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.
यस्तौ प्रातः समुत्थाय सदा पश्यति मानवः
Whoever, rising early in the morning, always beholds this, O man,
अथाष्टम्यां चतुर्दश्यां यो रामचरितं पठेत्
And on the eighth or fourteenth day, whoever recites the story of Rama,
इति श्रीस्कांदे महापुराण एकाशीतिसाहस्र्यां संहितायां षष्ठे नागरखण्डे हाटकेश्वरक्षेत्रमाहात्म्ये श्रीरामचन्द्रेण हाटकेश्वरक्षेत्रे लक्ष्मणादिप्रासादपञ्चकनिर्माणप्रतिष्ठापनवर्णनंनाम द्व्युत्तरशततमोऽध्यायः
Thus ends the one hundred and second chapter, called 'The Description of the Construction and Consecration of the Five Shrines by Rama in the Hatakeshvara Field,' in the sixth book, Nagarakhanda, in the eighty-one-thousand-verse Skanda Mahapurana.
ऋषय ऊचुः यत्स्थापितानि लिंगानि राक्षसैरपि वानरैः
The sages said: The liṅgas that were established by the Rākṣasas or by the monkeys—
तस्माद्विस्तरतो ब्रूहि यत्रयत्र यथायथा
Therefore, tell in detail, wherever and however they were established.
बालमंडनकं प्राप्य तत्र स्नात्वा समाहितः
Having reached Bālamaṇḍanaka, and bathing there with concentration,
मुखलिंगं ततस्तत्र स्थापयामास शूलिनः ॥। तथान्यैर्वानरैः सर्वैमुखलिंगानि शूलिनः
There he established the Mukhaliṅga of the wielder of the trident; likewise, all the other monkeys established Mukhaliṅgas of the wielder of the trident.
यस्तेषां मुखलिंगानां करोति घृतकंबलम्॥। मकरस्थेन सूर्येण शिवलोकं स गच्छति
Whoever anoints those Mukhaliṅgas with clarified butter, when the sun is in Capricorn, attains the world of Shiva.
ततः पश्चिमदिग्भागे तस्य क्षेत्रस्य राक्षसैः _
Then, in the western direction of that field, by the Rākṣasas—
रामेण पूर्वदिग्भागे प्रासादानां च पंचकम्
By Rama, in the eastern direction, the five shrines were constructed.
तथादक्षिणदिग्भागे कूपिका तेन निर्मिता॥। आनर्त्तीयतडागस्य समीपे पापनाशनी
Likewise, in the southern direction, a small well was made by him, near the Ānartīya lake, a destroyer of sins.
यस्तस्यां कुरुते श्राद्धं संप्राप्ते दक्षिणायने
Whoever performs the śrāddha there, when the southern solstice arrives,
यस्तत्र दीपकं दद्यात्कार्तिके मासि च द्विजाः न चांधो जायते क्वापि यत्रयत्र प्रजायते ॥ 6.103.
Whoever offers a lamp there in the month of Kārtika, O twice-born, is never born blind, wherever he may be born.
किंप्रभावं च कार्त्स्न्येन सूतपुत्र प्रकीर्तय
Now, recount in full the greatness, O son of Sūta.
आनर्त्तीयतडागस्य महिमा द्विजसत्तमाः
O best of the twice-born, the glory of the Ānartīya lake—
आश्विनस्य सिते पक्षे चतुर्दश्यां समाहितः
On the fourteenth day of the bright half of Āśvina, with a concentrated mind,
ततो दीपोत्सवदिने श्राद्धं कृत्वा समाहितः
Then, on the day of the festival of lights, having performed śrāddha with concentration,
संपूज्यो धर्मराजस्तु गन्धपुष्पानुलेपनैः
One should worship Dharmarāja with fragrant substances, flowers, and ointments.
तिलमाषप्रदानेन द्विजानां तर्पणेन च
By offering sesame and black gram, and by performing the ritual of satisfying the twice-born.
य एवं कुरुते विप्रास्तीर्थ आनर्त संज्ञिते
Whoever does thus, O Brahmins, at the sacred place called Anarta.