सैव षष्ठी तिथिः पुण्या तस्मात्तत्र द्रुतं व्रज
That sixth lunar day is auspicious; therefore, quickly go there.
स्त्रीहत्ययान्वितं ज्ञात्वा ततस्तूर्णमिहागतः
Knowing he was afflicted by the sin of killing a woman, he promptly came here.
स्नानं कृत्वा ततः श्राद्धं चक्रे श्रद्धासमन्वितः
After bathing, he performed the śrāddha ceremony with faith.
विपाप्मा त्वं कुरुश्रेष्ठ संजातोऽसि न संशयः
You are now freed from sin, O best of the Kurus; there is no doubt.
ततः स विस्मयाविष्टो ज्ञात्वा तीर्थमनुत्तमम्
Then, filled with wonder, he recognized the supreme pilgrimage site.
पारिजातमयीं मूर्तिं रवेर्लक्षणलक्षिताम् ६.५७.
He saw the form made of pārijāta, marked with the signs of the Sun.
तथान्यत्स्थापयामास लिंगं देवस्य शूलिनः
In the same way, he established another liṅga of the god with the trident.
ततः सर्वान्समाहूय स विप्रान्पुरसंभवान्
Then, summoning all the Brahmins born in the city,
मया विनिर्मितं विप्रा देवागारचतुष्टयम्
O Brahmins, the four shrines of the gods have been constructed by me.
पालयध्वं प्रयास्यामि स्वगृहं प्रति सत्वरम्
Protect them; I will depart swiftly to my own house.
वयं सर्वे करिष्यामो युष्मच्छ्रेयोऽभिवर्धनम्
We all will act to increase your welfare.
देवश्रेणिरियं राजन्या त्वयात्र विनिर्मिता
This assembly of gods, O king, has been established here by you.
तवापि विनयं दृष्ट्वा परितुष्टा वयं नृप
Seeing your humility, O king, we are satisfied.
तथाप्याशु वचः कार्यं युष्मदीयं मयाधुना
Still, your command must be carried out by me at once.
१ एतानि देवसद्मानि मदीयानि नरो भुवि प्रसादादेव युष्माकं तस्य तत्स्यादसंशयम्
These divine abodes of mine on earth, O man, will certainly become yours by my grace—of this there is no doubt.
सप्तम्यां सूर्यवारेण सर्वदैव समाहिताः ॥ ६.५७.
Always, on the seventh day, on a Sunday, remain intent and focused.
तथा शिवस्य चाष्टम्यां चैत्रशुक्ले विशेषतः
Likewise, especially on the eighth day of the bright half of Caitra, for Śiva.
शयने बोधने विष्णोः संप्राप्ते द्वादशीदिने
When the twelfth day arrives, during Viṣṇu’s sleeping and awakening.
आश्विने शुक्लपक्षे च गीतवादित्रनिस्वनैः ४३. करिष्यति च गीतादि स यास्यति परां गतिम्
And in the bright fortnight of Āśvina, with the sounds of singing and instruments, whoever performs singing and the like will attain the highest state.
वयं तस्य भविष्यामः सदैव प्रीतमानसाः
We will always be well-pleased in mind with him.
एवमुक्त्वाथ ते विप्राः स्वानि स्थानानि भेजिरे
Having spoken thus, those sages then returned to their own places.
इति श्रीस्कांदे महापुराण एकाशीतिसाहस्र्यां संहितायां षष्ठे नागरखंडे श्रीहाटकेश्वरक्षेत्रमाहात्म्ये गांगेययात्राख्यानंनाम सप्तपञ्चाशत्तमोऽध्यायः
Thus ends the fifty-seventh chapter, named 'The Account of the Gāṅgeya Pilgrimage,' in the section on the glory of the Śrī Hāṭakeśvara Kṣetra, in the sixth book, in the eighty-one-thousand-verse Skanda Mahāpurāṇa.
ततः संस्थापयामास गंगां त्रिपथगामिनीम्
Then he established the Gaṅgā, the river that flows in three paths.
कूपिकायां महाभाग शिवलिंगस्य पूर्वतः
In the well, O illustrious one, to the east of the Śivaliṅga.
अस्यां यः पुरुषः स्नानं कृत्वा मां वीक्षयिष्यति
Whoever, after bathing here, looks upon me—
करिष्यति तथा यस्तु शपथं चात्र मानवः
And likewise, any man who takes an oath here—
एवमुक्त्वा महाभागो भीष्मः कुरुपितामहः
Having spoken thus, the illustrious Bhīṣma, the grandsire of the Kurus—
तत्रासीच्छूद्रसंभूतः पौंड्रकोनाम नामतः
There was a man born of the Śūdra caste, named Pauṇḍraka.
हास्यभावाच्च मित्रस्य पुस्तकं तेन चोरितम्
And out of a sense of jest, he stole his friend’s book.
पुस्तकं चैव युष्माकं चिन्तनीयं सदैव तत्
That book of yours should always be kept in mind.