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.
क्षेमकं पूजयेद्यस्तु वाराणस्यां महागणम्
Whoever worships Kṣemaka, the great Gaṇa, in Vārāṇasī—
देशांतरं गतो यस्तु तस्यागमनकाम्यया
Whoever has gone to another land, desiring to return—
लांगलीश्वरमालोक्य लिंगं लांगलिनार्चितम् 4.2.55.
Beholding Lāṃgalīśvara, the liṅga worshipped by Lāṃgali—
लांगलीशं सकृत्पूज्य पंचलांगलदानजम्
Lāṃgalīśa, once worshipped, is born from the gift of five ploughs.
विराधेश्वरमाराध्य विराधगणपूजितम्
Having worshipped Virādheśvara, honored by the Virādha hosts—
दिनेदिनेपराधो यः क्रियते काशिवासिभिः
The transgression committed daily by the residents of Kāśī—
नैर्ऋते दंढपाणस्तु विराधेशं प्रयत्नतः
In the southwest, Daṇḍapāṇi diligently approaches Virādheśa.
सुमुखेशं महालिंगं सुमुखाख्यगणार्चितम्
Sumukheśa, the great liṅga, is worshipped by the hosts called Sumukha.
स्नात्वा पिलिपिला तीर्थे सुमुखेशं विलोक्य च
Having bathed at the Pilipilā ford and beheld Sumukheśa—
आषाढिनार्चितं लिंगमाषाढीश्वरसंज्ञकम्
The liṅga worshipped by Āṣāḍha is known as Āṣāḍhīśvara.