स्कंदोपि नितरां तुष्टःश्रोतुरानंददर्शनात्
Skanda too was exceedingly pleased at seeing the listener’s joy.
न मे श्रमो वृथा जातो ब्रुवतस्ते पुरः कथाम्
My effort has not been in vain, speaking the tale before you.
देवे रुद्रत्वमापन्ने देवी दक्षसुताभवत्
When the god attained the state of Rudra, the goddess became the daughter of Dakṣa.
इदं सतीश्वरं लिंगं तव नाम्ना भविष्यति . 4.2.93.
This liṅga of Satīśvara will bear your name.
तथैतल्लिंगमाराध्यान्यस्यापि हि फलिष्यति
Indeed, by worshipping this liṅga, another too will obtain the fruit.
एतल्लिंगं समाराध्य कुमारोपि वरांगनाम्
By worshipping this liṅga, even Kumāra will obtain the excellent woman.
भविष्यति न संदेहः सतीश्वरसमर्चगात्
There is no doubt that, by worshipping Satīśvara, it will come to be.
तस्य तस्य स स क्षिप्रं भविष्यति मनोरथः
For each and every one, that very desire will quickly come to pass.
इतोष्टमे च दिवसे त्वज्जनेता प्रजापतिः इत्युक्त्वा देवदेवेशस्तत्रैवांतर्हितोभवत्
On the eighth day from now, your father, Prajapati, will grant you. Having spoken thus, the lord of gods vanished from that place.
सापि स्वभवनं याता सती दाक्षायणी मुदा । । पितापि तस्मै प्रादात्तां रुद्राय दिवसेष्टमे
Then Sati, daughter of Daksha, joyfully returned to her own home; and her father gave her to Rudra on the eighth day.
स्मरणादपि लिंगं च दद्यात्सत्त्वगुणं परम्
Even by remembering the linga, one attains the highest quality of sattva.
रत्नेशात्पूर्वतो भागे दृष्ट्वा लिंगं सतीश्वरम् । । मुच्यते पातकैः सद्यः क्रमाज्ज्ञानं च विंदति
Seeing the lordly linga to the east of the jewel-lord, one is instantly freed from sins and gradually attains knowledge.
स्कंद उवाच । । अमृतेशमुखादीनि यन्नामाप्यमृतप्रदम्
Skanda said: The names beginning with Amritesha bestow immortality even by utterance.
पुरा सनारु नामासीन्मुनिरत्र गृहाश्रमी
Once, there was a sage named Sanaru, living as a householder in that place.
लिंगपूजारतो नित्यं नित्यं तीर्थाप्रतिग्रही
He was always devoted to worshipping the linga and regularly received holy waters.
स कदाचिद्गतोरण्यं तत्र दष्टः पृदाकुना
Once, while wandering in the forest, he was bitten there by a venomous snake.
सनारुणा समुच्छ्वस्य नीतः स उपजंघनिः
Sanaru, gasping for breath, was carried away, his lower limbs paralyzed.
तत्रासीच्छ्रीफलाकारं लिंगमेकं सुगुप्तवत्
There, a single linga, shaped like a coconut, was concealed.
सर्पदष्टस्य संस्कारः कथं भवति चेति वै
How should the funeral rites be performed for one bitten by a snake?
अथ तं वीक्ष्य स मुनिः सनारुरुपजंघनिम्
Then the sage Sanaru, seeing the paralyzed one, gazed upon him.
प्राणितव्येऽत्र को हेतुर्मच्छिशोरुपजंघनेः
What is the cause for preserving the life of my disciple, whose legs are paralyzed?
इति यावत्स संधत्ते धियं तज्जीवितैकिकाम् 4.2.94.
As long as he pondered, his mind fixed on the desire for that one's life.
आनिनाय च तत्रैव सोप्य नन्निर्गतस्ततः
He brought him right there, but the youth did not depart from that place.
मृदु हस्ततलेनैव यावत्खनति वै मुनिः
The sage gently dug the ground with the palm of his hand.
सनारुणाथ तल्लिंगं तेन तत्र समर्चितम्
Then Sanaru worshipped that linga at that spot.
अमृतेश्वरनामेदं लिंगमानंदकानने
This linga, named Amriteshvara, is in the Anandakānana forest.
अमृतेशं समभ्यर्च्य जीवत्पुत्रः स वै मुनिः
Having worshipped Amṛteśa, that sage obtained a living son.
तदाप्रभृति तल्लिंगममृतेशं मुनीश्वर
From that time onward, O best of sages, that liṅga became known as Amṛteśa.
अमृतेश्वर संस्पर्शान्मृता जीवंति तत्क्षणात्
By the touch of Amṛteśvara, the dead come to life at that very moment.
अमृतेश समं लिंगं नास्ति क्वापि महीतले
There is no liṅga on earth equal to the liṅga of Amṛteśa.