फलं प्राप्नोति मानवः । तत्र ज्वालेश्वरो नाम पर्वतेऽमरकंटके
A person attains the fruit of the Puṇḍarīka sacrifice; there, on the mountain Amarakāṇṭaka, is the deity called Jvāleśvara.