उर्वशी तु ततः क्रुद्धा पुष्पगुच्छेन ताडिता
Then Urvaśī, angered by being struck with the garland of flowers,
उवाच धनदस्तत्र क्रोधेनाकुलमानसः
spoke there to Dhanada, her mind agitated with wrath.
यस्मात्त्वया रंगभंगः कृतः कामार्द्दितेन वै
Because you disrupted the stage, overcome by desire,
कुबेरस्य च शापात्तु जगाम धरणीतलम् 5.2.47.
by Kubera's curse, he went to the earth.
विलप्य सुभृशं सोऽथ शरणं परमेश्वरीम्
Then, lamenting intensely, he sought refuge in the Supreme Lady.
त्वं तुष्टा तु तदा जाता प्रत्यक्षा परमेश्वरी
You became pleased at that time, appearing directly as the Supreme Lady.
गच्छ पुत्र ममादेशान्महाकालवनं शुभम्
Go, my son, by my command, to the auspicious Mahākāla forest.
तस्या दक्षिणतो वत्स विद्यते लिंगमुत्तमम्
On its southern side, dear one, there exists the supreme liṅga.
सा प्राची स च देवेशस्त्वन्नाम्ना ख्यातिमेष्यति
That eastern liṅga, O Lord of gods, will become renowned by your name.
त्वया च प्रेरितो देवि कीर्त्यर्थं तत्र गम्यताम्
And, prompted by you, O Lady, let it be visited there for the sake of fame.
महाकालवनं रम्यं देवगंधर्वसेवितम्
The delightful Mahākāla forest is served by gods and gandharvas.
प्राची सरस्वती तत्र वाप्याकारा च संस्थिता
There, the eastern Sarasvatī is established in the form of a pond.
ततो देवः प्रसन्नात्मा प्रत्युवाचाथ नूपुरम्
Then the god, his mind serene, spoke to Nūpura.
भविता वल्लभो देव्याः पार्वत्याः शंकरस्य च 5.2.47.
He will become beloved to the goddess Pārvatī and to Śaṃkara as well.
उदितादित्यसंकाशो विभावसुसम द्युतिः
He will shine with the brilliance of the rising sun, radiant like fire.
प्रभावं तादृशं दृष्ट्वा देवैरुक्तं वरानने
Seeing such power, the gods addressed the beautiful-faced one.
प्राप्ता च कामिकी सिद्धिर्नूपुरेण च दर्शनात्
The desired attainment has been gained through the sight of Nūpura.
सर्वकामप्रदो नित्यं नूपुरेश्वर नामतः
Ever granting all wishes, he is called Nūpureśvara.
नूपुरेश्वररुद्रस्य ते यांति परमं पदम् वसंति मुदिताः सर्वे यावदाभूतसंप्लवम्
Those who belong to Nūpureśvara Rudra reach the supreme state and dwell joyfully until the dissolution of all beings.
जन्ममृत्युजरारोगदुःखानि विविधानि च
Birth, death, old age, disease, and various sufferings—
वापी गंगासमा सा तु स्वयमेव शुभेक्षणे प्रयागमेतज्जानीहि भूधरेंद्रांगसंभवे
That pond is equal to the Gaṅgā, O auspicious-eyed one; know this Prayāga, born from the body of the lord of mountains.
तत्र स्नात्वा पुमान्देवि वाजपेयफलं लभेत्
There, by bathing, a person, O goddess, attains the fruit of the Vājapeya sacrifice.
कृष्णाष्टम्यां च यः स्नात्वा पूजयेन्नूपुरेश्वरम्
And whoever, having bathed on the eighth day of the dark fortnight, worships Nūpureśvara—
एष ते कथितो देवि प्रभावः पापनाशनः 5.2.47.
This, O goddess, has been told to you: the power that destroys sin.
इति श्रीस्कांदे महापुराण एकाशीतिसाहस्र्यां संहितायां पञ्चम आवंत्यखण्डे चतुरशीतिलिंगमाहात्म्ये नूपुरेश्वरमाहात्म्यवर्णनंनाम सप्तचत्वारिंशो ऽध्यायः
Thus, in the eighty-one-thousand-verse Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, in the fifth Avanti section, in the glory of the eighty-four liṅgas, is the forty-seventh chapter called 'The Description of the Greatness of Nūpureśvara.'
यस्य दर्शनमात्रेण न भवस्य भयं भवेत्
By merely seeing him, there is no fear of worldly existence.
कल्पावसाने प्रथमे पाद्मे पद्मनिभेक्षणे ब्रह्मा वै चिंतयामास कथं सृष्टिर्भवेदिति
At the end of the kalpa, at the beginning, in the lotus-eyed Padma, Brahmā pondered how creation might arise.
इत्याकुलितरूपस्य तस्य नेत्रद्वयात्तदा
Thus, from his troubled form, at that time, from his two eyes—
तस्मादश्रुकणाज्जातो हारवोनाम दानवः
From those drops of tears, a demon named Hārava was born.
दक्षिणान्नयनाज्जातः कालकेलीतिविश्रुतः
From the right eye was born one renowned as Kālakelī.