हेलया प्रपपौ कृत्स्नं ग्राहैः कीर्णं महार्णवम्
With a playful gesture, he drank up the entire great ocean, teeming with aquatic beings.
ततः स्थलोपमे जाते ते दैत्याः सुरसत्तमैः
Then, when it became like dry land, those Daityas fought with the best of the gods.
अथ कृत्वा महद्युद्धं यथा शक्त्यातिदारुणम्
Thereafter, a great and exceedingly fierce battle was fought to the utmost of their power.
ततः प्रोचुः सुराः सर्वे स्तुत्वा तं मुनिसत्तमम्
Then all the gods, having praised that best of sages, spoke as follows:
नैषा वसुमती विप्र समुद्रेण विनाकृता
O sage, this earth was not made without the ocean.
या मयाऽऽराधिता विद्या वर्षंयावत्प्रशोषणी
That knowledge which I worshipped can dry up even a year's rainfall.
एष यास्यति वै पूर्तिं भूयोऽपि वरुणालयः
The abode of Varuṇa will again be filled up.
सगरोनाम भूपालो भविष्यति महीतले
A king named Sagara will be born on the earth.
तस्यैवान्वयवान्राजा भविष्यति भगीरथः
In his lineage, King Bhagiratha will be born.
प्रवाहेण ततस्तस्याः समंतादंभसांनिधिः ६.३५.
Then, by the flow of that river, the ocean will again be filled on all sides.
तस्मात्प्रार्थय चित्तस्थं वरं सर्वं मुनीश्वर
Therefore, O best of sages, ask for whatever boon you desire in your heart.
आनीतानि प्रभावेन मंत्राणां सुरसत्तमाः
By the power of mantras, O best of gods, all these have been brought forth.
तस्मात्तेषां सदा वासस्तत्रैवास्तु प्रभावतः
Therefore, let their abode always remain there by virtue of their power.
अष्टम्यां च चतुर्दश्यां तानि यः श्रद्धयाऽन्वितः
And on the eighth and fourteenth days, whoever, endowed with faith,
तस्माच्चित्रेश्वरं नाम पीठमेकं भविष्यति
Therefore, there will be a seat named Citreśvara established there.
यो यं काममभिध्याय तत्र पूजां करिष्यति
Whoever, desiring any wish, performs worship there,
तंतं कामं नरः शीघ्रं संप्राप्स्यति महामुने
That person, O great sage, will quickly obtain whatever desire he has.
एवमुक्त्वा सुराः सर्वे तमामन्त्र्य मुनीश्वरम्
Having thus spoken, all the gods addressed the lord of sages.
अगस्त्येन पुरा पीतो देवकार्यप्रसिद्धये
Once, Agastya drank it for the accomplishment of the gods’ purpose.
यत्प्रमाणं यत्प्रभावं तदस्माकं प्रकीर्तय
Proclaim to us its measure and its power.
सहस्रेणापि वर्षाणां मुखानामयुतैरपि
Even in a thousand years, or with tens of thousands of mouths,
तत्र सिद्धिमनुप्राप्ताः शतशोऽथ सहस्रशः
There, hundreds and thousands have attained success.
अन्यपीठेषु या सिद्धिर्वर्षानुष्ठानतो भवेत्
The success that comes from years of observance at other seats,
यस्तत्राथ र्वणान्मंत्राञ्जपेच्छ्रद्धासमन्वितः
Whoever, with faith, recites mantras there for the fulfillment of wishes,
पुत्रकामो नरस्तत्र पुंलिंगान्यो जपेन्नरः
A man desiring a son should recite the masculine mantras there.
गर्भोपनिषदं तत्र पुत्रकामो जपेन्नरः
There, a man desiring a son should recite the Garbhopaniṣad.
शत्रुलोकविनाशाय यो जपेच्छतरुद्रियम् ॥ तस्मिन्पीठेऽरयस्तस्य सद्यो गच्छंति संक्षयम्
Whoever recites the Śatarudriya there for the destruction of enemy hosts, his enemies are immediately destroyed at that seat.
भूतप्रेतपिशाचादिरक्षार्थं तत्र मानवः
For protection from spirits, ghosts, and fiends, a man should recite there.
कोऽदादिति नरस्तत्र कन्यार्थं यो जपेदृचम् ६.३६.
Who, desiring a maiden, recites the Ṛc there, saying 'Who will give?'
यो भूपालप्रसादार्थमिमं देवा निशं जपेत्
Whoever recites this night and day for the favor of the king, O gods,