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?
इति संचिंत्य हृदये सस्मार बलसूदनम् 5.2.44.
Thinking thus in his heart, he remembered the slayer of Bala.
प्रोवाच वचनं श्रुत्वा नम स्कृत्य पितामहम्
Having heard these words, he bowed to the grandsire and spoke.
ब्रह्मणोक्तस्तदा शक्रः किमर्थं प्लाविता मही
Then, as instructed by Brahmā, Indra asked, 'For what reason was the earth flooded?'
ततः सर्वे समाहूता मेघाः शक्रेण पार्वति
Then all the clouds were summoned by Indra, O Pārvatī.
पितामहेन शक्रेण मर्यादा च कृता तदा
At that time, the grandsire and Indra established boundaries.
गजाकारैस्ततो मेघैः सहस्रैर्दशभिर्वृतः
Then, surrounded by ten thousand clouds shaped like elephants—
शरभः पश्चिमामाशां सहस्राधिपतिः कृतः
Śarabha was made the lord of the western direction, ruling over a thousand.
उत्तरस्यां दिशि तदा प्रभुत्वे संप्रतिष्ठितः
At that time, he was established in authority over the northern quarter.
प्रावृट्काले च वर्षध्वं नक्षत्रैर्जलजैद्रुतम्
In the rainy season, the downpour is driven by the constellations and the movement of water-bearing clouds.
ब्रह्मशक्रवचः श्रुत्वा तथेति कृतनिश्चयाः
Having heard the words of Brahmā and Indra, they resolved, 'So be it.'