पिशाचमोचनं तीर्थमद्यारभ्य समाख्यया
From today, this holy place is called the 'Ghost Liberation Tirtha.'
अस्मिंस्तीर्थे महापुण्ये ये स्नास्यंतीह मानवाः
Those humans who will bathe at this most sacred tirtha,
दैवात्पैशाच्यमापन्नास्तेषां पितृपितामहाः
If, by fate, they have fallen into ghosthood, their fathers and grandfathers,
अद्यशुक्लचतुर्दश्यां मार्गेमासि तपोनिधे
Today, on the bright fourteenth day in the month of Margashirsha, O treasure of austerity,
इमां सांवत्सरीं यात्रां ये करिष्यंति मानवाः
Those people who perform this annual pilgrimage,
पिशाचमोचने स्नात्वा कपर्दीशं समर्च्य च
after bathing at Piśācamocana and worshipping Kapardīśa,
मार्गशुक्लचतुर्दश्यां कपर्दीश्वर संनिधौ 4.2.54.
on the fourteenth day of the bright fortnight, in the presence of Kapardīśvara,
इत्युक्त्वा दिव्यपुरुषो भूयोभूयो नमस्य तम्
Having spoken thus, the divine person again and again bowed to him.
तपोधनोपि तं दृष्ट्वा महाश्चर्यं घटोद्भव
And the ascetic, seeing him, O Ghaṭodbhava, was greatly astonished.
पिशाचमोचनं तीर्थं तदारभ्य महामुने
From that time, O great sage, Piśācamocana became a sacred place.
श्रुत्वाध्यायमिमं पुण्यं नरो नियतमानसः
Whoever hears this auspicious chapter with a controlled mind,
बालग्रहाभिभूतानां बालानां शांतिकारकम्
it brings peace to children afflicted by balagrahas.
इदमाख्यानमाकर्ण्य गच्छन्देशांतरं नरः
Hearing this narration, a man who goes to another land—
अन्येपि ये गणास्तत्र काश्यां लिंगानि चक्रिरे
Other hosts also there in Kāśī established liṅgas.
गणेन पिंगलाख्येन पिंगलाख्येशसंज्ञितम्
By the host named Piṃgala, the liṅga called Piṃgalākheśa was established.
तस्य दर्शनमात्रेण पापानां जायते क्षयः
By merely seeing it, the destruction of sins occurs.
वीरभद्रेश्वरं लिंगं ध्यायेदद्यापि निश्चलः
Even today, one should meditate steadfastly on the liṅga of Vīrabhadreśvara.
अविमुक्तेश्वरात्पश्चाद्वीरभद्रेश्वरं नरः
After Avimukteśvara, a man should worship Vīrabhadreśvara.
वीरभद्रः स्वयं साक्षाद्वीरमूर्तिधरो मुने
Vīrabhadra himself, O sage, appears in a heroic form.
भद्रया भद्रकाल्या च भार्यया शुभया युतम्
He is united with his auspicious wife Bhadrā, Bhadrakālī.
किरातेन किरातेशं लिंगं काश्यां प्रतिष्ठितम्
By the Kirāta, the liṅga called Kirāteśa was established in Kāśī.
चतुर्मुखो गणः श्रीमान्वृद्धकालेश सन्निधौ
The illustrious four-faced host is present at the shrine of Vṛddhakāleśa.
भक्ताश्चतुर्मुखेशस्य चतुराननवद्दिवि 4.2.55.१
The devotees of the Lord with four faces are as numerous as the days in heaven.
निकुंभेश्वरमालोक्य निकुंभगणपूजितम् कुबेरेश समीपेतु शिवलोके महीयते
Beholding Nikuṃbheśvara, worshipped by the Nikuṃbha hosts, Kubera is honored near him in the realm of Shiva.
पंचाक्षेशं महालिंगं महादेवस्य दक्षिणे
The great liṅga of Paṃcākṣeśa stands to the south of Mahādeva.
भारभूतेश्वरं लिंगं भारभूतगणार्चितम्
The liṅga of Bhārabhūteśvara is worshipped by the Bhārabhūta hosts.
भारभूतेश्वरं लिंगं यैः काश्यां न विलोकितम्
Those who have not beheld the liṅga of Bhārabhūteśvara in Kāśī—
गणेन त्र्यक्षसंज्ञेन लिंगं त्र्यक्षेश्वरं परम्
With the host named Tryakṣa, the supreme liṅga of Tryakṣeśvara is present.
तस्य लिंगस्य ये भक्तास्ते तु देहावसानतः
The devotees of that liṅga, at the end of their bodies—
क्षेमको नाम गणपः काश्यां मूर्तिधरः स्वयम्
Kṣemaka is the name of a Gaṇapa, who himself bears a form in Kāśī.