अत्र त्रिलोचनादन्यं समर्चयतियोल्पधीः
Here, one of little understanding worships someone other than the Three-Eyed One.
एको मृत्युंजयः पूज्यो जन्ममृत्युजराहरः
The sole worthy of worship is the Conqueror of Death, who removes birth, death, and old age.
कालकालं समाराध्य भृंगी कालं जिगायवै
By worshipping the Death of Time, Bhringi overcame Time itself.
विजिग्ये त्रिपुरं यस्तु हेलयैकेषु मोक्षणात्
He who effortlessly destroyed Tripura with a single arrow was victorious.
त्रिजगज्जयिनो हेतोस्त्र्यक्षस्याराधनं परम्
The supreme cause of victory over the three worlds is the worship of the Three-Eyed One.
यस्याक्षिपक्ष्मसंकोचाज्जगत्संकोचमेत्यदः 4.2.51.
By the mere contraction of whose eyelids, this world contracts.
शंभोर्लिंगं समभ्यर्च्य पुरुषार्थचतुष्टयम्
By properly worshipping the liṅga of Śambhu, one attains the four aims of human life.
समर्च्य शांभवं लिंगमपिजन्मशतार्जितम्
Even merit accumulated over hundreds of births is surpassed by worshipping the Śaiva liṅga.
किंकिं न संभवेदत्र शिवलिंगसमर्चनात्
What indeed is not possible here through the worship of the Śiva liṅga?
त्रैलोक्यैश्वर्यसंपत्तिर्मया प्राप्ता सहस्रगो
I, Sahasragu, have obtained the wealth and sovereignty of the three worlds by this means.
अयमेव परोयोगस्त्विदमेव परं तपः
This alone is the supreme yoga; this alone is the highest austerity.
यैर्लिंगं सकृदप्यत्र पूजितं पार्वतीपतेः
Those who have even once worshipped the liṅga of the Lord of Pārvatī—
सर्वं परित्यज्य रवे यो लिंगं शरणं गतः
Whoever, abandoning everything, has taken refuge in the liṅga of the Sun—
लिंगार्चने भवेद्वृद्धिस्तेषामेवात्र भास्कर
For them alone, O Bhāskara, is there growth through the worship of the liṅga.
न लिंगाराधनात्पुण्यं त्रिषुलोकेषु चापरम्
There is no other merit in the three worlds equal to the worship of the liṅga.
तस्माल्लिंगं त्वमप्यर्क समर्चय महेशितुः 4.2.51.
Therefore, you too, O Arka, worship the liṅga of the Great Lord.
इति श्रुत्वा हरेर्वाक्यं तदारभ्य सहस्रगुः
Having heard these words of Hari, Sahasragu from that time—
गुरुत्वेन तदाकल्य विवस्वानादिकेशवम्
Recognized Vivasvān as his teacher, beginning with Keśava.
अतः स केशवादित्यः काश्यां भक्ततमोनुदः
Therefore, that Keśava Āditya in Kāśī dispels the darkness of devotion.
केशवादित्यमाराध्य वाराणस्यां नरोत्तमः
Whoever, O best of men, worships Keśava Āditya at Vārāṇasī—
तत्र पादोदके तीर्थेकृतसर्वोदकक्रियः
There, having performed all the prescribed water-rites at the sacred water of his feet,
अगस्ते रथसप्तम्यां रविवारो यदाप्यते
When the seventh day of the bright fortnight falls on a Sunday, O Agastya,
स्नात्वोषसि नरो मौनी केशवादित्यपूजनात्
A man, silent, having bathed at dawn, by worshiping Keśava Āditya,
यद्यज्जन्मकृतं पापं मया सप्तसु जन्मसु
Whatever sin I have committed in seven births since my birth—
एतज्जन्मकृतं पापं यच्च जन्मांतरार्जितम्
The sin committed in this birth, and that acquired in previous lives—
इति सप्तविधं पापं स्नानान्मे सप्तसप्तिके 4.2.51.
Thus, the sevenfold sin, by my sevenfold bathing, is washed away.
एतन्मंत्रत्रयं जप्त्वा स्नात्वा पादोदके नरः
Reciting these three mantras and bathing in the water at his feet, a man—
केशवादित्यमाहात्म्यं शृण्वञ्श्रद्धासमन्वितः
Listening with faith to the greatness of Keśava Āditya—
हरिकेशवने रम्ये वाराणस्यां व्यवस्थितम्
In the delightful Hari-Keśava grove, established at Vārāṇasī,
उच्चदेशेभवत्पूर्वं विमलो नाम बाहुजः
In earlier times, in that elevated place, there was a man named Vimala, of many arms.