तैलाभ्यंगं नरः कृत्वा यश्च स्नानं करोति न
The man who applies oil to his body but does not bathe,
उच्छिष्टो यः पुमांस्तिष्ठेद्यो वा चत्वरमध्यगः
He who remains impure, or stands in the middle of a crossroads,
रजस्वलां व्रजेद्यो वा पुरुषः काममोहितः
The man who, overcome by desire, approaches a menstruating woman,
दक्षिणाभिमुखो रात्रौ यश्च स्नाति विमूढधीः
He who, at night, bathes facing south, being of deluded mind,
उदङ्मुखश्च यो रात्रौ दिवा वा दक्षिणामुखः
Or who faces north at night, or south during the day,
यः कुर्याद्रजनीवक्त्रे दधिसक्तुप्रभक्षणम्
He who eats curd or saktu at night, facing the direction of darkness,
परिवार्य तदा तस्थुः संप्रहृष्टेन चेतसा
They then stood encircling him, their hearts filled with joy,
एतस्मिन्नंतरे राजा चमत्कारः प्रतापवान्
Meanwhile, the king Camatkāra, endowed with great power,
ततः प्रभृति ते ख्याते क्षेत्रे तत्र महोदये ६.८८.
From that time on, in that renowned and prosperous land,
यः पुमान्प्रातरुत्थाय ताभ्यां पश्यति चाननम्
The man who, rising in the morning, looks upon the faces of those two,
वृद्ध्यादौ वाथ चांते वा ताभ्यां पूजां करोति यः
Whoever performs worship for them at the beginning or end of the waxing and waning phases—
यात्राकाले पुमान्यश्च ताभ्यां पूजां समाचरेत्
Or at the time of a journey, a man should perform worship for them.
सदाष्टम्यां चतुर्दश्यां यस्ताभ्यां बलिमाहरेत्
Whoever offers oblation to them on every eighth and fourteenth lunar day—
यो महानवमीसंज्ञे दिवसे श्रद्धयान्वितः
He who, filled with faith, on the day called the Great Navamī—
इति श्रीस्कांदे महापुराण एकाशीतिसाहस्र्यां संहितायां षष्ठे नागरखण्डे हाटकेश्वरक्षेत्रमाहात्म्येंऽबावृद्धामाहात्म्यवर्णनंनामाष्टाशीतितमोऽध्यायः
Thus, in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, in the section of eighty-eight thousand verses, in the sixth Nāgara Khaṇḍa, in the greatness of the Hāṭakeśvara Kṣetra, this is the eighty-eighth chapter, entitled 'The Description of the Greatness of Ambāvṛddhā.'
बालकानां क्षयो जज्ञे ब्राह्मणानां गृहेगृहे
There arose the destruction of children in every house of the brāhmaṇas.
तरुणानां विशेषेण चमत्कारपुरोत्तरे
Especially among the young men, after a marvelous event.
ततस्ते ब्राह्मणाः सर्वे ज्ञात्वा छिद्रसमुद्भवम्
Then all those brāhmaṇas, having learned of the source of the calamity—
अम्बावृद्धे समासाद्य पूजयित्वा प्रयत्नतः
Approached Ambāvṛddhā and worshipped her with great care.
रक्षार्थं सर्वविप्राणां चमत्कारेण भूभुजा
For the protection of all the brāhmaṇas, by the king with wonder—
ह्रियंते बालका रात्रौ छिद्रं प्राप्य सहस्रशः
Children are taken away at night, finding an opening, by the thousands.
प्रसादः क्रियतां तस्माद्ब्राह्मणानां महात्मनाम्
Therefore, let favor be shown to those great-souled brāhmaṇas.
तेषां तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा ततोंऽबा कृपयान्विता
Hearing their words, then Ambā, filled with compassion—
इमे मत्पादुके दिव्ये गुहामध्यगते सदा ६.८९.
These, my divine sandals, always remain within the cave.
या काचिल्लौल्यमास्थाय निष्क्रमिष्यति मोहतः
Whoever, out of any greed, seeks to go out in delusion—
पूजां को वात्र चाहारस्तस्माद्ब्रूहि सुरेश्वरि
What worship or offering should be made here, O Queen of the gods? Tell us.
पूजां सम्यक्करिष्यंति सर्वासां भक्तिसंयुताः
All of them, endowed with devotion, will perform the worship properly.
पादुके मे प्रपूज्यादौ मांस मद्यादिभिः क्रमात्
First worship my sandals, then offer meat, liquor, and so on, in order.
ततस्तथेति ताः प्रोच्य गुहामध्ये व्यवस्थिताः
Then, having said 'So be it,' they remained within the cave.
ततस्तत्र समागत्य पुरुषा अपि दूरतः प्रयांति च परां सिद्धिं जन्म मृत्युविवर्जिताम्
Afterwards, men also gathered there from afar and attained the supreme accomplishment, free from birth and death.