ज्येष्ठशुक्लचतुर्दश्यां सोमवारानुराधयोः
On the fourteenth day of the bright fortnight in the month of Jyeṣṭha, under the constellation Anurādhā on a Monday,
ज्येष्ठस्थानं ततः काश्यां तदाभूदपि पुण्यदम् 4.2.63.
The place of Jyeṣṭha in Kāśī then became auspicious and meritorious.
तल्लिंगदर्शनात्पुंसां पापं जन्मशतार्जितम्
By seeing that liṅga, the sins accumulated over hundreds of births by men
ज्येष्ठवाप्यां नरः स्नात्वा तर्पयित्वा पितामहान्
A man who bathes in the Jyeṣṭha pond and offers oblations to his ancestors,
आविरासीत्स्वयं तत्र ज्येष्ठेश्वर समीपतः
He himself appeared there, near the lord of Jyeṣṭha.
ज्येष्ठे मासि सिताष्टम्यां तत्र कार्यो महोत्सवः
In the month of Jyeṣṭha, on the bright eighth day, a great festival should be held there.
ज्येष्ठां गौरीं नमस्कृत्य ज्येष्ठवापी परिप्लुता
After saluting Jyeṣṭhā Gaurī and immersing in the Jyeṣṭha pond,
निवासं कृतवाञ्शंभुस्तस्मिन्स्थाने यतः स्वयम्
Śambhu himself made his dwelling at that place.
निवासेश्वरलिंगस्य सेवनात्सर्वसंपदः
By serving the liṅga of the lord residing there, all prosperity is attained.
कृत्वा श्राद्धं विधानेन ज्येष्ठस्थाने नरोत्तमः
The best of men, having performed the śrāddha ritual properly at the Jyeṣṭha place,
ज्येष्ठतीर्थे नरः काश्यां दत्त्वा दानानि शक्तितः
A man who gives gifts according to his ability at the Jyeṣṭha holy site in Kāśī,
ज्येष्ठेश्वरो र्च्यः प्रथमं काश्यां श्रेयोर्थिभिर्नरैः 4.2.63.
Jyeṣṭheśvara should first be worshipped in Kāśī by those seeking excellence.
अथ नंदिनमाहूय धूर्जटिः स कृपानिधिः
Then, calling Nandin, Dhūrjaṭi, the ocean of compassion,
तदंतरेस्ति मे भक्तो जैगीषव्यस्तपोधनः
He said: 'Among them is my devotee, Jaigīṣavya, rich in austerity.'
महानियमवान्नंदिस्त्वगस्थिस्नायु शेषितः
Nandin, strict in great discipline, remained with only skin, bones, and sinews.
यदाप्रभृत्यगां काश्या मंदरं सर्वसुंदरम्
From that time onward, Kāśī became Mandara, the most beautiful of all.
गृहाण लीलाकमलमिदं पीयूषपोषणम्
Receive this playful lotus, nourished by nectar.
ततो नंदी समादाय तल्लीलाकमलं विभोः
Then Nandi took up that playful lotus of the Lord.
नंदी दृष्ट्वाथ तं तत्र धारणादृढमानसम्
There, seeing him, Nandi, whose mind was steadfast through concentration—
तपांते वृष्टिसंयोगाच्छालूर इव कोटरे
At the end of his austerities, like a lotus in a hollow after the rain—
अथ नंदी समादाय सत्वरं मुनिपुंगवम्
Then Nandi, taking it, swiftly approached the foremost of sages.
जैगीषव्योथ संभ्रांतः पुरतो वीक्ष्य शंकरम् 4.2.63.
Jaigīṣavya, agitated, saw Śaṅkara before him.
प्रणम्य दंडवद्भूमौ परिलुठ्य समंततः
He bowed down, prostrating on the ground, rolling about in all directions.
जगदानंदकंदाय परमानंदहेतवे
To the one who brings delight to the world, the cause of supreme bliss—
अरूपाय सरूपाय नानारूपधराय च
To the formless, to the one with form, to the one who assumes many forms—
स्थावराय नमस्तुभ्यं जंगमाय नमोस्तुते
Homage to you who are immovable, homage to you who are moving.
नमस्त्रैलोक्यकाम्याय कामांगदहनाय च
Homage to the desired of the three worlds, to the one who burns the body of desire.
श्रीकंठाय नमस्तुभ्यं विषकंठाय ते नमः
Homage to you, Śrīkaṇṭha; homage to you, Viṣakaṇṭha.
नमः शक्त्यर्धदेहाय विदेहाय सुदेहिने
Homage to the one whose body is half the power of Śakti, to the bodiless, to the one with a beautiful body.
कालाय कालकालाय कालकूट विषादिने
To Time, to the destroyer of Time, to the one who drank the poison Kālakūṭa—