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.
यस्याः श्रवणमात्रेण न नरः कायवान्भवेत्
By merely hearing of whom, a man would not remain embodied—
ब्रह्मणः सृष्टिकामस्य मनोवर्वैस्वतेंऽतरे
Of Brahmā, who desired to create, in the interval between the minds of Manu and Vivasvat—
वामादजायतांगुष्ठाद्भार्या तस्य महात्मनः
From his left thumb was born a wife for that great-souled one.
ताः सर्वाश्चानवद्यांगीः कन्याः कमललोचनाः
All those maidens, flawless in form and lotus-eyed—
ददौ स दश धर्माय कश्यपाय त्रयोदश
He gave ten to Dharma, and thirteen to Kaśyapa.
रोहिणी वल्लभा जाता तस्य चन्द्रस्य सर्वदा
Rohiṇī became the beloved of him, the Moon, always.
चंद्रेणापि तथा शप्तो दक्षः प्राचेतसः कृतः
The Moon was also cursed in this way by Dakṣa, son of Pracetas.
नामंत्रितोऽहं मोहेन दक्षेण पर्वतात्मजे
I was not invited by Dakṣa, O daughter of the Mountain, due to delusion.
हव्यवाहस्तदा युक्तो वहन्मंत्रैः समीरितः
Then the fire-god, engaged, carried the offerings, impelled by mantras.
स्मरंत्या पूर्ववैरं तु विज्ञप्तोऽहं त्वया प्रिये ५.२.८२.
Remembering the former enmity, I was informed by you, beloved.
त्वं यज्ञस्त्वं वषट्कारो होताऽध्वर्युस्त्वमेव च
You are the sacrifice, you are the vaṣaṭ-call, you are the hotṛ, and you are indeed the adhvaryu.
देवानां भागधेयानि वहत्यग्निरयं भयात्
This Agni, out of fear, carries the shares of the gods.
अनुस्मरन्पूर्ववैरं नैव दास्यत्यशासितः
Remembering the former enmity, he will not give, being uncommanded.
ये च यज्ञे समानीता देवा दक्षस्य शंकर
And the gods who were assembled at Dakṣa's sacrifice, O Śaṅkara—
एवमुक्ते त्वया देवि मयाप्युक्तं वरानने
O beautiful-faced one, when you spoke thus, I too replied to you.
वह्निश्चादेशकारी च देवाः क्रीडनकाः प्रिये
The fire acted according to command, and the gods became playthings, beloved.
ललाटे भ्रुकुटीं कृत्वा प्रोच्छ्वसंत्या पुनःपुनः
With a furrowed brow upon her forehead, exhaling again and again,
तस्मिन्संमर्द्यमाने तु नासाग्रे पर्वतात्मजे
As she was being pressed there, O daughter of the mountain, at the tip of her nose—
बद्धगोधांगुलित्रा च कवचाबद्धमेखला
With a lizard-shaped ring bound on her finger, and a girdle fastened around her armor,
सहस्रास्या शतभुजा सहस्रचरणोदरी ५.२.८२.
She was thousand-faced, hundred-armed, with a thousand legs and a vast belly.