असौ मृत्युरिवोग्रेण दण्डेन वहुगर्वितः
He is as proud as Death himself, wielding a terrible rod.
तन्निवारयितुं शक्तो नान्यो वै भुवि कश्चन
No one else on earth is able to restrain him.
त्राहि मां भग वन्पापादस्माद्दारुणदर्शनात्
O Lord, save me from this dreadful, fearsome sinner.
नैतद्रक्षो भयं यस्मात्पश्यसि त्वमुपस्थितम्
You need not fear this, for you see the danger that has arisen.
स एषोऽस्मिन्वनोद्देशे समा यातो ममांतिकम् वारयामास तेजस्वी हुंकारेण नृपोत्तमम्
He, having come near me in this part of the forest for a year, was checked by the powerful one with a roar, that best of kings.
मन्त्रपूतेन च ततः समभ्युक्ष्य च वारिणा
Then, having sprinkled him with water purified by mantra,
प्रतिलभ्य ततः संज्ञामभिवाद्य कृतांजलिः
Regaining consciousness, he saluted with joined palms.
सौदासोऽहं महाभाग दासोऽहं तव सुव्रत
O highly fortunate one, I am Saudāsa; O virtuous one, I am your servant.
तस्य तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा नृपस्य द्विजसत्तमः राजानं प्रत्युवाचेदं विनयावनतं तथा ।। 5.2.80.
Hearing those words of the king, the best of twice-born replied to the king, who was thus humbly bowed.
ज्ञातमेव यथाकालं गच्छ राजन्कुश स्थलीम्
It is already known; at the proper time, O King, go to the Kuśa sanctuary.
राजसंपत्करं दिव्यं पुत्रपौत्रविवर्द्धनम् तस्य दर्शनमात्रेण विपाप्मा च भविष्यसि
There is a divine emblem that brings royal prosperity and increases sons and grandsons; by merely seeing it, you will be freed from evil.
दुःस्वप्नजं भयं घोरं विनंक्ष्यति न संशयः
The terrible fear arising from bad dreams will certainly be destroyed—there is no doubt.
इत्युक्तो गुरुणा भूयो वशिष्ठेन महात्मना ददर्श तत्र तल्लिंगं दुष्टदुःस्वप्ननाशनम्
Thus addressed again by the great-souled preceptor Vasiṣṭha, he saw there that emblem which destroys evil and bad dreams.
नष्टाः सर्वेपि दुःस्वप्नाः सुस्वप्नाश्चाभवंस्तदा अयोध्यायां गतो राज्यं चकार मुदितस्तदा
All bad dreams vanished, and only good dreams appeared then; having gone to Ayodhyā, the king ruled joyfully at that time.
तदाप्रभृति देवोऽयं सुस्वप्नेश्वरसंज्ञकः
From that time onward, this god became known as the Lord of Good Dreams.
अष्टम्यां च चतुर्दश्यां देवं स्वप्नेश्वरं शिवम् आजन्मप्रभवं तेषां दुःस्वप्नं च विनश्यति
On the eighth and fourteenth days, those who worship the god Śiva, Lord of Dreams, all their bad dreams from birth are destroyed.
स एव सर्वदा पूज्य इह लोके परत्र च
He alone is always to be worshipped in this world and the next.
यं यं काममभिध्याय मनसाभिमतं नरः
Whatever desire a person contemplates in his mind—
नियमेन प्रपश्यंति देवं स्वप्नेश्वरं सदा 5.2.80.
By regular observance, they always behold the god, Lord of Dreams.
भक्तिहीनः क्रियाहीनो यः पश्यति प्रसंगतः
Even one without devotion or ritual, who sees him by chance—
ये च पुष्पैर्विचित्रैश्च पूजयन्ति च पर्वसु दीर्घायुषः शुभाचारा जायन्ते देहिनोऽमलाः
And those who worship with various flowers on festival days, they are born with long life, good conduct, and pure bodies.
एते च ब्रह्मविष्ण्विंद्रकुबेरदहनादयः
These include Brahmā, Viṣṇu, Indra, Kubera, Agni, and others.
एष ते कथितो देवि प्रभावः पापनाशनः
O Goddess, thus has the power that destroys sin been told to you.
इति श्रीस्कांदे महापुराण एकाशीतिसाहस्र्यां संहितायां पञ्चम आवन्त्यखण्डे उमामहेश्वरसंवादे स्वप्नेश्वरमाहात्म्यवर्णनं नामाशीतितमोऽध्यायः
Thus ends the eightieth chapter, entitled 'The Greatness of Svapneśvara,' in the dialogue between Umā and Maheśvara, in the fifth Avantya section of the eighty-one-thousand-verse Skanda Purāṇa.
यस्य दर्शनमात्रेण कृतकृत्यो नरो भवेत्
By merely seeing him, a person becomes fulfilled.
अहं पृष्टस्त्वया देवि कौतुकाच्च वरानने
O beautiful-faced one, you have asked me out of curiosity, O Goddess.
सेवितं बहुभिः सिद्धैः पुनरावृत्तिकांक्षिभिः
It has been served by many perfected beings who desire rebirth.
अनन्यसदृशं दिव्यं यत्तीर्थं यत्तपोवनम्
That holy place and that hermitage are divine, without equal.
सुवर्णशृंगाः प्रासादा हर्म्याणि विविधानि च
There are palaces with golden peaks and various mansions.
समीहितफलावाप्तिर्यत्र लभ्या सुखेन वै
There, the desired fruit is easily obtained.