तिष्ठ ब्रह्मन्क्षणमिति जल्पंतो राजमार्गगम् १३.
They called out, 'Wait a moment, Brahmin!' as he walked along the royal road.
समया मामरे भोऽद्य नागंतव्यं न वो हितम् कुपितः प्राह तान्सर्वान्केनाख्यातोऽहमित्युत॥ १३.
He angrily said to them all, 'I have told you before, do not come to me today; it is not good for you. Who told you about me?'
निवेदयत शीघ्रं मे यथा भस्म करोमि तम् १३.
Tell me quickly, so I may turn him to ashes.
अथ प्रकंपिताः प्राहुर्नारदेनेति तं मुनिम् १३.
Frightened, they said to that sage, 'It was Nārada.'
लोकानां येन सापाग्नौ भस्मशेषं करोमि तम् १३.
By whom I make the worlds, along with their curses, remain as nothing but ashes.
त्वं निवेद्य स चास्माकं प्रविष्टो हव्यवाहनम् १३.
You informed him, and he entered the sacrificial fire for us.
अहमप्येवमेवास्य कर्ता तेन स्वयं कृतम् १३.
In the same way, I too am the doer of this; therefore, it has been done by me myself.
यदि नारद देवर्षे प्रविष्टोऽसि हुताशनम् १३.
If, O sage among the gods Nārada, you have entered the fire,
न हुताशः समुद्रो वा वायुर्वा वृक्षपर्वतः १३.
Neither the fire, nor the ocean, nor the wind, nor tree, nor mountain—
पुनरेतत्कृतं चापि संवर्तो मन्यते यथा १३.
Again, this act is considered by Saṃvarta as he thinks fit.
यथा पुष्पगृहे कश्चित्प्रविशत्यंग फाल्गुन १३.
Just as someone enters a house of flowers, O Phālguna,
संवर्तस्तान्पुनः प्राह मार्कंडेयमुखानिति भिक्षार्थं पर्यटिष्यामि प्रश्रं प्रब्रूत चैव मे॥ १३.
Saṃvarta then spoke to Mārkaṇḍeya and the others: 'I will wander for alms; please tell me the way.'
शापभ्रष्टा वयं मोक्षं प्राप्स्यामस्तवदनुग्रहात् १३.
Fallen from grace by a curse, we shall attain liberation by your favor.
यत्र तीर्थे सर्वतीर्थफलं प्राप्नोति मानवः १३.
At that sacred place where a man obtains the fruit of all holy places,
नमस्कृत्य कुमाराय दुर्गाभ्यश्च नरोत्तमाः १३.
Having bowed to Kumāra and to Durgā, O best of men,
अमुना राजसिंहेन इंद्रद्युम्नेन धीमता १३.
By this lion among kings, the wise Indradyumna,
तदा संताप्यमानाया भुवः काष्ठस्य वै यथा १३.
Then, as the earth was tormented, just as by firewood,
महीनाम नदी च पृथिव्यां यानिकानिचित् १३.
All the rivers of the earth, whatever they may be,
महीनाम समुत्पन्ना देशे मालवकाभिधे १३.
Originating in the land called Mālava, the rivers of the earth,
सर्वतीर्थमयी पूर्वं महीनाम महानदी १३.
Formerly, the great river Mahī, composed of all sacred waters,
वाराणसी कुरुक्षेत्रं गंगा रेवा सरस्वती॥ १३.
Vārāṇasī, Kurukṣetra, Gaṅgā, Revā, Sarasvatī,
तापी पयोष्णी निर्विध्या चन्द्रभागा इरावती १३.
Tāpī, Payoṣṇī, Nirvidhā, Candrabhāgā, Irāvatī,
गया गोदावरी चैव अरुणा वरुणा तथा १३.
Gayā, Godāvarī, as well as Aruṇā and Varuṇā,
सहस्रविंशतिश्चैव षट्शतानि तथैव च १३.
And twenty thousand, and also six hundred likewise.
पृथिव्यां सर्वतीर्थेषु स्नात्वा यत्फलमाप्यते १३.
The merit obtained by bathing at all the sacred places on earth—
एकत्र सर्वतीर्थानां यदि संयोगमिच्छथ १३.
If you wish for the union of all the sacred places in one spot—
अहं चापि च तत्रैव बहून्वर्षगणान्पुरा १३.
I too, in that very place, long ago, for many years—
स हि तत्र समीपस्थः पिशुनश्च विशेषतः १३.
For he, being nearby there, is especially slanderous.
अत्र दिग्वाससां मध्ये बहूनां तत्समस्त्वहम् १३.
Among the many ascetics clad in the directions, I am the same as all of them.
पुनरत्रापि मां नूनं कथयिष्यति नारदः १३.
Again, even here, Nārada will surely speak of me.