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.
यमुनेशं प्रतीच्यां च नरैर्भक्त्या समर्चितम् 4.2.75.
And in the west, the Yamuneśa is worshipped by men with devotion.
तल्लिंगार्चनतो नृणां गर्भवासो निषिध्यते
By worshipping that liṅga, the state of being in the womb is forbidden for people.
स्नात्वा पिलिपिला तीर्थे त्रिविष्टपसमीपतः
After bathing at the Pilipilā ford, near Triviṣṭapa,
त्रिविष्टपस्य लिंगस्य स्मरणादपि मानवः
Even by remembering the liṅga of Triviṣṭapa, a person—
त्रिविष्टपस्य द्रष्टारः स्रष्टारः स्युर्न संशयः
There is no doubt that those who see Triviṣṭapa become its creators.
आनंदकानने लिंगं प्रणतं यैस्त्रिविष्टपम्
Those who have bowed to the Triviṣṭapa liṅga in the forest of bliss—
सप्तजन्मार्जितात्पापात्ते पूता नात्र संशयः
Are purified from sins accumulated over seven births; of this there is no doubt.
तत्स्यात्रिविष्टपे दृष्टे काश्यां मन्ये ततोधिकम्
If one sees that Triviṣṭapa there, I consider it even greater than Kāśī.
क्षणान्निर्धूत पापोसौ न पुनर्गर्भभाग्भवेत
In a moment, that person is cleansed of sin and will not be born in the womb again.
यो वै पिलिपिला तीर्थे स्नात्वोत्तरवहांभसि
Whoever bathes at the Pilipilā ford, in the waters flowing north—
तत्र श्राद्धादिकं कृत्वा गयायां किं करिष्यति 4.2.75.
What benefit is there in performing śrāddha and similar rites at Gayā, in comparison to this?
दृष्ट्वा त्रिविष्टपं लिंगं कोटितीर्थफलं लभेत्
By beholding the Triviṣṭapa Liṅga, one attains the merit of bathing at Koṭitīrtha.
काश्यां तु यत्कृतं पापं तत्पैशाचपदप्रदम्
Any sin committed in Kāśī leads to the realm of Piśācas.
दृष्ट्वा त्रिविष्टपं लिंगं तत्पापमपि हास्यति
But by beholding the Triviṣṭapa Liṅga, even that sin will be destroyed.
तत्रापि सर्वतीर्थानि ततोप्योंकारभूमिका
There, indeed, are all the sacred waters, and that place is the very ground of Oṃ.
अतिश्रेष्ठतरं लिंगं श्रेयोरूपं त्रिलोचनम्
The Liṅga there is supremely excellent, auspicious in form, and is the Three-Eyed One.
तेजस्विषु यथा भानुर्दृश्येषु च यथा शशी
Among the radiant, as the sun; among the visible, as the moon.
त्रिलोचनार्चकानां सा पदवी न दवीयसी
The path for worshippers of the Three-Eyed One is not a distant one.
सकृत्त्रिलोचनार्चातो यच्छ्रेयः समुपार्ज्यते
The supreme good that is gained by worshipping the Three-Eyed One even once—
काश्यां त्रिलोचनं लिंगं येर्चयंति महाधियः
Those of great wisdom who worship the Three-Eyed Liṅga in Kāśī—