पुनः पातो यतः पुंसस्तस्मात्स्वर्गं न कामये १०.
Because a person falls again from there, I do not desire heaven.
चतुर्मुखेन वैलक्ष्यं गतोऽस्मि कथमेमि तम् १०.
I have become embarrassed before the four-faced one; how can I approach him?
अप्राक्षीद्भूपतिः कूर्मं तदायुःकारणं तदा १०.
Then the king asked the tortoise about the cause of that lifespan.
सुहृन्मित्रं गुरुस्त्वं मे येन कीर्तिर्ममोद्धृता॥ १०.
You are my friend, companion, and teacher, by whom my fame has been uplifted.
श्रृणु भूप कथां दिव्यां श्रवणात्पापनाशिनीम् १०.
Hear, O king, this divine tale, which destroys sin by the very act of listening.
श्रृण्वन्निमामपि कथां नृपते मनुष्यः सुश्रद्धया भवति पापविमुक्तदेहः १०.
A man, O king, who listens to this story with true faith, becomes freed from sin in body.
शांडिल्य इति विख्यातः पुराहमभवं द्विजः ११.
In former times, I was a Brahmin known as Śāṇḍilya.
पुरा प्रावृषि पांशूत्थं शिवायतनमुच्छ्रितम् ११.
Long ago, in the rainy season, a temple to Śiva was raised up from the earth.
पंचायतनविन्यासमनोहरतरं नृप ११.
O king, it was most delightful, arranged with the five shrines.
पीतमृत्स्वर्णकलशं ध्वजमालाविभूषितम् ११.
It had a golden pot atop yellow clay, adorned with garlands of banners.
दृढप्रांशुसमुद्भूतसोपानश्रेणिभासुरम् ११.
It shone with a series of firm and lofty steps rising up.
तत्र जागेश्वरं लिंगं गृत्वाथ विनिवेशितम् ११.
There, having taken the liṅga of Jāgeśvara, it was installed.
बकपुष्पैस्तथान्यैश्च केदारोत्थैः समाहृतैः ११.
With bakapuṣpa flowers and others, gathered from the fields,
कूष्मांडैश्चैव वर्णाद्यैरुन्मत्तकुसुमायुतैः ११.
And with gourds and various colored flowers, adorned with wild blossoms,
पूजा विरचिता रम्या शंभोरिति मया नृप ११.
A beautiful worship of Śambhu was performed by me, O King.
शिवस्य पुरतो बाल्याद्गीतं च स्वस्वर्जितम् ११.
Before Śiva, in childhood, I sang a song of my own creation.
ततो मृतोऽहं जातश्च विप्रो जातिस्मरो नृप ११.
Then, having died, I was born as a brāhmaṇa with memory of my past life, O King.
शिवदीक्षामुपागम्यानुगृहीतः शिवागमैः ११.
Receiving initiation into Śiva’s mysteries, I was favored with the Śaiva scriptures.
कल्पकोटिं वसेत्स्वर्गेयः करोति शिवालयम् ११.
Whoever builds a temple for Śiva dwells in heaven for ten million kalpas.
भवंति तावद्वर्षाणि करकः शिवसद्मनि ११.
For as many years as there are drops of water, one remains in Śiva’s abode.
अकारिषमहं रम्यं विश्वकर्मविधानतः ११.
I constructed a beautiful temple according to the design of Viśvakarman.
कृतमायतनं दद्यात्क्रमाद्दशगुणं फलम् ११.
If one gives a completed shrine, the reward increases tenfold each time.
जटाधरस्तपस्यंश्च शिवाराधनतत्परः ११.
Bearing matted hair, devoted to austerity, intent on worshipping Śiva,
जातो जाति स्मरस्तत्र कारिता तृतीयेहं भवांतरे ११.
I was born there as a jātismara, one who remembers past births, in my third existence.
जयदत्त इति ख्यातः सूर्यवंशसमुद्भवः ११.
Known as Jayadatta, born of the Solar dynasty,
तस्मिन्भवांतरे शंभोराराधनपरेण च ११.
In that existence, too, I was devoted to the worship of Śambhu.
सौवर्णै राजतै रत्ननिर्मितैः कुसुमैर्नृप ११.
With golden, silver, and jewel-made flowers, O King,
केवलं शिवलिंगानां पूजां पुष्पैः करोम्यहम् ११.
I performed only the worship of Śiva-liṅgas with flowers.
अजरामरतां राजंस्तेनैव वपुषावृतः ११.
Endowed with that very body, O King, I attained agelessness and immortality.
विचरामि महीमेतां मदांध इव वारणः ११.
I roam this earth like a maddened elephant.