सदक्षरं चादिरूपं विश्वरूपं परावरम्
It is the eternal syllable, the primal form, the form of the universe, transcending both the higher and lower.
सर्वलोकैकजनकं सर्वलोकैकरक्षकम्
It is the sole creator of all worlds and the sole protector of all worlds.
आद्यंतरहितं नित्यं र्शिवं शंकरमव्ययम्
It is without beginning or end, eternal, auspicious, beneficent, and imperishable.
निरुपाधिं निराकारं निर्विकारं निरंजनम्
It is without attributes, without form, without change, and unstained.
स्वात्माराममनंतं च सर्वगं सर्वदर्शिनम्
The limitless one, delighting in his own self, who is all-pervading and all-seeing.
वागिंद्रियं तदीयं च प्रोच्चरत्तदहर्निशम्
His speech and senses, ever active, utter forth day and night.
एतन्नामाक्षररसं रसयंती दिवानिशम् 4.2.74.
Those who savor the essence of these syllables, do so day and night.
संमार्जनं रंगमालाः प्रासादं परितः सदा
Sweeping, garlands for the stage, and the temple always encircled.
तत्र पाशुपता ये वै प्रणवेशार्चने रताः
There, those devoted to Pashupati, delight in worshipping the lord of the Pranava.
वैशाखस्य चतुर्दश्यामेकदा सा तु माधवी
On the fourteenth day of Vaishakha, once, that festival of Madhava occurred.
यात्रामिलितभक्तेषु प्रातर्यातेषु सर्वतः
When the devotees gathered for the pilgrimage, having arrived everywhere in the morning.
गायंती मधुरं गीतं नृत्यंती निजलीलया
They sing sweet songs and dance in their own playful manner.
अनेनैव शरीरेण पार्थिवेन महामतिः
With this very earthly body, the great-minded one.
प्रादुर्बभूव यल्लिंगाज्ज्योतिर्जटिलितांबरम्
Manifested from the linga, a radiant form, clothed in matted locks.
राधशुक्लचतुर्दश्यामद्यापि क्षेत्रवासिनः
Even today, on the fourteenth day of Radha's bright fortnight, the residents of the sacred place.
तत्र जागरणं कृत्वा चतुर्दश्यामुपोषिताः
There, keeping vigil on the fourteenth day, having fasted.
ब्रह्मांडोदर मध्ये तु यानि तीर्थानि सर्वतः 4.2.74.
Within the middle of the cosmic egg, all the sacred places everywhere.
सर्वाण्यायतनान्याशु साब्धीनि स गिरीण्यपि ।। 4.2.74.
All the shrines, quickly, and even the seas and mountains.
ये निंदंति महादेवं क्षेत्रं निंदंति येऽधियः 4.2.74.
Those who revile Mahadeva, and those who revile the sacred place, O wise one.
ओंकारसदृशं लिंगं न क्वचिज्जगतीतले
Nowhere on the surface of the world is there a linga like Omkara.
इममध्यायमाकर्ण्य नरस्तद्गतमानसः
Hearing this chapter, a person whose mind is absorbed in it.
न तृप्तोस्मि विशाखाथ ब्रूहि त्रैविष्टपीं कथाम्
I am not satisfied, O Vishakha; tell me the story of the heavenly realm.
कथं च कथिता देव्यै देवदेवेन षण्मुख
And how was it told to the Goddess by the God of gods, O six-faced one?
स्कंद उवाच आकर्णय मुने वच्मि कथां श्रमनिवारिणीम्
Skanda said: Listen, O sage, I shall tell you a tale that removes fatigue.
विरजाख्यं हि तत्पीठं तत्र लिंगं त्रिविष्टपम्
That seat is called Virajā; there stands the Triviṣṭapa liṅga.
तिस्रस्तु संगतास्तत्र स्रोतस्विन्यो घटोद्भव
There, three streams arising from pitchers have come together.
स्रोतोमूर्तिधराः साक्षाल्लिंगस्नपनहेतवे
These, bearing the form of flowing streams, are manifestly for the bathing of the liṅga.
तिस्रोपि हि त्रिसंध्यं ताः सरितः कुंभपाणयः
Indeed, these three rivers, at the three junctions of the day, are bearers of pitchers.
लिंगानि परितस्ताभिः स्वनाम्नास्थापि तान्यपि
Around the liṅgas, those rivers are established by their own names.
सरस्वतीश्वरं लिंगं दक्षिणेन त्रिविष्टपात्
To the south of Triviṣṭapa is the Sarasvatīśvara liṅga.