खगर्तेति च विख्याता खाद्भ्रष्टा प्रापतत्क्षितौ
She is known as Khagartā, for having fallen from the sky, she reached the earth.
लिंगमूर्तिरहं पुत्र तिष्ठामि सुरपूजितः
I, in the form of a liṅga, remain there, worshipped by the gods, my son.
पूजितोऽहं त्वया तत्र संगमे लोकपूजिते
There, at that sacred confluence revered by the world, you have worshipped me.
मध्ये ग्रहाणां सर्वेषामाधिपत्यं मया तव
Among all the planets, I have granted you lordship.
पूजां प्राप्स्यसि तत्रैव ग्रहमध्ये व्यवस्थितः
There itself, situated among the planets, you shall receive worship.
त्वामुद्दिश्य करिष्यंति पूजां शांतिं सदक्षिणाम्
People will perform worship for you, with offerings and rites for peace, always accompanied by gifts.
वारश्चैकश्च ते दत्तो मंगलार्थं मया तव तैलाभ्यंगं करिष्यंति न च प्राप्स्यंति ते बलम्
I have granted you one day of the week for auspiciousness; they will anoint you with oil, but they will not obtain your strength.
इत्युक्तस्तु मया देवि वक्रांगो मंगलः सुतः
Thus, O goddess, I spoke to Mangala, the son with a crooked limb.
सन्तुष्टस्तेन वाक्येन मदीयेन वरानने
He was satisfied by these words of mine, O beautiful-faced one.
शिप्रायाश्च तटे रम्ये खगर्त्तासंगमांतिकम् ।। 5.2.43.
On the lovely bank of the Shipra, near the confluence with the Khagarta.
मया चालिंगितः प्रेम्णा चुम्बितः शिरसि प्रिये
With affection, I embraced him and kissed him on the head, dear one.
दृष्टोऽहं च त्वया पुत्र भक्त्या चाराधितस्त्वया
I have been seen by you, my son, and you have worshipped me with devotion.
अंगारेश्वरनामाहमद्यप्रभृति पुत्रक
From today onward, my son, I am known as Aṅgāreśvara.
ये मां पश्यंति सततं संगमेऽत्र व्यवस्थितम्
Those who always see me established here at the confluence—
ये मां संपूज यिष्यंति ह्यंगारकदिने नराः
Those men who worship me on the day of Aṅgāraka—
चतुर्थ्यां मंगलदिने ये मां पश्यंति सुव्रताः
Those of good vows who see me on the fourth lunar day, on the day of Maṅgala—
अमावास्या च भौमश्च संयोगो दृश्यते यदा
Whenever the new moon and Tuesday coincide—
स्नात्वा तदा प्रपश्यंति मामत्रैव व्यवस्थितम्
Whoever bathes then and beholds me established here—
वाराणस्यां प्रयागे च कुरुक्षेत्रे च यत्फलम्
The merit obtained in Varanasi, Prayaga, and Kurukshetra—
एष ते कथितो देवि प्रभावः पापनाशनः 5.2.43.
This, O goddess, is the power I have described to you, which destroys sin.
इति श्रीस्कांदे महापुराण एकाशीतिसाहस्र्यां संहितायां पञ्चम आवंत्यखंडे चतुरशीतिलिङ्गमाहात्म्येंऽगारकेश्वरमाहात्म्यवर्णनंनाम त्रिचत्वारिंशोऽध्यायः
Thus ends the forty-third chapter, called 'The Description of the Glory of Angārakeśvara,' in the section on the eighty-four liṅgas, in the Avantya Khanda of the eighty-one-thousand-verse Śrī Skanda Mahāpurāṇa.
यस्य दर्शनमात्रेण समीहितफलं लभेत्
By merely beholding it, one attains the desired fruit.
पुरा नियुक्ताः शक्रेण ये मेघा वृष्टिकारकाः
Long ago, the clouds appointed by Indra were those that bring rain.
एकार्णवे ततो जाते देवा भीता वरानने
Then, when a single ocean arose, O beautiful-faced one, the gods became afraid.
नैवाप्यायनमस्माकं विना होमेन जायते
For us, replenishment does not occur without the offering of oblations.
तेषां वयं प्रयच्छामः कामान्यज्ञादिपूजिताः
We grant their desires when worshipped with sacrifices and the like.
दृष्ट्वा पृष्वीं जले मग्नां ब्रह्माणं शरणं गताः
Seeing the earth submerged in water, they sought refuge with Brahmā.
एकार्णवा मही जाता विनष्टाः क्रतवः प्रभो
The earth became a single ocean, O Lord, and the sacrifices were destroyed.
देवानां वचनं श्रुत्वा ब्रह्मा लोकपितामहः
Hearing the words of the gods, Brahmā, the grandsire of the worlds—
अकाले प्रलयः कस्मान्निमग्ना पृथिवी जले
Why has dissolution come untimely, and why has the earth sunk into the waters?