पश्यतो मम शैलेंद्रं गताः संवत्सरा दश
As I gazed at the lord of mountains, ten years passed by.
नूनं न मदनातप्तां वेत्ति मां रतिवर्जिताम्
Surely he does not know me, scorched not by love, deprived of pleasure.
हरस्य क्वापि यातस्य वैरं संस्मृत्य चित्तजः विलोकयंतीं हा दृष्ट्वा विलपंतीं पुनः पुनः
As Hara wandered somewhere, remembering his enmity, the god of love saw me, lamenting again and again.
ततः कुण्डो गणाध्यक्षो ज्ञात्वा भावं त्वदीयकम् 5.2.40.
Then Kuṇḍa, chief of the attendants, knowing your state of mind,
आयात एष ते भर्त्ता मा चेतः कलुषं कुरु
said, 'Here comes your husband; do not let your heart be troubled.'
दुःखार्त्तया त्वया प्रोक्तः कुण्ड वेद्मि न शंकरम् दर्शयस्व महादेवमित्युक्तोऽ सौ पुनःपुनः
'O Kuṇḍa, distressed, I have told you: I do not see Śaṅkara. Show me Mahādeva,' she said to him again and again.
यदा न दर्शितस्तेन कुण्डेनाहं वरानने
O beautiful one, when I was not revealed by that Kuṇḍa.
गच्छ त्वं मानुषं लोकं यस्मान्न कथितो हरः
Go now to the human world, since Hara was not spoken of.
पृष्टश्चाहं त्वया देवि विहाय क्व गतोऽसि माम्
O goddess, you asked me, 'Having left, where did you go, leaving me behind?'
गत्वाग्रे भूधरस्यास्य किं कृतं च त्वया विभो
After going ahead of this mountain, what did you do, O Lord?
दुराधर्षतरः शैलः समंताद्दुरतिक्रमः
This mountain is exceedingly difficult to conquer and impossible to cross from all sides.
येन मार्गेण विश्रब्धं गमिष्यामः सुमध्यमे
By which path, O slender-waisted one, shall we confidently proceed?
त्वयाप्युक्तं महादेव कुण्डः शप्तो मया गणः । ममाज्ञा न कृता यस्माद्विफलं न वचो मम
You also said, O Mahādeva, 'Kuṇḍa is cursed by me, the attendant; since my command was not obeyed, my word is fruitless.'
भैरवं रूपमास्थाय यत्र त्वं चोत्तरे स्थितः 5.2.40.
Assuming the form of Bhairava, you stood in the north.
तस्य दर्शन मात्रेण गणपोऽयं भविष्यति
By merely seeing him, this attendant will become a leader of attendants.
इत्युक्तः स त्वया देवि समासाद्य पुनःपुनः
Thus addressed by you, O goddess, he approached again and again.
महाकालवनं शीघ्रं लिंगमाराध्य सत्वरम्
He quickly worshipped the liṅga in the great Kāla forest with urgency.
इत्युक्तस्तत्क्षणात्प्राप्तो दृष्ट्वा लिङ्गं तु शाश्वतम्
Thus instructed, he arrived at that moment and saw the eternal liṅga.
ततो देवाः सगंधर्वाः सिद्धाश्च परमर्षयः
Then the gods, along with the Gandharvas, Siddhas, and supreme sages.
अथाहं तत्क्षणात्प्राप्तस्त्वया सार्द्धं गणैर्वृतः
Then I arrived at that moment, surrounded by you and the attendants.
समाधिध्याननिरतं प्रोक्तमस्माभिरादरात्
Absorbed in meditation and contemplation, he was addressed by us with respect.
अक्षयं तु पदं प्राप्तं त्वया लिंगस्य दर्शनात् नाम्ना कुण्डेश्वरो यस्मात्सर्वसंपत्करः सदा
You have attained the imperishable state by seeing the liṅga; because of the name Kuṇḍeśvara, it always bestows all prosperity.
कुण्डेश्वरमनादिं तु भक्त्या पश्यति यो नरः
Whoever, with devotion, beholds Kuṇḍeśvara, the beginningless one,
तस्य दानफलं सर्वं सर्वतीर्थफलं सदा 5.2.40.
He always obtains the fruit of all gifts and the merit of all sacred waters.
दशानामश्वमेधानामग्निष्टोमशतस्य च
Of ten horse sacrifices and a hundred Agniṣṭoma rituals,
प्रातः पश्यंति ये भक्त्या कृत्वा नियमपूर्वकम्
Those who, with devotion and proper observance, behold in the morning—
एष ते कथितो देवि प्रभावः पापनाशनः
This, O Goddess, I have told you—the power that destroys sin.
लुंपेश्वरमिति ख्यातं नाम यस्य महीतले
On earth, there was one known by the name Luṃpeśvara.
देशे म्लेच्छगणाकीर्णे बभूव जगतीपतिः
In a land crowded with groups of mlecchas, he became lord of the world.
तस्यासीद्दयिता भार्या विशालानाम नामतः
He had a beloved wife, named Viśālā.