त्वं रतिस्त्वं धृतिस्तुष्टिस्त्वं गौरी त्वं सुरेश्वरी
You are desire, you are fortitude, you are contentment, you are Gauri, you are the queen of the gods.
यत्किंचित्त्रिषु लोकेषु स्त्रीरूपं देवि दृश्यते
Whatever feminine form is seen in the three worlds, O goddess, it is you.
येन सत्येन तेन त्वमत्रावासं द्रुतं कुरु
By that truth, may you swiftly grant your presence here.
प्रोवाच दर्शनं गत्वा तं नृपं भक्तवत्सला
Having appeared, the goddess who cherishes her devotees spoke to the king.
तस्माद्गृहाण मत्तस्त्वं वरं मनसि संस्थितम्
Therefore, take from me the boon that you have set your mind upon.
सा मया निर्जने मुक्ता वने व्यालगणान्विते ॥ ६.५४.
She was released by me in a lonely forest filled with groups of wild beasts.
अखण्डशीलां निर्दोषां यथाहं त्वत्प्रसादतः
By your grace, I became one of unbroken conduct and free from fault, just as you are.
स्तोत्रेणानेन यो देवि स्तुतिं कुर्यात्पुरस्तव
O Goddess, whoever recites this hymn of praise before you with this very stotra,
सोऽपि पार्थिवशार्दूलो लेभे सर्वं तयोदितम्
that tiger among kings also obtained all that was declared by her.
इति श्रीस्कांदे महापुराण एकाशीतिसाहस्र्यां संहितायां षष्ठे नागरखण्डे हाटकेश्वरक्षेत्रमाहात्म्ये नलनिर्मितचर्ममुण्डामाहात्म्यवर्णनंनाम चतुष्पञ्चाशत्तमोऽध्यायः
Thus ends the fifty-fourth chapter, named 'The Glory of the Leather-Munda made by Nala,' in the section on the greatness of the Hatakeshvara field, in the sixth book, in the eighty-one-thousand-verse Skanda Mahapurana.
दृष्ट्वा विमुच्युते पापात्स्थापितं नलभूभुजा
When seen, one is freed from sin; it was established by King Nala.
यस्तं पश्येन्नरो भक्त्या माघे षष्ठ्यां सिते द्विजाः
O twice-born, whoever sees it with devotion on the sixth day of the bright half of Magha—
कण्डूः पामाथ दद्रूणि मंडलानि विचर्चिका
itching, eczema, ringworm, and skin diseases—
अस्ति तस्याग्रतः कुण्डं स्वच्छोदकसुपूरितम्
In front of it there is a pool filled with pure, clear water.
यस्तत्र कुरुते स्नानं प्रत्यूषे सोमवासरे
Whoever bathes there at dawn on a Monday—
यदा संस्थापितः शंभुर्नलेन पृथिवीभुजा
When Shambhu was established there by Nala, the lord of the earth—
नल उवाच अत्र स्थेयं त्वया देव सदा सन्निहितेन च
Nala said: O Deva, you must always remain here, ever present.
प्रत्यूषे च निवत्स्यामि प्रासादे नात्र संशयः
I will stay here at dawn in the temple—of this there is no doubt.
माघाष्टम्यामहोरात्रं सकलं च महीपते
On the eighth day of Magha, throughout the entire day and night, O king,
प्राणिनां रोगनाशाय शुक्लपक्षे विशेषतः
for the destruction of diseases among living beings, especially in the bright fortnight.
यो मामत्र स्थितं तत्र दिवसे वीक्षयिष्यति तस्य नाशं प्रयास्यंति व्याधयो गात्रसंभवाः ॥ ६.५५.
Whoever sees me present there on that day, his bodily diseases will surely depart.
योऽस्य कुंडस्य संभूतां मृत्तिकामपि मानवः सोऽपि रोगैर्विनिर्मुक्तः संभविष्यति पुष्टिमान्
Even a man who takes the clay arising from that pool will become free from diseases and endowed with vigor.
निष्कामस्तु पुनर्यो मां तस्मिन्काले नृपोत्तम सर्वपापविनिर्मुक्तो मम लोकं स यास्यति
But if one is without desire, O best of kings, then at that time, freed from all sins, he will attain my world.
अन्तर्धानं गतो विप्रा यथा दीपोऽत्र तत्क्षणात्
The sage vanished in that very moment, just as a lamp is extinguished.
एष संस्थापितः शंभुर्मया युष्मत्पुरोंतिके
This Śambhu has been established by me here before you.
अधुनाहं गमिष्यामि स्वराज्याय कृते द्विजाः
Now I shall depart, O twice-born ones, to my own heavenly realm.
तव देवकृते यत्नं यात्राद्यासु क्रियासु च
Your effort for the sake of the deity, in journeys and in all rites—
तथा पूजां करिष्यामः श्रद्धया परया युताः वंशजास्ते करिष्यंति पूजामस्य सुभक्तितः
Thus, we shall perform worship, endowed with supreme faith; your descendants will also worship him with great devotion.
प्रतस्थे तान्प्रणम्योच्चैः सर्वैस्तैश्चाभिनंदितः
He set out, having bowed deeply to them, and was honored by all those present.
एवं स भगवाञ्छंभुस्तस्मिन्स्थाने व्यवस्थितः ६.५५.
Thus, the blessed Śambhu remained established in that place.