यः पश्येत्परया भक्त्या हरसिद्धिं नरोत्तमः
Whoever beholds Hara-siddhi with supreme devotion, O best of men,
आदिसिद्धिं महादेवीं नित्यां व्योमस्वरूपिणीम्
The primal accomplished one, the great goddess, eternal, whose form is space,
यः स्मरेद्धरसिद्धीति मंत्रं च चतुरक्षरम्
Whoever remembers the mantra 'Hara-siddhi,' which is four syllables,
नरो महानवम्यां यो हरसिद्धिं प्रपूजयेत्
The man who worships Hara-siddhi on the great Navami,
नवम्यां पूजिता देवी हरसिद्धिर्हरप्रिया
On Navami, the goddess Hara-siddhi, beloved of Hara, when worshipped,
सा पुण्या सा पवित्रा च सर्वत्र सुखदायिनी
She is holy, she is pure, and everywhere bestows happiness.
महानवम्यां ये व्यास हन्यंते महिषादयः
On the great Navami, O Vyasa, buffalo-demons and the like are slain.
इति श्रीस्कांदे महापुराण एकाशीतिसाहस्र्यां संहितायां पञ्चम आवत्यखंडेऽवन्तीक्षेत्रमाहात्म्ये हरसिद्धिमाहात्म्य वर्णनंनामैकोनविंशोऽध्यायः
Thus, in the eighty-one-thousand-verse Skanda Mahapurana, in the fifth Avanti section, in the account of the greatness of the Avanti region, the nineteenth chapter named 'The Greatness of Hara-siddhi' is concluded.
पूजयेत्स्वर्णपुष्पैश्च तस्य सिद्धिर्न हीयते
If one worships with golden flowers, his accomplishment is never diminished.
इति वटयक्षिणीमाहात्म्यम् तिलान्ददाति यो भक्त्या न पिशाचः प्रजायते
Thus ends the glory of Vatayakshini. Whoever gives sesame with devotion is not born as a demon.
यं समुद्दिश्य यद्दत्तं तदक्षयतरं भवेत्
Whatever is given, dedicated to whomsoever, that becomes imperishable.
यस्य नाम्ना नरः स्नाति पिशाचत्वात्स मुच्यते
By bathing in her name, a man is freed from demonhood.
तस्य वै शाश्वती मुक्तिः कुले प्रेतो न जायते
For him there is eternal liberation; in his lineage, none is born as a ghost.
मुच्यते सर्वपापेभ्यः कंचुकेन फणी यथा
He is freed from all sins, as a serpent from its slough.
त्यक्त्वा यमगृहं व्यास रुद्रलोकं स गच्छति
Leaving Yama's abode, O Vyasa, he goes to Rudra's world.
सोऽश्वमेधफलं व्यास लभते नात्र संशयः
He attains the fruit of an Ashvamedha sacrifice, O Vyasa; of this there is no doubt.
देवस्तेन समाख्यातो नाम्ना डमरुकेश्वरः
That god is known by the name Damarukeshvara.
नैव व्याधिभयं तस्य मृतः शिवपुरं व्रजेत् 5.1.20.
He has no fear of disease, and when dead, he goes to Shiva's city.
राज्यं स लभते स्वर्गं यथा देवः पुरंदरः
He attains a kingdom and heaven, just as the god Indra did.
कल्पकोटिशतं साग्रं भोगयुक्तस्तु मोदते
Endowed with enjoyment, he delights for a full hundred crore aeons.
सोत्रैव लभते सिद्धिं जयं सर्वत्र मानवः
Even here, a man attains success and victory everywhere.
स्वर्णेन पूजयेद्देवं सर्वपापैः प्रमुच्यते
By worshipping the god with gold, he is freed from all sins.
सर्पतो न भयं तस्य दारिद्यं नैव जायते
He has no fear of serpents, nor does poverty arise for him.
विष्णुमायाविनिर्मुक्तः स याति परमं पदम्
Freed from the illusion of Viṣṇu, he attains the supreme state.
स मुच्येत महापापैर्यद्यपि ब्रह्महा भवेत्
He is released from great sins, even if he were a slayer of a Brahmin.
दर्शनात्तस्य देवस्य शतयज्ञफलं भवेत्
By seeing that god, one obtains the fruit of a hundred sacrifices.
इतिश्रीस्कांदे महापुराण एकाशीतिसाहस्र्यां संहितायां पञ्चम आवंत्यखण्डेऽवन्तीक्षेत्रमाहात्म्ये चतुर्दशतीर्थयात्रावर्णनंनाम विंशोऽध्यायः
Thus ends the twentieth chapter, named 'Description of the Pilgrimage to the Fourteen Holy Places,' in the section on the greatness of the Avanti region, in the fifth book of the eighty-eight-thousand-verse Skanda Mahāpurāṇa.
हनुमत्केश्वरंनाम भुक्तिमुक्तिफलप्रदम्
There is a place called Hanumatkeśvara, bestower of the fruits of enjoyment and liberation.
शैवे सरसि यः स्नात्वा पश्येद्धनुमत्केश्वरम्
Whoever, having bathed in the Śaiva lake, beholds Hanumatkeśvara—
कथां कथय ह्येतस्य वृत्तपूर्वां सनातनीम्
Tell the story of this, the ancient tale of what happened before.