वाराणस्यां महाभागो वर्षाणामयुतं शतम्
In Vārāṇasī, the blessed one lived for a hundred thousand years.
यस्य दर्शनमात्रेण पूतात्मा जायते नरः
By merely seeing him, a man becomes purified in soul.
उवाच च प्रसन्नात्मा करुणामृतसागरः
He spoke, his mind serene, an ocean of the nectar of compassion.
अनेन तपसोग्रेण लिंगस्याराधनेन च
By this fierce austerity and by worship of the liṅga.
देवदेवमहादेव देवानामभयप्रद
God of gods, great god, giver of fearlessness to the gods.
वेदास्त्वां न च विंदंति किमात्मक इति प्रभो 4.1.13.
The Vedas do not find you, O Lord, wondering what your nature is.
ब्रह्मविष्ण्वोपि गिरां गोचरो न च वाक्पतेः
Even Brahmā and Viṣṇu are beyond the reach of words, and so is the lord of speech.
प्रसह्य प्रमिमीतेश भक्तिर्मांस्तुतिकर्मणि
O Lord, devotion alone compels me in acts of praise.
विश्वं त्वं नास्ति वै भेदस्त्वमेकः सर्वगो यतः
You are the universe; truly, there is no division, for you alone pervade all.
सर्गात्पुरा भवानेको रूपनाम विवर्जितः
Before creation, you alone existed, without form or name.
यदैकलो न शक्नोषि रंतुं स्वैरचर प्रभो
When you, being alone, could not delight in solitude, O Lord, you acted freely.
त्वमेको द्वित्वमापन्नः शिवशक्तिप्रभेदतः
You, the one, became dual through the distinction of Śiva and Śakti.
उभाभ्यां शिवशक्तिभ्या युवाभ्यां निजलीलया
By your own play, you both, Śiva and Śakti, manifested together.
ज्ञानशक्तिर्भवानीश इच्छाशक्तिरुमा स्मृता
O Lord, knowledge-power is Bhavānī; will-power is known as Umā.
दक्षिणांगं तव विधिर्वामांगं तव चाच्युतः
Brahmā is your right side, and Viṣṇu, O imperishable one, is your left side.
त्वत्स्वेदादंबुनिधयस्तव श्रोत्रं समीरणः 4.1.13.
From your sweat arose the oceans; from your ear, the wind.
राजन्यवर्यास्ते बाहु वैश्या ऊरुसमुद्भवाः
The best of the kṣatriyas are your arms; the vaiśyas are born from your thighs.
त्वं पुं प्रकृतिरूपेण ब्रह्मांडमसृजः पुरा
You, as Puruṣa and Prakṛti, created the cosmic egg in the beginning.
अतस्त्वत्तो न मन्येऽहं किंचिद्भिन्नं जगन्मय
Therefore, I do not consider anything in this world, O all-pervading one, to be separate from you.
नमस्तुभ्यं नमस्तुभ्यं नमस्तुऽभ्यं नमोनमः
Salutations to you, salutations to you, again and again, salutations!
इत्युक्तवति देवेश स्तस्मिन्पूतात्मनि प्रभुः
When the Lord of the gods, pure in soul, had thus been praised,
सर्वगो मम रूपेण सर्वतत्त्वावबोधकः
He, all-pervading, in my form, is the revealer of all principles.
तव लिंगमिदं दिव्यं ये द्रक्ष्यंतीह मानवाः
Those humans who see this divine liṅga of yours here,
पवमानेश्वरं लिंगं मध्ये जन्मसकृन्नरः
The liṅga of Pavamāneśvara, even once in their life,
सुगंधचंदनैः पुष्पैर्मम लोके महीयते
Are honored in my world with fragrant sandal and flowers.
पावमानं समाराध्य पूतो भवति तत्क्षणात् 4.1.13.
By duly worshipping Pavamāna, one becomes purified at that very moment.
गणावूचतुः तस्याः प्राच्यां कुबेरस्य श्रीमत्येषालकापुरी
The Gaṇas said: In the eastern region, there is Kubera’s splendid city, Alakā.
शंभोः सखित्वमापेदे नाथोस्या भक्तियोगतः
Through devotion and yoga, he attained friendship with Śambhu, the Lord.
यया सखित्वमापन्नो देवदेवस्यधूर्जटेः
By which he became a companion of Dhūrjaṭi, the god of gods.
इति श्रोतुं मम मनः श्रुतिगोचरतां गतम्
Thus, my mind has come within the range of hearing to listen to this.