सा कन्या पितरं दृष्ट्वा ह्रिया नोपजगाम तम्
That maiden, seeing her father, did not approach him out of modesty.
उवाच परमं कुद्धस्तां कन्यां काममोहिताम्
He, extremely angry, spoke to that maiden who was deluded by desire.
स्वयं स्वयंवरो मोहात्तस्मात्कृष्णा भविष्यसि
Because you chose your own husband out of delusion, you shall become dark.
अयं ते नृपतिर्भर्त्ता दुष्टरूपो भविष्यति
This king will be your husband, and he will become ugly in form.
इत्युक्ता तत्क्षणाज्जाता सा कन्या रूपवर्जिता 5.2.62.
Thus addressed, that maiden instantly became devoid of beauty.
अथ प्रसादयामास सा कन्या पितरं तदा
Then that maiden began to appease her father.
अज्ञानाच्च कृतं पापं तात त्वं क्षंतुमर्हसि
Father, the wrong was done out of ignorance; you ought to forgive.
न चाहं प्रार्थिता तेन मयासौ प्रार्थितो नृपः
Nor was I sought by him; rather, I sought that king.
इति तस्या वचः श्रुत्वा स विप्रोऽतिकृपान्वितः
Hearing her words, that brahmin was filled with great compassion.
नैव वागनृतं पुत्रि यावदद्य स्मराम्यहम्
Never, my daughter, have I spoken a false word as far as I remember.
अकार्यं कारितो येन बलादहमनिंदिते
By whom I was compelled to do this improper act, O blameless one.
महाकालवने पुण्ये लिंगं रूपप्रदायकम्
In the sacred Mahakala forest is a linga that bestows beauty.
तत्त्वं गच्छ त्वरा युक्ता सह भर्त्रा नृपेण हि
Go there quickly, together with your husband, the king.
इत्युक्ता सा तदा कन्या सह भर्त्रा गता प्रिये
Thus addressed, that maiden then went with her husband, dear one.
ददर्श परया भक्त्या स च राजा नरोत्तमः दिव्यवस्त्रपरीधाना दिव्यालंकारभूषिता ।। 5.2.62.
And that best of kings saw her, adorned with divine garments and ornaments, with supreme devotion.
स च राजा तथा जातः कंदर्पसदृशाकृतिः
And that king became one whose form was like that of Kama, the god of love.
अतो लोकेषु विख्यातो देवो रूपेश्वरः प्रिये
Therefore, beloved, in the worlds the god known as Rūpeśvara is renowned.
स च राजा स्वकं प्राप्तो राष्ट्रं सस्यादिसंयुतम्
And that king regained his own kingdom, abundant with crops and the like.
राज्यं कृत्वा गतः स्वर्गं भार्यया सह पार्वति
Having ruled the kingdom, he went to heaven together with his wife, O Pārvatī.
विमानेन सुदीप्तेन वंद्यमानो दिवालये
Honored in the celestial abode, he departed in a splendid, radiant chariot.
ये पश्यंति विशालाक्षि देवं रूपेश्वरं शिवम्
Those who see the god Rūpeśvara Śiva, O wide-eyed one,
सदा रूपकरं लिंगं भुक्तिमुक्तिफलप्रदम्
The liṅga that always manifests forms, bestowing the fruits of enjoyment and liberation,
येऽर्चयंति नरा नित्यं देवं रूपेश्वरं परम्
Those men who worship daily the supreme god Rūpeśvara,
स एव सुकृती लोके कुलं तेनाप्यलंकृतम्
He alone is virtuous in the world, and his lineage is adorned by him.
यः पूजयति देवेशं प्रसंगादपि पार्वति 5.2.62.
Whoever worships the Lord of gods, even incidentally, O Pārvatī,
एष ते कथितो देवि प्रभावः पापनाशनः ।। रूपेश्वरस्य देवस्य धनुःसाहस्रकं ७ब्
This, O goddess, I have told you—the power of the god Rūpeśvara, destroyer of sins, equal to a thousand bows.
इति श्रीस्कांदे महापुराण एकाशीति साहस्र्यां संहितायां पंचम आवन्त्यखण्डे चतुरशीतिलिंगमाहात्म्ये रूपेश्वरमाहात्म्यवर्णनंनाम द्विषष्टितमोऽध्यायः
Thus ends the sixty-second chapter, called 'The Greatness of Rūpeśvara,' in the section on the eighty-four liṅgas, in the fifth Avantya Khaṇḍa of the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, comprising eighty-one thousand verses.
त्रिषष्टिसंख्यकं दिव्यं दर्शनात्पापनाशनम्
The divine liṅga, numbering sixty-three, by being seen destroys sins.
विदूरथोनाम नृपः ख्यातकीर्त्तिरभूद्भुवि
There was a king named Vidūratha, renowned for his fame on earth.
एकदा तु वनं यातो मृगयां स विदूरथः
Once, Vidūratha went to the forest for hunting.