यस्माच्च मम पुत्रेण सा वियोगमकारयत्
And because my son caused her separation,
बहिष्कृता विवाहेन पितृहीना भविष्यसि
She will be cast out by marriage, and become fatherless.
इदं दुःखमनुप्राप्ता कन्यका भवती सती
Thus, though being a maiden, she has encountered this suffering.
तस्माद्ब्रूहि भवन्प्रश्नं पृच्छंत्या निश्चयं स्वकम् ।। 5.2.81.
Therefore, tell your question, ask with your own resolve.
इत्थं सुघोरपापाहं पापाचारा तथाऽधमा
Thus, I am a great sinner, of evil conduct and so lowly.
दशसूनासमश्चक्री दशचक्रिसमो ध्वजः
Equal to one with ten sons is the one with ten wheels; the banner is like one with ten wheels.
एवं वदंति धर्मज्ञा ब्राह्मणाः संशितव्रताः
Thus speak the knowers of dharma, the brāhmaṇas firm in their vows.
उत्पन्ना तत्र वक्ष्यामि कारणं शृणु पिंगले
Born there, I will tell you the reason—listen, O Piṅgalā.
ब्राह्मणो विषयासक्तः कश्चिद्बद्धो नृपाज्ञया
A certain Brahmin, attached to worldly pleasures, was bound by the king's command.
मुच्यतां च त्वयाप्युक्तं न चौरो नैव पातकम्
Let him be released, as you have said; he is neither a thief nor sinful.
ददामि वित्तमधिकं मुच्यतां द्विजसत्तमः
I will give additional wealth; let the eminent twice-born be freed.
गृहं च कल्पितं शुभ्रं पुष्पधृपादिवा सितम्
A splendid house was prepared, white as if adorned with flowers and other decorations.
तस्य पुण्यस्य माहात्म्याद्गता स्वर्गमनुत्तमम्
By the greatness of his merit, he attained the highest heaven.
परद्रव्यपरा दुष्टा शौचाचारविवर्जिता
Wicked women, intent on others' wealth, devoid of purity and proper conduct.
पाणिग्रहणधर्मेण वर्जिता शापतः प्रभो
Excluded from the rite of marriage by the force of a curse, O Lord.
कथं जन्म न मे भूयात्कथं मुक्तिर्भवेन्मम
How can I avoid rebirth? How can liberation be attained by me?
ममोपदेशात्तन्वंगि लिंगस्यैकस्य दर्शनात्
By my instruction, O slender-bodied one, and by the sight of a single linga,
लभ्यते सहसा धर्म एतदिच्छामि वेदितुम्
Righteousness is quickly obtained; I wish to know this.
सर्वेषामेव जंतूनां हेतुर्मोक्षस्य सर्वदा
The cause of liberation for all creatures, at all times,
तस्मिन्क्षेत्रवरे पुण्ये स्थाने योजनविस्तृते तस्य दर्शनमात्रेण मुक्तिमाप्स्यसि पिंगले
In that excellent, sacred field, vast as a yojana, merely by seeing it, you will attain liberation, O Pingala.
तस्य तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा धर्मस्य च यशस्विनि ददर्श परया भक्त्या पस्पर्श च पुनःपुनः
Hearing those words and the dharma, O illustrious one, she beheld it with supreme devotion and touched it again and again.
दर्शनात्तस्य लिंगस्य तस्मिल्लिंगे लयं गता
By the sight of that linga, she merged into the linga there.
अन्यजन्मनि पापिष्ठा मुक्ता त्वं पिंगलेक्षणा ।। 5.2.81.
In another birth, though most sinful, you are freed, O Pingala-eyed one.
अतो लोकेषु विख्यातः पिंगलेश्वरसंज्ञकः
Therefore, in the worlds, he became renowned as Pingaleshvara.
दिशि पश्यंति ये गत्वा पूर्वस्यां पिंगलेश्वरम्
Those who go to the eastern direction and see Pingaleshvara,
देवा वश्या भविष्यंति स्वर्गस्तेषां न संशयः
The gods will be obedient to them; heaven is assured for them, without doubt.
धर्मो धनेन सहितः कुले तेषां न नश्यति पितॄणामक्षया तृप्तिर्भविष्यति न संशयः
Righteousness, united with wealth, does not perish in their lineage; the satisfaction of the ancestors will be inexhaustible—of this there is no doubt.
अश्वमेधसहस्रेण यत्पुण्यं समुदाहृतम्
The merit that is declared to arise from a thousand horse sacrifices—
यानि लिंगानि क्षेत्रेऽस्मिन्गोप्यानि प्रकटानि च
Whatever liṅgas, both hidden and manifest, are in this field—
एष ते कथितो देवि प्रभावः पापनाशनः
This, O Goddess, I have told you: the power that destroys sin.