नो वा तत्कथ्यतां शीघ्रं याथातथ्येन दुर्मते ८.
Speak out quickly and truthfully, you wicked-minded one, or not at all.
तैर्मुक्तस्तेन वाक्येन गतास्ते कितवादयः ८.
Freed by those words, the gamblers departed.
शिरोधिरुह्य शम्भोश्च घण्टामादातुमुद्यतः ८.
Climbing upon the head of Shiva, he set out to take the bell.
अनेन यत्कृतं चाद्य सर्वेषामधिकं भुवि ८.
What he did today surpassed all others on earth.
इति प्रोक्त्वान यामास वीरभद्रादिभिर्गणैः ८.
Having said this, he was seized by the hosts led by Virabhadra.
सर्वैर्डमरुनादेन नादितं भुवनत्रयम् लिंगस्य मस्तकात्सद्यः पलायनपरोऽभवत्॥ ८.
All three worlds resounded with the beating of drums; at once, he fled from the head of the linga.
पलायमानं तं दृष्ट्वा वीरभद्रः समाह्वयत्॥ ८.
Seeing him fleeing, Virabhadra called out to him.
कस्माद्विभेपि रे मन्द देवदेवो महेस्वरः ८.
Why do you tremble, fool? The great god, lord of gods, is here.
इत्युक्त्वा तं विमाने च कृत्वा कैलासमाययौ ८.
Having said this, he placed him in the aerial chariot and went to Kailāsa.
तस्माद्भाव्या शिवे भक्तिः सर्वेषामपि देहिनाम् ८.
Therefore, devotion to Śiva should exist in all embodied beings.
ये तार्किकास्तर्कपरास्तथ मीमांसकाश्च ये ८.
Those who are logicians, devoted to argument, and those who are Mīmāṃsakas—
एकवाक्यं न कुर्वंति शिवार्चनबहिष्कृताः ८.
They do not speak with one voice, being excluded from the worship of Śiva.
तथा किं बहुनोक्तेन सर्वेऽपि स्थिरजंगमाः ८.
So, why say much? All beings, both immobile and mobile—
पिण्डीयुक्तं यथा लिंगं स्थापितं च यथाऽभवत् ८.
Just as the liṅga is established with its pedestal, so it came to be.
शिवशक्तियुतं सर्वं जगदेतच्चराचरम् ८.
This entire world, moving and unmoving, is endowed with Śiva and Śakti.
धर्ममात्यंतिकं तुच्छं नश्वरं क्षणभंगुरम् ८.
Righteousness that is excessive is trivial, perishable, and fleeting.
पीठिका विष्णुरूपं स्याल्लिंगरूपी महेश्वरः ८.
The pedestal is of the form of Viṣṇu; Maheśvara is of the form of the liṅga.
ब्रह्मा मणिमयं लिंगं पूजयत्यनिशं शुभम् ८.
Brahmā worships the auspicious liṅga made of jewels, always.
भानुस्ताम्रमयं लिंगं पूजयत्यनिशं शुभम् ८.
The Sun always worships the auspicious liṅga made of copper.
यमो नीलमयं लिंगं राजतं नैर्ऋतस्तथा ८.
Yama worships the liṅga made of sapphire; likewise, Nairṛta worships one of silver.
एवं ते लिंगिताः सर्वे लोकपालाः सवासवाः ८.
Thus, all the guardians of the worlds, along with Indra, are devoted to the liṅga.
दैत्यानां वैष्णवाः केचित्प्रह्लादप्रमुखा द्विजाः ८.
Among the Daityas, some are Vaiṣṇavas, foremost being Prahlāda, O twice-born.
बलिश्च नमुचिश्चैव हिरण्यकशिपुस्तथा ८.
Bali, Namuci, and also Hiraṇyakaśipu—
एते चान्ये च बहवः शिष्याः शुक्रस्य धीमतः ८.
These and many other disciples of the wise Śukra—
राक्षसा एव ते सर्वे शिवपूजान्विताः सदा ८.
All these Rākṣasas are always endowed with the worship of Śiva.
विद्युज्जिह्वस्तीक्ष्णदंष्ट्रो धूम्राक्षो भीमविक्रमः ८.
Vidyujjihva, with sharp fangs, Dhūmrākṣa, of terrible valor—
विद्युत्कैशस्तडिज्जिह्वो रावणश्च महाबलः ८.
Rāvaṇa, of immense strength, possessed a thunderous tongue like lightning.
एते हि राक्षसाः श्रेष्ठा शिवार्चनरताः सदा ८.
These are the foremost Rākṣasas, always devoted to the worship of Śiva.
रावणेन तपस्तप्तं सर्वेषामपि दुःखहम् ८.
Rāvaṇa performed austerities that dispelled the suffering of all.
वरान्प्रायच्छत तदा सर्वेषामपि दुर्लभान् ८.
At that time, he received boons that were difficult for anyone to obtain.