ब्राह्मणोऽपि यदि स्नानं तत्र कुण्डे करिष्यति
And if a Brahmin bathes in that kunda,
एवं प्रवदतस्तस्य मार्कंडेयस्य सन्मुनेः
Thus, as the noble sage Markandeya was proclaiming,
ततः श्रद्धाप्रयुक्तेन तेन तद्भीष्मपंचकम्
Then, with faith, he performed the Bhishma Panchaka there.
ततश्च कृत्तिकायोगे पूर्णिमायां यथाविधि
And then, at the conjunction with Krittika, on the full moon, as prescribed,
ततः कालविपाकेन स पंचत्वमुपागतः जातिस्मरः प्रभायुक्तः पितृमातृप्रतुष्टिदः
Then, through the effect of time, he attained death; endowed with memory of past births, radiant, and pleasing to his ancestors and parents.
एवं प्रगच्छतस्तस्य वृद्धिं तत्र पुरोत्तमे ६.९२.
Thus, as he proceeded, his prosperity increased in that foremost city.
अन्यदेहोद्भवे वापि तस्य शूद्रेपरिस्थितः
Or, even upon taking another birth, he was situated among Shudras.
उपकारप्रदानं च यत्किंचित्तस्य संमतम् तस्य पञ्चत्वमापन्नः संप्राप्ते चायुषः क्षये
Whatever act of kindness he considered proper, when his lifespan ended, he attained death.
अथ तस्य महाशोकं स कृत्वा तदनंतरम्
Then, after that, he caused great sorrow for him.
अथ तस्य समालोक्य तादृशं तद्विचेष्टितम्
Then, seeing such conduct of his,
कस्मात्त्वमस्य नीचस्य पशुपालस्य सर्वदा
Why do you always attend to this lowly cowherd?
तस्यापि प्रेतकार्याणि मृतस्यापि करोषि किम्
Why do you perform the funeral rites even for him, though he is dead?
तेषां तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा किंचिल्लज्जासमन्वितः
Hearing their words, he was somewhat accompanied by shame.
अहमस्यान्यदेहत्वे पुत्र आसं सुसंमतः
I was, with full approval, the son in her other body.
कस्यचित्त्वथ कालस्य मार्कंडस्य महामुनेः
Then, at some point in time, of the great sage Markandeya,
कार्तिक्यां कृत्तिकायोगे भीष्मपञ्चककृन्नरः ६.९२.
During Kartika, at the conjunction with the Krittikas, a man performed the Bhishma Panchaka.
दृष्ट्वा पितामहं देवं पूजयित्वा जनार्दनम्
Having seen the divine grandsire, and having worshipped Janardana,
तन्मया विहितं सम्यक्स्नात्वा तत्र शुभावहे
That was properly performed by me, having bathed there in the auspicious place.
चन्द्रोदयस्य विप्रर्षेरन्वये भुवि विश्रुते संस्मरन्पूर्विकां जाति तेन स्नेहो मम स्थितः
Recalling the former lineage, famed on earth in the ancestry of the sage Chandrodaya, my affection remained because of that.
अतोऽहं कृत्तिकायोगे कार्तिक्यां भक्तिसंयुतः
Therefore, at the conjunction with the Krittikas during Kartika, I was filled with devotion.
भीष्मस्य पञ्चकं चक्रुः सम्यक्छ्रद्धासमन्विताः
They performed the Bhishma Panchaka with proper faith.
ततःप्रभृति तत्कुण्डं विख्यातं धरणीतले
From then onward, that pond became renowned upon the earth.
यः स्नानं सर्वदा तत्र ब्राह्मणः प्रकरोति वै
Any Brahmin who always bathes there,
इतिश्रीस्कांदे महापुराण एकाशीतिसाहस्र्यां संहितायां षष्ठे नागरखण्डे हाटकेश्वरक्षेत्रमाहात्म्ये ब्रह्मकुण्डमाहात्म्यवर्णनंनाम द्विनवतितमोध्यायः
Thus ends the ninety-second chapter, named 'The Description of the Glory of Brahma-Kunda,' in the Hāṭakeśvara-Kṣetra-Māhātmya of the Nāgara-Khaṇḍa, in the sixth book of the eighty-one-thousand-verse Skanda Mahāpurāṇa.
सूत उवाच अथान्यदपि तत्रास्ति गोमुखाख्यं सुशोभनम्
Suta said: Moreover, there is another place there, called Gomukha, very beautiful.
पुरासीदत्र गोपालः कश्चित्कुष्ठसमावृतः
Once, there was a cowherd here, afflicted with leprosy.
कस्यचित्त्वथ कालस्य तेन मार्गेण गोकुलम्
Then, at some point in time, by that path, he reached Gokula.
एकादश्यां तृषार्त्तं च भास्करे वृषसंस्थिते नीलमालोकितं तत्र दूरादेत्य प्रहर्षिता
On the eleventh day, tormented by thirst, with the sun in Taurus, he saw something blue there from afar and, approaching, was delighted.
दन्तैर्द्रुतं समुत्पाट्य यावदाकर्षति द्विजाः
With his teeth, he quickly uprooted it, and as he drew it out, O twice-born ones,
अथास्वाद्य तृणं तस्मात्तृषार्ता च शनैःशनैः
Then, tasting the grass, he, afflicted by thirst, slowly and gradually...