अस्मन्नाशाय मुनिभिर्वालखिल्यैः प्रजापते
O Lord of Creatures, the sages known as the Vālakhilyas are working for our ruin.
तान्वारय स्वयं गत्वा यावन्नो जायते परः ६.७९.
Go yourself and restrain them before another is born.
अथ दक्षो द्रुतं गत्वा शक्राद्यैरमरैर्वृतः
Then Daksha quickly went, surrounded by Indra and the other immortals.
किमेतत्क्रियते विप्राः कर्म रौद्रतमं महत्
"What is this great and most terrible act you are performing, O sages?"
अथ ते दक्षमालोक्य समायातं स्वमाश्रयम्
Seeing Daksha, their own patron, arrive,
अर्घ्यं दत्त्वा यथान्यायं पूजां कृत्वाथ भक्तितः
they offered him water for welcome, performed worship as was proper, and showed devotion.
आदेशो दीयतां शीघ्रं यदर्थमिह चागतः
"Let the purpose for which you have come be stated at once."
दक्ष उवाच एतद्रौद्रतमं कर्म सर्वदेवभयावहम्
Daksha said: "This is a most terrible act, causing fear to all the gods."
उल्लंघिता मदोद्रेकात्कृत्वा हास्यं मुहुर्मुहुः
"He has repeatedly mocked me, overstepping in his arrogance."
शक्रोच्छेदाय चास्माभिः शकोऽन्यो वीर्यमंत्रतः
"To destroy Indra, we have empowered another by the strength of mantras."
तत्कथं मंत्रवीर्यं तत्क्रियते मोघमित्यहो
"How is it that the power of the mantra is being rendered futile?"
त्वमेव यदि शक्तः स्यादन्यथा कर्तुमेव हि ६.७९.
"If you are able, then you alone may act otherwise."
नान्यथा शक्यते कर्तुं वेदमन्त्रोद्भवं बलम्
"Otherwise, the power born from Vedic mantras cannot be undone."
तद्य एष कृतो होमो युष्माभिर्वेदमंत्रतः
"This sacrifice you have performed with Vedic mantras—"
सोऽयं मद्वचनाद्राजा भविष्यति पतत्रिणाम्
"By my command, he shall become king of the birds."
एतस्य देवराजस्य क्षंतव्यं मम वाक्यतः
"For the sake of this king of the gods, my words must be forgiven."
एवमुक्त्वाथ तेषां तं सहस्राक्षं भयातुरम्
Having spoken thus, they saw Indra, the thousand-eyed, gripped by fear.
तेऽपि दृष्ट्वा सहस्राक्षं वेपमानं कृतांजलिम्
They too, seeing Indra trembling with folded hands,
भूयो यदि दिवेशानामाधिपत्यं प्रवांछसि नावज्ञेयो बुधैः क्वापि लोकद्वय मभीप्सुभिः
If you again desire the sovereignty of the gods, you must never be disregarded by the wise anywhere, especially by those seeking both worlds.
तत्क्षंतव्यं द्विजैः सर्वैर्विशेषाद्दक्ष वाक्यतः
Therefore, all the twice-born must forgive you, especially according to the words of Daksha.
प्रगृह्यतां वरोऽस्माकं यः सदा वर्तते हृदि
Let the boon that always dwells in our hearts be granted to you.
एतल्लिंगं समभ्यर्च्य तस्याऽस्तु हृदि वांछितम् ॥ ६.७९.
By worshipping this linga, may your heart's desire be fulfilled.
कुंडेऽत्र वांछितं सद्यः सफलं स हि लप्स्यते
Whatever is desired here in the vessel will immediately bear fruit, for he will surely obtain it.
निष्कामो वाऽथ संपूज्य लिंगमेतच्छुभावहम्
Or, without desire, one may worship this auspicious linga.
ऐरावतं समारुह्य दक्षयज्ञे ततो गतः
Mounting Airavata, he then departed for Daksha's sacrifice.
दक्षोऽपि विधिवद्यज्ञं चकार द्विजसत्तमाः
Daksha too performed the sacrifice properly, O best of twice-born.
इति श्रीस्कांदे महापुराण एकाशीतिसाहस्र्यां संहितायां षष्ठे नागरखण्डे हाटकेश्वरक्षेत्रमाह वालखिल्याश्रममाहात्म्यकथनंनामैकोनाशीतितमोऽध्यायः
Thus ends the eighty-ninth chapter, named 'The Account of the Greatness of Vālakhilya's Hermitage,' in the section on Hāṭakeśvara's Field, in the sixth book of the eighty-two-thousand-verse Skanda Purāṇa.
अथ सुपर्णाख्यमाहात्म्यं भविष्यंति ऋषय ऊचुः यदेतद्भवता प्रोक्तं तेजोवीर्यसमन्वितः
Then the sages said: 'O illustrious one, you have spoken of the future glory of Suparṇa, endowed with brilliance and strength.'
स कथं तत्र संभूत एतन्नो विस्तराद्वद
How did he arise there? Tell us this in detail.
तैर्मंत्रैर्वालखिल्यैश्च महाऽमर्षसमन्वितैः
By those mantras of the Vālakhilyas, filled with great wrath,