तस्मात्त्वया महत्कर्म कृतमीदृक्सुदुष्करम्
Therefore, you have performed a great deed, so difficult to accomplish.
तस्मा त्तव कृते नाहं भेदयिष्यामि रोहिणीम्
Therefore, for your sake, I will not break Rohiṇī.
वरं वरय चास्माकं तस्मादद्य भविष्यति
Choose a boon from us; therefore, today it shall be granted.
तस्याऽन्यदिवसं यावत्पीडा कार्या न च त्वया
As long as another day passes, you must not cause pain.
तिलदानं करोत्येवं लोहदानं च यस्तव
Whoever gives sesame or iron for you in this way,
रक्षणीयः सुकृच्छ्रेषु संकटेषु सदैव हि
He must always be protected in hardships and dangers.
यः कुर्याच्छांतिकं सम्यक्तिलहोमं च भक्तितः
Whoever properly performs appeasement and sesame oblation with devotion,
तस्य सार्धानि वर्षाणि सप्त कार्या प्रयत्नतः
For him, seven and a half years must be observed with effort.
शनैश्चरो महीपालवचनाद्द्विजसत्तमाः ॥ ६.९६.
Saturn, at the command of the king, O best of twice-born, slowly departed.
एतद्वः सर्वमाख्यातं यत्पृष्टोऽहं सुविस्तरात् संवादं रोहिणीभेदे सञ्जातं समुपस्थिते
All this has been told to you in detail, as I was asked, concerning the conversation that arose at the time of Rohiṇī's division.
यश्चैतत्पठते नित्यं शृणुयाद्यो विशेषतः
Whoever recites this daily, or especially listens to it,
इति श्रीस्कांदे महापुराण एकाशीतिसाहस्र्यां संहितायां षष्ठे नागरखण्डे हाटकेश्वरक्षेत्रमाहात्म्ये दशरथशनैश्चरसंवादवर्णनंनाम षण्णवतितमोऽध्यायः
Thus ends the ninety-sixth chapter, called 'The Description of the Dialogue between Daśaratha and Saturn,' in the section on the greatness of the Hāṭakeśvara Kṣetra, in the sixth Nāgara Khaṇḍa of the eighty-one-thousand-verse Skanda Mahāpurāṇa.
भिनत्ति वचनात्तस्य राज्ञो दशरथस्य च
By the command of that king, Daśaratha, he withdrew.
तद्वृत्तांतं समाकर्ण्य तस्य शक्रः प्रहर्षितः
Hearing that account, Indra was filled with delight.
अत्यद्भुततरं कर्म त्वयैतत्पृथिवीपते
O lord of the earth, this deed of yours is truly most astonishing.
अत एव हि संतुष्टिः सञ्जाताद्य तवोपरि
Therefore, satisfaction has arisen in me toward you today.
शाश्वती सर्वकृत्येषु परमां लोकसंस्थिताम्
May you possess supreme, eternal status among all beings in every action.
एवं भवतु राजेंद्र त्वया सह सदा मम
So let it be, O king of kings; may you always be with me.
त्वया सदैव मे पार्श्वे सभायां देवसंनिधौ
May you ever be at my side, in the assembly, in the presence of the gods.
एवमुक्त्वा सहस्राक्षो जगाम त्रिदिवालयम्
Having spoken thus, the thousand-eyed one went to his heavenly abode.
रक्षयित्वा जगत्सर्वं शनैश्चर कृताद्भयात्
Having protected the whole world from the fear caused by Saturn,
ततः प्रभृति नित्यं स सन्ध्याकाल उपस्थिते ६.९७.
From that time on, whenever evening approached,
गीतं दृष्ट्वा च नृत्यं च तानादिविहितं शुभम्
He would witness the auspicious singing and dancing, performed according to proper measures,
स्वयं च कीर्तयित्वाथ प्रयाति निजमंदिरम्
And then, having himself sung, he would depart to his own residence.
विमानवरमारुह्य हंसबर्हिणनादितम्
Ascending the excellent aerial car, resounding with the cries of swans and peacocks,
यदायदा स निर्याति शक्रस्थानान्निजालयम्
Whenever he departs from Indra's abode to his own house,
शक्रादेशात्तदा वेत्ति न स भूपः कथंचन कथयामास तत्सर्वमभ्युक्षणसमुद्भवम्
At that time, by Indra's command, the king did not know anything; he narrated everything arising from the sprinkling ritual.
वृत्तांतं तस्य राजर्षेस्तस्यैव गृहमागतः
He came to the house of that royal sage and recounted the events.
तच्छ्रुत्वा नारदेनोक्तं श्रद्धेयमपि भूपतिः
Having heard what was spoken by Narada, the king, though it was credible, remained unconvinced.
तथापि कौतुकाविष्टो गत्वा शक्रनिवेशनम्
Yet, seized by curiosity, he went to Indra's residence.