पापिनं पुरुषं यो हि समर्थो न निहंति च ३३.
He who is able to kill a sinful man but does not,
पापिनो यदि वध्यंते नैव पालनसंस्थितैः ३३.
If the sinful are not slain by those established in protection,
कथं यज्ञाश्च वेदाश्च वर्तते विश्वधारकाः ३३.
How then would sacrifices and the Vedas, which uphold the universe, continue?
अथ चेद्रुद्रभक्तेषु बहुमानस्तव प्रभो ३३.
But if, O Lord, you have great regard for the devotees of Rudra,
आजन्मसंभवैः पापैः पुमान्येन विमुच्यते ३३.
A man is freed from sins accumulated since birth by that.
कृते पापेऽनुतापो वै यस्य स्कन्द प्रजायते ३३.
O Skanda, for one whose remorse arises after committing a sin,
न यस्यालमपि ब्रह्मामहिमानं विवर्णितुम् ३३.
There is no one at all who can fully describe the greatness of Brahma.
अकांडे यच्च ब्रह्मांडक्षयोद्युक्तं हलाहलम् ३३.
And that which, at the end of the age, is the deadly poison prepared for the destruction of the cosmic egg—
दुःखतांडवदीनोऽभूदण्डसंकीर्णमानसः ३३.
He became one whose mind was troubled by the pain of the world-egg, filled with distress.
वियद्व्यापी सुरसरित्प्रवाहो विप्रुषाकृतिः ३३.
He who pervades the sky, whose form is the flow of the divine river, and who is like a drop of water.
यज्ञादिकाश्च ये धर्मा विना यस्यार्चनं वृथा ३३.
All duties such as sacrifices and the like, if performed without worship of Him, are in vain.
क्षोणी रथो विधिर्यंता शरोऽहं मन्दरो धनुः ३३.
The earth is the chariot, destiny is the charioteer, I am the arrow, and the Mandara mountain is the bow.
आराधनं तस्य केचिद्योगमार्गेण कुर्वते ३३.
Some perform worship of Him by means of the path of yoga.
तस्मात्तस्यार्चयेल्लिंगं भुक्तिमुक्ती य इच्छति ३३.
Therefore, whoever desires enjoyment or liberation should worship His liṅga.
अभूद्यस्य परिच्छेदे नालमावां बभूविव ३३.
In measuring Him, there was no limit; neither of us was able to reach the end.
तस्माल्लिंगमिति प्रोक्तं देवै रुद्रस्य धीमतः ३३.
Therefore, the gods have declared the liṅga to be the symbol of the wise Rudra.
ब्रह्मादितृणपर्यंतं तेनेदं तर्पितं जगत् ३३.
By that, the entire universe, from Brahmā down to a blade of grass, is satisfied.
तर्पितं तेन विश्वं स्यात्सुधया पितृभिः समम् ३३.
By that, the whole world is satisfied, along with the ancestors, by nectar.
तेन संपूजितं विश्वं सकलं नात्र संशयः ३३.
By that, the entire universe is worshipped—of this there is no doubt.
भोजितं तेन विश्वं स्याल्लिंगस्यैवं फलं महत् ३३.
By that, the whole world is nourished; such is the great fruit of the liṅga.
लिंगस्य क्रियते यच्च तत्सर्वं विश्वप्रीतिदम् ३३.
Whatever is done for the liṅga, all that brings delight to the universe.
स सर्वपापनिर्मुक्तो रुद्रलोके प्रमोदते ३३.
He, freed from all sins, rejoices in the realm of Rudra.
तच्च स्थापयतो लिंगं शिवस्य शुभलक्षणम् ३३.
And that liṅga of Śiva, possessing auspicious marks, is established by him.
तथैव सर्वजगतां मुखं लिंगं न संशयः ३३.
Likewise, the liṅga is the source of all worlds—of this there is no doubt.
अतीतं च तथागामि कुलानां तारयेच्छतम् ३३.
He rescues a hundred lineages, both past and future, in this way.
कृतमायतनं दद्यात्क्रमाच्छतगुणं फलम् ३३.
If he builds a shrine, he receives a hundredfold reward in due course.
आकल्पांतं रुद्रलोके मोदते रुद्रवत्सुखी ३३.
He rejoices in Rudra's realm, happy like Rudra, until the end of the age.
तस्मादत्र महासेन लिंगं स्थापितुमर्हसि ३३.
Therefore, O Mahāsena, you should establish the liṅga here.
तद्ब्रवीतु महा सेन स्वयं साक्षी महेश्वरः ३३.
Let Mahasena himself declare this, for Maheshvara is the direct witness.
महादेवो ह्यथालिंग्य स्कन्दं वचनब्रवीत् ३३.
Then Mahadeva embraced Skanda and spoke these words.