अमित्रभयदो ह्येष मित्राणामभय प्रदः
He brings fear to enemies and grants safety to friends.
शत्रोर्बलोत्सादनाय राघवप्रीतये सदा
Always, for the delight of Rāghava, he destroys the strength of the enemy.
हते तु रावणे भूयो रामस्यानुमते स्थितः
When Rāvaṇa is slain, he remains with Rāma's consent.
ततो मां त्रिदशाः सर्वे पूजयिष्यंति भाविताः
Then all the gods, filled with devotion, will honor me.
अथ गंधवहः पुत्रं प्रगृह्य गृहमानयत् 5.2.79.
Then the Wind-god took his son and brought him home.
एवं लिंगप्रभावाच्च बलवान्मारुतात्मजः
Thus, by the power of the liṅga, the son of the Wind became mighty.
पराक्रमोत्साहमति प्रतापैः सौशील्यमाधुर्यनयादिकैश्च
With valor, enthusiasm, intellect, brilliance, noble character, sweetness, and wisdom,
ममेव विक्षोभितसागरस्य लोकान्दि धक्षोरिव पावकस्य
Just as fire burns up worlds when the ocean is agitated by me,
एतद्वै कथित तुभ्यं यन्मां त्वं परि पृच्छसि
Thus have I told you what you asked me.
दृष्टः सभाजितश्चापि राम गच्छामहे वयम् पूजयामासुरीशानं हनुमत्केश्वरं शिवम् समर्चयंति ये भक्त्या लिंगं त्रिदशपूजितम्
Having seen and honored Rāma, we are going; they worshiped Lord Śiva, Hanumatkeśvara, and those who devotedly worship the liṅga, honored by the gods,
व्रजंत्येव सुदुष्प्राप्यं ब्रह्मसायुज्यमव्ययम्। संप्राप्य तु पुनर्जन्म लभंते मोक्षमव्ययम्
They surely attain the most difficult, imperishable union with Brahman; having attained it, they gain liberation and never return to birth.
यः पश्यति नरो लिंगं हनुमत्केश्वरॆ प्रिय
Whoever beholds the liṅga at Hanumatkeśvara, dear one,
सर्वलोकेषु तस्यैव गतिर्न प्रतिहन्यते
For him, in all worlds, the path is never obstructed.
बालसूर्यप्रतीकाशविमानेन सुवर्चसा 5.2.79.
With a radiant chariot shining like the rising sun.
विचरत्यविचारेण सर्वलोकान्दिवौकसाम्
He wanders without discernment among all the worlds of the gods.
स्वर्गाच्च्युतः प्रजायेत कुले महति रूपवान्
Falling from heaven, he is born in a great family, endowed with beauty.
राजा वा राजतुल्यो वा दर्शनादस्य जायते
From seeing him, one becomes a king or equal to a king.
एष ते कथितो देवि प्रभावः पापनाशनः
O goddess, thus I have told you this power, which destroys sin.
इति श्रीस्कांदे महापुराण एकाशीतिसाहस्र्यां संहितायां पंचम आवन्त्यखण्डे चतुरशीतिलिंगमाहात्म्य उमामहेश्वरसंवादे हनुमत्केश्वरमाहात्म्यवर्णनंनामैकोनाशीतितमोऽध्यायः
Thus ends the seventy-ninth chapter, named 'The Greatness of Hanumatkeśvara,' in the dialogue between Umā and Maheśvara, in the section on the eighty-four liṅgas, in the Avantya division, of the eighty-one-thousand-verse Mahāpurāṇa called the Śrī Skanda.
आशीतिकं विजानीहि देवं स्वप्नेश्वरं प्रिये
Know the deity called Āśītika, lord of dreams, O beloved.
कल्माषपादेति ख्यातो लोके राजा बभूव ह
He became known in the world as King Kalmāṣapāda.
स कदाचिद्वने राजा वशिष्ठसुतमौरसम् मार्गस्थितं तपोनिष्ठमपगच्छेति चाब्रवीत्
Once, that king saw the true son of Vasiṣṭha, devoted to austerity, standing on the path in the forest, and told him to move aside.
अमुंचंतं तु पंथानं तमृषिं नृपसत्तमः
But the best of kings did not allow that sage to pass along the way.
कशाप्रहाराभिहतस्ततः स मुनिपुंगवः
Then that foremost sage was struck with a whip.
हंसि राक्षसवद्यस्माद्राजापसद तापसम्
Because you, a base king, killed an ascetic as if he were a demon—
सततं पिशितासक्तश्चरिष्यसि महीमिमाम्
You shall ever roam this earth, attached to flesh.
जगाम शरणं शक्तिं प्रसादयितुम र्हयत् प्रसाद्यमानो भूपेन तदा तेनापि भक्षितः
He sought refuge with Śakti, wishing to appease him; but though the king tried to propitiate him, he was devoured by him.
शक्तिं तं भक्षयित्वा तु वशिष्ठस्यापरान्तु तान्
Having devoured Śakti, he then also consumed the other sons of Vasiṣṭha.
तदाप्रभृति संजातः पुरुषादो नृपोत्तमः ।। 5.2.80.
From that time, the best of kings became a man-eater.
दृष्ट्वा भयानकान्स्वप्नान्स राजा पर्य्यतप्यत
Seeing terrifying dreams, that king was tormented.