हाटकेश्वरजे क्षेत्रे सर्वव्याधिविनाशकम्
In the field at Hāṭakeśvara, which destroys all diseases,
तत्राऽसौ स्नानमात्रेण तत्क्षणात्पार्थिवोतमः
There, by merely bathing, that foremost king was instantly cured.
ऋषय ऊचुः चमत्कारः कथं राजा मुक्तः कुष्ठेन सूतज
The sages said: How was King Camatkāra freed from leprosy, O son of Sūta?
कतमे ब्राह्मणास्ते वै शंखतीर्थं प्रदर्शितम्
Which brāhmaṇas showed him the Śaṅkhatīrtha?
कतमं शंखतीर्थं तत्कस्मिन्स्थाने व्यवस्थितम्
Which is that Śaṅkhatīrtha, and in what place is it situated?
सर्वपापहरां विप्राश्चमत्कारनृपोद्भवाम्
O brāhmaṇas, tell us about the Śaṅkhatīrtha, which removes all sins and was revealed by King Camatkāra.
स भ्रांतः सर्वतीर्थानि प्रभासाद्यानि कृत्स्नशः
He wandered, visiting all the sacred places, beginning with Prabhāsa, in their entirety.
पृच्छमानो भिषग्मुख्यानौषधानि मुहुर्मुहुः
Constantly, he questioned the foremost physicians about medicines.
न लेभे किंचिदिष्टं वा स मंत्रं भेषजं च वा
He did not obtain anything desired, whether a mantra or a remedy.
ततश्च पार्थिवश्रेष्ठो वैराग्यं परमं गतः
Then that best of kings attained supreme detachment.
निवासमकरोत्तस्मिन्क्षेत्रे पुण्यतमे चिरम् अन्य स्याऽन्यस्य वृक्षस्य मदाहंकारवर्जितः
He dwelled for a long time in that most sacred field, free from pride and arrogance toward any other person or tree.
ततः कतिपयाहस्य भ्रममाणो महीपतिः 6.11.
After a few days, the king continued to wander.
अस्ति कश्चिदुपायोऽत्र दैवो वा मानुषोऽपि वा
Is there any means here, whether divine or human?
अथवा वित्थ नो यूयं त्यक्ष्यामीह कलेवरम्
Or, if you do not know, I will abandon this body here.
तस्य तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा सर्वे ते द्विजसत्तमाः
Hearing those words of his, all those excellent twice-born men—
अस्ति पार्थिवशार्दूल स्थानादस्माददूरतः
O tiger among kings, not far from this place—
ये नरा व्याधिना ग्रस्ताः काणाश्चांधास्तथा जडाः
Those men afflicted by disease, as well as the lame, the blind, and the dull-witted—
तेऽपि चैत्रस्य कृष्णादौ स्नातास्तत्राकृताशनाः
Even they, having bathed there at the beginning of the dark fortnight of Caitra, and having fasted—
अस्माभिः शतशो दृष्टा द्वादशार्कसमप्रभाः 6.11.
By us, hundreds have been seen there, shining like twelve suns.
राजोवाच शंखतीर्थं कथं ज्ञेयं मया ब्राह्मणसत्तमाः
The king said: O best of Brāhmaṇas, how should I recognize Śaṃkhatīrtha?
शांडिल्यस्य मुनेः पुत्रस्तपोवीर्यसमन्वितः
The son of the sage Śāṇḍilya, endowed with the power of austerity—
अथ तस्यानुजो जज्ञे शंखाख्यो धर्मशास्त्रवित्
Then his younger brother was born, named Śaṃkha, learned in the Dharmaśāstra.
कस्यचित्त्वथ कालस्य लिखितस्याऽऽश्रमं ययौ
After some time, Likita went to the hermitage.
स शून्यमाश्रमं प्राप्य लिखितस्य महात्मनः
He reached the empty hermitage of the great-souled Likita.
भक्षयामास भूरीणि पक्वानि मधुराणि च
He ate many ripe and sweet fruits.
स गृहीतफलं दृष्ट्वा शंखं प्रोवाच कोपतः
Seeing him holding the fruit, he angrily spoke to Shankha.
अदत्तानि मया पाप फलानि हृतवानसि
You have taken fruits that were not given by me, O sinner.
फलानि प्रगृहीतानि विजनेऽत्र तवाश्रमे
You have seized the fruits here in this secluded place, at my hermitage.
तस्मात्कुरु यथार्हं मे निग्रहं चौर्यसंभवम् ॥। इह लोकः परश्चैव येन मे स्यात्सुखावहः ॥ 6.11.
Therefore, inflict upon me the punishment for theft as is proper, so that both in this world and the next I may attain happiness.
ततः स हस्तमादाय हस्ते शंखस्य तत्क्षणात्
Then, at that moment, he took Shankha's hand in his own hand.