जयादित्यकूपवरे नरः स्नात्वा प्रयत्नतः
By bathing with devotion in the excellent well of Jayaditya,
इदं मया पार्थ तव प्रणीतं गुप्तस्य क्षेत्रस्य समासयोगात्
O Partha, this has been declared to you by me, in brief, regarding the secret field.
इति श्रीस्कांदे महापुराण एकाशीतिसाहस्र्यां संहितायां प्रथमे माहेश्वरखंडे कौमारिकाखंडे ब्रह्मेश्वरमोक्षेश्वर गर्भश्वरमाहात्म्यवर्णनंनाम षट्पंचाशत्तमोऽध्यायः
Thus ends the fifty-sixth chapter, entitled 'The Greatness of Brahmeshvara, Moksheshvara, and Garbheshvara,' in the Kaumarika section of the Maheshvara division, in the first book of the eighty-one-thousand-verse Skanda Mahapurana.
महीनगरके पुण्ये स्थापयामास शंकरम्
In the holy city, he established Shankara.
लोकानां च हितार्थाय केदारं लिंगमुत्तमम्
For the welfare of the worlds, he installed the supreme linga called Kedara.
अत्रिकुण्डे नरः स्नात्वा श्राद्धं कृत्वा यथाविधि
One who bathes at the three pools and performs the ancestral rites there according to rule,
मातुः स्तन्यं पुनर्नैव स पिबेन्मुक्तिभाग्भवेत्
Shall not drink his mother's milk again, and will attain liberation.
स्वयं दत्त्वा स्वयं तस्थौ महीनगरके शुभे
Having given it himself, he himself remained in the auspicious holy city.
जयादित्यं नमस्कृत्य रुद्रलोकमवाप्नुयात्
By bowing to Jayaditya, one attains the realm of Rudra.
न तेषां वंशनाशोऽस्ति जयादित्यप्रसादतः
By the grace of Jayaditya, there is no destruction of their lineage.
आख्यानं सकलं श्रुत्वा सर्वपापैः प्रमुच्यते
Having listened to the entire narrative, one is freed from all sins.
इति श्रीस्कांदे महापुराण एकाशीतिसाहस्र्यां संहितायां प्रथमे माहेश्वरखण्डे कौमारिकाखंडे नीलकंठमाहात्म्यवर्णनंनाम सप्तपञ्चाशत्तमोऽध्यायः
Thus ends the fifty-seventh chapter, called 'The Description of the Greatness of Nīlakaṇṭha,' in the Kaumārikā section of the first Māheśvara division of the eighty-one-thousand-verse Śrī Skanda Mahāpurāṇa.
यस्य प्रभावः सुमहान्नैव कस्यापि संस्तुतः
Whose power is immense, and truly praised by none.
शृणु पांडव शापेन गुप्तमासीदिदं यथा
Listen, O Pāṇḍava, to how this was concealed by a curse.
पुरा निमित्ते कस्मिंश्चित्सर्वतीर्थाधिदैवताः
Long ago, at a certain omen, the presiding deities of all the sacred fords—
पुष्करस्य प्रभासस्य निमिषस्यार्बुदस्य च
Of Puṣkara, Prabhāsa, Nimiṣa, and Arbuda—
वस्त्रापथस्य श्वेतस्य फल्गुतीर्थं स्य चापि याः
Of Vastrāpatha, Śveta, and also the sacred place of Phalgu—
सिंधुसागरयोगस्य महीसागरकस्य च
Of the confluence of Sindhu and the ocean, and of Mahīsāgara—
गंगारेवामुखीनां तु नदीनामधिदेवताः
And the presiding deities of the rivers, including Gaṅgā and Revā—
ते सर्वे संघशो भूत्वा श्रैष्ठ्य ज्ञानाय चात्मनः
All of them, gathering together in groups, for the sake of knowing their own supremacy—
तत्र तीर्थानि सर्वाणि समायातानि वीक्ष्य सः
There, seeing that all the sacred fords had assembled—
प्रणम्य सर्वतीर्थेभ्यः प्रबद्धकरसंपुटः 1.2.58.
He, with hands joined in reverence, bowed to all the sacred fords.
अद्य नः सद्म सकलं युष्माभिरतिपावितम्
Today, our entire abode has been greatly purified by you all.
तीर्थानां दर्शनं श्रेयः स्पर्शनं स्नानमेव च
The sight of the sacred fords is auspicious, as is their touch and bathing in them.
महापापान्विता रौद्रास्त्वपि ये स्युः सुनिष्ठुराः
Even those who are bound by great and terrible sins, who are exceedingly cruel—
एवमुक्त्वा पुलस्त्यं स पुत्रमभ्यादिदेश ह
Having thus spoken, he instructed his son Pulastya.
असंख्यानीह तीर्थानि दृश्यंते पद्मसंभव
Countless sacred fords are seen here, O Lotus-born.
धर्मप्रवचने श्लोको यत एष प्रगीयते
A verse is recited in the discourse on righteousness for this reason.
भवेयुर्यद्यसंख्याता अर्घयोग्याः समर्चने
If there were countless worthy of offering and worship—
एवं कुरुष्वैकमर्घमानय त्वं सुशीघ्रतः
Therefore, quickly bring a single offering.