विद्याधरपदं त्यक्त्वा मम शापाच्च सांप्रतम्
Having abandoned the status of Vidyādhara, due to my curse, he is now in this condition.
अजानता मया नाथ अपराधः कृतोऽधुना
O Lord, unknowingly I have committed an offense just now.
एवमुक्तः स शक्रो वै विद्याधरमुवाच ह
Having been spoken to thus, Śakra addressed the Vidyādhara.
तस्याश्चोत्तरभागे तु विद्यते तीर्थमुत्तमम् 5.1.11.
On the northern side of that place, there exists a most excellent tīrtha.
भक्त्या तत्र कृते स्नाने विद्याधरपतिर्भवेत्
By bathing there with devotion, one becomes the lord of the Vidyādharas.
एवमुक्तः स शक्रेण आगतोऽवंतिमंडले
Having been told thus by Śakra, he arrived at the Avanti region.
प्रभावात्तस्य तीर्थस्य पुनः प्राप्तं पदं स्वकम्
By the power of that tīrtha, he regained his own position.
तत्र पुष्पाणि यो दद्याच्चंदनं च विलेपनम्
Whoever offers flowers and sandal paste as anointment there—
सनत्कुमार उवाच तत्र तीर्थं च विख्यातं सर्वकामप्रदायकम्
Sanatkumāra said: There, the tīrtha is renowned, granting all desires.
तस्मिंस्तीर्थे नरः स्नात्वा गोशतस्य फलं लभेत्
A person who bathes at that tīrtha obtains the merit of a hundred cows.
मापेन मापितान्कृत्वा मसूरांस्तत्र कुट्टयेत्
Having measured out the lentils, one should grind them there.
ये पश्यंति नरा भक्त्या शीतलां दुरितापहाम्
Those people who devotedly behold Śītalā, who removes suffering—
न च रोगभयं तेषां ग्रहपीडा तथैव च
They have no fear of disease, nor affliction from planets.
इति श्रीस्कांदे महापुराण एकाशीतिसाहस्र्यां संहितायां आवंत्यखण्डेऽवन्तीक्षेत्रमाहात्म्ये शीतला माहात्म्यवर्णनंनाम द्वादशोऽध्यायः
Thus ends the twelfth chapter, called 'The Description of the Glory of Śītalā,' in the Avanti section, concerning the sanctity of the Avanti region, in the eighty-one-thousand-verse Mahāpurāṇa of Śrī Skanda.
श्राद्धं तत्रैव कुर्वीत पितॄनुद्दिश्य भक्तितः
One should perform the śrāddha rite there itself, with devotion, for the sake of the ancestors.
पितॄंश्च स नरो व्यास तारयेदात्मना सह
O Vyāsa, that man also uplifts his ancestors along with himself.
भैरवस्याग्रतो देवी पूर्वे तिष्ठति चांबिका
In front of Bhairava stands the goddess, Ambikā, in the east.
महानवम्यां पुरुषः कृत्वा बस्तमयं बलिम् भक्त्या निवेद्य देव्यै तु सर्वासिद्धिमवाप्नुयात्
On the great Navamī, a person, having made an offering of a vessel, and having devotedly presented it to the goddess, attains all accomplishments.
तत्र स्नात्वा नरो भक्त्या पूजां कृत्वा महेश्वरे
There, after bathing, a man, with devotion, performs worship to Maheśvara.
इति श्रीस्कांदे महापुराण एकाशीतिसाहस्र्यां संहितायां पञ्चम आवंत्यखण्डेऽवन्तीक्षेत्रमाहात्म्ये स्वर्गद्वारमाहात्म्य वर्णनंनाम त्रयोदशोध्यायः
Thus ends the thirteenth chapter, named 'The Description of the Glory of the Gate to Heaven,' in the Avanti Section of the fifth book, in the eighty-one-thousand-verse Śrī Skanda Mahāpurāṇa.
यस्य दर्शनमात्रेण पुत्रवाञ्जायते नरः
By merely seeing him, a man becomes endowed with sons.
समुद्राः संति चत्वारः क्षारक्षीरदधीक्षवः
There are four oceans: saline, milky, curd, and sweet.
कथय त्वं मुनिश्रेष्ठ सुद्युम्नेन प्रतिष्ठिताः
Tell me, O best of sages, which were established by Sudyumna.
लक्षयोजनपर्यंतं जंबुद्वीपं सुशोभनम्
Jambudvīpa, beautiful, extends up to a hundred thousand yojanas.
शाकद्वीपे द्विलक्षे तु क्षीराब्धिः संप्रतिष्ठितः शाल्मले त्विक्षुजलधिर्ह्यष्टलक्षः प्रतिष्ठितः
On Śākadvīpa, the milk ocean is established at two hundred thousand; on Śālmalī, the sugarcane ocean is established at eight hundred thousand.
चत्वारस्ते समाख्याताः समुद्रा भूमिमंडले
These four oceans have been described on the earth's sphere.
तस्य पत्नी वरारोहा नाम्ना ख्याता सुदर्शना
His wife, renowned by name, is Sudarśanā, of excellent form.
मुनिं दाल्भ्यं च सा दृष्ट्वा पप्रच्छ सुतकाम्यया
She, seeing the sage Dālbhya, questioned him with the desire for a son.
सर्वलक्षणसंपूर्णः पुत्रो लभ्यो मया कथम्
How may I obtain a son, complete in all characteristics?
स्वयंभुवेन देवेन ब्रह्मणा लोककारिणा ।। 5.1.14.
By the self-born god, Brahmā, the creator of worlds.