अथ तृप्तेन मांसस्य ज्ञातस्तेन रसो द्विजाः
When he was satisfied, the taste of the meat was recognized by that twice-born one.
यस्मान्मांसं त्वया दत्त्वा व्रतभंगः कृतो मम
'Because you have given me meat, my vow has been broken.'
ततः स भूपतिर्भीतः प्रणम्य च मुनीश्वरम्
Then the frightened king bowed to the lordly sage.
तव क्षुत्क्षामकण्ठस्य मया भक्तिः कृता मुने
'Out of devotion, O sage, I served you, whose throat was parched with hunger.'
तस्मात्कुरु प्रसादं मे भक्तस्य विनतस्य च
'Therefore, show favor to me, who am devoted and bowed before you.'
विशेषेण व्रतस्यांते चातुर्मास्योद्भवस्य च
Especially at the end of the vow and at the arising of the four-monthly rite—
उपवासपरो भूत्वा मांसमश्नाति यो द्विजः ६.४९.
If a twice-born, devoted to fasting, eats meat—
तस्माद्व्रतं प्रणष्टं मे चातुर्मास्यसमुद्भवम्
Therefore, my vow, arising from the Cāturmāsya rite, is destroyed.
भक्तियुक्तस्य दीनस्य निर्दोषस्य विशेषतः
Especially for one who is devoted, afflicted, and faultless—
दर्शयिष्यति ते मुक्तिस्तदा तूर्णं भविष्यति
Liberation will be shown to you, and it will come swiftly then.
एवमुक्त्वा स विप्रेन्द्रो जगाम निजमाश्रमम्
Having spoken thus, that best of Brāhmaṇas went to his own hermitage.
नष्टस्मृतिस्ततस्तूर्णं दृष्ट्वा जंतून्पुरःस्थितान्
Then, having lost his memory, he quickly saw the creatures standing before him.
अथ ते मंत्रिणस्तस्य शापस्यातं महीपतेः
Then, the ministers of that king, understanding the effect of the curse—
इति श्रीस्कान्दे महापुराण एकाशीतिसाहस्र्यां संहितायां षष्ठे नागरखण्डे श्रीहाटकेश्वरक्षेत्रमाहात्म्ये कलशेश्वराख्याने कलशनृपतेर्दुर्वाससः शापेन व्याघ्रत्वप्राप्तिवर्णनंनामैकोनपञ्चाशत्तमोऽध्यायः
Thus, in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, in the section of eighty-one thousand verses, in the sixth, the Nāgara Khaṇḍa, in the greatness of the Śrī Hāṭakeśvara Kṣetra, in the tale of Kalaśeśvara, is the fifty-ninth chapter named 'The Description of King Kalaśa's Attainment of Tigerhood by the Curse of Durvāsas.'
एवं तस्य नरेन्द्रस्य व्याघ्ररूपस्य कानने
Thus, that king, in the form of a tiger, dwelt in the forest.
कस्यचित्त्वथ कालस्य तस्मिन्देशे द्विजोत्तमाः
Then, after some time, O best of twice-born, in that region—
तत्रास्ति नन्दिनीनाम धेनुः पीनपयोधरा
There is a cow named Nandinī, with full, swelling udders.
अथ सा निजयूथस्य सदाग्रे तृणवांछया
She, always at the front of her herd, desiring grass—
अपश्यत्तेजसा युक्तं स्वयमेव व्यवस्थितम्
There, she saw something endowed with radiance, standing by itself.
ततस्तस्योपरि स्थित्वा सुस्राव सुमहत्पयः
Then, standing over it, she poured forth a great quantity of milk.
एवं तां स्नपनं तस्य सदा लिंगस्य कुर्वतीम्
Thus, she always performed the bathing of that liṅga.
अन्यस्मिन्दिवसे तत्र स्थाने व्याघ्रः समागतः
On another day, at that place, the tiger arrived.
अथ सा तत्र आयाता पतिता दृष्टिगोचरे
Then, as she came there, she fell within his sight.
ततः सा गोकुले बद्धं स्मृत्वा स्वं लघुवत्सकम् ६.५०.
Then, recalling her young calf tied in the cowshed—
अद्यैकाहं च संप्राप्ता कानने जनवर्जिते
Today I have come alone into this forest, deserted by people.
येन सत्येन भक्त्याद्य स्नपनायाहमागता
By the truth and devotion with which I have come today for the sacred bath,
एवं सा करुणं यावन्नन्दिनी विलपत्यलम्
Thus, as Nandini lamented pitifully,
तस्मादिष्टतमं देवं स्मर स्वर्गकृते शुभे
Therefore, O auspicious one, remember your most beloved deity for the sake of heaven.
शिवार्चनकृते मृत्युर्मम जातः शुभावहः
For the worship of Shiva, death has come to me, bringing auspiciousness.
वत्सो मे गोकुले बद्धः स्मरमाणो ममागमम्
My calf is tied in the cowshed; thinking of it, I have come here.