तदोक्तः शंकरेणैव वीरभद्रो महामनाः ५.
Thus commanded by Shankara, Virabhadra, of great resolve—
दास्यामि जीवनं वीर कुटिलस्यापि चाधुना ५.
I will now grant life even to the crooked one, O hero.
मया शिरो हुतं चाग्नौ तदानीमेव शंकर ५.
O Śaṅkara, at that very moment, I offered my head into the fire.
इति ज्ञात्वा ततो रुद्रः कबंधोपरि चाक्षिपत् ५.
Knowing this, Rudra then cast it upon the headless trunk.
स दक्षो जीवितं लेभे प्रसादाच्छंकरस्य च तुष्टाव प्रणतो भूत्वा शंकरं लोकशंकरम्॥ ५.
By the grace of Śaṅkara, Dakṣa regained his life; becoming humble, he praised Śaṅkara, the benefactor of the worlds.
नमामि देवं वरदं वरेण्यं नमामि देवेश्वरं सनातनम् ५.
I bow to the god who grants boons, who is most excellent; I bow to the eternal Lord of the gods.
नमामि विश्वेश्वरविश्वरूपं सनातनं ब्रह्म निजात्मरूपम् ५.
I bow to the Lord of the universe, of universal form, eternal, the very Brahman, whose true form is the self.
दक्षेण संस्तुतो रुद्रो बभाषे प्रहसन्रहः॥ ५.
Praised by Dakṣa, Rudra spoke privately, smiling.
चतुर्विधा भजंते मां जनाः सुकृतिनः सदा ५.
Four kinds of virtuous people always worship me.
तस्मान्मे ज्ञानिनः सर्वे प्रियाः स्युर्नात्र संशयः ५.
Therefore, all those who possess knowledge are dear to me—of this there is no doubt.
केवलं कर्मणा त्वं हि संसारात्तर्तुमिच्छसि॥ ५.
You wish to cross over worldly existence by action alone.
न वेदैश्च न दानैश्च न यज्ञैस्तपसा क्वचित् ५.
Not by the Vedas, nor by gifts, nor by sacrifices, nor by austerity at any time—
तस्माज्ज्ञानपरो भूत्वा कुरु कर्म्म समाहितः ५.
Therefore, being devoted to knowledge, perform action with concentration.
उपदिष्टस्तदा तेन शंभुना परमेष्ठिना ५.
Then, instructed by Śambhu, the supreme lord,
ब्रह्मणापि तथा सर्वे भृग्वाद्याश्च महर्षयः ५.
So too by Brahmā, and all the great sages beginning with Bhṛgu.
गतः पितामहो ब्रह्मा ततश्च सदनं स्वकम्॥ ५.
Then the grandsire Brahmā returned to his own abode.
दक्षोपि च स्वयं वाक्यात्परं बोधमुपागतः। शिवध्यानपरो भूत्वा तपस्तेपे महामनाः॥ ५.
Dakṣa himself, by those words, attained supreme understanding; devoted to meditation on Śiva, the great-minded one performed austerities.
तस्मात्सर्वप्रयत्नेन संक्षेव्यो भगवाञ्छिवः॥ ५.
Therefore, with all effort, the blessed Śiva should be worshipped.
संमार्जनं च कुर्वंति नरा ये च शिवांगणे ५.
Those men who sweep the courtyard of Śiva—
ये शिवस्य प्रयच्छति दर्प्पणं सुमहाप्रभम् ५.
Those who offer a brilliantly shining mirror to Śiva—
चामराणि प्रयच्छंति देवदेवस्य शूलिनः ५.
They offer fly-whisks to the god of gods, the wielder of the trident.
दीपदानं प्रयच्छंति महादेवालये नराः ५.
People present lamps in the great temple of Mahadeva.
धूपं ये वै प्रयच्छन्ति शिवाय परमात्मने ५.
Those who indeed offer incense to Shiva, the supreme soul,
नैवेद्यं ये प्रयच्छंति भकया हरिहराग्रतः ५.
Those who present food offerings before Hari and Hara with devotion,
भग्नं शिवालयं ये च प्रकुर्वंति नरोत्तमाः ५.
And those noble men who restore a broken temple of Shiva,
नूतनं ये प्रकृर्वंति इष्टकैरश्मनापि वा यशो भूमौ द्विजश्रेष्ठा कार्या विचारणा॥ ५.
Or those who build a new one with bricks or even with stone— their fame on earth, O best of twice-born, must be considered.
कारयंति च ये विप्राः प्रासादं बहुभूमिकम् ५.
And those Brahmins who cause to be built a temple with many stories,
शुद्धं धवलितं ये च कुर्वन्ति हरमंदिरम् ५.
And those who make the temple of Hara clean and shining white,
वितानं ये प्रयच्छति नराः सुकृतिनोपि हि ५.
Those virtuous men who offer a canopy,
ये च नादमयीं घंटां निबध्नंति शिवालये ५.
And those who fasten a bell made of metal in the temple of Shiva,