तत्रागत्य ततो देवीं पित्रा संस्थापिता पुरा
There, having arrived, he saw the goddess who had formerly been established by his father.
ततोऽन्यानि च मुख्यानि दृष्ट्वा चायतनानि सः
Then, seeing also the other principal shrines there—
प्रासादं कारयामास देवदेवस्य चक्रिणः
He caused a temple to be built for the god of gods, the wielder of the discus.
तस्याग्रे कारयामास वापीं स्वच्छोदकान्विताम्
In front of it, he had a reservoir constructed, filled with pure water.
उदकेन ततस्तस्या देवाराधनतत्परः
With that water, being devoted to the worship of the gods, he performed his rituals.
ततो वर्षशतेऽतीते तस्य तुष्टो जनार्दनः
Then, after a hundred years had passed, Janārdana was pleased with him.
प्रोवाच दर्शनं गत्वा पक्षिराजं समाश्रितः
He went to see him, mounted upon the king of birds, and spoke these words.
अपि ते दुर्लभं काममहं दास्यामि कृत्स्नशः
Even the most difficult desire of yours, I shall grant you in full.
तपसो देहि मे पुत्रांस्तस्माद्वंशविवृद्धिदान् ॥ ६.९८.
Grant me sons through your austerity, and thus the increase of my lineage.
अन्यत्सर्वं सुराधीश ध्रुवमस्ति गृहे स्थितम्
Everything else, O lord of the gods, surely exists already in my house.
अवतारं करिष्यामि कृत्वा रूपचतुष्टयम्
I shall take incarnation, assuming four forms.
देवकार्याय तस्मात्त्वं गृहं गत्वा महीपते
Therefore, for the sake of the gods' work, you, O king, return home.
तथेयं या त्वया वापी निर्मिता विमलोदका
Thus, this reservoir which you have constructed with pure water—
अस्यां स्नात्वा नरो भक्त्या य एनां पूजयिष्यति
Whoever bathes in it with devotion and worships it—
ततः करिष्यति श्राद्धं यावत्संवत्सरं नृप
Then, O king, he shall perform the ancestral rites for a whole year.
एवमुक्त्वा स भगवांस्ततश्चादर्शनं गतः
Having spoken thus, the Blessed Lord then disappeared from sight.
ततः स्तोकेन कालेन तस्य पुत्रचतुष्टयम्
Then, after a short time, he obtained four sons.
कौशल्यानाम विख्याता तस्य भार्या सुशोभना
His illustrious wife was known by the name Kauśalyā.
तथान्या कैकयी नाम तस्य भार्या कनिष्ठिका ६.९८.
Likewise, another wife of his, the youngest, was named Kaikeyī.
सुमित्राख्या तथा चान्या पत्नी या मध्यमा स्थिता
And another, called Sumitrā, was his middle wife.
तथान्या कन्यका चैका बभूव वरवर्णिनी
In the same way, there was another maiden, possessing excellent beauty.
आनृण्यं भूपतिः प्राप्य एवं दशरथस्तदा
Thus, King Daśaratha at that time attained freedom from debt.
अथ राजाऽभवद्रामः सार्वभौमस्ततः परम्
Then Rāma became king, the universal sovereign thereafter.
येन रामेश्वरश्चात्र निर्मितो लक्ष्मणेश्वरः
By whom, here, Rāmeśvara and Lakṣmaṇeśvara were established.
इति श्रीस्कांदे महापुराण एकाशीतिसाहस्र्यां संहितायां षष्ठे नागरखंडे हाटकेश्वरक्षेत्रमाहात्म्ये राजस्वामिराजवापीमाहात्म्यवर्णनंनामाष्टनवतितमोऽध्यायः
Thus ends the eighty-ninth chapter, entitled 'The Description of the Greatness of the Royal Master's Royal Reservoir,' in the section on the Glory of Hāṭakeśvara Kṣetra, in the sixth book, in the eighty-one-thousand-verse Skanda Mahāpurāṇa.
रामेश्वरस्तथा सीता तेन तत्र विनिर्मिता
In the same way, Sītā was also established there by Rāma.
तथा च लक्ष्मणार्थाय निर्मितस्तेन संश्रयः
And likewise, a sanctuary was established there by him for the sake of Lakṣmaṇa.
त्वया सूत पुरा प्रोक्तं रामो लक्ष्मणसंयुतः
O Sūta, you previously spoke of Rāma together with Lakṣmaṇa.
श्राद्धं कृत्वा गयाशीर्षे लक्ष्मणेन विरुद्ध्य च ॥ पुनः संप्रस्थितोऽरण्यं क्रोधाविष्टश्च तं प्रति
Having performed the śrāddha at Gayāśīrṣa, and having quarreled with Lakṣmaṇa, he again set out for the forest, filled with anger toward him.
यत्त्वयोक्तं तदा तेन निर्मितोऽत्र महेश्वरः
What you spoke of at that time—by him, Maheśvara was established here.