तत्र स्नातं हुतं जप्तं तप्तं दत्तं शुभार्थिभिः
There, bathing, offering, reciting, austerity, and giving are performed by those seeking auspiciousness.
नैमिषाद्देवदेवोत्र ब्रह्मावर्तेन संयुतः 4.2.69.
Here, O Lord of gods, it is united with Brahmavarta at Naimisha.
ढुंढिराजोत्तरेभागे सिद्धिदं साधकस्य वै
On the northern side of Dhundhiraja, it grants success to the practitioner.
ब्रह्मावर्त इति ख्यातः पुनरावृत्तिहृन्नृणाम्
It is known as Brahmavarta, remover of repeated rebirth for people.
तत्पुण्यं नैमिषारण्यात्कोटिकोटिगुणं स्मृतम्
Its merit is remembered as being ten million times greater than that of Naimisha forest.
लिंगं महाबलं नाम सांबादित्यसमीपतः
Near Samba and Aditya stands the linga called Mahabala.
वाताहतस्तूलराशिरिव विद्राति दूरतः
Like a heap of cotton scattered far away by the wind,
महाबलमवाप्नोति निवार्णनगरं व्रजेत्
One attains great strength and proceeds to the city of Nivārṇa.
शशिभूषणसंज्ञं तु लिंगमत्र प्रतिष्ठितम्
Here, the liṅga known as Śaśibhūṣaṇa is established.
प्रभासक्षेत्रयात्रायाः पुण्यं प्राप्नोति कोटिकृत्
One obtains merit from the pilgrimage to the Prabhāsa field, multiplied a crore-fold.
यन्नामस्मरणादेव न भयं कलिकालतः
By merely remembering its name, there is no fear from the age of Kali.
महाकालाभिधं लिंगं दर्शनान्मोक्षदं परम् 4.2.69.
The liṅga called Mahākāla here grants the highest liberation upon sight.
आविरासीदिह महत्पुष्करेण सहैव तु
It manifested here together with the great Puṣkara.
स्नात्वाऽयोगंधकुंडे तु भवात्तारयते पितॄन्
By bathing in the Yogaṃdhakuṇḍa, one delivers one's ancestors from becoming.
त्रिलोचनादुदीच्यां तु तद्दृष्टमुक्तये मतम् कामेश्वरोत्तरे भागे दृष्टं विमलसिद्धिदम्
From Trilocana to the north, it is considered for the vision of liberation; in the northern part of Kāmeśvara, it is seen to bestow pure accomplishment.
विश्वस्थानादिहायातं लिंगं वै विमलेश्वरम्
The liṅga called Vimaleśvara came here from Viśvasthāna.
महाव्रतं महालिंगं महेंद्रादिह संस्थितम्
The great vow, the great liṅga, and Mahendra are established here.
वृंदारकर्षिवृंदानां स्तुवतां प्रथमे युगे
In the first age, as the hosts of Vṛndāra and sages praised,
महादेवेति तैरुक्तं यन्मनोरथपूरणात
They called it Mahādeva, as it fulfills their heart's desires.
मुक्तिक्षेत्रं कृतं येन महालिंगेन काशिका
By that great liṅga, Kāśikā was made a field of liberation.
शंभुलोके गमस्तस्य यत्रतत्र मृतस्य हि
For one who dies anywhere, there is attainment of Śambhu's world.
कल्पांतरेपि न त्यक्तं कदाप्यानंदकाननम् 4.2.69.
Even in another aeon, the forest of bliss is never abandoned.
तत्प्रसादोयमतुलः सर्वरत्नमयः शुभः
By its grace, this incomparable, auspicious place is filled with all jewels.
वाराणस्यामधिष्ठात्री देवता साभिलाषदा
The presiding goddess of Vārāṇasī grants all desires.
वाराणस्यां महादेवो दृष्टो यैर्लिंगरूपधृक्
Those who have seen Mahadeva in the form of the linga at Varanasi,
वाराणस्यां महादेवं समभ्यर्च्य सकृन्नरः
Anyone who worships Mahadeva even once at Varanasi,
पवित्रपर्वणि सदा श्रावणे मासि यत्नतः
Always, with care, during the holy festival in the month of Shravana,
पितामहेश्वरं लिंगं गयातीर्थादिहागतम्
The linga of Pitamaha Ishvara, which has come here from the sacred Gayā tirtha,
धर्मेण यत्र वै तप्तं युगानामयुतं शतम्
Where, through righteousness, austerity was performed for a hundred thousand yugas,
पितामहेश्वरं लिंगं तत्राभ्यर्च्य नरो मुदा
A man who joyfully worships the linga of Pitamaha Ishvara there,