पूर्वजन्मोद्भवः कायस्यस्या यत्रापतत्तथा ३९.
Wherever this body arose from a previous birth, there it has fallen likewise.
अहं तात गमिष्यामि महीसागरसंगमम् ३९.
Father, I will go to the confluence of the earth and the ocean.
ततः पित्रा प्रतिज्ञातं शतश्रृंगेण तत्तथा ३९.
Then, as promised by her father Shatashringa, so it was done.
स्तंभतीर्थं ततः साऽपि प्राप्य पोतार्यसंयुता ३९.
Then she too reached Stambha Tirtha, accompanied by boatmen.
जालिगुल्मांतरेऽन्विष्य ततो दृष्टं निजं शिरः ३९.
Searching among the reeds and bushes, she then saw her own head.
दग्ध्वा संगमसांनिध्ये क्षिप्तान्यस्थीनि संगमे ३९.
Burning it in the presence of the confluence, she cast the remaining bones into the meeting of the waters.
न तादृग्देवकन्यानां न तादृङनागयोषिताम् ३९.
There was no one among the daughters of the gods, nor among the women of the serpents, like her.
सुरासुरनराः सर्वे तस्या रूपेण मोहिताः ३९.
All the gods, demons, and men were enchanted by her form.
कष्टं तया मुदा तत्र प्रारब्धं दुश्चरं तपः ३९.
Alas, with joy she undertook there an arduous and difficult penance.
प्रत्यक्षतां गतस्तस्यै वरदोऽस्मीति चाब्रवीत् ३९.
He appeared before her and said, 'I am the giver of boons.'
यदि तुष्टोऽसि देवेश यदि देयो वरो मम ३९.
'If you are pleased, Lord of the gods, if a boon is to be given to me—'
एवमस्त्विति शर्वेण प्रोक्ते हृष्टा कुमारिका ३९.
When Shiva said, 'So be it,' the maiden was delighted.
बर्करेशः शिवस्तत्र तया संस्थापितस्तदा ३९.
There, by her, Shiva as Barkaresha was established at that time.
स्वस्तिकोनाम नागेंद्रः कुमारीं द्रष्टुमागतः ३९.
Svastika by name, the lord of serpents, came there to see the maiden.
ईशाने बर्करेशस्य कूपोऽभूत्स्वस्तिकाभिधः ३९.
In the northeast of Barkaresha, a well arose called Svastika.
दृष्ट्वा च स्थापितं लिंगं शिवस्तुष्टो वरं ददौ ३९.
Seeing the established linga, Shiva, being pleased, granted a boon.
क्षिप्यंतेब्धौ तथा स्थीनि तेषां स्यादक्षया गतिः ३९.
When these are cast into the ocean, their course becomes inexhaustible.
राजानः सर्वसंपूर्णाः सप्रतापा भवंति ते ३९.
Kings endowed with all prosperity and might arise from them.
स्नात्वार्णवमहीतोये तस्य स्यान्मनसेप्सितम् ३९.
By bathing in the ocean or in sacred waters, one attains the desire of the mind.
कूपे स्नानं नरः कृत्वा संतर्प्य च पितॄन्निजान् ३९.
A man, having bathed in a well and satisfied his own ancestors,
एवं लब्ध्वा वरान्सर्वान्सा पुनः सिंहलं ययौ ३९.
Thus, having obtained all boons, she again went to Siṃhala.
तच्छ्रुत्वा विस्मितो राजा लोकाः सर्वे च फाल्गुन ३९.
Hearing this, O Phālguna, the king and all the people were astonished.
स्नात्वा दत्त्वा च दानानि विविधानि च ते ततः ३९.
After bathing and giving various gifts, they then—
अनिच्छंत्यां कुमार्यां च वरं द्रव्यं च पार्थिवः ३९.
When the maiden was unwilling, the king granted her a boon and wealth.
इदं भारतखंडं च नवधैव विभज्य सः ३९.
He divided this land of Bhārata into nine parts.
तेषां विभेदान्वक्ष्यामि पर्वतैरुपशोभितान् ३९.
I shall declare their divisions, adorned with mountains.
महेन्द्रो मलयः सह्यः शुक्तिमानृक्षपर्वतः ३९.
Mahendra, Malaya, Sahya, Śuktimān, and Ṛkṣa mountains—
महेन्द्रपरतश्चैव इन्द्रद्वीपो निगद्यते ३९.
Beyond Mahendra, indeed, is the region called Indradvīpa.
सहस्रमेकमेकं च सर्वखण्डान्यमूनि च ३९.
Each of these regions is said to be a thousand in number.
वेदस्मृतिमुखा नद्यः पारियात्रोद्भवा मताः ३९.
The rivers originating from Pāriyātra are considered foremost in the Vedas and Smṛtis.