पुण्येन यशसा बुद्ध्या संपन्नोस्ति भवान्यथा
You possess virtue, fame, and wisdom, as no other does.
सुधिया त्वां गुरुं मन्ये प्रसादेन सुधाकरम्
With your intelligence, I regard you as a teacher, a moon by your grace.
प्रभंजनो बलेनासि श्रीदोसि श्रीसमर्पणैः
You are a destroyer by strength, a bestower of prosperity by your offerings of wealth.
दुष्टपाशयिता पाशी यमो नियमनेऽसताम् 4.2.56.
You bind the wicked like a noose-bearer; you are Yama in restraining the unrighteous.
मर्यादया भवानब्धिर्महत्त्वे हिमवानसि
By propriety you are like the ocean; in greatness, you are like the Himalaya.
संतापहर्तांबुदवत्पवित्रो गांगनामवत्
Like a cloud that removes heat, you are pure, like the river Ganga by name.
रुद्रः संहाररूपेण पालनेन चतुर्भुजः
You are Rudra in the form of destruction, and four-armed in the act of protection.
त्वत्पाणिपद्मे कमला त्वत्क्रोधेस्ति हलाहलः
Lakshmi is in your lotus-like hand; from your wrath comes the deadly poison.
तत्किं यत्त्वयि भूजानौ सर्वदेवमयो ह्यसि
What then can be said, since you, O mighty-armed one, are indeed the embodiment of all the gods?
आरभ्याद्य दिनाद्भूप ब्राह्मणोऽष्टादशेहनि
From today onward, O king, for eighteen days, a Brāhmaṇa shall begin (the rite).
तस्य वाक्यं त्वया राजन्कर्तव्यमविचारितम्
His command, O king, must be carried out by you without hesitation.
इत्युक्त्वा पृच्छ्य राजानं लब्धानुज्ञो द्विजोत्तमः
Having spoken thus and obtained permission, the best of the twice-born questioned the king.
इत्थं विघ्नजिता सर्वा पुरी स्वात्मवशीकृता
Thus, all obstacles having been overcome, the entire city was brought under his own control.
कृतकृत्यमिवात्मानं ततो मत्वा स विघ्नजित् 4.2.56.
Then, considering himself as one who had accomplished his purpose, Vighnajit (the conqueror of obstacles) felt content.
यदा स न दिवोदासः प्रागासीत्कुंभसंभव
When Divodāsa, O son of Kumbha, had not yet become king,
दिवोदासे नरपतौ विष्णुनोच्चाटिते सति
When Viṣṇu had been expelled during the reign of King Divodāsa,
स्वयमागत्य देवेन मंदरात्सुंदरां पुरीम्
Then, the god himself came from Mandara to the beautiful city.
कथं च बहुधात्मानं स चकार विनायकः
And how did Vināyaka manifest himself in many forms?
केनकेन स वै नाम्ना काशिपुर्यां व्यवस्थितः
And by what names did he dwell in Kāśī city?
इत्युदीरितमाकर्ण्य कुंभयोनेः षडाननः
Hearing this utterance of Kumbhayoni, the six-faced one (Skanda)...
महाशाखविशाखाभ्यां नंदिभृंगिपुरोगमः
Accompanied by Mahāśākha and Viśākha, with Nandi and Bhringi at the forefront,
नैगमेयेन सहितो रुद्रैः सर्वत्र संवृतः
Together with Naigameya and surrounded everywhere by the Rudras,
समस्तायतनाधीशैर्दिक्पालैरभिनंदितः
Honored by all the lords of shrines and the guardians of the directions,
कृतपूजोप्सरोभिश्च नृत्यहस्तकपल्लवैः
Worshipped by the Apsarases, with their hands adorned in dance gestures,
ऋषीणां ब्रह्मनिर्घोषैर्बधिरीकृतदिङ्मुखः
The quarters were deafened by the Brahmanical chants of the sages,
त्रिविष्टप वधूमुष्टिभ्रष्टैर्लाजैरितस्ततः
And here and there, parched rice, loosened from the fists of the heavenly brides, fell down.
दत्तमाल्योपहारश्च बहुविद्याधरी गणैः
Garlands and offerings were presented by many groups of Vidyādharas.
कृतप्रवेश शकुनो मृगैः शकुनिभिः पुरः
Birds and animals, along with other birds, entered ahead.
विष्णुना च महालक्ष्म्या ब्रह्मणा विश्वकर्मणा
By Viṣṇu, Mahālakṣmī, Brahmā, and Viśvakarma,
नागांगनाभिः परितः कृतनीराजनाविधिः 4.2.57.
Naga maidens performed the ritual of waving lamps all around.