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.
तेनापि परमा प्रीतिर्मम जाता तवोपरि ३३.
Because of this, supreme affection has arisen in me for you.
तत्त्था नान्यथा किंचिदत्र प्रोक्तं हि विष्णुना ३३.
Thus, nothing else has been stated here by Vishnu.
नावयोरंतरं किंचिद्दीपयोरिव सुव्रत ३३.
There is no difference at all between us, O virtuous one, just as between two lamps.
इति स्कन्द विजानाति स मद्भक्तोन्यथा न हि॥ ३३.
Thus Skanda knows; he is my devotee, and not otherwise.
एवमेवास्मि जानामि त्वां च विष्णुं च शंकर॥ ३३.
In the same way, I know both you and Vishnu, O Shankara.
यच्च लिंगकृते प्राह हरिर्मां धर्मवत्सलः ३३.
And what Hari, the lover of righteousness, said to me regarding the linga—
लिंगं संस्थापयिष्यामि सर्वपापा पहं ततः ३३.
I shall establish the linga, which removes all sins.
द्वितीयं यत्र निःसत्त्वसत्यक्तः शक्त्याऽसुरोऽभवत् ३३.
The second, where the asura, devoid of essence, was abandoned by Shakti—
इत्युक्त्वा विश्वकर्माणमाहूय प्राह पावकिः ३३.
Having spoken thus, Pāvaka summoned Vishvakarman.
वचनाद्बाहुलेयस्य निर्ममे देववर्द्धकिः ३३.
By the command of Bahuleya, the divine architect fashioned it.