आविरासीदिह महत्पुष्करेण सहैव तु
Here it appeared together with the great sacred pond.
स्नात्वाऽयोगंधकुंडे तु भवात्तारयते पितॄन्
By bathing in the Yogandha pool, one delivers one's ancestors from worldly existence.
त्रिलोचनादुदीच्यां तु तद्दृष्टमुक्तये मतम् कामेश्वरोत्तरे भागे दृष्टं विमलसिद्धिदम्
To the north of Trilochana, it is considered that seeing it brings liberation; to the north of Kameshvara, seeing it bestows pure accomplishment.
विश्वस्थानादिहायातं लिंगं वै विमलेश्वरम्
The linga called Vimaleshvara came here from the abode of the universe.
महाव्रतं महालिंगं महेंद्रादिह संस्थितम्
The great vow, the great linga, and Mahendra are established here.
वृंदारकर्षिवृंदानां स्तुवतां प्रथमे युगे
In the first age, the hosts of Vrinda and the sages praised it.
महादेवेति तैरुक्तं यन्मनोरथपूरणात
By them it was called Mahadeva, as it fulfills all desires.
मुक्तिक्षेत्रं कृतं येन महालिंगेन काशिका
By this great linga, Kashi was made a field of liberation.
शंभुलोके गमस्तस्य यत्रतत्र मृतस्य हि
For one who dies anywhere, there is passage to the realm of Śambhu.
कल्पांतरेपि न त्यक्तं कदाप्यानंदकाननम् 4.2.69.
Even in another kalpa, the Forest of Bliss is never abandoned.
तत्प्रसादोयमतुलः सर्वरत्नमयः शुभः
By his grace, this incomparable, auspicious place filled with all jewels arises.
वाराणस्यामधिष्ठात्री देवता साभिलाषदा
The presiding goddess of Vārāṇasī grants desires.
वाराणस्यां महादेवो दृष्टो यैर्लिंगरूपधृक्
Those who have seen Mahādeva in Vārāṇasī, bearing the form of a liṅga—
वाराणस्यां महादेवं समभ्यर्च्य सकृन्नरः
A man who has worshipped Mahādeva even once in Vārāṇasī—
पवित्रपर्वणि सदा श्रावणे मासि यत्नतः
Especially during the sacred festival, in the month of Śrāvaṇa, with care—
पितामहेश्वरं लिंगं गयातीर्थादिहागतम्
The liṅga called Pitāmaheśvara, which came here from the holy site of Gayā—
धर्मेण यत्र वै तप्तं युगानामयुतं शतम्
Where, by righteousness, austerity was performed for a hundred thousand yugas—
पितामहेश्वरं लिंगं तत्राभ्यर्च्य नरो मुदा
A man who worships the Pitāmaheśvara liṅga there with joy—
प्रयागात्तीर्थराजाच्च शूलटंको महेश्वरः
And from Prayāga, the king of holy places, the Śūlaṭaṅka Maheśvara—
निर्वाणमंडपाद्रम्यादवाच्यामतिनिर्मलः 4.2.69.
From the pavilion of liberation, he shines, unspeakably pure.
देवेनैव वरो दत्तो यत्र पूर्वं युगांतरे
There, in a former age, a boon was granted by the god himself.
यः प्रयाग इह स्नातो नमस्यति महेश्वरम्
Whoever, having bathed at Prayāga, here reveres Maheśvara—
प्रयागस्नानजात्पुण्याच्छूलटंक विलोकनात्
From the merit born of bathing at Prayāga and beholding Śūlaṭaṅka—
शंकुकर्णान्महाक्षेत्रान्महातेज इतीरितम्
Śaṃkukarṇa and the great fields, of great splendor, are thus declared.
महातेजोनिधिस्तस्य प्रासादोतीवनिर्मलः
His abode, a treasury of great splendor, is exceedingly pure.
तल्लिंगदर्शनात्स्पर्शात्स्तवनाच्च समर्चनात्
From seeing, touching, praising, and worshipping that liṅga—
विनायकेश्वरात्पूर्वं महातेजः समर्चनात्
Before worshipping Vinayaka and Ishvara, there was a great radiance from the act of worship.
रुद्रकोटिसमाख्यातात्तीर्थात्परमपावनात्
From the sacred and supremely pure tirtha known as Rudra’s Crore.
पार्वतीश्वर लिंगस्य समीपे सर्वसिद्धिकृत्
Near the linga of Parvati’s Lord, all accomplishments are attained.
तत्प्रासादस्य परितो रुद्राणां कोटिसंमिताः 4.2.69.
Around that temple, there are crores of Rudras present.