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,
महाकालचरित्रं च तत्रैव समुपाययौ ४०.
He arrived there, seeking the story of Mahakala.
महाकालमनुप्राप्य परमां प्रीतिमागतः ४०.
Having reached Mahakala, he attained supreme joy.
यथा दरिद्रः कृपणो निधिकुम्भमवाप्य च ४०.
Just as a poor and wretched man, upon obtaining a pot of treasure—
पंचमंत्रायुतजपफलं यस्येह दर्शनात् ४०.
—so is the fruit of reciting fifty thousand mantras, which is gained merely by seeing him here.
श्रुत्वा च लिंगप्रवरं महाकालमुपासदत् ४०.
Having heard about the foremost liṅga, he approached Mahākāla.
प्रत्युद्गम्य नृपं पूजामर्घं च प्रत्यपादयत् ४०.
He went forth to meet the king and presented him with worship and the arghya offering.
महाकालमुपामंत्र्य कथांते वाक्यमब्रवीत् ४०.
After greeting Mahākāla and at the end of their conversation, he spoke these words:
यदिदं तर्पणंनाम पितॄणां क्रियते नृभिः ४०.
This act called tarpaṇa, which is performed by men for the ancestors—
एवं पिंडादिपूजा च सर्वमत्रैव दृश्यते ४०.
—and likewise the worship with piṇḍa and other rites, all of it is seen here itself.
न चैतदस्ति यत्तेषां नोपतिष्ठति किंचन ४०.
And there is nothing among these that does not reach them.