शक्तिहस्तोऽभिषिक्तस्तु देवसेनासमादृतः
Holding the spear, he was anointed and honored by the army of the gods.
गांगेयः कार्तिकेयश्च गुहः स्कंद उमासुतः
He is called Gangeya, Kartikeya, Guha, Skanda, and the son of Uma.
कुमारः शक्तिधारी च तस्य नामानि षोडश
Kumara, bearer of the spear—these are among his sixteen names.
एवं जातो महासेनो दानवानां क्षयकरः
Thus was born Mahasena, the destroyer of the demons.
अभिषिक्तः स तेनासौ भद्रितः स जटाः पुरा
He was consecrated, adorned, and his matted locks were arranged in ancient times.
कृताभिषेकं लब्धास्त्रं महासेनं महेश्वरः
Having received consecration and weapons, Maheshvara gave Mahasena.
रक्षा कार्या त्वया पुत्र सामरस्य शतक्रतोः
You must protect, O son, the cause of harmony for Indra.
इत्थं महोत्सवे जाते दृप्तप्रमथसागरे 5.1.34.
Thus, when the great festival arose in the ocean of proud attendants,
तासामाहारसंज्ञाभिश्चक्रे नामानि शंकरः
Shankara assigned names to them according to their food designations.
वटभोजनकामा या ज्ञेयास्ता वटमातरः
Those who desire the banyan fruit are to be known as the mothers of the banyan.
क्रीडार्थं शंभुना चाथ प्राप्ता याः पौलभोजने
Those who, for play, were obtained by Shambhu for the consumption of Paulas,
सर्वासां दर्शनं पुण्यं ग्रहभूतविनाशनम्
The sight of all of them is auspicious and destroys the influence of malignant beings.
लब्ध्वा शक्तिं महासेनो देवसेनो महाव्रतः
Having obtained the spear, Mahāsena, the great vow-holder, the commander of the gods,
दत्त्वा राज्यं तथेंद्राय स्फीतं निहतकंटकम्
Having given the prosperous kingdom, cleared of thorns, to Indra,
एवं निहत्य दैत्येंद्रं स गांगेयो महाब लः
Thus, having slain the lord of the demons, that mighty son of the Ganges,
ततो भोगवती व्यास शक्तिभेदेन निर्गता
Then, O Vyāsa, Bhogavatī emerged, split by the spear,
पृथिव्यां यानि तीर्थानि समुद्रादिगतानि च
All the sacred places on earth and those found in the oceans,
अतोऽतिपुण्यं त्रैलोक्ये कोटितीर्थमुदाहृतम् 5.1.34.
Therefore, in the three worlds, Koṭitīrtha is declared supremely holy.
कोटितीर्थे नरः स्नात्वा दृष्ट्वा कोटीश्वरं शिवम्
One who bathes at Koṭitīrtha and beholds Koṭīśvara Śiva,
श्राद्धं करोति यस्तत्र पितृभक्तो नरो मुने
A man devoted to his ancestors, O sage, who performs śrāddha there,
पितॄनुद्दिश्य यत्किञ्चित्कोटितीर्थे प्रदीयते
Whatever is offered at Koṭitīrtha for the sake of the ancestors,
तत्र तीर्थे नरो यस्तु गां ददाति पयस्विनीम्
Whoever gives a milch cow at that sacred place,
यावन्त्यंगेषु रोमाणि तत्प्रसूतिकुलेषु च
As many hairs as are on its body and in its lineage,
पौर्णमास्याममावास्यां पश्येच्छक्तिधरं तु यः
Whoever sees the bearer of the spear on the full moon or new moon,
जलप्रवेशं यः कुर्यात्तत्र तीर्थे नरोत्तमः
The best of men who enters the water at that sacred place,
वृषोत्सर्गं तु यः कुर्यात्पितृभक्तो नरो मुने
A man devoted to his ancestors, O sage, who performs the release of a bull there,
कपिलाशतदानस्य फलमप्यधिकं भवेत्
Even the fruit of giving a hundred Kapilā cows would be surpassed.
वाप्यां पितामह स्यापि यः स्नायाद्विजितेंद्रियः
Even in a pond, one who bathes with controlled senses becomes like a forefather.
तैलाभिधानमातॄणां रात्रौ यच्छति यो बलिम्
Whoever offers at night the oil-named oblation for the mothers,
विष्णुवाप्यां नरः स्नात्वा चैत्रे वा फाल्गुनेऽथवा मुच्यते सर्व पापेभ्यो विष्णुलोकं स गच्छति
A man who bathes in Viṣṇu's pond, whether in Caitra or Phālguna, is freed from all sins and goes to Viṣṇu's world.