सेतुबंधं तथासाद्य प्रस्थितः स्वगृहं प्रति
Having reached the bridge, he set out towards his own home.
मानवा आगमिष्यंति कौतुकाच्छ्रद्धयाविताः
Men will come, filled with curiosity and faith.
राक्षसानां महाराज जातिः क्रूरतमा मता
O great king, the lineage of the Rākṣasas is considered most cruel.
यदा कश्चिज्जनं कश्चिद्राक्षसो भक्षयिष्यति । आज्ञाभंगो ध्रुवं भावी मम भक्तिरतस्य च
Whenever a Rākṣasa devours a person, then surely my command will be broken, and my devotion to him will be lost.
भविष्यंति कलौ काले दरिद्रा नृपमानवाः
In the age of Kali, men and kings will become poor.
नित्यं चैवागमिष्यन्ति त्यक्त्वा रक्षःकृतं भयम् । तेषां यदि वधं कश्चिद्राक्षसात्प्रापयिष्यति
Yet, abandoning fear of the Rākṣasas, they will always come; if any of them is killed by a Rākṣasa,
भविष्यति च मे दोषः प्रभुद्रोहोद्भवः प्रभो ॥ तस्मात्कंचिदुपायं त्वं चिन्तयस्व यथा मम । आज्ञाभंगकृतं पापं जायते न गुरो क्वचित् ॥ ६.१०१.
Then the fault will be mine, O lord, arising from the breaking of my command. Therefore, consider some means so that sin from breaking my command may never arise anywhere, O teacher.
तस्य तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा ततः स रघुसत्तमः
Hearing these words, the best of the Raghus then—
ततस्तं कीर्तिरूपं च मध्यदेशे रघूत्तमः
Then, in the central region, the best of the Raghus established that which was in the form of fame.
तेन संस्थापितो यत्र शिखरे शंकरः स्वयम्॥। शिखरं तत्सलिंगं च पतितं वारिधेर्जले
There, on the peak, Śaṅkara himself was established; that peak and the liṅga fell into the waters of the ocean.
एवं मार्गमगम्यं तं कृत्वा सेतुसमुद्भवम्
Thus, having made that path, arising from the bridge, accessible—
इति श्रीस्कांदे महापुराणएकाशीतिसाहस्र्यां संहितायां षष्ठे नागरखण्डे हाटकेश्वरक्षेत्रमाहात्म्ये सेतुमध्ये श्रीरामकृतरामेश्वरप्रतिष्ठावर्णनंनामैको त्तरशततमोऽध्यायः
Thus ends the one hundred and first chapter, called 'The Description of the Installation of Rāmeśvara by Śrī Rāma in the Middle of the Bridge,' in the section on the greatness of the Hāṭakeśvara field, in the sixth Nāgara-khaṇḍa of the eighty-eight-thousand-verse Mahāpurāṇa of Śrī Skanda.
यदाश्चर्यमभून्मार्गे श्रूयतां द्विजसत्तमाः
O best of twice-born, listen to the wondrous event that occurred on the way.
नभोमार्गेण गच्छत्तद्विमानं पुष्पकं द्विजाः
O Brahmins, that celestial chariot, Puṣpaka, was traveling through the sky.
अथ तन्निश्चलं दृष्ट्वा पुष्पकं गगनांगणे ३ त्वं गत्वा मारुते शीघ्रं भूमिं जानीहि कारणम्
Then, seeing that Puṣpaka had become motionless in the expanse of the sky, you quickly go, O Wind-god, and find out the reason on earth.
कदाचिद्धार्यते नास्य गतिः कुत्रापि केनचित्
Never, at any time, is its movement hindered anywhere by anyone.
बाढमित्येव स प्रोच्य हनूमान्धरणीतलम्
Saying, 'So be it,' Hanuman descended to the surface of the earth.
अत्रास्याधः शुभं क्षेत्रं हाटकेश्वर संज्ञितम्
Here below is an auspicious field known as Hāṭakeśvara.
आदित्या वसवो रुद्रा देववैद्यौ तथाश्विनौ
The Ādityas, Vasus, Rudras, the divine physicians, and the Aśvins—
एतस्मात्कारणान्नैतदतिक्रामति पुष्पकम्
For this reason, the Puṣpaka does not pass beyond this place.
पुष्पकं प्रेरयामास तत्क्षेत्रं प्रति राघवः ॥६.१०२. सर्वैस्तैर्वानरैः सार्धं राक्षसैश्च पृथग्विधैः
Rāghava directed the Puṣpaka toward that field, together with all those monkeys and various kinds of Rākṣasas.
तीर्थमालोकयामास पुण्यान्यायतनानि च चामुण्डां तत्र च स्नात्वा कुण्डे कामप्रदायिनि
He beheld the holy bathing places and sacred shrines, and there, after bathing in the wish-granting pond of Cāmuṇḍā—
ततो विलोकयामास पित्रा तस्य विनिर्मितम्
Then he looked upon what had been constructed there by his father.
राजवाप्यां शुचिर्भूत्वा स्नात्वा तर्प्य निजान्पितॄन्
Having purified himself in the royal reservoir, he bathed and offered libations to his ancestors.
लिंगं संस्थापयाम्येव यद्वत्तातेन केशवः
I shall establish a liṅga here, just as Keśava, my father, did.
यस्तस्य नामनिर्दिष्टं लिंगं संस्थापयाम्यहम् क्षेत्रे मेध्यतमे चात्र तथात्मानं दृषन्मयम्
I shall install the liṅga whose name was designated by him, in this most sacred field, perceiving myself as made of clay.
एवं स निश्चयं कृत्वा प्रासादानां च पंचकम्
Having thus resolved, he also constructed five temples.
ततस्ते वानराः सर्वे राक्षसाश्च विशेषतः
Then all the monkeys, and especially the Rākṣasas, too—
तत्रैव सुचिरं कालं स्थितास्ते श्रद्धयाऽन्विताः
They remained there for a long time, filled with devotion.
एतद्वः सर्वमाख्यातं यथा रामेश्वरो महान् ६.१०२.
Thus, I have told you everything about how the great Rāmeśvara came to be.