अघोरवक्त्रं त्रितयं प्रपद्ये अथर्वजुष्टं तव रूपकाणि ४०.
I take refuge in your three Aghora faces, which are cherished by the Atharva Veda, your forms.
चतुर्थवक्त्रं च सदा प्रपद्ये सद्योभिजाताय नमोनमस्ते ४०.
I always take refuge in your fourth face; I bow to you, O Sadyobhijāta.
नमोस्तु ते वामदेवाय ज्येष्ठरुद्राय कालाय कलाविकारिणे ४०.
Salutations to you, Vāmadeva, eldest Rudra, time, and transformer of time.
त्रियंबकं त्वां च यजामहे वयं सुपुण्यगंधैः शिवपुष्टिवर्धनम् ४०.
We worship you, O Three-eyed One, with fragrant offerings, you who increase auspicious nourishment.
षडक्षरं मंत्रवरं तवेश जपंति ये मुनयो वीतरागाः ४०.
O Lord, the sages free from passion recite your excellent six-syllabled mantra.
एवं स्तुतो महादेवो लिंगान्निःसृत्य भारत ४०.
Thus praised, Mahādeva emerged from the liṅga, O Bhārata.
यत्त्वयात्र महातीर्थे भृशमाराधितो द्विज ४०.
O twice-born, you have worshipped intensely at this great sacred place.
अहं च नररूपी यो दृष्ट्वा ते धर्मसंस्थितिम् ४०.
And I, appearing in human form, have witnessed your steadfastness in dharma.
सर्वतीर्थोदकैर्गरतः पूरितो मे सरस्तथा ४०.
My lake has been filled with waters from all holy places.
सप्तमंत्ररहस्यं च यत्कृतं स्तवनं मम ४०.
The secret of the seventh mantra and the praise you have composed for me.
अभीष्टं च वरं मत्तो वृणीष्व मनसेप्सितम् ४०.
Ask from me the boon you desire, whatever is wished in your mind.
धन्योऽस्म्यनुगृहीतोऽस्मि यत्त्वं तुष्टोऽसि शंकर ४०.
I am blessed and favored, since you are pleased with me, O Śaṃkara.
यदि तुष्टोऽसि सांनिद्यं लिंगेऽत्र क्रियतां सदा ४०.
If you are pleased, let your presence always abide in this liṅga.
जपतो यत्फलं देवपंचमंत्रायुतेन च ४०.
The fruit obtained by reciting, with the five divine mantras, O Deva.
कालमार्गादहं यस्मान्मोचितोऽहं महेश्वर ४०.
O Maheshvara, I have been freed from the path of time.
अस्मिंश्च कूपे यो मर्त्यः स्नात्वा तर्पयते पितॄन् ४०.
Whoever, after bathing in this well, offers oblations to the ancestors,
इति तस्यवचः श्रुत्वा प्रीतस्तं शंकरोऽब्रवीत् ४०.
Hearing these words, Shankara, pleased, spoke to him:
स्वयंभुबाणरत्नोत्थदातुपाषाणलोहजम् ४०.
The linga arising from self-existence, arrow, gem, bone, stone, and metal—
आकाशे तारकालिंगं पाताले हाटकेश्वरम् ४०.
The Taraka linga in the sky, the Hatakeshvara in the netherworld—
विशेषात्प्रार्थितं यच्च तच्च भविष्यति ४०.
Whatever is especially desired, that shall indeed come to pass.
दानं वान्यश्च यत्किंचिदक्षयं तद्भविष्यति ४०.
Any gift or other act, whatever it may be, shall become imperishable.
लिंगाच्च पूर्वतः कूपेस्नात्वा यस्तर्पयेत्पितॄन् ४०.
From the linga, to the east of the well, whoever bathes and offers oblations to the ancestors,
तस्यां रात्रौ महाकालं यामेयामे प्रपूजयेत् ४०.
On that night, one should worship Mahakala during each watch.
जितेंद्रियश्च यो नित्यं मां लिंगेत्र प्रपूजयेत् ४०.
Whoever, with controlled senses, always worships me here in the linga,
माघे चतुर्दश्यष्टम्यां सोमवारे च पर्वणि ४०.
In the month of Magha, on the fourteenth or eighth day, on Monday, during the festival,
दानं तपो रुद्रजापः सर्वमक्षयमेव च ४०.
Giving, austerity, recitation of Rudra, all these are indeed imperishable.
कालमार्गजयाद्वत्स महाकाला भिधश्चिरम् ४०.
O child, because of victory over the path of time, Mahakala is named thus for long.
तस्य प्रोच्य भवान्धर्मांस्ततो मल्लोकमाव्रज ४०.
Having spoken to him about dharma, then he came to my world.
महाकालोऽपि मुदितस्तत्र तेपे महत्तपः॥ ४०.
Mahakala too, delighted, performed great austerity there.
अथ केनापि कालेन पार्थ राजा करंधमः ४०.
Then, after some time, O Partha, King Karandhama,