हतः स शंबरो दैत्यो गतौ तौ चन्द्रभास्करौ
That Daitya, Shambara, was slain, and the Moon and Sun departed.
राहुकेतू ग्रहांते तु कृतौ समयपूर्वकौ
Rahu and Ketu, at the end of the planets, were assigned their positions according to agreement.
स्वं स्वं स्थानं गताः सर्वे लोकपाला मुदा युताः 5.2.72.
All the guardians of the worlds, filled with joy, returned to their respective places.
गगने ग्रहनक्षत्रैः सहितौ विचरिष्यथः
You two will move in the sky together with the planets and stars.
इत्युक्तौ चन्द्रसूर्यौ तु तया वाण्या वरानने
Thus addressed by that speech, O radiant-faced one, were the Moon and the Sun.
एतस्मिन्नंतरे देवा विमानस्था समागताः
Meanwhile, the gods assembled, standing in their celestial vehicles.
ज्ञात्वा लिंगस्य माहात्म्यं नाम चकुः समाहिताः
Knowing the greatness of the linga, they spoke its name with concentration.
चन्द्रादित्येश्वरंनाम ख्यातिं यास्यति भूतले दग्धो भृत्यजनैः सार्द्धं चन्द्रसूर्यानुसेवनात्
The name 'Candrādityeśvara' will become renowned on earth, burned along with servants through the service of the Moon and Sun.
इत्युक्त्वा त्रिदशाः सवें समीपे सर्वतः स्थिताः
Having spoken thus, all the gods stood together on every side nearby.
चन्द्रादित्यौ च तत्रस्थौ स्थितौ लिंगसमीपतः
The Moon and Sun also stood there, beside the linga.
ये पश्यंति नरा भक्त्या चन्द्रादित्येचरं शिवम्
Those men who see Shiva as Candrādityeśvara with devotion,
यावच्चन्द्रश्च सूर्यश्च तावत्तेषां सुखं भवेत्
As long as the Moon and Sun endure, so long will happiness be theirs.
चन्द्रसूर्योपरागे तु चंद्रादित्येश्वरं शिवम् 5.2.72.
At the eclipse of the Moon and Sun, Candrādityeśvara Shiva is present.
तेषां कुलशतं यावत्पैतृकं मातृकं तथा
As many hundreds of their ancestral and maternal lineages,
अमासोमसमायोगे ये पश्यन्ति प्रसंगतः
Those who see together at the conjunction of the new moon and full moon,
एष ते कथितो देवि प्रभावः पापनाशनः
This, O Devi, has been told to you—the power that destroys sin.
इति श्रीस्कांदे महापुराण एकाशीतिसाहस्र्यां संहितायां पञ्चम आवंत्यखंडे चतुरशीति लिङ्गमाहात्म्य उमामहेश्वरसंवादे चद्रादित्येश्वरमाहात्म्यवर्णनंनाम द्विसप्ततितमोऽध्यायः
Thus, in the eighty-one-thousand section of the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, in the fifth Avanti division, in the eighty-fourth chapter on the greatness of the linga, in the dialogue between Umā and Maheśvara, is the description of the greatness of Candrādityeśvara, the seventy-second chapter.
यस्य दर्शनमात्रेण कुयोनिर्नैव लभ्यते
By merely seeing him, one does not attain a bad womb.
वीरकेतुरभूद्धीमानयोध्याया महीपतिः
Vīraketu, wise and intelligent, became the king of Ayodhyā.
स सम्यक्पालयामास प्रजाः पुत्रानिवौरसान्
He properly protected his subjects, as a father would his own sons.
अथैकस्मिन्दिने राजा जगाम गहनं वनम्
Then, on a certain day, the king entered the dense forest.
स तत्र विविधान्वन्यान्विव्याध परवीरहा
There, the slayer of enemy heroes struck various wild animals.
लोडितं तद्वनं सर्वं पशुपक्षिमृगाकुलम्
That entire forest, teeming with beasts, birds, and animals, was disturbed.
यदा न श्वापदास्तस्मिन्दृश्यते गहने वने
When no wild beasts were seen in that thick forest,
स चापि करभो देवि बाणमादाय सत्वरम् स च राजा बली तूर्णं ससार करभं प्रति
O Devi, the buffalo quickly seized an arrow, and the powerful king swiftly pursued the buffalo.
ततो निम्नस्थलं चैव स चोष्ट्रोऽद्रवदाशुगः
Then, both the buffalo and the king ran rapidly toward the low ground.
ततः स राजा तारुण्या दौरसेन बलेन च 5.2.73.
Thereupon, the king, with youthful vigor and strength,
ततो नदान्नदीश्चैव पल्वलानि वनानि च
Then, rivers, streams, marshes, and forests appeared.
स चापि करभो देवि आसाद्यासाद्य तं नृपम्
And again, O Devi, the buffalo repeatedly approached the king.
स तस्य बाणैर्बहुभिः करभो विह्वलीकृतः पुनश्च जवमास्याय पार्श्वे चाग्रे च दृश्यते
Struck by many arrows from him, the buffalo became agitated, and again sped forth, appearing at his side and in front.