यत्र संक्षयमायाति सर्वं तत्राशुभं कृतम् तद्रोमसंख्ययास्वर्गे स पुमान्वसति ध्रुवम्
Whatever inauspiciousness is done there is completely destroyed; by the number of hairs on his body, a man surely dwells in heaven.
लिंगं संस्थापयामास स्थिररूपो महेश्वरः
The great lord, unchanging in form, established the liṅga.
कस्मात्तत्पातितं लिंगं वालखिल्यैर्महात्मभिः
Why was that liṅga cast down by the great-souled Vālakhilyas?
एतन्मे कौतुकं सर्वं यथावद्वक्तुमर्हसि
Tell me all this wonder as it truly happened.
अत्र ते कीर्तयिष्यामि पूर्ववृत्तं कथांतरम्
Here I shall recount to you another ancient tale.
यदा पञ्चत्वमापन्ना सती सत्यपराक्रमा
When Satī, steadfast in truth, met her end,
तदा कामो द्रुतं गृह्य पुष्पचापं तमभ्यगात्
Then Kāmadeva, taking his flower-bow, swiftly approached him.
आपतन्तं भयात्तस्य प्रणष्टस्त्रिपुरांतकः
Seeing him rushing in, Tripurāntaka vanished out of fear.
वालखिल्याश्रमं प्राप्तः पुण्यं सद्वृक्षशोभितम्
He reached the hermitage of the Vālakhilyas, sacred and adorned with noble trees.
दिग्वासाः सुप्रियालापस्ततस्ताः काममोहिताः बभूवुश्चानिशं राजन्मां भजस्वेति चाब्रुवन्
Clad in the directions, speaking sweetly, those women, deluded by desire, constantly said, 'O king, enjoy with us.'
चक्रुरालिंगनं काश्चिच्चुम्बनं च तथापराः 7.3.39.
Some embraced him, while others kissed him.
स चापि भगवाञ्छम्भुर्निष्कामः परमेश्वरः
But the blessed Śambhu, the supreme lord, was without desire.
स चापि भगवाच्छंभुस्तासां सरति प्राङ्मुखः
And that blessed Śambhu walked ahead of them.
अथ ते मुनयो दृष्ट्वा विकृतिं दारसंभवाम्
Then, seeing the strange behavior arising from the wives, the sages,
ददुः शापं सुसंतप्ताः कलत्रार्थे परंतप
Greatly distressed for the sake of their wives, they pronounced a curse, O scorcher of foes.
विडम्बयसि नो दारानजस्रं चास्य दर्शनात्
You mock us with our wives, and from your constant presence, this occurs.
ब्रह्मवाक्येन राजर्षे चकम्पे वसुधा ततः
By the words of Brahmā, O royal sage, the earth trembled then.
ततो देवगणाः सर्वे भयत्रस्ता नराधिप
Then all the hosts of gods, terrified by fear, O king,
तत पितामहं जग्मु स्तस्मै सर्वं न्यवेदयन्
Went to the Grandfather and reported everything to him.
किं निमित्तं सुरश्रेष्ठ न जानीमो वयं प्रभो
O lord, we do not know, O best of gods, the cause of this.
अब्रवीत्पातितं लिंगं वालखिल्यैः पिनाकिनः 7.3.39.
He said: The liṅga of Pinākin has been cast down by the Vālakhilyas.
तस्मान्मया समायुक्ताः सर्वे तत्र दिवौकसः
Therefore, by me, all the gods have been assembled there.
यावन्नो जायते लोके प्रलयोऽ कालसंभवः
Until the dissolution of the world occurs, born of untimely calamity,
वालखिल्याश्रमे यत्र तल्लिंगं निपपात ह
At the hermitage of the Vālakhilyas, where that liṅga fell,
नमस्ते सर्ववासाय सर्वयज्ञमयाय च
Salutations to the one who dwells everywhere, and who is the essence of all sacrifices.
सर्वेश्वराय देवाय परमज्योतिषे नमः
Salutations to the lord of all, the god, the supreme light.
त्र्यंबकाय च भीमाय पिनाकवरपाणये
To Tryambaka, to Bhīma, to the wielder of the blessed Pināka, salutations.
संसारे विबुधश्रेष्ठ जगत्स्थावरजंगमम् यत्त्वया न प्रभो व्याप्तं सृष्टिसंहारकारणात्
O best of gods, in the world, both moving and unmoving, whatever is not pervaded by you, O lord, for the sake of creation and destruction.
पृथिव्यादीनि भूतानि त्वया सृष्टानि कामतः
The elements beginning with earth were created by you according to your will.
प्रसीद भगवंस्तस्माल्लिंगमेतत्सुरेश्वर
Therefore, O Lord of the gods, be gracious to this liṅga.