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.
अथाप्युक्तममात्यैश्च किं करोषि महीपते
Then his ministers said, 'What are you doing, O king?'
स राजा कथयामास दुःस्वप्नाननुपूर्वशः
That king then recounted his evil dreams in order.
उपरुद्धां च जगतीं घनेन तमसा वृताम्
The world was obstructed, enveloped by dense darkness.
पतंतमद्रिशिखरात्कलुषे गोमये ह्रदे
Falling from the mountain peak into a filthy, muddy pool.
तैलेनाभ्यक्तसर्वांगस्तैलमेवावगाहयन्
My whole body was smeared with oil, and I plunged into oil itself.
गायंति प्रमदा रक्ता रक्तमाल्यानुलेपनाः
Passionate women sang, adorned with red garlands and ointments.
ताभिराकृष्यमाणोऽपि नीतोऽहं दक्षिणां दिशम्
Though being dragged by them, I was led toward the southern direction.
पांसुकर्दमयोर्मध्ये मग्नोहं लोहयंत्रितः
I was submerged between sand and mud, tormented by iron devices.
सृगालैर्भक्ष्यमाणश्च स्थितो मद्गुरमस्तके 5.2.80.
I stood with my neck bowed, being devoured by jackals.
नदीं निमग्नो निश्चेष्टो जलहीनां महीसमाम्
I was immersed in a river, motionless, like the earth deprived of water.