पंचमो नवमश्चैव उदासीनस्तु सप्तमः
The fifth and the ninth, and the seventh is neutral.
पूजां प्राप्स्यसि चात्यर्थं ग्रहाणामधिकं सदा
You will receive worship exceedingly, always surpassing the other planets.
अतस्ते स्थावरं नाम भविष्यति महीतले
Therefore, your name will be 'Sthāvara' on the earth.
अतः शनैश्चरोनाम भविष्यसि सदा भुवि
Thus, you will always be known as 'Śanaiścara' upon the earth.
वर्णतो ह्यसितो नाम भविष्यसि महीतले तुष्टो ददासि राज्यं च रुष्टो वै हरसि क्षणात्
By color, you will be called 'Asita' on the earth; when pleased, you grant kingdoms, when angered, you take them away in an instant.
देवासुरमनुष्याश्च सिद्धविद्याधरोरगाः ।। त्वत्क्रूरदृष्टिनिहता नाशं यास्यंति नान्यथा
The gods, demons, humans, Siddhas, Vidyādharas, and serpents—struck by your fierce gaze—will surely meet destruction, there is no other way.
तव प्रसादात्प्राप्स्यंति मनोऽभीष्टं सुदुर्ल्लभम्
By your grace, they will attain their heart's desire, which is extremely difficult to obtain.
मनोभीष्टकरं पुण्यं देवदानवदुर्लभम्
That which fulfills the heart's wish and is virtuous, rare even for gods and demons.
तत्र गच्छ ममादेशत्त्वपृथुकेश्वरपश्चिमे 5.2.50.
Go there, by my command, to the western lord of Pṛthukeśvara.
कीर्त्तिरेषा त्वदीयापि त्रैलोक्ये भविता धुवम्
Your fame will certainly prevail throughout the three worlds.
इत्युक्तः स्थावरो देवि ममाज्ञापालकस्तदा
Thus addressed, Sthāvara, O goddess, then became the executor of my command.
दृष्ट्वा तत्रैव तल्लिंगं स्थानं लब्धं सुशोभनम्
Seeing there that very liṅga, the place obtained was exceedingly beautiful.
शनिनोक्तं तदा देवि येऽत्र द्रक्ष्यंति भक्तितः तेषां पीडा मदीया तु न भविष्यति कर्हिचित्
Then Śani spoke, O goddess: those who see it here with devotion, their affliction caused by me will never occur.
मदीये च दिने यो वै नियमेन प्रपश्यति
And whoever, on my day, observes it with discipline,
धक्ष्यामि सततं पीडामन्यग्रहकृतामपि
I will always destroy affliction, even that caused by other planets.
न ग्रहा न पिशाचाश्च न यक्षा न च राक्षसाः
Neither planets, nor ghosts, nor Yakṣas, nor Rākṣasas—
संक्रांतौ शनिवारे च व्यतीपातेऽयने तथा भविष्यत्यक्षयस्तेषां स्थिरो वासस्त्रिविष्टपे
At the transit, on Saturday, at the conjunction, and at the solstice, their abode in heaven will be firm and everlasting.
नियमेन प्रपश्यंति मम वारेऽत्र ये नराः
Those men who observe it here on my day with discipline—
भविष्यति न दारिद्र्यं न चैवेष्टवियोजनम् ।। 5.2.50.
There shall be no poverty, nor separation from desired things.
अधनस्य धनं चैव भयार्त्तस्याभयं तथा
For the poor, there will be wealth, and for one afflicted by fear, there will be safety.
इत्युक्त्वा पूजयामास भूयो लिंगं शनैश्चरः
Having spoken thus, Śanaiścara again worshipped the liṅga.
एष ते कथितो देवि प्रभावः पापनाशनः
O Goddess, thus I have described to you this power that destroys sin.
इति श्रीस्कांदे महापुराण एकाशीतिसाहस्र्यां संहितायां पञ्चम आवन्त्यखण्डे चतुरशीतिलिङ्गमाहात्म्ये स्थावरेश्वरमाहात्म्य वर्णनंनाम पंचाशत्तमोऽध्यायः
Thus ends the fiftieth chapter, named 'The Description of the Glory of Sthāvareśvara,' in the section on the eighty-four liṅgas, in the fifth Avantya-khaṇḍa of the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, comprising eighty-one thousand verses.
देवं शूलेश्वरं देवि सर्व व्याधिविनाशनम्
O Goddess, the god Śūleśvara destroys all diseases.
आद्ये कल्पे प्रवृत्ते च राज्यहेतोर्वरानने दैत्यानामीश्वरे जंभे देवानां च शचीपतौ
O beautiful-faced one, at the beginning of the kalpa, for the sake of sovereignty, Jambha was lord among the Daityas, and the lord of Śacī among the gods.
ततो देवाः पराभूता दैत्या विजयिनोऽभवन्
Then the gods were defeated, and the Daityas became victorious.
स दूतो मामुवाचोच्चैः सगर्वो दुष्टमानसः
That messenger, proud and wicked-minded, loudly addressed me.
गौरीं मे देहि पत्न्यर्थं मंदरस्त्यज्यतामयम्
Give me Gaurī as a wife; leave Mandara for my sake.
उक्तोऽहं तेन दूतेन त्वया सह महागिरौ
By that messenger I was told, 'With you, on the great mountain—'
गच्छ दूत ममादेशादंधकं ब्रूहि सत्वरम्
Go, messenger, at my command, and quickly tell Andhaka.