अद्यप्रभृति देवोऽयं वडलेश्वरसंज्ञकः
From today, this god will be known as Vaḍaleśvara.
पूजयिष्यंति ये देवं वडलेश्वरसंज्ञकम्
Those who worship the god called Vaḍaleśvara,
दृष्टो हरति पापानि स्पृष्टो राज्यं प्रयच्छति
Seeing him removes sins; touching him grants sovereignty.
कार्त्तिके शुक्लपक्षस्य तिथिर्वै द्वादशी भवेत् 5.2.75.
The twelfth day of the bright fortnight in Kārtika is the proper date.
दानं तैः सततं दत्तं ते यांति परमं पदम्
Those who always give gifts attain the highest state.
तपस्तप्तं भवेत्तैस्तु ते मुक्ता नात्र संशयः
Those who perform austerity become liberated; there is no doubt about this.
गाणपत्या भविष्यंति शंकरस्य सदा प्रियाः जायंते मानवा लोके वडलेश्वरदर्शनात्
They will become followers of Gaṇapati, always dear to Śaṅkara; men are born in the world from seeing Vaḍaleśvara.
गर्भवासे महाकष्टे यस्य वासो न रोचते
In the great hardship of the womb, for whom the dwelling does not please,
न लिंगेन विना सिद्धिर्दुर्लभं परमं पदम्
Without the liṅga, attainment and the supreme state are difficult.
लिंगार्चन विहीनानां सिद्धिश्चापि सुदुर्लभा
For those lacking worship of the liṅga, attainment is indeed very rare.
इत्युक्त्वा मणिभद्रोऽपि सुतेन सहितो ययौ
Having spoken thus, Maṇibhadra departed together with his son.
एष ते कथितो देवि प्रभावः पापनाशनः
O Goddess, this power of yours, which destroys sin, has been related to you.
इति श्रीस्कांदे महापुराण एकाशीतिसाहस्र्यां संहितायां पंचम आवंत्यखण्डे चतुरशीतिलिङ्गमाहात्म्य उमामहेश्वरसंवादे वडलेश्वरमाहात्म्यवर्णनं नाम पंचसप्ततितमोऽध्यायः
Thus ends the seventy-fifth chapter, entitled 'The Description of the Greatness of Vaḍaleśvara,' in the dialogue between Umā and Maheśvara, within the Avanti section of the eighty-one-thousand-verse Śrī Skanda Mahāpurāṇa.
विद्धि पापहरं देवि दर्शनात्कामदं नृणाम्
Know, O Goddess, that its sight removes sin and grants desires to men.
पुरा देवयुगे देवि प्रजापतिसुते शुभे
O auspicious one, in the age of the gods, daughter of Prajāpati,
ते भार्ये कश्यपस्यास्तां कद्रूश्च विनता तथा
Those wives of Kaśyapa were Kadrū and Vinatā.
कश्यपो धर्मपत्नीभ्यां मुदा परमया युतः
Kaśyapa, united with his righteous wives, was filled with supreme joy.
हर्षादभ्यधिकां प्रीतिं प्रापतुः स्म वरस्त्रियौ
The two excellent women attained even greater delight from happiness.
द्वौ पुत्रौ विनता वव्रे कद्रूपुत्राधिकौ बले
Vinatā requested two sons, stronger than the sons of Kadrū.
तस्यै भर्त्ता वरं प्रादाल्लप्स्यसे पुत्रकोत्तमौ
Her husband granted her the boon: 'You will obtain two foremost sons.'
यथा च प्रार्थितं लब्ध्वा वरं तुष्टाऽभवत्तदा
Having received the boon as desired, she became pleased at that time.
कद्रूश्च लब्ध्वा पुत्राणां सहस्रं तुल्यतेजसाम्
Kadrū, having obtained a thousand sons of equal brilliance,
ते भार्ये वरसंहृष्टे कश्यपो वनमाविशत् जनयामास चार्वंगी द्वे चांडे विनता तदा ।। 5.2.76.
The wives, delighted by the boon, Kaśyapa entered the forest; Vinatā then gave birth to two eggs.
तयोरंडानि निदधुः प्रहृष्टाः परिचारिकाः
The attendants, rejoicing, placed their eggs.
ततः पंचशते काले कद्रूपुत्रा विनिर्गताः
Then, after five hundred years, the sons of Kadrū emerged.
ततः पुत्रार्थिनी देवी व्रीडिता सा तपस्विनी
Then the goddess, desiring sons, became ashamed and devoted herself to austerity.
पूर्वार्द्धकायसंपन्नमितरेणा प्रकाशितम्
One was revealed with only half its body complete.
योऽहमेवं कृतो मातस्त्वया लोभपरीतया
Mother, I have been made thus by you, overcome by greed.
पंचवर्षशतान्यस्या यया विस्पर्द्धसे सदा
For five hundred years you have always competed with her.
यद्येनमपि मातस्त्वं मामिवांडविभेदनात्
Even if you, mother, like me, because of breaking the egg—