उवाच चेति बहुशो धिङ्मां क्रोधवशंगतम्
Said repeatedly: Fie upon me, who was overcome by anger.
दुःखार्णव निमग्नानां यातायातेति खेदिनाम्
For those who are plunged in the ocean of sorrow, who are weary from coming and going,
सर्वेषां जंतुजातानां जनन्येकैक्काशिका। महामृतस्तन्यदात्री नेत्री च परमं पदम्
For all living beings, Kāśī is the one mother, the single nurse of immortality, the giver of the highest state.
जनन्या सह नो काशी लभेदुपमितिं क्वचित्
Nowhere can we find an equal to Kāśī, even with one's own mother.
एवंभूतां तु यः काशीमन्योपि हि शपिष्यति
And whoever else would curse Kāśī, who is of such a nature,
इति दुर्वाससो वाक्यं श्रुत्वा देवस्त्रिलोचनः
Hearing these words of Durvāsas, the god with three eyes,
यः काशीं स्तौति मेधावी यः काशीं हृदि धारयेत् 4.2.85.
Whoever praises Kāśī with wisdom, whoever holds Kāśī in his heart,
जिह्वाग्रे वर्तते यस्य काशीत्यक्षरयुग्मकम्
On whose tongue the pair of syllables 'Kāśī' abides,
यो मंत्रं जपति प्रातः काशी वर्णद्वयात्मकम्
Who recites in the morning the mantra consisting of the two letters of Kāśī,
आनुसूयेय ते ज्ञानं काशीस्तवन पुण्यतः
To you, O Anasūyeya, I grant the merit of praising Kāśī.
मुने न मे प्रियस्तद्वद्दीक्षितो मम पूजकः
O sage, none is as dear to me as one initiated or worshipping me in that way.
तादृक्तुष्टिर्न मे दानैस्तादृक्तुष्टिर्न मे मखैः
Such satisfaction is not mine from gifts, nor is such satisfaction mine from sacrifices.
आनंदकाननं येन स्तुतमेतत्सुचेतसा
Whoever, with a pure mind, praises this grove of bliss,
तव कामाः समृद्धाः स्युरानुसूयेय तापस
Your desires will be fulfilled, O ascetic Anasūyeya.
अपरं च वरं ब्रूहि किं दातव्यं तवानघ
And now, speak another boon—what shall I give you, O sinless one?
यस्यास्त्वेव हि सामर्थ्यं तपसः क्रुद्ध्यतीहसः
For only she possesses such power, by whose austerity even the angry are appeased.
इति श्रुत्वा परिष्टुत्य दुर्वासाः कृत्तिवाससम् 4.2.85.
Having heard thus, Durvasa praised Krittivasa.
महापराधविध्वंसिन्नंधकारे स्मरांतक
O Smarantaka, destroyer of great offenses, dispeller of darkness,
मृत्युंजयोग्रभूतेश मृडानीश त्रिलोचन
O conqueror of death, lord of beings, lord of mercy, three-eyed one,
तदिदं कामदं नाम लिगमस्त्विह धूर्जटे
This is the linga called Kamada, O Dhurjati, here.
यत्त्वया स्थापितं लिंगं दुर्वासेश्वरसंज्ञितम्
The linga established by you, named Durvaseshvara,
तदेव कामकृन्नृणां कामेश्वरमिहास्त्विति
Let that indeed be Kamakrit, the lord of desire, here for men.
संस्नास्यति नरो धीमान्कामकुंडे त्वदास्पदे
A wise man will bathe in the Kamakunda, at your abode.
स वै कामकृताद्दोषाद्यामीं नाप्स्यति यातनाम्
He will not obtain suffering caused by desire.
कामतीर्थांबु संस्नानाद्यास्यंति विलयं क्षणात्
By bathing in the waters of Kamatirtha, sins are destroyed instantly.
इति दत्त्वा वराञ्शंभुस्तल्लिंगे लयमाययौ स्कंद उवाच
Thus granting boons, Shambhu entered into that linga.
तस्मात्सर्वप्रयत्नेन काश्यां कामेश्वरः सदा 4.2.85.
Therefore, with all effort, Kamishvara should always be worshipped in Kashi.
कामकुंडकृतस्नानैर्महापातकशांतये यः श्रोष्यति च मेधावी तौ निष्पापौ भविष्यतः
By bathing in Kamakunda, for the pacification of great sins, whoever listens, the wise, both will become free from sin.
इति श्रीस्कांदे महापुराण एकाशीतिसाहस्र्यां सहितायां चतुर्थे काशीखंड उत्तरार्धे दुर्वाससो वरप्रदानं नाम पंचाशीतितमोऽध्यायः
Thus, in the glorious Skanda Mahapurana of eighty-one thousand verses, in the fourth Kashi section, in the northern part, the fifty-fifth chapter named 'Durvasa's Granting of Boons.'
तस्य लिंगस्य कथय देवदेव समुद्भवम्
Tell me, O god of gods, the origin of that linga.